“It was not easy to speak Chinese and Japanese. I wanted to do a good job but it was difficult,” Sol said. “I just did my best to memorize the lines.” The cast said that one of the movie‘s strong points is that it introduces many charming characters. “Hollywood superhero films are fun because the characters are so lively,” Yang said. “The characters in our film are just like them, they are uniq...

“Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s next film will ”surely be another controversial film,“ according to the director. Hwang revealed the working title for his new project, “K.O Club,” also known as “Killing Old People Club,” during a panel session on Monday at MipTV, an international trade fair for TV and media that takes place in parallel with the Cannes International Series Festival from A...

Son also talked about a scene where Yong-bae fries eggs on the car’s overheated engine. “I was surprised to find out that it actually works. In the movie, I say ‘It really works!’ and that was not in the script, it just came out of my mouth naturally,” he said. Yeong-bae’s special attachment to the car in the movie is not unfamiliar to Son, speaking about the car his brother bought him. “Befor...

Fellow co-programmer Moon Seok added, “Seven out of the nine selected films were directed by women in the Korean competition category. We hope this trend continues in the commercial film industry.” “The most common theme this year in the Korean competition category was ‘family,’” Moon said. He presumed that the change is due to the pandemic, which led filmmakers to focus more on matters happenin...

Hot Blooded (Korea) Opened March 23 Crime, Action Directed by Cheon Myoung-kwan In 1993 in Kuam, a small port town outside Busan, third-rate gangster Hee-su acts as a hotel manager under Don Son (Kim Kap-soo). One day, Yong-kang (Choi Mu-sung), who fled the country suspected of murder, returns home and begins causing trouble. Hee-su finds out that the trouble was caused by the drugs that Yon...

During the interview, the Korean actor also talked about the third season of the popular tvN drama “Hospital Playlist,” in which he appeared as doctor Ahn Jeong-won. “As far as I know, the third season will not come out anytime soon. It is because all the actors that played interns and residents in the drama became popular and are currently working on different projects. So, it is difficult to s...

Local news outlets and netizens complimented actor Youn Yuh-jung for using American Sign Language in presenting the best supporting actor Oscar to Troy Kotsur for his role in “CODA.” At the award ceremony held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Youn first signed Kotsur’s win before carefully pronouncing his name. She also held the Oscar trophy for Kotsur, who made history as the firs...

Three Korean actors -- Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon and Ahn Hwi-tae -- attended the 94th Academy Awards ceremony Monday and celebrated the Japanese film “Drive My Car” directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi winning the best international feature film award. During Hamaguchi’s acceptance speech, the director expressed his gratitude toward the actors, including the three Korean actors. “I also would like to ...

Oscar-winning actor Youn Yuh-jung on Monday presented the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role to Troy Kotsur of “CODA” at the 94th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The veteran Korean actor presented the award wearing a black dress with a blue ribbon pin that says “#WithRefugees,“ showing her support for Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. “My mother u...

“Based on CAA’s global network, the actor will be more active on the global stage,” Lee’s agency Artist Company said in a statement at the time. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Hot Blooded (Korea) Opened March 23 Crime, Action Directed by Cheon Myoung-kwan In 1993 in Kuam, a small port town outside Busan, third-rate gangster Hee-su acts like a hotel manager under Don Son (Kim Kap-soo). One day, Yong-kang (Choi Mu-sung), who fled the country suspected of murder, returns home and begins causing trouble. Hee-su finds out that the trouble was caused by the drugs that Y...

The director talked further about why he created Mi-sook. “I created this character because I wanted Alice to come from another country and not speak Korean. For language reasons at first,” he said. “And then I realized it is a fantastic character, so I gave her conflict.” In answering a question about why he portrayed Korean Chinese people as victims of organ trafficking in the movie, Dercourt...

Global streaming platform Disney+ didn’t forget the romance as it went musical with its third Korean-language series, “Soundtrack#1.” Starring Han So-hee and Park Hyung-sik, the music drama revolves around two characters who have been best friends for 20 years, as their relationship changes in a romantic way. Taking the role of songwriter Lee Eun-soo, Han, 27, said that her character is a brigh...

Without prompting, Jung alluded to negative reviews from film critics. The criticisms were mainly aimed at the film’s genre, Korean film noir, having a cliched storyline of two gangster groups fighting each other and the fact that the film featured only male protagonists. “I think people can have preferences over this genre of film. I will look into all the bad and good feedback concerning my fi...

“Jessie Story” is a movie about the friendship between Jameson, a young Indian man, and a Korean grandmother Je Im-sun, who owns a rice cake shop and with whom he shares a similar name. Information on how to book tickets for “Indie Picnic 2022” in Seoul will be announced on Seoul Independent Film Festival’s social media. Launched in 2004, “Indie Picnic 2022” aims to promote independent films to...