Netflix is producing its first animated movie in South Korea.
Netflix announced today that it has cast actors Kim Tae-ri and Hong-kyung to voice the characters in “Lost In Starlight,” the company’s first animated film in South Korea.
The film tells the story of the world’s most distant long-distance romance between astronaut Nan-young and musician Jay. Actress Kim Tae-ri will make her first voice acting debut as Nan-young, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, while Hong Kyung will voice Jay, a musician who falls in love with Nan-young.
Jay is a musician who repairs retro sound equipment, and after a chance meeting with Nan-young, they are reunited by fate through a turntable that belonged to her mother, and their love blossoms. The two actors will participate in pre-recording and live-action filming to incorporate their character interpretations of Nan-young and Jay into the animation process to create richer and more realistic emotions.
Han Ji-won, who wrote and directed the film, quickly rose to prominence in the Korean animation scene with the theatrical release of her first short, “Kopi Luwak,” while still a student at Korea National University of Arts. Since then, she has created a new style of animation that has never been seen before in Korea, including “Clearer Than You Think,” “Recipe for My Daughter,” “Asiana-Hoppy Lager,” “That Summer,” and many brand commercials and short and medium-length animations.
The animated movie “Lost In Starlight” will be available on Netflix at a later date and will thrill you with the love and dreams of two young people who will have the most distant long-distance romance on earth, in space, and in the world.
