Byun Yo Han Leads Revenge Story as Tazza 4 Sets Chuseok Release

CJ ENM has confirmed a Chuseok theatrical window for Tazza 4: The Song of Beelzebub, positioning the gambling-crime franchise for one of Korea’s busiest moviegoing periods of the year. The distributor announced on July 9 that the fourth installment, still carrying a working title, will open during the September holiday season, with Byun Yo Han fronting a story built around betrayal, revenge, and the dangerous pull of high-stakes gambling.

The new chapter arrives six years after Tazza: One Eyed Jack and is being framed as a major continuation of a series long associated with slick gamesmanship, double-crosses, and volatile underworld alliances. This time, the story centers on Jang Tae Young, played by Byun Yo Han, a gambler who believes he has secured success through a profitable online casino empire. That certainty collapses when his closest friend, Park Tae Young, played by Roh Jae Won, takes everything from him.

That personal betrayal gives the film its clearest dramatic hook. According to the released materials, fate later brings the two men back into contact inside the world of international gambling, where their friendship has hardened into a direct confrontation. The idea of two characters sharing the same given name but moving toward sharply different destinies gives the sequel a straightforward emotional engine: the casino table is not only a place to win money, but the arena where trust, pride, and revenge are tested.

Former Friends Become Rivals

The poster and teaser lean heavily into that conflict. The promotional tagline describes the trusted friend as the cruelest hand the hero was dealt, a metaphor that fits neatly within the series’ gambling vocabulary while making the emotional stakes easy to read. Rather than presenting Jang Tae Young simply as a gifted player looking for another big score, the campaign suggests a man forced to rebuild himself after a calculated betrayal.

Byun Yo Han’s casting adds weight to that setup. Known for performances that can move between restrained intensity and sharp emotional release, he appears well suited to a character whose confidence is damaged but not destroyed. Roh Jae Won, meanwhile, steps into the role of the friend-turned-rival, a part that requires charm, ambition, and enough ambiguity to make the original bond between the two men believable before it breaks.

The supporting cast broadens the scale beyond a two-man feud. Ayaka Miyoshi appears as Kaneko, a figure connected to the global gambling operation. Yoon Kyung Ho plays Jo Joong Hwan, whom Jang Tae Young encounters at a life-or-death turning point. Jo Woo Jin joins as Kwak Dong Wook, described as a legendary gambler who teaches Jang Tae Young the art of poker. Together, those characters suggest a world where mentorship, manipulation, and survival overlap.

A Bigger Stage For The Franchise

The teaser also points to a more international canvas than a contained revenge thriller. Its focus on a large-scale gambling network indicates that Tazza 4 is aiming to expand the franchise’s playing field while keeping the familiar ingredients of risk, deception, and sudden reversals. For longtime followers, the appeal will likely rest on whether the film can balance the series’ established flavor with a story that feels distinct enough to justify another installment.

Chuseok is a significant release corridor for Korean films because families and general audiences often head to theaters during the holiday. A September opening gives Tazza 4 a chance to compete as broad commercial entertainment rather than a niche genre title. The franchise name already carries recognition, but the film will still need to convince viewers that this new rivalry has urgency of its own.

The marketing so far emphasizes clean, immediate stakes: a self-made gambler loses his empire, discovers the depth of a friend’s betrayal, and enters a wider gambling world where revenge may cost as much as defeat. That is a familiar crime-melodrama structure, but the Tazza brand has often been less about novelty than about execution: charismatic players, shifting loyalties, and games where reading the person across the table matters as much as reading the cards.

For Korean cinema watchers, the announcement also adds another notable title to the fall release calendar. Byun Yo Han has built a diverse filmography across television and film, while Jo Woo Jin and Yoon Kyung Ho bring veteran presence to ensemble storytelling. If the movie uses those performers well, Tazza 4 could become one of the holiday season’s more closely watched commercial releases.

Tazza 4: The Song of Beelzebub is scheduled to premiere during the Chuseok holiday this September. The first teaser and poster now set the tone for a sequel centered on broken loyalty, global gambling, and a revenge match between two men who once trusted each other most.