The Devil's Game

The Devil's Game (Korean: 더 게임; RR: Deo Geim; lit. "The Game") is a 2008 South Korean film.

The Devil's Game
Theatrical poster
Hangul더 게임
Revised RomanizationDeo Geim
McCune–ReischauerTŏ Geim
Directed byYoon In-ho
Produced byLee Seo-yeol
Kim Sang-yun
Park Chang-hyeon
Jeong Geun-hyeon
Written byYoon In-ho
Kim Mi-ra
Lee Jae-jin
StarringShin Ha-kyun
Byun Hee-bong
Music byKim Jun-seong
CinematographyBaek Dong-hyeon
Edited byMoon In-dae
Distributed byPrime Entertainment
Release date
  • 31 January 2008 (2008-01-31)
Running time
116 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$10,287,987

Plot

Struggling artist Min Hee-do (Shin Ha-kyun), is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik (Byun Hee-bong), who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a monthlong brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.[1][2][3]

Cast

Release

The Devil's Game was released in South Korea on 31 January 2008,[4] and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 361,650 admissions.[5] As of 31 March 2008 it had received a total of 1,496,215 admissions,[4] and as of 16 March 2008 grossed a toal of US$10,287,987.[6]

gollark: Also, thing is, WiFi connectivity and internet connectivity are orthogonal.
gollark: You can't "steal internet". The internet is a vast global network of computrons.
gollark: Maybe stick their IP in the list somehow?
gollark: I wonder if you could spoof that in some way to annoy them.
gollark: ☭ BAD, though.

References
  1. Yi, Chang-ho (12 December 2007). "Offbeat Shin Ha-kyun Plays The Devil's Game". Korean Film Biz Zon.
  2. Yang, Sung-jin (21 January 2008). "The Devil's Game plays in wrong arena". The Korea Herald via Hancinema.
  3. "Devil's Game Explores Bet on Money or Youth". The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 January 2008.
  4. "Box-Office Admission Results" (2008). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
  5. "Korean Box Office" (2008.02.01 ~ 2008.02.03). Hancinema. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
  6. "South Korea Box Office March 14–16, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.


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