New York's Metrograph Theater is proud to announce the details of Novel Encounters: the Films of Lee Chang-dong, their upcoming retrospective headlined by the New York Premieres of four new 4K restorations of Lee Chang-dong's directorial works; Green Fish (1997), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), and Poetry (2010). The series begins April 5th and also includes Lee's critically acclaimed Burning, South Korea's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, and his 2007 Cannes Award-Winning Secret Sunshine, alongside a filmmaker-curated duo of his most celebrated and valued writing and producing efforts: Ouni Lecomte's A Brand New Life and July Jung's A Girl at My Door. Each restoration title, which are being released by Film Movement Classics in North America, will have a week-long run at the esteemed Lower East Side repertory and first-run cinema, marking their US Theatrical Premieres.
Poetry
Filmmaker, playwright, and novelist, Lee Chang-dong has been a vital force...
Poetry
Filmmaker, playwright, and novelist, Lee Chang-dong has been a vital force...
- 2/14/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
With a premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, an epic 140-minute runtime, and a starry South Korean cast that includes Kim Nam-gil (“Memoir of a Murderer”), Lee Byung-hun (“I Saw the Devil”), and Song Kang-ho (“Parasite”), Han Jae-rim’s feature “Emergency Declaration” would appear, on the surface, as a prestige-play.
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- 8/10/2022
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
Capelight Pictures and Dark Sky Films have announced the December 15th release of The Closet on digital platforms and DVD. The film is written & directed by Kwang-bin Kim and stars Jung-woo Ha (The Handmaiden, Ashfall, Chaser), Yool Heo (Mother), Nam-gil Kim (Memoir of a Murderer, The Fiery Priest) and Sung-woong Park (New World, Rugal).
Official Film Synopsis:
After the tragic death of his wife, architect Sang-won moves into a new home with his daughter, Ina, hopeful to restore their relationship. Despite his efforts, Ina feels increasingly neglected by her busy father. She starts keeping to herself more and more and turns to strange noises from within her closet for comfort.
Meanwhile, Sang-won is plagued by eerie nightmares and soon after, Ina disappears without a trace. While searching for her, Sang-won meets the enigmatic Kyung-hoon who claims to know Ina‘s whereabouts. Desperate to find his daughter, Sang- won reaches out to open the mysterious closet.
Official Film Synopsis:
After the tragic death of his wife, architect Sang-won moves into a new home with his daughter, Ina, hopeful to restore their relationship. Despite his efforts, Ina feels increasingly neglected by her busy father. She starts keeping to herself more and more and turns to strange noises from within her closet for comfort.
Meanwhile, Sang-won is plagued by eerie nightmares and soon after, Ina disappears without a trace. While searching for her, Sang-won meets the enigmatic Kyung-hoon who claims to know Ina‘s whereabouts. Desperate to find his daughter, Sang- won reaches out to open the mysterious closet.
- 11/21/2020
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
The days of the zombie craze are over, everything has been done. And yet, it hasn’t. Movies like “Zombie on Sale” still manage to surprise. The Korean movie that had its international premiere in Udine, is the director’s first. You can find the interview of the director and actress Um Ji-Won here.
So, what is the film about, will you ask? It follows the adventures of a family, in a remote South Korean village.
Man-Deok wants to fulfil his late wife’s dream and go to Hawaii. He spends his days with his same-age friends. He lives with his first son, Joon-Gul, his pregnant daughter-in-law, Nam-Joo, and his younger daughter Hae-Gul. The middle son, Min-Gul, comes back after having been laid-off. Their lives take an odd new turn when Joon-Bi bites Man-Deok. The family adopts the (spoiler alert) zombie when they smell profit in the youngster’s bites.
So, what is the film about, will you ask? It follows the adventures of a family, in a remote South Korean village.
Man-Deok wants to fulfil his late wife’s dream and go to Hawaii. He spends his days with his same-age friends. He lives with his first son, Joon-Gul, his pregnant daughter-in-law, Nam-Joo, and his younger daughter Hae-Gul. The middle son, Min-Gul, comes back after having been laid-off. Their lives take an odd new turn when Joon-Bi bites Man-Deok. The family adopts the (spoiler alert) zombie when they smell profit in the youngster’s bites.
- 6/25/2020
- by Oriana Virone
- AsianMoviePulse
South Korean production giants Cj Entertainment had quite a successful 2019. Beginning the year with “Extreme Job”, which benefitted from such a strong word-of-mouth that it went on two become the second most successful Korean film of all time at the domestic box office, their hit record continued later in the year with the record-breaking “Parasite” and furthered their commercial success for the year with the disaster comedy “Exit”. Their last film of the year, “Ashfall”, is still running successfully in the cinemas when promotions have already started for their next release and it looks as though they will be beginning 2020 as they ended 2019: with a film starring Ha Jung-woo.
Synopsis
After his daughter disappears without a trace in the new home, a mysterious man who claims to know secrets approaches the desperate man who searches for his daughter.
Fresh from trying to save Korea from a volcanic eruption in...
Synopsis
After his daughter disappears without a trace in the new home, a mysterious man who claims to know secrets approaches the desperate man who searches for his daughter.
Fresh from trying to save Korea from a volcanic eruption in...
- 1/2/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The Korean distributor has sold the comedy drama to multiple territories.
Showbox has announced a raft of sales on comedy drama Man Of Men.
The film has sold to the Us and Canada (Dreamwest Pictures USA), Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Singapore (Shaw), Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), Vietnam (Live On) and worldwide in-flight (Kairos).
The feature debut of director Yong Soo, Man Of Men stars Sul Kyung-gu (Memoir Of A Murderer) and Cho Jin-woong (The Spy Gone North). The film, which opened in local cinemas on October 2, follows Jang-su (Sul), a terminally ill man who...
Showbox has announced a raft of sales on comedy drama Man Of Men.
The film has sold to the Us and Canada (Dreamwest Pictures USA), Australia and New Zealand (Jbg Pictures), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Singapore (Shaw), Indonesia (Falcon), Philippines (Mvp Viva), Vietnam (Live On) and worldwide in-flight (Kairos).
The feature debut of director Yong Soo, Man Of Men stars Sul Kyung-gu (Memoir Of A Murderer) and Cho Jin-woong (The Spy Gone North). The film, which opened in local cinemas on October 2, follows Jang-su (Sul), a terminally ill man who...
- 10/5/2019
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
Korean Film Nights continue with a second season for 2019 “Love Without Boundaries” – a programme of titles exploring Korean cinema’s bold exploration of romantic relationships existing on society’s margins. From the 4th of July to the 8th of August.
This season is programmed in collaboration with the Birkbeck Film Programming and Curating Ma course.
Love, in its many guises, has always been a central concern in cinema. From the long-established vision presented in Hollywood studio pictures to the local dialect of any national cinema, romance has always had a place on film. Outside of cinema’s mainstream however, many exemplary filmmakers have long strove to represent a range of transgressive love stories in their work, bucking the idealised view codified in typical cinema fare. Delving deep into the key works from Korean cinema that have pushed against socially-accepted views of love and relationships, our season seeks to offer a...
This season is programmed in collaboration with the Birkbeck Film Programming and Curating Ma course.
Love, in its many guises, has always been a central concern in cinema. From the long-established vision presented in Hollywood studio pictures to the local dialect of any national cinema, romance has always had a place on film. Outside of cinema’s mainstream however, many exemplary filmmakers have long strove to represent a range of transgressive love stories in their work, bucking the idealised view codified in typical cinema fare. Delving deep into the key works from Korean cinema that have pushed against socially-accepted views of love and relationships, our season seeks to offer a...
- 6/22/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The star of Ryu Jun-yeol continues to ascend. He starred in the adrenalin-fuelled ensemble film “Hit-and-Run Squad” earlier this year before getting his first leading role in “Money”. He is also to be honoured with the Rising Star Asia Award later this month at the New York Asian Film Festival. Shortly after, he will be back on-screen in his latest starring role in director Won Shin-yun’s historical “The Battle: Roar to Victory”.
Synopsis
The story of the national independece army who fought for four days for a miracle in the Battle of Fengwudong where they won for the first time. Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle took place between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes Hwang Hae-cheol, who is a master with the sword, and Lee Jang-ha, who is an expert marksman.
Tacky English title aside, the film comes with some heavy names attached to it,...
Synopsis
The story of the national independece army who fought for four days for a miracle in the Battle of Fengwudong where they won for the first time. Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle took place between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes Hwang Hae-cheol, who is a master with the sword, and Lee Jang-ha, who is an expert marksman.
Tacky English title aside, the film comes with some heavy names attached to it,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The days of the zombie craze are over, everything has been done. And yet, it hasn’t. Movies like “The Odd Family” still manage to surprise. The Korean movie, that had its international premiere in Udine, is the director’s first movie. You can find the interview of the director and actress Um Ji-Won here.
“The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale” screened at Udine Far East Film Festival
So, what is the film about, will you ask? It follows the adventures of a family, in a remote South Korean village.
Man-Deok wants to fulfil his late wife’s dream and go to Hawaii. He spends his days with his same-age friends. He lives with his first son, Joon-Gul, his pregnant daughter-in-law, Nam-Joo, and his younger daughter Hae-Gul. The middle son, Min-Gul, comes back after having been laid-off. Their lives take an odd new turn when Joon-Bi bites Man-Deok. The family...
“The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale” screened at Udine Far East Film Festival
So, what is the film about, will you ask? It follows the adventures of a family, in a remote South Korean village.
Man-Deok wants to fulfil his late wife’s dream and go to Hawaii. He spends his days with his same-age friends. He lives with his first son, Joon-Gul, his pregnant daughter-in-law, Nam-Joo, and his younger daughter Hae-Gul. The middle son, Min-Gul, comes back after having been laid-off. Their lives take an odd new turn when Joon-Bi bites Man-Deok. The family...
- 5/16/2019
- by Oriana Virone
- AsianMoviePulse
The 2014 sinking of the Mv Sewol ferry is arguably the most tragic event in recent South Korean history, which resulted in 304 deaths, most of which were high school students. Director Lee Jong-eon uses the tragedy as the backdrop to tell the story of a family coping with the loss of the elder son in his debut film “Birthday”.
Synopsis
Jung-Il and Soon-Nam are a married couple. Their elder son died tragically. Jung-Il feels guilt that he was not there with his family when his son died. Soon-Nam misses her son dearly and supports her family by working at grocery store. The film explores the family dynamic as they cope with the grief and learn to embrace each other
Director Lee Jong-eon brings to the film his experience as an assistant director on Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry” and a script supervisor on “Secret Sunshine”. The film brings back stars Sol Kyung-gu...
Synopsis
Jung-Il and Soon-Nam are a married couple. Their elder son died tragically. Jung-Il feels guilt that he was not there with his family when his son died. Soon-Nam misses her son dearly and supports her family by working at grocery store. The film explores the family dynamic as they cope with the grief and learn to embrace each other
Director Lee Jong-eon brings to the film his experience as an assistant director on Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry” and a script supervisor on “Secret Sunshine”. The film brings back stars Sol Kyung-gu...
- 3/7/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
More Zombies attacking Korean cinemas, only this time we get to see their funny side as director Lee Min-jae brings us an undead comedy with his debut feature “The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale”.
Synopsis
Man-deok runs a gas station in a peaceful country village. He has three adult children: Joon-geol, Min-geol and Hae-geol. Man-deok only thinks about spending the rest of his life in Hawaii.
Oldest child, Joon-geol, is married to Nam-joo. He loves his family, but he doesn’t express his feelings to his family. Min-geol is the middle child in the family. He is the only one from his family to have graduated from a university. He gets fired from his company and comes back to his hometown. Hae-geol is the youngest child in the family.
One day, a strange man appears in the country village. Due to him, Man-deok’s family and the entire village is shaken.
Synopsis
Man-deok runs a gas station in a peaceful country village. He has three adult children: Joon-geol, Min-geol and Hae-geol. Man-deok only thinks about spending the rest of his life in Hawaii.
Oldest child, Joon-geol, is married to Nam-joo. He loves his family, but he doesn’t express his feelings to his family. Min-geol is the middle child in the family. He is the only one from his family to have graduated from a university. He gets fired from his company and comes back to his hometown. Hae-geol is the youngest child in the family.
One day, a strange man appears in the country village. Due to him, Man-deok’s family and the entire village is shaken.
- 1/18/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
2017 saw a bit of a resurgence in Asian serial killer films. While South Korea gave us a mixed bag of films of the genre like “V.I.P.”, “Memoir of a Murderer” and “The Chase”, Japan remade the South Korean thriller “Confession of Murder” into “Memoirs of a Murderer” with disastrous results. But it was Chinese director Dong Yue’s solid debut effort “The Looming Storm” that managed to stand heads and shoulders over the rest. The noir film featured in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival and won Dong Yue the Best New Director award at the Asian Film Awards.
The Looming Storm is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
It’s 1997 and while the Handover of Hong Kong is happening in the south, elsewhere the Chinese government is shutting down non-profiting state-run factories. It is in one such rain-drenched factory-populated small town that Yu Guowei, a self-important Security chief at a factory,...
The Looming Storm is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
It’s 1997 and while the Handover of Hong Kong is happening in the south, elsewhere the Chinese government is shutting down non-profiting state-run factories. It is in one such rain-drenched factory-populated small town that Yu Guowei, a self-important Security chief at a factory,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The London Korean Film Festival 2018 Teaser Screenings presents crime thriller Memoir of a Murderer at London’s Regent Street Cinema and Arts Picturehouse Cambridge, Monday 21 May.
Serial killers are popular figures in South Korean cinema, and their shocking tales of murder hold a tight grip on the neck of their box-office. In Memoir of a Murderer, one elderly killer’s grasp loosens as his memory begins to fail, but a dangerous new foe is ready to take his place…
In his youth, Byung-su was a ruthless serial killer, but now he’s fallen prey to foes every bit as vicious as his younger self: old age and Alzheimer’s. Having long since given up his hobby of removing from society those he felt unworthy of life, the former murderer has settled into a quiet existence looking after a daughter who has no knowledge of his heinous crimes. While a diary...
Serial killers are popular figures in South Korean cinema, and their shocking tales of murder hold a tight grip on the neck of their box-office. In Memoir of a Murderer, one elderly killer’s grasp loosens as his memory begins to fail, but a dangerous new foe is ready to take his place…
In his youth, Byung-su was a ruthless serial killer, but now he’s fallen prey to foes every bit as vicious as his younger self: old age and Alzheimer’s. Having long since given up his hobby of removing from society those he felt unworthy of life, the former murderer has settled into a quiet existence looking after a daughter who has no knowledge of his heinous crimes. While a diary...
- 4/19/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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