The brother and sister duo AKMU, who are known as genius musicians, will be communicating with the public through the screen rather than the stage.The older brother Lee Chan-hyuk participated as a ‘music director’ and the younger sister Lee Su-hyun participated as a ‘voice actor’ in their respective films, which will be released this year and they will meet the audience as ‘filmmakers’.

Lee Chan-hyuk will be releasing ‘The Sun’s Song ‘(directed by Jo Young-joon), in which he participated as a music director, in theaters on May 28.It is a remake of the Japanese film of the same name that was released in 2007 and received support from hardcore audiences, with a Korean sensibility.It tells the story of Mi-sol and Min-jun, who can only date at night, falling for each other through music and challenging themselves to achieve their dreams together.Jung Ji-so and Cha Hak-yeon, formerly of VIXX, who played Mi-sol and Min-jun respectively, sang all the songs that appear in the play themselves.

In particular, since’ The Sun’s Song ‘is a work that uses music as its main material and is a’ music romance ‘genre, the role and capability of the music director are considered to be of the utmost importance in the film.Distributor Bypoem Studio expressed confidence, saying, “Lee Chan-hyuk, who joined as his first music director, will present an OST completed with the voices of Jung Ji-so and Cha Hak-yeon based on the unrivaled genius he has shown in his previous hit songs.”

In line with this, Bypoem Studio recently released a unique’ moving poster ‘with an OST produced by Lee Chan-hyuk flowing out, drawing attention.The moving poster features Misol’s guitar, dreaming of becoming a singer-songwriter, placed under warm sunlight, and the sweet OST hummed by Jung Ji-so tickles the ears, raising the expectations of potential viewers.

On the other hand, Lee Soo-hyun is scheduled to present the animated film ‘Yeon’s Letter ‘, which she did voice acting for, in the second half of the year.Based on the webtoon of the same name by Jo Hyun-ah, which was serialized as a summer special 10-part series on Naver Webtoon in 2018,’ Yeon’s Letter ‘tells the story of So-ri, who was bullied by a group of people while helping a friend who was being bullied and ended up transferring to a rural school, and discovers a letter from Ho-yeon, who used to sit in the same seat as her.Lee Soo-hyun will be the voice of the main character So-ri, and is expected to add to the film’s authenticity with her signature clear and elegant voice.

Lee Soo-hyun said, “I had so much fun watching ‘Letters of Love,’ and when I heard that it was being made into an animation, I wanted to see it before anyone else, and I thought it would be an honorable opportunity to act with an original voice, so I decided to take on the challenge.”

In particular, ‘Letter of Love’ has been officially invited to the ‘Special Screening’ section of the 2024 Ottawa International Animated Film Festival(OIAF), which will be held from September 25 to 29, which raises expectations even more.The Ottawa International Animated Film Festival is the largest animation film festival in North America and is considered one of the top three animation film festivals in the world, along with the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and AnimaFest-Zagreb International Animated Film Festival.



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