Save The Green Planet Gets 4K Restored Japan Release
A 2003 Korean cult film reaching Japanese general theaters for the first time through a 4K restoration shows that the theatrical rerelease circuit is now willing to treat older Asian genre pictures as repertory events rather than catalog titles.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
The 2003 Korean cult sci-fi film Save the Green Planet! will be released in general theaters across Japan in a 4K restored version, more than 20 years after its Korean release. The film is director Jang Joon-hwan's feature debut and follows a young man who kidnaps the president of a chemical company he believes is an alien. Shin Ha-kyun plays the protagonist Byeong-gu, with cinematography by Hong Kyung-pyo.
The restored version was shot by Hong Kyung-pyo, the cinematographer who later worked on Parasite. The 4K transfer is meant to bring the film's bold visual style back to the screen at full strength.
The key visual places Kang restrained to a chair at the center, flanked by Byeong-gu and Suni in light-equipped helmets and black outfits. The trailer includes Byeong-gu's line asking whether the other's home planet is Andromeda, a notebook listing vital points, and the phrase about applying a wet father, alongside action and blood-soaked hands.
The film opens sequentially nationwide from October 30, starting at Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho, Theater Umeda, and other locations. It is also the source material for Bugonia, the Hollywood remake directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone.
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- Cinema Today カルトSF『地球を守れ！』4Kレストア版で初の一般劇場公開決定！エマ・ストーン主演『ブゴニア』の原点