친구사이? (2009)

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• Gedreht in: Südkorea

Just Friends? is a 2009 South Korean short film directed and written by Kim Jho Kwang-soo. It is the second installment in a series of gay-themed short films directed by Kim, following the 2008 film Boy Meets Boy. The film stars Yeon Woo-jin and Lee Je-hoon, who together play a couple that must deal with the issue of coming out.

Production

Director and screenwriter Kim Jho Kwang-soo stating that he wanted to create a "real gay film of 99.9% purity", after his observation that many Korean films of the past contained misleading portrayals of homosexuals. He based the film's story on his own personal experiences as a gay man.

Actor Hong Jong-hyun was originally cast alongside Yeon Woo-jin for the lead roles, though Lee Je-hoon took his place sometime after. Both Hong and Lee would later be cast in Kim Jho Kwang-soo's 2010 horror film, Ghost. Yeon's role as Min-soo was his debut in a major work.

Principal photography began on May 21, 2009.

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