- Korean Film News
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- SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung take a Ride in STELLAR
- Actors SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung will appear in the new fantasy comedy-drama Stellar (literal title). The project will be helmed by My Annoying Brother (2016) director KWON Soo-kyung. SON Ho-jun will appear as Yeong-bae, a top rental car dealer who inherits a car named ‘Stellar’ from this father,...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 24, 2019
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- HERSTORY Received Global Summons
- Well Go USA Picks Up Comfort Woman Drama for North America Korean sales outfit Contents Panda has secured several deals for its comfort woman drama Herstory. The latest work by director MIN Kyu-dong, the film bowed in domestic theaters on June 27. Distributor Well Go USA picked up North American dis...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- CONTENTS PANDA Invade Cannes Market with THE GREAT BATTLE, BELIEVER
- Korean sales outfit Contents Panda, which participated in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival over the past two years with Train to Busan (2016) and The Villainess (2017), have brought a diverse lineup to the Marché this year, led by LEE Hae-young’s crime thriller Believer, which bows...
- by Pierce Conran / May 14, 2018
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- Investment and Distribution Company NEW Releases 10 Titles for 2018 Line-up
- Renowned Korean investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced 10 titles they plan to release in 2018. Through a press release, NEW stated they had three films in their catalog that had sold over 10 million tickets since their founding in 2008: The Attorney, Miracle in ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Dec 19, 2017
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- MIN Kyu-dong Wraps Comfort Women Tale HER STORY
- MIN Kyu-dong has wrapped his upcoming Comfort Woman court drama Her Story (working title), which features actresses KIM Hee-ae, KIM Hae-sook and LEE Yoo-young. The drama, which will be released by Next Entertainment World, completed two months of production on November 6th. Her Story chronicles the ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2017
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- Comfort Woman Court Drama Subpoenas KIM Hae-sook and KIM Hee-ae
- Following 2015’s The Treacherous, Director MIN Kyu-dong is getting ready to return with his seventh film, Her Story (working title). Based on real court testimonies from the 1990s about the ordeals suffered by comfort women, the drama will feature KIM Hae-sook and KIM Hee-ae in the lead roles. Her S...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 04, 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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- ALONG WITH THE GODS Filming Ends, Release Pushed to December
- Two-Part Fantasy Epic Assembles Enormous Cast Lotte Entertainment’s two-part fantasy epic Along with the Gods brought its simultaneous production to an end after a marathon 10 month filming schedule, which included 175 shooting days, on March 22nd. Despite an earlier commitment to a summer release d...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 27, 2017
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- PARK Chan-wook Returns to Cannes Competition with THE HANDMAIDEN
- GOKSUNG, TRAIN TO BUSAN Fill Out Korean Genre Trio in Official Selection Seven years after Thirst, PARK Chan-wook will return to the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival next month with his con artist thriller The Handmaiden. Also invited to screen on the Croisette are two more highly antic...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 15, 2016
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- KWAK Kyung-taek’s Thriller RESURRECTION Has Begun Production
- A Vengeful Story Featuring KIM Rae-won, KIM Hae-sook and SUNG Dong-il KWAK Kyung-taek of Friend (2001) and The Classified File (2015) has begun production of a new film. Resurrection (working title), a mystery thriller where CHOI Myung-sook, a woman who died 7 years ago, comes to life again, has com...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 20, 2015