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A Chilling Story Beneath the Cuteness: The Secret to Winning Over Audiences of All Ages The Japanese animated film ‘Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island’ (hereafter ‘Chiikawa the Movie’) has demonstrated its staying power at the box office, surpassing 2 million admissions on Oct.

I’m obsessed with subculture. Whether it’s a movie, webtoon, game, comic book or animated series, I’ll check out anything with an inventive story, premise or characters. Comic books opened the door to fandom for me; now I’m a grown-up kid who reads comics as e-books and webtoons on my phone.

※ Continued from the first article on picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival. The Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival’s “Asia Pride” section is a chance to discover a diverse range of queer films made in Asia.

PRIDE is a symbolic word that expresses the self-esteem of sexual minorities and encompasses all LGBTQIA+ people. A showcase of solidarity that brings some of the world’s best queer films to Korean audiences, the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival begins ticket sales at 4 p. m.

※The interview with Justin H. Min about 〈Journey There〉 continues from Part 1. As we discussed earlier, music plays an important role in this film, and you play a conductor. The concert scene at the end was especially striking. How did you prepare for it.

A deeply human story has found a deeply human actor. Min-jun (Justin H. Min) uses informal speech with Chun-hee (Kim Hye-ok) the moment they meet. Unaware of the hierarchy, etiquette and subtle distance between formal and informal Korean, the outsider’s familiar way of speaking becomes less an...

The Netflix series 〈Tantara〉, which has been building anticipation with the pairing of acclaimed writer Roh Hee-kyung and director Lee Yoon-jung, along with a powerhouse cast featuring Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo, Kim Seol-hyun and Cha Seung-won, will premiere worldwide on Friday, Dec. 11.

Premiering Friday, October 30, the Netflix series 〈​Dead-End Job​〉​is a horror series about the struggle to make a living, set at a strange employment agency that offers only “dream jobs” paying at least 50 times the usual hourly wage.

Even after ranking among the top four Korean films of 2026, 〈The Assassin 〉 continues its successful theatrical run. The film has unveiled six previously unreleased stills showcasing the cast’s on-screen chemistry.

I’m drawn to music in movies. Sometimes, music conveys a character’s private feelings that images and dialogue alone cannot fully express. It can also offer a window into a creator’s hidden intentions. For me, understanding a film’s music has been one way to reach the film itself.