White Day: Broken Limit (Hangul: 화이트데이: 부서진 결계 ) is an official A Labyrinth Named School movie adaptation of reimagined game events with own plot additions. Wise Wolf (Hangul: 슬기로운늑대 ) film company is responsible for film production. The Korean release is distributed by JoyNCinema / JNC Media Group (Hangul: 제이앤씨미디어그룹 ).
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"High school students struggling to save their friends from evil spirits that are causing strange phenomena late at night at their school. Hee-Min is the heir of the greatest exorcist in Korea, who is not yet aware of his own powers. So-Young is a girl who is keeping a secret about the curse that is afflicting their school." Source[1]
"Hee-min recently moved to a new school, and on his first day, he falls in love at first sight with a girl named So-young. Hee-min happens to find So-young’s diary, and he decides to return the diary to her with White Day candy. In order to do so, on the eve of White Day, Hee-min sneaks into the school after hours but eventually realizes that strange things are happening. Meanwhile, So-young, who came back to the school looking for her lost diary, and a few other friends also get locked up. Running away from the bedeviled souls, they try to find their way out of the haunted school. Will they be able to survive the night?" Source[2]
News[]
Rumors about film adaptation appeared on Korean resources in 2019. An article[3] on Greened.kr mentions the similarity of the game plot to the movie Closed School (Hangul: 폐교 ), hinting to the film adaptation. From an Hankyung.com article[4] was also known that Sonnori CEO Lee Won Sool was ready to inform fans about the start of filming and was pleased with the cast of actors.
The fact that the filming continues in 2020 became known later, as well as the cast for the main roles, from the Insight.co.kr article[5]. The film adaptation also featured its own MyDramaList page[1] under the title 화이트데이: 귀멸의 퇴마학교 (White Day: School of Demon Exorcism).
In a 2021 MyMusicTaste.com article,[6] it became known that the release of the White Day: Exorcism School film will be in September (information provided by JNC Media Group). It also contained a synopsis and the first promo poster. In a later Soompi.com article,[7] it was reported that the movie's title change to White Day: Broken Limit and also featured a second poster that was more in line with the game's spirit. The poster on MyDramaList was also been updated, and the title of the film in the international version is now listed as The Labyrinth.
The release date of the film was postponed from September to October, as it became known from the official second trailer. The exact release date (October 06, 2021) has become known from Chuseok Special Video with actors. Also in the synopsis on several English-language sites, White Day was replaced by Valentine's Day, most likely due to the little-known Asian holiday.
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