The documentary <Young Cho Yonggi> has unveiled an overwhelming-scale main trailer and 10 press stills filled with weighty authenticity.
<Young Cho Yonggi> [Director: Kwon Hyuk-man | Production: Kwon Film | Distribution: Film Special City SMC | Co-distribution: Citès] brings realism to its peak through 10,000 archived tapes discovered after a total of 900 days of tracking and a sermon in Cho Yonggi's own voice from when he was 33 years old, restored 70 years later using modern technology.
Actor Yang Dong-geun's firm voice, perfectly capturing the rough inner world of young Cho Yonggi through impeccable audio acting, and singer Yu Yeol's exquisite narration, which warmly anchors the narrative center, interlock to awaken hot courage and comfort in the hearts of today's youth experiencing anxiety and emptiness.
The main trailer unveiled this time opens with the dynamic ministry scenes of Pastor Cho Yonggi preaching the Gospel on a global stage and retraces his intense life journey. Following this, heartbreaking handwritten diary entries of young Cho Yonggi from 1955, coughing up blood and wailing amidst poverty and the scars of war, along with black-and-white records appear, delivering immersion at once.
The process of him, who miraculously survived after facing death and encountering the Bible by fate, awakening the 'wildness' of the Gospel in a dilapidated tent church of 24 pyeong next to Dajo-dong public cemetery unfolds dramatically, followed by rare materials from the early days of Yeouido Full Gospel Church and vivid interview testimonies from figures around the world crossing breathlessly, compressively presenting the faith journey that changed an era.
The 10 press stills released together vividly capture historical moments piercing through Pastor Cho Yonggi's life. From black-and-white photographs of his youth sitting alone in the grass in agony to his characteristic bright smile, and faded group photos with his family who became his strong roots, they show the beginning and life story of Cho Yonggi the man at a glance.
Following this, a commemorative photograph taken in front of bricks in the early stages of pioneering and the view of the tent church testify plainly to the faith and impoverished, desperate spiritual journey that began from nothing. Additionally, following the appearance of a minister explaining his journey reaching out to the world at overseas mission sites such as Germany, a still of Pastor Lee Young-hoon of Yeouido Full Gospel Church delivering sincere testimony while inheriting his spiritual legacy, and finally an archive still capturing Pastor Cho Yonggi's benevolent smile are illuminated in turn.
<Young Cho Yonggi>, which awakens spiritual wildness and draws a map of true hope, is scheduled to meet audiences at theaters nationwide on September 11.
