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Chuseok has arrived, and with it comes a wave of Korean releases vying for holiday audiences over the long break. A variety of movies are opening now, each hoping to capture viewers during the holiday. CinePLAY reporters previewed three titles that have drawn the most attention and anticipation.

Hirokazu Kore-eda, director of Look Back, and lead actors Natsuki Deguchi and Aju Makita will hold events in Seoul from Oct. 8 through Oct. 10. Look Back tells the story of two girls, Fujino and Kyomoto, who became each other’s worlds as they shared unforgettable seasons together.

There’s a lot to see over the Chuseok holiday. And one more big attraction has joined the lineup: the worldwide re-release of 〈Avengers: Endgame〉. With 〈Avengers: Doomsday〉 set for this December, Marvel Studios is bringing back what is still the most recent Avengers film, touching it up and...

〈My First Action〉, a two-volume nonfiction essay vividly recounting the arduous debut journeys of 31 leading directors who have shaped South Korea's film industry, will be published Sept. 25. The book tells the stories of the anxious, fiercely competitive years these directors spent as aspiring...

※ This interview with actor Lee Min-ho about 〈Assassins 〉 continues from Part 1. In the film, you worked with Shim Eun-kyung, who plays Lee Kang-ja, the character who assists Yeong-il in Japan. What was it like acting with her. Shim Eun-kyung is actually very shy. We did not have long conversations.

In 〈Assassins〉, rookie reporter Yeong-il, played by Lee Min-ho, emerges as the film’s driving force. A rookie reporter on the social affairs desk, he goes to cover the August 15, 1974 Liberation Day event and witnesses the deaths — first the first lady, and then the female student he had been...

Artists onstage, left in the blind spot, raise the anchor for rights protection The Korea Musical Actors Association has officially launched to safeguard the practical rights of musical theater actors, whose struggles have long been obscured by the spotlight.

Paramount-Warner merger enters final countdown Deal settles antitrust lawsuits with $1. 5 billion film investment over five years and a requirement to release 32 films by the 30th of this month The birth of a media giant poised to reshape Hollywood has finally entered its countdown.

A romance master's unbelievable story: A sweet, perilous encounter with a fake leading lady Singer and actor 'Jung Yong-hwa' and newcomer 'Hong Seung-hee' are bringing a one-of-a-kind romance to television. Lifetime officially announced on the 21st that its new Saturday-Sunday drama 'It's You,...

This interview with 〈Assassins〉 actor Yoo Hae-jin continues from Part 1. One striking scene shows Cheol-gu trudging forward without saluting the flag as the national anthem plays. The sense of betrayal Cheol-gu must have felt — that emptiness — was the key thing.