Several Korean movies, including the thriller “The Call,” directed by Lee Chung-hyun, “Time to Hunt” by director Yoon Sung-hyun and “Space Sweepers” by director Jo Sung-hee, have skipped theatrical releases and were distributed on Netflix since the outbreak of the pandemic. Based on a true story, the film is about two Go players: Cho Hoon-hyun (Lee) and Lee Chang-ho (Yoo), once a master and his ...

As compliments about the director continued, Lee interrupted and said, “Too much is as poisonous as too little. I think I am being poisoned,” at which people in the audience burst into laughter. The highly anticipated drama series “Yonder” will be released on the streaming platform Tving on Oct. 14. The 27th BIFF expanded its On Screen program to screen nine streaming series, including “Yonder....

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From a ruler to an academic, a musician and a linguist, King Sejong wore many hats. And the 15th-century monarch who invented Korea’s writing system Hangeul has also been an inspiration for Korean filmmakers and TV drama producers. The most recent of the big-screen attempts to convincingly depict Sejong was 2019's “The King’s Letters,” directed by Jo Chul-hyun and starring none other than “Paras...

BUSAN -- Five jurors for the Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents Award – jury president Serge Toubiana, directors Alain Guiraudie and Kamila Andini, actor Ryo Kase and producer Lee Eugene -- said they are looking forward to discovering a rookie director's revolutionary work. “The most important standard when selecting a film is whether it can shake up our existing point of view,” To...

The award was presented to the actor during the opening ceremony on Wednesday at the Busan Cinema Center. This year's Busan International Film Festival, which runs through Oct. 14, screens 243 films from 71 countries.

“It’s really my great honor to receive this recognition at the Busan International Film Festival. And thank you for giving me an opportunity to come to Busan again to meet my Korean fans in person,” the actor said in his acceptance speech. The Korean cinema award, which was previously awarded at the opening ceremony, will be presented at the closing ceremony this year. The award is presented to ...

The director added that the Busan film fest's contribution to the development of Iranian cinema has been possible because it supports art films to have freedom. In Mohaghegh’s film, an electrician (Mohaghegh) travels from town to town to help fix a disabled man’s house in which the power went out. The electrician also devotes his own time, energy and money to help the disabled man further. Moha...

Closing Korea's largest film festival is Japanese director Kei Ishikawa's "A Man," a film adaptation of Keiichiro Hirano's award-winning 2018 novel of the same title. The film features Rie, a woman who moves back to her hometown with her child. She falls in love with Daisuke and the two start a family and have another child. Daisuke dies in a tragic accident and his estranged brother shows up at...

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"Confidential Assignment 2: International," the action-comedy sequel to a 2017 hit, became the third South Korean film to top 6 million tickets sold on Sunday. According to the film's distributor, CJ ENM, the film, starring Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin, reached over the 6 million mark at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, 26 days after its premiere. It joined "The Roundup" and "Hansan: Rising Dragon" in the 6-mill...

Honest Candidate 2 (Korea) Opened Sept. 28 Comedy Directed by Jang Yoo-jung Sang-sook (Ra Mi-ran) is jobless after losing the Seoul mayoral election. One day, she accidentally saves a man in the sea and sees an opportunity to return to politics. She starts lying again for a higher approval rating. But Sang-sook soon finds out that she is once again unable to lie -- and this time, she’s not t...

Japanese star actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Sakura Ando from the invited film “A Man” will also participate in this year’s event, according to BIFF. The 27th BIFF will return to its pre-pandemic full scale this year, with 243 films from 71 countries.

“Squid Game” star Jung Ho-yeon has been listed in the phenoms category of Time magazine's "100 Next." Launched in 2019, Time 100 Next is the youthful version of its more prominent "Time 100" list and was created to spotlight 100 rising stars shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, science, health and more. “I often joke around and call her a ‘warrior.’ There’s no doubt ...

For instance, at the beginning of the movie, Shin Nam decides to become a shaman because he is unable to find employment, like many young people today. “I thought it would be interesting if a young man who is struggling to get a job chooses to go to a hagwon (private educational institutes) to learn to become a shaman,” he said. Lee’s previous 43-minute short film with the same title was the ba...