Bullet Train (US) Opened Aug. 24 Action Directed by David Leitch In Tokyo, grieving father Yuichi Kimura (Andrew Koji) seeks revenge after a mysterious person pushes his son off a rooftop. Meanwhile, Ladybug (Brad Pitt), a down-on-his-luck assassin, is on a mission to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Kyoto. While on his mission, he discovers other assassins on boa...

Leading voices in the Korean film industry will gather at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building on Wednesday to seek their rights as content creators, the Directors Guild of Korea said Friday. Five acclaimed directors will discuss the issue of revising the Copyright Act, and call for fair remuneration and guarantee of directors’ rights, the statement said. The current copyright law sti...

Films screening at the “Korea Cinema Today-Vision” section of BIFF Yoo Ji-young’s “Birth” captures the story of a couple who faces conflicts arising from an unexpected pregnancy. Byun Sung-bin’s comedy “Peafowl” focuses on a raucous day of a transgender dancer during his visit to his conservative hometown. Lee Ha-ram’s “Beyond” is a playful yet eccentric story about a poor boy who follows a ma...

Singer-turned-actor Lee Jung-hyun said her new thriller “Limit,” directed by Lee Seung-joon, is similar to “Taken,” the hit Hollywood film about a former spy who goes to great lengths to find his kidnapped teenage daughter. But unlike “Taken,” the action film features a mother and a female villain as the main characters. “We hoped to create a Korean version of ‘Taken’” that features a mother as ...

Korean films, dramas often employ overly emotional scenes, plots, which do not always work

“We have always talked about our love for Jackie Chan. We think Jackie Chan is the Buster Keaton of our time, the Charlie Chaplin. He is completely underrated. The stuff he has done, his career. We respect him, and his movies inspired us, ”he said. Taylor-Johnson added that working with Pitt and Leitch, who already know and understand each other, helped form a positive vibe when filming on set. ...

The Green Life Show, which took place at the outdoor plaza of the Busan Cinema Center, showcased environmentally friendly products by 70 companies. More than 8,500 people visited the show, which gave attendees an opportunity to learn about and even make their own upcycling products. A discussion segment titled “People Who Got a Job on Earth” introduced the audience to unique jobs related to the e...

Nope (US) Opened Aug. 17 Horror Directed by Jordan Peele O.J. Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) is a horse trainer and his father (Keith David) runs a successful business providing horses to Hollywood productions. One day, his father dies in a mysterious accident and O.J. and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) inherit the ranch. But things get complicated for the Haywoods when they notice a mysterious ...

"Hunt," the directorial debut of Lee Jung-jae of "Squid Game," has topped 2 million admissions, box-office data showed Wednesday. The espionage film drew 146,000 people the previous day, bringing its combined total to 2.1 million, according to the data by the Korea Film Council. Released Aug. 10, it took seven days to reach the 2 million level, becoming the fourth most-viewed Korean film in 202...

When Hyun Bin reprised his role as North Korean detective Im Chul-ryung in the second installment of the action film “Confidential Assignment,” the top Korean actor initially thought that there wasn’t much he needed to prepare. “I thought I could simply perform in the same way that I did in the original movie. But this thought changed soon after I found out that everything from comedy to action ...

A new Imax theater opened at CGV Apgujeong on Tuesday, introducing the first Imax theater in the Gangnam area of Seoul, according to CJ CGV, the country’s largest multiplex cinema chain. The company said its new Imax theater has 170 seats and five private boxes with two seats each, the first ever private boxes in an Imax theater. To mark the opening of the latest Imax theater, “Top Gun: Maveric...

One of the top four Korean film distributors, Showbox announced that it is looking into rumors that there might be a company intentionally producing negative reviews about its film “Emergency Declaration,” directed by Han Jae-rim. “If true, it could harm the Korean film industry as a whole in the long term, so we are looking into the case, regardless of its relevance to ‘Emergency Declaration,’”...

Hunt (Korea) Opened Aug. 10 Spy-action Directed by Lee Jung-jae In the 1980s, two elite agents at the Agency of National Security Planning, Park Pyung-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung) chase after a North Korean spy who leaked top secret intel. The agents go head-to-head in an intense confrontation and competition to prove their loyalty for the country and their respective u...