The Prison (2017 film)

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 Warden Kang, where he soon becomes the part of their syndicate  to settle a few scores.

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.