Posts Categorized: Korean Movies

Apr 26 2023

Teaser trailer & poster for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “The Roundup: No Way Out” starring Ma Dong-Seok, Lee Joon-Hyuk, and Munetaka Aoki. The film is a sequel to 2017 movie “The Outlaws” and 2022 movie “The Roundup.” Story for “The Roundup: No Way Out” will have Ma Suk-Do (Ma Dong-Seok) joining a new crime investigation unit. There, he tries to catch Joo Sung-Cheol (Lee Joon-Hyuk) and Riki (Munetaka Aoki). Both of these men are involved in drug cases.  Caption on the teaser poster states “Sweep Away.”

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

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Apr 3 2023

Main trailer for movie “Dream”

Main trailer added for movie “Dream” starring Park Seo-Joon & IU. Movie is written and directed by Lee Byeong-Hun (“Extreme Job“). The trailer shows Park Seo-Joon as hot tempered professional soccer play Yoon Hong-Dae. He gets into trouble after hitting a reporter. To repair his image, he takes part in a documentary produced by Lee So-Min (IU). Yoon Hong-Dae ends up coaching a team of homeless people for the Homeless World Cup. Below are still images from the movie.

“Dream” will be released April 26, 2023 in South Korea.

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Mar 30 2023

Hwang Jung-Min, Zo In-Sung, & Jung Ho-Yeon cast in movie “Hope”

Hwang Jung-Min, Zo In-Sung, & Jung Ho-Yeon are cast in movie “Hope” (working title). The mystery-thriller film will be the fourth film directed by Na Hong-Jin (“The Chaser“). The film will be set around an isolated port town, where a mysterious existence is seen by residents and the mysterious existence attacks the residents. Hwang Jung-Min and Jung Ho-Yeon will play police officers in the town and Zo In-Sung will play a hunter.

Filming for “Hope” will begin in the middle of this year.

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Mar 27 2023

Main trailer & poster for movie “Killing Romance”

Main trailer and poster added for comedy film “Killing Romance” starring Lee Ha-Nee, Lee Sun-Kyun, & Gong Myung. Movie is directed by Lee Won-Suk (“How to Use Guys with Secret Tips“) and scripted by Park Jung-Ye (“The Beauty Inside“). Caption on the main poster states “There is no romance! Johnathan Na’s killing operation starts.”

“Killing Romance” will be released April 14, 2023 in South Korea.

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Mar 7 2023

Son Suk-Ku, Kim Sung-Cheol cast in movie “Troll Farm”

Son Suk-Ku, Kim Sung-Cheol, Kim Dong-Hwi, and Hong Kyung are cast in movie “Troll Farm” (working & literal title). The crime drama film has Son Suk-Ku playing Reporter Im Sang-Jin. He looks into a tip he received about a troll farm. Members of the troll farm are played by Kim Sung-Cheol, Kim Dong-Hwi, and Hong Kyung. Movie is written and directed by Ahn Gooc-Jin (“Alice In Earnestland“).

Filming for “Troll Farm” began March 6, 2023.

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Feb 21 2023

Main trailer & poster for movie “Soulmate”

Main trailer and poster added for movie “Soulmate” starring Kim Da-Mi and Jeon So-Nee. Movie is directed by Min Yong-Keun, whose last feature film “Re-encounter” was released in 2010. Filming for “Soulmate” took place April, 2020. Captions in the main trailer states (0:15) “17 years old, we shined the most,” (0:21) “27 years old, I miss you,” (0:37) “We are close because we are different,” (0:39) “We are estranged, because we are different,” (1:01) “When we shined the most,” (1:04) “We were together.”

“Soulmate” will be released March 15, 2023 in South Korea.

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Feb 7 2023

Song Joong-Ki & Choi Sung-Eun cast in movie “My Name is Loh Kiwan”

Song Joong-Ki & Choi Sung-Eun are cast in Netflix distributed movie “My Name is Loh Kiwan.” The film follows a North Korean defector, played by Song Joong-Ki, who tries to live in Belgium. There, he meets and falls in love with a woman played by Choi Sung-Eun. Also cast in the film for supporting roles are Jo Han-Chul, Kim Sung-Ryoung, Lee Sang-Hee, & Seo Hyun-Woo.

“My Name is Loh Kiwan” will be available to stream on Netflix, but exact release date has not yet been determined.

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Feb 2 2023

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix movie “Kill Boksoon”

English subtitled teaser trailer and teaser poster added for Netflix distributed movie “Kill Boksoon” starring Jeon Do-Yeon, Sol Kyung-Gu, & Esom. The movie will have its world premiere at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (February 16-26, 2023) and then will have its general release on March 31, 2023 via Netflix. The film follows Gil Bok-Soon (Jeon Do-Yeon) who is a single mother, raising her daughter Jae-Young. Gil Bok-Soon is also a lethal killer for hire. Gil Bok-Soon plans to retire from her killing career, but she gets involved in a kill or be killed confrontation.

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