Song Kang-ho (송강호)

Director Jang Hoon [Lee Jin-hyuk/10Asia]

There are two men. Whether they have their backs turned or are facing each other, they are enemies. They stand together only because they need to, and the distance between them fails to narrow. Gang-pae (played by So Ji-sub) and Soo-ta (Kang Ji-hwan) met in "Rough Cut" to shoot a film and Han-gyu (Song Kang-ho) and Ji-won (Kang Dong-won) meet in "Secret Reunion" to find what they have lost. Yet while Gang-pae and Soo-ta end up scarring each other deeply, Han-gyu and Ji-won find peace.

The man who made these men meet, made them fight and then reconcile, is director Jang Hoon. He has returned with his second directorial feature "Secret Reunion", again telling the story of two male characters as he did with "Rough Cut" but things are different this time...More

Park Chan-wook's latest feature, "Thirst", took home the Orient Express best Asian film award at the 30th edition of Portugal's Fantasporto Film Festival, one of the top fantasy film fests worldwide. The film drew wide attention internationally after premiering in competition at Cannes where it won the Jury Prize.

PARK has developed a wide following after wowing audiences and critics alike with his Cannes Grand Prize winner Old Boy in 2004. Thirst stars Korea's top thesp Song Kang-ho as a priest-...More

Korean movie "Thirst" and "Mother - 2009" [CJ Entertainment]

Some of the biggest names in the South Korean film industry, as well as its most noted productions, have been nominated in multiple categories at this year's Hollywood-based Green Globe Film Awards.

According to the event's official webpage, a number of Korea's top movie stars and films will compete in this year's "International Film Awards Theme: Asia" segment of the event which recognizes movies, actors and directors in the Eastern region of the globe.

Noteworthy nominees include Song Kang-ho for film "Thirst", Ha Jeong-woo for "Take Off" and Kim Myeong-min for "Closer to Heaven" in the category for best international actor...More

Actor Jeong Woo-seong [Taurus Films]

Korean actor Jeong Woo-seong's international debut film "Reign of Assassins" has been confirmed to open in Korea, according to the film's distributor Sungwon I Communications on Wednesday.

Sungwon announced in a press release that the action flick, which stars the Korean actor and Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", will be released in Korea in August....More

Official movie poster of "Alice in Wonderland" [Walt Disney Pictures]

Hollywood film "Alice in Wonderland" made a much anticipated successful bow in South Korea, winning the top spot on its box office for the first week of March, according to estimates on Monday.

The Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) revealed that the Walt Disney picture sold 557,566 tickets during the weekend of March 5 to 7, knocking out former four-week winner "Secret Reunion".

The fantasy adventure film by world renowned director Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway follows the story of Alice who returns to Wonderland for the second time.

"Reunion", a Korean action pic starring top actors ...More