Kim Ah Joong is the actresses that went from extra-large to damn-fine in “200 Pounds Beauty.” Since her break-out performance in that film, Kim Ah Joong hasn’t been seen at all on the big screen and only once on the small screen (cameo appearance in the SBS drama “On Air”). Now Kim Ah Joong is ready to star in her next major project, a film with the working title of “26 Years” (Working Title) … and it’s nothing like “200 Pounds Beauty.”
“26 Years” will be produced by Chungeorahm Films, directed by Hae-yeong Lee (Like A Virgin) and based off of a popular internet comic written by Kang Pool. The story deals with the second generation of victims arising out of the Gwangju Democratization Movement (the 2007 film “May 18” also deals with the Gwangju Uprising). Kim Ah Joong will play a character well versed in competition shooting events (skeet, trap shooting etc). Her dad was killed in the Gwangju Democratization Movement.
Kim Ah Joong’s co-star will be played Seung-beom Ryoo. Ryoo’s character also has ties with the Gwangju Democratization Movement, but he is now a gangster. These two characters then get involved in a plan to assassinate the ex-president of South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan.
Filming for “26 Years” will start in September, with its final release dated slated for sometime in 2009. When the film is released, it will be 29 years since the Gwangju Democratization Movement and the movie makers are discussing whether to change the movie title to “29 Years” in honor of its anniversary.
credits: asianfanatics.net
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