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  Leading Korean Directors Ready to Invade Theaters Worldwide
  2013/01/21, Source,
  The movie poster for "Stoker". Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/VIISwJ 2013 just might be the year when Korean directors go beyond Asia and win worldwide recognition. We recently wrote about director Kim Ji-woon's action-packed Hollywood debut, "The Last Stand", with none other than the indomitable Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kim's colleagues Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho are also poised to show their first English language films to a wider international audience this year. Park Chan-wook is one of the most distinguished and popular directors in Korea. His famous Vengeance Trilogy consisting of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" "Old Boy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" received critical acclaim. He's also the man behind the 2000 blockbuster "JSA - Joint Security Area" His work is known to contain dark and often brutal themes, which seems to carry on in his first Hollywood film, "Stoker,...More

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 8: Park Chan-wook - "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"
  2013/01/18, Source,
  Next year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors present their English language debuts. Kim Ji-woon ("THE LAST STAND"), Park Chan-wook ("STOKER"), and Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") have already proved themselves in their homeland, and here at THN we are taking a look back over their past efforts. Here's our first look at the films of Park Chan-wook, join us each week over the course of the next few months as we explore The Land Of The Morning Calm.  "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" Director: Park Chan-wook Year:  2002 Cast: Sin Ha-gyoon, Bae Doona, Song Kang-ho and Lim Ji-eun Plot:  A deaf mute gets involved with black market organ dealers in order to supply his dying sister with a kidney. However, events soon spiral out of control to involve kidnapping, death, and vengeance on many levels. And so began one of the most intriguing trilogies ever put to film. Like many of the best trilogies, this wasn't a continuing story arc. Instead it was an examination of a specific subject, in this instance Vengeance,...More

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  Upcoming South Korean, French and American co-production movie "Snowpiercer"
  2013/01/18, Source,
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "Snowpiercer"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  Korean Filmmaker Serves Up a Schwarzenegger-style Action Film
  2013/01/18, Source,
  Arnold Schwarzenegger finished his stint as Governator of California and is back in film! His action movie "The Last Stand" is opening in the US this week and it's his first leading role in a decade since Terminator 3. It's also a milestone film for director Kim Ji-woon. While Kim is well-known in Korea, this is his very first English language and Hollywood movie. Official movie poster for "The Last Stand". Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/12kxDhc Schwarzenegger plays Ray Owens, the resigned sheriff of a small town on the US-Mexican border where there's not much crime to fight. But when notorious drug cartel leader Gabriel Cortez escapes FBI custody and speeds towards Mexico with a hostage, Sheriff Owens is forced to stop him. Owens' sleepy little town is straight in the path of Cortez's escape and the scene is set for a fierce, no-holds-barred showdown,...More