Song Kang-ho, star of Oscar-winner “Parasite,” will head the cast of “Baby, Box, Broker,” the Korean-language debut of “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Rounding out a stellar acting lineup are Bae Doona and Gang Dong-won.The film takes as its starting point boxes that are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies.
That makes “Broker” thematically linked to Kore-eda’s previous films, including Cannes competition title “Nobody Knows” and Cannes jury prize-winner “Like Father, Like Son.”Production is through Zip Cinema, with Cj Entertainment investing, handling local distribution and international sales.
Kore-eda is currently completing the screenplay and is heading for a 2021 production start.“It’s Korean movie with Korean actors, Korean staff, being shot in the Korean language,” producer Eugene Lee told Variety.
“It will shoot in Korea also.”“ ‘Broker’ is a story about baby boxes.
Right now, working on the script that will move these three great actors,
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