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Advance bookings alone topped 600,000. That opening-day figure shows that 〈Hope〉 has become a national talking point, not just a movie-industry event. 〈Hope〉 is the new film from director Na Hong-jin, known for the tense, audacious intensity of 〈The Chaser〉, 〈The Yellow Sea〉 and 〈The Wailing〉.

Anyone who follows Japanese pop culture likely knows one writer by name: Sakamoto Yuji. A steady source of acclaimed TV dramas, Sakamoto has in recent years also produced consistently strong film screenplays. He teamed with Koreeda Hirokazu on 〈Monster〉 and with Tsukahara Ayuko on 〈The First Kiss〉.

A young priest who moved between the depths of theology and the fervor of the court Vatican News on the 13th rolled out its third documentary tracing the path of 'Pope Leo XIV' during his youth, 'Leo of Rome', drawing extraordinary attention both inside and outside the religious world.

A comeback that breaks 12 years of silence, a K-pop legend remade as a trio K-pop sensation girl group 'Secret' made a dazzling return after a long hiatus of as many as 12 years. Original member 'Hyoseong Jeon' and 'Zinger', joined by new member 'Yebin', a new addition with solid skills, opened a...

Identity makes its grand return— a turning point in youth shaped by 20 boys “Identity,” which is redefining the paradigm for ultra-scale K-pop, has finally pulled back the curtain. On the 13th, the group hit the ground running with the release of its new album “itsnotover” and threw down a heavy...

Few actors throw themselves at the impossible the way Jo In-sung does. He runs, hangs on, endures and throws his body into action. In director Na Hong-jin's new film 〈Hope〉, Jo In-sung delivers raw, unpolished action, exuding a wildness and animal instinct as he faces an extraterrestrial...

A film industry's paradigm shift for what's next — BIFAN's take on genre upheaval and an AI revolution The 30th edition of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival — where the imaginations of 321 films from 50 countries across the world collided — has finally unveiled the faces set to...

A return after 11 years, and a reunion after 4 years. An overwhelming cast lineup has been locked in—one poised to reshape the living-room TV landscape. Is it a change in the weather, or a sign of shifting emotions… The original universe previewed by “Love Cloud” KBS has put its strongest card on...

Few Korean films this year have arrived with expectations as high as 〈Hope〉. The film 〈Hope〉 has, true to its name, been framed as a much‑needed sign of hope for the Korean film industry and carries enormous expectations. Each of those factors has helped make the film a major draw.

Director Na Hong-jin said he turned to aliens in 〈Hope〉 after exploring supernatural beings in 〈The Wailing〉 (2016). Speaking with Cineplay in Jongno District, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 7th, director Na Hong-jin discussed the release of 〈Hope〉 and the story behind the film.