High Society is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Byun Hyuk. It stars Park Hae-il and Soo Ae. The film was released in South Korea on August 29, 2018.
Plot
The story of a married couple who is at the upper end of the social ladder. The husband is a professor at the Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is the deputy director of and a curator at a big art gallery.
Cast
Park Hae-il as Jang Tae-joon
Soo Ae as Oh Soo-yeon
Yoon Je-moon as Han Yong-suk
Ra Mi-ran as Lee Hwa-ran
Lee Jin-wook as Shin Ji-ho
Han Joo-young
Kim Kyu-sun
Park Joo-hee as Reporter Yoon
Park Sung-hoon
Kim Kang-woo (special appearance) as Baek Kwang-hyun
Lee Hong-nae as an Intern. Mao Hamasaki as Minami Oshima.
Production
Principal photography began on November 1, 2017. Production ended on January 11, 2018.
Reception
The film was released on August 29, 2018 in South Korea, showing at 867 screens across the country. During its opening day, the film finished second, trailing behind On Your Wedding Day by attracting 131,802 moviegoers with gross. It became the domestic R-rated film with the biggest opening day for 2018. However, the film dropped to third place during the weekend, finishing behind On Your Wedding Day and new release of the week Searching by attracting 291,228 moviegoers with gross. It suffered a 72.5% gross drop during its second weekend, finished at fourth place with from 85,522 attendance.
As of September 10, 2018, the film attracted 766,031 total admission with gross.