The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards has announced the prize winners for its upcoming 38th edition, the ceremony for which will take place in Seoul on December 13. This year’s Grand Prize winner is JANG Joon-hwan’s 1987: When the Day Comes. The hit political drama also earned the Best Music Award. The film with the most awards at this year’s show will be YOON Jong-bin’s espionage drama Th...

Rising star CHOI Gwi-hwa has joined the period drama Jo-seon-gong-gal-pe (Korean title). Stars SON Hyun-ju and CHI Jin-woong have already signed on to appear in the latest work from director KIM Joo-ho, which takes place in the Joseon Dynasty and focuses on a group that manipulates the media. CHOI Gwi-hwa is hot off his breakout year last year, which saw him draw acclaim for his roles in two hit t...

KIM Sang-kyung and KIM Ok-vin Headline Military Thriller Military court thriller The Discloser, the final work of filmmaker HONG Ki-seon who passed away shortly after completing production, will be released theatrically in January next year. The film, which stars KIM Sang-kyung and KIM Ok-vin, initially premiered during a retrospective of Director HONG’s work screened at the Bucheon International ...

No new releases cracked the top five over the past weekend, which saw local titles claim back the majority share after briefly losing it last week to Hollywood. With the absence of strong new business, sales were down about 25% to 2.33 million with Korean productions accounting for 53% of those. After opening in second place last week, comedy-drama Keys to the Heart with LEE Byung-hun rose to firs...