[HanCinema's News] Cast for "Start Up" Expresses Support for Real World Start Up Firms
By William Schwartz | Published on
Recently Kim Do-wan, Yoo Su-bin, and Stephanie Lee of the currently airing television drama appeared in a special video. In the video, the three expressed their support for real world start up firms. According to Yoo Su-bin, South Korea is the world's most innovative country and start up firms are a very important part of that. He cited the start up firm tracking website DEMODAY as a means by which start up firms with enthusiasm levels similar to what's seen in "Start Up" can be found.
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In "Start Up" the three actors portray supporting members of the titular start up firm which is led by Bae Suzy and Nam Joo-hyuk in the leading roles. Their fictional company develops an application for the visually impaired. The video is a reminder of how "Start Up" has been funded in part by SparkLabs, a venture capital program seeking to deploy a sandbox model to develop a new Silicon Valley in South Korea. "Start Up" airs on tvN on Saturday and Sunday night.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.
