Genome Hazard

2013 Japanese film

October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04) (Busan International Film Festival)
January 24, 2014 (2014-01-24) (Japan)
May 29, 2014 (2014-05-29) (South Korea)

Running time

120 minutesCountriesJapan
South KoreaLanguagesJapanese
KoreanBox officeUS$1,086,459^[1]

Genome Hazard (ゲノムハザード　ある天才科学者の5日間) (Korean: 무명인; RR: Mumyeongin; lit. "Nameless") is a 2013 Japanese-South Korean action thriller film directed by Kim Sung-soo based on a novel by Shiro Tsukasaki.^[2]^[3] In 2014, the film was released theatrically in Japan on January 24, and South Korea on May 29.^[4]

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Ishigami Taketo
Kim Hyo-jin as Kang Ji-won
Yōko Maki as Miyuki
Yuri Nakamura as Han Yu-ri
Manabu Hamada as Ibuki
Masatō Ibu as Dr. Sato
Lee Geung-young
Nahana as Koyoko
Park Hae-joon as Kurosaki

Reception

The film grossed ¥49.3 million (US$479,000) at the Japanese box office.^[5]

Choi Sang-muk won the Bronze Medal for Cinematography at the 2014 Golden Cinema Festival.

References

^ "Genom Hazard: aru tensai kagakusha no itsukakan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ Kim Hee-eun (23 May 2014). "Murder, memory blur in Genome". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ Jean Noh (8 October 2012). "Lotte, Happinet to co-produce Kim Sung-soo's Nameless". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ ゲノムハザードある天才科学者の5日間. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ Kevin Ma (29 January 2014). "Eternal Zero leads Japan B.O. for sixth weekend". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 30 January 2014.