Another YOON Tae-ho’s Webtoon-based Film Following MOSS CHO Seung-woo (Tazza: The High Rollers, 2006) has been confirmed to star in The Insiders, said Showbox/Mediaplex Inc. on June 6th. CHO will be cast as a public prosecutor who works against corrupt politicians. Director of Man of Vendetta (2010) WOO Min-ho will be taking the speakerphone for The Insiders which is based on a webtoon by YOON Ta...

Filmmaker, actress, singer and artist Ku Hye-sun is up for a new challenge. She is to write, direct and star in her next film Daughter. It is her first time taking up the three roles at the same time. Daughter is about a relationship between an abusive, demanding mother and her daughter. Veteran actress Shim Hye-jin(Lee Chang-dong’s Green Fish) will play the mother, while Ku will be playing the d...

17 Features and Shorts in NYAFF Lineup Summer is here and Korean film looks to be top of the menu for Asian cinema fans in the America’s top metropolis. The popular New York Asian Film Festival is preparing to put on quite a show this year by screening 63 films hailing from across the Asian continent but front and center will be Korea, as 15 features and two shorts from the peninsula have found ...

Yet another local film has taken the box office by storm, in a year of unprecedented commercial success for Korean cinema. A Werewolf Boy featuring young stars SONG Joong-ki and PARK Bo-young has steadily gained momentum since its release on October 31, selling a massive 3.9 million admissions (~$25.4 million) in two weeks. The film far outpaced any of its competitors, and given the fact that it s...