Modern Boy

Modern Boy is a 2008 South Korean film about a rich, hedonistic playboy played by Park Hae-il who cannot care less that his country was colonized, and falls head over heels in love with a beautiful independence fighter. Plot Seoul, 1937. Lee Hae-myeong is a rich and hedonistic playboy who cares little for the Japanese colonization of his homeland. But things change when he falls in love with bar singer Jo Nan-sil, who turns out to be a member of the Korean independence movement. Cast Park Hae-il ... Lee Hae-myeong Kim Hye-soo ... Jo Nan-sil Kim Nam-gil ... Shinsuke Hidaka, Japanese detective Kim Joon-bae ... Baek Sang-heo Kim Young-jae ... Okai ??? Shin Goo ... Lee Hae-myeong's father Li Bo Wen ... Japanese detective, ??? Joo Seok-tae ... Policeman Hong Seung-jin ... Cheol-kwon Do Ji-won ... Ishida Yoko Moon Won-joo as Detective Release Modern Boy was released in South Korea on 2 October 2008, and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 329,956 admissions. As of 26 October, the film had received a total of 761,090 admissions, and as of 9 November had grossed a total of $3,839,780.