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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Invited to Dublin International Film Festival
- Ryoo Seungwan’s hit action-drama Escape from Mogadishu (2021) has been invited to this year’s Dublin International Film Festival. Also selected for the Irish film event is Kimo Jisook’s short film Hairy Monster.Released in the summer of 2021, Escape from Mogadishu became the year’s biggest homegrown...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 10, 2022
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- Hwang Jungmin and Jeon Doyeon reunite in Kill Boksoon
- 17 years after You Are My Sunshine (2005), HWANG Jungmin and JEON Doyeon are set to reunite in the film KILL Boksoon (literal title), a Netflix original. From The Merciless (2017) director BYUN Sunghyun, the project will also feature SUL Kyunggu, KOO Kyohwan and E Som. The streaming feature will fol...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2021
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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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- BOOK OF FISH and MOGADISHU Win 4 Prizes Each at Korean Film Critics Awards
- Ryoo Seungwan Picks Up Best Director, Lee Joonik’s Film Takes Best FilmLee Joonik’s The Book of Fish and Ryoo Seungwan’s Escape from Mogadishu triumphed at the 41st Korean Film Critics Association Awards, with each picking up four prizes. Lee’s film won the Best Film prize while Ryoo was awarded Bes...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 04, 2021
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Takes Best Film at Buil Film Awards
- Yoo Ahin and Jun Jongseo Win Acting Honors at Busan-Held AwardsRyoo Seungwan’s hit action-thriller Escape from Mogadishu came away from the recent 30th Buil Film Awards with the Best Film Award. Ryoo’s film, which is the highest-grossing film at the Korean box office this year, topped the night with...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 22, 2021
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- KIM Yun-seok to Play Admiral YI Sun-shin in KIM Han-min’s NORYANG
- Director KIM Han-min has rounded up a formidable cast for Noryang (Korean title), the final entry in his trilogy on the legendary Korean admiral YI Sun-shin, which started with Roaring Currents (2014), the most successful Korean film of all time. KIM Yun-seok will take on the role of the Admiral and...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2020
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- New Covid-19 Cluster Pushes Back INTRUDER and More in June
- A new cluster of Covid-19 cases in Central Seoul has sparked fears of a second wave of infections. Local distributors have been left with no choice but to delay releases of films that had been scheduled for release in late May. Among those is the mystery-thriller Intruder, starring SONG Ji-hyo and G...
- by Pierce Conran / May 21, 2020
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- SUL Kyung-gu, CHO Jin-woong Face Off in MAN OF MEN
- Stars SUL Kyung-gu and CHO Jin-woong will share the screen next month in the upcoming comedy-drama Man of Men. The terminal illness-themed tale marks the debut of director and writer Yong-su and will be released nationwide by distributor Showbox in October. SUL plays Jang-su, a lawyer who used to do...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 10, 2019
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- RYOO Seung-wan Plots ESCAPE with KIM Yun-seok, ZO In-sung
- Action maestro RYOO Seung-wan is preparing to get back in the director’s chair with Escape (working title), a new action-drama that could see him work for the first time with actors KIM Yun-seok and ZO In-sung, who are considering offers to star in the film. Co-star HUH Joon-ho has already confirmed...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 20, 2019
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- KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi INRANG Arms Up for July Release
- WB Korea to Distribute JINROH Remake with GANG Dong-won, HAN Hyo-joo, JUNG Woo-sung KIM Jee-woon’s highly anticipated Inrang (Korean title), a remake of the acclaimed Japanese animation Jinroh: The Wolf Brigade, is almost upon us. Along with a pair of teaser posters, local distributor Warner Bros Ko...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 05, 2018