Actors KWON Sang-woo, LEE Jung-hyun and LEE Jong-hyeuk will join forces in the upcoming romantic comedy title Guy Guy Girl (translated title), which will mark the latest directorial outing of PARK Yong-jip. KWON will next be seen on screens in a sequel to the 2015 Chuseok investigation comedy THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE, which is currently in post-production. The original was the last big screen proj...

Popular actor LEE Jong-hyeuk has signed on to star alongside LEE Beom-su in the forthcoming period thriller In the Line of Fire. The film will mark the directorial debut of NOH Kyu-yeob, formerly an assistant director on 2008’s Portrait of a Beauty. LEE Jong-hyeuk will play a North Korean officer who is the villain in a tale of a man searching for his family in Berlin circa 1986. Most recently s...

Following his adaptation of Barbara O’Connor’s novel How To Steal A Dog (2014), director KIM Sung-ho will return with another family drama next year. Mother’s Notebook: Recipe of Memories (literal title) features actor LEE Jong-hyeuk in the lead role. In the film, an elderly woman runs a popular store in a neighbourhood but begins to lose her memory, which leads her to begin writing in a notebook....

The first half of August was witness to a record-breaking performance by CHOI Dong-hoon’s The Thieves, which became the sixth Korean film in history to pass the 10 million admissions mark. Originally released on July 25, the film sold more than 6 million tickets from August 1~15, recording its 10 millionth ticket overall on August 15. The 22 days it took to reach the milestone was the shortest tim...