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 Yűsuke 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" (Cheotnoon) alongside Aoi Miyazaki (Nana).