Disney+ series Moving and historical action film 12:12: The Day took home the top prizes at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards, one of Korea’s most prestigious entertainment award ceremonies.
After receiving the most number of nominations (seven) in the television category, Moving took home the Grand Prize, with writer Kangfull receiving the Best Screenplay award and actor Lee Jungha winning Best New Actor.
The sci-fi series stars the likes of Rye Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Zo In-sung. Based on a webtoon of the same name, it follows a trio of teenage high school students who discover they have superpowers. It has always won a glut of prizes at the 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards.
Made with a budget of around $18M, 12:12: The Day swept up the Grand Prize and Best Film awards, with Hwang Jung-min scoring a Best Actor win. Set in 1979 just after the...
After receiving the most number of nominations (seven) in the television category, Moving took home the Grand Prize, with writer Kangfull receiving the Best Screenplay award and actor Lee Jungha winning Best New Actor.
The sci-fi series stars the likes of Rye Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Zo In-sung. Based on a webtoon of the same name, it follows a trio of teenage high school students who discover they have superpowers. It has always won a glut of prizes at the 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards.
Made with a budget of around $18M, 12:12: The Day swept up the Grand Prize and Best Film awards, with Hwang Jung-min scoring a Best Actor win. Set in 1979 just after the...
- 5/8/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
The historial action drama has become the biggest film of 2023 at the local box office.
Historical action drama 12.12: The Day has surpassed 12 million admissions and $90m at the South Korea box office as of today (January 2), according to the Korea Box-office Information System (Kobis).
The Korean film has been revitalising the local box office, where the only stand-out hit of 2023 had been Don Lee’s crime action franchise film The Roundup: No Way Out, with 10.6 million admissions and $79.8m.
12.12: The Day, released by Plus M Entertainment on November 22, ended the year with more than 11.8 million admissions and $88m,...
Historical action drama 12.12: The Day has surpassed 12 million admissions and $90m at the South Korea box office as of today (January 2), according to the Korea Box-office Information System (Kobis).
The Korean film has been revitalising the local box office, where the only stand-out hit of 2023 had been Don Lee’s crime action franchise film The Roundup: No Way Out, with 10.6 million admissions and $79.8m.
12.12: The Day, released by Plus M Entertainment on November 22, ended the year with more than 11.8 million admissions and $88m,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Box office in South Korea has faced a challenging 2023.
Korean drama 12.12: The Day has taken a strong $11.2m on its opening weekend in South Korea, delivering a shot of optimism to the local box office in the wake of a challenging year.
The film, distributed by Plus M Entertainment, comfortably claimed the number one slot and has taken $14.1m since its release on November 22. It has recorded nearly 1.9 million admissions to date and accounted for 80% of all tickets sold across its opening period.
Based on events that took place in the chaotic time after dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated...
Korean drama 12.12: The Day has taken a strong $11.2m on its opening weekend in South Korea, delivering a shot of optimism to the local box office in the wake of a challenging year.
The film, distributed by Plus M Entertainment, comfortably claimed the number one slot and has taken $14.1m since its release on November 22. It has recorded nearly 1.9 million admissions to date and accounted for 80% of all tickets sold across its opening period.
Based on events that took place in the chaotic time after dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated...
- 11/27/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
After South Korea’s film industry suffered under authoritarian rule throughout the 1970s, filmmakers in the following years were eager to make up for lost time. The enthusiasm for more creative storytelling and less censorship was writ large across early ‘80s movies like Suddenly in the Dark (also known as Suddenly at Midnight or Suddenly in Dark Night). This cult classic from director Ko Young-nam and screenwriter Yoon Sam-yook was a return to form for Korean cinema after a decade largely made up of artless propaganda films. And while the modern “K-horror” movement was years away at the time, its origins can be traced back to movies like Suddenly in the Dark.
Borrowing the setup of the Korean classic The Housemaid, Ko Young-nam’s one and only horror movie revolves around an increasingly paranoid housewife. In her middle-class surroundings, Seon-hee (Kim Young-ae) starts to unravel when her overworked and neglectful husband,...
Borrowing the setup of the Korean classic The Housemaid, Ko Young-nam’s one and only horror movie revolves around an increasingly paranoid housewife. In her middle-class surroundings, Seon-hee (Kim Young-ae) starts to unravel when her overworked and neglectful husband,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
This review originally ran May 19, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The opening credits of “Hunt,” a South Korean thriller that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival at midnight on Thursday, offer an unusual juxtaposition. The first card in Lee Jung-jae’s film points out that this is a fictional story, and any resemblance to real people, etc. But that’s immediately followed by several cards laying out the political history of South Korea in the 1970s and ’80s: How a military coup took over in 1979 after the assassination of the president, and how the leader installed by that coup eventually claimed the presidency and began a crackdown on the press and anyone who didn’t agree with him.
So what is “Hunt?” A fictional story, or the thinly-disguised tale of what happened after this new president, who is conspicuously unnamed throughout the film,...
The opening credits of “Hunt,” a South Korean thriller that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival at midnight on Thursday, offer an unusual juxtaposition. The first card in Lee Jung-jae’s film points out that this is a fictional story, and any resemblance to real people, etc. But that’s immediately followed by several cards laying out the political history of South Korea in the 1970s and ’80s: How a military coup took over in 1979 after the assassination of the president, and how the leader installed by that coup eventually claimed the presidency and began a crackdown on the press and anyone who didn’t agree with him.
So what is “Hunt?” A fictional story, or the thinly-disguised tale of what happened after this new president, who is conspicuously unnamed throughout the film,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Byun Sung-Hyun won earlier this year at the BaekSang Arts Awards, the prize for the Best Director of the year. This success refers to his newest feature film “Kingmaker” which is actually screened at the London Korean Film Festival. The political drama is in line with the tone of Byun’s other works. It is very well crafted, showing a precise and coherent aesthetical concept and presenting the performances of a series of outstanding actors and veterans of Korean cinema.
Kingmaker is screening at London Korean Film Festival
The story is set in the 1960s during the presidency of Park Chung-hee. It tells about the effort of the oppositional parties to win votes and to build an adequate counter-candidate. Kim Woon-beom is the hope of the democrats, but since he has no financial means to run a proper campaign, he is not able to reach enough potential voters. Convinced of his honest interests,...
Kingmaker is screening at London Korean Film Festival
The story is set in the 1960s during the presidency of Park Chung-hee. It tells about the effort of the oppositional parties to win votes and to build an adequate counter-candidate. Kim Woon-beom is the hope of the democrats, but since he has no financial means to run a proper campaign, he is not able to reach enough potential voters. Convinced of his honest interests,...
- 11/13/2022
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
Before you start chanting “Green light, red light” inspired by Lee Jung-jae’s most sucessfull screen appearance, bear in mind that his directorial debut “Hunt” has so many traffic lights to deal with, that you won’t have time to spell ‘green’ until the end. In this vertigo pacing political thriller, there are so many things happening that it is a true challenge to follow the plot. Lee’s thriller bag is full of explosions, double crossing, torture and sub-plots making one’s mind foggy, and despite of being thankful for plenty of action, you will wish there was a manual to adapt your simpleton expectations of a thriller to it. If there is a bit of a relief that at least some information about the political setting is given in the title cards, other elements are left to be put in their right order.
- 10/24/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Before you start chanting “Green light, red light” inspired by Lee Jung-jae’s most sucessfull screen appearance, bear in mind that his directorial debut “Hunt” has so many traffic lights to deal with, that you won’t have time to spell ‘green’ until the end. In this vertigo pacing political thriller, there are so many things happening that it is a true challenge to follow the plot. Lee’s thriller bag is full of explosions, double crossing, torture and sub-plots making one’s mind foggy, and despite of being thankful for plenty of action, you will wish there was a manual to adapt your simpleton expectations of a thriller to it. If there is a bit of a relief that at least some information about the political setting is given in the title cards, other elements are left to be put in their right order. Except that there are simply too many of them.
- 5/24/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Continuing to show that Korean thrillers are just on a whole other level, Lee Jung-jae makes his directorial feature debut with "Hunt," an action-packed spy thriller with plot twist upon plot twist upon plot twist, and not a single care for whether the audience can keep up with its convoluted story and well-choreographed action that feels straight out of a Michael Mann movie.
"Hunt" takes place in 1983, just four years after South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of his intelligence agency, ending 16 years of violence and abuse of power. Except his death only led to more violence...
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"Hunt" takes place in 1983, just four years after South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of his intelligence agency, ending 16 years of violence and abuse of power. Except his death only led to more violence...
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- 5/20/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
On Oct. 26, 1979, South Korean president Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency — a coup that ended the autocrat’s 16-year grip on a country that has wrestled with corruption and scandal ever since. The still-mysterious circumstances of that inside job (which inspired 2005’s “The President’s Last Bang”) gives “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae ample license to hatch all kinds of wild conspiracies in Cannes-selected directorial debut “Hunt,” a twisty, action-packed political thriller — one that keeps you guessing even as it spirals into ever-crazier realms — about renegade agents, shifting agendas and a nutty plot against Park’s successor.
“Hunt” takes place four years after Park’s death, in 1983, as rival security chiefs try to outmaneuver one another with the putative goal of protecting the new leader. Since a Kcia chief killed the previous prexy, however, it’s plausible that an insider might try to...
“Hunt” takes place four years after Park’s death, in 1983, as rival security chiefs try to outmaneuver one another with the putative goal of protecting the new leader. Since a Kcia chief killed the previous prexy, however, it’s plausible that an insider might try to...
- 5/20/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Espionage action film marks directorial debut of ‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae.
South Korea’s Megabox Plus M is launching its Cannes sales slate led by Midnight Screenings title Hunt, directed by Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae in his directorial debut.
Having starred in numerous TV and film titles such as Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid, selected for Cannes in 2010, the actor will now be eligible for the festival’s Camera d’or with his first feature as a director.
His period espionage action film stars Lee with Jung Woo-sung as two unit chiefs in the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
South Korea’s Megabox Plus M is launching its Cannes sales slate led by Midnight Screenings title Hunt, directed by Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae in his directorial debut.
Having starred in numerous TV and film titles such as Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid, selected for Cannes in 2010, the actor will now be eligible for the festival’s Camera d’or with his first feature as a director.
His period espionage action film stars Lee with Jung Woo-sung as two unit chiefs in the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
- 4/19/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The 1995 South Korean film “A Single Spark” is the second collaborative project between the highly political New Wave director Park Kwang-su and the writer and director Lee Chang-dong. The movie is co-written by Hur Jin-ho of “Christmas in August” fame and co-produced by The Jeon Tae-il Commemorative Association. It has won numerous awards in Korea and abroad.
The film depicts the real story of Jeon Tae-il (played by Hong Kyoung-in), a young tailor at a garment factory in the Pyung-hwa market in Seoul who committed suicide by self-immolation in November 1970 as a means of protest against the abject working condition in his country, sparking the creation of the labor unions in South Korea and consequently, the anti-government and pro-democracy movements in the country. His story is told through black and white flashbacks from the perspective of Kim Young-su (played by Moon Sung-keun), a law graduate and himself a wanted man...
The film depicts the real story of Jeon Tae-il (played by Hong Kyoung-in), a young tailor at a garment factory in the Pyung-hwa market in Seoul who committed suicide by self-immolation in November 1970 as a means of protest against the abject working condition in his country, sparking the creation of the labor unions in South Korea and consequently, the anti-government and pro-democracy movements in the country. His story is told through black and white flashbacks from the perspective of Kim Young-su (played by Moon Sung-keun), a law graduate and himself a wanted man...
- 4/19/2021
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
About This Film
The 1995 South Korean film “A Single Spark” is the second collaborative project between the highly political New Wave director Park Kwang-su and the writer and director Lee Chang-dong. The movie is co-written by Hur Jin-ho of “Christmas in August” fame and co-produced by The Jeon Tae-il Commemorative Association. It has won numerous awards in Korea and abroad.
Synopsis
The film depicts the real story of Jeon Tae-il (played by Hong Kyoung-in), a young tailor at a garment factory in the Pyung-hwa market in Seoul who committed suicide by self-immolation in November 1970 as a means of protest against the abject working condition in his country, sparking the creation of the labor unions in South Korea and consequently, the anti-government and pro-democracy movements in the country. His story is told through black and white flashbacks from the perspective of Kim Young-su (played by Moon Sung-keun), a law graduate and...
The 1995 South Korean film “A Single Spark” is the second collaborative project between the highly political New Wave director Park Kwang-su and the writer and director Lee Chang-dong. The movie is co-written by Hur Jin-ho of “Christmas in August” fame and co-produced by The Jeon Tae-il Commemorative Association. It has won numerous awards in Korea and abroad.
Synopsis
The film depicts the real story of Jeon Tae-il (played by Hong Kyoung-in), a young tailor at a garment factory in the Pyung-hwa market in Seoul who committed suicide by self-immolation in November 1970 as a means of protest against the abject working condition in his country, sparking the creation of the labor unions in South Korea and consequently, the anti-government and pro-democracy movements in the country. His story is told through black and white flashbacks from the perspective of Kim Young-su (played by Moon Sung-keun), a law graduate and...
- 4/17/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
One of the recurring themes within some of the most successful releases of the early Korean New Wave was the conflict between the two Koreas. Films like “Shiri”, “Jsa”, “Tae Guk Gi”, among others, all featured various sides of this dispute between the two nations. However, one feature to show a unique aspect of this issue was “Silmido”, which is based on a novel that is in turn based on an incredible true story, a story which the majority of the Korean public too was unaware of until the feature’s release. A massive critical and commercial success, “Silmido” would go on to be the first Korean production to attract over 10 million viewers and eighteen years since its release, it still sits comfortably within the top 20 highest-grossing Korean films of all time at the domestic box office.
The feature begins on the night of January 21, 1968, when Unit...
The feature begins on the night of January 21, 1968, when Unit...
- 4/10/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
An initially popular president who oversaw a major economic boom, South Korea's Park Chung-hee responded to declining popularity in the early Seventies by assuming full control of the military and media, declaring martial law and rewriting the constitution. As you might imagine, this led to widespread consternation, though people were wary of talking about it because politically motived arrests were frequent. According to rumour, Park was on the verge of doing much worse when action was eventually taken, but the country remains deeply divided about what happened. Based on Kim Choong-seek's book of the same name, this film explores those events from the perspective of then Korean Cantral Intelligence Agency (Kcia) head Kim Kyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun). It's a film full of schemes and spies and double crosses but it centres on the moral and emotional dilemma faced by Kim himself.
Alongside the professional relationship between the two men was a strong,...
Alongside the professional relationship between the two men was a strong,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Shooting The Man Standing Next Photo: courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival
The stylish thriller selected as South Korea's 2021 Oscar submission, The Man Standing Next explores the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979. It's adapted from Kim Choong-seek's book of the same title and focuses of the dilemma faced by the President's right hand man, Kim Kyu-pyeong (played by Lee Byung-hun) as he watches the man he serves become ever more extreme in his thinking. During the Glasgow Film Festival, its director, Woo Min-ho, agreed to answer some questions about how he came to make it and what the process of doing so was like.
Jennie Kermode: What first inspired you to explore this story in film? Had you already read Kim Choong-seek’s book when you decided that it was a subject you would like to address?
The drive for power Photo: courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival
Woo Min-ho I've...
The stylish thriller selected as South Korea's 2021 Oscar submission, The Man Standing Next explores the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979. It's adapted from Kim Choong-seek's book of the same title and focuses of the dilemma faced by the President's right hand man, Kim Kyu-pyeong (played by Lee Byung-hun) as he watches the man he serves become ever more extreme in his thinking. During the Glasgow Film Festival, its director, Woo Min-ho, agreed to answer some questions about how he came to make it and what the process of doing so was like.
Jennie Kermode: What first inspired you to explore this story in film? Had you already read Kim Choong-seek’s book when you decided that it was a subject you would like to address?
The drive for power Photo: courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival
Woo Min-ho I've...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. In the week that Jeff Bezos announced that he is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, scroll on for the biggest headlines from global film and TV. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
The Big Bounceback
Putting a price on the pandemic: £774 million ($1 billion). That’s how much less was spent on UK film and TV production last year compared with 2019, per the BFI. For a booming industry, that might seem like a gut punch, but zoom out, and it’s an utterly remarkable show of resilience. Remember, filming was basically shut down for around four months last year (there were zero high-end TV shoots in Q3). Running with this maths, spending should theoretically have...
The Big Bounceback
Putting a price on the pandemic: £774 million ($1 billion). That’s how much less was spent on UK film and TV production last year compared with 2019, per the BFI. For a booming industry, that might seem like a gut punch, but zoom out, and it’s an utterly remarkable show of resilience. Remember, filming was basically shut down for around four months last year (there were zero high-end TV shoots in Q3). Running with this maths, spending should theoretically have...
- 2/5/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: 'Memories of Murder'/Neon Koreans tend to refer to significant political events by date, similar to how we refer to 9/11- for instance, 6/25 refers to the Korean war, 4/19 (sailgu) refers to the April 19 Revolution of 1960, and 5/18 (oilpal) refers to the Gwangju Uprising of 1980, or, as it has been otherwise called, the Gwangju Massacre. It’s little known in the West, as is most of Korean history, but it set the tone for the decade to come. After the dictator Park Chung-hee (father of recently impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye) was assassinated in 1979, General Chun Doo-hwan installed himself as dictator via the Coup d’etat of December Twelfth (12/12) and shortly thereafter focused his attention on suppressing the pro-Democracy movement taking place in the city of Gwangju. Related article: Must-Watch: ‘Mother’ – A Captivating Thriller By Oscar-Winner Bong Joon-ho Related article: ‘Snowpiercer’: A Bong Joon-Ho Gem Driven to Success By...
- 11/25/2020
- by Daniel Choi
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
South Korea has picked Min-ho Woo’s political thriller The Man Standing Next as its entry for the best international feature film category at the 2021 Oscars.
Set amid the country’s military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979. Consummate local leading man Lee Byung-hun stars as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency spy whose machinations ultimately led to a change of power in the country. Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent ...
Set amid the country’s military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979. Consummate local leading man Lee Byung-hun stars as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency spy whose machinations ultimately led to a change of power in the country. Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent ...
- 10/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
South Korea has picked Min-ho Woo’s political thriller The Man Standing Next as its entry for the best international feature film category at the 2021 Oscars.
Set amid the country’s military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979. Consummate local leading man Lee Byung-hun stars as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency spy whose machinations ultimately led to a change of power in the country. Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent ...
Set amid the country’s military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979. Consummate local leading man Lee Byung-hun stars as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency spy whose machinations ultimately led to a change of power in the country. Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent ...
- 10/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
About This Film
From 1955 and until the Motion Picture Law of 1962 by Park Chung-hee’s regime, Korean cinema experienced one of its Golden Ages, both in terms of quality and popularity, which subsequently, brought bigger budgets to movie production. Chung Chang-hwa took advantage of the fact in order to become one of the pioneers of Korean action cinema, in a series of efforts that eventually brought him to work with Shaw Brothers, directing cult classics such as “Five Fingers of Death”. “A Bonanza” is an excellent sample of his genre filmmaking, as it incorporates almost every element of mainstream cinema.
Synopsis
The story unfolds in a number of different axes, both in the past and the present. As the movie begins, we get to know sailor Dong-il, who has just returned from a long trip and tries to meet his mother, only to be turned away by both her and his stepfather.
From 1955 and until the Motion Picture Law of 1962 by Park Chung-hee’s regime, Korean cinema experienced one of its Golden Ages, both in terms of quality and popularity, which subsequently, brought bigger budgets to movie production. Chung Chang-hwa took advantage of the fact in order to become one of the pioneers of Korean action cinema, in a series of efforts that eventually brought him to work with Shaw Brothers, directing cult classics such as “Five Fingers of Death”. “A Bonanza” is an excellent sample of his genre filmmaking, as it incorporates almost every element of mainstream cinema.
Synopsis
The story unfolds in a number of different axes, both in the past and the present. As the movie begins, we get to know sailor Dong-il, who has just returned from a long trip and tries to meet his mother, only to be turned away by both her and his stepfather.
- 9/9/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Locally-made political drama, “The Man Standing Next” dominated the four-day Lunar New Year holiday weekend box office in South Korea. Opening on Wednesday (Jan. 22), the Showbox release earned $24.5 million from 3.23 million admissions over its opening six days. It accounted for more than 53% of the total holiday weekend box office.
Set 40 days before former South Korean President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in 1979, the Lee Byung-hun-starring film revolves around the relationships and conflicts among second-in-command characters who were at the peak of the power struggle.
Opening on the same day, Lotte’s “Hitman: Agent Jun” and Megabox’s “Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP” landed in second and third, respectively. “Agent Jun” earned $11.2 million from 1.47 million admissions between Wednesday and Monday, while “Missing VIP” earned $3.53 million over the same period.
Disney’s “Spies in Disguise” also opened on Wednesday and landed in fourth place. The animation starring Will Smith and Tom Holland as...
Set 40 days before former South Korean President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in 1979, the Lee Byung-hun-starring film revolves around the relationships and conflicts among second-in-command characters who were at the peak of the power struggle.
Opening on the same day, Lotte’s “Hitman: Agent Jun” and Megabox’s “Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP” landed in second and third, respectively. “Agent Jun” earned $11.2 million from 1.47 million admissions between Wednesday and Monday, while “Missing VIP” earned $3.53 million over the same period.
Disney’s “Spies in Disguise” also opened on Wednesday and landed in fourth place. The animation starring Will Smith and Tom Holland as...
- 1/28/2020
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Showbox’s political drama “The Man Standing Next” has secured releases in multiple territories in Asia. The film was picked up by Falcon for Indonesia, The Klockworx for Japan, Viva Communications for the Philippines, Shaw Renters for Singapore and by Moviecloud for Taiwan. Release dates in each territory have yet to be confirmed.
Set 40 days before former South Korean President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in 1979, “Man Standing Next” tackles the relationships and conflicts among second-in-command characters who were at the peak of the power struggle.
Based on local political journalist-turned-writer Kim Choong-seek’s best-selling non-fiction “Kcia Chiefs,” the film marks the reunion of director Woo Min-ho (“Drug King”) and actor Lee Byung-hun (“G.I. Joe”), after the success of “Inside Men” in 2016. “Inside Men” and director’s cut “Inside Men: The Original” together managed some 9 million ticket sales in South Korea.
“Man Standing Next” features Lee, one of the most internationally known Korean actors,...
Set 40 days before former South Korean President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in 1979, “Man Standing Next” tackles the relationships and conflicts among second-in-command characters who were at the peak of the power struggle.
Based on local political journalist-turned-writer Kim Choong-seek’s best-selling non-fiction “Kcia Chiefs,” the film marks the reunion of director Woo Min-ho (“Drug King”) and actor Lee Byung-hun (“G.I. Joe”), after the success of “Inside Men” in 2016. “Inside Men” and director’s cut “Inside Men: The Original” together managed some 9 million ticket sales in South Korea.
“Man Standing Next” features Lee, one of the most internationally known Korean actors,...
- 12/6/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
In immediate postwar Seoul — a crime haven run by the black market when South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world — Yeong-sik (Kim Hak-a) leads a gang of down-on-their-luck Korean male ruffians alongside female streetwalkers. They include his brash girlfriend/“business” partner So-nya (Choi Eun-hee) and her more soft-spoken associate Julie (Kang Sun-hee). As most of them scour around an American military base, the prostitutes serve the dual purpose of making money from serving the soldiers and sometimes also distracting them in order for Yeong-sik’s men to pull jobs stealing military goods to sell on the black market.
“The Flower in Hell” is screening at London Korean Film Festival
But then his bumpkin brother Dong-sik (Cho Hae-won) arrives there from the countryside after completing military service to take his brother back to care for their mother. Yeong-sik’s strong resistance not only to the idea of...
“The Flower in Hell” is screening at London Korean Film Festival
But then his bumpkin brother Dong-sik (Cho Hae-won) arrives there from the countryside after completing military service to take his brother back to care for their mother. Yeong-sik’s strong resistance not only to the idea of...
- 11/9/2019
- by Wally Adams
- AsianMoviePulse
Films inspired by true events seem to be the latest tendency in global cinema, as the combination of a “historic” base and fiction has been quite popular during the last decade. Jang Joon-hwan presents his effort in the category, with a film based on the “June Democratic Uprising”, additionally inducing it with a number of popular concepts. Let us take things from the beginning though, by presenting the history behind the film.
“1987: When The Day Comes” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
The actual events
The June Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising was a nationwide democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations forced the ruling government to hold elections and institute other democratic reforms which led to the establishment of the Sixth Republic, the present day government of South Korea.
Indirect presidential elections
Since...
“1987: When The Day Comes” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
The actual events
The June Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising was a nationwide democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations forced the ruling government to hold elections and institute other democratic reforms which led to the establishment of the Sixth Republic, the present day government of South Korea.
Indirect presidential elections
Since...
- 11/18/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Ko Hee-young’s The Breathing Of Fire and Damien Manivel’s Diary Of A Dancer took top awards in Jeonju Project Market.
Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi’s feature debut The Heiresses won the International Competition’s Grand Prize at this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), while Jung Hyungsuk’s The Land Of Seonghye won the Korean Competition’s Grand Prize.
The festival opened May 3 with Chong Wishing’s Japanese film Yakiniku Dragonand by its fifth day, Jiff reported the festival had hit a record for most sold-out screenings: 192 out of a total 280 screenings, 52 more than last year.
The...
Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi’s feature debut The Heiresses won the International Competition’s Grand Prize at this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff), while Jung Hyungsuk’s The Land Of Seonghye won the Korean Competition’s Grand Prize.
The festival opened May 3 with Chong Wishing’s Japanese film Yakiniku Dragonand by its fifth day, Jiff reported the festival had hit a record for most sold-out screenings: 192 out of a total 280 screenings, 52 more than last year.
The...
- 5/10/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Films inspired by true events seem to be the latest tendency in global cinema, as the combination of a “historic” base and fiction has been quite popular during the last decade. Jang Joon-hwan presents his effort in the category, with a film based on the “June Democratic Uprising”, additionally inducing it with a number of popular concepts. Let us take things from the beginning though, by presenting the history behind the film.
“1987: When The Day Comes” is screening at the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
The actual events
The June Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising was a nationwide democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations forced the ruling government to hold elections and institute other democratic reforms which led to the establishment of the Sixth Republic, the present day government of South Korea.
“1987: When The Day Comes” is screening at the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
The actual events
The June Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising was a nationwide democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations forced the ruling government to hold elections and institute other democratic reforms which led to the establishment of the Sixth Republic, the present day government of South Korea.
- 4/24/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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