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[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...
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[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth of 100 years would happen again.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ①

[Interview] “I believed the box-office myth of 100 years would happen again.” Director Yasuda Junichi of “Samurai Timeslipper” ①

With a production budget of 3 million yen (about 28.5 million won), the film pulled in a staggering 3 billion yen (about 28.4 billion won) at the box office, rewriting Japanese film history.
Even watching it again is surprising. 〈Don’t stop the camera. 〉(2017) is the case in point. With a modest production budget of 3 million yen (about 28. 5 million won), the film—made as a workshop project and initially screened in two theaters—went on to rake in a whopping 3 billion yen (about 28.
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'The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra' Director Park Se-young's 'The Fin' Set to Open July 22 in South Korea

'The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra' Director Park Se-young's 'The Fin' Set to Open July 22 in South Korea

Philippe Bober, producer of 〈Triangle of Sadness〉 and 〈The Square〉, joins as co-producer
Park Se-young's new film 〈The Fin〉, from the director of 〈The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra〉, has set a July 22 release in South Korea and unveiled its main poster. 〈The Fin〉 is a dystopian art-house science-fiction film set in a near-future, unified Republic of Korea where genetically mutated "Omega"...
| Kim Ji-yeon
Kim Sung-kyu Makes Strong Debut as North Korean Operative Park Kang-seong in SBS's 'Agent Kim Reactivated'

Kim Sung-kyu Makes Strong Debut as North Korean Operative Park Kang-seong in SBS's 'Agent Kim Reactivated'

A secret weapon haunted by his brother's death sets up a new rivalry with So Ji-sub and Choi Dae-hoon
Kim Sung-kyu joins SBS's Friday-Saturday drama 〈Agent Kim Reactivated〉 as a covert North Korean operative, setting up a major new conflict.The second episode traced Kim Bu-jang's past as he searched for his suddenly missing daughter Minji (Seo Soo-min), while Ri Eung-ryeong (Lee Jae-yong), chief of...
| Kim Ji-yeon
'Oldboy' Gets Its First Official Publication: 'Park Chan-wook Screenplay Collection' Released

'Oldboy' Gets Its First Official Publication: 'Park Chan-wook Screenplay Collection' Released

'Oldboy,' 'JSA,' and other scripts are included in the first official print release—featuring nine representative works. A look at filmmaker Park Chan-wook's cinematic universe through text
Dissecting the skeleton of the screen in print: the master's mise-en-scène comes back to life as text"You know you're a good guy. So you understand why I'm going to kill you, right. " ('Vengeance Is Mine')"You take care of yourself.
| James choi
‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

Blending realist grounding with a genre mood is difficult. Capturing the border between those two seemingly different realms and turning it into a film is no easy task. Even in South Korea’s film industry, where tightly executed genre movies and grounded, reality-driven stories dominate, films that...
| Seongchan Eol
Interview, Part 2: Gong Myung on Crafting a ‘Clear-Eyed, Slightly Unhinged’ Look

Interview, Part 2: Gong Myung on Crafting a ‘Clear-Eyed, Slightly Unhinged’ Look

※ This interview with Gong Myung, star of 〈Husbands〉, continues from Part 1. The animal clinic van got a lot of laughs in the film. What was your first impression when you saw the clinic van. Also, the van’s drift action was striking—how did you prepare for that. It was so adorable.
| Kim Ji-yeon
Young Breakout Directors Who Injected New Blood Into Hollywood in 2026

Young Breakout Directors Who Injected New Blood Into Hollywood in 2026

Hollywood is changing — and getting younger. Three directors behind some of 2026's biggest horror stories, from 〈Backrooms〉 to 〈Obsession〉 and 〈Iron Lung〉, are helping redraw the industry's map.Kane Parsons〈Backrooms〉 $10 million =〉 $270 millionAmong the many gifted figures in Hollywood, the most...
| Seongchan Eol
[Interview] Jin Sun-kyu on “Husbands in Action” Part 1: “A comedy film we made by thinking together with Gong Myung, like close siblings”

[Interview] Jin Sun-kyu on “Husbands in Action” Part 1: “A comedy film we made by thinking together with Gong Myung, like close siblings”

A “buddy movie” made by “buddies” who genuinely don’t have to pretend—crafted “together. ” 〈Extreme Job〉(2019) marked the last time they reunited after seven years, but Jin Sun-kyu described Gong Myung as “the kind of feeling that’s like a real younger brother.
| Kim Ji-yeon
Netflix’s New Rom-Com “Voicemails for Isabelle” Hits a 91% Rotten Tomatoes Popcorn Score

Netflix’s New Rom-Com “Voicemails for Isabelle” Hits a 91% Rotten Tomatoes Popcorn Score

The Netflix original film starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson is captivating viewers immediately after its release “Audience ratings reach 91%, one of the best performances among recent Netflix films” A clever, heartfelt romance narrative connected by the voice messages left for a sister who has passed away
Netflix’s new romantic comedy film, “Voicemails for Isabelle,” is capturing the hearts of viewers around the world right after it was released and is charging ahead with a breakout box-office run. Forbes, a U. S.
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