Confession (2014 film)

Confession (Korean: 좋은 친구들; RR: Joeun Chingudeul; lit. "Good Friends") is a 2014 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film starring Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon and Lee Kwang-soo.^[1][2][3][4]

Confession
Theatrical poster
Hangul	좋은 친구들
Hanja	좋은 親舊들
Revised Romanization	Johun chingudul
McCune–Reischauer	Choh ch'inuntŭl
Directed by	Lee Do-yun
Written by	Lee Do-yun
Produced by	Lee Tae-hun Choi Nak-kwon
Starring	Ji Sung Ju Ji-hoon Lee Kwang-soo
Cinematography	Yu Eok
Edited by	Steve M. Choe
Music by	Jang Young-gyu
Production company	Opus Pictures
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$2,801,991

Plot

Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Hyun-tae is a paramedic with a daughter in kindergarten, In-chul is a con man who works at an insurance company, and Min-soo is a small business owner. Hyun-tae's mother, who owns an illegal gambling arcade, asks In-chul to stage a robbery/arson of her arcade to get an insurance settlement. But when it results in her accidental death, the friends have a falling out and their relationships with each other are forever changed.^[5]

Cast

• Ji Sung as Im Hyun-tae ^[6]
  • Baek Seung-hwan as young Im Hyun-tae
• Ju Ji-hoon as Jung In-chul
  • Jeon Ji-hwan as young Jung In-chul
• Lee Kwang-soo as Kim Min-soo ^{[7][8][9][10]}
  • Ham Sung-min as young Kim Min-soo
• Lee Hwi-hyang as Hyun-tae's mother
• Ki Gook-seo as Hyun-tae's father
• Choi Jin-ho as Shin Yi Soo
• Jung Ji-yoon as Mi-ran
• Jang Hee-jin as Ji-hyang
• Choi Byung-mo as Jae-gyu
• Ri Min as Detective Choi
• Hwang Chae-won as Yoo-ri
• Yang Jae-young as Ho-sung
• Park Sang-hyeon as Department head Kim
• Lee Young-soo as Detective Lee
• Ham Sung-min as Min-soo
• Nam Moon-cheol as Chief of police
• Kwak Min-seok as Center head
• Jeon In-geol as Assassin

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	51st Grand Bell Awards[11]	Best New Director	Lee Do-yun	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Lee Do-yun	Nominated
		Best Editing	Steve M. Choe	Nominated

References

1. Conran, Pierce (16 December 2013). "JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo Team Up for New Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
2. Hong, Grace Danbi (11 December 2013). "Ji Sung, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Kwang Soo Cast in Movie Good Friends". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
3. Kim, Hee-eun (13 June 2014). "Ji, Ju and Lee Good Friends after film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
4. Jin, Eun-soo (20 June 2014). "Masculinity, brutality themes of Confession". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
5. Jin, Eun-soo (4 July 2014). "Confession puts true friendship to the test". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
6. Lee, Sun-min (12 December 2013). "Ji to star in new movie Good Friends". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
7. Lee, Cory (11 December 2013). "Lee Kwang-soo to Display Deep Bromance with Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
8. Hong, Grace Danbi (28 May 2014). "Lee Kwang Soo Wipes Off the Smile on His Face for Good Friends". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
9. Ha, Soo-jung (28 June 2014). "Interview: Lee Kwang Soo Will Not Leave Running Man Just to Focus on Other Projects". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
10. Ahn, Sung-mi (30 June 2014). "Herald Interview: Funnyman gets serious". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
11. Kim, June (12 November 2014). "The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Good Friends on Twitter (in Korean)
• Good Friends on Facebook (in Korean)
• Confession at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Confession at IMDb
• Confession at HanCinema