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- Song Jung Ki stars in "My Name is Loh Kiwan"
- “My nam is Loh Kiwan. I’ve managed to come this far by promising myself that I would endure and overcome whatever hell I experienced in this land.” After short break since Hopeless, actor Song Jung Ki once again portrays a man who has a lonely battle against the world without any rights to stay or l...
- by CINE21 / Mar 22, 2024
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Tops Blue Dragon Film Awards with 6 Wins
- Ryoo Seungwan’s action-drama Escape from Mogadishu came away as the big winner of this year’s 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards. The box office hit picked up six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Ryoo.It was Ryoo’s third Best Director win at the awards, following The Unjust (2010) and Vet...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 02, 2021
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Leads Blue Dragon Awards Nominees with 13 Nods
- THE BOOK OF FISH Scores 8 Nominations for Upcoming 42nd EditionRyoo Seungwan’s acclaimed action-drama Escape from Mogadishu is leading the nominees’ list for the upcoming 42nd edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards. The film has received 13 nominations in 10 categories, including Best Film and Best ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 05, 2021
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- BOGOTA with Song Joongki and Lee Heejun Warps Production 21 Months After Filming Began
- Crime Drama from Director Kim Sungjae Shot in Korea and ColombiaFollowing a long shoot that encountered several delays and difficulties due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the crime film Bogota (literal title) recently wrapped shooting, ending a 21-month journey that began in South America in January of l...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 14, 2021
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- Stars Return to Busan Film Festival for Opening Ceremony of 26th Edition
- BIFF Honors Im Kwontaek, Hosts World Premiere of Im Sangsoo’sHEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESSThis year’s 26th Busan International Film Festival kicked off with a star-studded opening ceremony on a warm night at the Korean Cinema Center on Wednesday, October 6, which was hosted by internationally ren...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 08, 2021
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- Busan Unveils Program for 26th Edition
- Song Joongki and Park Sodam to Host Opening CeremonyThe 26th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is just around the corner. The festival has been revealing portions of its program bit by bit until its full lineup was announced during a press conference on September 15.Song Joongk...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 24, 2021
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- BOGOTA with SONG Joong-ki and LEE Hee-joon Resumes Filming in Korea
- Remaining Colombian Shoot Still in the Air Owing to Covid-19The upcoming film Bogota with SONG Joong-ki and LEE Hee-joon is se to resume filming in Korea at the end of the month. From The Unfair (2015) director KIM Sung-je, the film initially began location filming in Colombia early last year but wa...
- by Kim Bo-ra / May 10, 2021
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- BOGOTA with SONG Joong-ki and LEE Hee-joon to Resume Filming in Colombia
- The upcoming crime drama Bogota (literal title), starring SONG Joong-ki and LEE Hee-jun, is expected to resume production overseas in July. The film initially began shooting in Colombia last year but while in the middle of production they were forced to halt filming owing to the global spread of COV...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 05, 2021
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- JEON Yeo-been Joins Netflix Original Series GLITCH
- After My Death (2018) actress JEON Yeo-been is teaming up with Very Ordinary Couple (2013) director ROH Deok on the upcoming Glitch, a new mystery, comedy and thriller original series from Netflix. The show is being written by GIN Han-sai, who wrote the Netflix show Extracurricular.JEON will play Ho...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 17, 2021
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- SPACE SWEEPERS to Lift Off February 5 on Netflix
- Following two postponed theatrical release plans owing to the global spread of Covid-19, the big-budget space-set action-drama has finally set a launch date of February 5, just ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, when it will be made available online internationally in all markets serviced by Netf...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 05, 2021