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(still a big mess, really. but I don’t think I can ever finish it.. I got disheartened thinking I might never be able to see this film. the director hasn’t said anything..)

2022, 밀레니얼 킬러 / millennial killer (short film)

chased and beaten by debt collectors, blood spilling from his nose and mouth, "please.. help me.."

a college student long hair unorganized look in his cargo pants suddenly at the end of your life, you become good at killing, and unpredictable boldness rises. this young man who has nothing to lose is calm. if he dies, he dies.

"how old are you?"

"oh, twenty-six, you?"

"hm.. same. what do you do?"

"hm.. unemployed."

"what about your house?"

"this bag. this bag.. is my home."

"you too, when people ask what you do, go ahead and tell them you’re an actor. if you say you're an actor, even when you're not doing anything, you don't seem like an idiot."

jeong sik laughed.

< a few days ago >

he was taken somewhere with a hood on - he couldn't see anything, his feet kept getting twisted and he almost ended up on the floor several times.

"you bastard!", someone yelled.

his whole body trembled, as he tried to walk more properly.

finally, he was settled in a chair, the hood was removed.

there were business cards on the desk, such phrases were printed on them - 'organ trading', 'smuggling'

"have you ever killed anyone?", the man asked

"h.. haven't.."

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"have you ever killed an animal?"

"is a frog.. an animal.. too?"

< end of flashback >

"so where are you gonna sleep today?"

no answer.

"nowhere to go? would you like to come over to my house?"

his target invited him to her place. this is definitely an opportunity. but should he be wary of that too?

< >

jeong sik followed her to her place.

"the place is nice", jeong sik thought.

then, he startled. he found the girl slowly approaching him from the side. he took a few steps back. there was a knife in her hand.

"who are you?", she asked, as she pointed the knife at his neck, "seems like you're not the only one at that hamburger house, you've been following me this whole time."

"what are you?"

. . .

"I just followed you, I like your house. you're rich."

. . .

"not my house. today is the last day in this house."

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he kissed her on her shoulder and was about to go out to make a phone call when she suddenly woke up.

"where are you going"

"I.. need to buy a cigarette"

"don't go", she said, grabbing him by his collar.

there was something like graffiti on his thumb.

"what's this"

"a smiley face. later on, if I get a tattoo, I'll do it here. a special place that other people don't."

. . .

"I'll be back soon"

he slowly let go of her hands and opened the door. she kept watching him until he left completely.

looking out the window, she saw jeong sik walking at a fast pace, making a phone call to someone.

he said he was going to buy cigarettes.. the convenience store is over there..

. . .

from the drawer, she took out a knife - which she had taken out of jeong sik's bag earlier.

a clumsy killer's tool. cute.

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(based on a literal translation of this well-written novel♥️)

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2022, 스쿨 카스트 / school caste (short film)

[director] 곽경택 / kwak kyung taek

[duration] 19 min.

[👑] 신제아 / shin je ah

release date : 2022.06.16

TVING indie movie project "all viewers+: short busters"

tells the story of je ah, who has great desire to become a writer, while observing students in her high school, je ah learns that his school is similar to the caste system in India, and one day he encounters shocking facts about himself through ha neul, whom he did not know well.

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"I'm actor Cho Byeong Kyu"

full filmography

short filmography (for mobile users) pdf

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TBA, 찌질의 역사 / history of losers (drama)

[director] 김성훈 / kim sung hoon

[duration] 1hr. - 12 episodes (x)

[👑] 서민기 / seo min ki (main role)

[filming] 2022.04.01 ~ 2022.07 (x)

A story about love and relationships that could turn anyone into a loser. It will be portrayed in the form of a romantic comedy that shows the inherent pathetic sides of people and diverse thrilling moments that come with various forms of love. The hyperrealistic depiction of humans at their lowest will be accompanied by laughter and empathy that goes beyond discomfort. Seo Min Ki is a freshman in college who is majoring in Korean literature. He is a hesitant person with a lot on his mind who sometimes makes bold actions. Being a 20-year-old, the result of his actions are always a series of clumsiness and mistakes. However, because he’s someone who thinks a lot and has an ideological personality, he always self-reflects. He is a simple outsider whose only wish is to drink with his friends and play games at internet cafes.

NOTE: role confirmed. (220329)

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2022, 밀레니얼 킬러 / millennial killer (short film)

[director] 신지수 / shin ji soo* (ig: hipzisu)

(*) byeong kyu's acquaintance

[duration] 31min. 38sec.

[👑] 정식 / jeong sik

a dark comedy short film starring students from the korean national university of arts (한국예술종합학교)

byeong kyu participated in the form of talent donation, which means he doesn't get paid for his appearance (filming was finished in aug 2nd, 2021)

tells the story of jeong sik, who had to live in hiding due to gambling debt, now finds himself in a situation where he has kill a woman his age in order to get rid of the debt, and he follows her anywhere she goes and observes.

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2017, 식사 / meal (stage play)

[🇵🇹 portuguese title] refeição

[👑] 존 / john

photos taken during the process

byeong kyu's interview

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2017, 식사 / meal (stage play)

[🇵🇹 portuguese title] refeição

[👑] 존 / john

[synopsis] (I don’t understand the literal translation well, so I can’t give you a proper translation, not yet.. 🤣)

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2017, 식사 / meal (stage play)

[🇵🇹 portuguese title] refeição

[👑] 존 / john

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2015, 갈매기 / the seagull (stage play)

[👑] 뜨레쁠레프 / treplev* (*) irina (actress)’s son, Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, a young man. he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head.

The Seagull, drama in four acts by Anton Chekhov, performed in 1896 and published in Russian the following year as Chayka. A revised edition was published in 1904. The play deals with lost opportunities and the clash between generations. The main characters, all artists, are guests at a country estate. They are Mme Arkadina, a middle-aged actress; her lover, Trigorin, a successful writer; her son Konstantin, a writer; and Nina, a young aspiring actress whom Konstantin loves. Mme Arkadina, jealous of Nina’s youth and promising career, acts cruelly and hatefully toward Konstantin, belittling his new play and withholding the approval he desperately seeks from her. Nina, impressed by Trigorin’s fame, ignores Konstantin, who kills a seagull and shows it to her, perhaps symbolically referring to his broken dreams. All four go their separate ways, but two years later they are reunited at the same estate. When Nina again rejects Konstantin, he destroys his writings and shoots himself while his mother, unaware, plays cards in another room. (x)

konstantin treplev attempted suicide twice. on his first attempt (which failed), he shot himself in the head, but the bullet only gazed his skull. he spends the majority of act III with his scalp heavily bandaged (just like the poster above).

[IG story, 181216] “saw this movie yesterday.. I had performed it before ㅎㅎ”

(ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 귀여워~ I’m sure you did an amazing job there)

btw, byeong kyu once mentioned a gunshot scene in ‘happy together 4’ - the scene didn’t go as planned, and he had to improvise I wonder if the gunshot scene he mentioned was the scene in this play 🤔

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2014, 오셀로 / othello (stage play)

[playwright] william shakespeare

[👑] 이아고 / iago* (*) othello's trusted, but jealous and traitorous ensign

the play was performed by anyang arts highschool students on feb 10, 2014.

Othello (full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War. (x)

synopsis

In Venice, at the start of Othello, the soldier Iago announces his hatred for his commander, Othello, a Moor. Othello has promoted Cassio, not Iago, to be his lieutenant. Iago crudely informs Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, that Othello and Desdemona have eloped. Before the Venetian Senate, Brabantio accuses Othello of bewitching Desdemona. The Senators wish to send Othello to Cyprus, which is under threat from Turkey. They bring Desdemona before them. She tells of her love for Othello, and the marriage stands. The Senate agrees to let her join Othello in Cyprus. In Cyprus, Iago continues to plot against Othello and Cassio. He lures Cassio into a drunken fight, for which Cassio loses his new rank; Cassio, at Iago’s urging, then begs Desdemona to intervene. Iago uses this and other ploys—misinterpreted conversations, insinuations, and a lost handkerchief—to convince Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are lovers. Othello goes mad with jealousy and later smothers Desdemona on their marriage bed, only to learn of Iago’s treachery. He then kills himself.

(iago is a real villain lol)

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2022, 죽어도 다시 한 번 / even if I die, I do once again (movie)

[director] 신승훈 (ig: neoququri)

[duration] ?

[👑] 전우석 / jeon woo seok

얼굴의 큰 흉터 때문에 배우의 꿈을 접고 스턴트맨으로 살아가던 40대의 '우석'이 과거로 회귀하게 되면서 정해진 운명을 바꿔나가는 타임슬립 드라마

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a time-slip drama in which Jeon Woo Seok, who is in his 40s, gave up his dream of becoming an actor because of a big scar on his face and lived as a stuntman, due to an accident, he returns to his high sch days and gets a chance to think about his dream again

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2021, 김공주들 / killing kim gong joo (short film)

[director] 이아린 / lee ah rin (ig: lee.ahlynn)

[duration] 25min.

[👑] 병규 / himself

filmed in 2019.

"내 이름은 김공주다. 우리 반에는 나랑 전혀 다른 외모와 성격을 가진 또 다른 김공주가 있다. 이상하게 나는 자꾸 걔가, 거슬린다." 태어나자 마자 내게 부여된 이름은 나란 존재의 정체성을 사회가 규정하는 최소한의 표식이다. 그런데 주인공 김공주의 최소한의 정체성은 같은 반의 동명이인으로 인해 부정당한다. 더 수려한 외모를 가진 활달한 또 다른 김공주는 이 버거운 의미의 이름을 짊어질 자격이 있는 진짜 주인으로 인정받은 듯하다. 똑같이 수업시간에 졸았음에도 선생님의 눈에 조차 주인공 김공주는 존재하지 않는 듯 다른 김공주만이 지적을 당한다. 사람의 두 번째 정체성이 정립된다는 청소년기를 힘들게 거쳐 가고 있는 주인공 김공주가 겪는 혼란과 그녀가 그녀만의 작은 영역이라도 만들고 싶어 하는 소망을 무참히 짓밟는 비정한 청소년들의 세계는 어쩌면 그녀가 한 번씩 꾸는 악몽을 현실에서 정말 마주하게 되지는 않을까 하는 두려움을 갖게 한다.

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"my name is kim gong joo. there is another gong joo in my class who has a completely different appearance and personality from me. strangely, she keeps getting on my nerves." the name given to her as soon as she was born is the minimal mark that society defines her identity as a being. however, the minimum identity of the main character, kim gong joo, is denied because of the existence of the person whose name is the same as hers in her class. another sparkling gong joo with a more beautiful appearance seems to have been recognized as a real owner who deserves to carry the name in this overwhelming sense. even though she fell asleep in class, even in the eyes of the teacher, the main character, kim gong joo, does not seem to exist, and only the other kim gong joo is pointed out. The confusion of kim gong joo, the main character who is struggling through adolescence that a person's second identity is established, and the heartless world of teenagers who brutally trample on her desire to create even a small area of her own makes us afraid that she will really face the nightmares she once dreams in reality.

the film was aired at 2021 seoul international pride film festival (SIPFF) in early nov 2021.

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I contacted the director, there is no way we can watch the film online at the moment.

but no worries, I'll keep you updated, I'm excited for this film too ♥️ it was directed by the same director as the director of short film secret!!

(we'll probably be able to watch it online within 2022)

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2019, 나이트 버드 / night birds (short film)

[director] 한정길 / han jeong kil (ig: 96.beee)

[👑] ?

was filmed in early 2019

tells the story of two siblings

I think this film has seong mo (he is psychometric), pil joo (money flower), tae woo (agape) and seong kwang (I had no other choice) vibes.. 🥺

I contacted the director, we probably have to wait a quite long time..

(I asked in both english and korean, it's so nice that he responded in english ♡ ㅠㅠ)

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2017, 그럴 수 밖에 없었다 / I had no other choice (short film)

[director] 유정현 / yoo jeong hyeon

[duration] 10min. 59sec.

[👑] 성광 / song kwang

유일한 생계 수단인 신문 배달 일을 하는 성광 오늘마저 신문을 다 돌리지 못하면 잘릴 위기에 놓인다. 그리고 자전거마저 뺏기게 되는데. 성광이 해가 뜨기 전 신문을 모두 돌릴 수 있을까?

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seong kwang, who works as a newspaper deliverer - this is also his sole livelihood, is in danger of losing his job if he cannot deliver all the newspaper within the day. besides, his bicycle is taken away. can seong kwang deliver all the newspaper before the sun rises?

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2017, 아가페 / agape* (short film)

(*) 🇬🇷 ἀγάπη /agápē/ (n) - selfless, unconditional love

[director] 손현록 / son hyeon rok

[duration] 18min.

[👑] 송태우 / song tae woo

tae woo threatens mom that he'll kill himself if she doesn't stop trying to kill herself. (mydramalist)

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2016, train to chuncheon / 춘천행 (short film)

[duration] 16min.

[👑] 김태수 / kim tae soo

tae soo is a soldier having an ordinary vacation on his way to chuncheon. as he gets closer to chuncheon, he seems to feel something uncomfortable. (moviebloc)

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