The Twins (film)
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The Twins is a 2005 South Korean film and the debut feature of Park Heung-sik. Jung Joon-ho
stars as identical twins with opposing personalities.
in My Mother, the Mermaid
and Park Shin-yang
in The Big Swindle
. Prior to the launch of the film, Jung noted that he focused more on the character of Myung-su, feeling that the personality of Hyung-su was expressed less fully than he intended.
box office on its opening weekend with 42,535 admissions. The film went on to accumulate a total of 602,078 admissions nationwide.
Joon Soh of The Korea Times
regarded the film's storyline as a variation of The Prince and the Pauper
, and found the film to have "a surprising amount of tension due to its numerous plot twists and unexpected character development". However, Joon also commented that the film tried to fit too much story into its runtime, "[leaving] behind too many loose ends while rushing to its halfhearted ending".
Jung Joon-ho
Jung Joon-ho is a South Korean actor, who gained fame in the 2000 series, Women Like You, . His recent hits are The Last Scandal of My Life and IRIS. Jung Jun-ho has a passionate interest in singing...
stars as identical twins with opposing personalities.
Plot
Myung-su and Hyung-su are identical twins with opposing personalities. Hyung-su graduated top of his class in high school and is on his way to Seoul University to study law, supported by his mother who runs a hole-in-the-wall restaurant near a train station. By contrast, Myung-su works as a bouncer at a local brothel and helps out in his mother's restaurant, but is happy to trade places with his brother whenever there is trouble. The two brothers have their lives turned upside down when Hyung-su is accused of a crime.Cast
- Jung Joon-hoJung Joon-hoJung Joon-ho is a South Korean actor, who gained fame in the 2000 series, Women Like You, . His recent hits are The Last Scandal of My Life and IRIS. Jung Jun-ho has a passionate interest in singing...
... Myung-su/Hyung-su - Yoon So-yiYoon So-YiYoon So-yi is a South Korean actress.-Biography:Yoon So-yi debuted as a model in Graffiti Magazine in 2001. After a few years of print and commercial modeling, she auditioned for Ryu Seung-wan's action comedy Arahan in 2004...
- Kim Hye-na
- Park Jeong-soo
- Park No-sik
- Myeong Kye-nam
- Park Sang-wook
- Oh Su-min
Production
Jung Joon-ho took on the dual role of Myung-su and Hyung-su to further his skills as an actor, and said, "When I read the script, I really liked the story and wanted to star in the film... I begged the director to choose me". He prepared himself by studying the performances of other actors playing double roles in films, such as Jeon Do-yeonJeon Do-yeon
Jeon Do-yeon is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival...
in My Mother, the Mermaid
My Mother, the Mermaid
My Mother, the Mermaid is a 2004 South Korean film about a young woman who quarrels with her mother but is somehow transported back in time and sees her parents' courtship. In her youth, her mother was a haenyeo, a traditional freediver.IMDB claims the literal translation of the title is The...
and Park Shin-yang
Park Shin-yang
Park Shin-yang , is a South Korean actor, who became famous as a cast member in the well-loved Korean television series, Lovers in Paris, joined by Kim Jung Eun and Lee Dong-gun. Park Shin-yang portrays Han Ki Joo, President of GD Motors...
in The Big Swindle
The Big Swindle
The Big Swindle is a 2004 heist film directed by Choi Dong-hun. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other.-External links:* at...
. Prior to the launch of the film, Jung noted that he focused more on the character of Myung-su, feeling that the personality of Hyung-su was expressed less fully than he intended.
Release
The Twins opened in South Korea on 15 April 2005, and was ranked second at the SeoulSeoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
box office on its opening weekend with 42,535 admissions. The film went on to accumulate a total of 602,078 admissions nationwide.
Joon Soh of The Korea Times
The Korea Times
The Korea Times is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea, along with The Korea Herald and The JoongAng Daily. It is part of the same newspaper group as Hankook Ilbo, a major Korean language daily...
regarded the film's storyline as a variation of The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction...
, and found the film to have "a surprising amount of tension due to its numerous plot twists and unexpected character development". However, Joon also commented that the film tried to fit too much story into its runtime, "[leaving] behind too many loose ends while rushing to its halfhearted ending".