JUNG_E Release Date, Cast, Plot, And Everything We Know So Far

Netflix will continue to release new Korean films in 2023 when everyone else is preoccupied with gothic and action-packed Hollywood thrillers. Alchemy of Souls, The Roundup, and The Pirates: The Lost Royal Treasure were great films and television shows from the previous year. Hollywood has produced many sci-fi war movies, but the Korean business rarely does. The sci-fi classics Alienoid, Okja, The Silent Sea, and Glitch are examples of earlier works that demonstrate their inventiveness when it does happen.

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The upcoming Netflix movie Jung E shows the tradition of the Korean sci-fi genre with clever writing and a star-studded cast. Unfortunately, Kang Soo-Yeon, one of the movie’s lead actresses, lost away from a cardiac attack after the production crew ended filming. If not for the exciting Sci-Fi topic, viewers should look forward to her final performance as one of Korea’s most adored actors.

Here is what is known about Jung E, one of the most eagerly awaited Korean movies of 2023, given the film’s rumored stratospheric budget and exceptional production values.

Cast

  • Kang Soo-youn as Yun Seo-hyun
  • Kim Hyun-joo as Jung_E/Yun Jung-yi
  • Ryu Kyung-soo as Sang-hun
  • Park So-yi as young Yun Seo-hyun

What is the Release Date of JUNG_E?

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The film’s release date was originally scheduled for the end of 2022. However, it was postponed. The Netflix release of Jung E is scheduled for Friday, January 20, 2023, at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET.

Who is the Director of JUNG_E?

South Korean screenwriter and director Yeon Sang-ho. His work on the adult animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), the live-action movie Train to Busan (2016), the animated prequel Seoul Station (2016), the live-action sequel Peninsula (2020), and the first South Korean superhero movie Psychokinesis helped him become well-known internationally (2018).

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Yeon Sang-ho, born in Seoul on December 25, 1978, earned a degree in Western Painting from Sangmyung University. The megalomania of D, his debut animated short film, was directed by him in 1997. The megalomania of D was followed by D-Day and The Hell in 2000 and 2002, and in 2004 he founded his own production company, Studio Dadashow. His subsequent two animated shorts, Love Is Protein (2008) and The Hell: Two Kinds of Life (2006), were accepted to participate in numerous international film festivals.

JUNG_E | Official Teaser | Netflix

What is the Plot of JUNG_E?

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In the 22nd century, when climate change made the world unfit for people to live in, they came up with the idea of building man-made shelters as a solution, according to the exquisitely designed Netflix trailer in the movie takes place. As they manage to get it to work, another problem develops as an internal conflict between various military and political parties occurs inside the bunker.

To bring about world peace, one must first end the conflict. To do this, Jung E (Kim Hyun-Joo), a top-tier member of the allied forces, chooses to take part in a brain cloning project under the supervision of Seohyun (Kang Soo-Yeon) and Sang-Hoon, the laboratory’s team heads (Ryu Kyung-soo). Will the disagreement be resolved if they succeed in creating AI copies of Jung E utilizing cutting-edge, risky technology? Or will it cause humanity to face a fresh crisis?

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Here is Netflix’s official plot summary, albeit we went into more detail about it based on the teaser.

“Starring Kang Soo-Yeon, Kim Hyun-Joo, and Ryu Kyung-soo is the filmmaker Yeon Sang-sci-fi ho’s action drama “Hellbound.” A researcher at an AI facility spearheads the attempt to end a civil war in a post-apocalyptic near-future by replicating the brain of a brave soldier—her mother.”

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