“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...

“When you think of Busan, you can easily come up with many Korean noir films, so it might seem obvious. But our film is different. The gangsters in the movie do not always dress up in suits and also they fight for this small port city in Busan that is not developed,” Cheon said. He added that the city seemed right for showing gangsters’ desperate survival stories. Ji Seung-hyun, who played Cheo...

The Korean veteran actress said her worries disappeared when she watched the final version of the drama. “They all say Apple, but I don’t care apple or pear,” Youn joked. “But when I watched it, the cinematography was really good.” She also went on and talked about Kim Min-ha, who played Sunja in her early twenties. “I also had worries about young Sunja because she does not have much acting ex...

In Our Prime (Korea) Opened March 9 Drama Directed by Park Dong-hoon Lee Hak-sung (Choi Min-sik) works as a school security guard, but is actually a mathematical genius who has defected from North Korea. Hak-sung meets Ji-woo (Kim Dong-hwi), a student who is having a hard time fitting in at school due to his different social background. After finding out about Hak-sung’s talent, Ji-woo asks ...

After signing a contract with EMI Classics at the age of 17, Lim released his first CD in 2002, which included compositions by Chopin, Schubert and Ravel. He first stole the limelight in the world’s classical music scene by becoming the youngest top prize winner of the 2001 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition in Paris. In 2003, Lim won third place at the prestigious ...

Netflix’s global megahit drama “Squid Game” won two trophies at the 27th Critics Choice Awards held in Los Angeles on Monday. The show’s lead Lee Jung-jae won best actor in a drama series for his role as Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck middle-aged man who takes part in the deadly “Squid Game.” “Thank you, god. Thank you very much Critics Choice Awards and everyone who loved and supported ‘Squid Game...

The Japanese film adaptation of the Korean drama also features K-pop sensation BTS’ “Film Out” as its official soundtrack song. Another highly anticipated remake film is “The Last Train To New York,” which is expected to be released in April next year. The remake zombie thriller will be directed by Timo Tjahjanto, who is known for directing thrillers like “The Night Comes for Us” and “May the De...

Meanwhile, Junho, a member of the K-pop boy band 2PM who recently appeared on the hit drama “The Red Sleeve” was picked as the main model for the project. As part of the promotion for “The Siren,” Kakao Entertainment will release several advertisement clips of the webtoon starring Junho from Mar. 21 via its social media accounts.

In Our Prime (Korea) Opened March 9 Drama Directed by Park Dong-hoon Lee Hak-sung (Choi Min-sik) works as a school’s security guard but is actually a mathematical genius that defected from North Korea. Hak-sung meets Ji-woo (Kim Dong-hwi), a student that is having a hard time fitting in at school due to his different social background. After finding out about Hak-sung’s talent, Ji-woo asks H...

Netflix‘s original series “Juvenile Justice” topped the OTT platform’s non-English TV series chart on Thursday. The chart lists non-English TV series in an order of the number of hours that they were watched by the viewers weekly. According to the chart, Netflix subscribers in 190 different territories watched the Korean drama series “Juvenile Justice” for 45.93 million hours during the Feb. 28...

The drama series takes place at a small company called JS Network and shows the harsh reality of Korean office workers in great detail. Watcha CEO Park Tae-hoon, co-directors Seo Joo-wan and Park Jae-han and some of the actors from the show will participate in the festival in France in person. According to Watcha, CEO Park will also take part in the content market event MIPTV, which takes place...

When French director Denis Dercourt was asked to make “Vanishing” in Korea by producer Alexis Dantec around three years ago, he accepted it without any hesitation, the filmmaker said. “It is an incredible chance to shoot in Korea now. You might not know how loved Korean contents are around the world. Korea is like a model to the world,” Dercourt said during an online press conference held on Tue...

Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, 49, won the award for best male performance in a new scripted series at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards held in California, Monday. The top Korean star was named the winner for playing Seong Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck middle-aged man who takes part in the titular deadly game of the global megahit Netflix series “Squid Game.” Lee became the second Korean actor ...

Rhee Keun, a former Navy special warfare officer who gained popularity as one of the trainers in the YouTube series “Fake Men,” on Sunday claimed that he has left the country to fight as a volunteer soldier in the war in Ukraine. The Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, also known as Ken Rhee, posted on Instagram photos that appear to be taken at an airport, with the caption, “When the Ukrainian president...