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Miss & Mrs. Cops

Miss & Mrs. Cops (lit. Girl Cops, 걸캅스) is a 2019 South Korean buddy cop action comedy film starring Ra Mi-ran and Lee Sung-kyung. It was released on May 9, 2019.[3]

Miss & Mrs. Cops
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
걸캅스
Literal meaningGirl Cops
Revised RomanizationGeol Kapseu
Directed byJung Da-won
Screenplay byJung Da-won
Produced byByun Bong-hyun
Starring
CinematographyLee Seong-jae
Edited byKim Hyung-ju
Music byLee Jae-hak
Production
company
Film Momentum
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$12.1 million[1][2]

The original title Girl Cops is an homage to the South Korean television series Two Cops (1993).[4]

Plot

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Mi-yeong is a former police squad officer who starts working at the Public Service Center after her marriage. Ji-hye is Mi-yeong's sister-in-law as well as a rookie policewoman who works at the same center. They team up to solve the case of a young woman committing suicide and they discover a network of young men who drug, rape and film women and then upload the videos of rape on the internet for money. As the higher ranking police officers stay idle and refuse to help, the two women, with the assistance of a female hacker, start to round up the gang on their own accord.

Cast

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Main

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Supporting

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Special appearances

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Production

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Principal photography began on July 5, 2018, and filming wrapped up on September 27, 2018.[9][10][11]

Release

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As of August 26, 2019, the film has reached 1,628,963 total admissions grossing $11,378,225 in revenue.[2][12]

Television adaptation

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On October 25, 2019, CJ ENM E&M Division Marketing Chief Choi Kyung-joo announced during OCN's Thriller House event at S-Factory in Seoul that the network will adapt Miss & Mrs. Cops as a drama series. It was scheduled to air in 2020.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Miss & Mrs. Cops". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019)". Korean Film. Archived from the original on 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. ^ Yoo, Chung-hee (April 1, 2019). "라미란X이성경, 나쁜놈 때려잡는 '걸캅스' 포스터 공개…5월 개봉". Hankyung (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "[리뷰]'투캅스' 뺨치는 '걸캅스' 탄생…속 뚫리는 107분". 아시아경제 (in Korean). 2019-04-30. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. ^ Pierce, Conran (April 16, 2018). "Ra Mi-ran Takes on First Lead Role in 'Girl Cops'". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Im, Eun-byel (August 24, 2018). "Lee Sung-kyung to feature as detective in 'Girl Cops'". Kpop Herald. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Im, Eun-byel. "Lee_Re". Archived from the original on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  8. ^ Yeo, Ye-rim (February 15, 2019). "Joo Woo-jae is happy to try it all: The hardworking actor has had a quick rise from student to TV star". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  9. ^ Cho, Yoon-sun (July 9, 2018). "라미란부터 이성경까지 '걸캅스' 캐스팅 완료…5일 크랭크인". News Chosun (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  10. ^ Park, Jin-won (July 9, 2018). "Casting complete for new film 'Girl Cops'". Kpop Herald. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  11. ^ Park, Sang-hoon (January 1, 2019). "[2019 韓영화 라인업①] 봉준호 감독부터 신인 감독 대거 포진...자신감 넘치는 CJ". Interview 365 (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "민족의학신문 - [영화읽기] 걸크러쉬와 뻔한 코미디의 만남". www.mjmedi.com (in Korean). 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  13. ^ "OCN Announces Stacked Lineup of Dramas Airing in 2020". Archived from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
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