Sunset in My Hometown – 변산

Directed by: Lee Joon-ik (이준익)

Starring: Park Jung-min (박정민), Kim Go-eun (김고은)

The Film: Although he spent his youth working part time at a convenience store and as a valet parking attendant, Hak-su (Park Jung-min), a.k.a. Shim-baek, is an unknown rapper who has passionately watched the popular rap competition TV show “Show Me the Money” for the past 6 years. The worst moment of his life arrives after once again being eliminated during the preliminary stages of the program; and after receiving one phone call, Hak-su must head back to Byeonsan, the hometown he wanted to forget.

Caught in a trick laid out by his former classmate Sun-mi (Kim Go-eun) who suffers from unrequited love, Hak-su is forcibly summoned to his hometown. Freaking out about all his old friends clinging around him because of his shameful memories he wanted to erase, Hak-su wants nothing more than to get out of his hometown as soon as possible. But when unexpected events arise, Hak-su faces the biggest crisis in his life…

Genre: Drama
Release Date: July 4th, 2018.

Lee Joon-ik, the director of Dongju: Portrait of a Poet (2016) and The Throne (2015), recasts one of my favorite new actors, Park Jung-min, whose breakout role came in the director’s 2016 biopic, Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, and who also starred alongside Lee Byung-hun in this years excellent family drama, Keys to the Heart (2018). So the combination of both a director who has delivered such hits as The King and the Clown (2005) and an actor who seems to be getting better and better with each film should be plenty to peak your interest.

Interest: High Expectations: Medium