Good Morning (Korea) Opened May 25 Drama Directed by Cha Bong-joo Soo-mi (Kim Hwan-hee) wants to die due to the difficult situation she had to face as an orphan. Seo-jin (Yoo Sun), a volunteer hospice worker who lost her daughter five years ago, saves Soo-mi as she is about to jump off a bridge. Seo-jin tells Soo-mi that she can learn how to die at the hospice center and suggests she join th...

Toward the end of the interview, Lee also talked about the movie’s successful start, selling more than 3.55 million tickets in the first week of its release, according to the Korean Film Council. “I am so grateful (viewers) are enjoying the movie,” he said enthusiastically. “It also encourages me to work harder on the third movie of the series, whichI am working on right now.” “The Roundup” is ...

“The Roundup,” the sequel to the hit crime film “The Outlaws” (2017), sold more than 3.55 million tickets in the first week of its release, according to the Korean Film Council. It surpassed Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022), which sold 3,497,393 tickets during the first seven days of the film’s release. The sequel to the 2017 hit Korean comedy topped the local box o...

“Young actors these days sometimes feel like a totally different species to me. I also felt that this time. Not only do they have a good physique but they are also more talented. I am sure we will see more global stars like Youn Yuh-jung and Oh Young-soo.” “Maybe one day I will appear on ‘Octopus Game’ or something and have an opportunity to be a global star too,” Lee joked. “Good Morning” hits...

The Roundup (Korea) Opened May 18 Crime Directed by Lee Sang-yong Cop Ma Seok-do heads to Vietnam to extradite a suspect. But soon after his arrival, he discovers murder cases and finds out that the vicious Korean killer (Son Sook-ku) has been committing crimes against Korean tourists for several years. Ma Seok-do decides to chase after the killer but it is not easy as Korean cops do not hav...

“My character learns from her dad to say ‘My dad will get upset. My daughter will get upset. Don’t do it. Don’t touch me’ (in the scene). I was not sure about the tone of my voice in the scene,” she said. However, once shooting started, Seo found that she need not have worried because she was able to easily become her character with help from Ahn. “I could not tell if I was talking to Ahn Sung-...

“I am not saying that there will be an instant change, because these movies aim big -- they aim for the world market,” Jung said. “For instance, if we are only talking about the Korean market, when a certain type of movie is successful, then similar films flood the market. We’ve seen this happen,” she said. This is not the case with global projects, because they usually take more time to start, a...

“The Red Herring,” a documentary directed by Yi Seung-jun about the embattled ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk, has raised a total of over 2.6 billion won ($2 million) from over 51,000 people on the crowdfunding platform Tumblbug as of Sunday, far exceeding its original goal of 50 million won. “I was very surprised by the Tumblbug funding result. I am moved by the support. Thank you,” Cho said in a v...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (US) Opened May 4 Action Directed by Sam Raim Set a few months after the events of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021), Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a powerful sorcerer who must protect the earth from mystical menaces. He battles these unexpected enemies with a teenager America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) with the power to travel across...

The actor Lee highlighted that he put a lot of effort into creating those humorous scenes in the movie. “The film is featuring a realistic story, but since it is also a popcorn movie, we tried to add humor and entertaining elements to it,” Lee said. “When creating the script, I worked with the director and we talked about a lot of humorous scenes while also reflecting reality. We made changes so...

“When making this film, I focused on listening to different stories and sharing the stories persuasively,“ the director added. The director also briefly talked about his feelings about the film being premiered at Jeonju International Film Festival. “After the premiere in Jeonju, and during the second official screening event in Jeonju, I felt overwhelmed. Now that we are having a press conferen...

Even for veteran director Hirokazu Koreeda, who won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018 for “Shoplifters,” directing a movie in a foreign country was a challenge. During a press conference at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on Tuesday, the Japanese director said he got a lot of help from “Parasite” star Song Kang-ho while filming his movie, “Broker.” “Before shooting the film, I had a meeti...

I Want to See Your Parent’s Face (Korea) Opened April 27 Drama Directed by Kim Ji-hoon An eighth grade boy, who attends a prestigious middle school, dies by suicide and leaves a note with the names of the four students who bullied him. The parents of the four students are summoned to the school. In the process of finding out what happened to the boy who died, the parents of the alleged offen...

“Seung-woo” also won the Agora Award, which is given by fellow filmmakers. The Netpec Award, which is given to the best Asian film, went to “The Boys Club” by Chen Yihwen. The audience award this year went to “At the Feet of My Mother” directed by Vincent Sparreboom and “Mast” by Korean actor-turned-director Lee Ju-seung.