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Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
	Korean theatrical poster
Directed by	Kim Jee-woon; Yim Pil-sung
Written by	Yim Pil-sung ; Lee Hwan-hee ; Kim Jee-woon ; Jang Jong-ah
Produced by	Choi Hyeon-muk ; Kim Myeong-eun ; Oh Yeong-hun
Starring	Ryoo Seung-bum; Kim Kang-woo; Song Sae-byeok
Cinematography	Jo Sang-yun ; (A Brave New World) ; Kim Ji-yong ; (The Heavenly Creature) ; Ha Seong-min ; (Happy Birthday)
Edited by	Im Seon-gyeong ; (A Brave New World) ; Mun Se-gyeong ; (The Heavenly Creature) ; Nam Na-yeong ; (Happy Birthday)
Production; company	Zio Entertainment
Distributed by	TimeStory Group
Release date	April 5, 2012;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$5 million
Box office	₩704,635,000

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Doomsday Book (Korean: 인류멸망보고서; RR: Inryu myeongmang bogoseo; lit. "Report on the Destruction of Mankind") is a 2012 South Korean science-fiction anthology film directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung. It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era, while displaying an alternative form of genuine humanity and compassion. A Brave New World is a political satire about a viral zombie outbreak; The Heavenly Creature philosophizes on whether a robot can achieve enlightenment; and in Happy Birthday a dysfunctional family bonds in the midst of an apocalypse.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It won the top prize at the 2012 Fantasia Festival. The jury honored it with the Cheval Noir Award for best film for "its intelligence and originality."^[4]

Production

Doomsday Book was originally conceived as a three-part anthology film to be directed by Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung, and Han Jae-rim.^[5]^[6] Filming began on May 21, 2006, but shortly after Kim and Yim had shot their segments, financing fell apart and the film was put on hold. Han's third segment titled "The Christmas Gift" (a SF musical retelling of O. Henry's short story, about a woman's primal desires emerging when confronted with her last chance to survive after witnessing the end of the world) was never shot, and the two thirds remained unreleased.

But in 2010 with backing from new investor TimeStory, shooting restarted quietly with Yim and Kim collaborating on a new third installment to the trilogy with Yim as the lead director and Kim in more of a "guest director" role.^[7]^[8]^[9]

It was pre-sold to six countries at the Berlin Film Market and screened at the Cannes Film Festival.^[10]

Synopsis

A Brave New World

(Korean: 멋진 신세계; RR: Mutjin Sinsegye)

Left alone after his parents go abroad on a holiday with his sister, geeky research scientist Yoon Seok-woo (Ryoo Seung-bum) disposes of the accumulated rubbish in the family flat, which includes a rotten apple. Via the waste disposal system, the apple enters the food chain via recycled feed for cows. Seok-woo and his date, Kim Yoo-min (Go Joon-hee), end up eating the toxic beef during a barbecue one evening, and soon they and the rest of the population become flesh-eating zombies.^[11]

Directed by Yim Pil-sung. Written by Yim Pil-sung, Lee Hwan-hee. Also starring Kim Roi-ha (as Seok-woo's father), Lee Kan-hee (as Seok-woo's mother), Hwang Hyo-eun (as Seok-woo's sister), Ma Dong-seok (as a disorderly student), Jung Woo (as Joong-dong), Choi Deok-moon (as cook), Kim Mu-yeol (as Ji-ho), Bong Joon-ho (as Lee Joon-ho), Park Ho-young (as Park Ho-young), and Yoon Je-moon (as Joo Je-moon).

The Heavenly Creature

(Korean: 천상의 피조물; RR: Chunsangui Pijomul)

Park Do-won (Kim Kang-woo), a young technician employed by robotics corporation UR International, is called out to check an RU-4 robot named In-myung (voiced by Park Hae-il) employed at a Buddhist monastery. In-myung has become Buddhist and claims to have achieved enlightenment; the monks want to know whether he really is one or is just a robot with a technical glitch. Do-won gives In-myung a clean bill of technical health but says he is unqualified to do any more. Later, UR chairman Kang (Song Young-chang), and his team led by research executive Min (Kim Seo-hyung), arrive at the monastery to decommission In-myung, on the grounds that he is an old series. Do-won and Bodhisattva Hye-joo (Kim Gyu-ri) then try to save the robot from its imminent demise.^[11]

Written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. Original story by Park Seong-hwan. Also starring Jo Yoon-hee (as Ji-eun),^[12] Lee Bong-gyu (as Monk Joo-ji), and Jung Jae-jin (as Spiritual Leader).

Happy Birthday

(Korean: 해피 버스데이)

Young Park Min-seo (Jin Ji-hee) secretly orders a replacement 8 Ball from a strange website so her pool-obsessed father (Lee Seung-jun) and nerdy uncle Hwan (Song Sae-byeok) won't notice she's damaged it. She throws the original ball out of the window and it drops down a hole in the street. Two years later, South Korea is threatened by an asteroid that looks exactly like a giant version of the 8 Ball. In their underground shelter, the family tries to cancel the order via the extraterrestrial website. Ten years later, the adult Min-seo (Bae Doona)^[13] and her family emerge from their shelter.^[11]

Directed by Yim Pil-sung. Written by Yim Pil-sung, Jang Jong-ah. Original story by Park Su-min. Also starring Yoon Se-ah (as Min-seo's mother), Ryu Seung-soo (as male newscaster), Lee Young-eun (as female newscaster Lee Eun-kyung), John Kim (as former NASA researcher), Kevin Lee (as Ministry of Science and Technology resource person), Oh Jae-min (as male home shopping channel host), Kim Ok-jin (as female home shopping channel host), Jung Chul (as home shopping model 1), Jo Seung-min (as home shopping model 2), Nam Yoon-young (as home shopping model 3), Go Joon-hee (as weather girl), Lee Kyung-ho (as signs scholar), and Lee Sang-joon (as Galaxy courier).

Awards and nominations

2012 Fantasia Festival^[4]

Cheval Noir Award

2013 Asian Film Awards^[14]

Nomination - Best Visual Effects - Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Im Jung-hoon

References

^ "Doomsday Book". M-Line Distribution. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ "Human Extinction Report suspenseful trailer released". StarN News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Choi, Eun-hwa (5 April 2012). "Preview: The End of Mankind is Near in Doomsday Book". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ ^a ^b Hong, Lucia (13 August 2012). "Doomsday Book scoops up top prize at Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 4". Twitch Film. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 22". Twitch Film. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Brown, Todd (27 January 2012). "First Image From Yim Pil-Sung And Kim Jee-Woon's THE DOOMSDAY BOOK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "Korea's M-Line opens Doomsday Book". Screen International. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Son, Jin-ah (13 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Behind photos from filming sets revealed". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Hong, Lucia (29 March 2012). "Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung's Doomsday Book pre-sold to 6 countries". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Elley, Derek (24 October 2012). "Doomsday Book". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Oh, Seol-Hye (10 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Cho Yoonhee's amazing transformation". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Son, Jin-ah (16 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Bae Doona's unique costume". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Shackleton, Liz (16 January 2013). "Mystery, Gangster head Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

External links

Official website Template:Ko icon
Doomsday Book at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Doomsday Book at IMDb
Doomsday Book at HanCinema
Doomsday Book at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Doomsday Book". M-Line Distribution. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

[2] "Human Extinction Report suspenseful trailer released". StarN News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] Choi, Eun-hwa (5 April 2012). "Preview: The End of Mankind is Near in Doomsday Book". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[fantasia-4] Hong, Lucia (13 August 2012). "Doomsday Book scoops up top prize at Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[5] "K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 4". Twitch Film. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[6] "K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 22". Twitch Film. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[7] Brown, Todd (27 January 2012). "First Image From Yim Pil-Sung And Kim Jee-Woon's THE DOOMSDAY BOOK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[8] "Korea's M-Line opens Doomsday Book". Screen International. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[9] Son, Jin-ah (13 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Behind photos from filming sets revealed". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[10] Hong, Lucia (29 March 2012). "Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung's Doomsday Book pre-sold to 6 countries". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[elley-11] Elley, Derek (24 October 2012). "Doomsday Book". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[12] Oh, Seol-Hye (10 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Cho Yoonhee's amazing transformation". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[13] Son, Jin-ah (16 April 2012). "Human Extinction Report Bae Doona's unique costume". StarN News. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[14] Shackleton, Liz (16 January 2013). "Mystery, Gangster head Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

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-'''''Doomsday Book''''' ({{ko-hhrm|인류멸망보고서||Inryu myeongmang bogoseo}}; lit. "Report on the Destruction of Mankind") is a 2012 [[South Korea]]n [[science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[anthology film]] directed by [[Kim Ji-woon]] and [[Yim Pil-sung]]. It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era, while displaying an alternative form of genuine humanity and compassion. ''A Brave New World'' is a political satire about a viral zombie outbreak; ''The Heavenly Creature'' philosophizes on whether a robot can achieve enlightenment; and in ''Happy Birthday'' a dysfunctional family bonds in the midst of an apocalypse.<ref>[http://www.mline-distribution.com/current.php?idx=111 "Doomsday Book"]. ''M-Line Distribution''. Retrieved 2012-08-13.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Human Extinction Report'' suspenseful trailer released|url=http://star.fnnews.com/global/en/news/index.html?no=73167|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Eun-hwa|title=Preview: The End of Mankind is Near in ''Doomsday Book''|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=5197|work=enewsWorld|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
+'''''Doomsday Book''''' ({{ko-hhrm|인류멸망보고서||Inryu myeongmang bogoseo}}; lit. "Report on the Destruction of Mankind") is a 2012 [[South Korea]]n [[science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[anthology film]] directed by [[Kim Jee-woon]] and [[Yim Pil-sung]]. It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era, while displaying an alternative form of genuine humanity and compassion. ''A Brave New World'' is a political satire about a viral zombie outbreak; ''The Heavenly Creature'' philosophizes on whether a robot can achieve enlightenment; and in ''Happy Birthday'' a dysfunctional family bonds in the midst of an apocalypse.<ref>[http://www.mline-distribution.com/current.php?idx=111 "Doomsday Book"]. ''M-Line Distribution''. Retrieved 2012-08-13.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Human Extinction Report'' suspenseful trailer released|url=http://star.fnnews.com/global/en/news/index.html?no=73167|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Eun-hwa|title=Preview: The End of Mankind is Near in ''Doomsday Book''|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=5197|work=enewsWorld|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
 It won the top prize at the 2012 [[Fantasia Festival]]. The jury honored it with the Cheval Noir Award for best film for "its intelligence and originality."<ref name=fantasia>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=''Doomsday Book'' scoops up top prize at Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/11745|work=10Asia|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=13 August 2012}}</ref>
 ==Production==
-''Doomsday Book'' was originally conceived as a three-part [[anthology film]] to be directed by [[Kim Ji-woon]], [[Yim Pil-sung]], and [[Han Jae-rim]].<ref>{{cite news|title=K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 4|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2006/05/k-film-news-box-office-2006-may-4.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=4 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 22|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2006/05/k-film-news-box-office-may-22.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=22 May 2006}}</ref> Filming began on May 21, 2006, but shortly after Kim and Yim had shot their segments, financing fell apart and the film was put on hold. Han's third segment titled "The Christmas Gift" (a [[science fiction film|SF]] [[musical theatre|musical]] retelling of [[O. Henry]]'s [[The Gift of the Magi|short story]], about a woman's primal desires emerging when confronted with her last chance to survive after witnessing the end of the world) was never shot, and the two thirds remained unreleased.
+''Doomsday Book'' was originally conceived as a three-part [[anthology film]] to be directed by [[Kim Jee-woon]], [[Yim Pil-sung]], and [[Han Jae-rim]].<ref>{{cite news|title=K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 4|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2006/05/k-film-news-box-office-2006-may-4.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=4 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=K-Film News & Box Office: 2006, May 22|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2006/05/k-film-news-box-office-may-22.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=22 May 2006}}</ref> Filming began on May 21, 2006, but shortly after Kim and Yim had shot their segments, financing fell apart and the film was put on hold. Han's third segment titled "The Christmas Gift" (a [[science fiction film|SF]] [[musical theatre|musical]] retelling of [[O. Henry]]'s [[The Gift of the Magi|short story]], about a woman's primal desires emerging when confronted with her last chance to survive after witnessing the end of the world) was never shot, and the two thirds remained unreleased.
-But in 2010 with backing from new investor TimeStory, shooting restarted quietly with Yim and Kim collaborating on a new third installment to the trilogy with Yim as the lead director and Kim in more of a "guest director" role.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brown, Todd|title=First Image From Yim Pil-Sung And Kim Ji-Woon's THE DOOMSDAY BOOK|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/01/first-image-from-yim-pil-sung-and-kim-ji-woons-the-doomsday-book.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=27 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Korea's M-Line opens Doomsday Book|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/asia-pacific/koreas-m-line-opens-doomsday-book/5037830.article|newspaper=[[Screen International]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=11 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Son|first=Jin-ah|title=''Human Extinction Report'' Behind photos from filming sets revealed|url=http://star.fnnews.com/global/en/news/index.html?no=80301|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
+But in 2010 with backing from new investor TimeStory, shooting restarted quietly with Yim and Kim collaborating on a new third installment to the trilogy with Yim as the lead director and Kim in more of a "guest director" role.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brown, Todd|title=First Image From Yim Pil-Sung And Kim Jee-Woon's THE DOOMSDAY BOOK|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/01/first-image-from-yim-pil-sung-and-kim-ji-woons-the-doomsday-book.php|newspaper=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=27 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Korea's M-Line opens Doomsday Book|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/asia-pacific/koreas-m-line-opens-doomsday-book/5037830.article|newspaper=[[Screen International]]|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=11 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Son|first=Jin-ah|title=''Human Extinction Report'' Behind photos from filming sets revealed|url=http://star.fnnews.com/global/en/news/index.html?no=80301|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
 It was pre-sold to six countries at the [[Berlin_International_Film_Festival#European_Film_Market|Berlin Film Market]] and screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung's ''Doomsday Book'' pre-sold to 6 countries|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/10397|work=10Asia|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
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 Park Do-won ([[Kim Kang-woo]]), a young technician employed by robotics corporation UR International, is called out to check an RU-4 robot named In-myung (voiced by [[Park Hae-il]]) employed at a [[Buddhist]] monastery. In-myung has become Buddhist and claims to have achieved [[enlightenment (spiritual)|enlightenment]]; the monks want to know whether he really is one or is just a robot with a technical glitch. Do-won gives In-myung a clean bill of technical health but says he is unqualified to do any more. Later, UR chairman Kang (Song Young-chang), and his team led by research executive Min ([[Kim Seo-hyung]]), arrive at the monastery to decommission In-myung, on the grounds that he is an old series. Do-won and [[Bodhisattva]] Hye-joo ([[Kim Gyu-ri (actress born August 1979)|Kim Gyu-ri]]) then try to save the robot from its imminent demise.<ref name=elley />
-Written and directed by [[Kim Ji-woon]]. Original story by Park Seong-hwan. Also starring [[Jo Yoon-hee]] (as Ji-eun),<ref>{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Seol-Hye|title=''Human Extinction Report'' Cho Yoonhee's amazing transformation|url=http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=79619|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Lee Bong-gyu (as Monk Joo-ji), and Jung Jae-jin (as Spiritual Leader).
+Written and directed by [[Kim Jee-woon]]. Original story by Park Seong-hwan. Also starring [[Jo Yoon-hee]] (as Ji-eun),<ref>{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Seol-Hye|title=''Human Extinction Report'' Cho Yoonhee's amazing transformation|url=http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=79619|work=StarN News|accessdate=2012-11-18|date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Lee Bong-gyu (as Monk Joo-ji), and Jung Jae-jin (as Spiritual Leader).
 ===Happy Birthday===
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v t e Projects directed by Kim Jee-woon
Features	The Quiet Family (1998) The Foul King (2000) A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) A Bittersweet Life (2005) The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) I Saw the Devil (2010) The Last Stand (2013) The Age of Shadows (2016) Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018) Cobweb (2023)
Shorts	Coming Out (2000) Three ("Memories", 2002) 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) Doomsday Book ("The Heavenly Creature", 2012) One Perfect Day (2013) The X (2013) Live Your Strength (2020)
Television	Dr. Brain (2021) In the Net (TBA)