It’s been four years since Lee Jong-pil earned earned praise for his feature “Samjin Company English Class”. The actor/director has, through the course of his career behind the camera continued to reinvent himself, following his dramedy debut “Born to Sing” with the historical “The Sound of a Flower’ before making the 1995 set “Samjin Company English Class”, a female-ensemble led feature. He now continues to do the same with his latest “Escape”, an action thriller about North Korean soldiers.

Synopsis

Im Kyu-nam is a North Korean soldier. He dreams of starting a new life in South Korea. To accomplish his dream, he must flee his home country and cross the DMZ. Meanwhile, Officer Ri Hyun-sang of the State Security Department of North Korea chases after Im Kyu-nam.

If he opted for younger generation actresses like Esom, Go Ah-sung and Park Hye-soo in “Samjin Company English Class”, he does the same with his male leads for “Escape”, with both in-demand actors Le Je-hoon and Koo Kyo-hwan taking the stage as Im Kyu-nam and Ri Hyun-sang respectively. The feature is confirmed to release in South Korean cinemas in July, 2024.