- Korean Film News
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- Ryoo Seungwan’s SMUGGLING with Kim Hyesoo and Yum Jungah Wraps Production
- Zo Insung and Park Jungmin Co-Star in 1970s-Set Crime FilmThough Escape from Mogadishu, the year’s biggest box office hit in Korea, is barely in the rearview mirror, director Ryoo Seungwan has already completed production on his next film.Smuggling (translated title), starring Kim Hyesoo, Yum Jungah...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 26, 2021
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- Netflix Confirms KINGDOM Spin-Off Episode with Gianna JUN
- PARK Byung-eun to Co-Star in KINGDOM: ASHIN OF THE NORTH Following speculation that emerged earlier this year, Netflix Korea has confirmed that Gianna JUN (aka JEON Ji-hyun) will star in a special spin-off episode of their hit series Kingdom, following her cameo appearance at the very end of season...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 12, 2020
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- HA Jung-woo Ventures into Horror with THE CLOSET
- Though he is still tearing up the box office charts with the smash hit disaster action spectacle Ashfall, Korean superstar HA Jung-woo will be back on screens next month in The Closet, his first ever horror film. HA co-stars with KIM Nam-gil in the picture, which marks the directorial debut of KIM K...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 13, 2020
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- IDOL, HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu Awarded at Fantasia
- LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for Best Actor. Meanwhile, both YI Ok-seop’s ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 06, 2019
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- Finecut Trio Finds Buyers in Hong Kong
- Korean sales agent Finecut sealed several deals for titles in its current lineup during last month’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART). Among the titles that found favor with foreign distributors were LEE Su-jin’s thriller Idol, the LEE Si-young-fronted action-thriller No Mercy ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 08, 2019
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- MONEY to Cash In in March
- Money, a new financial thriller from first-time director PARK Nu-ri which stars RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Ji-tae, has secured a March release date in Korea. Hot on the heels of the vehicular action-thriller Hit-and-Run Squad, which is currently in theaters for the Lunar New Year holiday, the project will...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 01, 2019
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- YOON Jong-bin and HAN Jae-duk to Form New Investment and Production Company
- The Spy Gone North director YOON Jong-bin is setting up shop with SANAI Pictures head HAN Jae-duk. The director and the producer who have worked on a number of successful projects together will establish an as-yet-unnamed investment and production company. Director YOON, who got his start with the a...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 30, 2018
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- JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a Cast for New Action Disaster Movie EXIT
- JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a will star in a disaster-action movie. “Genius chameleon actor JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a, rising actresses of Confidential Assignment (2017), are cast for EXIT (working title)”, announced the production company Filmmaker R & K and the distributor CJ Entertainment. The disaster...
- by SONG Soon-jin / May 21, 2018
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- Showbox Adds UNSTOPPABLE and HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD for Cannes Lineup
- Korean film company Showbox has added a pair of new titles to its sales lineup just in time for the Marché du Film taking place during the Cannes Film Festival this year. The pickups include the crime action Hit-and-Run Squad and the action film Unstoppable. From Coin Locker Girl (2015) director HAN...
- by Pierce Conran / May 15, 2018
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- Finecut Scores Presales on Berlinale Trio
- Korean sales outfit Finecut is in the midst of a busy European Film Market (EFM). The company represents three of the Korean films screening at the Berlin International Film Festival this year and has three major upcoming titles on its docket, in addition to a range of recent commercial and indie fa...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 26, 2018