‘Summer Queen’ Kwon Eun-bi, joins hands with director of horror film ‘Ring’ to make screen debut

MOVIES May 29, 2025

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Photo courtesy | Chanran
Photo courtesy | Chanran
The movie ‘I Just Dropped My Phone: The Last Hacker ‘, which is garnering attention as singer Kwon Eun-bi’s screen debut, will be released in June.

The film is a digital blockbuster thriller about escaped genius hacker Urano who goes undercover in Korea to prevent a Japan-Korea summit, only to clash again with his arch-enemy, Detective Kagaya.

The series has been a box office success, with cumulative revenue reaching 3.5 billion yen in Japan alone, and has enjoyed such high popularity that it has been remade into a movie of the same name in Korea, starring Chun Woo-hee, Im Si-wan, and Kim Hee-won.

This work is the final chapter that decorates the end, and expectations are high as director Hideo Nakata, who became a legend in the Asian horror genre with the ‘Ring’ series, will be directing it again.

The production team raised expectations by releasing the main poster and trailer on the 29th ahead of the release.

Photo courtesy | Chanran
Photo courtesy | Chanran
‘Summer Queen’ Kwon Eun-bi, who has been on a roll with the release of ‘Hello Stranger’ and her appearance in ‘Waterbomb Seoul 2025’, is garnering attention for her first leading role in her screen debut, playing the female protagonist Soo-min.

In the drama, Kwon Eun-bi plays the role of Soo-min, a member of an anti-government group and a secretive watchdog, and reveals a new side of herself as an actress, receiving rave reviews from the director who said, “She is excellent in both emotional and physical expression.”

Additionally, key actors from the series, including Ryo Narita, Yudai Chiba, and Kei Tanaka, will return to complete the series.

The main poster that was released immediately catches the eye with the deadly gaze of Urano, a genius hacker and serial killer who escaped from prison.

The contrast between the determined-looking detective Kagaya and the mysterious woman Sumin whose true intentions are unknown adds to the tension, and the strong main copy, “Everyone with a smartphone is a target,” leaves a strong impression by precisely targeting the anxiety of everyone living in the digital age.

The main trailer released together centers around the three-way plot of Urano, who is carrying out a conspiracy in Korea at the instigation of the anti-government group ‘Mugunghwa’, detective Kagaya who is chasing him, and Sumin who is watching everything.The prelude to a large-scale digital terrorism that goes beyond simple psychological warfare is fully revealed, and it foreshadows the overwhelming scale and tension befitting the final chapter of the series.


Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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