South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment is set to launch sales on upcoming romantic drama Pavane: For A Dead Princess and action thriller Night Fever in Cannes.
Pavane: For A Dead Princess is directed by Lee Jong-pil, known for 2020 comedy drama Samjin Company English Class and 2015 period drama The Sound Of A Flower.
It will reunite Lee with Samjin actress Ko A-sung, who also played the lead in Because I Hate Korea, which opened last year’s Busan International Film Festival. Further cast includes Byun Yo-han of box office hit Hansan: Rising Dragon and Moon Sang-win of drama series Wedding Impossible.
Pavane: For A Dead Princess is directed by Lee Jong-pil, known for 2020 comedy drama Samjin Company English Class and 2015 period drama The Sound Of A Flower.
It will reunite Lee with Samjin actress Ko A-sung, who also played the lead in Because I Hate Korea, which opened last year’s Busan International Film Festival. Further cast includes Byun Yo-han of box office hit Hansan: Rising Dragon and Moon Sang-win of drama series Wedding Impossible.
- 4/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Leading South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up international sales rights to action comedy film “Boss.” It will launch the title at next week’s FilMart in Hong Kong.
Directed by Ra Hee-chan, the film follows gang members embroiled in fierce competition. They struggle not just for supremacy within their clan, but also to achieve their own dreams in everyday life.
“Boss” stars Jo Woo-jin as a man who wants to run his family’s Chinese restaurant; Jung Kyung-ho (“Men of Plastic”), who believes it is his destiny to be a Tango dancer; and Park Ji-hwan (“The Roundup” film series), who is the most eager member to be the boss, but nobody wants him.
Production is by Hive Media Corp., the company behind the late 2023 box office hit “12.12: The Day,” which garnered over 13 million admissions.
Finecut will be screening the first footage from the new title at its booth in FilMart.
Directed by Ra Hee-chan, the film follows gang members embroiled in fierce competition. They struggle not just for supremacy within their clan, but also to achieve their own dreams in everyday life.
“Boss” stars Jo Woo-jin as a man who wants to run his family’s Chinese restaurant; Jung Kyung-ho (“Men of Plastic”), who believes it is his destiny to be a Tango dancer; and Park Ji-hwan (“The Roundup” film series), who is the most eager member to be the boss, but nobody wants him.
Production is by Hive Media Corp., the company behind the late 2023 box office hit “12.12: The Day,” which garnered over 13 million admissions.
Finecut will be screening the first footage from the new title at its booth in FilMart.
- 3/11/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has boarded international sales on the action-comedy Boss and will launch sales at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong.
The synopsis reads: This action-comedy follows gang members embroiled in fierce competition, struggling not for the title of the next boss but to achieve their own dreams in normal life.
Starring are Jo Woo-jin (Inside Men), who wants to run the family’s Chinese restaurant, Jung Kyung-ho (Men of Plastic), who believes in the destiny of being a Tango dancer and Park Ji-hwan (The Roundup), who is most eager to be the boss but nobody wants him. The film is directed by Ra Hee-chan (Going By The Book). Boss is produced and presented by Hive Media Corp, the production company behind Kim Sung-soo’s record-breaking 12.12: The Day. The first exclusive footage of the film will be available at Finecut’s booth during Filmart.
Finecut’s...
The synopsis reads: This action-comedy follows gang members embroiled in fierce competition, struggling not for the title of the next boss but to achieve their own dreams in normal life.
Starring are Jo Woo-jin (Inside Men), who wants to run the family’s Chinese restaurant, Jung Kyung-ho (Men of Plastic), who believes in the destiny of being a Tango dancer and Park Ji-hwan (The Roundup), who is most eager to be the boss but nobody wants him. The film is directed by Ra Hee-chan (Going By The Book). Boss is produced and presented by Hive Media Corp, the production company behind Kim Sung-soo’s record-breaking 12.12: The Day. The first exclusive footage of the film will be available at Finecut’s booth during Filmart.
Finecut’s...
- 3/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Korean content streamer Kocowa is adding feature films to its mix. To indicate the change, the streamer is adding a “+” to its name.
More than 100 feature films are being added, including A Violent Prosecutor, one of the top-grossing Korean films of 2016. Lee Il-Hyung, its writer/director, was nominated for Best Director at the Grand Bell Awards, Korea’s version of the Oscars. Korea’s top grossing R-rated film of all time, Inside Men, was also added. The film won the Grand Bell for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay in 2016. Also on board is action-comedy Luck-Key, staring Yoo Hae-jin, a Korean film star, and Grand Bell award winner.
The film library joins the fare offered by Korea’s top three broadcasters, Kbs, Mbc, and Sb. The service offers K-Dramas, reality shows, and other programming.
Kocowa+CEO KunHee Park said in a statement that the streamer is profitable.
“We were...
More than 100 feature films are being added, including A Violent Prosecutor, one of the top-grossing Korean films of 2016. Lee Il-Hyung, its writer/director, was nominated for Best Director at the Grand Bell Awards, Korea’s version of the Oscars. Korea’s top grossing R-rated film of all time, Inside Men, was also added. The film won the Grand Bell for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay in 2016. Also on board is action-comedy Luck-Key, staring Yoo Hae-jin, a Korean film star, and Grand Bell award winner.
The film library joins the fare offered by Korea’s top three broadcasters, Kbs, Mbc, and Sb. The service offers K-Dramas, reality shows, and other programming.
Kocowa+CEO KunHee Park said in a statement that the streamer is profitable.
“We were...
- 2/2/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon has ordered a dark comedy workplace thriller series starring Christoph Waltz.
The actor, who won Oscars for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, is to star in and exec produce The Consultant, which comes from Servant creator Tony Basgallop, WandaVision exec producer Matt Shakman, MGM Television and Amazon Studios.
The Consultant explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee, asking how far we will go to get ahead, and to survive. It is inspired by Bentley Little’s 2015 novel, a satire that is centered around Mr. Patoff, a bow-tie wearing consultant who comes to the rescue of CompWare after a prominent merger falls through and soon seemingly starts running the company.
Basgallop, who created the M. Night Shyamalan-exec produced psychological horror Servant for Apple TV+ as well as BBC series Inside Men and Hotel Babylon, created the series and will serve as showrunner. Shakman, who...
The actor, who won Oscars for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, is to star in and exec produce The Consultant, which comes from Servant creator Tony Basgallop, WandaVision exec producer Matt Shakman, MGM Television and Amazon Studios.
The Consultant explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee, asking how far we will go to get ahead, and to survive. It is inspired by Bentley Little’s 2015 novel, a satire that is centered around Mr. Patoff, a bow-tie wearing consultant who comes to the rescue of CompWare after a prominent merger falls through and soon seemingly starts running the company.
Basgallop, who created the M. Night Shyamalan-exec produced psychological horror Servant for Apple TV+ as well as BBC series Inside Men and Hotel Babylon, created the series and will serve as showrunner. Shakman, who...
- 11/18/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Tense and gripping, “The Man Standing Next” is a powerful political thriller from director Woo Min-ho (“The Drug King”) and starring Lee Byung-hun, which charts one of the most shocking incidents in South Korea’s turbulent history.
It is 1979, and South Korea has been under the absolute domination of President Park’s dictatorship for 18 long years. Kim Gyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun), the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (Kcia), has asserted his loyalty to the president despite having his doubts about the leader’s intentions. When the former director of the Kcia flees to America with a time-bomb of government secrets, Kim is sent on a mission to stop the truth in its tracks.
As the government’s web of lies continues to be spun, tensions build, alliances crumble, and the once impenetrable leadership must face the fact that all men, no matter how powerful, must die…
The South Korean nomination for the 2021 Academy Awards,...
It is 1979, and South Korea has been under the absolute domination of President Park’s dictatorship for 18 long years. Kim Gyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun), the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (Kcia), has asserted his loyalty to the president despite having his doubts about the leader’s intentions. When the former director of the Kcia flees to America with a time-bomb of government secrets, Kim is sent on a mission to stop the truth in its tracks.
As the government’s web of lies continues to be spun, tensions build, alliances crumble, and the once impenetrable leadership must face the fact that all men, no matter how powerful, must die…
The South Korean nomination for the 2021 Academy Awards,...
- 5/29/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Actor Cho Seung-woo likes to be quite selective with his projects. Last seen on the big screen in 2015’s brilliant political crime-thriller “Inside Men“, he is back again this year in the period film “Feng Shui”.
Synopsis
Not many plot details are known at the moment, but “Feng Shui” tells a story of those who struggle to become king and fight over grave sites and a young man who lost his parents attempting to take revenge on the king.
Directed by Park Hee-gon, “Feng Shui” reunites Cho Seung-woo with his “Inside Men” co-star Baek Yoon-shik. The film also stars Ji Sung, Kim Sung-kyun and Moon Chae-won and is slated for a September 19th, 2018 release in South Korea.
Synopsis
Not many plot details are known at the moment, but “Feng Shui” tells a story of those who struggle to become king and fight over grave sites and a young man who lost his parents attempting to take revenge on the king.
Directed by Park Hee-gon, “Feng Shui” reunites Cho Seung-woo with his “Inside Men” co-star Baek Yoon-shik. The film also stars Ji Sung, Kim Sung-kyun and Moon Chae-won and is slated for a September 19th, 2018 release in South Korea.
- 8/12/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Bluebeard, the sophomore effort from Writer/Director Lee Soo-youn (The Uninvited), debuts on digital and Blu-ray Combo Pack August 15 from Well Go USA Entertainment. A psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock, the film stars Cho Jin-woong (The Handmaiden), Kim Dae-myung (Inside Men) and Shin Gu (No Blood No Tears). In Bluebeard, Dr. Seung-hoon (Cho) sedates his landlord before a medical check-up and the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession.
When a doctor learns a murderous secret from a sedated patient, he finds himself in the middle of an unsolved serial murder case. As dismembered bodies start showing up close to home, the doctor realizes he must solve the riddle before the killer realizes what he may know.
Bluebeard has a runtime of approximately 117 minutes and is not rated.
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When a doctor learns a murderous secret from a sedated patient, he finds himself in the middle of an unsolved serial murder case. As dismembered bodies start showing up close to home, the doctor realizes he must solve the riddle before the killer realizes what he may know.
Bluebeard has a runtime of approximately 117 minutes and is not rated.
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- 8/14/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s finally out! A few images and bits of information had been trickling out from the sets of this much-anticipated period epic, but the makers have finally decided to unveil the first trailer of Namhansanseong Fortress. And it looks spectacular.
The film is directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, who makes his foray into yet another new genre after 2011’s dark and challenging The Crucible (Silenced) and 2013’s comedy Miss Granny. Starring in key roles are Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men, I Saw the Devil), Kim Yoon-seok (The Priests), Park Hae-il (The Last Princess), Go Soo, Park Hee-soon and Jo Woo-jin.
Lee Byung-hun in Namhansanseong Fortress (2017)
The film is set during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea of 1636, when the newly established Manchu Qing dynasty invaded Korea’s Joseon kingdom. During the invasion, King Injo, the 16th Joseon king, and his retainers were forced to seek refuge in the fortress located in the mountain city of Namhansanseong.
The film is directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, who makes his foray into yet another new genre after 2011’s dark and challenging The Crucible (Silenced) and 2013’s comedy Miss Granny. Starring in key roles are Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men, I Saw the Devil), Kim Yoon-seok (The Priests), Park Hae-il (The Last Princess), Go Soo, Park Hee-soon and Jo Woo-jin.
Lee Byung-hun in Namhansanseong Fortress (2017)
The film is set during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea of 1636, when the newly established Manchu Qing dynasty invaded Korea’s Joseon kingdom. During the invasion, King Injo, the 16th Joseon king, and his retainers were forced to seek refuge in the fortress located in the mountain city of Namhansanseong.
- 7/27/2017
- by Arnav Sinha
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Showbox production also stars Jo Jung-suk and Doona Bae.
Korean studio Showbox has started shooting crime drama Drug King (working title) in Busan, South Korea with Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer) heading the cast.
Directed by Woo Min-ho, the film is based on the true story of an infamous drug dealer in Busan in the 1970s. Song plays the drug lord, while Jo Jung-suk (The Face Reader) and Doona Bae (Sense8, Cloud Atlas) have also joined the cast.
Woo’s credits include political thriller Inside Men, which grossed $50.4m in Korea in 2015. Song also stars in Showbox’s A Taxi Driver, also starring Thomas Kretschmann and directed by Jang Hoon, which is being lined up for a summer 2017 release.
Korean studio Showbox has started shooting crime drama Drug King (working title) in Busan, South Korea with Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer) heading the cast.
Directed by Woo Min-ho, the film is based on the true story of an infamous drug dealer in Busan in the 1970s. Song plays the drug lord, while Jo Jung-suk (The Face Reader) and Doona Bae (Sense8, Cloud Atlas) have also joined the cast.
Woo’s credits include political thriller Inside Men, which grossed $50.4m in Korea in 2015. Song also stars in Showbox’s A Taxi Driver, also starring Thomas Kretschmann and directed by Jang Hoon, which is being lined up for a summer 2017 release.
- 5/21/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The ever-reliable thespian Song Kang-ho, after a big 2013, in which he featured in Snowpiercer, The Face Reader and The Attorney, had a quiet 2014 before appearing in Lee Joon-ik’s smash hit period drama The Throne and Kim Jee-woon’s Colonial Era action-thriller The Age of Shadows. This year, Song seems to be hitting his stride with the following films.
Taxi Driver
Sure to stir up many memories and much debate, it depicts the story of a taxi driver and the late Jürgen Hinzpeter (played by Thomas Kretschmann), a German journalist who reported on 1980 Gwangju Uprising, when the Korean military invoked martial law and slaughtered citizen in Gwangju. The film is to be directed by Jang Hoon of Secret Reunion (2010) and stars Song as the titular character.
In 2003, Hinzpeter was awarded with the Song Kun-ho Journalism Prize in Korea and made a thank you speech that he was grateful for a courageous taxi driver,...
Taxi Driver
Sure to stir up many memories and much debate, it depicts the story of a taxi driver and the late Jürgen Hinzpeter (played by Thomas Kretschmann), a German journalist who reported on 1980 Gwangju Uprising, when the Korean military invoked martial law and slaughtered citizen in Gwangju. The film is to be directed by Jang Hoon of Secret Reunion (2010) and stars Song as the titular character.
In 2003, Hinzpeter was awarded with the Song Kun-ho Journalism Prize in Korea and made a thank you speech that he was grateful for a courageous taxi driver,...
- 4/30/2017
- by Lady J.
- AsianMoviePulse
The run of corruption thrillers that have proven so popular at the Korean box office of late shows no signs of abating with The Prison, which takes the same themes that have populated works such as Inside Men and Veteran, and applies them to the more intimate setting of a jail, which serves as a stand-in for society at large.In this debut work by new director Na Hyun, a former cop winds up on the wrong side of the law and is handed a jail sentence. In prison, he soon finds his way into the entourage of a criminal mastermind who controls everyone within the walls, even the guards and the warden, routinely sending convicts outside on missions.Convicts stepping out for brief missions is hardly...
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- 3/29/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The Magnificent Seven star Byung-hun Lee has signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. He was previously with CAA.
Lee has become Hollywood's go-to Asian actor for its big action movies. In addition to Antoine Fuqua's Western remake in 2016, he also appeared in Terminator Genisys, Red 2 and the G.I. Joe franchise, where he got his stateside break as Storm Shadow.
In his native South Korea, Lee's many starring credits include Single Rider, Master, The Age of Shadows, Inside Men, I Saw the Devil and The Good the Bad and the Weird,...
Lee has become Hollywood's go-to Asian actor for its big action movies. In addition to Antoine Fuqua's Western remake in 2016, he also appeared in Terminator Genisys, Red 2 and the G.I. Joe franchise, where he got his stateside break as Storm Shadow.
In his native South Korea, Lee's many starring credits include Single Rider, Master, The Age of Shadows, Inside Men, I Saw the Devil and The Good the Bad and the Weird,...
- 3/23/2017
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The world of Korean cinema saw one of it’s strongest recent years in 2016. Some of the most influential and renowned directors made a comeback with exceptionally strong work; this list includes: Park Chan-wook with his film, “The Handmaiden,” and the very popular Kim Jee-woon, who came out with “The Age of Shadows.” Hollywood was also a major proponent in the overall strength in the 2016 Korean box office results. Films like, “The Age of Shadows,” and “The Wailing,” both had strong backing from Hollywood, which boosted their national, and international, excitement.
The list of upcoming 2017 films looks just as strong:
“Battleship Island”
One of the first to look out for, and potentially may be one of the biggest blockbusters in 2017, is the star-studded “Battleship Island.” “Battleship Island” casts, Hwang Jung-min, Song Joong-ki, So Ji-sub, and Kim Soo-an, and is directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. Ryoo is known for his 2015 film,...
The list of upcoming 2017 films looks just as strong:
“Battleship Island”
One of the first to look out for, and potentially may be one of the biggest blockbusters in 2017, is the star-studded “Battleship Island.” “Battleship Island” casts, Hwang Jung-min, Song Joong-ki, So Ji-sub, and Kim Soo-an, and is directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. Ryoo is known for his 2015 film,...
- 1/11/2017
- by Lydia Spanier
- AsianMoviePulse
The 52nd ceremony was held on December 27, 2016 at Sejong University’s Convention Center and hosted by Kim Byung-chan, Kong Seo-young, Lee Tae-im.
Lee Byung-hun, who won the “Best Male Actor”, decided to speak about the still-existing controversy surrounding the awards ceremony, during his acceptance speech:
“I’m happy to receive this award, but my heavy heart takes precedence. There’s been a lot of talk about and problems with the Grand Bell Awards, and I feel like these problems have still not been addressed,” he said. He called for action to be taken, and hopes that the industry will eventually come to an understanding.
The ceremony has been criticized for its fee-based voting system, poor accounting practices, and was supposedly boycotted last year for announcing -but later retracted- that only attendees could win awards. Similar to last year, many of the nominees and subsequent winners were not in attendance.
Kim Hye-su
Source: Soompi.
Lee Byung-hun, who won the “Best Male Actor”, decided to speak about the still-existing controversy surrounding the awards ceremony, during his acceptance speech:
“I’m happy to receive this award, but my heavy heart takes precedence. There’s been a lot of talk about and problems with the Grand Bell Awards, and I feel like these problems have still not been addressed,” he said. He called for action to be taken, and hopes that the industry will eventually come to an understanding.
The ceremony has been criticized for its fee-based voting system, poor accounting practices, and was supposedly boycotted last year for announcing -but later retracted- that only attendees could win awards. Similar to last year, many of the nominees and subsequent winners were not in attendance.
Kim Hye-su
Source: Soompi.
- 1/8/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
2016 was another great year for Asian cinema, although S. Korean films were the ones that, once more, stood at the epicenter of international interest, particularly due to Park Chan-wook’s comeback and the box office success of films like “The Wailing” and “Train to Busan.” Japan followed with a number of box office successes of its own, headed by “Your Name” and the new Godzilla film, although indie cinema had a very interesting year also.
Chinese language films also had a very interesting year, with “Ten Years” spawning enormous amount of controversy. Slowly though, filmmakers from other Asian countries, not as well known as the aforementioned, seem to present masterpieces of their own.
With a focus on diversity, here are the best Asian films of 2016, in random order. (Some of the films premiered in 2015, but I took the liberty to include them, since they mostly circulated in 2016).
Inside Men
Inside Men...
Chinese language films also had a very interesting year, with “Ten Years” spawning enormous amount of controversy. Slowly though, filmmakers from other Asian countries, not as well known as the aforementioned, seem to present masterpieces of their own.
With a focus on diversity, here are the best Asian films of 2016, in random order. (Some of the films premiered in 2015, but I took the liberty to include them, since they mostly circulated in 2016).
Inside Men
Inside Men...
- 1/3/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Master features superstars Lee Byung-Hun , Kang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin. The film is helmed by acclaimed writer-director Cho Ui-seok (Make it Big (2002), The World of Silence (2006), and Cold Eyes (2013))
International Trailer
Plot
Veteran actor and international megastar Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Single Rider (2017)) plays Jin Hyun—the charismatic conman and chairman of Won Network. Kang Dong-won is the feisty cop, Kim, assigned to hunt down Jin. Kim Woo Bin takes on the role of Park-Jang-gun, the tech expert who plays the two protagonists off against each other. Master is an electrifying battle among the three men as they chase each other after over 40,000 victims are scammed out of trillions of won.
International Trailer
Plot
Veteran actor and international megastar Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Single Rider (2017)) plays Jin Hyun—the charismatic conman and chairman of Won Network. Kang Dong-won is the feisty cop, Kim, assigned to hunt down Jin. Kim Woo Bin takes on the role of Park-Jang-gun, the tech expert who plays the two protagonists off against each other. Master is an electrifying battle among the three men as they chase each other after over 40,000 victims are scammed out of trillions of won.
- 1/2/2017
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
Singapore’s pay TV platform, StarHub TV, will launch an all-Korean channel, tvN Movies HD, come January 11, 2017. StarHub TV subscribers will be the first in Asia to enjoy round-the-clock high definition Korean films.
tvN Movies HD partners with the top production houses in Korea, including the largest player in the industry, Cj E&M, to bring in over 200 films ranging from the latest Korean blockbusters to favorite Korean classics. Movie titles cover different genres including action, comedy, drama, horror, romance and thriller.
Samey Lee, CEO of Cj E&M Hk, expressed their eagerness at the launch, “By launching the world’s first & only Korean Blockbuster channel with StarHub TV in Singapore, we hope to expand our service offerings and, at the same time, deliver a unique and sophisticated Korean home-cinema experience to StarHub TV customers.”
Lee Byung-hun – Best Actor – Inside Men
tvN Movies HD promises a top-notch lineup of quality Korean films.
tvN Movies HD partners with the top production houses in Korea, including the largest player in the industry, Cj E&M, to bring in over 200 films ranging from the latest Korean blockbusters to favorite Korean classics. Movie titles cover different genres including action, comedy, drama, horror, romance and thriller.
Samey Lee, CEO of Cj E&M Hk, expressed their eagerness at the launch, “By launching the world’s first & only Korean Blockbuster channel with StarHub TV in Singapore, we hope to expand our service offerings and, at the same time, deliver a unique and sophisticated Korean home-cinema experience to StarHub TV customers.”
Lee Byung-hun – Best Actor – Inside Men
tvN Movies HD promises a top-notch lineup of quality Korean films.
- 12/21/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
South Korean film “Master” premieres in Los Angeles on December 30, 2016.
Yonhap News Agency reports that the crime thriller will then open all over U.S. and Canada on January 6, 2017.
Master features superstars Lee Byung-Hun and Kang Dong-won as well as the up-and-coming actor Kim Woo-bin. The film is helmed by acclaimed writer-director Cho Ui-seok (Make it Big (2002), The World of Silence (2006), and Cold Eyes (2013)).
A special trailer was recently released. The video features behind the scenes footage of the cast shooting in exotic locations at Manila, Philippines.
Based on the trailer, Master promises to deliver pulsating car chases, spectacular shoot-outs and jaw-breaking fight scenes. The film will definitely bring in thrilling action and powerful performances from its three leads.
Veteran actor and international megastar Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Single Rider (2017)) plays Jin Hyun—the charismatic conman and chairman of Won Network. Kang Dong-won is the feisty cop,...
Yonhap News Agency reports that the crime thriller will then open all over U.S. and Canada on January 6, 2017.
Master features superstars Lee Byung-Hun and Kang Dong-won as well as the up-and-coming actor Kim Woo-bin. The film is helmed by acclaimed writer-director Cho Ui-seok (Make it Big (2002), The World of Silence (2006), and Cold Eyes (2013)).
A special trailer was recently released. The video features behind the scenes footage of the cast shooting in exotic locations at Manila, Philippines.
Based on the trailer, Master promises to deliver pulsating car chases, spectacular shoot-outs and jaw-breaking fight scenes. The film will definitely bring in thrilling action and powerful performances from its three leads.
Veteran actor and international megastar Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Single Rider (2017)) plays Jin Hyun—the charismatic conman and chairman of Won Network. Kang Dong-won is the feisty cop,...
- 12/19/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
Box-office king and critically acclaimed thespian Song Kang-Ho is slated to star in the upcoming Korean period thriller, “Drug King”. Song plays a drug lord building his illegal empire in 1970s Busan.
From: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/
Expectations are high, as Song Kang-Ho is known for delivering award-winning performances. He frequently works with the best Korean filmmakers. He starred in Chan-Wook Park’s “J.S.A.: Joint Security Area” (2000), “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” (2002), and “Thirst” (2009), as well as Joon-Ho Bong’s “Memories of Murder” (2003), “The Host” (2006), and “Snowpiercer” (2013). Recently, Song came out in Kim Jee-woon’s smash hit “The Age of Shadows” (2016), Korea’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards. “Drug King” pairs Song with writer-director Woo Min-Ho, who recently helmed the 2015 gangster film “Inside Men”—Korea’s top grossing R-rated movie of all-time.
Filming for “Drug King” is set for 2017. No...
From: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/
Expectations are high, as Song Kang-Ho is known for delivering award-winning performances. He frequently works with the best Korean filmmakers. He starred in Chan-Wook Park’s “J.S.A.: Joint Security Area” (2000), “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” (2002), and “Thirst” (2009), as well as Joon-Ho Bong’s “Memories of Murder” (2003), “The Host” (2006), and “Snowpiercer” (2013). Recently, Song came out in Kim Jee-woon’s smash hit “The Age of Shadows” (2016), Korea’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards. “Drug King” pairs Song with writer-director Woo Min-Ho, who recently helmed the 2015 gangster film “Inside Men”—Korea’s top grossing R-rated movie of all-time.
Filming for “Drug King” is set for 2017. No...
- 12/10/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
With 2016 being one of the most impressive seasons for S. Korean cinema, there was much competition among the nominees and the awards were, as usually, spread among a number of films. Among the highlights was the fact that Lee Byung-hun won for the first time, despite his many nominations and that the award for supporting actor went to Japanese Jun Kinimura for his role in “The Wailing.”
The 37th ceremony took place on November 25th at the Grand Peace Palace of Kyung Hee University and was hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Jun Sang.
Best Picture: Inside Men (Woo Min-ho)
Best Director: Na Hong-jin (The Wailing)
Best Actor: Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men)
Best Actress: Kim Min-hee (The Handmaiden)
Best Supporting Actor: Jun Kunimura (The Wailing)
Jun Kunimura
Best Supporting Actress: Park So-dam (The Priests)
Best New Actor: Park Jung-min (Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet)
Best New Actress: Kim...
The 37th ceremony took place on November 25th at the Grand Peace Palace of Kyung Hee University and was hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Jun Sang.
Best Picture: Inside Men (Woo Min-ho)
Best Director: Na Hong-jin (The Wailing)
Best Actor: Lee Byung-hun (Inside Men)
Best Actress: Kim Min-hee (The Handmaiden)
Best Supporting Actor: Jun Kunimura (The Wailing)
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Best Supporting Actress: Park So-dam (The Priests)
Best New Actor: Park Jung-min (Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet)
Best New Actress: Kim...
- 11/29/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Plans to launch a pioneering Korean movie channel, tvN Movies, has been announced by Korean entertainment group Cj E&M. The channel will be introduced in January 2017 in Singapore before setting off across the rest of Southeast Asia.
The Korean movie channel, the first of its kind, will feature classic and current films in HD over several platforms and through paid-tv, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Over-The-Tope (Ott) services in Singapore.
Having gotten exclusive rights in Southeast Asia to broadcast blockbuster Korean films like Train to Busan, The Age of Shadows and Inside Men, tvN Movies seeks to ride on the wave of popularity of Korean movies in Southeast Asia. CEO of Cj E&M in Hong Kong, Samey Lee has said that the launch of the world’s first ever Korean movie channel will be beneficial to the entertainment group in broadening its market and reaching out to a wider audience,...
The Korean movie channel, the first of its kind, will feature classic and current films in HD over several platforms and through paid-tv, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Over-The-Tope (Ott) services in Singapore.
Having gotten exclusive rights in Southeast Asia to broadcast blockbuster Korean films like Train to Busan, The Age of Shadows and Inside Men, tvN Movies seeks to ride on the wave of popularity of Korean movies in Southeast Asia. CEO of Cj E&M in Hong Kong, Samey Lee has said that the launch of the world’s first ever Korean movie channel will be beneficial to the entertainment group in broadening its market and reaching out to a wider audience,...
- 11/13/2016
- by Pamela Koh
- AsianMoviePulse
The Korean Film Critics’ Association announced its list of winners for the year earlier this week through a press release.
The highest honor for ‘Best Film’ went to South Korean spy film ‘The Age of Shadows’ which stars Song Kang-Ho and Gong Yoo, and directed by Kim Jee-woon. The film, which is South Korea’s entry for the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, also picked up the award for ‘Best Music’.
Son Ye-jin – The Truth Beneath
In the acting category, the ‘Best Actress’ accolade was awarded to Son Ye-jin for her role as a young mother suffering from a mental condition who goes looking for her missing daughter in thriller “The Truth Beneath”.
Lee Byung-hun won the ‘Best Actor’ award for his acclaimed performance in political film “Inside Men”, directed by Woo Min-ho. Jeong Ha-dam won the ‘Rookie Actress’ award for “Steel Flower” while...
The highest honor for ‘Best Film’ went to South Korean spy film ‘The Age of Shadows’ which stars Song Kang-Ho and Gong Yoo, and directed by Kim Jee-woon. The film, which is South Korea’s entry for the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, also picked up the award for ‘Best Music’.
Son Ye-jin – The Truth Beneath
In the acting category, the ‘Best Actress’ accolade was awarded to Son Ye-jin for her role as a young mother suffering from a mental condition who goes looking for her missing daughter in thriller “The Truth Beneath”.
Lee Byung-hun won the ‘Best Actor’ award for his acclaimed performance in political film “Inside Men”, directed by Woo Min-ho. Jeong Ha-dam won the ‘Rookie Actress’ award for “Steel Flower” while...
- 10/24/2016
- by Pamela Koh
- AsianMoviePulse
The 11th annual London Korean Film Festival (Lkff) is gearing up for an impressive year with a very exciting lineup. The festival is scheduled to run from November 3-17 with a tour around the UK ending on the 27th, the longest running Lkff to date.
The schedule this year starts out strong with a screening of “The Truth Beneath” by director Lee Kyoung-Mi, followed by a Q&A lead the director herself. The theme of this year’s festival is “women in Korean cinema,” so it is more than fitting that such a strong entry will start off the event. Later in the lineup, the Lkff will also be showcasing Kyoung-Mi’s critically acclaimed film, “Crush and Blush,” which was co-produced by one of Korea’s leading director’s, Park Chan-Wook.
“The Truth Beneath” movie poster
The remaining films to be shown are just as strong: “Inside Men: The...
The schedule this year starts out strong with a screening of “The Truth Beneath” by director Lee Kyoung-Mi, followed by a Q&A lead the director herself. The theme of this year’s festival is “women in Korean cinema,” so it is more than fitting that such a strong entry will start off the event. Later in the lineup, the Lkff will also be showcasing Kyoung-Mi’s critically acclaimed film, “Crush and Blush,” which was co-produced by one of Korea’s leading director’s, Park Chan-Wook.
“The Truth Beneath” movie poster
The remaining films to be shown are just as strong: “Inside Men: The...
- 10/16/2016
- by Lydia Spanier
- AsianMoviePulse
Korean mystery film Single Rider is poised to set the world ablaze with a superstar cast and an exhilarating story. Screen Daily reports that the film debut of director Lee Zoo-young has already won a deal with Korean independent sales house, M-Line Distribution.
Single Rider follows Jae-Hoon, a branch manager of an investment firm who send his wife, Soo-jin, and his son to Australia. Soon he suspects his wife of adultery and begins to follow her. All hell breaks lose when a shocking truth unfolds.
Korean superstar Lee Byung-hun takes on the role of Jae-hoon. Many know Lee for his critically acclaimed roles in I Saw The Devil, Masquerade and Inside Men among others. This year, he played knife-wielding assassin Billy Rocks in the big blockbuster Hollywood remake of The Magnificent Seven.
Soo-Jin will be played by the beautiful Gong Hyo-jin. Gong is best known for her roles in the...
Single Rider follows Jae-Hoon, a branch manager of an investment firm who send his wife, Soo-jin, and his son to Australia. Soon he suspects his wife of adultery and begins to follow her. All hell breaks lose when a shocking truth unfolds.
Korean superstar Lee Byung-hun takes on the role of Jae-hoon. Many know Lee for his critically acclaimed roles in I Saw The Devil, Masquerade and Inside Men among others. This year, he played knife-wielding assassin Billy Rocks in the big blockbuster Hollywood remake of The Magnificent Seven.
Soo-Jin will be played by the beautiful Gong Hyo-jin. Gong is best known for her roles in the...
- 10/14/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
The London Korean Film Festival (Lkff) have unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, which will be it’s longest run to date.
The festival this year will run from the 3rd – 27th November. This years selection could very well be it’s best line up ever.
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Lee Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Beneath will kick off the event on the 3rd November
The show kicks off with the UK Premiere of director Lee Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Beneath on the evening of 3 November. Tying in with this year’s Special Focus on Women, this is the first time a female director’s film will open the Lkff.
After working as scripter and assistant director under Park Chan-wook on Lady Vengeance, Lee made her debut with acclaimed comedy-drama Crush and Blush (2008) before making us wait 8-years for this spectacular second feature. Mixing the personal with the political,...
The festival this year will run from the 3rd – 27th November. This years selection could very well be it’s best line up ever.
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Lee Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Beneath will kick off the event on the 3rd November
The show kicks off with the UK Premiere of director Lee Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Beneath on the evening of 3 November. Tying in with this year’s Special Focus on Women, this is the first time a female director’s film will open the Lkff.
After working as scripter and assistant director under Park Chan-wook on Lady Vengeance, Lee made her debut with acclaimed comedy-drama Crush and Blush (2008) before making us wait 8-years for this spectacular second feature. Mixing the personal with the political,...
- 9/23/2016
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
The London Korean Film Festival has revealed the full lineup for its 11th edition, which cherrypicks several top films from what has been a stellar year for Korean film. The festival announced its closing film, which will be Hong Sang-soo's latest film Yourself of Yours, along with several of the year's major Korean hits, such as Yeon Sang-ho's zombie smash Train to Busan, its animated prequel Seoul Station, political thriller Inside Men with Lee Byung-hun, Kim Sung-soo's violent thriller Asura: City of Madness and Lee Joon-ik's indie Colonial Era drama Dongju: Portrait of a Poet. As already announced, Lee Kyoung-mi's thriller The Truth Beneath will open the festival as well as lead the festivals' special strand this year, 'The Lives of Korean Women through...
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- 9/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
It's a man's world in Asura: The City of Madness, and a rotten one at that. Cops, prosecutors and politicians jostle about with unbridled machismo in a noirish caricature of corruption in the latest thriller to balk at the irresponsible behaviour of Korea's power brokers, following Veteran, Inside Men and A Violent Prosecutor. Detective Do-kyung is a week away from quitting the force to work fulltime for the unscrupulous Mayor Park, whose dirty work he already handles on the side. But a sick wife and a sudden internal affairs investigation give prosecutors enough leverage to pit Do-kyung against his crooked employer. Meanwhile, his ambitious younger partner also moves into Park's camp. Opening with Do-kyung's grisled and downbeat voiceover sounding out over a sky-view of a...
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- 9/14/2016
- Screen Anarchy
One of the latest and most important tendencies in S. Korean cinema is the harsh critique of public institutions. This tendency finds its apogee in ‘Inside Men’, which is based on Yoon Tae-ho’s webtoon “The Insiders” that focuses on the corruption within Korean society.
Additionally, Inside Men was a big hit South Korea , taking in more than 9 million admissions. Thus becoming the top grossing R-rated movie of all-time at the Korean Box office.
The film revolves around the intricate, and filled with corruption, relationships of five men
The film revolves around the intricate, and filled with corruption, relationships of five men.
Lee Kang-hee is the chief editor at a large newspaper, who has helped an ex-prosecutor ( Jang Pil-woo ) rise to the parliament. The former currently provides the necessary publicity and the latter the political power.
The financing comes from President Oh, owner of a large company; which provides for both Jang and the newspaper.
Additionally, Inside Men was a big hit South Korea , taking in more than 9 million admissions. Thus becoming the top grossing R-rated movie of all-time at the Korean Box office.
The film revolves around the intricate, and filled with corruption, relationships of five men
The film revolves around the intricate, and filled with corruption, relationships of five men.
Lee Kang-hee is the chief editor at a large newspaper, who has helped an ex-prosecutor ( Jang Pil-woo ) rise to the parliament. The former currently provides the necessary publicity and the latter the political power.
The financing comes from President Oh, owner of a large company; which provides for both Jang and the newspaper.
- 9/4/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kankuro Kudo’s anarchic Japanese comedy has triumphed at the 15th New York Asian Film Festival, which executive director Samuel Jamier said drew record audiences.
Too Young To Die! received its North American premiere at the festival, and stars Ryunosuke Kamiki as a student sent to Buddhist hell after a freak bus accident, only to make a pact with a guitar-shredding demon to be reincarnated and reunite with his high school crush.
Toho Co Ltd handles international sales. Tomoya Nagase also stars as the demon.
Showbox’s South Korean thrillers Inside Men from Woo Min-ho and A Violent Prosecutor from Lee Il-hyeong came second and third in the poll.
Inside Men’s Lee Byung-hun attended the festival to receive one of three Star Asia Awards.
Fourth was Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s offbeat rom-com Heart Attack from Thailand, while Mario Cornejo’s surfing relationship drama Apocalypse Child from the Philippines ranked fifth.
“This year, we...
Too Young To Die! received its North American premiere at the festival, and stars Ryunosuke Kamiki as a student sent to Buddhist hell after a freak bus accident, only to make a pact with a guitar-shredding demon to be reincarnated and reunite with his high school crush.
Toho Co Ltd handles international sales. Tomoya Nagase also stars as the demon.
Showbox’s South Korean thrillers Inside Men from Woo Min-ho and A Violent Prosecutor from Lee Il-hyeong came second and third in the poll.
Inside Men’s Lee Byung-hun attended the festival to receive one of three Star Asia Awards.
Fourth was Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s offbeat rom-com Heart Attack from Thailand, while Mario Cornejo’s surfing relationship drama Apocalypse Child from the Philippines ranked fifth.
“This year, we...
- 7/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With a career that has included some of South Korea’s biggest hits, including Joint Security Area, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad and the Weird and his latest record-breaker, Inside Man, Lee Byung-hun is simultaneously carving a place for himself in Hollywood with appearances in GI Joe and the upcoming Magnificent Seven. Before receiving the New York Asian Film Festival’s Star Asia award for his lifetime of work, Lee chatted with me about walking the balance between South Korea and Hollywood. The Lady Miz Diva: I loved the character of Ahn Sang-goo in Inside Men… Lee Byung-hun: You even know the name! {Laughs} Lmd: He is a study of contradictions; he’s very flamboyant, but he’s very closed. He’s very wild and off the cuff,...
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- 7/10/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Lee Kyoung-mi, director of the delightfully offbeat Crush and Blush, is back with her latest film, the political kidnap thriller The Truth Beneath this June. Cj Entertainment has dropped the first trailer, which promises a tense and dark story of a mother looking for her daughter who goes missing 15 days before her husband's election day. The Pirates star Son Ye-jin plays opposite Kim Joo-hyuk of The Beauty Inside. Recent Korean thrillers exploring the daker side of politics, such as Inside Men and A Violent Prosecutor, have proven potent at the box office and expectations are high for this latest descent into the cesspool of the country's uppercrust....
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- 5/12/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Lee Byung-Hun ended 2015 on a high note with the hit political thriller Inside Men, which attracted over nine million viewers to theaters. He did a fantastic job at pulling off the character of political henchman Ahn Sang-Goo in the film.
(Still: Ahn croons Lee Eun-Ha’s ‘Spring Rain’ as he advances against Moon to hammer his fingers to shreds.)
On the heels of the massive success of Inside Men, Lee recently starred in the Us thriller Misconduct, with Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Duhamel.
Lee has extended his influence beyond Asia to Hollywood, and his films continue to make waves internationally.
Here are his next films to look forward to.
The Magnificent Seven
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven, in which Lee features as Billy Rocks, who is probably the new version of one of the seven.
(Still: Ahn croons Lee Eun-Ha’s ‘Spring Rain’ as he advances against Moon to hammer his fingers to shreds.)
On the heels of the massive success of Inside Men, Lee recently starred in the Us thriller Misconduct, with Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Duhamel.
Lee has extended his influence beyond Asia to Hollywood, and his films continue to make waves internationally.
Here are his next films to look forward to.
The Magnificent Seven
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven, in which Lee features as Billy Rocks, who is probably the new version of one of the seven.
- 5/4/2016
- by Lady Jane
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring Lee Byung-hun ( I Saw the Devil, A Bittersweet life ) , who also won the best actor award at the Asian Film Awards for this role.
The film broke box office records during it’s original Korean release in November 2015. It was also later re-released as ‘Inside Men : The Original’ , with 50 minutes additional footage.
The film was recently shown at the Hong Kong Film Festival and Udine Far East Film Festival
Synopsis
Lee Kang-hee, an editor at an influential conservative newspaper raises congressman Jang Pil-woo to the position of a leading candidate for President using the power of the press. Behind this, there was his secret deal with the paper’s biggest sponsor. Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported Lee and Jang, gets his hand cut when he is caught pocketing the record of the sponsor’s slush fund…
An official release to Western markets it yet to be announced,...
The film broke box office records during it’s original Korean release in November 2015. It was also later re-released as ‘Inside Men : The Original’ , with 50 minutes additional footage.
The film was recently shown at the Hong Kong Film Festival and Udine Far East Film Festival
Synopsis
Lee Kang-hee, an editor at an influential conservative newspaper raises congressman Jang Pil-woo to the position of a leading candidate for President using the power of the press. Behind this, there was his secret deal with the paper’s biggest sponsor. Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported Lee and Jang, gets his hand cut when he is caught pocketing the record of the sponsor’s slush fund…
An official release to Western markets it yet to be announced,...
- 5/2/2016
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
The biggest European film festival excludsively dealing with Asian cinema will open on Friday the 22nd of April with the South Korean blockbuster “The Tiger” and close with the Hong Kong thriller “The Bodyguard” on Saturday the 30th with the presence of the legendary Sammo Hung. Legendary director Johnnie To and composer Lim Giong will also attend.
The festival will feature 72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) a retrospective of Japanese science fiction, the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces and over 100 events organized around the city.
The line up of 2016 includes the followings:
Competition Section
China (10)
Chongqing Hot Pot, Yang Qing, crime-action- hipster noir, China 2016, European Premiere
The Dead End, Cao Baoping, cop-loves-cop thriller, China 2015, European Premiere
Destiny, Zhang Wei, human drama, China 2016, World Premiere
The Left Ear, Alec Su, youth drama, China 2015, European Premiere
Lost in Hong Kong, Xu Zheng, clash of cultures comedy, China 2015, International Festival Premiere
The Master,...
The festival will feature 72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) a retrospective of Japanese science fiction, the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces and over 100 events organized around the city.
The line up of 2016 includes the followings:
Competition Section
China (10)
Chongqing Hot Pot, Yang Qing, crime-action- hipster noir, China 2016, European Premiere
The Dead End, Cao Baoping, cop-loves-cop thriller, China 2015, European Premiere
Destiny, Zhang Wei, human drama, China 2016, World Premiere
The Left Ear, Alec Su, youth drama, China 2015, European Premiere
Lost in Hong Kong, Xu Zheng, clash of cultures comedy, China 2015, International Festival Premiere
The Master,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 18th Feff will feature 50 titles in competition, including Lost In Hong Kong, Mojin: The Lost Legend and Ip Man 3, as well as a new Focus Asia market.Scroll down for full programme
The Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) has revealed the programme for its 18th edition (April 22-30), featuring a myriad of high-profile Asian titles from the past year.
The event will close with the European premiere of director and actor Sammo Hung’s latest feature, The Bodyguard [pictured], with Hung due to be in attendance.
Hung’s appearance marks the second year in a row that the festival has played host to a Hong Kong film icon, after Jackie Chan attended last year’s edition.
The Bodyguard (also known as My Beloved Bodyguard) has grossed close to $50m since its release in China on April 1. The film stars Sammo Hung as a retired bodyguard who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl.
The...
The Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) has revealed the programme for its 18th edition (April 22-30), featuring a myriad of high-profile Asian titles from the past year.
The event will close with the European premiere of director and actor Sammo Hung’s latest feature, The Bodyguard [pictured], with Hung due to be in attendance.
Hung’s appearance marks the second year in a row that the festival has played host to a Hong Kong film icon, after Jackie Chan attended last year’s edition.
The Bodyguard (also known as My Beloved Bodyguard) has grossed close to $50m since its release in China on April 1. The film stars Sammo Hung as a retired bodyguard who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl.
The...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Max Movie, the monthly offline movie publication in Korea, has announced its annual Power Creator 30 list.
The list is based on its powerful database which includes real-time movie ticket sales since 1999; the publication has selected 30 people and companies expected to be big influencers in the Korean movie scene this year.
In a press release, Park Hye-Eun, Editor-in-chief for Max Movie, said “These days only powerful creators who break away from the traditional box and standards are valued for its existence. Only the most creative content survive.”
“The 2016 Power Creator 30 list would be the standard by which one can draw the topographical map of this year’s movie contents”, Park said.
How many names do you recognize?
Actors
There are 9 actors that made the cut. From Hwang Jung-Min to Choi Min-Sik, many actors on this list were leading characters in films that sold more than 10-million tickets. Ryoo Seung-Bum made...
The list is based on its powerful database which includes real-time movie ticket sales since 1999; the publication has selected 30 people and companies expected to be big influencers in the Korean movie scene this year.
In a press release, Park Hye-Eun, Editor-in-chief for Max Movie, said “These days only powerful creators who break away from the traditional box and standards are valued for its existence. Only the most creative content survive.”
“The 2016 Power Creator 30 list would be the standard by which one can draw the topographical map of this year’s movie contents”, Park said.
How many names do you recognize?
Actors
There are 9 actors that made the cut. From Hwang Jung-Min to Choi Min-Sik, many actors on this list were leading characters in films that sold more than 10-million tickets. Ryoo Seung-Bum made...
- 3/31/2016
- by Stellarise
- AsianMoviePulse
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s period drama took eight awards including best film, best director and best actress.Scroll down for the full list of winners
The Assassin dominated this year’s Asian Film Awards, winning eight of the 15 prizes announced on the night.
The period drama, which premiered in competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, scooped the ceremony’s major awards for best film and best director for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, as well as best actress for star Shu Qi [pictured right].
The film also took prizes for supporting actress for Zhou Yun, cinematography for Mark Lee Ping-bing, original music for Lim Giong, as well as further awards for production design and best sound.
Other winners on the night included best actor Lee Byung-hun [pictured left] for his role in Min-ho Woo’s crime drama Inside Men, Asano Tadanobu for his supporting turn in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s romantic fantasy Journey To The Shore, and Jia Zhangke...
The Assassin dominated this year’s Asian Film Awards, winning eight of the 15 prizes announced on the night.
The period drama, which premiered in competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, scooped the ceremony’s major awards for best film and best director for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, as well as best actress for star Shu Qi [pictured right].
The film also took prizes for supporting actress for Zhou Yun, cinematography for Mark Lee Ping-bing, original music for Lim Giong, as well as further awards for production design and best sound.
Other winners on the night included best actor Lee Byung-hun [pictured left] for his role in Min-ho Woo’s crime drama Inside Men, Asano Tadanobu for his supporting turn in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s romantic fantasy Journey To The Shore, and Jia Zhangke...
- 3/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s period drama took eight awards including best film, best director and best actress.Scroll down for the full list of winners
The Assassin dominated this year’s Asian Film Awards, winning eight of the fifteen prizes announced on the night.
The period drama, which premiered in competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, scooped the ceremony’s major awards for best film and best director for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, as well as best actress for star Shu Qi [pictured right].
The film also took prizes for supporting actress for Zhou Yun, cinematography for Mark Lee Ping-bing, original music for Lim Giong, as well as further awards for production design and best sound.
Other winners on the night included best actor Lee Byung-hun [pictured left] for his role in Min-ho Woo’s crime drama Inside Men, Asano Tadanobu for his supporting turn in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s romantic fantasy Journey To The Shore, and Jia Zhangke...
The Assassin dominated this year’s Asian Film Awards, winning eight of the fifteen prizes announced on the night.
The period drama, which premiered in competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, scooped the ceremony’s major awards for best film and best director for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, as well as best actress for star Shu Qi [pictured right].
The film also took prizes for supporting actress for Zhou Yun, cinematography for Mark Lee Ping-bing, original music for Lim Giong, as well as further awards for production design and best sound.
Other winners on the night included best actor Lee Byung-hun [pictured left] for his role in Min-ho Woo’s crime drama Inside Men, Asano Tadanobu for his supporting turn in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s romantic fantasy Journey To The Shore, and Jia Zhangke...
- 3/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung Hun presented the award for Best Foreign Language Film along Sofia Vergara and although he didn’t seem like it, he was very nervous according to a source from his agency Bh Entertainment.
The day after the ceremony he released a statement saying that “I’ve been to many award ceremonies and film festivals in various countries, but this time around, seeing first-hand the event organization, manners, the carriage of the actors, I realized there is much I have to learn. Seeing so many actors that have achieved so much over long careers, I had the thought that I need to do better moving forward.”
Lee Byng Hun and Jo Soo Mi
He also commented on soprano Jo Soo Mi, who performed “Simple Song #3” from “Youth,” which was nominated for Best Original Song: “It was really great to see Jo Soo Mi in an unfamiliar place, and while I was just presenting,...
The day after the ceremony he released a statement saying that “I’ve been to many award ceremonies and film festivals in various countries, but this time around, seeing first-hand the event organization, manners, the carriage of the actors, I realized there is much I have to learn. Seeing so many actors that have achieved so much over long careers, I had the thought that I need to do better moving forward.”
Lee Byng Hun and Jo Soo Mi
He also commented on soprano Jo Soo Mi, who performed “Simple Song #3” from “Youth,” which was nominated for Best Original Song: “It was really great to see Jo Soo Mi in an unfamiliar place, and while I was just presenting,...
- 3/1/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
On March 17, at Macau’s Venetian Theater the 10th Asian Film Awards will be underway. Winners from nearly 1,600 submissions from 32 countries will be announced. Since its inauguration in 2007, the award has grown in scale and is now largest film awards event in Asia.
This year, The Assassin has the most nominations (best film, director, actress, supporting actress, cinematography, original music, costume design, production design, and sound). This historical drama featuring Shu Qi has been hailed as “the most ravishingly beautiful film Hou [Hsiao-hsien] has ever made, and certainly one of his most deeply transporting” by Variety.
Bajirao Mastani by Sanjay Leela Bhansali follows with five nominations. This Indian historical romance is one of the highest grossing Indian films of all time. It will compete with The Assassin, Three Stories of Love (Koibito Tachi, Japan), Mr Six (Hu Guan, China) and Veteran (Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea) in the Best film category.
Asian...
This year, The Assassin has the most nominations (best film, director, actress, supporting actress, cinematography, original music, costume design, production design, and sound). This historical drama featuring Shu Qi has been hailed as “the most ravishingly beautiful film Hou [Hsiao-hsien] has ever made, and certainly one of his most deeply transporting” by Variety.
Bajirao Mastani by Sanjay Leela Bhansali follows with five nominations. This Indian historical romance is one of the highest grossing Indian films of all time. It will compete with The Assassin, Three Stories of Love (Koibito Tachi, Japan), Mr Six (Hu Guan, China) and Veteran (Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea) in the Best film category.
Asian...
- 2/27/2016
- by Stellarise
- AsianMoviePulse
Johnnie To-produced Trivisa and Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hotpot will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21-April 4), while Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy will close the event.
Chongqing Hotpot, which receives its world premiere at Hkiff, follows three high school classmates who open a hotpot restaurant and their adventures when the business fails.
Trivisa, which recently premiered at the Berlin film festival, is a gangster tale co-directed by Johnnie To proteges Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au. Kurosawa’s thriller Creepy, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as a dectective investigating his neighbour, also premiered in Berlin.
In total, the festival will screen 240 titles including 63 world, international and Asian premieres. Highlights include a retrospective of Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films, celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary, and a spotlight on Korean cinema which will screen Kwon Oh-kwang’s Collective Invention, E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady, Im Kwon-taek...
Chongqing Hotpot, which receives its world premiere at Hkiff, follows three high school classmates who open a hotpot restaurant and their adventures when the business fails.
Trivisa, which recently premiered at the Berlin film festival, is a gangster tale co-directed by Johnnie To proteges Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au. Kurosawa’s thriller Creepy, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as a dectective investigating his neighbour, also premiered in Berlin.
In total, the festival will screen 240 titles including 63 world, international and Asian premieres. Highlights include a retrospective of Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films, celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary, and a spotlight on Korean cinema which will screen Kwon Oh-kwang’s Collective Invention, E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady, Im Kwon-taek...
- 2/24/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
We present the first industry report on Korean Cinema for 2016.
Overview
In this first month of 2016 more than 16 million persons went to the South Korean cinemas and sales reach over $109 million dollars. Most of the public (54.54%) went to see foreign productions and sales reach $59 million. As far as Korean films they were watched by the 45.46% reaching sales over $49 million. This is the first time in the last four years that the admissions for local movies didn´t pass the 8 million mark. Usually blockbuster movies release during December are accompany with some good release on January, but this year things were different. Despite the continuation of The Himalayas and Inside Men: The Original in cinemas no big release were presented and local films admissions were low. As far as foreign films admissions they stay around the average for month.
Taking into account data from last year we can see that...
Overview
In this first month of 2016 more than 16 million persons went to the South Korean cinemas and sales reach over $109 million dollars. Most of the public (54.54%) went to see foreign productions and sales reach $59 million. As far as Korean films they were watched by the 45.46% reaching sales over $49 million. This is the first time in the last four years that the admissions for local movies didn´t pass the 8 million mark. Usually blockbuster movies release during December are accompany with some good release on January, but this year things were different. Despite the continuation of The Himalayas and Inside Men: The Original in cinemas no big release were presented and local films admissions were low. As far as foreign films admissions they stay around the average for month.
Taking into account data from last year we can see that...
- 2/13/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
In an online free live stream conference the Asian Film Award Academy announced the list of nominees for the 10th Asian Film Awards. The Assassin (Taiwan) by Hsiao-Hsien Hou lead the list with 9 nominations (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Sound), Then comes Bajirao Mastani (India) by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Best Film, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects) and Port of Call (Hong Kong) by Philip Yung (Best Supporting Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Cinematography) with 5 nominations each. Mountains May Depart (China) by Jia Zhang Ke, Mr. Six (China) by Guan Hu and Veteran (South Korea) by Ryoo Seung-wan have 4 nominations each.
Best Film
The Assassin (Nie yin niang) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan | 2015 Bajirao Mastani by Sanjay Leela Bhansali – India...
Best Film
The Assassin (Nie yin niang) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan | 2015 Bajirao Mastani by Sanjay Leela Bhansali – India...
- 2/3/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin leads the nominations for the 10th Asian Film Awards with nine nods, followed by India’s Bajirao Mastani and Hong Kong’s Port Of Call with five apiece.
The Assassin, which won best director in Cannes last year, was nominated for best film, director, actress (Shu Qi), supporting actress (Zhou Yun), cinematography (Mark Lee Ping-bing) and four other technical categories.
Another sumptious period epic, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani, was also nominated for best film, along with best editing, original music, costume design and visual effects.
Philip Yung’s social drama Port Of Call, based on the true story of a mainland prostitute who was murdered in Hong Kong, picked up nods for best supporting actor (Michael Ning), newcomer (Jessie Li), screenplay, editing and Christopher Doyle’s cinematography.
Rounding out the best film category are Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart (France-China); Hashiguchi Ryosuke’s Three Stories Of Love (Japan...
The Assassin, which won best director in Cannes last year, was nominated for best film, director, actress (Shu Qi), supporting actress (Zhou Yun), cinematography (Mark Lee Ping-bing) and four other technical categories.
Another sumptious period epic, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani, was also nominated for best film, along with best editing, original music, costume design and visual effects.
Philip Yung’s social drama Port Of Call, based on the true story of a mainland prostitute who was murdered in Hong Kong, picked up nods for best supporting actor (Michael Ning), newcomer (Jessie Li), screenplay, editing and Christopher Doyle’s cinematography.
Rounding out the best film category are Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart (France-China); Hashiguchi Ryosuke’s Three Stories Of Love (Japan...
- 2/3/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Trending Korean Films
Inside Men: The Original
Director: Woo Min-Ho / Distributor: Showbox
The extended version — of hit thriller Inside Men (2015), based on a webtoon of the same title by Yoon Tae-Ho, which features Jo Seung-Woo (Woo Jang-Hoon) as a prosecutor that dissects corruption for the sake of coming up through the ranks, Lee Byung-Hun (Ahn Sang-Gu) as a thug that moves at the bidding of people with deep pockets and Baek Yoon-Sik (Lee Kang-Hee) as an editor that manipulates public opinion to fulfill his needs — unravels the knotty relationship between the characters.
In the film, their stellar performances have mesmerized audiences.
Inside Men: The Original is playing now nationwide.
A Melody to Remember
Director: Lee Han / Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Set during the Korean War when thousands of children were orphaned or rendered homeless.
Lieutenant Han Sang-Ryul (played by Im Si-Wan), who is devastated at the tragic loss of his family,...
Inside Men: The Original
Director: Woo Min-Ho / Distributor: Showbox
The extended version — of hit thriller Inside Men (2015), based on a webtoon of the same title by Yoon Tae-Ho, which features Jo Seung-Woo (Woo Jang-Hoon) as a prosecutor that dissects corruption for the sake of coming up through the ranks, Lee Byung-Hun (Ahn Sang-Gu) as a thug that moves at the bidding of people with deep pockets and Baek Yoon-Sik (Lee Kang-Hee) as an editor that manipulates public opinion to fulfill his needs — unravels the knotty relationship between the characters.
In the film, their stellar performances have mesmerized audiences.
Inside Men: The Original is playing now nationwide.
A Melody to Remember
Director: Lee Han / Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Set during the Korean War when thousands of children were orphaned or rendered homeless.
Lieutenant Han Sang-Ryul (played by Im Si-Wan), who is devastated at the tragic loss of his family,...
- 1/26/2016
- by Lady Jane
- AsianMoviePulse
Overview
This month more than 18 million people attended the Korean Cinemas, sales reach over $124 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public again with 64% of the market and reaching sales of $79 million. As far as foreign films they were watched by 6.6 million people and sales reach $45 million.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can observe that the total admissions descent 12.6%. Korean film admissions only descent 4% but the biggest variation is in the foreign film admissions as they show a decline of 24%. Something we weren’t expecting due the release of the highly awaited “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. This month sales reach $124 million dollars, that’s $30 million less than in 2014.
Movie Release
The Himalayas – The Tiger – Pororo3 : Cyber Space Adventure
This month the most watched Korean Films were: “The Himalayas” (Cj) by Lee Seok-hoon with 5.1 million spectators, “The Tigers” (Contents...
This month more than 18 million people attended the Korean Cinemas, sales reach over $124 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public again with 64% of the market and reaching sales of $79 million. As far as foreign films they were watched by 6.6 million people and sales reach $45 million.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can observe that the total admissions descent 12.6%. Korean film admissions only descent 4% but the biggest variation is in the foreign film admissions as they show a decline of 24%. Something we weren’t expecting due the release of the highly awaited “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. This month sales reach $124 million dollars, that’s $30 million less than in 2014.
Movie Release
The Himalayas – The Tiger – Pororo3 : Cyber Space Adventure
This month the most watched Korean Films were: “The Himalayas” (Cj) by Lee Seok-hoon with 5.1 million spectators, “The Tigers” (Contents...
- 1/7/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
The year is almost up, the box office has been tallied and the people have spoken. Stories of greedy corporate heirs, crooked clergy, conniving journalists and dirty politicians have risen to the top of the pile, each more acerbic than the last. But 2015 ends with a bang and one of the darkest, most fiercely critical mainstream Korean films of recent memory. Woo Min-ho ably surpasses his previous efforts with third feature Inside Men, which also marks a comeback of sorts for the embattled star Lee Byung-hun, who has spent much of the year in tabloid columns for the wrong reasons. Following a small part in Terminator: Genisys and his roles as the villain in the risible Memories of the Sword, Lee plays the gruff,...
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- 12/28/2015
- Screen Anarchy
We present the monthly industry report on South Korean Cinema.
Overview
This month more than 14 million people attended the Korean cinemas, sales reach $ 98 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public (70%) with more than 10 million admissions and sales reach over $70 million. On the other hand Foreign Films it was watched by 4 million and gather $28 million in sales.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can see that there was a small variation (-3.36%) regarding the total number of admissions. The big change can be seen in the distribution of the public, 70% of the audience went to watch Korean Films. We have remember that in November 2014 “Interstellar” was released and took most of the audience. But this time things were very different two Korean movies “The Priests” and “Inside Men” were able to get most of the audience (57%). This despite the release of...
Overview
This month more than 14 million people attended the Korean cinemas, sales reach $ 98 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public (70%) with more than 10 million admissions and sales reach over $70 million. On the other hand Foreign Films it was watched by 4 million and gather $28 million in sales.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can see that there was a small variation (-3.36%) regarding the total number of admissions. The big change can be seen in the distribution of the public, 70% of the audience went to watch Korean Films. We have remember that in November 2014 “Interstellar” was released and took most of the audience. But this time things were very different two Korean movies “The Priests” and “Inside Men” were able to get most of the audience (57%). This despite the release of...
- 12/17/2015
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Rentrak.com announced the box office results for this past weekend with the winner going to Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part - 2" claiming the number one spot domestically and internationally for a fourth weekend in a row. "The Hunger Games" finale managed to pull in $26.7 million worldwide. Disney and Pixar's animated feature, "The Good Dinosuar" took second place at the worldwide box office with $24.8 million. Warner Bros. Pictures' "In the Heart of the Sea" debuted in third place with $23.6 million.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part - 2" took first place at the Us box office with $11.3 million. The film is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore.
Warner Bros. Pictures' "In the Heart of the Sea" took second place at the domestic box office. The Moby Dick-inspired...
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part - 2" took first place at the Us box office with $11.3 million. The film is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore.
Warner Bros. Pictures' "In the Heart of the Sea" took second place at the domestic box office. The Moby Dick-inspired...
- 12/14/2015
- by J.B. Casas
- LRMonline.com
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