Once Upon a Time (2008 film)

Once Upon a Time Hangul RRWonseueoponeotaim is a 2008 South Korean film, directed by Jeong Yongki and adapted from a screenplay by Cheon Seongil. The film is a heist comedy film set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yongwoo and Lee Boyoung as a con artist and a jazz singer, respectively, who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities. Once Upon a Time was the first major investment by SK Telecoms film division, established late 2007, and was released in South Korea on January 30, 2008, under the companys CH Entertainment banner.

After a twentyyear search, the Japanese Chief of Statea highranking official in Koreahas recovered the Light of the East, a 3,000 carats 600g diamond and lost treasure from the ancient kingdom of Silla. Receiving orders to send the diamond to Japan, a lavish sendoff party is arranged. Kanemura attends the event with Haruko he plans to steal the diamond, but she has the same idea, and both are surprised to see the other when they get to the safe where it is kept. After a brief struggle, it is Haruko who makes her escape with the diamond, leaving Kanemura to face the authorities. But the nightclub owner and his chef are also at the party, and their bungled assassination attempt on the Chief of State results in a fire, allowing Kanemura to slip away in the confusion.Yamada is given the task of retrieving the diamond, much to the chagrin of Suzimura, the chief of police, who feels that he has jurisdiction. Hasekawa, a police inspector, immediately suspects Haruko, but Yamada wont hear of it, blinded by his feelings for her. Meanwhile, Kanemura manages to track down Haruko, finding her on a train to Soviet Russia disguised as a geisha. She refuses to hand over the diamond, but he has planted explosives on the railway track, and, having cut off her escape route, succeeds in dragging her back to Seoul. ........

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