San Sebastián to Stage ‘Flowers in Hell’ Classic Korean Film Retrospective

Indie Breakout ALONERS Invited to New Directors Section in SpainThe San Sebastián International Film Festival is taking a trip back to Korea’s golden age of cinema this year after revealing that their upcoming 69th edition will feature a seven-title retrospect...

Legendary Actor SHIN Seong-il Passes Away, Aged 81

SHIN Seong-il, the towering figure of Korean cinema who appeared in well over 500 films during his 50-year career, passed away on Sunday, November 4 following his battle with lung cancer. The actor was 81 years old and is survived by his wife, fellow actress U...

MIN Kyu-dong Wraps Comfort Women Tale HER STORY

MIN Kyu-dong has wrapped his upcoming Comfort Woman court drama Her Story (working title), which features actresses KIM Hee-ae, KIM Hae-sook and LEE Yoo-young. The drama, which will be released by Next Entertainment World, completed two months of production on...

Classic Film Director KIM Kee-duk Passes Away at 83

KIM Kee-duk, one of the most important Korean filmmakers of the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 83. The director of The Barefooted Young (1964) and Yongary: Monster from the Deep (1967) succumbed to lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with five months ag...

Busan Film Festival’s Retrospective to Shine on Legendary Star SHIN Seong-il

Next month’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has set the Korean Cinema Retrospective for its 22nd edition, which will focus on legendary actor SHIN Seong-il. Over the course of over 40 years and an extraordinary 500 films, the actor has featured in ma...

Busan Critics Grand Prize for RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN

YOO Hae-jin and KIM Min-hee Take Acting Honors Earlier this month, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong Then was awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Busan Film Critics Awards. KIM Min-hee, who featured in HONG’s film, took home the Best Actress Prize, while veter...

BIFF to Showcase ‘Hidden Masterpieces of the 1960s’

8 Lesser Known Classics Screen in Korean Cinema Retrospective The first section to be revealed for this year’s 20th anniversary edition of the Busan International Film Festival is the Korean Cinema Retrospective, which will continue its mission of shining a ...

Korean Film Archive’s Library Adds 94 New Feature Films from 40s-80s

Donated By Union Media Company’s HAN Gyu-ho In 2013, while trying to get in contact with director Lim Tae-young for a DVD release, Korean Film Archive (KOFA) heard of the news that Union Media Company’s CEO HAN Gyu-ho owns a large collection of archival films...

20 Actors Cast for One Single Lead Character for BEAUTY INSIDE

The melodrama with a new imagination casts nearly all of Korea’s best characters actors Nearly all of Korea’s best character actors will star in the melodrama with a new imagination. An unprecedented 20 actors will play one single character in the film. Beaut...

KOFA Expands Korean Classic Film Theater on YouTube

Last month, on July 21st, the Korean Film Archive expanded its streaming library on YouTube by adding 15 new titles to its Korean Classic Film Theater. Launched in 2012 with 70 titles, the YouTube channel now comprises 98 features, ranging from 1936 To 1996, a...