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Filmmaker R&K (Korean: 외유내강; Hanja: 外柔內剛; RR: Oeyunaegang) is a film production company based in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 2005, by Kang Hye-jung and Ryoo Seung-wan. Its notable works mostly directed by Ryoo Seung-wan such as Veteran (2015), The Battleship Island (2017), Escape from Mogadishu (2021) and Smugglers (2023). They also has other projects from other directors such as Exit (2019), Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021).[1]
Native name | 주식회사 외유내강 |
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Romanized name | Filmmaker R&K |
Industry | |
Founded | May 4, 2005 |
Founder | Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jung |
Headquarters | 5th floor, 56 Godeok-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul , South Korea |
Area served | South Korea |
Key people | Kang Hye-jung (Chairman) |
Website | filmrnk |
Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong coined the name Filmmaker R&K (Korean: 외유내강; Hanja: 外柔內剛; RR: Oeyunaegang) since they made their first short film together in 1996. The company was named after both of their surnames. Its Chinese characters have a meaning of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but it also represents Ryoo Seung-wan on the outside and Kang Hye-jung on the inside.[2]
Filmmaker R&K formally established on May 4, 2005. Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong used the bonus that Ryoo received for film Arahan as capital for the company's establishment.[3] Kang Hye-jung has been serving as the CEO since its establishment.[4][5]
Filmmaker R&K first film production after its establishment was The City of Violence (2006), a South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong.[6][7][8][9]
In 2017, Filmmaker R&K established a joint production system with Film K starting with The Battleship Island. Followed by On Your Wedding Day and Svaha: The Sixth Finger.[10]
Year | Title | Director | Ref. | |
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English | Korean | |||
1996 | Sutda | 섰다 - 디지털 단편 옴니버스 프로젝트 이공(異共) | Kim Eui-suk | [12][better source needed] |
1996 | Transmutated Head | 변질헤드 | Ryoo Seung-wan | [13][better source needed] |
1999 | Rumble | 패싸움 | [14][better source needed] | |
1999 | Our Contemporaries | 현대인 | [15][better source needed] | |
2000 | Dachimawa Lee | 다찌마와 LEE | [16][better source needed] | |
2006 | Hey Man
short film from If You Were Me 2 |
남자니까 아시잖아요? | [17][better source needed] | |
2009 | Come Visit Korea
KTO mini-movie
|
한국 놀러오세요
|
[18][better source needed] | |
Timeless | 타임리스 | [19][better source needed] | ||
2011 | Time
MBC Documentary |
타임 | [20] | |
2014 | One Summer Night | 인생은 새옹지마 | Kim Tae-yong | [21][better source needed] |
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