Kang Dong-won offered role in gritty alternate-reality movie

by tineybeanie

Workaholic movie star Kang Dong-won (Violent Prosecutor) is once again considering a role in dystopian action film Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade. Recently, he was courted to be a lead character in Song Kang-ho’s upcoming movie Fifth Column, but ended up declining. Currently, he has finished up filming for fantasy mystery film Hidden Time, and from there, he went straight onto the set of Master, opposite Lee Byung-heon and Kim Woo-bin. 

It was 2013 when talks about casting Kang Dong-won in Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade first arose. The project was put on hold due to various other commitments by director Kim Ji-woon (I Saw the Devil; The Good, The Bad, The Weird). Now Kim has restarted his work on what will be a live-action adaptation of the Japanese animation film by the same name. If Kang Dong-won confirms, it’ll be a reunion project for them — they previously worked together on a short action film called Hide and Seek (also known as The X).

Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade takes place in a 1960s post-war alternate reality, where Japan has just been taken over by Germany. The main character is a young cop on a special anti-terror task force, in this heavily militarized police state. He starts questioning the morality of his actions when he’s confronted with the suicide-bombing of a young girl from the rebel forces. It’ll be interesting to see how Kang Dong-won handles the role. He’s been in films of nearly every genre under the sun, from sageuk fantasy (Jeon Woo-chi) to psychological mystery (M) to feel-good family drama (Dugeun Dugeun My Life). However, Jin-roh, with its nihilistic undertones and post-apocalyptic backdrop, will be a new horizon for him to explore. 

No further details have been announced regarding other casting decisions, filming schedule, or possible release dates. Let’s just hope that this time, the project will continue as planned. 

Via Osen, News1

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