Production Note

The ultimate Pan-Asian collaboration

THE RESTLESS follows in the footsteps of MUSA: THE WARRIOR, which

truly set a precedent for the successful Asian collaborative film production.

The main crew from MUSA: THE WARRIOR including its director, KIM

Sung-soo and its producer CHO Min-whan join forces as executive

producers for the feature debut film of director, CHO Dong-oh who

worked on MUSA: THE WARRIOR as assistant director and B unit director.

Others include the supporting crew in the production, camera, lighting,

sound recording team who have all come together, now as the head of

their own team to bring their expertise and confidence earned from their

previous collaboration, to create a dynamic world of imagination.

Furthermore, the production reaches out to the talents in Asian cinema

including the world-renown designer Emi WADA who received an

academy award for her costumes in KUROSAWA Akira’s RAN as well

as great accolades for her collaborations with masters in cinema such

as Peter GREENAWAY, Nagisa OSHIMA and ZHANG Yimou. Art

Director HAN Zhong who worked on ZHANG Yimou’s HERO and HOUSE

OF FLYING DAGGERS, Prop Master LI Ming-shan who worked on

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

and HERO, Music Director Shiro SAGISU who presented memorable scores

to the animated sci-fi action piece, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION:

DEATH & REBIRTH and feature period piece, MUSA: THE WARRIOR,

and finally, Korea’s greatest martial arts choreographer, JUNG Doo-hong,

all truly bring their finest works to the film’s production.

The Ultimate digitalized martial arts action challenge

State-of-the-art computer graphics along with considerable time and

money will be invested in THE RESTLESS to materialize the director’s

vision for the film’s world of fantasy. To present the various action

and fantasy scenes, Korea’s leading CG company D.T.I. who worked

on films such as A TALE OF TWO SISTERS and A BITTERSWEET

LIFE has divided their teams by spatial stage, effects and key scenes

to work in precision on the film’s visual details.

Especially, THE RESTLESS introduces Korea’s first action scenes performed

by digitals actors. As an ambitious project issued by the Ministry of

Information and Communication, its affiliate, the Electronics and Tele-

communication Research Institute (ETRI) spent a budget of approx. 30 million

dollars during a course of 3 years to develop this ‘Digital Actor Production

Software.’ The spectacular and daring stunts played by digital actors in

Hollywood blockbusters such as SPIDER-MAN can now be enjoyed in its

upgraded version in a Korean film.

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