- Korean Film News
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- KIM Sung-kyun Suits Up for JOSEON FIREFIGHTER
- Character actor KIM Sung-kyun has confirmed his appearance in the upcoming period comedy-drama Joseon Firefighter (translated title). Star KIM Nam-gil is also reported to be considering an offer to appear in the latest film from director MOON Hyun-sung, known for As One (2012) and The King’s Case No...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 28, 2019
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- Korean Sci-fi HUNTING TIME Wraps 6-Month Shoot
- Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene. The film is the long-awaited sophomore...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 07, 2018
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- MICROHABITAT Earns Tiger Uncaged Award at NYAFF
- JEON Go-woon’s acclaimed debut feature Microhabitat has picked up the Tiger Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Director JEON and actor AHN Jae-hong were on hand to receive the prize at the festival’s award ceremony. Another prizewinner on the nig...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 27, 2018
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- PARK Hae-soo Studies Up for QUANTUM PHYSICS
- Artist agency BH Entertainment has revealed that PARK Hae-soo has been cast in the upcoming film Quantum Physics (working title). The project will mark the second directorial feature of Derailed (2016) helmer LEE Seong-tae. In the project, PARK will take on the role of LEE Chan-woo, a character desc...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2018
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- LEE Sung-kyoung Confirmed to Star in GIRL COPS
- LEE to Play Novice Detective Assigned to Public Service Center LEE Sung-kyoung has confirmed that she is going to play opposite veteran actress LA Mi-ran in upcoming Girl Cops (working title). In this detective comedy, Mi-young (LA Mi-ran), who used to be the top agent of her police squad until she ...
- by KIM Su-bin / May 17, 2018
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- Critics Embrace Hong’s Intimate 22nd Work GRASS in Berlin
- KIM Min-hee Draws Plaudits after Forum Premiere HONG Sangsoo’s 22nd film Grass had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on February 16. As with his other work, critics have embraced his latest introspective and dialogue-heavy comedy-drama. Drawing pa...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 26, 2018
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- YOON Sung-hyun’s HUNTING TIME Locks Down Cast
- Actors Actors LEE Jae-hoon, PARK Jung-min, AHN Jae-hong, and CHOI Woo-shik have signed on to star in YOON Sung-hyun's upcoming film Hunting Time (translated title). Hunting Time depicts a near future where young people, living in slums, are forced to commit crimes to survive in a Korea that has ...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Nov 23, 2017
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- Ulju Mountain Film Festival Announced Ulju Summit 2017
- The second edition of Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) has revealed four films of the Ulju Summit 2017. This pre-production support program announced this year’s selection on April 22nd: KIM Cho-hee’s The Princess in the Forest, KIM Tae-yun’s Guilty, KIM Jun-sung’s Companion and CHOI Jin-young’s T...
- by CHO Meanjune / May 04, 2017
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- CJ Unveils Broad Array of New Titles in Hong Kong
- Korean major CJ Entertainment launched a slew of new titles at this month’s Hong Kong International Film and TV Market. The distributor added family dramedy Daddy You, Daughter Me, period mystery comedy The King’s Case Note and prison-set crime film The Merciless. YOON Je-moon of Mother (2009) teams...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 22, 2017
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- E Som and AHN Jae-hong Team Up for A LITTLE PRINCESS
- Actress E Som has selected her next film project, which will be A Little Princess, the fourth feature from the filmmaker collective KwangHwaMoon Cinema. As with other KwangHwaMoon films, actor AHN Jae-hong will also appear in the film. E will be the lead in the story, which features a young woman wh...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 06, 2017