The 1st Global K-Pop film & Korea's answer to dance classics like Black Swan & Billy Elliot
1st Global K-pop film
Facts about first global K-Pop Film
This is the first international film set in the world of K-Pop, K-dance and K-fashion and filmed in Korean and English by a North American filmmaker. Asia's first Nobel-Laureate Tagore wanted Korea to lead a renaissance in Asia and today Korea dominates the world of pop music, pop culture, and cinema and so Ronin Soho is making the first international film to promote Korean culture and heritage in a cool way through the arenas of K-pop, K-fashion and K-dance.
BTS is so successful because they deal with serious themes and inspiring messages. In this film, we deal with serious issues including ableism, ageism, racism, alcoholism, mental and physical illness and suicidal depression in a mature and nuanced way influenced by the realism filmmaking techniques of Oscar-winner Satyajit Ray - the favourite filmmaker of Oscar-winners Martin Scorcese, Danny Boyle and Christopher Nolan among others. This film also throws light on the challenges of the music industry - echoing themes shown in Lady Gaga's Oscar-winning film "A Star is Born".
This film has more dance scenes than any other film and is Korea’s answer to Oscar-winning dance classics like Black Swan and Billy Elliott. Like Natalie Portman who won the Oscar for Best Actress after training for a year, Soho also trained for a year in many dance genres from Street Jazz to break dancing and studied the all-time greats from Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson to BTS & Blackpink in preparation for his role.
This film is as inspirational as the Oscar-winning Rocky series and embodies the Olympic spirit that permeated across Korea and established Korea as a cultural superpower on the world stage. As director, Ronin Soho has served as the Motivational Coach to over 100 Olympians - more than any other coach in history - and has even guest lectured on the Mindset of a Winner at the prestigious Korea National Sports University. Soho’s co-star MJ Baek became paralyzed on his first movie set and then went on to win over 100 medals as a Paralympic athlete and was even awarded Korea's highest national honour - the Order of Merit for Sports. So this film brings unprecedented realism to the popular film genre of inspirational cinema and can empower anyone who is pursuing a dream against all odds.
This movie does more to promote paraplegic actors than any other film ever made. MJ Baek plays one of the most important roles ever played by an Actor with a Disability -- after becoming paralyzed on the set of his first movie "Another Front" co-starring Chun Jung-Myung. This can open doors for other Actors with Disabilities worldwide.
This film is also shot in fashion capitals New York and Paris and presents Seoul in the same league as major fashion capitals of the world - especially as K-pop idols Lisa and Jennie made huge impacts at the Met Gala and K-pop idols represent Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior and Bottega - the world’s most recognized luxury brands. The fashion ensembles are unique and feature Ronin Soho’s own collection that merges East and West elements. To see how Soho is revolutionizing men's fashion like his idols Pharell and the late Virgil, please visit www.RoninSoho.net
The dance scenes are unique and shot on Hollywood movie sets used by such stars as Bruce Willis, Mark Wahlberg, Morgan Freeman and Paul Greengrass. Every scene of the movie looks like a sleek music video by uniquely coordinating both the costume and set design with lavish colours of gold, black and red as the choreography advances the narrative and conveys the emotional arcs via the highest form of "Show, Don't Tell" filmmaking.
This is the first international film to honour Korean culture as icons from Sejong to Dalma to the Hwarang who are the historic predecessors of K-pop idols. Soho has been living in Gangnam and visiting various Korean landmarks from the Korea National Assembly to Korean National Sport University to convey genuine appreciation for Korean heritage. It’s important for Koreans to have pride in their glorious past if they are to dominate the future of the world and this movie pays cinematic homage to both the cool and contemporary side of Korea as well as its historic and traditional side.
