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[New Film] BIFAN Double Winner 'Leviticus': A Monster Wearing a Lover’s Face… 88 Minutes of Suffocating Taboos, Opening in Theaters on the 21st

[New Film] BIFAN Double Winner 'Leviticus': A Monster Wearing a Lover’s Face… 88 Minutes of Suffocating Taboos, Opening in Theaters on the 21st

A Tragic Horror Born of Religious Oppression Leviticus 18:22 in the Bible states, "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. " Historically, 'homosexuality' has long been treated as a social taboo and a sin, and at times has been subjected to forced 'healing rituals'.
| James choi
‘Typhoon’ Sets Cast With Koo Kyo-hwan, Han Ji-min, Oh Jung-se, Han Sun-hwa, Kim Eung-soo, Oh Min-ae, Kim Yo-han and Choi Ji-soo

‘Typhoon’ Sets Cast With Koo Kyo-hwan, Han Ji-min, Oh Jung-se, Han Sun-hwa, Kim Eung-soo, Oh Min-ae, Kim Yo-han and Choi Ji-soo

It is a disaster-escape comedy about Jin-mo (Koo Kyo-hwan) and Jae-yi (Han Ji-min), who have decided to break up, encountering a super typhoon at a relative’s wedding in their hometown.
The film 〈Typhoon〉 has finalized its upbeat cast, led by Koo Kyo-hwan, Han Ji-min, Oh Jung-se, Han Sun-hwa, Kim Eung-soo, Oh Min-ae, Kim Yo-han and Choi Ji-soo. 〈Typhoon〉 is a disaster-escape comedy about Jin-mo (Koo Kyo-hwan) and Jae-yi (Han Ji-min), who have decided to break up, encountering a...
| Joo Seong-cheol
[Photo &] Kim Hye-ja returns to screen after nine years with 'Still Radiant,' revealing a hidden resolve in a letter:

[Photo &] Kim Hye-ja returns to screen after nine years with 'Still Radiant,' revealing a hidden resolve in a letter: "I hope they are not seen only through the lens of painful history"

The film portrays the friendship of comfort women in 1942; unable to attend the preview because of a cold, she conveyed her heartfelt thoughts in a handwritten letter.
The brutality of unforgettable 1942, history brought back to life on screen Kim Hye-ja, one of South Korea's most celebrated actors, has returned to the big screen after nine years with 'Still Radiant', a film that sheds light on the lives of victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery during its...
| James choi
Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hang-jun, Yoon Ga-eun and 27 other film directors publish debut essay 『My First Action』!

Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hang-jun, Yoon Ga-eun and 27 other film directors publish debut essay 『My First Action』!

Featuring the voices of directors affiliated with the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK), the 2014 book 『The Moment of Debut』 has been revised and expanded and published in two volumes, 1 and 2.』
A nonfiction essay vividly recounting the hard-fought debut journeys of 31 leading directors shaping South Korean cinema, 『My First Action』 (jointly planned by the Directors Guild of Korea and CinePlay), has been published.
| Joo Seong-cheol
National Asian Culture Center to host 2026 ACC Big Door Cinema from Oct. 29-31

National Asian Culture Center to host 2026 ACC Big Door Cinema from Oct. 29-31

The “One Day, One Master: Fall in Love Cinema” program will feature screenings of “200 Pounds Beauty” (2006), “The Contact” (1997) and “Shiri” (1999), along with appearances by the films’ directors and actors.
The National Asian Culture Center , an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and led by Kim Sang-wook, will host “2026 ACC Big Door Cinema” from Oct. 29 to 31 at the Big Door outdoor stage of Theater 1 at the National Asian Culture Center.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Lee Jun-hyuk's 'Even First-Prize Lottery Winners Go to Work' Ends on 6.2% Rating

Lee Jun-hyuk's 'Even First-Prize Lottery Winners Go to Work' Ends on 6.2% Rating

tvN and TVING office drama sets a personal best, ending with the lottery-winning employee's promotion to deputy department head
An office survival story that held together even in the face of a 1. 3 billion-won jackpot TVING's 'Even First-Prize Lottery Winners Go to Work', a series that deftly interwove the fantasy and reality of an ordinary office worker, ended on a high note after striking a deep chord with viewers.
| James choi
Street Fighter's Secret Weapon: Ma Dong-seok; Legendary Fighters Return on 14th

Street Fighter's Secret Weapon: Ma Dong-seok; Legendary Fighters Return on 14th

Live-action adaptation of global blockbuster game adds Jason Momoa and delivers action with near-perfect fidelity
Street Fighter, the iconic fighting game that sparked a worldwide phenomenon, is finally returning as a live-action film. Set to open in South Korea on the 14th, the movie goes beyond simple entertainment, meticulously recreating the original's universe while combining it with modern action...
| James choi
[Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Photo]

[Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Photo] "From winning the 83rd Venice Best Actress award to the job center" ... Mathilde Arcel of 'What's Wrong With Marie?'

She won the unanimous Best Actress award for a film about a Nazi collaborator in 1945 and made her Korean debut at the Busan International Film Festival on the 11th.
"It was my first film in a leading role, and my first award at my first festival. It felt like a strange imbalance to have been in Venice just moments earlier and then find myself in a small office at a Danish job center.
| James choi
[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

Adoptee sent to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982 returns with autobiographical documentary No compensation despite official finding of human rights violations; film takes direct aim at South Korea’s stigma against single mothers
Tracing lost blood ties through a stranger’s lens Tanja Taekyung Inwol Sørensen, who was adopted to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982, came to the 31st Busan International Film Festival with 'Home Sick: At the End of the Sea', an autobiographical documentary tracing her roots.
| James choi
Korean Cultural Center in Japan launches first Korean Film Festival in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, screening ‘Mad Dance Office,’ ‘Sunny’ and more

Korean Cultural Center in Japan launches first Korean Film Festival in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, screening ‘Mad Dance Office,’ ‘Sunny’ and more

Event that began as ‘Korean Cinema Week’ in 2001 revamped and elevated to ‘Korean Film Festival,’ running from the 14th through the 21st
A new leap forward after 26 years, a springboard for K-movies’ global expansion ‘Korean Cultural Center in Japan’ said on the 9th that it will host the first ‘Korean Film Festival’ from the 14th through the 21st at the Korean Cultural Center’s Handam Hall in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
| James choi