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Criticism of film turns into excessive, blind witch hunt As a controversy over alleged historical distortion surrounding the film 'Assassins' spread into a sweeping boycott targeting lead actor 'Yoo Hae-jin' and protests outside his home, his agency and Choi Hwi-young, the minister of culture,...

Box-office strength breaks through 'historical distortion' attacks as ideological conflict intensifies Director Hur Jin-ho's 'Assassins' completely dominated South Korea's theaters over the National Foundation Day holiday weekend despite fierce political controversy.

Albert Camus’ 「The Stranger」, long considered a near-untouchable text for filmmakers, returns to the screen in François Ozon’s bold adaptation — one that restores the colonial Algerian context the novel left at the margins. “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday.

Has it shed the 'historical distortion' label. Film proves its box-office strength by drawing audiences 'Assassins', which sparked fierce controversy at the intersection of historical fact and cinematic imagination, has finally settled back onto a box-office trajectory.

Various opinions and discussions have recently emerged surrounding the film 〈Assassin 〉, including its content and expression, as well as the production process. The Korean Film Producers Association believes that the free expression of diverse evaluations and criticisms of films and other cultural...

An unexpected witch hunt fueled by a historical theory The “historical distortion” controversy surrounding the film ‘The Assassins’ has crossed the boundaries of art and escalated into an indiscriminate witch hunt targeting the cast and moviegoers.

A record number of films have been submitted to the short-film competition at the fourth Jeju 4·3 Film Festival, which transforms the painful memories of Jeju 4·3 into values of peace and human rights. After a rigorous preliminary screening, 10 films advancing to the final competition have been...

※ 〈The Assassins〉 review continues from Part 1. This article contains spoilers for the film.

※ This article includes plot developments from the latter part of the film and its epilogue. ​ Heo Jin-ho’s 〈Assassin 〉 rings out with six gunshots. But what the film tracks to the end is not the bullets, but the questions left behind where the shots passed. Who fired. How many rounds were fired.

Well-crafted historical pursuit thriller upends the box-office landscape The 'Yook Young-soo assassination' rocked South Korea in 1974. 'Assassins', a film that probes the mystery hidden behind the event, is creating a major stir at theaters.