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...

According to his agency Saram Entertainment, BYUN Yo-han, star of Socialphobia (2015) and Will You Be There? (2016), has been cast in the upcoming thriller project Voice (literal title), the latest film from filmmaking brothers KIM Gok and KIM Sun. Voice will foreground the criminal practice of voice phishing, a form of telephonic fraud by which scammers illicitly obtain financial information from...

The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, ten directors have been selected, with five pairs to oversee judging for the festival’s five signature short film competitions, each represen...

Business boosted a hefty 75% over the Christmas weekend to bring admissions to the four million mark, which despite being 15% lower than last year’s comparable weekend was still one of the biggest of the year. A hot Korean local release drove up the local market share to 72%. Sucking up 57% of the marketplace during its opening weekend was the star-driven action-thriller Master with LEE Byung-hun,...

The top two places were unchanged at the box office even with a major now local drama opening. Local releases remained the top draw this session, accounting for 69% of ticket sales, which were on par with last week, coming in at 2.32 million admissions. Down just 10% in its second frame was the nuclear disaster drama Pandora. With an additional 1.01 million viewers (USD 6.98 million), PARK Jung-wo...

Business ticked up 25% as a pair of hot new releases recharged the box office, boosting admissions to 2.45 million, while the market share for local films also experienced a modest rise to 63%. Confidently easing into first place PARK Jung-woo’s Deranged (2012) follow-up, the nuclear meltdown drama Pandora with 1.12 million tickets (USD 7.93 million) sold over the weekend and a total of 1.46 milli...