Posts Categorized: Korean Movies

Nov 12 2021

Shin Hye-Sun & Lee Jun-Young cast in movie “Brave Citizen”

Shin Hye-Sun and Lee Jun-Young (U-KISS) are cast in movie “Brave Citizen” (literal title). Movie is based on webcomic “Yongamhan Shimin” by Kim Jung-Hyun & directed by Park Jin-Pyo (“You Are My Sunshine“).

The film is set at a high school and Shin Hye-Sun will play main character So Shi-Min. She works a contract teacher and only thinks about becoming a full time teacher. Lee Jun-Young will play Han Soo-Gang. He is a troubled student at the high school and gets into a confrontation with So Shi-Min.

Filming for “Brave Citizen” will begin December, 2021 and the movie’s release date has not yet been set, but discussions are under way to have the film released on the Wavve online streaming platform as an original film.

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Nov 11 2021

Teaser poster for movie “Kingmaker”

First teaser poster added for movie “Kingmaker” starring Sol Kyung-Gu & Lee Sun-Kyun. Caption on the poster teases “Two men who want to change the world. A fierce election battle begins.” The film is “motivated” by political strategist Eom Chang-Rok, who worked for opposition party candidate Kim Dae-Jung in the late 1960’s-early 1970’s and then switched sides to work for military dictator Park Chung-Hee’s presidential campaign. Filming for “Kingmaker” took place from March 25, 2019 to July 30, 2019.

“Kingmaker” is now scheduled for release December, 2021 in South Korea.

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Nov 1 2021

Filming for movie “Sad Tropics” to begin with Kim Sun-Ho

Filming for movie “Sad Tropics” (literal title) will begin with actor Kim Sun-Ho in a starring role. Recently, Kim Sun-Ho was involved in a scandal with an ex-girlfriend, who made charges that he urged her to get an abortion due to possible negative effects on his sponsorship contracts and acting career. Kim Sun-Ho was then dropped from upcoming movies “2 O’clock Date” and “Dog Days” due to the scandal. His ex-girlfriend then stated there were some misunderstandings and she hoped Kim Sun-Ho’s career would not be further harmed by the scandal. Movie is directed by Park Hoon-Jung (“New World“).

Filming for “Sad Tropics” will begin sometime before the end of this year.

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Sep 14 2021

Joe Byeong-Gyu cast in movie “Even If I Die Once Again”

Joe Byeong-Gyu is cast for the lead role in movie “Even If I Die Once Again” (literal title). For Joe Byeong-Gyu, this will he be his first acting role since a person accused him of bullying back when they were students in New Zealand. Joe Byeong-Gyu denied the accusation and that situation is still ongoing. For the movie, Joe Byeong-Gyu will play a stunt man who dies and comes back to life as a high school student.

“Even If I Die Once Again” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.

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Sep 13 2021

Kim Sun-Ho & Lim Yoon-A cast in movie “2 O’clock Date”

Kim Sun-Ho and Lim Yoon-A are cast in movie “2 O’clock Date” (literal title). The film will be directed by Lee Sang-Geun. Director Lee Sang-Geun and Lim Yoon-A previously worked together in 2019 action-comedy film “Exit.” The script for “2 O’clock Date” is a romantic-comedy and will have Kim Sun-Ho and Lim Yoon-A living in the same apartment building.

Filming for “2 O’clock Date” is expected to start March, 2022 in South Korea. 

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Aug 10 2021

Choi Sung-Eun cast in movie “Gentleman”

Choi Sung-Eun is cast for the lead female role in movie “Gentleman” co-starring Ju Ji-Hoon. She replaces Han So-Hee, who had to drop out of the movie due to general fatigue. Filming for the movie will begin this month. For the movie, Choi Sung-Eun will play Kim Hwa-Jin. Her character works as a prosecutor and she helps Ji Hyun-Soo (Ju Ji-Hoon) as he tries to clear his name. 

“Gentleman” will be released May, 2022 in South Korea.

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Aug 6 2021

Ra Mi-Ran, Kim Moo-Yul, & Yoon Kyung-Ho cast in movie “Honest Candidate 2”

Ra Mi-Ran, Kim Moo-Yul, & Yoon Kyung-Ho are cast in sequel movie “Honest Candidate 2.” All three performers will reprise their characters from 2020 movie “Honest Candidate.” Also cast for the sequel film are Seo Hyun-Woo, Park Jin-Joo, and Yoon Doo-Joon will make a special apearance. The 2020 movie “Honest Candidate” is a remake of 2014 Brazilian movie “O Candidato Honesto.”

Filming for “Honest Candidate 2” began July 31, 2021.

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