Park Hae-il's new movie set to hit local theaters on April 26

Actor Park Hae-il [10Asia]

Korean actor Park Hae-il’s new film has been set to make its debut in local theaters next month.

Park starrer “Eungyo” (in romanized Korean), the name of a 17-year-old girl in the movie, will be hitting the big screen in theaters across the country on April 26, according to the movie’s promoter Delight on Monday.

Adapted from writer Park Bum-shin’s novel of the same name, Park will play a legendary poet named Lee Juk-yo who gets captivated by Eungyo’s charm (played by actress Kim Ko-eun).

However, the pair’s love soon gets interrupted by Seo Ji-woo (played by Kim Moo-yeol), who is Lee Juk-yo’s student that envies Lee’s strong talent in writing poems and jealous of his teacher’s relationship with Eungyo.

The film is helmed by renowned director Jung Ji-woo which is the second feature that Jung and Park have worked on since their first pic “Modern Boy” in 2008.

Park made his debut as an actor by joining the cast in a play in 2009. He soon rose to stardom through his famous gigs “Waikiki Brothers” (2001), “Scent of Love” (2003), “The Host” (2006), “Purpose of Love” (2005) and in film “Arrow The Ultimate Weapon.”

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