Lee Jun-ho stars in ‘Cashier’… “Dirt Spoon Hero, Realistic and Relatable↑” (Netflix 2025 Korea)

Director Lee Chang-min of ‘Cashier’ heralded a collaboration with a unique subject matter.

On the 4th at 10:30 am, the ‘Next on Netflix 2025 Korea’ event was held at the Grand Ballroom of Fairmont Ambassador Seoul in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul to reveal Netflix‘s representative Korean and global lineup for 2025.

On this day, the Netflix series panel talk was attended by writer Lee Na-eun of ‘Melo Movie’, director Kim Won-seok of ‘Fooled in a Box’, director Lee Il-hyung of ‘Bad Romance’, director Yoo Young-eun of ‘Can Love Be Translated?’, and director Lee Chang-min of ‘Cashier’.

Among these, the Netflix series to be released in the 4th quarter ‘Casher ’ is a superhero film that sticks to everyday life, about Kang Sang-woong, an ordinary civil servant who gains the superpower that makes him as strong as the amount of cash he has in his hand, and who saves the world with his salary. Lee Jun-ho, who starred in ‘Kingderland’‘Red Sleeve’, gave a passionate performance as ‘Kang Sang-woong’, who is as strong as the amount of cash he has. Kang Sang-woong, an ordinary civil servant at a community center who dreams of owning his own home, can use superpowers equal to the amount of cash he has in his hand, but his life changes 180 degrees when he is faced with the shocking reality that the money disappears after he uses it.

Director Lee Chang-min of ‘Casher’ explained the combination of ‘Life-oriented dirt spoon’ and ‘superhero film’, saying, “I don’t think they mix well either. I didn‘t try to mix them, I just did it as it was. Since our work isn’t Marvel-style, we made it in our style.” He is a “‘Cashier’, a unique superhero story that comes from the irony that ‘a very ordinary guy can use superpowers equal to the amount of money he has’. In some ways, I wanted to give the feeling that it wasn‘t a superhero movie and that it was realistic,“ he said, adding, ”It’s a work that‘s on the borderline of coming together but not coming together, so I tried to make it a work that viewers can relate to a lot.“

The 2025 Netflix lineup includes Korean works armed with various genres such as ‘Fooled Away’, ‘Revelation’, ‘Witches’, ‘Crime Scene Zero’, ‘Melo Movie’, ‘The Price of Confession’, along with global works such as ‘Squid Game’ Season 3, ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, ‘Wednesday’ Season 2, ‘Frankenstein’.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com

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