Japanese teenage actor to visit Seoul next month as film becomes sleeper hit

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SEOUL, January 19 (AJP) - Japanese actor Soya Kurokawa will visit Seoul next month as his latest film "National Treasure," also known as "Kokuho became a sleeper hit in South Korea, the film’s distributer said on Monday.

Directed by Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter of Zainichi Korean descent Lee Sang-il, the film has attracted over 200,000 moviegoers in about eight weeks since its release in mid-November last year, an impressive feat for an indie film here.

Kurokawa is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Feb. 1 and meet fans at a theater in Yongsan and other venues.

This is not his first visit, as the teenager previously came to Seoul in 2023 to promote his hit film "Monster" and also attended the Busan International Film Festival last fall.

The lengthy film running 175 minutes, an adaptation of a novel by Shuichi Yoshida that chronicles the passionate lives of men devoted to art over half a century, was an instant hit in Japan, remaining at the top of the box office for 31 consecutive weeks since its release in June last year.
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