“My Name is Loh Kiwan” is adapted from the homonymous book by Cho Hae-jin, which won the 2013 31th Sin Dong-yup (Korean poet) Prize for Literature. After its release on Netflix this month, the movie topped their global weekly chart for non-English movies between March 4-10, after racking in over 5 million views and making a mark in 31 countries like Peru, Portugal, Turkey and Malaysia.
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The film is about the plight of Loh Kiwan, a North Korean defector who flees to China with his mother. While there, he becomes a fugitive due to an incident and soon the police come knocking at his door. During the chase that follows, he manages to get away but his mother is not that lucky and tragically killed. This eventually prompts him to defect again and this time to Belgium for another fresh start.
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The film is about the plight of Loh Kiwan, a North Korean defector who flees to China with his mother. While there, he becomes a fugitive due to an incident and soon the police come knocking at his door. During the chase that follows, he manages to get away but his mother is not that lucky and tragically killed. This eventually prompts him to defect again and this time to Belgium for another fresh start.
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- 3/18/2024
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
The long road to escaping North Korea is marked with peril — threats of death and deportation, living as a refugee, finding oneself without a home. In My Name Is Loh Kiwan,a defector is desperate for survival when he meets a former professional athlete who’s lost her will to live. The drama film delves into the pair’s unlikely bond amidst near-impossible challenges. Kim Hee-jin’s feature directorial debut stars Song Joong-ki, Choi Sung-eun, and Cho Han-cheul.
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Thirtysomething Kiwan (Song) defected from North Korea in 2019 with his mother. They make it to China, where defectors are harshly criminalized. When the police come looking for Kiwan, he ends up being brutally separated from his mother. Eventually, Kiwan escapes China and ends up in Brussels — a place wholly unfamiliar to him — where he becomes homeless and struggles to stay...
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Thirtysomething Kiwan (Song) defected from North Korea in 2019 with his mother. They make it to China, where defectors are harshly criminalized. When the police come looking for Kiwan, he ends up being brutally separated from his mother. Eventually, Kiwan escapes China and ends up in Brussels — a place wholly unfamiliar to him — where he becomes homeless and struggles to stay...
- 3/1/2024
- by Ingrid Ostby
- Tudum - Netflix
Me llamo Loh Kiwan es una película escrita y dirigida por Kim Hee-jin y protagonizada por Song Joong-ki y Choi Sung-eun. Está basada en la novela de Hae Ji Cho.
¿Os apetece una película llena de romanticismo con una historia personal dramática a más no poder? “Me llamo Loh Kiwan” viene a cumplir vuestros más lacrimógenos sueños con esta historia cursi, lacrimógena y llena, llenísima de romanticismo.
La historia de un inmigrante norcoreano que, tras perder a su familia y ya como inmigrante en Bélgica, encuentra el amor… y un nuevo drama.
Una película que transita entre la tragedia de la inmigración, la crisis política y romance trágico. ¿Queríais algo alegre? Pues no.
Eso sí, si os van los dramas, estáis de enhorabuena.
Sobre la película
Una película que deja claras sus intenciones en cada secuencia: todas las situaciones están deliberadamente expuestas para producir acumulación de sentimientos a la manera trágica.
¿Os apetece una película llena de romanticismo con una historia personal dramática a más no poder? “Me llamo Loh Kiwan” viene a cumplir vuestros más lacrimógenos sueños con esta historia cursi, lacrimógena y llena, llenísima de romanticismo.
La historia de un inmigrante norcoreano que, tras perder a su familia y ya como inmigrante en Bélgica, encuentra el amor… y un nuevo drama.
Una película que transita entre la tragedia de la inmigración, la crisis política y romance trágico. ¿Queríais algo alegre? Pues no.
Eso sí, si os van los dramas, estáis de enhorabuena.
Sobre la película
Una película que deja claras sus intenciones en cada secuencia: todas las situaciones están deliberadamente expuestas para producir acumulación de sentimientos a la manera trágica.
- 3/1/2024
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
My Name Is Loh Kiwan is a movie written and directed by Kim Hee-jin starring Song Joong-ki and Choi Sung-eun. It is based on the novel by Hae Ji Cho.
Are you in the mood for a movie full of romance with a personal and dramatic story? “My Name Is Loh Kiwan” is here to fulfill your most tearful dreams with this cheesy, tear-jerking and extremely romantic story. It tells the story of a North Korean immigrant who, after losing his family and becoming an immigrant in Belgium, finds love… and a new drama. The film touches upon the tragedies of immigration, political crisis, and tragic romance. Were you looking for something cheerful? Well, this is not it. But if you’re into dramas, then you’re in luck.
About the movie
Each scene in the film is carefully crafted to evoke a sense of tragedy and emotion. From the...
Are you in the mood for a movie full of romance with a personal and dramatic story? “My Name Is Loh Kiwan” is here to fulfill your most tearful dreams with this cheesy, tear-jerking and extremely romantic story. It tells the story of a North Korean immigrant who, after losing his family and becoming an immigrant in Belgium, finds love… and a new drama. The film touches upon the tragedies of immigration, political crisis, and tragic romance. Were you looking for something cheerful? Well, this is not it. But if you’re into dramas, then you’re in luck.
About the movie
Each scene in the film is carefully crafted to evoke a sense of tragedy and emotion. From the...
- 3/1/2024
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Music
My Name Is Loh Kiwan is a movie written and directed by Kim Hee-jin starring Song Joong-ki and Choi Sung-eun. It is based on the novel by Hae Ji Cho.
Are you in the mood for a movie full of romance with a personal and dramatic story? “My Name Is Loh Kiwan” is here to fulfill your most tearful dreams with this cheesy, tear-jerking and extremely romantic story. It tells the story of a North Korean immigrant who, after losing his family and becoming an immigrant in Belgium, finds love… and a new drama. The film touches upon the tragedies of immigration, political crisis, and tragic romance. Were you looking for something cheerful? Well, this is not it. But if you’re into dramas, then you’re in luck.
About the movie
Each scene in the film is carefully crafted to evoke a sense of tragedy and emotion. From the...
Are you in the mood for a movie full of romance with a personal and dramatic story? “My Name Is Loh Kiwan” is here to fulfill your most tearful dreams with this cheesy, tear-jerking and extremely romantic story. It tells the story of a North Korean immigrant who, after losing his family and becoming an immigrant in Belgium, finds love… and a new drama. The film touches upon the tragedies of immigration, political crisis, and tragic romance. Were you looking for something cheerful? Well, this is not it. But if you’re into dramas, then you’re in luck.
About the movie
Each scene in the film is carefully crafted to evoke a sense of tragedy and emotion. From the...
- 3/1/2024
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Apart from a couple cameos in “Hostage: Missing Celebrity” and “Hunt”, actor Ju Ji-hoon has mostly been absent from the big screen since “Dark Figure of Crime” in 2018. That is finally set to change as he is due to star alongside Park Sung-woong in director Kim Kyeong-won’s upcoming “Gentleman”.
Synopsis
Hyeon-soo, a CEO of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyeon-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyeon-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyeon-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin, an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, meets Hyeon-soo. Hwa-jin finds out this case is related to Do-hoon, and she begins cooperating with Hyeon-soo. While cooperating,...
Synopsis
Hyeon-soo, a CEO of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyeon-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyeon-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyeon-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin, an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, meets Hyeon-soo. Hwa-jin finds out this case is related to Do-hoon, and she begins cooperating with Hyeon-soo. While cooperating,...
- 12/30/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Ji Hyun-Soo (Ju Ji-Hoon), the owner of a private detective agency, is hired to find a pet dog. While visiting the vacation home of his client, Hyun-Soo is attacked and hit over the head. When he wakes up, his client is gone, and he is accused of kidnapping them. During his time in police custody, Hyun-Soo gets involved in a car accident and is somehow mistaken for a prosecutor. This leads him to meet Prosecutor Kim Hwa-Jin (Choi Sung-Eun), and the pair soon figure out that the CEO of a major law firm is behind the disappearance...
- 12/12/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
An inspired and resolute debut for Korean Director Namkoong Sun, “Ten Months” illustrates the disproportionate burdens that an unwanted pregnancy lays on women, and the lack of options affecting the lives involved in it. So far “Ten Months” has earned 2 nominations at the Hawaii International Film Festival 2021 and the New York Asian Film Festival 2021.
“Ten Months” is screening as part of Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film Series at the Hong Kong Arts Centre
In a sweltering hot Korean summer, 29-yer-old Mi-rae (Choi Sung-eun) is looking for reasons for her sickness. A never-ending hangover? Acid reflux? Liver problems? The bewildered pharmacist is surprised Mi-rae cannot see the obvious: she must be pregnant. It takes her 15 pregnancy tests to understand that “might” be the case, although she cannot fathom how it could have possibly happened. Denial is still strongly in place, even when Doctor Ong Joong (Baek Hyun-jin) shows...
“Ten Months” is screening as part of Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film Series at the Hong Kong Arts Centre
In a sweltering hot Korean summer, 29-yer-old Mi-rae (Choi Sung-eun) is looking for reasons for her sickness. A never-ending hangover? Acid reflux? Liver problems? The bewildered pharmacist is surprised Mi-rae cannot see the obvious: she must be pregnant. It takes her 15 pregnancy tests to understand that “might” be the case, although she cannot fathom how it could have possibly happened. Denial is still strongly in place, even when Doctor Ong Joong (Baek Hyun-jin) shows...
- 6/22/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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