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  Youth film festival opens in Seoul Thursday
  2011/07/06, Source,
  Lineup includes local and Asian premieres, adult-themed films By Lee  Hyo-won Forget the preconception that a film festival for children only features fuzzy family movies and animations. The Seoul International Youth Film Festival (SIYFF) aims to demonstrate its educational initiative by showcasing a lineup of carefully selected works that includes local premieres and R-rated movies,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Battlefield Heroes
  2011/06/18,
  In 2003, Lee Joon-ik directed "Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield" (also known as "Hwangsanbul") a period comedy set in 7th Century Korea that depicted the famous Battle of Hwangsanbeo. Now in 2011, its successor "Battlefield Heroes" has staked its claim as one of the most successful films of the year. Lee Joon-ik ("Blades of Blood", "The King and the Clown") makes good use of some big acting talent in producing an over-the-top period comedy that scored big with the Korean public,...More

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  Director Im Kwon-taek advises "Lee Joon-ik's retirement is thoughtless"
  2011/03/13, Source,
  Master of Korean movies, director Im Kwon-taek gave some smart advice to junior director Lee Joon-ik for his declaration of retirement from commercial movies. Director Im said, it was a thoughtless comment at the question of his thoughts in an interview with Asian Finance, Sports Today.,...More

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  King of period films takes his career in a new direction
  2011/03/03,
  After a career spent making period dramas, Lee Joon-ik has announced he is calling it quits. Director Lee Joon-ik recently announced his departure from filmmaking after his recent film "Battlefield Heroes" failed to attract moviegoers. [JoongAng Ilbo] In a sudden announcement over the weekend, director Lee Joon-ik said he was leaving commercial filmmaking. "Congratulate me. I'm quitting directing because the audience [for his recent film "Battlefield Heroes"] was just 1.7 million, far fewer than the 2.5 million we had expected", Lee wrote on his Twitter page,...More