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‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

Blending realist grounding with a genre mood is difficult. Capturing the border between those two seemingly different realms and turning it into a film is no easy task. Even in South Korea’s film industry, where tightly executed genre movies and grounded, reality-driven stories dominate, films that...
| Seongchan Eol
Ryu Jun-yeol x Sol Kyung-gu Mystery Thriller 'The Mouse,' With Teaser Posters and Trailer, Set to Debut on Netflix on Aug. 28

Ryu Jun-yeol x Sol Kyung-gu Mystery Thriller 'The Mouse,' With Teaser Posters and Trailer, Set to Debut on Netflix on Aug. 28

A mystery pursuit thriller based on the Korean traditional folktale 'The Mouse That Ate a Fingernail' Ryu Jun-yeol, whose identity is stolen, alongside Sol Kyung-gu as a moneylender and Lee Gyu-hyeong as a detective—teaser trailer previews a tense manhunt Directed by Kim Hong-seon and based on a webtoon of the same name, coming exclusively worldwide on Aug. 28
The new series 〈The Mouse〉 has unveiled its release soon with teaser posters and a trailer. Netflix original series 〈The Mouse〉 announced it will begin airing on Aug. 28 after releasing a teaser poster and trailer on July 31.
| Seongchan Eol
‘Hope’ Finally Meets Moviegoers. Here’s How Cineplay’s Critics Rated It

‘Hope’ Finally Meets Moviegoers. Here’s How Cineplay’s Critics Rated It

Advance bookings alone topped 600,000. That opening-day figure shows that 〈Hope〉 has become a national talking point, not just a movie-industry event. 〈Hope〉 is the new film from director Na Hong-jin, known for the tense, audacious intensity of 〈The Chaser〉, 〈The Yellow Sea〉 and 〈The Wailing〉.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Interview: Director Yu Eun-jeong Says the House in 〈Shadow Child〉 Was Designed by Kim Chung-up

Interview: Director Yu Eun-jeong Says the House in 〈Shadow Child〉 Was Designed by Kim Chung-up

※ 〈Shadow Child〉 director Yu Eun-jeong interview continues from Part 1. 〈Shadow Child〉 recalls your earlier film 〈The Night's Door Opens〉. Both films depict death as a dark realm, yet each also takes a fundamentally affirmative view of existence — I saw similar imagery running through both.
| Seongchan Eol
The “Salmokji” Legend: What Was Added During the Film Adaptation Process

The “Salmokji” Legend: What Was Added During the Film Adaptation Process

The chilling folktale “Salmokji,” which had audiences fired up across broadcasts including the MBC horror talk show 〈Midnight Spook Talk〉 and various horror channels, has been reborn as a movie. Director Lee Sang-min, who has steadily immersed himself in the horror genre—through shorts such as...
| Chua-young
[Chua-young's Music Box] The Meta Representation of Subculture 'Cosmic Princess Kaguya!' with 'World Is Mine' and 'Reply'

[Chua-young's Music Box] The Meta Representation of Subculture 'Cosmic Princess Kaguya!' with 'World Is Mine' and 'Reply'

I get hooked on the music in movies. Music sometimes conveys the intimate emotions of characters that cannot be expressed through visible images and audible dialogues. It can also serve as a window to glimpse the hidden intentions of the creator. For me, understanding movie music was one way to connect with the film. 'Chua-young's Music Box' listens to the voice of the movie more closely through music. (P.S. I hope you read this while listening to the music.)
Japanese animator Shingo Yamashita, who gained recognition for directing various movie openings such as 〈Naruto: Shippuden〉, 〈Jujutsu Kaisen〉 Season 1, and 〈Chainsaw Man〉, has created his ambitious debut work. The Netflix feature animation 〈Cosmic Princess Kaguya.
| Chua-young
[Interview] Director Kim Byung-woo of 'Omniscient Reader: The Prophet' Says,

[Interview] Director Kim Byung-woo of 'Omniscient Reader: The Prophet' Says, "Lee Min-ho's Face is a Genre and Fantasy Even When He Stays Still"

Director Kim Byung-woo of 〈PMC: The Bunker〉 and 〈The Terror Live〉 solves the most difficult problems in the simplest way. While adapting the vast world of the web novel 'Omniscient Reader' by author Sing Shong into a film, he unfolds the story centered around the most important essence of the...
| Chua-young