Brothers in Heaven

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|name = Brothers in Heaven

|image = Brothers in Heaven.jpg

|caption = Theatrical poster

|director = Park Hee-jun

|producer = Baek Tae-whan

|screenplay = Park Hee-jun

|starring = Sung Hoon
Jo Han-sun
Yoon So-yi

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|released = {{film date|2017|11|26|Hiroshima International Film Festival|2018|01|17}}

|runtime = 114 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

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Brothers in Heaven ({{ko-hhrm|돌아와요 부산항애||}}), originally titled Come Back to Busan Port, is a 2017 South Korean action crime film starring Sung Hoon, Jo Han-sun and Yoon So-yi and directed by Park Hee-jun.

Plot

Twin brothers who were separated soon after being orphaned as young children struggle to reconcile after many years of not knowing each other. Taeju is a police officer and Taesung is a local gang leader, but both end up being in love with the same woman. The film is set in Busan.{{cite web|title=BROTHERS IN HEAVEN (2018)|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20175830|website=Korean Film Council|accessdate=6 July 2018}}{{cite web|title=[Photos + Video] Brothers Ripped Apart Struggle When They Meet Again in Brothers in Heaven|url=https://www.hancinema.net/photos--video-brothers-ripped-apart-struggle-when-they-meet-again-in-brothers-in-heaven-113113.html|website=Hancinema|accessdate=6 July 2018|date=8 December 2017}}

Cast

Sung Hoon as Tae-sung
Ji Min-hyuk as young Tae-sung
Jo Han-sun as Tae-joo
Yoon So-yi as Chan-mi
Shin Se-hwi as young Chan-mi
Kong Jung-hwan as Sang-doo
Lee Ik-joon as Min-goo
Park Chul-min as Kang-goo
Son Byong-ho as Shane

Production

The film was directed by Park Hee-jun. Although falling in the action crime genre,{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Weatherspoon|title=Korean Thriller Bows on January 19 in SE Asia|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=4646&mode=VIEW|website=Korean Film Council|accessdate=6 July 2018|date=15 January 2018}} it also contains hidden philosophical symbols referring to religious allegories.

The working title was Come back to Busan Port, the name of a famous song by Korean singer Cho Yong-pil.

Release

Brothers in Heaven had its premiere in the Special Screenings section at the Hiroshima International Film Festival{{cite web | title=Brothers in Heaven | website=HIFF | url=http://hiff.jp/2017/en/archives/3816/index.html | language=ja | access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web | title=Brotherly Love in "Brother's Heaven" | website=HIFF | date=26 November 2017 | url=http://hiff.jp/2017/en/archives/4664/index.html | language=ja | access-date=26 June 2024}} in Japan on November 26, 2017, and went on general release on January 17, 2018.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|7900134|Brothers in Heaven}}
{{hancinema film|Brothers_in_Heaven|Brothers in Heaven}}

Category:2017 films

Category:2010s Korean-language films

Category:Films directed by Park Hee-jun

Category:South Korean crime action films

Category:2017 crime action films

Category:2010s South Korean films