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Black House and May 18 to be released in Japan

2008/04/04 | Source | Permalink |

Japanese Kadokawa announced the release dates of SIN Tae-ra's horror film "Black House" (Geomeun Jib) and KIM Ji-hoon's "May 18" (Hwaryohan Hyooga), the films will open on Japanese screens on April 5 and May 10, respectively.

"Black House", a domestic box office hit, stars HWANG Jeong-min ("You Are My Sunshine"/Neoneun Nae Woonmyeong) in an impressive psychological charged role as an insurance agent who gets drawn in a suicide case in a mysterious house. Director SIN's ("Brainwave") film is based on a Japanese novel of the popular horror writer Yûsuke Kishi.

After his "Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise", director KM Ji-hoon's next film "May 18" was highly anticipated and the film about the Gwangju civilian uprising against the military dictatorship was a box office success of 2007. The film's strong line-up includes AHN Seong-gi ("Silmido") and LEE Joon-ki ("The King and the Clown"). LEE enjoys great popularity in Japan and starred in the Korean-Japanese co-production "Virgin Snow" (C...| More

"Black House" Will Screen In Japan

2007/07/09 | Source | Permalink |

"Black House" (Geomeun Jib) is currently a hit in Korean cinemas and will next attempt to woe Japanese audiences. The horror film will open in October in 250 Japanese cinemas, a number equaling BONG Joon-ho's The Host' Japanese release.

Monster and horror films take an important place in the Japanese film culture and they are worldwide considered as masters of those genres. The wide-releases and the great anticipation of the horror film "Black House" and the monster film The Host in Japan is regarded as a significant feat.

"Black House" is directed by SIN Te-ra ("Brainwave") and profits from the structure of the original Japanese novel by Yûsuke Kishi. The CJ Entertainment film was co-produced with the Japanese Kadokawa Pictures. HWANG Jeong-min ("You Are My Sunshine") has been praised for his performance in "Black House".

Director SIN Te-ra's horror film "Black House" ended an eight week drought for Korean cinema by opening in the number one spot at the end of June. The la...| More

Black House Reclaims Box Office

2007/06/24 | Source | Permalink |

With Korea's summer horror season now in full swing, a local film reclaimed the nation's number one box office spot after 8 weeks of Hollywood dominance. "Black House", directed by SIN Te-ra, debuted on June 21st and took 377,195 admissions over the June 22-24th weekend, beating out the previous week's champion, Ocean's Thirteen, according to the official KOBIS report. The only other local release was US – Korea co-production, "Never Forever", directed by Gina Kim, which took 9th place in a limited release.

Showing on 353 screens, "Black House", is the first local hit of the summer, and the second Korean horror, following "Evil Twin", in a slew of horrors to come, providing audiences a chilling reprieve from the heat. It also departs from familiar horror conventions of ghosts from the past, this time mixing horror with mystery in the tale of a spate of unsolved murders and an insurance agent who suspects one of his clients may be a psychopath.

Director SIN debuted with "Brainw...| More

Early Summer Horror Titles

2007/04/23 | Source | Permalink |

Like Koreans enjoy specific dishes and activities in particular seasons, young Koreans have the tradition of being chilled down during the hot summer season by horror films; which compete with the spectacular blockbusters lined-up by Hollywood each summer. Early horror titles include "Black House" (Geomeun Jib) and "Evil Twin" (Jeonseolui Gohyang).

"Black House" brings together director SIN Tae-ra ("Brainwave", 2005) and the actors HWANG Jeong-min ("You Are My Sunshine", 2005), KANG Shin-il ("Silmido", 2003), Yoo Seon ("The Wig" ("Sacry Hair"), 2005) and Kim Seo-hyeong ("The City of Violence", 2006). The CJ Entertainment project is a co-production with the Japanese production company Kadokawa Pictures. The film is based on a book by the popular Japanese horror novelist Yûsuke Kishi, who specializes in the particular Japanese style of psychological horror. The book has been adapted into a Japanese film before. Filming wrapped-up in early April and will open in cinemas in June.

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KOFIC awards marketing support for arthouse/digital films

2005/11/24 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean Film Council has announced the recipients of the second phase of its 2005 Marketing Support for Arthouse and Digital Films fund. The fund provides financial support to arthouse works or digital features to promote diversity on the nation's screens and to help such films overcome the particular commercial challenges that face them.

In the case of arthouse films, 90 million won (~$90,000) is provided to pay for advertising and other kinds of marketing costs, including the cost of striking prints for release. In Korea's competitive distribution environment, low-budget works face a particularly difficult struggle in getting noticed by viewers, and so this fund is intended to provide assistance in this area.

In the case of feature-length digital films, 35 million won (~$35,000) is provided towards the rental of a DLP digital projector, so that such works can be screened in their original format. This will also mean that the distributor of the film can avoid the significant ...| More