Kim Min-seok and Lee Hyun-wook engage in a heated and fierce battle.

The production team of the TVING original series ‘Shark: The Storm’ (directed by Kim Gun, written by Min Ji)released a ‘fighting action poster’ on the 8th that foreshadows the showdown between Cha Woo-sol(played by Kim Min-seok), who has returned stronger, and the unpredictable monster villain Hyun Woo-yong(played by Lee Hyun-wook).

‘Shark: The Beginning’, released in 2021, is a work that garnered attention as Tving’s first original movie based on a legendary action webtoon.It will be revived as a 6-part series after 4 years of release.’Shark: The Storm’ is a real survival action film about a stormy showdown between Cha Woo-sol, who is training to become a mixed martial arts fighter after being released from prison, and the evil villain Hyun Woo-yong(played by Lee Hyun-wook).Cha Woo-sol, who had to fight to live, overcomes his fear and limitations and grows to the next level, and now desperately confronts a new ‘evil’ to protect those precious to him.The thrilling action and exciting impact in the expanded worldview are expected to provide the ultimate catharsis.

If the previous special poster and main trailer heightened the tension with sharp provocations toward each other, the fighting action poster released today announces the start of a life-threatening round between Cha Woo-sol and Hyun Woo-yong.Cha Woo-sol, who grew physically and mentally from a weak boy.In his eyes as he fiercely throws his punches, fear has been removed and only his strong determination to protect his world remains.

The aura of the organization boss ‘Hyun Woo-yong’ who dragged Cha Woo-sol into the middle of the storm adds to the suffocating tension.The force of an ‘absolute strongman’ emanates from his instinctive movements that read his opponent’s weaknesses like a beast that has caught its prey.Hyun Woo-yong hides his cruel face behind the title of the president of the fighting association.Will Cha Woo-sol, who has entered the fighting arena he created, be able to protect what is precious and achieve his dream of becoming a fighting athlete? The phrase ‘The fighting action of two men begins’ makes us anticipate the heated showdown even more.Cha Woo-sol, who started a life-threatening fight to protect what is precious, and Hyun Woo-yong, who designed a bloody game for pleasure, are all eyes on the match between these two people with different goals.

Director Kim Gun said, “Cha Woo-sol, who got caught up in Hyun Woo-yong’s world, jumps into a fight where he can’t stop swimming like a shark that dies if it stops.Cha Woo-sol will change from a boy to a man in an instant when he meets the overwhelming evil that is Hyun Woo-yong.” He also said, “You can look forward to the detailed action synergy between actors Kim Min-seok and Lee Hyun-wook, and the perfect chemistry of racing emotions.”

‘Shark: The Storm’ will be released in full on Tving on the 15th.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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