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- Korean Action Drama ‘A Shop for Killers’ Becomes Most Viewed Local Original on Disney+ Asia Pacific – FilMart Bulletin
- Korean action drama “A Shop For Killers” has become the most viewed local original on Disney+ in the Asia Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Philippines) so far in 2024, the streamer has revealed.
- by Variety / Mar 18, 2024
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- PARASITE Leads Asian Film Awards with 10 Nominations
- The Asian Film Awards are returning for their 14th edition this year, which will take place for the first time in Busan, South Korea, after the previous 13 editions took place in either Hong Kong or Macao. Leading the nominations scorecard is BONG Joon-ho’s global smash Parasite (2019), which was re...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 25, 2020
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- KIM Hye-jun Joins SONG Joong-ki and JIN Seon-kyu in THE SEASON OF YOU AND ME
- SONG Joon-ki and JIN Seon-kyu have been confirmed for the upcoming 1980s-set The Season of You and Me (translated title), a biopic about popular singers YOO Jae-ha and KIM Hyun-sik. KIM Hye-jun has also joined SONG and JIN in what will be the sophomore work of Miss and Mrs. Cops (2019) director JUNG...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 03, 2020
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- Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019
- Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial titles entering the list, one of which w...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 03, 2020
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- ANOTHER CHILD Picks Up NETPAC Award in Hawaii
- Veteran star KIM Yun-seok’s directorial debut Another Child has picked up the NETPAC Award at this year’s 39th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). The film concerns a teenage girl (KIM Hye-jun) who discovers that her father is having an affair with the mother (KIM So-jin) of her classmate (PA...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 28, 2019
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- PARASITE Earns 5 Prizes at Blue Dragon Film Awards
- BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite was the big winner at the issue of this year’s 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards, where it picked up five prizes, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (JO Yeo-jeong), Best Supporting Actress (LEE Jung-eun) and Best Production Design (LEE Ha-joon). JUNG Woo-sung was cro...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 25, 2019