Park Chan-wook starts shooting movie 'Cyborg' starring Bi

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Park Chan-wook started shooting scenes for "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK," in the southern port city of Busan on Wednesday with singer Bi as its male lead, the film promoter said.

"Cyborg" has drawn attention with the combination of the star director of "Old Boy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" and the Asian heartthrob, also known by his English name Rain, who performed in the Madison Square Garden in New York last month.

Its female lead is Lim Soo-jung, who played a blameless heroine in the popular Korean television drama series, "Sorry, I Love You," which aired last year in eight Asian countries, including China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. Oh Dal-su, who has teamed up with the director in his previous two movies, will offer his refreshing humor again, the promoter All That Cinema said.

Billed as a romantic comedy, the film tells a story of a woman in a mental institution who believes she is a cyborg and a man who loves her, it said.

The movie's primary location will be Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, which faces the East Sea, and it is expected to be released in December, it said.

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