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Park Chan-wook’s new film to start shooting in October

Oct 13, 2020

South Korean director Park Chan-wook will start shooting his new film, “Decision to Leave,” in October, having cast all the main characters. Tang Wei and Park Hye-il will star as the protagonists. L...
For Yoo Ah-in, trust was key in playing character with no lines

Oct 12, 2020

Actor Yoo Ah-in said he put no extra effort into playing a character with no lines in the upcoming crime drama “Voice of Silence.” “There was no extra preparation for the character. I just tried to ...
Family movie 'Pawn' tops 1m admissions on 11th day

Oct 12, 2020

"Pawn," a South Korean human drama about a debt collector and his new family, has topped 1 million admissions here, data showed Monday. The family movie attracted 1.07 million viewers Friday, passin...
Kim Hye-soo returns as police officer in ‘The Day I Died’

Oct 9, 2020

Actress Kim Hye-soo, who played an impressive police officer in the hit TV series “Signal,” is returning to the big screen as a cop in “The Day I Died.” “At first, I was aware of the fact that Hyun-...
‘KKUM’ wins Grand Prize and Public Prize at OIAF

Oct 6, 2020

Director Kim Kang-min became the first Korean to take home both the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short and the Public Prize at the 44th Ottawa International Animation Festival, with his short ...
S. Korean cinemas see 70% drop in revenue due to protracted coronavirus pandemic

Oct 5, 2020

The combined revenue for South Korean movie theaters declined by over 70 percent as the new coronavirus pandemic has continued for months, according to a lawmaker Monday. Cinemas across the country ...
Netflix to show Korean American director Caroline Suh’s Blackpink doc

Oct 5, 2020

Netflix on Monday said its highly anticipated K-pop documentary “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” directed by Korean American film director Caroline Suh, is set to premiere on Oct. 14. Once the film is...
‘Samjin Company English Class’ brings back ’90s vibe

Sept 28, 2020

It was the ’90s vibe that director Lee Jong-pil was after in his upcoming film “Samjin Company English Class,” which captures the mood of the country when it was on the cusp of globalization. The vi...
Warner Bros. to withdraw from S. Korean market

Sept 23, 2020

Warner Bros. will pull out of the South Korean market after years of weaker-than-expected performances, officials from its local unit said Wednesday. “We've already stopped making fresh investments ...
‘Night of the Undead’ features more than just absurd comedy

Sept 23, 2020

“When I first read the script, I was puzzled,” Lee Mi-do, one of the main actors in the upcoming science fiction comedy “Night of the Undead,” said during a press conference held at the CGV Yongsan m...
Yoo Ah-in stars in ‘Voice of Silence’ without a single line

Sept 21, 2020

Actor Yoo Ah-in’s second film of the year has him playing a character with no lines. In the upcoming criminal drama “Voice of Silence,” Yoo plays Tae-in, whose job is to dispose of corpses and clean...
[Herald Interview] Shin Min-ah says ‘Diva’ is like flesh to her

Sept 20, 2020

Actor returns to big screen as a diver in upcoming thriller
Korea Queer Film Festival kicks off online

Sept 18, 2020

The Korea Queer Film Festival is being held online on the streaming platform Purplay from Friday to Sept. 29, showing 20 films related to queer life. KQFF, now in its 20th year, aims to share the di...
‘Mulan’ tops Korean box office amid boycott movement

Sept 17, 2020

The boycott movement started last year after Chinese actor Liu Yifei, who plays the title character, went on social media and voiced support for Hong Kong’s police crackdown on protesters. The Hong K...
Film production falls 22% in first 8 months of this year due to pandemic

Sept 17, 2020

The number of film productions in South Korea decreased more than 20 percent in the first eight months of this year due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Thursday. A tota...