Post by Fritz on Aug 29, 2016 12:11:55 GMT
You may not know his name, but veteran actor Park Geun Hyung has been seen in plenty of dramas, usually playing the stern CEO or family patriarch. In the soon-to-be-released action-mystery film Grandfather (그랜드파더), he tries his hand as an action hero.
Grandfather starts out by introducing us to Park Geun Hyung's character, who is a Vietnam war veteran fallen on hard times. He makes his living as a bus driver. One day, he receives a call that his estranged son has committed suicide. At the funeral, he comes face-to-face with his teenaged granddaughter for the first time, played by Go Bo Kyul (Cinderella and the Four Knights, Second to Last Love). It's clear that she wants nothing to do with him when she says, "You caused his death. He died because you abandoned him." This reproach goes straight to his heart, and though he failed to protect his son, he will do whatever it takes to protect the only family he has left.
However, something doesn't feel right; his father and soldier instincts tell him that a simple drunken suicide may not be the entire story. After seeing strange bruise marks on his son's corpse, Park Geu Hyung becomes more and more convinced that this may have been a homicide. His pleas for a re-investigation fall on deaf ears, as the police have already been bribed by nebulous corporate sources. Jung Jin Young (Glamorous Temptation) plays a greedy company department head, who is trying to cover up the son's death. Eventually, Park Geun Hyung realizes that it is up to him to prove his son's murder and catch the culprit, so that no harm can come to his granddaughter.
Grandfather opens August 31 in Korea.
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