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Shelved K-movie The Match with Lee Byung Hun and Yoo Ah In is an Unexpected Success Sitting at #3 in the 2025 Box Office to Date

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China isn’t the only country releasing on-the-shelf projects recently, South Korea in late March released the K-movie The Match. It was supposed to be a tentpole and prestige production with two top actors in veteran Lee Byung Hun and a younger generation award winning star Yoo Ah In in an onscreen Go Match showdown between mentor and hot shot. The … Continue reading →

K-movie The Match Finally Airs After Yoo Ah In is Removed From Promos and Focus on Lee Byung Hun, and Another Long Shelved Yoo Ah In Movie Hi.5 Will Premiere This Coming June

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The scandal and saga of K-actor Yoo Ah In‘s drug use arrest and prison sentence has come to an end. He was serving a one year sentence but had appealed the ruling, and earlier this year the high court changed his sentence to two years suspended so he was released from prison after serving just 5-months. The suspended sentence means … Continue reading →

Long Completed Netflix Movie The Match with Yoo Ah In and Lee Byung Hun Also Stuck in Limbo with Both Leads Having Scandal

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I don’t know what kind of (bad) luck for the Netflix movie The Match to be now stuck in this frustrating position. The period movie chronicling an epic Go match between veteran Lee Byung Hun and youth prodigy Yoo Ah In was actually filmed at the end of 2020 and wrapped in early 2021 but in the two years since … Continue reading →