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- Decision to Leave Won Best Picture at the 58th Grand Bell Awards
- The 58th Grand Bell Awards was held in Seoul on the afternoon on December 9. Director Park Chanwook's Decision to Leave was honored with the Best Picture Award. At the awards ceremony, Decision to Leave, The Roundup, and Life is Beautiful won 3 awards, respectively, while Hansan: Rising Dragon, ...
- by Park Hyejin / Dec 12, 2022
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Tops Blue Dragon Film Awards with 6 Wins
- Ryoo Seungwan’s action-drama Escape from Mogadishu came away as the big winner of this year’s 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards. The box office hit picked up six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Ryoo.It was Ryoo’s third Best Director win at the awards, following The Unjust (2010) and Vet...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 02, 2021
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- ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU Leads Blue Dragon Awards Nominees with 13 Nods
- THE BOOK OF FISH Scores 8 Nominations for Upcoming 42nd EditionRyoo Seungwan’s acclaimed action-drama Escape from Mogadishu is leading the nominees’ list for the upcoming 42nd edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards. The film has received 13 nominations in 10 categories, including Best Film and Best ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 05, 2021
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- Kim Seonho Joins Youn Yuhjung and Kim Yunjin in DOG DAYS
- JK Films Set to Produce Anthology FilmFor the third time in as many weeks, rising star Kim Seonho has signed on to an upcoming film project. The Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha actor has been cast alongside the Academy Award-winning Youn Yuhjung and Lost star Kim Yunjin in the anthology film Dog Days (literal ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 29, 2021
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- Lim Yoona and Kim Seonho Rendez-vous for TWO O’CLOCK DATE
- EXIT Director Returns with Romantic ComedyLim Yoona and Kim Seonho are set to star in the upcoming romantic comedy Two O’Clock Date (translated title). The project will see Lim re-team with her EXIT (2019) director Lee Sanggeun.The romcom will focus on two apartment neighbors. Lim will play a woman ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 24, 2021
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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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- HYUN Bin, YOO Hae-jin and IM Yoon-a Return for CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT 2
- HYUN Bin, YOO Hae-jin and IM Yoon-a have all signed on to reunite in Confidential Assignment 2: International (translated title), the sequel to the hit 2017 action-comedy. Joining them in the franchise will be Daniel HENNEY and JIN Seon-kyu. Assuming the director’s role for this second outing is The...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 28, 2021
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- Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Confirmed for MIRACLE
- Miracle (translated title), a new 1980s-set drama featuring top stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min, began principal photography on August 2. The film is the latest from Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon, and joining the three stars who were already linked to the project is actress ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 25, 2020
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- EXIT Presented White Mulberry Award from Udine
- LEE Sang-geun’s hit disaster action-comedy EXIT (2019) received the White Mulberry Award from this year’s Far East Film Festival in Udine. This year’s FEFF took place exclusively online, owing to the spread of the Covid-19 disease. The festival opened late last month with the big-budget disaster dra...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 16, 2020
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- Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Consider MIRACLE
- Stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min are positively considering offers to appear in Miracle (translated title), the sophomore feature outing for Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon. Based on a true story and set in the 1980s, Miracle will follow the story of Bo-kyung and her math prodi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2020