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- JK YOUN
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- JK YOUN is the director of <Haeundae> (2009), the fifth Korean movie to sell ten million tickets, and a producer who can boast of better-than-average box office performances for all of his releases. Previously, he was an ad copywriter before jumping into the movie industry by winning a prize in a movie script contest. YOUN is credited for making the prototype of gangster comedy movies. He debut was <My Boss, My Hero>, which developed into one of the most commercia... expand
- Gender : Male
- Company : Doosaboo Film, Inc.
- Nationality : South Korea
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- Filmography
- THE NEGOTIATION 2018 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Keys to the Heart 2018 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Confidential Assignment 2017 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Like for Likes 2016 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- The Himalayas 2015 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Ode to My Father 2014 Director ( Director )
- Ode to My Father 2014 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- The Spy: Undercover Operation 2013 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Dancing Queen 2012 Staff ( Script Editor ,Executive Producer )
- Sector 7 2011 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
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- HA Ji-won Mulling Big Screen Return in COLLATERAL Feb 07, 2019
- Actress HA Ji-won is mulling a return to the big screen with the project Collateral (translated title), a JK Films production which will mark the sophomore work of director KANG Dae-gyu. The male lead will be played by veteran character actor SUNG Dong-il. Collateral will follow a man with a loose moral code who will do anything for a pay day and becomes close with a child who gets taken hostage. ...
- HWANG Jung-min Mulling Return as HOSTAGE Jan 14, 2019
- Korean star HWANG Jung-min is reportedly considering the project Hostage (translated title), a remake of the Chinese hit Saving Mr. Wu, as his return to the silver screen. The box office magnet was recently on screens in the acclaimed Cannes-screened drama The Spy Gone North (2018) last summer, but hasn’t been on a film set since July 2017. Should he take on the lead role, HWANG would end his well...
- Bollywood Adaptation of ODE TO MY FATHER Started Shooting in July Aug 28, 2018
- The Bollywood adaptation of JK YOUN’s nostalgic drama Ode to My Father (2014) has started shooting in July. The title of this Indian version, Bharat, is a Hindi word that means ‘India.’ Ode to My Father is the third most-watched Korean film in Korea, having attracted 14.26 million moviegoers. The Hindi version of the film will revolve around an ordinary man whose life will lead him through the maj...
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- Battle of December, Three-Way Showdown Feb 06, 2018
- With a few presumed hits coming up short and lower-than-usual attendance at some points of the year, particularly early summer, a lot was banking on December to pick up the slack and close the year on a high note. The end-of-year period (late December and early January) is one of the four busiest release windows in Korea, along with Lunar New Year, High Summer (late July/early August) and Chuseok,...
- VETERAN Fourpeats, Enters 10 Million Club Aug 31, 2015
- In a rare sweep, local films held the top five spots at the Korean box office, clinching 85% of the market in a weekend that attracted 2.54 million filmgoers. Sustained strong performances by Korean films in August have put domestic fare back over Hollywood for the year, with a 48.6% market share to their 46.7%. Topping the charts for the fourth consecutive time was RYOO Seung-wan’s Veteran, whic...
- Review of the First Quarter of 2015 Box Office May 07, 2015
- 1. Another Film Draws Over 10 Million ViewersJK YOUN’s Ode to My Father, released on December 17th last year, surpassed ten million viewers in 28 days on January 13. The film was the 11th Korean film to cross the milestone and the 14th including foreign films. In addition, YOUN became the first director to cross the milestone for the second time after Haeundae in 2009, cementing his position as a ...
