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- BELIEVER Director LEE Hae-young Begins Shoot on Spy Thriller PHANTOM
- Filming for the upcoming Japanese Occupation Era spy film Phantom (translated title) kicked off on January 4. Believer (2018) filmmaker LEE Hae-young is in the director’s chair and his cast includes stars SUL Kyung-gu, PARK So-dam, LEE Ha-nee, PARK Hae-soo, SEO Hyun-woo and KIM Dong-hee. LEE’s film ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 11, 2021
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- PARASITE Wins Outstanding Editing at HPA Awards
- Seasoned editor YANG Jin-mo won the Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature Award from this year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards for his work on BONG Joon-ho’sPARASITE(2019). The Hollywood Professional Association is a trade organization that services the post-production community...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 02, 2020
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- SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam Consider GHOST
- The agencies of actors SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam have confirmed that the stars have all received offers to appear in Ghost (translated title), a new spy action-drama set during the Japanese Colonial Era from Believer (2018) director LEE Hae-young. Veteran star SUL, seen last year in M...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 24, 2020
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- HONG Sangsoo’s YOURSELF AND YOURS Scores US Distribution
- Hong Sangsoo’s 18th film Yourself and Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, has finally found a US distributor. The New York-based outfit Cinema Guild will launch the film digitally and on home video on June 5. The film stars the late KIM Joo-hyuk and LEE Yoo-you...
- by Pierce Conran / May 07, 2020
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- CHA Seung-won Returns to Comedy Genre for Chuseok Holidays
- CHA Seung-won is returning to screens next month in the Chuseok holiday title CHEER UP, MR. LEE, the latest comedy-drama from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHEER UP, MR. LEEfeatures CHA as Cheol-soo, a simple-minded man with good looks and a strong physique who one day discovers that he has...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 19, 2019
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- BAE Sung-woo and JUNG Ga-ram Perform INVESTIGATION TRIP
- Popular character actor BAE Sung-woo and rising star JUNG Ga-ram are back on set for the upcoming film Investigation Trip (translated title), which commenced shooting on June 9. The feature debut of writer-director PARK Cheol-hwan is the latest project from distributor ACEMAKER MOVIEWORKS, which rec...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 21, 2019
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- LEE Kwang-soo Considers Disaster Drama WATERHOLE
- LEE Kwang-soo, who is currently on screens in the family comedy Inseparable Bros, is considering appearing alongside CHA Seung-won in the upcoming disaster drama Waterhole (literal title), from director KIM Ji-hoon. The film will follow the story of people trapped inside a sinkhole that appears in a...
- by Pierce Conran / May 17, 2019
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- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 10 from Korea
- The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which kicked off on April 9 and is scheduled to run until the 21, is screening 10 Korean films during this year’s edition. In addition to an array of current thriller, horror and genre films, BIFFF is also showcasing the works of director N...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 11, 2019
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- 1987 Takes Home Another Grand Prize at KFPA Awards
- The Korean Film Producers Association Awards held their 5th edition on December 11th. This year’s Grand Prize went to JANG Joon-hwan’s hit period political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), while YIM Soon-rye earned the Best Director Prize for her feel good youth drama Little Forest. The top ac...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2018
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- 1987 Comes Out on Top at Blue Dragon Awards
- JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) topped the 39th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on November 23 during a ceremony hosted by stars KIM Hye-soo and YOO Yeon-seok. Other top prizes went to YOON Jong-bin, who earned Best Director for his ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 06, 2018