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COVID-19 pushes back summer releases

Jun 14, 2020

CJ Entertainment is also shifting the release date of the musical film “Hero,” which was expected to hit local cinemas in the summer season. Depicting the final year in the life of of Korean independ...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Jun 12, 2020

Innocence (Korea) Opened June 10 Crime, Drama Directed by Park Sang-hyun A hotshot attorney from a big law firm, Jeong-in (Shin Hye-sun) defends her long-estranged mother Hwa-ja (Bae Jong-ok) in...
Actor-turned-director Jung Jin-young says directorial debut ‘Me and Me’ a sad comedy

Jun 10, 2020

Wanting to break free from the typical cinematic narrative, he left the film hanging with an open ending, Jung explained. “I wanted to make a film which I could lead naturally. I tried not to think ...
Number of moviegoers rebounds in May

Jun 10, 2020

The number of moviegoers in South Korea rebounded from a month earlier in May on the back of an extended holiday and relaxed social distancing, data showed Wednesday. A total of 1.53 million movie t...
Lee Joo-young goes to bat for hope in ‘Baseball Girl’

Jun 9, 2020

The two actors trained together for a month with professional baseball players ahead of filming. “Training with male athletes, I thought that the emotions I felt then are not so different from what ...
Discounts, new releases bring back moviegoers

Jun 8, 2020

Despite lingering criticism that a return to cinemas is premature while COVID-19 continues to spread, government-issued discount coupons for movie tickets seem to have done their part in luring South...
Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae promise great chemistry in ‘Deliver Us From Evil’

Jun 8, 2020

The film was shot in three locations -- South Korea, Bangkok and Tokyo -- with around 80 percent of the filming taking place in Bangkok. “The characters aren’t ordinary, so the locations also had to...
‘Parasite’ bags 5 trophies at Daejong Film Awards, including best picture

Jun 6, 2020

Awards ceremony held without stars, audience amid COVID-19
Shin Hye-sun, Bae Jong-ok to star in ‘Innocence’

Jun 5, 2020

Shin, 30, an aspiring actress who made herself known to Korean viewers through 2017 smash-hit tvN drama “Stranger” and KBS’ 52-episode “My Golden Life,” is taking up her first lead role on the big sc...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Jun 5, 2020

Intruder (Korea) Opened June 4 Mystery, Thriller Directed by Sohn Won-pyung Having lost his wife in a mysterious car accident, Seo-jin (Kim Mu-yeol) finds it difficult to overcome her death and ...
'Parasite’ bags 5 trophies at Daejong Film Awards, including best picture

Jun 4, 2020

Awards ceremony held without stars, audience amid COVID-19
S. Korea's 'Peninsula,' 'Heaven' among Cannes' 2020 official selection

Jun 4, 2020

"Peninsula" by South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho and "Heaven: To The Land of Happiness" by fellow Korean director Im Sang-soo were selected among the 73rd Cannes Film Festival lineup Wednesday (loc...
'Parasite’ wins Best Film, Best Director at Daejong Film Awards

Jun 3, 2020

“The film ‘Ashfall’ is a disaster movie, but what we are facing in real life feels like a movie than any other films,” Lee said at the acceptance speech. “It has been a long time since we have seen a...
'A French Woman’: about a woman who belongs nowhere

Jun 3, 2020

Mix drama, fantasy and horror, the film sends timely message
Gao Ming’s ‘Damp Season’ bags grand prize at Jeonju film fest

Jun 2, 2020

The international competition’s best picture prize went to Argentine director Clarisa Navas’ “One in a Thousand,” while the special jury prize went to “The Year of the Discovery,” by Spanish filmmake...