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Missed Them the First Time? Five Animated Films Returning to Theaters From August Through September

Missed Them the First Time? Five Animated Films Returning to Theaters From August Through September

We’re in the era of big animated hits. It sounds like a joke, but it’s true. After DreamWorks and Disney set box-office records with theatrical animated features, Japanese animation has taken up the baton and is winning over devoted audiences.
| Seongchan Eol
[Joo Seong-cheol’s Locker] See ‘Hope’ Again Through the Driver-Grade Cap Joo Seong-cheol Wears While Racing Across Seong-gi Bridge in ‘The Yellow Sea’ and ‘Goksung’

[Joo Seong-cheol’s Locker] See ‘Hope’ Again Through the Driver-Grade Cap Joo Seong-cheol Wears While Racing Across Seong-gi Bridge in ‘The Yellow Sea’ and ‘Goksung’

I get hooked on the objects in the movies. I end up deep in thought about why the director—whether it was the director, the cinematographer, the production designer, or even an actor—put that particular item in front of the camera. ‘Joo Seong-cheol’s Locker’ is a record of the objects in films that delicately landed on my eyes.
Park Chan-wook’s 〈The Handmaiden〉 and Na Hong-jin’s 〈Goksung〉 were released in 2016, on June 1 and May 12, respectively, in the same year. Coincidentally, both films were invited to the Cannes Film Festival that year—Park Chan-wook’s to the competition section and Na Hong-jin’s to the...
| Joo Seong-cheol
How Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ Maps Korea’s Paranoid Beliefs, Part 2

How Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ Maps Korea’s Paranoid Beliefs, Part 2

▶〈Hope〉: this piece continues Part 1. Director Na Hong-jin deliberately disorients the audience by showing Beom-seok misidentify the alien's location. Beom-seok and Jong-gu are both police officers, but they are timid and incompetent.
| Chua-young
Lee Chang-dong’s Netflix New Film “A Possible Love”… Invited to the Venice Film Festival Competition for the First Time in 24 Years, Battling for the Golden Lion

Lee Chang-dong’s Netflix New Film “A Possible Love”… Invited to the Venice Film Festival Competition for the First Time in 24 Years, Battling for the Golden Lion

Jeon Do-yeon and Sol Kyung-gu star, marking a return to the competition 24 years after “Oasis”… in a lineup of 20 works including Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back”
A 24-year return as a master filmmaker’s gaze turns back to VeniceDirector Lee Chang-dong, an unrivaled master in Korea’s film industry, launches a grand journey for the Golden Lion after his new film “A Possible Love” received an official invitation to the competitive category of the 83rd Venice...
| James choi
Lee Do-hyun Returns to the Screen With Hard-Boiled Martial Arts Action Film ‘Nambal’—A Bloody Synergy With Lee Byung-hun and Go Yoon-jung Is Expected

Lee Do-hyun Returns to the Screen With Hard-Boiled Martial Arts Action Film ‘Nambal’—A Bloody Synergy With Lee Byung-hun and Go Yoon-jung Is Expected

After the drama ‘Grand Galaxy Hotel,’ Lee Mo-gae makes his directorial debut with ‘Nambal’—joining the project right away A nine-man band of warriors heading to Daemado to rescue prisoners kidnapped by Japanese pirates… Eyes are on the overwhelming ensemble with Lee Byung-hun and Go Yoon-jung Plans to start filming by the end of this year as preproduction gets underway, a flashy return to the big screen following the success of ‘Paimyo’
Lee Do-hyun fires the opening shot for his return to the screen with 〈Nambal〉.The film 〈Nambal〉 announced on July 20 that actor Lee Do-hyun has joined the cast. 〈Nambal〉 is a hard-boiled martial arts action story set in the early Joseon era, in which nine warriors with different abilities and ranks...
| Seongchan Eol
Sakamoto Yuji Offers Fantastical Consolation in 〈The World of Unrequited Love〉

Sakamoto Yuji Offers Fantastical Consolation in 〈The World of Unrequited Love〉

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〉.
| Seongchan Eol
Lee Byung-hun x Go Youn-jung, Heading to Tsushima…Casting for Wuxia Action Epic “Nambal”; Imogae’s Directorial Debut, “The Magician of Light”

Lee Byung-hun x Go Youn-jung, Heading to Tsushima…Casting for Wuxia Action Epic “Nambal”; Imogae’s Directorial Debut, “The Magician of Light”

Imogae’s first time directing the film “Spring in Seoul.” A wuxia action epic featuring Joseon-era swordsmen on a mission to rescue captives.
“A New Era of Joseon Wuxia,” a bloody struggle of nine swordsmen heading for TsushimaLee Byung-hun, a pillar of Chungmuro, and Go Youn-jung, who has solidified herself as an overwhelming top star, meet in the Joseon-era wuxia action epic “Nambal.
| James choi
‘Nambal’ Finalizes Casting of Go Yoon-jung! Builds a Perfect Lineup Following Lee Byung-hun

‘Nambal’ Finalizes Casting of Go Yoon-jung! Builds a Perfect Lineup Following Lee Byung-hun

The character Ae-ryeong, played by Go Yoon-jung, loses her family in an attack by Japanese pirates, and takes to the battlefield herself to rescue her younger brother held in Tsushima.
The film 〈Nambal〉, following Lee Byung-hun, has confirmed Go Yoon-jung’s casting, adding weight to the lineup. 〈Nambal〉 is a hardboiled martial-arts action set in the early Joseon period in which nine swordsmen—each with differing abilities and ranks—move toward Tsushima to rescue captives who have...
| Joo Seong-cheol
Choo Ah-young's Music Box: How 'Marty Supreme' and 1980s New Wave Lay Bare Capitalism's Script

Choo Ah-young's Music Box: How 'Marty Supreme' and 1980s New Wave Lay Bare Capitalism's Script

I'm drawn to film music. Sometimes music communicates a character's intimate emotions that images and dialogue alone cannot convey. It can become a window onto a creator's hidden intent. For me, understanding film music has been one way into a movie.
| Chua-young
[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth from 100 years ago would return.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ②

At the end of last year, at the Japan Academy, the awards beat hot releases such as “Last Mile” and “Kingdom 4” to win seven categories: best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best cinematography, best lighting, and best editing.
This is a structure that connects the filming set of the late Edo period with that of a modern-day historical drama. The former is an era in which the shogunate was in decline ahead of the Meiji Restoration, while the latter is a period that came after the heyday of 1970s-80s historical dramas—when...
| 이화정