Duelist, Limited Edition 3 Disc
Korea-Fassung 'Duelist' LE, 3 Disc, € 54,95.-
Duelist, Limited Edition 3 Disc + Photobook
Aka:
Land: Korea 2006
Genre: Action, Drama, Martial Arts
Lz: 111 Minuten
Bild: NTSC, 2.35:1, anamorph
Ton: Koreanisch DD 5.1, DTS
Untertitel: Englisch, Koreanisch
Starring: Ha Ji Won, Kang Dong Won, Ahn Sung-kee
Directed: Lee Myung-se
Produced:
Extras:
Disc 1:
- Commentary with Director & Actors, Director & Music Director & Critic
Disc 2:
- Making of
- Visual Making of
- Interview with Actors
- Talk among the Director, Music Director, Critic
- CG & DI Making of
- Interview with Music Director
- Trans & Optical : Regarding to Edit
- Music Video, Trailer, Cannes Promo, Teaser, TV – Spot
Disc 3:
- Noir in Chosun: Lee Myung Se ‘Duelist’ Making of
- Addicted to ‘Duelist’
- Special Music Video: Made with the Ending Song
- Music & Effect
Distributor: Enterone
Regioncode: 3
Product-ID: KR283 Availability: In stock |
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Synopsis
NAMYANGJU
Kyonggi Province - After a six year hiatus, the director of the 1999 detective action film 'Nowhere to Hide' will tell another detective story set during the Choson Kingdom in his upcoming film.
'I thought about making a period film even before I made my debut, but the problem was the huge production cost needed to create the sets,' Lee Myung-se said Friday during a news conference at an outdoor set in Kyonggi Province, where his new film 'Duelist' is being shot. 'I think it is one of the best genres that local films can make to appeal to international audiences, but many period pieces were similar since they had to be shot in old palaces or other historical sites to reduce costs,' Lee said.
To put his own style and some modern touches on his new film, Lee built a huge outdoor set measuring 10,000 pyong (33,000 square meters) inside the Seoul Studio Complex in Namyangju, Kyonggi Province. The set recreates a traditional market in the Choson Kingdom, where the main events of the film take place.
Starring Ha Ji-won, Kang Dong-won and Ahn Sung-kee ("A Battle Of Wits"), the period piece revolves around a female detective named Nam-sun (played by Ha) who investigates the forgery of coins and chases an assassin (Kang) involved in the crime. Ha previously played a policewoman in the popular period television drama ”Damo” (aka The Undercover Lady Detective), which was also based on the same novel, but she said in the new film she and the director tried to create an entirely new character.
As the director emphasizes the importance of motion in his film rather than the story and characters, the main actors usually had to perform their own stunts, including in the more dangerous scenes, requiring intensive pre-filming preparation. They had to learn various skills before the film was shot.
In the detective action film, many scenes were given a modern touch. Characters wear 'hanbok,' or traditional clothes, but they were modified in many ways. For example, they had more colors and some coat strings were placed at the backside of the costumes to make moving easier. Classic music is also often used in many scenes.
The movie is based on a novel about a female detective in the Joseon Kingdom. Ha plays a tomboy detective named Nam-sun who investigates the forgery of coins but confronts inner conflicts as she falls in love with an assassin (Kang) involved in the crime while chasing him.
As the director put an emphasis on the rhythmical movements of characters, the main actors usually had to perform their own stunts, including the more dangerous ones. They recalled that the intensive physical training they had to go through, including learning to tango and learning martial arts, was the most difficult parts of filming.
Nam-sun, both in her role as the good cop and for reasons of the heart, chases the angelic droopy-eyed hired swordsman Sad Eyes (Kang Dong-won) all over a massive 33,000-square-meter outdoor set that director Lee had Seoul Studio Complex construct in Namyangju, Kyonggi Province. They face off mano-a-mano time and again, building their romance as Nam-sun comes to realize that he is the hired sword of a counterfeiting mastermind, the Minister of Defense, who has evil designs on the Kingdom.
The big budget set was a brilliant investment. The set lent itself to successfully overcoming the cinematic blandness that usually is the mark of many a low-budget Korean period film. And it works. The traditional Chosen Kingdom market is where most of the action in the movie occurs and creates a truly unique look.
The beautiful cinematography of Hwang Gi-Seok in building the story's romance is further evidence of the film's international prospects. Hwang employed 'motion' as a way to build tension between and the two action heroes on the opposites sides of the law, and as a novel plot device to the 'love that cannot be.' The lead actors were required to perform most of their own stunts, and extensive training and prep work for the action scenes.