The Bros | |
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Hangul | 부라더 |
Revised Romanization | Buladeo |
Directed by | Jang Yu-jeong |
Written by | Jang Yu-jeong Heo Seong-hye |
Produced by | Yi Jae-min |
Starring | Ma Dong-seok Lee Dong-hwi Lee Hanee |
Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
Production companies | Hong Film Soo Film |
Distributed by | Megabox Plus M |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$10.8 million [1] |
The Bros is a 2017 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Jang Yu-jeong. [2] [3] [4] The film stars Ma Dong-seok, Lee Dong-hwi and Lee Hanee.
Seok-bong is a penniless history teacher who dreams of discovering lost treasure. His younger brother Joo-bong is an ambitious junior executive at a construction firm. They meet on their way to their father's funeral in their hometown of Andong, neither of them having seen him or one another since a disastrous scene at the funeral of their mother. En route, the brothers hit a woman with their car, after which she suffers amnesia. In their very traditional family, the brothers, especially Seok-bong as the eldest, are expected to perform many ceremonial duties as part of the funeral rites. However, Seok-bong is mostly interested in searching for relics or buried treasure that could help him repay a debt, while Joo-bong risks losing his job if he cannot obtain permission to build a highway construction project for his company through the family's land. As the multi-day funeral elapses, the brothers learn more about their family, one another, and themselves.
Principal photography began on January 6, 2017, and wrapped on March 5, 2017. [5]
The film was released in the local cinemas on November 2, 2017.
During the opening weekend the film sold 605,690 tickets at the box office, trailing behind Thor: Ragnarok which was released at the same time in Korean cinemas. [6] By the ninth day since the film was released, The Bros surpassed 1 million viewers. [7]
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