Decision to Leave Won Best Picture at the 58th Grand Bell Awards

The 58th Grand Bell Awards was held in Seoul on the afternoon on December 9. Director Park Chanwook's Decision to Leave was honored with the Best Picture Award. At the awards ceremony, Decision to Leave, The Roundup, and Life is Beautiful won 3 awards, res...

KIM Hye-soo and GIM Mu-yeol Swear in for Netflix’s JUVENILE COURT

Series to Be Helmed by KIM Jong-chan and Written by KIM Min-seok Stars KIM Hye-su and GIM Mu-yeol have been offered the leading roles in the upcoming Netflix legal drama Juvenile Court (translated title) and, according to their respective agencies, are each po...

RYU Seung-ryong Kicks Off 2019 with Lunar New Year Comedy and Netflix Original Series

Kicking off the new year in style will be box-office draw RYU Seung-ryong, who is headlining both the Lunar New Year theatrical release Extreme Job and Kingdom, the first Korean Netflix Original series, both of which will premiere in January. A veteran charact...

YEON Sang-ho’s Upcoming PSYCHOKINESIS Secures Release Date

Global smash hit TRAIN To BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho’s new project has a premiere date. “Psychokinesis has secured its release date in February, 2018.” Korean film investor and distributor NEW announced in a press release on October 18th. TRAIN TO BUSA...

SON Ye-jin Wraps Colonial Era Drama THE LAST PRINCESS

Latest fro Melodrama Hitmaker HUR Jin-ho HUR Jin-ho’s Colonial Era drama The Last Princess wrapped up its four-month shoot in Korea and Japan on March 23rd. The Lotte Entertainment title features stars SON Ye-jin, PARK Hae-il and YOON Je-moon. Based on the 2...

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Kicks off in Seoul

Former Festival Winners Include Berlinale-winning director NA Young-kil (Hosanna)RYOO Seung-wan and MOON So-ri-directed Short Films to Receive Special Screenings The 14th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival opened Thursday (25 June) at Megabox with opening scr...

Korean Action Fare on Show at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image

Five Local Titles over Three Days in the Big Apple Tomorrow (April 3rd), the Museum of the Moving Image in New York will stage ‘Action Korea’, a showcase of action cinema from Korea. Five titles will screen until April 5th in the event which is co-presented w...

KIM Han-min to Follow ROARING CURRENTS with BONGOH TOWN BATTLE

Another War Film for Period Hitmaker   KIM Han-min, the man behind last year’s history-making hit Roaring Currents, which sailed to the top of the all time Korean box office chart when a staggering 17.61 million viewers (equal to one in three residents in...

ROARING CURRENTS Smashes Through Opening Day Record

Second New Milestone in 8 Days The Korean box office has caught fire in high summer as Roaring Currents, a new period blockbuster, has become the second film in only eight days to break the opening day admissions record, which had previously stood since the s...

New ZHANG Lu Film Ready to Start Production

PARK Hae-il and SHIN Min-a Headline GYEONGJU     PARK Hae-il and SHIN Min-a will star in ZHANG Lu’s latest film Gyeongju (an Invent Stone corp. and Lu Film production). The romantic melodrama which trails a couple on a two day trip is to be directed ...