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Jun Ji-Hyun Comments On Co-Star(Photo Credit –Instagram)

During the press conference for the film, The Thieves, Jun Ji-Hyun had said something shocking regarding her co-star Kim Hye-Soo’s bust size that caused a lot of fuss back then. Now, a YouTube shorts video titled ‘Jun Ji-Hyun: Between Cuteness and Rudeness’ has been surfacing online, bringing back that clip where what seemed like a light-hearted joke between the two actresses can be seen.

The clip was from the press conference of their movie, The Thieves. It released in 2012 and is still considered as one of the biggest box-office hits with more than 10 million views. It even got a lot of appreciation and the Legend of the Blue Sea actress rose to fame because of this film. Scroll ahead to read more about the banter between the two actresses from press preview.

During the conference, one of the reporters present there...

Yeon Sang-ho, the acclaimed Korean director of Train To Busan, has began shooting zombie thriller Gunche, which will mark the big screen return of actress Gianna Jun.

The story centres on the spread of an unidentified virus that leads to the lockdown of a building, while the infected evolve in unpredictable ways.

The cast includes Jun – also known as Jun Ji-hyun – who made her last feature film appearance in 2015 action thriller Assassination. She is also known for My Sassy Girl, for which she won best actress at the Grand Bell Awards, and 2012 action thriller The Thieves.

Further cast includes Ji Chang-wook of Revolver,...

South Korea’s leading entertainment company Cj Enm has appointed former Acemaker Movieworks CEO Jung Hyun-joo as its head of film business.

Jung takes the role with immediate effect and joins directly from Acemaker, a financing, distribution and production company that she founded in 2018. Cj Enm said the executive would “bolster the competitiveness” of its films, in what is an increasingly challenging market.

Previous head of film business Jerry Kyoungboum Ko has been named global project leader and will focus on Cj Enm’s global film projects in his new role.

With more than 20 years in the business, Jung is...

Entertainment powerhouse Cj Enm has recruited seasoned executive Jung Hyun-joo as its head of film business. Jung, who previously served as CEO of Korean film company Acemaker, steps into the role effective immediately.

The appointment brings a heavyweight industry player to Cj Enm’s film operations. Jung’s resume includes her pivotal role behind Bong Joon Ho’s monster hit “The Host” during her tenure at Chungeorahm Film, where she managed production and marketing for what became one of Korea’s highest-grossing films.

Jung brings more than two decades of experience across production, financing and distribution. Her background includes spearheading Korean distribution for international blockbusters like “The Lord of the Rings,” “Shaolin Soccer” and “Kill Bill” while working at Taewon Entertainment, where she helped introduce over 100 international titles to Korean audiences.

During her stint at Showbox in the 2010s, Jung guided investment and production for commercial and critical successes including...

Eddie Redmayne’s The Day of the Jackal is now streaming and its entrance was not a quiet one! The spy thriller is the biggest Sky Original ever, that’s a nice feat! Do you know what the other most popular Sky Originals are? Check them out below and see if you’ve watched them all.

According to Televisual, The Day of the Jackal enjoyed a huge launch, breaking “a record audience of three million in its first week.” The action-drama premiered on Peacock on Thursday, Nov. 7, with its first five episodes. Episode 6 then dropped on Nov. 14, and there are four more episodes to go. So if you’re not already watching, you can still catch up!

In addition to Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal also stars Lashana Lynch, Ursula Corbero, Charles Dance, and others. The British series is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.

Disney+ Announces Korean Espionage Series ‘Tempest’: Cast, Plot, & Release Date Explored ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Disney+ is adding an exciting title to its slate of Korean dramas. The streaming giant has announced a new espionage thriller series titled Tempest. The show is about a diplomat and a special agent who team up for a dangerous mission.

The series’ lead cast has been confirmed, including two famous A-listers. Disney+ has also unveiled the release window for the spy series. Here are all the updates we have so far about Tempest.

Disney+’s Tempest Plot: A Diplomat and an International Agent Collaborate to Stop a Deadly Attack

Tempest, earlier titled North Star, revolves around an accomplished diplomat who served as an ambassador to the US. The other protagonist is a former mercenary and an international special agent whose identity and nationality remain mysterious. The two take up a mission to uncover the...

Actor Lee Jung-jae will attend the Monte-Carlo Television Festival next month for the French press launch of Lucasfilm’s latest live-action series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” which streams on Disney+. In the show, Lee plays a Jedi Master.

It was his role in the globally successful Netflix series “Squid Game” that first catapulted Lee’s career to an international level. Starring as Seong Gi-hun (No. 456), a financially struggling father who participates in a deadly survival game, his performance earned him the Emmy Award for best actor in a drama series, a first for a non-English speaking actor.

This tremendous success significantly elevated the career of Lee, who is now considered by many as the international standard-bearer for a highly creative and avant-garde Korean culture.

In “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” an investigation into a series of shocking crimes pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee) against a dangerous warrior from his past.

Engaging narrative of marriage struggles in Queen of Tears explores love amidst obstacles. Stellar cast with Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won delivers a captivating performance. Park Ji-eun, talented screenwriter of Crash Landing on You, adds depth to K-drama storyline.

The romantic K-drama Queen of Tears features a sensational ensemble cast who tell the story of a married couple working to reignite their love. Hong Hae-in is a third-generation chaebol, a large South Korean business association controlled by one family, of the Queens Group. Her husband, Baek Hyun-woo, is the head of legal for a chain of supermarkets. Despite their high-profile wedding propelling them to become the couple of the century, their marriage starts to fall apart. Queen of Tears delves into the romantic saga of a couple battling against the odds to preserve their relationship.

The screenwriter of Queen of Tears is Park Ji-eun, who is also the writer of the...

Kim Soo Hyun is currently one of the most highly paid actors in South Korea. He has been awarded four Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards, and one Blue Dragon Film Award. He has also been featured on Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2021. In 2014, he was named Gallup Korea’s Television Actor of the Year and was recognized by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2016.

Kim’s mother encouraged him to take acting classes to help him overcome his introverted nature during his school years. After performing in a few theatrical productions, he made his television debut in 2007 with the family comedy Kimchi Cheese Smile. He has since solidified his position in the industry with notable roles in popular dramas such as Dream High (2011), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), as well as blockbuster films like The Thieves (2012) and Secretly, Greatly (2013). His portrayal of King Lee Hwon in...

Lee Jung-jae's performance in Squid Game anchored the entire series and catapulted him to international fame. Lee has showcased his talent in various genres, playing romantic leads, villains, and morally ambiguous antiheroes. His past works, such as An Affair and The Thieves, demonstrate Lee's ability to elevate the quality of the content with his performances.

Lee Jung-jae has garnered increased recognition across the globe for his performance in Squid Game, but plenty of other films and TV shows are made excellent by his talent. Season 2 of Squid Game can't come soon enough, but in the meantime, many pieces of media feature the work of Lee, and scratch the same itch as the series. Working across a variety of genres, Lee has been the romantic lead, horrible villain, and morally ambiguous antihero and has elevated the quality of the content by rising to the occasion no matter what the script calls for.

Cj Enm (Hong Kong), a channels and content distributor that is part of the Korean Cj Enm conglomerate, has picked up pay-tv rights in parts of Asia to a handful of Korean series that were co-financed by streaming platform Tving and Paramount+. The deal was struck with Paramount Global Content Distribution.

The productions are part of a global strategic partnership between Cj Enm and Paramount Global that was announced in December 2021.

The deal was announced on the eve of the Asian TV Forum (Atf), which kicks off next week in Singapore.

The series debut first on Tving in Korea and on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. They then move to the Cj Enm-owned channels tvN and tvN Movies in the first window pay-tv slot in Southeast Asia.

The titles that Cj Enm (Hong Kong) will represent include...

Oh Dal-soo began his acting career in theater in Busan, and since 2001 has been the head of theater company Singiru Manhwagyeong (“Mirage and Kaleidoscope”). His rich experience on the stage, in local productions such as Ogu, later made Oh an in-demand supporting/character actor on the big screen, with him having appeared in a number of the most renowned films the country produced that last two decades, including “Old Boy”, ” A Bittersweet Life”, “The Host”, “The Thieves”, “Veteran” ” Along with the Gods” and many others. Following sexual harassment allegations in 2018, he withdraw from the industry for some years, before returning to acting in 2021 with the independent “The Blacklist” after the investigation concluded with him not being put in trial.

On the occasion of the release of “The Blacklist” by Echelon Studios, Oh Dal-soo answered some questions regarding his character in the movie, his cooperation with the director, choosing the particular role,...

Korean filmmakers have produced some of today’s most cutting-edge movies by borrowing the best elements from Hollywood, Chinese, and Japanese cinema, and mixing them their own unique cultural vision. So when it comes to the action genre, K-films are all over the map. K-actioners range from irreverent comedies to gritty brutal ultraviolence. Story arcs move from funny to savage in the blink of an eye.

Always well-crafted, Korean action films are filled with clever plot twists, refreshing characters that are fully fleshed out, and superb cinematography, However, Korean cinema tends to defy being as easily pigeonholed into genre boxes as Western contemporaries.

For example, Park Chan-wook’s disturbing Cannes winner, Oldboy, is more of psychological thriller than an action film, and yet the brilliant one-er hallway hammer fight is consistently referenced as one of the top examples of fight choreography from that year. Snowpiercer, which spawned a TNT series,...

Last September, “Squid Game” set a new precedent among all Netflix programs by amassing a first-month viewing hours total of 1.65 billion. It thus became the streamer’s most-watched show of all time, more than doubling the previous record set by “Money Heist” and even withstanding subsequent challenges from “Ozark,” “Bridgerton,” and “Stranger Things.” The Korean series has now earned 14 Emmy nominations, including one for Best Drama Series and another for star Lee Jung-jae. Having already triumphed at the SAG and Critics’ Choice Awards this spring, Lee now has a solid shot at becoming the first Asian-born Best Drama Actor Emmy winner and the first man to conquer the category for playing a fully non-English language role.

See Lee Jung-jae, Quinta Brunson, Desi Lydic and Rhea Seehorn celebrate Emmy nominations [Exclusive Video Interview]

Lee’s “Squid Game” character, Seong Gi-hun, is a single father and gambling addict who, along with 455 others, participates in a...

When I first was introduced to the South Korean sci-fi action flick Alienoid, I expected a story set in the future, one full of robots, aliens, neon-colored cities, and sleek futuristic hovercraft. Of course, it doesn't take long for you to realize that this is not what Alienoid is. In fact, it's rather difficult to put together what genre the movie really fits into, what kind of tone it's going for, or even what the plot is at times. Directed by Choi Dong-hoon, who saw commercial success with the caper The Thieves and period film Assassination, Alienoid boasts beautiful costumes, talent the likes of Kim Woo-bin and Kim Tae-ri, and splashy special effects.

Still only 50, Choi Dong-hoon has been a front-runner among Korean directors for at least the past 15 years, with hits under his belt including “The Thieves,” “Assassination” and “Tazza: The High Rollers.” Now he is driving the Korean industry’s exploration of sci-fi.

Choi’s “Alienoid” recently played to U.S. audiences at the New York Asian Film Festival and will open in North American theaters from Aug. 26.

The film is a genre-bending caper in which two gurus from the Koryo Dynasty search for a time-bending blade and unexpectedly cross paths with modern-day folk hunting down a dangerous alien hidden inside a human body.

The result has plenty in common with “Jeon Woochi,” a period actioner that is another of Choi’s hits, but amped with richer visuals and cleverer VFX. The scale of its ambition fits the billing as the first part of a two-film franchise.

Choi spoke to Variety...

It’s only taken 7 years, but Choi Dong-hoon is finally back! The blockbuster hitmaker, both of whose last two releases “Assassination” and ”The Thieves” sit comfortably in the top 10 highest-grossing Korean films of all time, isnt one to shy away from challenges and for his latest work, the two-part “Alien”, he is taking on the sci-fi genre head-on to provide the kind of spectacle so far unseen in Korean cinema.

Synopsis

During the Goryeo dynasty, Taoists try to take a mysterious sword. In the present day, aliens appear on Earth. A time door soon appears between late Goryeo dynasty period and the present day. Due to this, a chaotic situations occur.

Choi has always managed to attract a big-name starcast for his projects and ”Alien” is no different, with Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Tae-ri and Kim Woo-bin headlining the project. Additionally, the auoporting cast is equally impressive, with So Ji-sub, Lee Ha-nee,...

When the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced earlier this month, many pundits were surprised to see three “Succession” stars nominated in the drama actor category: Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox and Kieran Culkin. After all, that had never happened before in this race, as the guild forces leads and supportings to compete against each other for only five slots. Is it possible there will now be a “Succession” SAG Award vote-split in this category? Co-nominees Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) and Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”) certainly hope so, as they’d be the ones to benefit.

June-jae is one of the breakout performers of 2021, thanks to starring in Netflix’s number one show of all time, “Squid Game.” The Korean actor plays down-on-his-luck father Seong Gi-hun, who agrees to enter the deadly games in order to win money to support his family. He is one of the most sought-after stars in South Korea,...

One of the breakout stars of 2021, Lee Jung-jae from Netflix’s “Squid Game,” was recently recognized by the Critics Choice Awards with a nomination for Best Drama Actor. In order to win the trophy, the Korean star will need to take down “Succession’s” one-two punch of Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox, who lead Gold Derby’s predictions in first and second place, respectively. Might there be a vote split scenario that could help Jung-jae claim victory at his very first American award show?

See Critics Choice Awards: Complete list of film and TV nominations

While vote-splitting is sometimes a factor that can affect co-stars’ chances of winning awards, it hasn’t necessarily stopped the “Succession” leads. The two times Strong and Cox have been up against each other (at the 2020 Emmys and the 2020 Satellite Awards), Strong earned enough votes to take out Cox. Elsewhere, Strong prevailed at the 2020 Critics...

How does it feel that “Squid Game” has become a worldwide phenomenon, watched by over 142 million households globally? Although Netflix has picked up the show for a second season, we’re still reeling from how the first season ended.

Gold Derby senior editors Marcus Dixon and Rob Licuria welcome seven “Squid Game” cast members to an all-star roundtable discussion lasting well over one hour (watch above). We were joined by creator, director, writer and showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk along with stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-jun, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi and Kim Joo-ryoung, and key crafts talent Chae Kyoung-sun (production designer), Jung Jae-il (composer) and Jung Jai-hoon (visual effects supervisor).

See How ‘Squid Game’ could pull off SAG Awards upset: It’s ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Parasite’ rolled into one

Netflix dropped all nine episodes of the show on September 17 and it quickly became a word-of-mouth sensation. The series...

After a six-year hiatus, Korean cinema is set to return to the Chinese big screen in wide release at last.

This Friday, Dec. 3, Chinese cinemas will run the 2020 comedy “Oh! My Gran (Oh! Moon-Hee),” official posters said Wednesday. Directed by Jeong Se-Gyo and written by Kim Soo-jin, the title stars Na Moon-hee as Moon-hee, the titular spirited grandma suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who, along with her dog, are the only witnesses of a hit-and-run accident that leaves her grandchild unconscious. The film tells the story of the sleuthing that ensues when she remembers a clue to the culprit.

When Seoul deployed the Thaad U.S. missile defense system in 2016, Beijing expressed its displeasure with a ban on Korean film and culture imports. A Korean film hasn’t had a proper theatrical outing in the mainland since 2015’s “The Assassination,” co-written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon.

Seven Korean films were...

One of the hottest shows worldwide in 2021 is “Squid Game” for Netflix! And now we are reuniting the cast and crew for a one-hour roundtable chat with our senior editors Marcus Dixon and Rob Licuria.

Enjoy creator, director, writer and showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk along with stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-jun, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi and Kim Joo-ryoung. We’ve also got key crafts talent Chae Kyoung-sun (production designer), Jung Jae-il (composer) and Jung Jai-hoon (visual effects supervisor).

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

Netflix dropped all nine episodes of the show on September 17 and it quickly became a word-of-mouth sensation. The series tells the story of down-on-their-luck people in dire need of money who receive mysterious invitations to join a dangerous life-or-death version...

The Korean writer and director team of Choi Suk-kwan and Lee Joon-ik had already established themselves as box office smashers with “Radio Days” and “The King and the Clown”, when they decided to shoot “The Happy Life”, and with actors like Kim Yoon-seok, Jung Ji-young and Kim Sang-ho the result was predefined as highly entertaining, a prediction it fulfilled utterly.

Gi-yeong is an unemployed slob that owes money due to a number of unsuccessful investments in the stock market, has utterly leaned upon his wife for financial support and has trouble with his adolescent daughter. However, when he is informed that Sang-woo, the leader of his college band has died, he attends a funeral where a drunken reunion among the former band members takes place, which gives him the idea to reinstate the band, Active Volcano. His former comrades though are not so eager, due to their business and financial engagements.

One of South Korea’s most profitable directors, Choi Dong-hoon has his last two films “The Thieves” and “Assassinaton” in the top ten highest grossing Korean films of all times at the South Korean box office. Even his two films preceding those, “Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard” and “Tazza: The High Rollers”, feature in the top sixty on the same list. Though he was set to return with the thriller “Wiretap”, that project has since been shelved after its lead star Kim Woo-bin was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. But he has now locked into his latest project, which will be a simultaneously filmed two-part sci-fi film featuring aliens.

Two of South Korea’s brightest young talents , Ryu Jun-yeol and Kim Tae-ri, have already signed on star in both parts of the series. While other actors are still to be confirmed, Choi Dong-hoon is known to work with superstars who often return for his future projects.

“That’s definitely stolen.” It’s a phrase that you never want to hear in a movie theater. However, it’s being said more and more as people flock to see Asian movies. While we think of plagiarism more along the lines of schoolwork and getting essays online, does it have a place in the film industry? And is it really a “plagiarism movie,” or just an adaptation of a classic Hollywood plot?

How, What, and Why?

No, this isn’t a movie, but we’re getting there! First, we need to look at what plagiarism is, versus adaptation. Plagiarism is stealing something. Like a movie theme. Adaptation is changing a movie theme to fit a certain demographic. Asian films are often accused of plagiarism because they are often similar to Hollywood classics. However, they usually fall under the category of adaptation, meaning that enough changes have been made. Now that we know the difference,...

Hugely popular Hong Kong actor, Simon Yam was stabbed while on stage Saturday at a presentation in Zhongshan, Guangdong province in southern China. He is in hospital recovering.

The incident happened at the opening of a branch of the Beijing Easyhome building materials company, where Yam was a guest. A man was seen rushing on to the stage and lunging at the 64 year-old actor.

Yam was stabbed in the stomach and slashed on one arm, his manager Lester Mo Gee-man of Emperor Entertainment said. “The knife wound to his abdominal area caused minor damage to his internal organs which has been repaired,” Mo said in a statement. “The injuries to his right hand have also been treated. He is resting and in a stable condition.” It is unclear when Yam might be released fro hospital or make the return journey to Hong Kong.

Video clips of the incident, which happened at 10.14 a.

If you had told me previously that the actor from such action thrillers as “The Chaser”, “The Yellow Sea”, “Haemoo” or “The Thieves” would make his directorial debut with a tender human drama about adultery, friendship, responsibility and growing up, while also having co-written the script for the film, I would have probably laughed you out of the room. Yet here we are, with “Another Child” proving to be a triumphant directorial debut for Kim Yoon-seok.

“Another Child” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival

Joo-ri is in a dilemma. The high-school student has just found out that her father Dae-won is having an affair with Mi-hee, the mother of another student Yoon-ah from her school, who she really doesn’t get along with, and that Mi-hee is carrying her father’s child. Both Joo-ri and Yoon-ah are completely against the relationship and have been thinking of ways to...

Korean filmmakers have a knack for turning their national crises into riveting entertainment, choice examples being last year’s “A Taxi Driver” and “1987: When the Day Comes.” Following in that tradition, domestic hit “Default” (which opened Nov. 30 in the U.S.) manages to make currency crashes and the Asian Financial Crisis a juicy subject onscreen.

Set in 1997, when South Korea faced national bankruptcy, this financial thriller dramatizes the tense run-up to the Imf’s bailout, which the Korean media coined the nation’s “day of humiliation.” Racily paced yet boasting crystal-clear exposition, this hard-nosed and clear-eyed lesson on capitalist hubris bristles with relevance given the escalation of the Trade War.

It’s hard to believe that director Choi Kook-hee has only shot one feature film “Split” before making a work of such lofty ambition. With consummate skill, he pulls together three character arcs that represent the lower-middle class, the financial sector,...

South Korea loves a good true story movie, even more so when it explores financial foul-play or political corruption. With an impressive star-cast, “Sovereign Default” aims to take a look at the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.

Synopsis

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun (Kim Hey-soo) is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. She was the first to predict the possible sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is then assigned to a crisis team. Yoon Jung-Hak (Yoo Ah-in) works in the finance field. He bets everything under the real possibility of a sovereign default. Gab-Soo (Her Jun-ho) struggles to protect his company and family during the crisis.

“Sovereign Default stars the brilliant Kim Hye-soo alongside Yoo Ah-in, who’s coming in hot off the success of Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning”, and Heo Jun-ho as well as French superstar Vincent Cassel in a prominent role.

The London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff), opens its third year on the 25th October at Vue Leicester Square with “Dark Figure of Crime”, the newest thriller by director Kim Tae-gyun, and runs until the 4th November. It will close with the intelligent and emotionally complex family drama, “Ramen Shop”, the latest feature film by acclaimed Singaporean director, Eric Khoo.

Having expanded to include the cinematic offerings of 13 countries – China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Myanmar – Leaff’s 2018 programme focuses on the “future”. Through the lens and unique perspectives of East Asian filmmakers, Leaff offers compelling insight into not only the future of those in East Asia but in London, with vital and thought – provoking dialogues being opened up around subjects such as youth, human interaction, development, cultural and social issues.

Leaff will screen 6 International premieres, 8 European premieres and 23 UK premieres,...

Sometimes there’s nothing better than getting your friends round for a back-to-back movie marathon armed with nothing more than beers and chips. Staying in needn’t be a bore when you’ve got this top five list of the best films to watch with your buddies, so grab the snacks and get your friends round for a night of movie mayhem.

Confessions of a Murder

If you and your buddies enjoy thrillers with a bit of gore thrown in, this is the perfect film to start with. A slippery serial killer has escaped the grasp of Korean cop,Choi Hyeong-goo, but not before the cop shot him in the arm. Fifteen years after his disappearance the killer returns with a tell-all book about his murders. The authenticity of the book and its author are doubted by many, but when the alleged killer produces the bullet that was embedded in...

With his boy-next-door looks, supermodel physique, and overall charisma, Kim Soo Hyun has been a trailblazer in the Korean entertainment industry.

Rising to stardom in popular dramas such as “The Moon Embracing the Sun” and “My Love from Another Star”, and the blockbuster film, “The Thieves“, the 29-year-old star has proven that he is a force to be reckoned with.

Seeing Kim Soo Hyun in a different light.

His massive fan base, both in Korea and overseas, are surely over the moon about his new project – the action-noir film, “Real”. However, those who were smitten by his charms and endearing smile might find this dark, mystery thriller film uncharacteristically different from Kim Soo Hyun’s previous projects. Taking on the role of Jang Tae Young, an infamous and power-hungry key player in the criminal world who has an adept ability to make problems go away, Kim Soo Hyun admitted in...

Project based on the best-selling fantasy novel stars Liu Yifei and Yang Yang.

Im Global has picked up international rights to Alibaba Pictures’ fantasy romance Once Upon A Time, co-directed by Anthony Molinara and Zhao Xiaoding.

Starring Liu Yifei (White Vengeance) and Yang Yang (I Belonged To You), the film is based on best-selling fantasy novel To The Sky Kingdom and is the first Alibaba Pictures title handled by Im Global.

Zhao is an Oscar-nominated DoP with credits including Zhang Yimou’s House Of Flying Daggers, The Flowers Of War and The Great Wall. Molinara is a VFX supervisor who won an Oscar for his work on Spider-Man 2.

Im Global has also picked up South Korean action thriller Real, directed by Love Lee and starring Kim Soo Hyun (The Thieves), Sung Dong II (The Accidental Detective), Lee Sung Min (A Violent Prosecutor) and Choi Jin Ri (Fashion King).

Produced by Cove Pictures, Real follows...

“Mrs. K” rocked the 27th Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) last November 27, 2016. Hitting the special presentation at Capitol Theater was Hong Kong martial arts super star and Mrs. K heroine herself Kara Wei. Fans couldn’t get enough of Kara Wei (known for her thrilling turns in “My Young Auntie” (1982), “Rain Dogs” (2006), “At The End of Daybreak” (2009), and “Rigor Mortis” (2014)) specially since this is the iconic actress’ farewell film. Mrs. K‘s Writer-director Ho Yuhang, Taiwanese rocker Wu Bai, and Malaysian newcomer Siow Li Xuan also graced the red carpet.

Kara Hui, Ho Yuhang, Wu Bai & Siow Li Xuan

Mrs. K follows a suburban housewife whose ordinary life is shaken up when an ex-cop—who knows about her criminal past—comes in to town to blackmail her. Mrs. K must battle against her former foes to protect her husband and daughter at all costs. It is a timeless tale of...

Malaysian action drama Mrs. K hits The Singapore International Film Festival on November 27, 2016 and martial arts lovers will be in for a spectacular treat.

Things seem to be perfectly ordinary at Mrs. K’s flawless suburban neighborhood. She lives a simple life with her husband, Mr. K, and her daughter, Lil’ K. But when an ex-cop who knows about her criminal past comes in town…all hell breaks lose. Mrs. K’s violent history comes back to terrorize her.

Mrs. K reunites iconic martial arts star Kara Wai with pioneer Malaysian writer-director Ho Yuhang, known for his critically acclaimed films Sanctuary (2004), Rain Dogs (2006) and At The End of Daybreak (2009). Co-written with Chan Wai-Keung, the movie promises to bring bloody thrills, while exploring the timeless drama of vengeance and redemption. It is an action packed extravaganza with engrossing character arcs. The quiet elegant housewife Mrs. K is in fact a...

Originally released back in 2014 on the festival circuit where it was a huge success, Sea Fog aka ‘Haemoo’ is finally coming to Blu Ray and On Demand from August 2nd 2016 .

The award winning film is also notable for being the Korean selection for the 2014 Oscars (Best Foreign Film ) .

Plot

Kang, a long time captain of the Junjin, is disheartened to learn that his ship has been sold by its owner, leaving Kang’s entire crew in danger of losing their livelihood. Swallowing his pride, Kang pays a visit to Yeo, a human trafficking broker, and decides to take on the dangerous job of smuggling illegal migrants into South Korea. When the Junjin arrives at the pickup point, a violent storm forces the boat to stall in the open waters, inevitably pitting Kang’s crew against the migrants. As tension and unrest spread throughout the Junjin, a dense sea fog envelops the boat,...

Given the strong presence of Christianity in South Korea along with that nation'shistory of horror film it's really quite surprising that there haven't been more angels and demons popping up in K-horror offerings over the years. But that looks to be changing with the arrival of Jang Jae-hyun's The Priests.A young girl is in coma after a hit-and-run accident. Father Kim (Kim Yoon-seok) believes that she is possessed by an evil spirit, and seminarian Choi (Gang Dong-won) gets involved in the case as his assistant. But as they're trying to investigate the case, Choi becomes suspicious of Father Kim, and the faith of the two priests starts to be tested.Kim Yoon-seok - familiar from The Thieves and The Yellow Sea - plays opposite Gang Gong-won...

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Opening film Antoine Bardou-Jacquet’s Moonwalkers sold out 3000-capacity crowd in 8 seconds.

With South Korea’s Mers scare fading into the past, the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (July 16-26) opened today as originally planned.

Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet was on hand to present opening film Moonwalkers. Starring Ron Perlman and Rupert Grint, the moon landing conspiracy action-comedy sold out in 8 seconds and screened to an enthusiastic audience of around 3,000 people in the Bucheon Gymnasium.

Hong Kong star Simon Yam, who has a retrospective at BiFan this year, was on the red carpet and blowing kisses to a cheering audience inside. He was joined by Korean stars Ahn Sung-ki and Kang Soo-youn. Recently appointed co-director of the Busan film festival, the latter walked the carpet arm in arm with co-director Lee Yong-kwan.

Actor Shin Hyun-joon and actress Lee Da-hee hosted the opening ceremony while Lee Min-ho and Moon Chae-won were presented with this year’s Producers’ Choice...

The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal.

This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.

See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.

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Fantasia 2015:

36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films

- Including 22 World Premieres,...

Chicago – The International Screenings Program – co-presented by the City of Chicago, the Chicago International Film Festival (Cinema/Chicago) and the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs – continues on Wednesday, June 24. 2015, with the film “The Thieves” (“Dodookdeul”) from South Korea. The event takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center at 6:30pm, admission is free, and is co-presented that evening by the Korean Consulate General of Chicago. The event will be hosted by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.

’The Thieves’ Will Be Presented on June 24, 2015, at the Chicago Cultural Center

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“The Thieves” is a high octane action/heist movie, involving a gang that is going for their ultimate last robbery – a $20 million dollar diamond called “Tear of the Sun” – and experiencing many unexpected consequences. Directed by Dong-Hoon Choi, and featuring locations in South Korea (Seoul, Busan) and China (Hong Kong, Macau), “The Thieves” is as...

Exclusive: Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has signed a string of pre-sales on Choi Dong-hoon’s Assassination, including North American rights, which have gone to Well Go USA.

The film, which stars Gianna Jun, Lee Jung-jae and Ha Jung-woo, has also been sold to China (Bona Film Distribution), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Singapore/Malaysia (Dream Movies).

It has also gone to Indonesia (Pt. Prima Cinema Multimedia), Thailand (Coral Culture Content) and The Philippines (Viva Communications).

Produced by Caper Films, Assassination is an espionage action film set in Shanghai and Seoul during Japanese occupation in 1933.

The story follows an ‘assassination clan’ ordered to kill a Japanese commander by the interim government of Korea.

The film is scheduled for a wide Korean release in July. Showbox only unveiled a teaser poster and short synopsis at Hong Kong Filmart in March and will screen the first trailer here in Cannes.

Choi Dong-hoon...

South Korea's Choi Dong-hun has arguably become the nation's most reliable purveyor of big time, high gloss popcorn cinema with just enough depth to keep even critics happy. Choi has delivered a string of big time hits in Korea - a string that most recently delivered box office record setter The Thieves - and that string appears very much intact with the upcoming Assassination.Ha Jung-woo, Gianna Jun and Lee Jung-jae star in this period set tale of Korean fighters living in hiding in 1933 Shanghai setting out to assassinate a Japanese military commander. Choi's cast - as per usual - is absolutely top notch and the first trailer promises exactly the sort of big budget entertainment that has become his trademark. Very slick and lots...

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We’ll start the ball rolling here by saying we think the cover art is a tad hokey, but that minor niggle falls by the way side, because Martial arts icon Donnie Yen is bringing his trademark action to Us Dvdv...in Iceman...from Well Go USA Entertainment. A remake of the 1989 film Iceman Cometh, Yen plays a Ming era warrior who, along with his three traitorous childhood friends, are accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted and continue their battle in modern times where they left off. Directed by Law Wing Cheong (Punished, The Wrath of Vajra), Iceman also stars Eva Huang (Kung Fu Hustle, Race to Witch Mountain), Wang Baoqiang (Lost in Thailand), Simon Yam (The Thieves, Ip Man franchise), Mark Wu (Due West: Our Sex Journey), Gregory Wong (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen) and Yu Kang (Special ID...

Following 2012's blockbuster caper hit The Thieves, director Choi Dong-hoon is back at it with the new period action-thriller Assassination. What's more, he's bringing his The Thieves stars Gianna Jun, Lee Jung-jae and Oh Dal-su with him, along with more star wattage in the form of Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. Set in China and Korea during the 1930s, when the peninsula was a colony of Japan, Assassination revolves around a group of killers assembled by Korea's resistance fighters, whose mission is to wipe out targets supporting the Japanese occupation. Fresh off box office hits The Thieves and The Berlin File, Gianna Jun (aka Jeon Ji-hyeon), will lead the assassin's group, while Lee Jung-jae (New World, The Thieves) will be play a resistance fighter and...

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Triad Debuts on DVD & Digital Aug. 26 with

Bonus Materials Including a Making-of Featurette

Director Daniel Chan (Young and Dangerous: Reloaded) assembles an up-and-coming young cast for the Hong Kong crime thriller Triad, debuting on DVD and Digital Aug. 26 from Well Go USA Entertainment. William Chan (As the Light Goes Out), Michele Wai (Hardcore Comedy) and Derek Tsang (The Thieves) star in the story of three childhood friends who join the Hong … Continue reading →

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Korea’s most bankable star, Kim Yoon-seok made his stage debut in 1988 with A Streetcar Named Desire. His theater background led him to be cast in minor roles on film and television. One of the first of which was a supporting part as a rural cop chasing down a scammer in director Choi Dong-hoon’s 2004 film The Big Swindle. After several years of minor roles, his breakthrough role came as a ruthless gambler with a scarred face and charismatic swagger in Tazza: The High Rollers (2006). He then played as a pimp and ex-cop on the trail of a prostitute murdering serial killer—played by Ha Jung-woo—in The Chaser (2008) directed by Na Hong-jin that brought him stardom and acting awards.

He has since become an acclaimed leading actor in Korean cinema, in films such as Running Turtle (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), and The Thieves (2012).

He played a toothless detective who...