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- Yu Jaemyeong Joins Lee Sunkyun and Jo Jungsuk in LAND OF HAPPINESS
- MASQUERADE Director Returns with New Military-Themed Mystery(From the left) Yu Jaemyeong, Lee Sunkyun, Jo JungsukChoo Changmin’s new film Land of Happiness (translated title) is beginning to shape up as Yu Jaemyeong has become the latest name to join a cast that also includes actors Lee Sunkyun and ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 02, 2021
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- SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival
- The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the opening film of last year’s Busan Intern...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2019
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- London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT
- The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return has been set as the closing film. This yea...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 25, 2018
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- New Zealand Korean Film Festival Opens Doors to 2018 Edition
- The Korean Cinerama Trust and the Korean Embassy in Auckland hosted this year’s New Zealand Korean Film Festival, which opened its doors on October 11th. Also supporting the event are the Korean Film Council (Chairman - OH Seok Geun) and the New Zealand Asia Institute. This year’s VIP Guest in Auckl...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 16, 2018
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- CJ Takes TAKE POINT to Market in Berlin
- Top Korean distributor CJ Entertainment is repping an explosive lineup at the European Film Market (EFM) this year, led by their upcoming military action Take Point, as well as several recent hits and local language titles for foreign markets. Reuniting director KIM Byung-woo and star HA Jung-woo fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 26, 2018
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- The 4th Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival Kicks Off on September 7th
- The 4th edition of the Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival (Festival de Cine Coreano en Buenos Aires) will kick off its seven day schedule on September 7th at the Cinemark Palermo. Beginning with a screening of KIM Sung-hoon’s spy-action comedy Confidential Assignment at the opening ceremony, a slate ...
- by KIM Su-bin / Sep 04, 2017
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- YEON Sang-ho Begins Filming TRAIN TO BUSAN Follow-up PSYCHOKINESIS
- TRAIN TO BUSAN director YEON Sang-ho is back behind cameras as his second live action film (and fifth overall) Psychokinesis began shooting on April 17th. The black comedy features RYU Seung-ryong and SHIM Eun-kyoung (who both voiced characters in YEON TRAIN TO BUSAN’s animated prequel Seoul Station...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 18, 2017
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- JANG Dong-gun and Co-Stars Commence VIP Shoot
- New World (2013) director PARK Hoon-jung began production on his fourth feature film on the 22nd of this month. The suspense thriller VIP features a bevy of major male stars, including JANG Dong-gun, KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon and LEE Jong-suk. The film will also feature Hollywood star Peter Storm...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 28, 2016
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- JANG Dong-gun Cast in PARK Hoon-jung’s VIP
- KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon and LEE Joon-suk to Co-Star Director PARK Hoon-jung has assembled a lineup of major stars for his next film VIP, his follow up to last winter’s Colonial Era hunting drama The Tiger with CHOI Min-shik. JANG Dong-gun, KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon and LEE Jong-suk are amon...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 19, 2016
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- NIGHT OF 7 YEARS’ Long Shoot Comes to an End
- Revenge Thriller Will See Light of Day in 2017 The upcoming thriller Night of 7 Years wrapped its production on May 25th in the town Goyang in the Gyeonggi-do Province, which is adjacent to Seoul. Filming took place over six months on the feature, which stars JANG Dong-gun and RYU Seung-ryong and w...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 14, 2016