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2019 Korean Fantasy drama / movie #03

█ Seo Bok (Working title) (2019 Korean Movie)

Official English Title : Not confirmed

Korean Title : 서복 徐福

Director & Writer : Lee Yong-Ju 이용주 (Architecture 101 건축학개론)

Cast : Gong Yoo 공유, Park Bo-Gum 박보검, Jo Woo-Jin 조우진

Genre : SF, human cloning

Release date : 2019

Seo Bok 서복 is about Ki-Heon 기헌 (played by Gong Yoo), a former intelligence agent who comes across mankind’s first human clone Seo Bok 서복 (played by Park Bo-Gum) and becomes caught up in dangerous incidents involving several forces who are on the hunt to possess the clone.

Jo Woo-Jin was the last actor to confirm his appearance in the film, and he will be playing Chief Ahn, the head of the Korean intelligence bureau who attempts to hide Seo Bok’s existence from the public.

“Seo Bok” is the first Korean film to deal with the topic of human cloning.

(quotation from the soompi article)

In the history, Seo Bok 서복 徐福 is a legendary Chinese who left for Mt. Halla (which is located in Jeju island, South Korea) to find a herb for immortality in order to fulfill the desire of China’s first emperor : eternal life. However, he never returned to the emperor. According to the legend,  he founded a new country somewhere on the east islands. 

The director said he borrowed a motif from this legend, and wants to talk about the story of eternal life. 

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