Kang Ji Hwan Sung Yu-ri
Details:
Cast: Kang Ji Hwan, Sung Yu-ri,Kim Young-Kwang,
Lee Soo-Hyuk,Shin Min-Chul
Directed by: Sin Tae-Ra
Screenplay by: Ko Yeong-Jae
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr and 40 mins.
Release Date in South Korea: 2012/05/30
Synopsis
CHul-Soo is an overzealous detective who will do everything possible to catch
his suspect. He doesn't want to waste a single precious moment even to
shower, and regularly dresses in threadbare ramshackle clothes. But he's
just been assigned to the case of a lifetime. Transforming into an undercover
runway model in 60 days. Assigned to the monumental backstage crime case
simply because of his height. among the challenges Chul-Soo faces is working
with high school alum Ko Young-Jae, who happens to be the designer. Convinced
he stinks and will ruin her show, she sets him the impossible task of shedding
20 kilograms in 2 weeks. He accepts the challenge but becoming a runway
model means more than just losing weight. With so much to learn in such a
short period of time, Chul-Soo's case turns into the biggest Project Makeover
of all time. From: rottentomatoes
Kang Ji Hwan and Sung Yu-ri are reunited once more after the tv series,
Hong Gil Dong. This movie tells the story of an overweight detective who
must undergo a most difficult transformation to become a runway model
in order to solve a case. For his role as the overweight Detective Cha,
Kang Ji Hwan had to gain 10 kilograms (about 22 pounds). The very
dedicated actor shocked everyone when he revealed he lost 20 kilograms
(about 44 pounds) in just two weeks through exercise and weight training.
Kang Ji-Hwan and Sung Yu-ri as Hong Gil Dong and Yi-nok in the
Korean Drama, Hong Gil Dong are reunited for Runway Cop.
photo credit: Coolsmurf Domain and Hancinema
He is also reunited with the director of his successful film, My Girlfriend is
an Agent, director Sin Tae Ra.