▁rom antic ▁encounter , ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁successor ▁involving ▁more ▁m ature ▁them es . ▁Just ▁Fri ends ? ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Korean ▁gay ▁rights ▁organization , ▁Ch ing us ai , ▁which ▁shares ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁as ▁the ▁film ' s ▁Korean ▁title . ▁ ▁Cast ing ▁ ▁A ctor ▁Hong ▁J ong - hy un ▁was ▁originally ▁cast ▁alongside ▁Ye on ▁W oo - jin ▁for ▁the ▁lead ▁roles , ▁though ▁Lee ▁Je - ho on ▁took ▁his ▁place ▁som etime ▁after . ▁Both ▁Hong ▁and ▁Lee ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁cast ▁in ▁Kim ▁J ho ▁K w ang - so o ' s ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁horror ▁film , ▁Ghost . ▁Ye on ' s ▁role ▁as ▁Min - so o ▁was ▁his ▁debut ▁in ▁a ▁major ▁work . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁ ▁Princi pal ▁phot ography ▁began ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Just ▁Fri ends ? ▁had ▁its ▁world ▁premi ere ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁P us an ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Also ▁prior ▁to ▁its ▁the atr ical ▁release , ▁it ▁screen ed ▁at ▁the ▁ 3 5 th ▁Se oul ▁Independent ▁Film ▁Festival ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 1 ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁Just ▁Fri ends ? ▁was ▁the atr ically ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁the