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Korea’s Showbox has unveiled a trailer and a release date for horror mystery “Devils Stay.”

Directed by Hyun Moon-seop (“Nightmare Teacher”), the cast includes Park Shin-yang, Lee Min-ki and Lee Re.

“When Seung-do (Park Shin-yang), a heart specialist, and his wife find their daughter So-mi (Lee Re) showing strange symptoms by the day, they decide to attempt an exorcism ritual. Upon arrival, priest Ban (Lee Min-ki) is sure there is the devil inside her, and the ritual seems to drive it out successfully, but ends in So-mi’s sudden death. As her funeral begins, Seung-do, who notices some strange signs in So-mi’s body, confronts his conviction that she may not be dead yet, and her heart is still beating. No one believes him, especially priest Ban, who strongly opposes him saying that it is by the menacing spirit inside her. During three days of So-mi’s funeral, they...

South Korea’s Showbox has boarded a Korean remake of Chinese romantic drama Us And Them and upcoming crime drama The Verdict.

Buyers will be introduced to both upcoming projects at the Asian Contents & Film Market, which is taking place in Busan from October 5-8.

The Korean remake, which also has the working title of Us And Them, is an adaptation of the 2018 romantic drama directed by Taiwan’s Rene Liu, which proved a box office hit in China and was saw worldwide rights acquired by Netflix.

Relocated to Seoul, the story centres on a couple who fall in love and eventually part ways.

Cho Nam-joo, a former scriptwriter for TV programs took two months to write the story as according to her, the title character “Kim Ji-young’s life isn’t much different from the one I have lived. That’s why I was able to write so quickly without much preparation.” Published by Minumsa in October 2016, it has sold more than 1 million copies as of 27 November 2018, becoming the first million-selling Korean novel since Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom” in 2009. It was also the subject of much controversy, as many perceived it as sexist against men. The movie that followed was also successful and controversial.

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The story begins in 2015, with Kim Ji-young, a young Korean, mother of one and wife, exhibiting a strange psychiatric condition, of impersonating women she knows, her mother for the most part but also a former classmate who died on birth.

Zhang Series Debut

Zhang Yimou, China’s most enduring filmmaker, is joining the worldwide shift by feature film directors into the streaming arena.

Zhang, who directed “Full River Red,” the most successful film of 2023 in China, is to be involved with his first TV series. He will executive produce “The First Shot,” his representatives confirmed to Variety.

The show is to be directed by Xing Lu and is backed by Tencent Video. It is currently in development, with a tentative air date in 2025. That’s because Zhang has a film directing project with an anticipated Chinese New Year release date, due to begin shooting this summer.

Sakamoto Deal

Award-winning Japanese screenwriter Sakamoto Yuji will partner with Netflix over the next five years to develop a range of titles to premiere only on the streaming platform. “In Love and Deep Water,” set to be released later this year, promises to be...

“Kim Ji-young, Born 1982” is one of those films whose importance is much more significant than any kind of cinematic quality. Starting with Cho Nam-joo’s homonymous novel the script is based on, which became a best seller, but also the target of much controversy, particularly for the pointy sincerity with which it addresses the status of women in Korean society, which, despite some improvements here and there, remains largely male-dominated. Both commercial success and the outcry from anti-feminist groups resurfaced after the release of the movie, which eventually became one of the most successful titles of the year in Korea and internationally, following the path of the book.

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

The story revolves around the homonymous character, who has resigned from the job he liked, to help raise hers and her husband’s, Jung Dae-hyun, daughter. However, she suffers from depression and after her 30th birthday,...

Five Flavours Asian Film Festival invite you for a journey through taste, colors, and sounds of the Asian continent, hoping they can provide food for your thoughts and solace for your spirits.

The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.

All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.

Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...

South Korea’s actress Lee Joo-young, whose credits include Netflix drama “Itaewon Class” and the upcoming “Baseball Girl”, will be granted the 2020 Screen International Rising Star Award at the 19th (virtual) edition of New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff).

Lee, who won last year the Actress of the Year award at Busan in 2018 for “Maggie” and the Special Short Drama Actress Award at the 2019 Kbs Drama Awards for the TV drama “House of the Universe”, debuted in 2012 in the short film “Encounter”, but it is mainly known for her roles in “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo”, several TV dramas and Netflix success “Itaewon Class”.

This year’s Nyaff features a “Women Transforming Film” programme including films directed and/or led by women such as the opening movie “The Girl And The Gun” by Pilipino Rae Red, Taiwanese Hsieh Pei-ju’s “Heavy Craving”, Norris Wong’s “My Prince Edward” from Hong Kong,...

(above) Still from “They Say Nothing Stays The Same,”Joe Oagiri, 2019, Japan

The 19th edition of the Lincoln Center’s New York Asian Film Festival will be virtual this year, and will go from August 28 to September 12, 2020. This year’s focus is on women filmmakers, under the title “Women Transforming Film.” In this year’s line-up, Nyaff spotlights titles directed and led by women — including “Heavy Craving”, “Lucky Chan-sil”, “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,”, “My Prince Edward”, and “Victim(s)”.

A generous share of the program is devoted to new filmmakers, including striking directorial debuts and sophomore efforts. This edition reflects today’s particularly kinetic innovations, much informed by social media and the hyper information highway. An impressive cross-section of work highlights new ideas in storytelling and tackles social mores and personal demons, including “John Denver Trending”, “Beauty Water”, “Detention”, and “IWeirDo”, to name a few. Work by first and second-time directors...

“Kim Ji-young, Born 1982” is one of those films whose importance is much more significant than any kind of cinematic quality. Starting with Cho Nam-joo’s homonymous novel the script is based on, which became a best seller, but also the target of much controversy, particularly for the pointy sincerity with which it addresses the status of women in Korean society, which, despite some improvements here and there, remains largely male-dominated. Both commercial success and the outcry from anti-feminist groups resurfaced after the release of the movie, which eventually became one of the most successful titles of the year in Korea and internationally, following the path of the book.

“Kim ji-young, Born 1982” screened at Udine Far East Film Festival 2020

The story revolves around the homonymous character, who has resigned from the job he liked, to help raise hers and her husband’s, Jung Dae-hyun, daughter. However, she suffers from depression and after her 30th birthday,...

As every year, with the usual online announcement, the Festival’s director Sabrina Baracetti, has launched the 22nd edition’s Programme of the Udine Far East Film Festival 2020. This year, Sabrina talks from her office instead of the beautiful Teatro Nuovo of Udine, in a Zoom call, but the enthusiasm is as strong as ever.

After the incredible success of the lockdown teaser Programme called “Io Resto a Casa” (I Stay at Home) the Festival will continue the partnership with the online streaming platform MyMovies.it, From the 8yh of June the accreditations will be available on the Official Website

Festival Director Sabrina Baracetti

But, let’s have a look at the titles. Here are some interesting numbers: 46 Films, of which 38 in competition (the audience will be able to vote), 8 Countries, 12 Firs-time directors, and 25% of directors are women.

All The Films At A Glance. Online Festival Line-up 2020 And Territorial Restrictions...

The festival will play 46 features from eight Asian countries.

Udine’s Far East Film Festival (Feff) has revealed a lineup of 46 features including four world premieres, for the online-only edition of the event that will run from June 26 until July 4.

It will open with the international premiere of Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byung-seo’s disaster action film Ashfall, available to viewers in Europe only.

The film was a blockbuster hit in South Korea over Christmas, grossing almost $60m (£47.9m) by the end of January.

The world premieres are Ning Yuanyuan’s Chinese title An Insignificant Affair; Daigo Matsui’s Japanese...