Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-life character JEONG Yak-jeon, the elder brother of noted Joseon scholar JEONG Yakyong. Following his exile to Heuksan Island as a result of...

Character actor CHO Dal-hwan took on the lead role in the indie drama Like the First Glass (translated title), the debut feature film of producer and short film director PAEK Seung-hwan. The film, which co-stars veteran actor SHIN Gu and new actress WOO Hye-rim (aka Hyerim of the K-pop outfit Wonder Girls) completed production earlier this summer. CHO Dal-hwanplays Lee Ho-yeon, a sales rep at a ph...

K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE LAST RIDE (2016). The story focuses on Heo-saek, played by LEE, the first male courtesan in the Joseon Dynasty who captures the imagination o...

The Korean box office has had a rocky ride through the first two trimesters of 2017, but this period was not without its success stories. Though controversies and an uneven slate of films presented some obstacles, Korean history remained a strong driver for profits, particularly in a shifting political climate that may have aided the release of several politically-tinged hits. Riding on the critic...

Admissions dropped 25% week-on-week during a quiet weekend with no major new releases. With The Fate of the Furious once again leading the pack, Hollywood titles accounted for 78% of the 1.22 million seats filled over the frame. The eighth installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise welcomed another 683,000 viewers (USD 5.2 million) as it eased just 35%, giving it a 12-day total of 2.58 mill...