![]() While the movie is largely faithful to its source material, the setting has been moved from Japan to Korea, and the run time is about two hours and fifteen minutes. Illang is based on a Japanese anime of about an hour and forty minutes, directed by Hioryuki Okiyura ( Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, 1999). Director Kim Jee-woon, who provided Korea’s bizarre The Good, the Bad, and the Weird in 2006 as well as 2013’s Schwarzeneggar vehicle The Last Stand, takes charge. Since the suits in Hollywood figure that the movie can appeal to North American audiences, Warner Bros. ![]() Illang: The Wolf Brigade attempts to incorporate both cultures. When the country isn’t producing these distinctive features, Korea shows it can nail Ocean’s Eleven heists with Do-Dook-deul ( The Thieves). On the independent circuit, the powerful Taklamakan provided a special Korean flavor at last year’s BIFF. On the mainstream level, the aforementioned gritty dramas span years, from 2003’s Old Boy to this year’s Burning. It’s a country capable of producing dark and gritty dramas of excellent quality and of pulling off the Hollywood blockbuster. South Korea is a special place in the film world.
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