PARASITE Becomes 2019’s Top-Selling Foreign Language Film in the US

BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE continues to set the North American box office alight, after becoming the top-grossing foreign language release of the year in the United States during its fourth week in cinemas, as its momentum grows unabated. The film did so on Satur...

KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi Action INRANG Starts Shooting in August

Following-up his hit The Age of Shadows from last year, KIM Jee-woon will be back in the director’s chair in August for his ninth film, currently titled Inrang. The sci-fi action title is a live action adaption of OSHII Mamoru’s anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade...

AGE OF SHADOWS, CITY OF MADNESS, HANDMAIDEN Selected for Toronto

BARAGIN Invited to TIFF Short Cuts Korean blockbusters will be heavily featured in the Special Presentations lineup of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Veteran directors KIM Jee-woon, PARK Chan-wook and KIM Sung-soo will present The Age...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS and THE NET to Premiere in Venice

Korean Auteurs on Show at 73rd Biennale The upcoming 73rd Venice International Film Festival, the oldest major film event in the world, will host the premieres of new works from two major Korean talents. Acclaimed genre auteur KIM Jee-woon will take his firs...

KIM Jee-woon’s THE AGE OF SHADOWS Books September Release Date

Period Action-Thriller with SONG Kang-ho Out in Time for Chuseok KIM Jee-woon’s latest project The Age of Shadows, which wrapped on March 31st, completed post-production earlier this month and has now been scheduled for release in September, which will coinci...

SONG Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann Hop onto TAXI DRIVER

JANG Hun Returns with Gwangju Drama Sure to stir up many memories and much debate next year will be the Gwangju massacre drama Taxi Driver. Local star SONG Kang-ho has signed on as the titular character who smuggles a German journalist into Gwangju during the...

KIM Jee-woon Wraps Period Action-Thriller SECRET AGENT

Korean Debut for Warner Bros. Filming for Secret Agent, KIM Jee-woon’s return to the Korean filmmaking, after his American debut The Last Stand (2013), and the first local production for Hollywood major Warner Bros., finished after five months shooting on Mar...

10th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Confirms Its Jurors

5 Selectied to Judge Trends in World Music’ Film Today The 10th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival confirmed five jurors including director KIM Jee-woon and actress LIM Soo-jung to judge ‘World Music Film Today’s films, the only competition secti...

KIM Jee-woon's Short ONE FINE DAY Unveiled in China

First shown in Korea Midnight on April 30th Director KIM Jee-woon's first short romantic comedy film, One Fine Day will be unveiled in China this coming May. Factors such as KIM's credibility in China after making a successful debut in the U.S. with T...

KIM Jee-woon, to Direct Second Way to Nature Film Project

YOON Kye-sang and PARK Shin-hye, in ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS OF LOVE Day Trip directed by PARK Chan-wook and PARK Chan-kyong, the first batch of ‘Way to Nature Film Project’ released last December will be followed by Rock-Paper-Scissors Of Love (working title). ‘W...