HWAYI Teaser Trailer from the Director of SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!

A film that I absolutely loved, but ultimately forgot existed, was 2003’s Save the Green Planet! by Korean director Joon-Hwan Jang.  Now, a decade later, Jang is back with his next feature film titled Hwayi, which looks much more grounded and less goofy, however I’m excited to see it all the same.

A teaser was released a couple days ago, and although it lacks subtitles, you can at least get an idea of the tone and visual style.  The film stars Yeo Jin-gu as Hwayi, a boy growing up with five fathers, all ruthless criminals. Hwayi is set to hit theaters in South Korea this October, hit the break to check out the trailer, synopsis, and incredible looking poster.

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Hwayi is a boy living in a farm village, who was raised by 5 fathers. His fathers are known criminals and the police nicknamed them as ‘Daytime Monsters’. One day, the group is commissioned to kill a man named Lim and his wife. Apart from the leader Suk-tae, rest of the group feel something odd about this particular contract, but Suk-tae is adamant to carry out this job with Hwayi in tow. This is the first time Hwayi has ever tagged along for a job and discovers a photograph of a child in Lim’s house. Suk-tae hands his gun to Hwayi and orders the boy to kill Lim. Despite his plea, Hwayi is forced to pull the trigger. He becomes ill after committing his first kill, and realizes that the boy in the photograph looks uncannily familiar.