Director Shin Jungwon Passes Away at Age 47

Night of the Undead (2020)Shin Jungwon, the director known for horror comedies such as To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and last year’s Night of the Undead (2020), has died at the age of 46. He passed away suddenly of acute sepsis related to liver cirrhosis on D...

NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD Scares Up Asian Sales

Night of the Undead, a new sci-fi comedy that was released during the Chuseok holidays in Korea, is also gaining attention overseas after production company The Contents ON revealed that the film’s international sales agent Finecut had sealed distribution deal...

LEE Joon-ik’s BYEONSAN Begins Shoot in Hongdae

Production on Byeonsan (translated title), the latest film from hit director LEE Joon-ik, began on September 11th in Seoul’s Hongik University (Hongdae) area. The modern day drama stars KIM Go-eun and PARK Jung-min. PARK stars as a failed rapper who returns to...

UHM Tae-woong Returns in KIM Ki-duk Produced FORK LANE

Actor UHM Tae-woong recently began shooting the indie film Fork Lane, the new production from KIM Ki-duk’s production house, a KIM KI-DUK film. Directing the project is LEE Ju-hyoung, whose debut, the 2013 North Korean spy drama Red Family, was also produced b...

HIDE AND SEEK Director Wraps New Horror

JANGSAN TIGER with YUM Jung-ah Eyes Summer 2016 Release On the heels of his 2013 summer hit Hide and Seek, director HUH Jung is preparing his next feature, the horror Jangsan Tiger (transliterated title), which completed principal photography earlier this mon...

JUNG Woo-sung Gears Up for Period Epic

Weta Digital on Board for Visual Effects   JUNG Woo-sung of Cold Eyes (2013) and Scarlet Innocence has signed up for a period epic, Jak-seo-ui Byeon: Attack of the Water Monster (working title), according to its production company Taewon Entertainment on ...

Men are meant to be fancier in autumn

You don’t want to miss these male actors in October’s new films Autumn is often said to be the ‘masculine season’. New films with variety and bountiful fun factors are ready to be released in October. Here are 4 films with leading actors who will catch your ...

<Dangerously Excited> among Korean films at Dallas Asian Film Festival

  <Dangerously Excited>, starring YOON Je-moon, has been invited to competition at this year’s Dallas Asian Film Festival (DAFF). Also competing is JEON Gye-soo’s <Love Fiction>. The KIM Jee-woon and YIM Pil-sung omnibus sci-fi film <Doomsd...