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Marking its 4th year, Actors’ House is a special event that offers an in-depth look into the works of actors who represent the contemporary film industry, sharing their candid stories. This year’s event draws attention with prominent figures’ participation, including Sul Kyung-gu, Park Boyoung, Hwang Jung-min, and Chun Woo-hee.

First, actor Sul Kyung-gu, known for his limitless transformations through various roles, will be featured at the Actors’ House. Continuously expanding his spectrum by navigating different themes, genres, and characters, Sul Kyung-gu has consistently garnered praise from audiences for his solid acting skills. Most recently, he crafted a new iconic character in the 2024 Netflix series The Whirlwind (2024). At the Actors’ House, Sul Kyung-gu is set to showcase his true essence as an actor.

Actor Park Boyoung will also meet with the audience in Busan. After skyrocketing to fame as a rising star in Chungmuro with the success of the film...

Alain Delon influenced Asian actors and directors, including Hong Kong directors John Woo (The Killer) and Johnnie To. These filmmakers admired Alain Delon when he played gangsters in Melville’s films.

Johnnie To wanted to work with Alain Delon. He offered him the lead role of Vengeance, that of Francis Costello in 1967, as an allusion to Jeff Costello in Le Samouraï, which was played by Alain Delon. After Alain Delon refused, Johnny Hallyday was chosen by Johnnie To. Vengeance made its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2009. It is screened at the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie in Vesoul as part of a retrospective devoted to Asian films.

In the comedy You Shoot, I Shoot by Hong Kong director Pang Ho-Cheung, actor Eric Kot plays a hired gun who identified himself as Jef Costello. He dresses like him and talks to him through a poster of...

Black Knight is a South Korean series written and directed by Choi Ui-seok. It stars Kim Woo-bin.

Black Knight is a great South Korean series, this time in the apocalyptic sense of the story, gathering all the experience of the industry that, since Train to Busan, has given such good results.

Black Knight (2023-)

Black Knight is full of intrigue and subplots, but the action scenes are the queens of the show, standing out in rhythm and giving agility to each episode, which splashes with fights, chases, car races and so on.

Above all, it stands out in its outdoor setting, with a Korea turned into a desert, and it resorts to brutal photographic contrast.

A production with quality and with clear ideas of what it wants and, above all, with the well-learnt lesson of what works for the public. It knows how to play its cards and give in...

Epic Pictures Group announces the acquisition of South Korean action feature A Man Of Reason for North America ahead of the film’s anticipated world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Special Presentation section. A Man Of Reason is the directorial debut of famed Korean actor Jung Woo-sung, who also leads the cast alongside Kim Nam-gil (Lovers Vanished) and Park Sung-woong (For The Emperor).

The film follows Jung as Soo-hyeok, a man who wants to live a normal life after spending 10 years in prison. Upon visiting his long-abandoned girlfriend, he finds out he is the father of a young girl but his attempts to cut ties with his former gang are unsuccessful when his old boss begins to question his loyalty and uses his newly discovered daughter as leverage. Forced into a corner and with nothing to lose, Soo-hyeok must resort to violence to...

South Korean thriller premieres in Special Presentations on September 14.

Epic Pictures Group has acquired North American rights to TIFF selection and South Korean action thriller A Man Of Reason ahead of its world premiere in Special Presentations.

Jung Woo-sung makes his directorial debut in the film from Studio Take Co. and stars in the story of a former gang member who tries to live a normal life following 10 years in prison.

After reconnecting with his girlfriend and learning he has a daughter, the man is forced to revert to old ways to protect his daughter when his old boss tries...

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its In Conversation With… series, to be headlined with appearances by Damien Chazelle, Viola Davis and Eddie Redmayne.

Oscar-winning writer-director Chazelle will discuss his career that stretches from Whiplash and La La Land to his upcoming film Babylon, which stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.

Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood will take part in their own informal conversation about their artistic drive and Hollywood careers as their collaboration on The Woman King has a world bow in Toronto next month. Davis is also known for her work on the TV series How to Get Away With Murder and movies like Fences, Widows, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and action-thriller The Old Guard.

Eddie Redmayne, who will be at TIFF this year with My Policeman, will also be on hand to talk about his movie career,...

After the abysmal year for cinema that 2020 was, one can only hope that 2021 proves to be a lot better for films the world over. While the coronavirus situation ebbs and flows in various places, film releases are getting more and more frequent. Even if studios are still slightly hesitant to release some tentpole films, audiences are slowly finding their way back into the theatres.

Due to the delay in production and release on several projects last year, films that would otherwise have released back them are only now beginning to find their way into theatres or on Ott platforms, while some studios have even decided to indefinitely postpone production on some major titles. As a result, our list of Most Anticipated Korean Films of 2020 (which has been updated with the status of each project to the best of our knowledge) still remains valid and can be checked out to see...

There is something about apocalyptic nightmares that makes disaster movies quite popular at the box office. Add to that the fact that “Ashfall”, the new film from the directors that made the surveillance thriller “Cold Eyes” and the heart-warming romantic comedy “Castaway on the Moon” separately, finally brings together on the screen superstars Lee Byung-hun and Ha Jung-woo for the first time, and you have a sure-shot recipe for a box office success and expectations were naturally high. But questions about just how good the film could actually be have been raised since the first promotional trailers were released. That still didn’t stop the movie from becoming a runaway financial success, one of the highest grossing films last year.

As the world’s eyes are glued to the televisions for the impending denuclearisation of North Korea, a massive earthquake rocks the Korean peninsula. As it turns out, Mt. Baekdu,...

Film sells to 90 countries including Us, Germany, Indonesia,Vietnam.

South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has announced pre-sales to a slew of territories with partial release dates for upcoming volcano action drama Ashfall, starring Lee Byung-hun and Ha Jung-woo.

Co-directed by Lee Hae-jun (Castaway On The Moon) and Kim Byung-suh (Cold Eyes), the film is produced by Dexter Pictures, the company behind the Along With The Gods hit franchise. It also features Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok from Train To Busan), Jeon Hye-jin and Bae Suzy.

Cj says the film has sold to 90 countries including the Us and Germany (Capelight), Taiwan...

Disaster films in South Korea have known fair amount of success, with films like “Haeundae” and even the recent “Exit” scoring big at the box office. The latest film to tackle the genre is “Mt. Baekdu” by directors Lee Hae-Joon and Kim Byeong-seo, which also brings with it a massive all-star cast.

Synopsis

The tale of people who endeavor to stop the volcano of Baekdu Mountain from erupting.

In an Al Pacino/Robert De Niro/Heat type casting coup, the film has secured the services of mega stars Ha Jung-woo and Lee Byung-hun, making “Mt. Baekdu” the first film to feature both the stars together. In addition to the two huge names, it also features superstar Ma Dong-seok in an important role, along with starlet Bae Suzy and Jeon Hye-jin. The two directors are also no strangers to hit films, with Lee Hae-Joon having directed “Castaway on the Moon” and Kim Byeong-seo,...

Story71% Acting76% Directing79% Music & Sets78% Originality63%Thumbs UPGood cinematography.Music that keeps you hooked.Three solid actors.Thumbs Downa few tiresome and overused clichés.No real twists.Mixing comedy and thriller elements doesn't always work. 75%Overall Score Reader Rating: (4 Votes)94%It’S Like A Jungle Out There

Director duo Ui-Seok Jo and Byung-Seo Kim bring you 2013′s South Korean crime thriller “Cold Eyes“, also known as “Gam-Si-Ja-Deul“. It features three solid actors: Han Hyo-Joo, Jung Woo-Sung and Sol Kyung-Gu and also features a great soundtrack that keeps the movie-blood flowing. The story might not be the most revolutionary one, but it does the job, so to speak ( or write ). It’s also nearly two hours long, making it a pretty sizable bite to chew down.

The opening twenty minutes ( that’s before the title ever even pops up on-screen ) have you following two separate, yet related, storylines. The first involves...