The latest film in the popular series starring Ma Dong Seok, ”PUNISHMENT,” will be released in Japan on September 27th! A message from Ma-Bly has arrived for his Japanese fans!

The latest film in the "The Roundup" series starring Ma Dong Seok, "The Roundup 4" (original title / The Roundup: Punishment), will be released on the same channel as "The Roundup"
The film will be released nationwide on Friday, September 27th under the Japanese title "PUNISHMENT" at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters. (Distribution: Happinet Phantom Studios)
Ma Dong Seok, who made his official first visit to Japan in February this year to promote the third series of the series, "Crime City NO WAY OUT," will be appearing as the lead actor and producer.
The latest film in the mega-hit "Crime City" series, which continues to break new box office records with Deuce as the main character, is already set to be released in Japan! In the latest film, three years after the new synthetic drug incident,
The film depicts the story of the "monster detective" Ma Dong Seok, who uses his fists to arrest a "large-scale online casino organization" that is committing crimes across two countries, Korea and the Philippines.
Immediately after finishing the event in Japan, which was filled with cheers from the crowd, the film "The Outlaws" was officially invited to the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
Ma Dong Seok flew to Berlin to present "PUNISHMENT", the first Korean series to be shown at an international film festival.
The film sold out all 1,600 seats at Berlin's largest venue, with comments such as "There are no other words necessary. This film is perfect" (Variety) and "A powerful and entertaining film that is hard to resist."
The film has received the most international acclaim of the series, with leading international media outlets calling it "the most thrilling action movie ever" (Deadline) and "the most exciting action movie ever" (Screen Daily).
On the day before the Korean release on April 24th, "Parasite" (2019) sold 500,000 copies, and the previous record "Along with the Gods"
The album has sold an astonishing 830,000 copies, far surpassing the 640,000 copies sold by "Chapter 2: Cause and Effect" (18).
It recorded the highest pre-sales figures among all Koreans. 50 days after its release, one in five people in Korea has seen the film, and the total number of Korean audiences for the series has exceeded 40 million! Truly a national representative.
Ma Dong Seok said in an interview that he is currently working on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth scripts at the same time to "entertain more people," and that he plans to "not only have sequels, but also to make the series more interesting."
"I also dream of making it into a TV series, a version for overseas markets, and a spin-off," he said of his plans to expand the franchise.
The progress of the Ma Dong Seok Cinematic Universe doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon! "Hello, everyone in Japan!" A video message has arrived from Ma Dong Seok to celebrate the Japanese release!
And now, to celebrate the release of his latest film in Japan, a video message from Ma Dong Seok has arrived! In the video, he starts off greeting his Japanese fans in Japanese, saying, "Hello, everyone in Japan!"
"'PUNISHMENT' will be released in Japan on September 27th. The action and story will be even more powerful, so please support us.
"See you there!" he said, highlighting the highlights of the film. We hope you'll look forward to the latest film, "Criminal City PUNISHMENT"! Title: "Criminal City PUNISHMENT"
"PUNISHMENT" Director: Heo Myung-hyung "Badlands Hunters" Starring: Ma Dong Seok ("Eternals" "Train to Busan")
"Final Express" and "The Outlaws" series
Starring: Kim Moo Yul (The Villain, the Outlaws), Lee Dong Hwi (Extreme Job), Park Ji Hwan (
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