Actor Jang Dong-gun will return to the silver screen with “A Night of Seven Years,” his management company SM C&C said Thursday.

Based on the eponymous novel by author Jeong You-jeong, the tragic thriller revolves around two men: one who, by a wicked turn of events, strangles an innocent girl and spends the subsequent seven years consumed with guilt, and the dead girl’s father, who plots to take revenge by taking the life of the murderer’s son.

Actor Ryu Seung-ryong will play the role of the murderer while Jang will act the part of the vengeful father.

Ryu Seung-ryong (left), Jang Dong-gun (OSEN)

This is Jang’s first return to the silver screen in over a year since his last role in 2014 action film “No Tears for the Dead.”

Director Choo Chang-min, of 2012 film “Masquerade,” will direct.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)