Park Chan-wook Directing Lesbian Crime Drama 'Fingersmith'

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After a foray into English-language filmmaking with Stoker, South Korean director Park Chan-wook is taking inspiration from an English-language source for his next Korean-language film. He’s currently at work on Fingersmith, based on a 2002 lesbian crime novel by Sarah Waters. Get all the details on the Park Chan-wook Fingersmith movie after the jump.

Variety reports production on Fingersmith began last week near Nagoya, Japan, and will continue for at least another 70 days. The project is budgeted at around $10 million USD, and is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2016. Hopefully we’ll get it in the U.S. not too long after that.

Adapted by Chung Seo-kyung (Thirst), Park’s Fingersmith moves the action from Victorian-era London to Japan and Japan-occupied Korea in the 1930s. Waters’ novel follows a petty thief who becomes involved in a con to take an heiress’ money, but then begins to fall for the mark. The story was previously adapted into a BBC drama starring Sally Hawkins in 2005. (That’s where the image at the top is from.)

Kim Min-hee (No Tears for the Dead) and Kim Tae-ri take the female leads in Fingersmith, and Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser) is the male lead. Park’s Oldboy cinematographer Jeong Jeong-hun returns, as does Thirst production designer Ryu Seong-hee.

Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/park-chan-wook-fingersmith/

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