- Korean Film News
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- LEE Byung-hun Prepares for THE GAME
- LEE Byung-hun is positively considering the leading role in The Game (translated title), the latest film from The Sheriff in Town (2017) director KIM Hyung-ju. Based on a true story, The Game will focus on the rivalry between CHO Hun-hyun and LEE Chang-ho, legendary players of the game of Go (aka ‘b...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 04, 2020
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- LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young Move into CONCRETE UTOPIA
- LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young will be joining forces for the upcoming disaster thriller Concrete Utopia (working title), as confirmed by Lotte Entertainment. UM Tae-hwa, the director of VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED (2016), will helm the project. UM’s new film will chronicle the...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 21, 2020
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- KIM Young-kwang Accepts MISSION POSSIBLE
- Young star KIM Young-kwang has landed his next leading role in the spy action film Mission Possible(working title), which will mark the debut of director KIM Hyeong-ju. The actor is on board to play Woo Soo-han, the leader of a special forces team that gets swept up in a dangerous operation along wi...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 02, 2019
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- FORGOTTEN and ON YOUR WEDDING DAY to Get Chinese Updates
- Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution revealed to Screen Daily that it has sold Chinese remake rights for two of its titles, the mystery-thriller Forgotten (2017) and the romantic drama On Your Wedding Day (2018). Released in late 2017, Forgotten was directed by ZHANG Hang-jun and follows the story...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 01, 2019
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- PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang Commit to YOUR WEDDING
- PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang are set to co-star in the upcoming romantic drama Your Wedding (translated title). In the film’s plot, Soo-jeong (KIM) receives a wedding invitation from his first love Seung-hee (PARK). The film chronicles the 10-year relationship of the two, beginning with their h...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Oct 06, 2017
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- ASSASSINATION Tops Blue Dragon Awards
- Best Director for VETERAN’s RYOO Seung-wan The Blue Dragon Film Awards held their 36th edition on Thursday evening, handing out their Grand Prize to CHOI Dong-hoon’s Colonial Era action film Assassination while Lee Joon-ik’s Joseon Era drama The Throne came away with five prizes, the most of the ev...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 27, 2015
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- Golden Horse to Host Korean Triumvirate
- HONG Sang-soo, KAFA and COLLECTIVE INVENTION to Screen in Taipei The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has set the program for its 52nd edition, which will include a trio of Korean films and kick off this Thursday (November 5th). Spread out among different sections, HONG Sang-soo’s Right Now, Wrong...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 04, 2015
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- COLLECTIVE INVENTION Secures Japan Release
- High-Concept Drama Invited to Golden Horse Film Festival KWON Oh-kwang’s debut work Collective Invention, which was released just last week in Korea, has secured a theatrical release for neighboring Japan and is set to open there next year. Starring PARK Bo-young and LEE Kwang-soo, the film initial...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 29, 2015
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- Toronto Nabs Korean Veterans and Genre Newcomer
- HONG Sangsoo, RYOO Seung-wan and KWON Oh-kwang Headed to TIFF A trio of Korean films, representing very different sides of the industry, were announced this week as part of the second wave of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Screening in the Masters section will be HONG Sangso...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 13, 2015
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- PARK Bo-young to Play Journalist in New Comedy
- Surviving Korea’s Harsh Work Environment Investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced on January 28th that PARK Bo-young (A Werewolf Boy, 2012) and JUNG Jae-young (Broken, 2013) will be partnering up for a new feature about the lives of journalists. Banzakbanzak Film...
- by June Kim / Feb 04, 2015