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'Chiikawa' surpasses 730,000 in six days ... Nikkei analyzes secret behind craze:

'Chiikawa' surpasses 730,000 in six days ... Nikkei analyzes secret behind craze: "K-pop-style marketing"

The Japanese hit, which drew 11.33 million moviegoers at home, reached No. 2 at the box office through CJ ENM's K-pop-style marketing and its connection with younger audiences
Synergy between young people's realities and K-pop marketing The Japanese animated film 'Chiikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island' is generating an unusually strong box-office buzz in South Korea, prompting a major Japanese media outlet to take an in-depth look at the phenomenon.
| James choi
How Did They End Up With Two Names? Series Known by Different Titles at Home and Abroad

How Did They End Up With Two Names? Series Known by Different Titles at Home and Abroad

Names matter, and titles are just as important in popular entertainment. A title has to be instantly recognizable, memorable and true to the work if it is going to stick with audiences. Yet some series have ended up with two names.
| Seongchan Eol
52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival Announces Films Selected for Main Competition and New Currents

52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival Announces Films Selected for Main Competition and New Currents

The 52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival will take place for 10 days, from Nov. 25 (Wednesday) through Dec. 4 (Friday), at CGV Apgujeong and CGV Cheongdam Cine City.
Seoul Independent Film Festival 2026, a showcase celebrating the year in independent cinema, has announced the films selected for its Main Short and Feature Competition and New Currents sections. The 52nd Seoul Independent Film Festival received 1,917 submissions for this year's open call — 1,715...
| Joo Seong-cheol
[Box Office] 'Assassins' surpasses 2.41 million viewers, tops holiday weekend despite boycott

[Box Office] 'Assassins' surpasses 2.41 million viewers, tops holiday weekend despite boycott

The film draws 590,000 viewers over National Foundation Day holiday weekend as government and film industry unite in calling for tough action against threats to actor
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.
| James choi
[Written Interview] 'Street Fighter' ④ Kalina Liang on playing Chun-Li: “Everything you see in the film is my real body.”

[Written Interview] 'Street Fighter' ④ Kalina Liang on playing Chun-Li: “Everything you see in the film is my real body.”

Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken (Noah Centineo), fated rivals, enter the World Warrior Tournament at Chun-Li's (Kalina Liang) invitation.
​ ▶ 〈Street Fighter〉 continues from the interview with Andrew Koji, who plays Ryu.
| Joo Seong-cheol
[Billboard News] BLACKPINK's JENNIE sets K-pop record with 18 straight weeks in Top 10 as 'Dracula' stays hot

[Billboard News] BLACKPINK's JENNIE sets K-pop record with 18 straight weeks in Top 10 as 'Dracula' stays hot

Tame Impala collaboration holds at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot 100, while BTS and Stray Kids continue their steady runs on the albums chart
BLACKPINK's JENNIE makes a distinctive mark on the global pop market JENNIE of BLACKPINK has made K-pop history by remaining in the upper tier of Billboard's main singles chart for 18 consecutive weeks. According to Billboard's latest chart, released Tuesday, the single 'Dracula', a collaboration...
| James choi
Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

〈The Girl Who Leapt Through Time〉 returned to theaters in 4K on Sept. 16 to mark the film's 20th anniversary.
If you went back in time to meet someone who confessed their feelings to you today one week earlier, would they still feel the same way. Couldn't that person from a week ago have no interest in you at all. Human feelings can change from moment to moment.
| Joo Seong-cheol
‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease’ wraps memorial screening, sets Oct. 21 theatrical release

‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease’ wraps memorial screening, sets Oct. 21 theatrical release

The final work by a master of Korean independent animation is a hard-boiled brutal drama about a pig trying to become human and a human trying to become a beast
‘Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease,’ the final work by late director Heo Beom-wook, who died in July, has completed its memorial special screening and will open in theaters on Oct. 21. Indie Story Co. , Ltd.
| Kim Ji-yeon
Gwanaksan Water Park’s Surprising Turn: Free ‘Moana 1’ Screening Set for Fall Night

Gwanaksan Water Park’s Surprising Turn: Free ‘Moana 1’ Screening Set for Fall Night

Event set for Oct. 2 at Sillim Valley; first-come, first-served reservations open through Sept. 30
A Romantic Theater in an Urban Valley Gwanak District in Seoul will host the 2026 Gwanak Night Sky Film Festival at the Gwanaksan Sillim Valley Water Park at 7 p. m. on Oct. 2, bringing residents and nature together for an evening under the stars.
| James choi
Ahn Jae-hoon on 〈Gills〉: 'To create beautiful skies and water, I looked only at water and skies in master paintings'

Ahn Jae-hoon on 〈Gills〉: 'To create beautiful skies and water, I looked only at water and skies in master paintings'

Director Ahn Jae-hoon says he turned to the skies and water in master paintings to shape the visual world of 〈Gills〉, his new animated adaptation of Gu Byeong-mo's novel 『Gills』. Ahn Jae-hoon, known for lyrical animation such as 〈Dream of a Precious Day〉 (2011), 〈Buckwheat Flowers, A Lucky Day, and...
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