| "Secret Reunion" takes first win on Korean box office (Source) |
2010/02/08 |
Movie poster of "Secret Reunion" [Showbox]
Korean film "Secret Reunion" and "Harmony" took over the Korean box office over the weekend to end the reign of Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar", estimates showed on Monday.
According to figures by the Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS), newly released action film "Secret Reunion" knocked out seven week winner "Avatar" out of the top spot by selling 741,552 tickets between February 5 and 7.
"Secret Reunion", about a former South Korean intelligence official and North Korean spy who re-encounter each other six years after their initial meeting, stars actors Song Kang-ho and Kang Dong-won who play the role o... |More
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| [Movie] JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard Becomes the First Korean Film to Break the 5 Million Mark in 2010 (Source) |
2010/02/04 |
The movie "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard", directed by Choi Dong-hoon and produced by Zip Cinema, has broken the 5-million mark in just 26 days after its release.
According to Zip Cinema, the cumulative number of people who have seen the film stood at around 4.93 million as of January 16.
Although "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" premiered on December 23, 2009, one week after the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, which is poised to become the first imported film to draw over 10 million viewers, it has been trailing close behind the smash hit sci-fi film and is now is on the brink of breaching the 5-million threshold.
"JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" is about to be listed as the first Korean film to attract over 5 million viewers in 2010. Even though the action flick is now showing on a reduced number of screens due to the massive releases of new movies, it brought in nearly 200,000 people on January 16 alone, which is a relatively small decline from the 230,000 recorded on ... |More
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| [Movie] The Korean Superhero Movie "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" Draws In Over 5.2 Million Viewers (Source) |
2010/02/03 |
The movie "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" will be made into a comic book series. And the series will also be downloaded and provided as a subscription-based online service.
Hit movies and TV dramas are often as adapted into novels or comic books. But the comic book series "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" is a special case since it is not a one-time publication of a single comic book that usually coincides with the release of the movie. Instead, it will be a long-running, 3-season series.
Starting January 25, the first season of the comic book series "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" will become available on Gom TV, and around 90 web hard and P2P service providers. The anti-piracy viewer file will be built in the series when subscribers download it. Given frequent download of contents, the online service will be provided first, later followed by publication of the book when each season is finished.
The comic book series will borrow most of details from the film while a ... |More
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| [Movie] Post-Avatar Korean Cinema: 3 Major Films of 3 Different Colors (Source) |
2010/02/02 |
Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) and Chuseok (Mid Autumn Festival) are the busiest season for movie theaters. As the Lunar New Year approaches, a host of Korean films are getting ready to hit the screens once the Avatar blast is over.
Many of them are so called "well-made movies" that are both entertaining and touching since the Lunar New Year's Day is a holiday for family reunion. Genres and stories range widely, offering a broad array of choices for movie goers.
A heart-warming drama about a choir of a female prison starring Kim Yoon-jin
#The Tear-Jerker "Harmony"
Harmony (directed by Kang Dae-gyoo and produced by JK Film) tells the story of a choir made up by female prisoners. The globally-recognized actress Kim Yoon-jin and Korea's representative veteran actress Na Moon-hee play the lead roles, raising expectations for movie aficionados.
Kim Yoon-jin plays Jeonghye, a young woman of great maternal love who gives birth to a baby in prison and organizes a choir to get a ... |More
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| [PREVIEW] Movie Secret Reunion (Source) |
2010/02/01 |
Actors Kang Dong-won (left) and Song Kang-ho in "Secret Reunion" [Showbox]
Movie "Secret Reunion" - The terms of brotherhood
On a peaceful afternoon, several rounds of gunshots are fired in an apartment complex. As the terrified residents run out of the apartment building, two men face their twisted fate during the chaos. That day, NIS (National Intelligence Service) agent Hangyu (played by Song Kang-ho) gets kicked out of his organization for failing to accomplish his mission while North Korean spy Ji-won (played by Kang Dong-won) also gets abandoned by his home country for being a traitor. Six year pass and the two men meet again, each convinced that the other d... |More
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