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'Red scare' overblown in box-office hit

Director Yoon Jong-bin's film “The Spy Gone North” defies common knowledge that the North Korea factor no longer exerts influence in real world politics.

Movies | 2018-08-22 17:02

Blockbuster 'The Great Battle' tells 88-day Ansi siege

The blockbuster “The Great Battle” dusts off less talked-about ancient history and brings one of its greatest stories to the big screen this fall. The 22 billion won budget action period film tells the story of a famous 88-day battle at Ansi Fortress between Goguryeo and Tang forces on the Korean peninsula, part of the First Goguryeo-Tang War. The confrontation lasted about 3...

Movies | 2018-08-21 17:44

Heavyweight Ma continues the action in 'Raging Bull'

Heavyweight Korean-American actor Ma Dong-seok is busy wrapping up his latest action movie movie “Raging Bull” following “Train to Busan,” “The Outlaws” and “Champion.” As in the movie with which it shares its title, Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic starring Robert De Niro, Ma relies on destructive physicality to make ends meet.

Movies | 2018-08-17 13:25

Movie about real-life Korean 'double' agent becomes box office hit

“The Spy Gone North” revolves around Park Chae-seo, a spy for the South in the 1990s at the height of inter-Korean rivalry. Park went by the codename “Black Venus.”The movie, directed by Yoon Jong-bin, is an adaptation of journalist Kim Dang's namesake novel.

Movies | 2018-08-14 10:26

North Korean media makes rare comment on South Korean spy movie

Land determines one's fate in 'Feng Shui'

Details for "Feng Shui,” the last installment of a three-part film series about Zhouyi, an oriental philosophy that is the root of the Korean divination system, have been unveiled. The film, starring Cho Seung-woo and Ji Sung, is set in the later part of the Joseon Kingdom and tells the story of feng shui expert, Park Jae-sang, who can read the energy of the land and those wh...

Movies | 2018-08-13 18:29

Filmmaker, actor face new sexual misconduct allegations

MBC's investigative program “PD Notebook” disclosed additional sexual assault allegations involving award-winning filmmaker Kim Ki-duck and actor Cho Jae-hyun, months after the first shocking revelations in March of their habitual sexual misconduct.

Movies | 2018-08-08 17:10

Cinemas approaching market saturation

Concerns are growing over cutthroat competition among the nation's top three multiplex operators amid the sluggish sales in the domestic movie market, industry officials said Monday. Data compiled by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) showed the number of moviegoers in the first half dropped to 96.3 million, down 1 percent from a year earlier, while the number of screens showed ...

Movies | 2018-08-06 17:01

'Along With the Gods' director unravels millennium-long link among grim reapers

Director Kim Yong-hwa of the “Along With the Gods” series is known for playing well with the formula of success in Korean films _ humorous and lighthearted at first, intriguing and tear-jerking at the climax. Talented in making audiences laugh and cry, the filmmaker is back with “Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days,” the second installment of the webtoon-turned-film.

Movies | 2018-08-05 17:13

Killer heat wave, a boon for local movie houses

With a record breaking heat wave continuing to blanket the country, the local film industry is enjoying a “weather factor” that is boosting ticket sales. Industry insiders say that although the late July to early August period has traditionally been the high-season for cinema attendance, during this summer it has been exceptionally high and the sweltering heat has played a co...

Movies | 2018-08-03 17:52

[INTERVIEW] How 'Along with the Gods' captivated Asian fans

Ha Jung-woo, one of the country's most prolific and versatile actors, who starred in the pan Asian hit “Along with the Gods,” says the film's popularity in Asian countries was unexpected and that shared Buddhist world views contributed to its success. “I think the first part of the fantasy series was able to have so much success in the region because of the shared interest in...

Movies | 2018-07-31 17:08

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