- Korean Film News
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- SAKAMOTO Ryuichi to Receive Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award in Busan
- BIFF Actor & Actress of the Year Award Jury to Feature KO Hyun-jung and YU Jun-sang The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will return for its 23rd edition this October and the festival recently announced that famous Japanese composer SAKAMOTO Ryuichi will be the beneficiary of this year’s...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 31, 2018
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- Popular TV Drama SANDGLASS to be Made Into Movie
- The TV series Sandglass (1995), which starred KO Hyun-jung, will be made into a movie by Korean and Vietnamese companies. Korea’s Hyunmoo Enterprise and Vietnam’s Jini Holdings revealed through a press release that they had agreed to co-invest about USD 20 million (KRW 20 billion) into a production ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Mar 27, 2018
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- THE FORTRESS Set to Conquer Rotterdam
- Three Korean projects have already been confirmed for the upcoming 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which will take place from January 24th to February 4th. HWANG Dong-hyuk’s period siege drama The Fortress, LEE Kwang-kuk’s latest indie drama A Tiger in Winter and Malene CHOI Jense...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 29, 2017
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- LEE Jin-wook Joins A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER
- LEE Kwang-kuk’s third film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger has added a new face with actor LEE Jin-wook joining previously announced lead KO Hyun-jung. The film is about a man who is dumped by his girlfriend and goes on a journey, meeting an old flame along the way. LEE was last seen in the indi...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 14, 2017
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- KO Hyun-jung Returns with A WINTER GUEST SCARIER THAN A TIGER
- Actress KO Hyun-jung will end her five year break from the big screen by returning with the film A Winter Guest Scarier than a Tiger. The film will be the third feature by acclaimed indie filmmaker LEE Kwang-kuk. The two previously worked together on HONG Sang-soo’s Woman On The Beach (2006), which ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 26, 2017
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- Miss Conspirator wraps shoot
- South Korean action comedy starring KO Hyun-jung, <Miss Conspirator> wrapped shooting Dec. 15. Directed by PARK Chul-kwan, whose gangsters-and-monks comedy <Hi, Dharma> was a hit in 2002, the film is due for release in the first half of 2012. A highly respected and popu...
- Dec 26, 2011
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- 9ers pre-sells Miss Conspirator
- South Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has done a raft of sales at the American Film Market (AFM) on titles including <Miss Conspirator>, starring Ko Hyun-jung (<Woman on the Beach>), according to UK-based trade magazine Screen International. Action comedy <Miss Conspirator&g...
- Nov 07, 2011