Action Noir GANGNEUNG with JANG Hyuk and YU Oh-seong Wraps Production

Starring JANG Hyuk and YU Oh-seong, the upcoming gangster thriller Gangneung (working title) completed production on December 6. The action noir will mark the directorial debut of YOON Young-bin. As suggested by the title, the film is set in Gangneung, a coast...

Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY

Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae...

YOO Ji-tae Films Role in Latest from Lars Von Trier

Korean actor YOO Ji-tae, who shot to fame as the villain in PARK Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003), has become the first Asian actor to take on a role in a film by Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier. The star filmed a short role in March in Sweden for the upcoming The H...

Hyun-bin Signs Up for KKUN

Con Artist Thriller to Co-Star YOO Ji-tae According to studio Showbox, superstar Hyun-bin has signed up to take on the leading role in the upcoming project Kkun. The actor will play a con artist who only swindles other fraudsters. The role of a prosecutor see...

LEE Yo-won Joins Family Drama THE YOUNGEST

JUNG Man-sik, E Som Round Out Family Picture Actress LEE Yo-won has signed on to play the lead role in the new family drama The Youngest. The film, which marks the debut of director MA Dae-yun, will also feature JUNG Man-sik, E Som and child star JUNG Joon-wo...

KIM Yun-seok Board New KWAK Kyung-taek Project

Top actor KIM Yun-seok has signed on to star in the new film from veteran director KWAK Kyung-taek, Top Secret Investigation. Co-starring the Busan-set thriller will be character actor YU Hae-jin. KIM will feature as a detective who desperately tries to find a...

MAI RATIMA Awarded Jury Prize at Deauville Asian Film Festival

Actor YOO Ji-tae Triumphs with Directorial Debut Popular actor YOO Ji-tae, well known for the portraying the ageless villain in PARK Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003), has just won his first prize as a feature director. During the Deauville Asian Film Festival in F...

Interview with critic and Beijing Film Academy professor HAO Jian

Film critic and Beijing Film Academy professor HAO Jianhas written and talked about what he considers the little-known, real start of the Korean Wave in China. At the International Film Festival Rotterdam while serving on the Network for the Promotion of Asian...