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- In Focus: Secretly Greatly (Eunmirage widaehage)
- Directed by JANG Cheol-sooStarring KIM Soo-hyun, PARK Ki-woong, LEE Hyun-wooRelease Date June 5, 2013 Ryu-hwan is a North Korean spy who has emerged from a brutal training regimen to be recognized as a highly talented, elite agent. He is dispatched to the South and ends up in a small, rundown commun...
- by Darcy Paquet / Jun 13, 2013
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- In Focus: Echo of Dragon
- Directed by LEE Hyun-jungFeaturing LEE Sang-woo, KIM NemoRelease Date TBD This year’s Jeonju International Film Festival, which held its 14th edition in April, featured new programmers and a slight change of style, but what didn’t change was its rich and challenging slate of fresh works that screen...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2013
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- In Focus: Montage
- Directed by JEONG Keun-seobStarring UHM Jeong-hwa, KIM Sang-kyung, SONG Young-chang, CHO Hee-bong, JEONG Hae-gyun, KEY Joo-bong, PARK Cheol-minRelease Date May 16, 2013 One day a police detective named Cheong-ho reluctantly visits a woman whose child was kidnapped and murdered 15 years previous. Th...
- by Darcy Paquet / May 30, 2013
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- In Focus: Short! Short! Short! 2013
- Directed by LEE Sang-woo, PARK Jin-sung, PARK Jin-seok, RHEE Jin-wooFeaturing HAN Joo-hwan, KIM Seo-hyung, CHOI Won-young, CHOI Duk-mun, PARK Hyuk-kwon, SHIN Dong-mi, BAE Seul-giRelease Date March 14 The Short! Short! Short! project is a yearly omnibus commissioned by the Jeonju International Film ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2013
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- In Focus: Boomerang Family
- Directed by SONG Hae-sungStarring PARK Hae-il, YOON Je-moon, YOUN Yuh-jung, KONG Hyo-jin, JIN Ji-heeRelease Date May 9, 2013 Film director In-mo (PARK Hae-il), mired in poverty and unable to get over the commercial failure of his debut film, decides to hang himself. But a well-timed call from his ...
- by Darcy Paquet / May 16, 2013
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- In Focus: Dear Dolphin
- Directed by KANG Jin-aFeaturing RIE Young-zin, HAN Ye-ri, LEE Hui-joonRelease Date May 16 One of the ten new Korean films in competition this year at the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival, Dear Dolphin, the feature debut of acclaimed short filmmaker KANG Jin-a, is a beautiful exploration of l...
- by Pierce Conran / May 02, 2013
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- In Focus: Fists of Legend
- Directed by KANG Woo-sukStarring HWANG Jung-min, YU Jun-sang, LEE Yo-won, YOON Je-moon, SUNG Ji-ru, JUNG Woong-inRelease Date April 10, 2013 Deok-kyu (HWANG Jung-min) has fallen on hard times, though with his unassuming, upbeat personality he is unlikely to say so out loud. In high school he had be...
- by Darcy Paquet / Apr 17, 2013
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- In Focus: Koala
- Directed by KIM Ju-hwanFeaturing SONG Yu-ha, PARK Young-seo, Park JinjuRelease Date TBA Emerging from an increasingly crowded field of independent features, Koala, the debut work of filmmaker KIM Ju-hwan, premiered at the Seoul Independent Film Festival last December. A tale of youthful ambition in...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 11, 2013
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- In Focus: Very Ordinary Couple
- Directed by ROH DeokStarring KIM Min-hee, LEE Min-ki, RA Mi-ran, CHOI Moo-sung, KIM Gang-hyeon, PARK Byeong-eunRelease Date March 21, 2013 Yeong (KIM Min-hee) and Dong-hee (LEE Min-ki) break up. For a brief time, it is an amicable split. But given the fact that they work together at the same bank, a...
- by Darcy Paquet / Apr 04, 2013
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- In Focus: Your Time Is Up
- Directed by KIM Seung-hyunFeaturing CHOI Won-young, SHIN Hyeon-tak, KANG Ho, KIM E-jungRelease Date March 14 Earlier this month, two Korean films from debut filmmakers were released. While both were strong productions, what really set them apart from of the rest of the field is the fact that they w...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 27, 2013
