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Asian cinema: Korean films
Best movie roles of Squid Game season 2’s new players
Do they look familiar? From Park Sung-hoon to Kang Ha-neul, we look at films new Squid Game actors were in before entering the deadly arena.
8 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
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Song Joong-ki opens up on Bogota struggles and why he supports Hyun Bin
27 Dec 2024 - 3:04PM
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‘I’m second,’ says South Korean star Hyun Bin on life now he’s a dad
27 Dec 2024 - 3:03PM
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Hidden Face, a Korean erotic thriller, serves up scandalous fun
This sexy K-movie follows a conductor who sleeps with the replacement player for his cellist fiancée, who seems to have disappeared.
23 Dec 2024 - 1:15PM
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Park Ji-hyun as Mi-ju (left) and Song Seung-heon as Sung-jin in a still from Hidden Face.
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The 12 best Asian films of 2024, including The Last Dance
From a Thai tear-jerker to a Korean cross-dressing romcom and a hand-drawn Japanese anime, our pick of the best Asian films of the past year.
19 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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Will these films draw Koreans back to cinema after protests over Yoon?
Cinema-going fell in South Korea amid mass protests after President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law declaration. Distributors hope for a rebound.
16 Dec 2024 - 2:15PM
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Fame and celebrity
Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung on fame and her sense of humour
Youn Yuh-jung, who won an Oscar for her role in Minari, shares her views on celebrity, and what makes her laugh.
7 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM
Youn Yuh-jung backstage at the 2021 Oscars ceremony, where she won for best actress in a supporting role for Minari. Photo: AFP
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Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born role’s special meaning for Moon So-ri
Korean actress was driven to appear in drama by thought of her late musical drama teacher, and practised a year to play lead character’s mum.
1 Dec 2024 - 2:42PM
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K-drama sets, like sites linked to K-pop idols, a growing tourist draw
South Korea’s tourism is booming, and much of it is down to devotees of Korean dramas and K-pop who want to visit sites associated with them.
25 Nov 2024 - 8:36AM
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AI-driven K-dramas, movies ring in new era of freedom for creators
Producers in Korea use ChatGPT and similar software to script dramas and films, and do AI editing. It cuts costs but there are still hurdles.
22 Nov 2024 - 5:15PM
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Love in the Big City: Kim Go-eun shines in 5-star romantic comedy
Korea’s rampant misogyny and homophobia are highlighted in this intelligent romcom, boosted by a fine performance from Kim Go-eun.
24 Oct 2024 - 1:15PM
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Kim Go-eun as Jae-hee in a still from Love in the Big City.
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The top 5 Korean premieres at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival
Our pick of Korean movies that premiered at the film festival, from crime comedy collection The Killers to period action thriller Uprising.
11 Oct 2024 - 11:21AM
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5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, October 11-13
Catch a sci-fi satire featuring body horror at the cinema this weekend or catch up on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film and more at home.
10 Oct 2024 - 3:22PM
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How Gang Dong-won prepared for role in Netflix’s Uprising by playing golf
Korean star Gang Dong-won talks about practising his sword swing on the golf course, and how Netflix allows filmmakers more artistic freedom.
10 Oct 2024 - 7:15AM
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Hear Me: Our Summer, Korean remake of deaf romance, is problematic
The film’s demeaning portrayal of the deaf community and a final reveal that is insulting in its sheer stupidity make this one to miss.
7 Oct 2024 - 11:15AM
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Hong Kyung (left) and Roh Yoon-seo as Yong-jun and Yeo-reum in a still from Hear Me: Our Summer (category TBC), directed by Cho Sun-ho. Photo: KC Ventures Co., Ltd & Plus M Entertainment & Movierock Inc
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Bogota: City of the Lost – abysmal ‘crime’ movie starring Song Joong-ki
Song Joong-ki stars as an immigrant who becomes a Colombian crime lord in Korean movie Bogota: City of the Lost, a one-star waste of time.
4 Oct 2024 - 2:15PM
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Uprising: Gang Dong-won leads a rebellion in lavish Netflix movie
Big on sword-fighting, but lacking in narrative, Netflix historical movie follows two friends who end up on opposing sides in a rebellion.
2 Oct 2024 - 11:46PM
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Actress Park Ji-ah, Moon Dong-eun’s mum in The Glory, dies of a stroke
Park Ji-ah, who cut her teeth in a series of Kim Ki-duk films and played the mother of Song Hye-kyo’s character in K-drama The Glory, dies at the age of 52.
1 Oct 2024 - 1:45PM
Korean drama actress Park Ji-ah has died at the age of 52 after a brain stroke. Photo: Instagram/@trstdly
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Officer Black Belt: Kim Woo-bin stars in fun Netflix action comedy
Kim Woo-bin plays a martial artist who finds some much-needed purpose in new Netflix action comedy Officer Black Belt, directed by Jason Kim.
10 Sep 2024 - 8:30PM
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Pilot is a Korean cross-dressing comedy that takes on gender imbalance
Jo Jung-suk stars as a disgraced pilot working for a rival airline as a woman in this cross-dressing comedy – less a tale of deception than one that highlights gender imbalance in today’s world.
14 Aug 2024 - 6:15PM
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Mission: Cross, Korean spy caper on Netflix, is an action-packed romp
In Netflix action comedy Mission: Cross, Yum Jung-ah shines as a top detective who discovers her husband (Hwang Jung-min) is a retired special forces operative.
5 Aug 2024 - 3:00PM
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