Korean Movie Night: Secretly, Greatly

Co-presented by Korean Cultural Service NY and Asia Society

Part of Korean Movie Night New York’s Webtoon Comes to the Big Screen series (Sep. 9 – Oct. 20, 2015)

New York Premiere

Secretly, Greatly
(은밀하게 위대하게 eun-mil-ha-gae, wi-dae-ha-gae)

Directed by Jang Cheol-soo Starring: Kim Soo-hyun, Park Gi-woong, Lee Hyun-woo
2013. South Korea. 127 min. Digital. In Korean with English subtitles.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 6:30 PM

The Centerpiece Presentation of the 12th New York Asian Film Festival and one of the most popular Korean Movie Night New York films, Secretly, Greatly is based on artist Hun’s widely popular webtoon Covertness. This film broke several box office records and is the most successful Korean webtoon adaptation to date with 7 million movie theater admissions. This action comedy-drama follows the fortunes of a group of elite North Korean spies, trained since youth, who have been dispatched to South Korea. They assume various undercover identities, including a village idiot, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Heartthrob Kim So-hyun plays Won Ryu-hwan, a highly accomplished North Korean agent, whose cover is that of the village idiot. A sequel to the original Covertness webtoon is currently running on the Daum portal.

Line forms at 5:30 pm. Free tickets are distributed starting at 6 pm. One ticket per person.