- Korean Film News
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- LEE El Joins Cast of New Thriller SHE DIED
- BYUN Yo-han and SHIN Hye-sun Considering Offers Actress LEE El has been tapped to star in the new thriller She Died (translated title). The project will mark the debut of director KIM Sae-hwi and is also courting BYUN Yo-han and SHIN Hye-sun, who are both positively considering offers to star. She D...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 08, 2020
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- PARK Hae-il to Play Admiral Yi Sun-sin in HANSAN
- Roaring Currents (2014) director KIM Han-min is returning to the legendary historical figure Admiral LEE Sun-shin for his next film, the period naval epic Hansan: Rise of the Dragon (translated title). PARK Hae-il will play the Admiral in the film, while BYUN Yo-han will portray his Japanese rival. ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 27, 2020
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- HAN Hyo-joo and BYUN Yo-han Cast in Japanese Film
- Korean stars HAN Hyo-joo and BYUN Yo-han have been cast in the Japanese film The Sun Does Not Move (translated title). The film is being directed by HASUMI Eiichirō and is based on a novel by YOSHIDA Shuichi. The plot follows a tense battle between international agents from different nations regardi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 30, 2020
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- LEE Joon-ik Wraps 2nd B&W Period Feature JA-SAN-EO-BO
- Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-life character JEONG Yak-jeon, the elder...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2019
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- BYUN Yo-han Speaks Up for VOICE
- According to his agency Saram Entertainment, BYUN Yo-han, star of Socialphobia (2015) and Will You Be There? (2016), has been cast in the upcoming thriller project Voice (literal title), the latest film from filmmaking brothers KIM Gok and KIM Sun. Voice will foreground the criminal practice of voic...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2019
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- LEE Je-hoon Slips into GRAVE ROBBERY
- Actor LEE Je-hoon is being eyed for the lead role in the upcoming caper film Grave Robbery (translated title). Reports suggests that the star is currently fine-tuning the details of his appearance in the film, alongside JO Woo-jin, LIM Won-hee and SHIN Hye-sun. The project, which will mark the debut...
- by Pierce Conran / May 17, 2019
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- Monstrum, sales to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam
- Korean sales boutique Finecut is on the ground at the Marché du Film in Cannes with a broad lineup of titles, which includes LEE Chang-dong’s highly-anticipated new work BURNING, screening in the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival this year. Eight years after his last work Poetry, LEE’...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018
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- Korean Films Pick Up 4 Prizes at Fantasporto
- Korean films were a hit at the recently concluded 38th Oporto International Film Festival in Portugal. SHIN Su-won’s Glass Garden, KIM Jin-muk’s True Fiction and CHO Sun-ho’s A Day came away with a combined four prizes between them at the fantastic film event, which is also known as Fantasporto. Gla...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 15, 2018
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- Finecut to Launch Sales on MONSTRUM at EFM
- Finecut will launch sales on the period creature feature Monstrum (translated title) at the European Film Market (EFM) during the Berlin International Film Festival later this month. The big-budget title is the third work of Countdown (2011) director HEO Jong-ho and features KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 05, 2018
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- Korean Films Invited to Fantasporto
- JO Seon-ho’s mystery thriller A Day, SHIN Su-won’s mystery drama Glass Garden and KIM Jin-muk’s mystery thriller TRUE FICTION were invited to the 38th Fantasporto – Oporto International Film Festival (Fantasporto) in Portugal. Fantasporto is regarded as one of the three foremost fantastic film festi...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jan 22, 2018