KIM Yun-seok to Play Admiral YI Sun-shin in KIM Han-min’s NORYANG

Director KIM Han-min has rounded up a formidable cast for Noryang (Korean title), the final entry in his trilogy on the legendary Korean admiral YI Sun-shin, which started with Roaring Currents (2014), the most successful Korean film of all time. KIM Yun-seok ...

Gangwon Film Commission Launches

Gangwon Film Commission (GFC) was launched at the Benikea Hotel Chuncheon Bears on March 16th. PANG Eun-jin has been appointed to the first president of GFC, who won the Best Actress Award at the Blue Dragon Awards and has vitally directed films like Way Back ...

Thrillers and Action-Comedies Sell for CJ ahead of Berlin

A quartet of thrillers are leading the sales slate for Korean major CJ Entertainment at the European Film Market in Berlin. Recent chart toppers Master, Confidential Assignment and Fabricated City in Korea and Saigon Bodyguards in Vietnam each stacked up healt...

MAN ON HIGH HEELS Walks Away with Grand Prize in Beaune

Two Awards for Transgender Cop Film in French Thriller Film Fest For its 8th edition, the Beaune International Thriller Film Festival gave both its Grand Prize and Critics’ Award to JANG Jin’s transgender cop thriller Man on High Heels. Though the film drew j...

Tehran Hosts 4th Korean Film Festival

Korean Quarter Screened in Iran Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex played host to the 4th Korean Film Festival in Tehran, which kicked off on Sunday, December 27th and ended on the 30th. Four major Korean films were shown during the event with all screenings free...

Veteran Actors Wake Up from Hibernation in HOW TO STEAL A DOG

Based on the children’s novel by Barbara O’Connor, <How to Steal a Dog> will be made into a Korean film with KIM Hae-ja. KIM has been in the hiding since BONG Joon Ho’s <Mother> (2009) where she was cast with WON Bin and was praised for her perform...

Veteran Director JANG Jin Announces 12th Project

CHO Jin-woong and KIM Sung-kyun Sign on to WE ARE BROTHERSFollowing a three-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, writer-director JANG Jin is set to return with the film High Heels. And hot on its heels, JANG is going right back to the director’s chair with his...

Two Well Organized Popcorn Movies

LEGEND OF FIST Filled with Humanity as Well as Actions - Legend of Fist ▶ informationDirector KANG Woo-suk | Starring HWANG Jung-min, YU Jun-sang, YOON Je-moon | Genre Action, Drama | Running Time 153 Minutes | Rating 18+ | Release April 10 ▶ synopsisThere w...

Toronto film festival takes <Countdown>

The 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the first 50 films to be added to its line-up include the Korean film <Countdown>, starring JEONG Jae-young and JEON Do-yeon. Written and directed by newcomer HUH Jong-ho, the film will s...