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2022 Busan International Film Festival Kicks Off Opening Night Festivities Feting Legendary HK Actor Tony Leung and Bringing K-stars Galore Ready to Screen New Films

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This year is the 27th annual Busan International Film Festival and it’s back to the star-studded glory days of red carpet throngs and plenty of slow waves. Unfortunately the K-stars stuck to their tried and true boring fashion, a slew of black dresses with the rare color showing up. The men fared much better as the classic tux is never … Continue reading →

Top Korean Movie Actor Song Kang Ho Confirms His First K-drama in Three Decade Long Career with 10-episode Uncle Sam Sik

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When you have done everything and won everything then it seems natural to branch out even to something that never seemed worth his time. Award winning K-actor Song Kang Ho has been critically acclaimed in Korea for his 32-year long career and in recent years thanks to Parasite now also critically acclaimed globally. He’s not content to just stick with … Continue reading →

First Poster for K-film Broker with Song Kang Ho, Kang Dong Won, IU, and Bae Doo Na

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The dichotomy from the front seat to the backseat is too funny here. The first poster is out for the South Korean flick Broker, releasing this June 2022 with a star studded cast of Song Kang Ho, Kang Dong Won, Bae Doo Na, and IU. It’s a story around baby boxes with South Korea has to allow drop off of … Continue reading →

Movie Stills for Emergency Declaration Impress with Star-studded Cast of Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, Jeon Do Yeon, Kim Nam Gil, and Im Shi Wan

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The first stills are out for upcoming high profile big budget air disaster movie Emergency Declaration and it’s just a collection of huge stars which is nothing wrong to enjoy the assemblage. The movie premiered last month at Cannes Film Festival and will get a theatrical US release after an early 2022 South Korea premiere. The premise is that an … Continue reading →

K-movie Emergency Declaration Adds Park Hae Joon and Kim So Jin to the Already Star Studded Cast

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Goodness this is a wild and wildly impressive casting land for the production of upcoming action K-movie Emergency Declaration. Starring leads Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, and Jeon Do Yeon, the movie added Im Shi Wan and Kim Nam Gil a few weeks ago and this week pulled in Park Hae Joon (male lead of The World of the … Continue reading →

Action Thriller K-movie Emergency Declaration Confirms Cast of Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun, Jeon Do Yeon, and Kim Nam Gil

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This cast is so star-studded and collectively award winning that the most junior member is an A-list leading man in his own right. K-ent is reporting that the upcoming action/disaster/thriller movie Emergency Declaration has completed lead casting with a veritable who’s who of top movie actors – Song Kang Ho and Lee Byung Hun are the two male lead and … Continue reading →

Bong Joon Ho, Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Hun Tops Sports Chosun 2020 Power People Poll For Film and Kim Soo Hyun Only Actor to Make Both Film and Drama Lists

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The Sports Chosun 30th Anniversary poll of South Korean entertainment insiders on the Power People within the industry is definitely worth discussing especially in the drama category. For the film category it’s harder to have biases as movies remain a wall in K-ent where to become a film star one is a true A-lister. Far and away by like three … Continue reading →

Top K-movie Stars Attend Hammer Museum Gala as Bong Joon Ho’s Movie Parasite Premieres in US to Rave Reviews and High Box Office

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I see a movie in the making, or at least a tableau that typically only happens in the backstage and after party of the Baeksang Awards. K-actress Im Soo Jung posted a picture on her SNS attending a party with famous film stars Ha Jung Woo and Jo Jin Woong, along with rising young actors Park So Dam and Jang … Continue reading →

Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho Return Victorious From Cannes 2019 and Get Coincidentally Photobombed by Kristen Stewart at Incheon Arrivals

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Korea’s undisputed top movie director (as of now) returned to the country triumphant, with the top prize from the illustrious Cannes Film Festival and also his muse beside him. Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho arrived at Incheon airport Tuesday to the snaps of cameras and plenty media waiting to welcome the director and star of the 2019 Palm … Continue reading →

Director Bong Joon Ho’s Family Thriller Movie Parasite Wins Cannes Top Honor the Palm D’Or

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Wow, what an supreme honor for talented director Bong Joon Ho for himself and to bring to South Korea. His latest movie Parasite premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival last week to a 7-minute long standing ovation and rapturous early reviews. All that praise for the family and class-warfare subversive thriller movie starring Song Kang Ho, Choi Woo Shik, … Continue reading →

Ma Dong Seok, Ha Jung Woo, and Lee Byung Hun Top 2018 Gallup Poll of Most Popular Film Actors

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With the close of 2018 looming the polls are starting to reference the entire year and Gallup just released the most popular film actors as voted by the South Korean audiences for the year. Topping the list is everyone’s favorite tough guy Ma Dong Seok in first place, followed by perennial top film actor Ha Jung Woo with Lee Byung … Continue reading →

2017 Blue Dragon Awards Rewards Hit Movie A Taxi Driver and Shares Tearful Remembrance of Actor Kim Joo Hyuk

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The just held more elite Blue Dragon Awards this weekend in Seoul celebrated the cinematic achievements of South Korean cinema in 2017 and also memorialized the life and acting works of deceased actor Kim Joo Hyuk. There were basically three colors on the red carpet with black, white, and red, and no I don’t think it was due to somberness … Continue reading →

First Annual Seoul Awards Creates New Red Carpet and Winners in Drama and Film Categories

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This week K-ent decided to create a new awards show on top of the countless ones already in existence. The 1st ever Seoul Awards, not to be confused with the Seoul Drama Awards, took place this week to honor both movies and dramas. Taking home hardware were the following winners: in the drama category it was Secret Forest (Stranger) for … Continue reading →