Filmmaker R&K (Korean외유내강; Hanja外柔內剛; RROeyunaegang) is a film production company based in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 2005, by Kang Hye-jung and Ryoo Seung-wan. Its notable works mostly directed by Ryoo Seung-wan such as Veteran (2015), The Battleship Island (2017), Escape from Mogadishu (2021) and Smugglers (2023). They also has other projects from other directors such as Exit (2019), Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021).[1]

Filmmaker R&K
Native name
주식회사 외유내강
Filmmaker R&K
Industry
FoundedMay 4, 2005 (2005-05-04)
FounderRyoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jung
Headquarters
5th floor, 56 Godeok-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
South Korea
Key people
Kang Hye-jung (Chairman)
Websitefilmrnk.com

History

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Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong coined the name Filmmaker R&K (Korean외유내강; Hanja外柔內剛; RROeyunaegang) since they made their first short film together in 1996. The company was named after both of their surnames. Its Chinese characters have a meaning of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but it also represents Ryoo Seung-wan on the outside and Kang Hye-jung on the inside.[2]

Filmmaker R&K formally established on May 4, 2005. Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong used the bonus that Ryoo received for film Arahan as capital for the company's establishment.[3] Kang Hye-jung has been serving as the CEO since its establishment.[4][5]

Production

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Filmmaker R&K first film production after its establishment was The City of Violence (2006), a South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong.[6][7][8][9]

In 2017, Filmmaker R&K established a joint production system with Film K starting with The Battleship Island. Followed by On Your Wedding Day and Svaha: The Sixth Finger.[10]

Filmography

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Short film

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Short film credits[11][better source needed]
Year Title Director Ref.
English Korean
1996 Sutda 섰다 - 디지털 단편 옴니버스 프로젝트 이공(異共) Kim Eui-suk [12][better source needed]
1996 Transmutated Head 변질헤드 Ryoo Seung-wan [13][better source needed]
1999 Rumble 패싸움 [14][better source needed]
1999 Our Contemporaries 현대인 [15][better source needed]
2000 Dachimawa Lee 다찌마와 LEE [16][better source needed]
2006 Hey Man

short film from If You Were Me 2

남자니까 아시잖아요? [17][better source needed]
2009 Come Visit Korea

KTO mini-movie

  • Korean food
  • Shopping
  • Korean Wave
  • Sophisticated culture
한국 놀러오세요
  • 한국의 음식
  • 쇼핑
  • 한류
  • 세련된 문화
[18][better source needed]
Timeless

MotoKlassic short film

타임리스 [19][better source needed]
2011 Time

MBC Documentary

타임 [20]
2014 One Summer Night 인생은 새옹지마 Kim Tae-yong [21][better source needed]

Feature film

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Filmmaking credits
Year Title Director Ref.
English Korean
2000 Die Bad 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나 Ryoo Seung-wan [22][better source needed]
2002 No Blood No Tears 피도 눈물도 없이 [23][better source needed]
2004 Arahan 아라한 장풍대작전 [24][better source needed]
2005 Crying Fist 주먹이 운다 [25][better source needed]
2006 The City of Violence 짝패 [26][better source needed]
2008 Dachimawa Lee 다찌마와 리: 악인이여 지옥행 급행열차를 타라! [27][better source needed]
2010 Troubleshooter [ko] 해결사 Kwon Hyuk-jae [28][better source needed]
The Unjust 부당거래 Ryoo Seung-wan [29][better source needed]
2013 The Berlin File 베를린 Ryoo Seung-wan [30][better source needed]
2014 Mad Sad Bad [ko] 신촌좀비만화 [31][better source needed]
2015 Veteran 베테랑 Ryoo Seung-wan [32][better source needed]
2016 Misbehavior 여교사 Kim Tae-yong [33][better source needed]
2017 The Battleship Island 군함도 Ryoo Seung-wan [34][better source needed]
2017 On Your Wedding Day 너의 결혼식 Lee Seok-geun [35][better source needed][36]
2019 Svaha: The Sixth Finger 사바하 Jang Jae-hyun [37][better source needed]
Exit 엑시트 Lee Sang Geun [38][better source needed]
Start-Up 시동 Choi Jeong-yeol [39][better source needed]
2021 Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 Ryoo Seung-wan [40][better source needed]
Hostage: Missing Celebrity 인질 Pil Kam-sung [41][better source needed]
2023 Smugglers 밀수 Ryoo Seung-wan [42][better source needed]
2024 Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman 천박사 퇴마 연구소: 설경의 비밀 Kim Seong-sik [43][better source needed]

Accolades

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Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
10th Asian Film Awards 2016 Best Film Veteran Nominated [44]
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards 2016 Best Film Veteran Nominated
56th Baeksang Arts Awards 2020 Best Film Exit Nominated [45][46]
58th Baeksang Arts Awards 2022 Grand Prize – Film Escape from Mogadishu Won [47][48][49]
Best Film Won
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2015 Best Film Veteran Nominated [50]
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2019 Best Film Exit Nominated [51][52][53]
42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards 2021 Best Film Escape from Mogadishu Won [54][55][56][57]
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film Won
Best Film Hostage: Missing Celebrity Nominated [58][59]
44th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2023 Best Film Smugglers Won [60]
25th Buil Film Awards 2016 Best Film Veteran Won
30th Buil Film Awards 2021 Best Film Escape from Mogadishu Won [61][62]
32nd Buil Film Awards 2023 Best Film Smugglers Nominated [63][64]
Fantasporto 2021 Best Orient Express Film Escape from Mogadishu Won [65][66]
22nd Far East Film Festival 2020 White Mulberry Award as Best First Film Exit Won [67]
52nd Grand Bell Awards 2015 Best Film Veteran Nominated
59th Grand Bell Awards 2023 Best Film Smugglers Nominated [68]
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2015 Critics' Top 10 Films of the Year Veteran Shortlisted [69][70]
Best Film Veteran Nominated
37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2017 Critics' Top 10 Films of the Year The Battleship Island Shortlisted [71]
39th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2019 Critics' Top 10 Films of the Year Exit Shortlisted
8th Korean Film Writers Association Awards 2021 Best Film Escape from Mogadishu Won [72]
11th Max Movie Awards 2016 Best Film Veteran Won
1st The Seoul Awards 2017 Best Film The Battleship Island Nominated [73][74]
48th Sitges Film Festival 2015 Casa Asia Award
(Asia Focus - Best Film)
Veteran Won [75]
50th Sitges Film Festival 2017 Best Feature-length Film The Battleship Island Won [76]

See also

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