The Prison () is a 2017 South Korean prison action film directed by Na Hyun and starring Han Suk-kyu and Kim Rae-won. It was released on March 23, 2017.
Premise
An imprisoned ex-detective named Song Yoo-gun discovers that the prison is actually controlled by an inmate called Jung Ik-ho who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden Kang, where he soon becomes the part of their syndicate in order to settle a few scores.
Cast
Main
Han Suk-kyu as Jung Ik-ho
Kim Rae-won as Song Yoo-gun
Supporting
Jung Woong-in as Governor Kang
Jo Jae-yoon as Lee Hong-pyo
Kim Sung-kyun as Dr. Kim
Shin Sung-rok as Chang-gil
Lee Geung-young as Head correctional officer Bae
Others
Han Sung-Yong as Gye-shik
Han Joo-wan
Cha Yup as Baek-jung
Choi Sung-won
Song Kyung-chul as Mr. Yang
Kwak Min-ho as Hak-gyu
Park Jin-woo as Teacher Oh
Jeon Bae-soo
Lee Chang-hee as Control room prison officer 1
Na Kwang-hoon
Yeon Song-ha
Kim Kwang-hyun
Seo Ho-chul
Yoo Jung-ho as Seo Ki-tae
Hyun Bong-shik as Agupae
Kim Seung-hoon
Park Jong-soo
Byun Jung-hyun
Lee Yong-jik
Yun Byung-hee
Bae Myung-jin
Kang Shin-il
Lee Sang-min
Production
The film marks the directing debut of Na Hyun, a veteran scriptwriter in the Korean film industry.
According to its distribution company Showbox, "The Prison" has been sold to 62 different countries. Showbox has sealed several deals on the film. After the film's launch at AFM, it goes to Well Go USA for North America; JBG Pictures for Australia, New Zealand and the UK; Lemon Tree for China; Viva Communication for the Philippines; and Movie Cloud for Taiwan. Showbox held a market screening for film on February 11, 2017 during EFM.
"The Prison" was invited to compete in the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival that ran from April 4–16, 2017 and the Far East Film Festival that ran from April 21–29, 2017 in Udine, Italy.
Test shoots began on January 27, 2016. Filming began on February 14 and ended on May 22, 2016.