Top star / Звезда

SOUTH KOREA
2013, 114 MIN.

Director Park Joong-hoon
Script Choi Seok-hwan, Park Joong-hoon
Camera Cho Sang-yoon
Music Lee Ji-soo
Cast: Uhm Tae-woong, Kim Min-jun, So E-hyun
Producer Kim Kyung-min
Production Seum Production

Tae-sik is only just a manager of the top star Won-joon, but he dreams of becoming famous like Won-joon in the future. An unexpected opportunity falls on Tae-sik’s lap one day when Won-joon is involved in a hit-and-run accident and Tae-sik takes the blame as the driver instead of Won-joon. In exchange, Won-joon promises Tae-sik his debut as an actor. Tae-sik’s acting career kicks off when he gets out of jail, and his success and stardom start to threaten and intimidate Won-joon. Tae-sik finally becomes much more popular than Won-joon, but his pure passion turns into greed and he’s on the road to corruption.

PARK JOONG-HOON

He has long firmly established himself as Korea’s greatest actor, from playing the corrupt cop in “Two Cops”, to outdated rock star in “Radio Star”, genius geologist in “Haeundae”, and jobless thug in “My Dear Desperado”. This fall, Korea’s most beloved actor he presents his special transformation as a director. He finally makes his directorial debut through “Top Star”, after years of wanting to direct his own film. A great actor himself, he conveys the stories he has seen, heard and experienced in his own unique and convincing manner. An actor-cum-director, Park Joong-hoon starts a new path in his film career with a story he knows and tells best, and stands in the spotlight of the film world as the new transformed director.

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