The originally low profile movie “Lucky Chan-sil” has been generating better than expected hype ahead of the movie’s March 5th release. This is thanks to a prominent role occupied by Kim Young min, one of the many minor performers in “Crash Landing on You” who received a major popularity boost thanks to that record-breaking television drama.
Though Kim Young min has an important role in the movie, he is not the credited lead. The title character is played by Kang Mal geum in her first leading role. Prior to Kim Young min‘s popularity boost, Youn Yuh jung was the most easily identifiable cast member, as the older woman has long been a fixture in South Korea’s entertainment culture.
Meanwhile, “Lucky Chan-sil” deals with a producer who loses her job and is set adrift in the world, struggling to find a purpose to her existence. It’s the first feature film from writer/director Kim Cho-hee, who made the short movie “Ladies Of The Forest”, which appeared on the festival circuit, where Yoon Yuh-jung also starred.
