Jul 26 2023

Kim Woo-Bin and Kim Sung-Kyun cast in Netflix movie “Officer Black Belt”

Kim Woo-Bin and Kim Sung-Kyun are cast in Netflix movie “Officer Black Belt.” The film is an action-comedy and will be directed by Kim Joo-Hwan (“Bloodhounds“). In the film Kim Woo-Bin will play a young man gifted in the martial arts. Through unexpected circumstances he is paired with probation officer Kim Sun-Min played by Kim Sung-Kyun. His job is that of a martial arts officer, whose duties include to help the probation officer when in dangerous situation and prevent crimes by probationers.

“Officer Black Belt” will be available to stream sometime next year.

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Jul 17 2023

Main trailer for movie “Concrete Utopia”

Main trailer added for movie “Concrete Utopia” starring Lee Byung-Hun, Park Seo-Joon, & Park Bo-Young. The film is set within the last standing apartment building in Seoul after a massive earthquake has devastated the region. The trailer begins with Lee Byung-Hun stating “I felt like this apartment was chosen.” Captions in the main trailer states (0:15) “Seoul, where everything has collapsed,” (0:24) “The only apartment that survived,” (1:06) “Survival rules for the survivors,” (1:30) “Follow,” (1:34) “Or Leave.”

“Concrete Utopia” will be released August 9, 2023 in South Korea.

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Jul 11 2023

Teaser trailer for movie “A Man of Reason” starring Jung Woo-Sung and Kim Nam-Gil.

Teaser trailer added for movie “A Man of Reason” starring Jung Woo-Sung and Kim Nam-Gil. The film also marks actor Jung Woo-Sung’s directorial debut. The teaser trailer starts with Jung Woo-Sung stating “I regret so many things. I regret everything I’ve ever chosen in my life.” In the film, he plays a former gangster who is trying to live a normal and quiet life, but his former gang is trying to kill him.

“A Man of Reason” will be released August 15, 2023 in South Korea.

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Jul 10 2023

Trailer for movie “Smugglers”

Trailer added for movie “Smugglers” starring Kim Hye-Soo, Yum Jung-Ah, & Zo In-Sung. The maritime based crime-action film is directed by Ryoo Seung-Wan (“Escape from Mogadishu“) and set in the 1970’s. Meanwhile above & below are 6 character posters for movie. They are of Kim Hye-Soo, Yum Jung-Ah, Zo In-Sung, Park Jung-Min, Kim Jong-Soo, and Go Min-Si. Captions on their posters states (Kim Hye-Soo) “I can break through the blocked way,” (Yum Jung-Ah) “Contraband delivery is a kid’s joke?,” (Zo In-Sung) “You heard what happens when you talk to me alone?,” (Park Jung-Min) “You think I am a pushover, so you bossed me around,” (Kim Jong-Soo) “Buying and selling contraband is all tax evasion,” and (Go Min-Si) “I’m in the business of selling alcohol. In my calculation, I can get this much.”

“Smugglers” will be released July 26, 2023 in South Korea.

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Jun 16 2023

Teaser trailer & poster for movie “Smugglers”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Smugglers” starring Kim Hye-Soo, Yum Jung-Ah, & Zo In-Sung. Movie is directed by Ryoo Seung-Wan (“Escape from Mogadishu“). The maritime crime-action film, set in the 1970’s, follows a team of smugglers who uses the sea to make money. The teaser trailer begins with Kim Hye-Soo stating “Even if the customs people smell and chase us, we’ll fish our stuff out and get out of there.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:20) “Throw it,” (0:28) “Fish it out,” (0:32) “Deceive.”

“Smugglers” will be released July 26, 2023 in South Korea.

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May 10 2023

Main trailer for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out”

Main trailer added for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out” starring Ma Dong-Seok, Lee Joon-Hyuk, & Munetaka Aoki. The trailer shows Japanese actors Munetaka Aoki and Jun Kunimura for the first time as assassin Riki and his yakuza boss. Captions in the main trailer states (0:09) “Monster cop joins bigger unit,” (0:23) “Bastards are double!,” (0:35) “Bigger scale,” (0:40) “Wipe out all the bastards!”

“The Roundup: No Way Out” will be released May 31, 2023 in Japan.

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May 4 2023

Teaser trailer and poster for “The Moon”

Launching teaser trailer and poster for sci-fi movie “The Moon” starring Sol Kyung-Gu, Do Kyung-Soo, & Kim Hee-Ae. The film, written and directed by Kim Yong-Hwa (“Along With the Gods“), revolves around an astronaut (Do Kyung-Soo) in outer space and a scientist (Sol Kyung-Gu) on Earth who tries to save him. Caption in the teaser trailer states around the 17 second mark “384,000 km from Earth.” The voice of Do Kyung-Soo also states in English around the 20 second mark of the teaser trailer “Mayday…mayday…this is Hwang Sun-Woo.”

“The Moon” will be released August 2, 2023 in South Korea.

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Apr 28 2023

See list of nominees & winners at the 59th BaekSang Arts Awards

See list of nominees and winners at the just concluded 59th BaekSang Arts Awards. The Grand Prize in the movies section went to “Decision to Leave” directed by Park Chan-Wook and the Grand Prize in the drama series section went to Park Eun-Bin for her perforamance in ENA drama series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.” Netflix drama series “The Glory” also picked up “Best Drama,” “Best Actress” (Song Hye-Kyo), and “Best Supporting Actress” (Lim Ji-Yeon).