The Villainess (2017)

A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge.

Director:

Byung-gil Jung

Writers:

Byeong-sik Jung, Byung-gil Jung

Stars:

Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung

5 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ok-bin Kim	...	Sook-hee
Ha-kyun Shin	...	Joong-sang
Jun Sung	...	Hyun-soo
Seo-hyeong Kim	...	Chief Kwon
Eun-ji Jo	...	Kim Seon
Ye-Ji Min	...	Sook-hee (young)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hae-Kyun Jung	...	Jang-Chun
Yun-Woo Kim	...	Eun-Hye
Seung-Joo Lee	...	Choon-Mo
Cheol-min Park	...	Sook-Hee's father
Min-Ji Son	...	Min-Joo

Storyline

Sook-hee is a trained assassin who was born to kill. She was just a little girl when the training started in Yanbian, China. After the death of her mentor, when the chance of starting a new life was given to her, she came to South Korea as a government agent. They promised her that she will be free after ten years of service. So she begins her new life as a theatre actress. But soon two men Joong-sang and Hyun-soo appear in her new life. And she started to find deep dark secrets about her past. Eventually she take matters into her own hands.

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Plot Keywords:

female protagonist | hand to hand combat | katana | female assassin | revenge | 

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Taglines:

An Endless Vengeance Begins.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Arrow Films [United Kingdom] Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

8 June 2017 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Villainess

Box Office

Gross USA:

$27,741, 26 October 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apeitda, Next Entertainment World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Received a four minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival.

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Goofs

The couple - of modest means - are in a restaurant drinking a bottle of Châteaux Margaux.

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Quotes

Sook-hee: Let me show you what you've made me into.

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Connections

References La Femme Nikita (1990)

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Soundtracks

Variations on a Rococo Theme
By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

User Reviews

Asian action flick on par with Hollywood blockbusters

There's a lot of similarities that can be drawn with this movie and others. There is "Hardcore Henry" which was an experimental 1st Person action movie, and definitely "Le Femme Nikita". The version I saw had terrible amateur subtitles and seemed to run 5 min short of the official release running time. Still, the movie kept my attention through out, which is more than I can say for a lot of the movies I have seen lately. There is some excellent cinematography in regards to the action sequences and they come across fluid and realistic. There is a lot of fairly graphic violence to go along with it, which I kind of liked as anything with a budget from the USA these days seems to be tame on the gore front. Its a shame it seems to be getting such a limited release given the just over 500 + ratings its had on IMDb 3 full months on from its release. Hopefully this movie will find its audience in the future.