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Veteran (Korean: 베테랑; RR: Beterang) is a 2015 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It drew 13.4 million admissions, making it the 5th all-time highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history. Veteran also won the Casa Asia Award at the Sitges Film Festival.[9]
Veteran | |
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Directed by | Ryoo Seung-wan |
Written by | Ryoo Seung-wan |
Produced by | Kang Hye-jung Kim Jung-min |
Starring | Hwang Jung-min Yoo Ah-in Yoo Hae-jin Oh Dal-su |
Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan |
Edited by | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
Music by | Bang Jun-seok |
Production company | |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$5.1 million |
Box office | US$92 million |
A sequel titled I, the Executioner premiered in 2024.
Seo Do-cheol is a merciless police detective, who investigates the suicide of a truck driver named Bae, where he learns from Bae's son that Jo Tae-oh, the sadistic third-generation heir to powerful conglomerate Sinjin Group has assaulted Bae as the latter protested against the conglomerate for back-payment. Do-cheol personally begins the investigation, which enrages Tae-oh. Later, Tae-oh uses his influence to make Do-cheol handle another case. He also tries to bribe Do-cheol's wife with the help of his conglomerate's SVP Choi Dae-woong, but she refuses, where Do-cheol threatens Tae-oh after learning this.
Do-cheol takes the help from a reporter to publish the news, but to no avail. Tae-oh hires a logistics contractor named Jeon to finish Do-cheol and also makes the Internal affairs to interrogate him, but is timely saved by his team leader Oh. Do-cheol escapes from a murder attempt by Jeon, where a detective gets stabbed. Using the opportunity, Do-cheol and his team discover evidences and gets approval for the investigation against Tae-oh, but Tae-oh's father and the conglomerate chairman Jo makes Dae-woong to take the blame. With his team's help, Do-cheol learns that Bae was killed after he tried to seek revenge for assaulting him, and was made it as a suicide.
After inquiring Dae-woong, Do-cheol learns that Tae-oh is planning to escape to Singapore. Before leaving, Tae-oh throws a party where he meets his former girlfriend Jeong Da-hye (who is pregnant with his child) and tries to kill her when she abuses him. Do-cheol forms a plan where they plant a false case against Tae-oh for assaulting his girlfriend, and the cops fight with the bodyguards to arrest him. After an intense car chase, Do-cheol and Tae-oh engage in a hand-to-hand combat where despite brutal injuries, Do-cheol manages to arrest Tae-oh, who is later produced for a trial at the Supreme Court along with Dae-woong, and are sentenced to prison. In the hospital, Do-cheol recovers from his injuries and soon returns back to duty.
Veteran opened in South Korea on August 5, 2015. It grossed ₩21.7 billion (US$18.6 million) from 2.75 million admissions over its first five days of release.[15][16][17] By November 6, it had grossed US$92,077,504 from 13,411,343 admissions and is currently the 5th all-time highest-grossing film in Korean cinema history.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Ryoo Seung-wan and production company Filmmaker R&K confirmed that they agreed to make a sequel, which was supposed to hit theaters within two to three years of announcement.[26][27][28] It was reported that Hwang Jung-min and Oh Dal-su will reprise their roles, and actor Jung Hae-in is also being considered to succeed Yoo Ah-in as the antagonist.[29] It began filming as Veteran 2 in December 2022 with the cast of Hwang Jung-min, Oh Dal-su, Jang Yoon-ju, Oh Dae-hwan, and Kim Si-hoo.[30] Titled I, the Executioner, it premiered as a midnight screening at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.[31]
A Chinese remake starring Sun Honglei was scheduled for release in China in 2017.[32] Eventually, the remake The Big Shot was released in 2019 and starred Wang Qianyuan.[33]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2015 | Casa Asia Award (Asia Focus - Best Film) |
Veteran | Won | |
Asia Star of the Year | Yoo Ah-in | Won | ||
Best Film | Veteran | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | ||
Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan | Nominated | ||
Best Music | Bang Jun-seok | Nominated | ||
Top 10 Films of the Year | Veteran | Won | ||
15th Korea World Youth Film Festival | Most Favorite Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Won | |
Most Favorite Film Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | ||
52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | Veteran | Nominated | |
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Jang Yoon-ju | Nominated | ||
Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum |
Nominated | ||
Best Lighting | Kim Ho-seong | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Recording | Kim Chang-seop | Nominated | ||
Best Film | Veteran | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | ||
Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Jin Kyung | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography-Lighting | Choi Young-hwan, Kim Ho-seong |
Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum |
Nominated | ||
Best Music | Bang Jun-seok | Nominated | ||
Technical Award | Jung Doo-hong, Jung Yoon-heon (Stunts) |
Nominated | ||
Fashionista Awards |
Best Male Fashionista in a Movie (First Prize) |
Yoo Ah-in | Won | |
5th SACF Artists of the Year Awards |
Artistic Impression in Motion Pictures Award | Won | ||
The Korea Film Actors Association Awards | Top Star Award | Won | ||
Top Supporting Acting Award | Jin Kyung | Won | ||
Best Martial Arts Director Award | Jung Doo-hong | Won | ||
16th Busan Film Critics Awards |
Best Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Won | |
Cine 21 Movie Awards | Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | |
Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Won | ||
2nd Korean Film Producers Association Awards | Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | |
Best Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan | Won | ||
Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum |
Won | ||
Technical Award | Jung Doo-hong, Jung Yoon-heon (Stunts) |
Won | ||
2016 | 7th KOFRA Film Awards |
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won |
11th Max Movie Awards | Best Film | Veteran | Won | |
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | ||
Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Oh Dal-su | Won | ||
Yoo Hae-jin | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Jin Kyung | Nominated | ||
Best Poster | Veteran | Nominated | ||
10th Asian Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum |
Nominated | ||
Next Generation Award | Yoo Ah-in | Won | ||
21st Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Oh Dal-su | Nominated | |
Technical Award | Choi Young-hwan | Nominated | ||
36st Golden Cinematography Awards | Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Won | |
Cinematography Award - Gold Prize | Choi Young-hwan | Won | ||
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Film | Veteran | Nominated | |
Best Director (Film) | Ryoo Seung-wan | Won | ||
Best Screenplay (Film) | Nominated | |||
Best Actor (Film) | Hwang Jung-min | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor (Film) | Oh Dal-su | Nominated | ||
25th Buil Film Awards | Best Film | Veteran | Won | |
Best Director | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Ryoo Seung-wan | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan | Won | ||
Best Music | Bang Jun-seok | Nominated |
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