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  'Spy', 'Covertness' offer different takes on espionage
  2012/09/20, Source,
  "Spy" centers on down-to-earth protagonist Kim, who is more concerned with surging food and housing prices than operations, while "In Berlin" features cold-minded professional secret agents. Provided by CJ E&M and Lotte Entertainment Spy movies hold special appeal for Koreans, who still regularly hear news reports about secret agents from North Korea. More than 60 years after the peninsula was divided, however, some Korean espionage films are no longer featuring conventional spy heroes with suave personas. Rather, there are characters like the North Korean agent in "Spy" who is more concerned with soaring food and housing prices than his next secret mission. Director Woo Min-ho had an epiphany when the cost of skyrocketing rent hit him hard after he finished his debut feature, "Man of Vendetta"(2010),...More

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  2 films won Audience Award at Far East Film Festival
  2012/04/30, Source,
  Korean films "The Crucible" and "The Front Line" won Audience Awards at the 14th Udine Far East Film Festival which closed Saturday in Udine, Italy. According to the official homepage of the festival, "The Crucible" directed by Hwang Dong-hyeok and "The Front Line" directed by Jang Hoon won awards with scores of 4.40 and 4.16 points, respectively. China's "One Million Above" won the same honor with 4.20 points,...More

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  Sin Ha-gyoon and Lee Min-ho-I cast for movie "Running Man"
  2012/04/26, Source,
  Actors Sin Ha-gyoon and Lee Min-ho-I have been cast as two tops for action movie "Running Man" which is the first movie produced by Hollywood Major Studio 2th Century Fox Korea. Sin Ha-gyoon and Lee Min-ho-I will be appearing as father and son. "Running Man" has been known as the Korean version of "The Fugitive" and 20th Century Fox Korea has the main investments and production,...More

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  Palm Springs fest to screen The Front Line
  2011/12/26, Source,
  The upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will screen South Korea's Oscar submission"The Front Line" in its Awards Buzz section. The section will feature 40 of the 63 official submissions the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Language Film category. The 40 films were selected by festival programmers as the strongest entries in this year's race. The 2012 PSIFF will run Jan. 5 – 16,...More