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- A TAXI DRIVER Gases Up at European Korean Film Fests
- JANG Hun’s smash hit A Taxi Driver has received five invitations from Korean film events in Europe taking place over the next few months. Director JANG will personally attend both the 6th Korean Filmfestival in Frankfurt and the 12th Korean Film Festival in Paris. The film has also been invited to t...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 29, 2017
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- SON Ye-jin and SO Ji-sub Come Together for Melodrama BE WITH YOU
- Stars SON Ye-jin and SO Ji-sub will team up for the first time in the upcoming melodrama Be With You (working title). Based on the Japanese novel Now, I Am Coming to See You by writer ICHIKAWA Takuji, the project will mark the feature directing debut of LEE Jang-hoon. SO will play a man whose wife (...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 07, 2017
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- A TAXI DRIVER Rolls Up to International Markets
- High summer release A Taxi Driver is scheduled to open in several English-speaking territories next month as well as across Asia in September, shortly after its domestic release. The film is a tale of the Gwangju Democracy Movement of 1980 from director JANG Hun with stars SONG Kang-ho and Thomas Kr...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 24, 2017
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- Fantasia Hails A TAXI DRIVER for Closing Slot
- Gwangju Uprising drama A Taxi Driver, featuring SONG Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann, has been selected as the closing film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Directed by JANG Hun, the work will join Cannes midnighter The Villainess, which was already announced as the opening film, ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 13, 2017
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- THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND to Debut in the United States On August 4th
- RYOO Seung-wan’s slave labor war film, The Battleship Island will debut in the United States on August 4th after its domestic release on July 26th. After the film’s American premiere, it will be released in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, In...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jul 13, 2017
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- THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND Plots Escape to 113 Countries
- CJ Entertainment’s flagship summer title The Battleship Island has sold to 113 countries ahead of its domestic release next month. The WWII action drama is RYOO Seung-wan’s follow-up to his hit 2015 thriller Veteran. The title lured many buyers for CJ Entertainment at both the European Film Market i...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 15, 2017
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- JANG Hun to Follow A TAXI DRIVER with DELIBERATION
- Although director JANG Hun is currently busy gearing up for the release of his summer drama A Taxi Driver he has already set his next project, which will be an adaptation of the stage play Deliberation by LEE Yoon-taek. Deliberation, which was also adapted into a book, follows secret stories of King...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 13, 2017
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- Showbox Drives A TAXI DRIVER into Cannes Market
- Following their election drama The Mayor with CHOI Min-shik, released at the end of last month, Korean investor and distributor Showbox is gearing up for another major political drama with A Taxi Driver, as well as horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and the star-driven crime drama The Swindlers. Sh...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2017
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- United Pictures Boards ROMANS 8:37
- During this year’s Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, Korean distributor United Pictures announced that they have picked up Romans 8:37 (working title), the new title from indie filmmaker SHIN Yeon-shick. The film concerns a church minister who becomes embroiled in a contentious relationshi...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 17, 2017
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- UHM Tae-woong Returns in KIM Ki-duk Produced FORK LANE
- Actor UHM Tae-woong recently began shooting the indie film Fork Lane, the new production from KIM Ki-duk’s production house, a KIM KI-DUK film. Directing the project is LEE Ju-hyoung, whose debut, the 2013 North Korean spy drama Red Family, was also produced by KIM and picked up the Audience Award a...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 06, 2017