Yu Jaemyeong Joins Lee Sunkyun and Jo Jungsuk in LAND OF HAPPINESS

MASQUERADE Director Returns with New Military-Themed Mystery(From the left) Yu Jaemyeong, Lee Sunkyun, Jo JungsukChoo Changmin’s new film Land of Happiness (translated title) is beginning to shape up as Yu Jaemyeong has become the latest name to join a cast th...

Yoo Ahin to Headline Cast of Netflix Action Flick SEOUL VIBE

Go Kyoungpyo, Moon Sori, and More to Appear in Latest from Director Moon HyunsungFollowing the announcement of its first titles Moral Sense and Carter earlier this year, Netflix continuing to build its slate of Korean original films, with the latest project de...

RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon to Play Brothers in JUNG’S FARM

Actors RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon have joined forces on the upcoming comedy Jung’s Farm (working title). From first-time director KIM Ji-yeon, the film entered production on January 22. The actors are playing brothers who don’t act as though they’re par...

PARK Chan-wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE Begins Shoot This Month

TANG Wei and PARK Hae-il Headline Latest from Korean Maestro Following his recent John LE CARRE adaptation The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC, master Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook is about to return to set for a new Korean project. Decision to Leave, which...

THE CULPRIT Escapes to 5 Foreign Markets

Following its premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) last month and its domestic theatrical release on July 10, the new Korean thriller The Culprit has been courting interest from overseas after selling to five foreign territorie...

PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok and KIM Eui-sung Receive SPECIAL PRAISE

PARK So-dam, SONG Sae-byeok, KIM Eui-sung and JEONG Hyeon-joon have joined forces for the upcoming crime-action film Special Praise (translated title). With director PARK Dae-min at the helm, the project began production on May 29. Currently on screens in BONG...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...

RYU Seung-ryong Kicks Off 2019 with Lunar New Year Comedy and Netflix Original Series

Kicking off the new year in style will be box-office draw RYU Seung-ryong, who is headlining both the Lunar New Year theatrical release Extreme Job and Kingdom, the first Korean Netflix Original series, both of which will premiere in January. A veteran charact...

London Korean Film Festival to Open with MICROHABITAT

The London Korean Film Festival will be back next month with a bumper program featuring over 50 titles. Opening this year’s LKFF on November 1 will be JEON Go-woon’s festival hit Microhabitat (2017) while Malene CHOI’s Danish-Korean co-production The Return ha...

RAMPANT Set to Ravage Screens in October

The upcoming period action-thriller Rampant is now confirmed for an October release in Korea. Additionally, according to investor and distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW), this new collaboration following last year’s Confidential Assignment between direc...