Fans of Oldboy star Choi Min-sik have had to face rather a lot of downtime for the actor in recent days, Choi first withdrawing from the film industry entirely to protest proposed changes to the screen quota system in 2006 and then working only sparingly since his return. Kim Jee-woon's 2010 effort I Saw The Devil was just Choi's second lead role since 2005 effort Crying Fist and his only work since that effort was to contribute his voice to an animated feature.
But Choi will be back in 2012 in the lead role of Yun Jong-bin's The War Against Crime (aka Nameless Gangster, 범죄와의 전쟁 ) in which he will play opposite Ha Jung-woo as a government official in Busan during a very public and hard fought war against organized crime in the early 1990s.
Yun's previous work has not fared particularly well outside of Korean borders but Choi has had excellent taste in both directors and scripts throughout his career and his presence stands as a pretty healthy indicator of quality.
But Choi will be back in 2012 in the lead role of Yun Jong-bin's The War Against Crime (aka Nameless Gangster, 범죄와의 전쟁 ) in which he will play opposite Ha Jung-woo as a government official in Busan during a very public and hard fought war against organized crime in the early 1990s.
Yun's previous work has not fared particularly well outside of Korean borders but Choi has had excellent taste in both directors and scripts throughout his career and his presence stands as a pretty healthy indicator of quality.