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- Stars Align for Ensemble Romcom HAPPY NEW YEAR
- LIM Yoon-a, HAN Ji-min, KANG Ha-neul and More Cast in KWAK Jae-yong’s LatestMy Sassy Girl (2001) filmmaker KWAK Jae-yong is returning to the director’s chair for the ensemble romantic comedy Happy New Year (literal title) from CJ Entertainment, which has assembled a dizzying cast of popular Korean a...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 27, 2021
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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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- Su Ae, PARK Hae-il, and LEE Jin-wook to Perform Together in High Society
- Actors Su Ae, PARK Hae-il, and LEE Jin-wook are confirmed to star in High Society. The film centers around a couple who dream of moving up to a higher status in society. The husband is a professor at Seoul National University who plans to run for the National Assembly while the wife is a deputy cura...
- by KIM Su-bin / Nov 09, 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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- Mirovision Showcases Korean Indie Cinema at EFM
- Indie film distributor Mirovision is presenting a collection a festival hits at this year’s European Film Market in Berlin. The newest title in their lineup is the horror-thriller Collision, from directors LEE Yun-ho and HEO Seo-hyung, which is having a market screening at EFM. Road to Utah, the KIM...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 10, 2017
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- 20 Actors Cast for One Single Lead Character for BEAUTY INSIDE
- The melodrama with a new imagination casts nearly all of Korea’s best characters actors Nearly all of Korea’s best character actors will star in the melodrama with a new imagination. An unprecedented 20 actors will play one single character in the film. Beauty Inside (working title) to be directed ...
- by NA Won-jung / Nov 05, 2014
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- CHUN Woo-hee and LEE Beom-su to Play Same Character in BEAUTY INSIDE
- High Concept Premise to Lens in November Han Gong-ju star CHUN Woo-hee continues to be in demand, having just signed on as a lead in the upcoming film Beauty Inside. Featuring alongside her in the high concept project will be veteran performer LEE Beom-su. The new project will feature CHUN and LEE...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 29, 2014
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- A GIRL AT MY DOOR Invited to Un Certain Regard
- Yesterday evening, the Cannes Film Festival held its main press conference for this year’s edition, where festival director Thierry Fremaux revealed the films that will screen in the Main Competition and Un Certain Regard, as well as the Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings and Out of Competition...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 21, 2014
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- Gaumont and CJ Partner on THE TARGET
- Korean Remake of French Thriller Stars RYU Seung-ryong From the floor of the European Film Market (EFM), which is taking place alongside the 64th Berlinale, comes news that French production company and distributor Gaumont has teamed up with CJ Entertainment for the global release of its Spring rel...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 11, 2014
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- Korean POINT BLANK Remake Goes Into Production
- The Korean remake of French thriller Point Blank, The Target (working title), starring RYU Seung-ryong of All About My Wife and Miracle in Cell No. 7, started production last month. The Targetdeals with the story of ex-mercenary Yeo-hoon who is inadvertently dragged into a dangerous situationand T...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Nov 07, 2013