ARIRANG - Movie (Movie - 2011)

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  Finecut announces new KIM Ki-duk film
  2012/02/13, Source,
  Seoul-based sales company Finecut has announced the well-known Korean director Kim Ki-duk's next film, tentatively titled "Pieta", is set to start shooting this month. The film is about a brutal man who works for a cruel loan shark. Without any family or loved ones to worry about, he has no fear or hesitation when it comes to carrying out his evil deeds. One day, a mysterious woman shows up in his life, saying she is his mother. At first, he doesn't believe her, having no memories of a mother. But as his attachment to her grows, he discovers her gruesome yet sad secret,...More

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  KoreanFilm.org's Top Korean films of 2011 by Darcy Paquet
  2012/01/14, Source,
  Each year I assemble my top 10 list out of the Korean films that have been released in theaters over the previous 12 months. The small independent films that I catch at the Busan or Jeonju film festivals may not be released by December, but they generally do get a small commercial release within a year or two, so I can include them in a later list.This year, however, I came across a great film that may end up not getting a commercial release, so I squeezed it in where #10 would normally go. I was racking my brain over that #10 slot anyway,...More

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  Movie About N.Korean Defector Wins Award at Tokyo Film Fest
  2011/11/30, Source,
  Director and lead actor Park Jung-bum's "The Journals of Musan" won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo Filmex Festival that ended on Sunday. The movie deals with the harsh reality of adjusting to life in South Korea from the point of view of a North Korean defector, and serves as a bitter portrayal of the prejudices he faces in his newly adopted home,...More

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  "Journals of Musan" and "Arirang" win at Tokyo Filmex
  2011/11/29, Source,
  The 12th Tokyo Filmex awarded its Special Jury Prize and $8,000 of Kodak film stock to Park Jung-bum's "The Journals of Musan" and the Agnes B Audience Award to Kim Ki-duk's "ARIRANG - Movie". Park's feature film debut "The Journals of Musan" has won a raft of awards since its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last year where it picked up the New Currents and International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) awards. These include the VPRO Tiger Award at Rotterdam and the Best New Narrative Director Award at the Tribeca Film Festival,...More