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  CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"
  2012/05/24,
  Sports film based on a true story hits North American theatres on June 1, 2012 CJ Entertainment brings "As One" (aka Korea, original title) to North American theatres this summer on June 1, 2012.  The film, based on a true story about the first ever united North and South Korean sports team, will be releasing in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto, and Los Angeles (L.A. release on June 8, 2012).   A touching true story about the historic first Team Korea "As One" recounts the dramatic tale of the first unified Korean team that competed at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. South Korea's ping-pong star Hyeon Jeong-hwa and North Korea's LI Bun-hee have each suffered humbling defeats at the hands of China's formidable "Ping-Pong Witch" every time they reach the tournament's final rounds.  Forced by politicians to suddenly team up as the first united team Korea, HYEON and LI experience only conflict and mistrust, and face the loss of their championship dreams.  But game-by-game, the two begin to build teamwork and find a budding friendship.  When political winds change again and just as suddenly an announcement is made to disband team Korea, the two young women must prove to their people and the world that teamwork can outshine the dark shadows of a painful history,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.05.18 ~ 2012.05.20
  2012/05/20,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.05.18 ~ 2012.05.20) Marvel's "The Avengers" is narrowly dethroned as the top performer in Korea. The blockbuster gave way to Min Gyoo-dong's comedy drama "Everything about my Wife" that jumped five spots in the right direction. "Everything about my Wife" claimed 593,856 admissions and that was just enough to outdo the 565,166 earned by the "The Avengers". Besides Marvel's record smashing comic book hit, this week saw Korean films hold their own as the local flicks held more than 60% of the total ticket sales,...More

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  Late-night pub fare celebrates 'As One'
  2012/05/14, Source,
  Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona To mark their film "As One" exceeding one million views, actresses Bae Doona and Ha Ji-won will don aprons as waitresses to treat lucky fans to a night of feasting at a pub in Sinsa-dong, southern Seoul. The event is set to take place tonight, and participants were selected from applicants who registered through the movie's official Web site and me2Day site,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13
  2012/05/13,
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13) It was another moneymaking weekend for "The Avengers" as the crowds continued to stream in for Marvel's record-breaking blockbuster. The long awaited comic book film raked in another 995,156 admissions and now sits as the highest grossing film released in Korea for 2012 with 5,447,728 admissions. That's almost a million more than the Korean film "Nameless Gangster", which it dislodged at the top,...More