The last time Ryu Seung-ryong was on the big screen back in 2019, he defied all expectations and records with the box-office juggernaut that was “Extreme Job”, which currently sits as the 2nd highest-grossing domestic film in Korea. His next release, “Life is Beautiful”, is an oddity in itself- a Korean musical. Though there are a few projects in the genre currently in production, a musical is not something you see often out of the Korean film industry, which makes “Default” director Choi Kook-hee’s film one to look forward to.
Synopsis
A musical about a wife named Oh Se-yeon who asks her husband to help her find her childhood sweetheart, and a husband named Kang Jin-bong who doesn’t have a choice but to set out on this journey with her.
The script is written by Bae Se-young, who is also responsible for having written “Extreme Job”, “Intimate Strangers” and...
Synopsis
A musical about a wife named Oh Se-yeon who asks her husband to help her find her childhood sweetheart, and a husband named Kang Jin-bong who doesn’t have a choice but to set out on this journey with her.
The script is written by Bae Se-young, who is also responsible for having written “Extreme Job”, “Intimate Strangers” and...
- 9/30/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
While the release of his Choi Min-sik/Han Suk-kyu starring historical film “Forbidden Dreams” is still eagerly awaited by fans, melodrama supremo Hur Jin-ho is set for the release of his 43-minute short film “The Present”, starring the inimitable Shin Ha-kyu.
Synopsis
Ha-neul and Bo-ra are getting ready to open an establishment, when their plans to develop a fire-fighting thermal imaging camera by day and night fail, and they are on the verge of being kicked out of their studio. When everything seems to be hitting a brick wall, a strange man appears in the middle of their studio and claims that is his factory… A collaboration beyond time begins!
Shin Ha-kyun seems to have found a fancy for comedy of late. The actor, best known for his serious, hard-hitting roles in films such as “The Villainess” and “Pied Piper”, among others, has been in films with comedic elements in...
Synopsis
Ha-neul and Bo-ra are getting ready to open an establishment, when their plans to develop a fire-fighting thermal imaging camera by day and night fail, and they are on the verge of being kicked out of their studio. When everything seems to be hitting a brick wall, a strange man appears in the middle of their studio and claims that is his factory… A collaboration beyond time begins!
Shin Ha-kyun seems to have found a fancy for comedy of late. The actor, best known for his serious, hard-hitting roles in films such as “The Villainess” and “Pied Piper”, among others, has been in films with comedic elements in...
- 10/31/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
South Korean spy films have almost exclusively been action fares: an undercover agent from the North is stuck in the South or vice versa or agents from both agencies work together for a common end with lots of big action set pieces and hand-to-hand combats. This makes director Yoong Jong-bin’s latest film “The Spy Gone North” quite a unique effort, in that it draws inspiration from a real-life operation in South Korean covert operations history, to gives us a solid espionage thriller in the real sense.
“The Spy Gone North” is screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
It’s 1993. News of the North establishing reactor plants capable of manufacturing nuclear weaponry have worried the power structures in South Korea, which leads the National Intelligence Agency, spearheaded by Director Choi Hak-seong, to put in place a spy to find out more about the status of these rumoured plants. Enter Park Suk-young,...
“The Spy Gone North” is screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
It’s 1993. News of the North establishing reactor plants capable of manufacturing nuclear weaponry have worried the power structures in South Korea, which leads the National Intelligence Agency, spearheaded by Director Choi Hak-seong, to put in place a spy to find out more about the status of these rumoured plants. Enter Park Suk-young,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Not a year goes by without South Korea releasing a serial killer movie, even if in the recent years the better entries in the genre have been few and far inbetween. “The Witness”, by director Jo Kyu-jang, is one of the better films of the genre to come out of the country, albeit for slightly different reasons, featuring strong performances and an engaging storyline.
The Witness is screening at London Korean Film Festival
Sang-hoon is a hard-working everyman who has moved into an apartment in a good neighbourhood with his wife and daughter. Late one night, when he returns home drunk after treating his colleagues to drinks, he hears screams outside the apartment building. When he goes to the window to see what the commotion is, he witnesses the brutal bludgeoning to death of a woman at the hands of a man. Sudden movement in the house causes the lights...
The Witness is screening at London Korean Film Festival
Sang-hoon is a hard-working everyman who has moved into an apartment in a good neighbourhood with his wife and daughter. Late one night, when he returns home drunk after treating his colleagues to drinks, he hears screams outside the apartment building. When he goes to the window to see what the commotion is, he witnesses the brutal bludgeoning to death of a woman at the hands of a man. Sudden movement in the house causes the lights...
- 11/8/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Actor Lee Sung-min has had quite a year. After a leading role in the comedy “What A Man Wants” and an integral role in the upcoming spy thriller “The Spy Gone North“, he will next be seen starring in the thriller “The Witness”.
Synopsis
Sang-hoon, an average salary man lives in an apartment complex with his wife and child at the foot of the mountain. One night, he witnesses a crime scene through his living room window, and the killer also notices that he is being watched. Sang-hoon, despite the dilemma, decides to hide and neglect the fact that he had seen someone get murdered, but had done nothing. The killer, however, starts to search the apartment to find and eliminate his only witness of that night.
“The Witness”, which is directed by Jo Kyu-jang and also stars Kim Sang-ho, Jin Kyung and Kwak Si-yang in pivotal roles, is set...
Synopsis
Sang-hoon, an average salary man lives in an apartment complex with his wife and child at the foot of the mountain. One night, he witnesses a crime scene through his living room window, and the killer also notices that he is being watched. Sang-hoon, despite the dilemma, decides to hide and neglect the fact that he had seen someone get murdered, but had done nothing. The killer, however, starts to search the apartment to find and eliminate his only witness of that night.
“The Witness”, which is directed by Jo Kyu-jang and also stars Kim Sang-ho, Jin Kyung and Kwak Si-yang in pivotal roles, is set...
- 8/3/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
After directing and writing few coming of age and young adults love plots, thirty something director Lee Byeong-heon moves his target a notch up in age with this grown-up comedy rated 18+, “What a Man Wants”.
What A Man Wants is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
Seok-geun (Lee Sung-min) is a middle-aged taxi driver with a past of roller coaster designer, an omen of fun and turmoil rolled in one. He is in fact an incurable womanizer with an excess of testosterone and an unquestionable charm. Women looking for the kind of fun that isn’t related to roller coasters seem to inevitably end up in his gravitational area. Surprisingly, his sweet wife Dam-deok (Jang Young-nam) is allegedly oblivious and happy to believe any lie and story he makes up. Moreover, their sexual life doesn’t seem to suffer; on the contrary, Seok-geun is convinced his infidelity...
What A Man Wants is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
Seok-geun (Lee Sung-min) is a middle-aged taxi driver with a past of roller coaster designer, an omen of fun and turmoil rolled in one. He is in fact an incurable womanizer with an excess of testosterone and an unquestionable charm. Women looking for the kind of fun that isn’t related to roller coasters seem to inevitably end up in his gravitational area. Surprisingly, his sweet wife Dam-deok (Jang Young-nam) is allegedly oblivious and happy to believe any lie and story he makes up. Moreover, their sexual life doesn’t seem to suffer; on the contrary, Seok-geun is convinced his infidelity...
- 7/12/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Ranked by earnings, “Ready Player One” emerged on top of the Korean box office with $4.08 million earned from 473,000 admissions.
Korean box office charts, however, are usually ranked by ticket sales, and arranged that way local horror “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” remained on top for the second consecutive weekend. It earned $4.02 million from 514,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday. After two weekends, “Gonjiam” has accumulated $16.7 million, the second biggest gross for a Korean horror movie, behind 2003’s “A Tale of Two Sisters.” Warner’s “Player” has $14.2 million after two weeks.
Released on Thursday, Korean comedy “What a Man Wants” earned $4.7 million over four days. The Next Entertainment World release sees the story of four people seeking adventure and love on Jeju Island. The top three films accounted for 81% of the weekend box office.
Lotte’s Korean drama “Stand by Me” earned $994,000 over its four opening days for Megabox. Fantasy romance, “Be With You...
Korean box office charts, however, are usually ranked by ticket sales, and arranged that way local horror “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” remained on top for the second consecutive weekend. It earned $4.02 million from 514,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday. After two weekends, “Gonjiam” has accumulated $16.7 million, the second biggest gross for a Korean horror movie, behind 2003’s “A Tale of Two Sisters.” Warner’s “Player” has $14.2 million after two weeks.
Released on Thursday, Korean comedy “What a Man Wants” earned $4.7 million over four days. The Next Entertainment World release sees the story of four people seeking adventure and love on Jeju Island. The top three films accounted for 81% of the weekend box office.
Lotte’s Korean drama “Stand by Me” earned $994,000 over its four opening days for Megabox. Fantasy romance, “Be With You...
- 4/9/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
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