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Shin Ha-kyun and Oh Jung-se’s Bromance Shines as ‘Fifty Percent’ Wraps With 5.0%

Shin Ha-kyun and Oh Jung-se’s Bromance Shines as ‘Fifty Percent’ Wraps With 5.0%

Finishing a mission 10 years in the making delivers catharsis, as praise for B-movie-style humor and action lands it a 5.0% finale rating to close things out on a high note
‘Fifty Percent’’s Brilliant Exit, the Evolution of a Well-Made Genre Series That Surpassed Rating Limits MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama ‘Fifty Percent’, which sparked a playful revolt in living rooms, closed out its long run with a lingering aftertaste.
| 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
[Lee Hwa-jung's Deep Talks] “Going head-to-head with Hyun Bin and Byun Yo-han. How do I survive?” Meeting Roh Jae-won, star of 〈Tazza: The Song of Belzebub〉 and 〈Made in Korea Season 2〉, Part 2

[Lee Hwa-jung's Deep Talks] “Going head-to-head with Hyun Bin and Byun Yo-han. How do I survive?” Meeting Roh Jae-won, star of 〈Tazza: The Song of Belzebub〉 and 〈Made in Korea Season 2〉, Part 2

A conversation that approaches actors with deep breaths, like a detox. Film journalist Lee Hwa-jung meets the actors.
From the audience's perspective, it seems the new momentum actor Roh Jae-won is showing has already begun. Looking at the cast lineup for 〈Made in Korea〉, I found myself wondering whether an actor known for his freewheeling style could adapt to acting within a demanding format — in other words,...
| 이화정
[Lee Hwa-jung’s Deep Talks] “Breaking Down the Line Between Good and Evil With Performances We’ve Never Seen Before” — A Conversation With Noh Jae-won, Actor in ‘Tazza: The Song of Belzebub’ and ‘Made in Korea Season 2’ ①

[Lee Hwa-jung’s Deep Talks] “Breaking Down the Line Between Good and Evil With Performances We’ve Never Seen Before” — A Conversation With Noh Jae-won, Actor in ‘Tazza: The Song of Belzebub’ and ‘Made in Korea Season 2’ ①

A talk that approaches actors with the deep breathing of a detox. Film journalist Lee Hwa-jung meets the actors shaping the screen.
I had to meet Noh Jae-won. Trying to understand the landscape of today’s screen, OTT and television productions without meeting this actor would have felt like cheating. Just looking back over the past three years, his striking performances in the series 〈D. P.
| 이화정
[Photos] Lee Sang-yeob on battling the “end button” every time in short-form series; director Lee Byung-hun says he was “told off harshly” at BCWW 2026 conference

[Photos] Lee Sang-yeob on battling the “end button” every time in short-form series; director Lee Byung-hun says he was “told off harshly” at BCWW 2026 conference

Quality production, creator rights and cutting production resources by 50% to 60% emerge as key topics
Lee Sang-yeob and Lee Byung-hun battle the short-form “X button,” cutting costs by 60% with AI BCWW 2026 conference presents behind-the-scenes stories from 70 productions and a transparent data-sharing model As the media ecosystem undergoes seismic shifts, established creators opened up about the...
| James choi
‘Assassin(s)’ Aims for Chuseok With Mystery and Period Drama, Cast and Director Say

‘Assassin(s)’ Aims for Chuseok With Mystery and Period Drama, Cast and Director Say

The first lady was shot. Yet the investigation is riddled with questions. If "the scene does not lie," who is lying. The film 〈Assassin 〉 reconstructs South Korea's social landscape around the 1974 assassination of First Lady Yuk Young-soo.
| Seongchan Eol
Director Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ Korea’s Most Provocative Mainstream Film of the Year

Director Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ Korea’s Most Provocative Mainstream Film of the Year

Part 2
※〈Gyeongju Trip〉 Director Kim Mi-jo's interview continues from Part 1.One striking aspect of 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is how it depicts Baek Sang-hyun, the killer (Byun Yo-han). Why did you choose not to give any backstory to the perpetrator Baek Sang-hyun and instead portray him solely as a heinous...
| Kim Ji-yeon
Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo’s 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is a brisk, chilly revenge drama that announces a director with a singular, hard-to-pin-down voice. Director Kim Mi-jo said that 〈Little Miss Sunshine〉 (2006) and Bong Joon-ho’s 〈The Host〉 (2006) were the biggest influences on 〈Gyeongju Trip〉.
| Kim Ji-yeon
[Interview] Gong Hyo-jin on the laugh-and-cry power of 'Gyeongju Trip' (1)

[Interview] Gong Hyo-jin on the laugh-and-cry power of 'Gyeongju Trip' (1)

Gong Hyo-jin’s acting carries an unusually persuasive power. Even a premise in which a character sets out to punish a heinous criminal herself, and a genre blend that shuttles relentlessly between comedy and tears, feel entirely believable because of her.
| Kim Ji-yeon
‘Inside Men: The Birth of Villains’ (working title) — Ha Jung-woo, Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Hae-joon and Jung Sung-il cast

‘Inside Men: The Birth of Villains’ (working title) — Ha Jung-woo, Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Hae-joon and Jung Sung-il cast

The media-capital-power cartel that shook South Korea! The 30-year origin story of 〈Inside Men〉 is revealed!
〈Inside Men〉, the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time in South Korea and a box-office and critical success that won Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Planning at the 53rd Daejong Film Awards and Best Picture at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, returns after 11 years on an even larger...
| Joo Seong-cheol