Jung_E is a 2023 South Korean science fiction film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho, starring Kang Soo-yeon, Kim Hyun-joo and Ryu Kyung-soo. The film features the final film appearance of Kang Soo-yeon who died ahead of its release. It premiered on January 20, 2023 on Netflix.
Jung_E portrays a desolated Earth in the 22nd century that is no longer habitable due to climate change, and humans are forced to live in man-made shelters built in space. As the humans settle in around 80 of those shelters, three of them declare themselves as the Adrian Republic, attack Earth and other shelters, and cause a civil war between the Allied Force and Adrian Republic.
JUNG_E OFFICIAL TRAILER
CAST
Main
Kang Soo-yeon as Yun Seo-hyun
Park So-yi as young Yun Seo-hyun
The team leader at Kronoid Laboratory, the research institute responsible for JUNG_E’s clones and combat power tests. She is the daughter of Captain Yun Jung-yi, who entered a coma when she was a child.
Kim Hyun-joo as Yun Jung-yi/JUNG_E
Captain Yun Jung-yi was a leader of the Allied Forces and once considered a war hero. During her last mission, she is critically injured and ends up in a coma. Decades later in 2194, her brain data is cloned and used to develop an advanced combat AI, codenamed JUNG_E.
Ryu Kyung-soo as Kim Sang-Hoon
He is the director of Kronoid Laboratory and is driven to succeed in the brain cloning experiment. He is a robot created by the chairman of Kronoid Laboratory that believes himself to be human.
Special appearance
Lee Dong-hee as the chairman of Kronoid Laboratory
Uhm Ji-won as Lee Se-yeon
