Late Kang Soo-yeon, a Beloved Face in Her Final Work 'Jeong-i'

The final appearance of the late Kang Soo-yeon has been revealed.

On the 3rd, the online streaming service (OTT) Netflix released stills from director Yeon Sang-ho's new film "Jung-E." Set to be released on the 20th, "Jung-E" is a sci-fi movie depicting the story of people who clone the brain of the legendary mercenary Jung-E to develop the ultimate combat A.I. in a shelter where they migrated after Earth was devastated by climate change, aiming to end the war that broke out there.

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The released stills show the past Jung-E (Kim Hyun-joo) when she was a legendary mercenary of the allied forces, her rebirth as an A.I. combat mercenary, and the process of developing Jung-E by Seo-hyun (Kang Soo-yeon), the team leader of the Chronoid Laboratory, and Sang-hoon (Ryu Kyung-soo), the head of the laboratory, as well as the tense situations they face. These portray multi-dimensional characters and dynamic narratives moving forward to overcome the crisis facing future humanity.

The stills capturing Jung-E, who has participated in numerous operations amid a prolonged civil war, suggest that she was the elite leader and living legendary icon who brought victory to the allied forces with her supreme combat skills and tactics at every moment. The stills also show Jung-E smiling brightly beside her worried mother before leaving on her final mission to end the civil war, and Seo-hyun (Park So-i), her daughter, gazing thoughtfully out the rainy window, revealing that Jung-E was also an ordinary human being. After suffering an unexpected accident during the mission, Jung-E is reborn as an A.I. combat mercenary through the brain cloning technology of the Chronoid Laboratory and is developed further.

'Jeong-i' still. Photo by Netflix

Kang Soo-yeon, an actress who made a mark in Korean film history, plays Seo-hyun, the team leader deeply engrossed in development at the Chronoid Laboratory. She is expected to showcase a unique presence by deeply expressing a character with a profound inner world who does not easily reveal emotions.

Kang Soo-yeon passed away last May at the age of 55. She debuted as a child actress under contract with Dongyang Broadcasting in 1969 and was loved as a "world star," winning the Best Actress award at the Venice International Film Festival for the film "The Surrogate Woman" (1987) and the Best Actress award at the Moscow International Film Festival for "Come Come Come Upward" (1989).

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