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    Everything You Need to Know About the Action Thriller ‘Kill Boksoon’

    It’s hard being a mom — especially when you’re a deadly assassin.

    By Ingrid Ostby
    March 22, 2023

MK Enterprises, the contract-killing agency where stone-cold assassin Gil Boksoon works, has three strict rules: 1) don’t kill minors, 2) don’t take jobs from other agencies and 3) always finish a kill. But when Boksoon’s life as a single mother intervenes with her career, she breaks the rules and puts a target on her back. Kill Boksoon, from The Merciless and Kingmaker (2018) director Byun Sung-hyun, stars Cannes best actress winner and four-time Baeksang Art Awards winner Jeon Do-yeon and four-time Baeksang Art Awards winner Sul Kyung-gu. 

When will Kill Boksoon be released?

Stream it March 31. 

Where can I find the trailer for Kill Boksoon?

Watch the trailer below.

Who’s in Kill Boksoon?

  • Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine, Emergency Declaration) as Gil Boksoon, a high-ranking assassin
  • Kim Si-a (Miss BaekThe Silent Sea) as Gil Jae-young, Boksoon’s teen daughter
  • Sul Kyung-gu (KingmakerBook of Fish) as Cha Min-kyu, head of contract killing agency MK Enterprises
  • Koo Kyo-hwan (Peninsula) as Han Hee-sung, an assassin at MK
  • Esom (Samjin English Company Class) as Cha Min-hee, MK’s director and Min-kyu’s sister

What happens in Kill Boksoon?

When we meet Boksoon, she’s fighting a yakuza to the death. After battling him with an axe, she decides to save herself some time and shoot him point blank — the grocery store is closing soon. Boksoon is not only MK’s best assassin, she has a 15-year-old girl at home. As Boksoon contemplates retiring to spend more time with her daughter — who’s facing troubles of her own — she’s faced with a moral dilemma on the job that makes her a target for her fellow assassins. 

Where does Kill Boksoon take place?

The movie takes place in South Korea. It was filmed in Bucheon, Jeonju and Seoul.  

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