Barunson E&A to Co-Produce Korea-Japan Joint Film with Hamaguchi's Team

Reika Kirishima and Jung Soojung Star in "You Are Heard"
Directed by Takamasa Oe, Screenwriter of "Drive My Car"

Barunson E&A announced on May 7 that it will co-produce and handle overseas sales for the Korea-Japan joint film “You Are Heard” (working title), created by Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s team.

Currently in post-production, the film is a psycho-suspense story about a Japanese researcher, Haruka, who is collecting soundscapes in Jeju Island and encounters a mysterious woman named Ayun. Through this meeting, Haruka is confronted with her deceased mother and her own past. The role of Haruka is played by Reika Kirishima from “Drive My Car,” while Ayun is portrayed by Jung Soojung from “Cobweb.” Ok Taecyeon and Ryo Narita make special appearances.

The film is directed and written by Takamasa Oe, and produced by Teruhisa Yamamoto. Both are core members of Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s team and previously worked together on “Drive My Car.” Oe won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival as co-writer of “Drive My Car,” and Yamamoto produced “Asako I & II” and “Wife of a Spy.”

Yoonhee Choi, CEO of Barunson E&A, commented, “The soundscape setting, in which the natural sounds of Jeju Island are collected, will serve as a powerful device that shakes the psychology of the two women, and this will be depicted impressively.”

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