22nd New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 14-30, 2023

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New York Premiere

Rebound

리바운드

Imagine no vengeance. Imagine no bloody retribution. Imagine no star-crossed lovers, no North vs. South. And yet, here it is, a quintessentially Korean tale of building a winning squad from a ragtag group of misfits and underachievers, against the worst odds. Rebound tells the inspiring true story of Busan Jungang High School's underdog team, led by the fiery passion of its coach Yang-hyun (Ahn Jae-hong). Faced with the challenge of assembling a competitive team from basically nothing, his ingenuity and steely commitment bring his players together, transforming them into serious challengers against a seemingly infinitely superior opponent, Seoul’s Yongsan High, which has all the talent money can buy. Transcending the sports genre and eschewing the pitfalls of easy sentiment and melodrama, Chang Hang-jun’s Rebound elevates its premise with a singularly rousing screenplay, co-written by Kwon Sung-hui (The Spy Gone North, As One) and Kim Eun-hee (Netflix's Kingdom).

Director: Chang Hang-jun
Producers: Billy Acumen (Jang Won-seok), Park Yun-ho
Screenwriter: Kim Eun-hee
Cast: Ahn Jae-hong, Kim Taek, Lee Sin-young, Jeong Jin-woon
Languages: Korean with English Subtitles
2023; 120 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 15, 5:30pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro & Q&A with director Chang Hang-jun, actors Jeong Jin-woon and Kim Taek, producer Billy Acumen.

Chang Hang-jun
장항준

Chang Hang-jun graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts and has worked as a director and screenwriter. He entered the film industry with his script for The Adventures of Mrs. Park (1996) and debuted as a director with the feature Break Out (2002). Since then, he has made several works both as a director and writer, including the features Spring Breeze (2003), Forgotten (2017) and the TV series Sign (2011). He has continued his directing career with his latest feature, Rebound (2023), receiving the Silver Mulberry Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival.

Kim Taek
김택

Actor Kim Taek signed to Namoo Actors, the same agency as Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun, Netflix star Song Kang and actress Park Eun Bin, with whom Kim appeared in the TV period drama The King’s Affection. Rebound is his feature film debut.

Jeong Jin-woon
정진운

Jeong Jin-woon made his debut as the group 2AM in 2008 and received great love from the public for the first album title track This. Since then, 2AM has established itself as a ballad group representing K-pop by successively making hits such as Confession of a Friend, Can't Let You Go Even if I Die, and You Wouldn't Answer My Calls. Jeong Jin-woon, who showed his new colors as a solo artist, has recently been a multi-entertainer in various fields such as music, acting, and entertainment, following the release of the recent films Only I Can See (2021), Brother (2021), Oh! My Ghost (2022), and I'm Here (2023), proving his stable acting skills. And through Rebound, the film that received the Silver Mulberry Award at the 25th Udine Far East Film Festival, he showed a solid move in his acting career.

Billy Acumen (Jang Won-seok)
장원석

Jang Won-seok began his career as a production assistant for The Adventures of Mrs. Park (1996). He proceeded step by step as a film producer going through a lot of mainstream films, including The King and The Clown. He made a successful debut as an executive producer by developing Secret Reunion(2009), and repeated the feat with War Of The Arrows (2011). In 2011 - 2012, he pumped out many films as an executive producer such as Ghost Sweepers (2012), co-produced Confession Of Murder (2012), and also contributed to the production of critically-acclaimed thriller A Hard Day (2013). In 2013, he co-executive produced Don Lee’s action film The Outlaws (2017) which led to a megahit franchise with two sequels; The Roundup (2022), and The Roundup: No Way Out (2023).