By / Scenic Spots Home Compilation & Report
This week’s new releases include the globally box-office-smashing Disney 3D animation *Frozen II*, as well as *Kim Ji-young, Born 1982* starring Korean heartthrob Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. Get ready to catch these movies after work or over the weekend...
Frozen II
The worldwide box office hit *Frozen* is back again. The story is set three years after the previous film, when Elsa hears a mysterious call from the north. The kingdom of Arendelle becomes unsafe due to sudden and powerful winds. To save the kingdom and their home, Elsa, along with her sister Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, embarks on a brand-new adventure. This journey will also reveal the origin of Elsa’s ice powers. What secrets lie behind the mysterious winds? What challenges and difficulties will Elsa and Anna face? The future of Arendelle lies in their hands.
Release Date: 2019-11-21
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
Distributor: Disney
Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
Ji-young (played by Jung Yu-mi) is an ordinary South Korean woman in her 30s who often feels distressed by her real-life role as a full-time housewife and mother. Although she is married to the man she loves, the demanding life of raising a daughter has forced her to give up many things, yet Ji-young still believes she is content with her current situation. However, her husband, Dae-hyun (played by Gong Yoo), realizes that her condition is more serious than he imagined. Worried, Dae-hyun decides to seek help from a psychological counselor, telling the doctor, “My wife has become someone else.” When Ji-young speaks, sometimes it sounds like her mother, her best friend, or even her late grandmother...
Release Date: 2019-11-22
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes
Distributor: Garage Play
Director: Kim Do-young
Cast: Jung Yu-mi, Gong Yoo
The Wishing Room
A loving couple, Matt (played by Kevin Janssens) and Kate (played by Olga Kurylenko), are trying to start anew. Matt is tired of the hustle and bustle of city life, and Kate has suffered two failed pregnancies. They decide to leave the city behind and move into a quiet old mansion in the suburbs of New York. One day, Matt discovers a hidden room behind the wallpaper and is astonished to find that any material wish made inside the room comes true. At first, the couple is as excited as children in a candy store. But Kate gradually becomes dissatisfied with these material desires and begins longing for something they’ve dreamed of but can never seem to have... a child. What they don’t know is that anything created in this room will turn to dust the moment it leaves the house...
Release Date: 2019-11-22
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Distributor: Cai Chang
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Kevin Janssens, Olga Kurylenko
A Little Serenade
On the skywalk in front of Sendai Station, where crowds gather to watch the world heavyweight boxing championship on the outdoor TV screen, 27-year-old office worker Satoshi (played by Haruma Miura) is struggling to conduct a survey. Just as he’s about to give up after being rejected by passerby after passerby, he’s drawn in by the voice of a street singer. As he listens intently, he notices another person who’s also stopped — a woman in a black suit. Summoning his courage, he asks her to take the survey. While she fills it out, Satoshi notices the word “shampoo” written on her hand. From then on, those three characters are etched in his mind like a spell, and he keeps hoping to see the “shampoo” woman again. Even spotting shampoo at the supermarket reminds him of her...
Release Date: 2019-11-22
Duration: 2 hours 00 minutes
Distributor: Sky Horse Pictures
Director: Ryūsuke Imaizumi
Cast: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe
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