Pandora (2016 film)

Pandora
International poster
Hangul	판도라
Hanja	판도라
Revised Romanization	Pandora
McCune–Reischauer	P'antora
Directed by	Park Jung-woo
Produced by	Kim Chul-yong Park Kyung-sook
Written by	Park Jung-woo
Starring	Kim Nam-gil
Music by	Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography	Choi Young-hwan
Edited by	Park Gok-ji
Production company	CAC Entertainment
Distributed by	Next Entertainment World
Release date	December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	₩530 million (US$477,000) (est.)[1]
Box office	US$31.5 million[2]

Pandora (Hangul: 판도라; RR: Pandora) is a 2016 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Park Jung-woo, starring Kim Nam-Gil. The film was released in South Korea on December 7, 2016.^[3]

Plot

Jae-hyeok lives with his mother, his sister-in-law and nephew Min-jae in a small Korean town. He is dating a woman named Yeon-joo, while working at the local nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, Pyeong-seok works at the same plant. He is worried about the conditions there, but nobody in the government listens to him. An earthquake strikes the small town where Jae-hyeok lives and causes explosions at the plant. The situation quickly spirals out of control, leading the entire nation to panic. To prevent another nuclear disaster, Jae-hyeok and his co-workers return to the nuclear power plant.

Cast

• Kim Nam-gil as Kang Jae-hyeok
• Kim Young-ae as Mrs. Seok
• Kim Ju-hyeon as Yeon-joo
• Jung Jin-young as Pyeong-seok
• Moon Jeong-hee as Jung-hye
• Kim Dae-myung as Gil-seop
• Lee Geung-young as Prime Minister
• Kang Shin-il as Mr. Kong
• Yoo Seung-mok as Mr. Kam
• Joo Jin-mo as Minister
• Song Yeong-chang as New Director
• Kim Young-woong as Mr. Hwang
• Kim Myung-min as South Korean President
• Kim Hye-eun as First Lady
• Oh Ye-sul as New Nurse

Release

Pandora is the first Korean film that has been pre-sold to Netflix. In November 2016, three weeks before the theatrical release, the company acquired exclusive international rights for streaming Pandora in 190 countries.^{[4] [5]}

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Pandora at HanCinema
• Pandora on IMDb
• Pandora at Rotten Tomatoes
• Pandora at the Korean Movie Database
• Pandora at Naver Movies (in Korean)