A classic hero’s journey, a unique setting for mystical adventure and an all-star cast. This is what Heroes of the Golden Mask, from Writer/Director/Producer, Sean Patrick O’Reilly offers to the landscape of animated adventure films upon its release on June 9, 2023.
For those who have not watched Season 1, below is a recap.
Hong Ji-hyo (played by Jeon Yeo-been) started exploring the possibility of alien life forms when she was in middle school. She made a friend in middle school who simply went along with her for the ride. This friend was a bad influence. She smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, sniffed glue, and persuaded Hong Ji-hyo to drink alcohol and sniff glue. It was a horrible experience. Hong Ji-hyo woke up in a hospital bed and her memories were distorted. Even though she was young, she understood enough to know that she had undergone brain surgery. She vaguely remembers having an unexplained and extraordinary encounter with aliens. However, did that actually happen, or was her mind messed up because she sniffed glue?
(NOTE: For those who have not watched this film, the time period is 1988. If you remember the 80s, the use of cassette tapes will surely take you on a trip down memory lane. By 2001, CDs had replaced cassettes. Now they’re considered “vintage”.)
Kim Wook (played by Go Soo) is a con artist. Is there such a thing as a noble con artist with a strong sense of justice who can’t abide not righting a wrong?
(NOTE: In order to understand these movies, you need to know that Tibetan Buddhists believe that there is an in-between stage known as the bardo which can take up to 49 days.)
In Tale of the Nine-Tailed, Lee Yeon (played by Lee Dong-wook, “Bad and Crazy”) is a 1000-years-old Gumiho. Having to live 1,000 years without the woman you love is a punishment. He hopes this punishment will end one day when he finally meets her again. According to legend, the Gumiho has to wait for a thousand years to turn into a human being. That means that after 1,000 years, if he finds the woman he fell in love with, he can become human and they can be together. The woman will be easy to identify because he gave her a fox bead.
Lee Na-Mi (played by Chun Woo-hee, “Love, Lies“) is a female hustler. She’s intelligent, talented, hard-working, has excellent marketing skills, and holds down more than one job. When she’s not working beside her dad in his cafe, she is doing other jobs related to marketing products via social media technology. Like most young people her age, she uses her smartphone FOR EVERYTHING!! Work and play. Her device has loads of photos with friends and family, as well as lots of revealing.text messages. Very revealing. It’s surprising how innocent innocuous casual conversations via text messages reveal a lot about an individual.
Yaksha is a code name. It could mean a hideous, violent demon who eats people. But it’s also a name for a guardian in the Buddhist faith.
Finland Papa centers around the life of a young woman grieving the loss of her grandmother. In the first episode of this very short series, we meet Yu Ri (played by Kim Bo Ra, “My Only Love Song”). She is wearing the traditional black hanbok dress and standing alone in front of her grandmother’s memorial. You can immediately feel her grief, pain and sorrow. Not only has she lost her grandmother, but her father had also tragically passed away. They were her only family. Now she is left in the world all alone. How will she carry on?
Though known by television audiences of the last 30 years for his sense of humor, with his new thriller Outpost, writer/director, Joe Lo Truglio is out to prove that the trauma and lasting effects of spousal abuse are no laughing matter, but they can add up to a wild ride.
This is a common reoccurring event throughout the history of the ancient Korean kingdoms. Joseon is the last Korean Dynasty, and historical records indicate that its kings almost always rose to power after shedding the blood of their relatives. The storyline for The Secret Romantic Guesthouse begins with a young crown prince who barely escaped death. His father was been brutally slain by his uncle. Somehow he gets away, runs into the yard of a nobleman, and hides in a dog house.