Actress Kong Hyo-jin fell in love with "Dachimawa Lee".
The new movie "Dachimawa Lee: Evil Man Get on the Train Headed to Hell" stars Kong Hyo-jin as a female spy who encounters a triangle relationship with Dajimawa Lee (Im Won-hee) and Marie (Park Si-yeon)....| More
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According to CJ CGV's July report, Korean movies posted 47.4% of the market share, up 22.2% from the previous month.
Korean films hit rock bottom in terms of market share in May, posting 7.8%. However, CJ CGV attributed the recent market share hike to the the release of much-anticipated summer blockbusters like 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird' and 'Sunny' in the month of July.
Although the number of moviegoers was also generally low prior to July, the number rose 21.1% last month from June. ...| More
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The number of movie-goers in July jumped more than 21 percent compared to the previous month to 17-and-a-half million.
Korean movies in particular accounted for half of total screenings nationwide last weekend.
That's a rebound from their record low of 7 percent in May.
Korean-style Western movie "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" is the box-office hit with 5-point-4 million viewers so far.
As for director Kwak Gyeong-taek's action flick "Eye for an Eye" more than a million people watched it in its opening week.
"Sunny" a movie set during the Vietnam War attracted more than 1-and-a-half million theater-goers.
[Interview : Lee Sangyong, Korean film investment team
CJ Entertainment] "It's true there used to be a tendency to rely on a movie's scale and cast. But the current trend shows what's the most important is the story".
The domestic industry had suffered lackluster popularity in the months leading up to July due to over-investment and poor production quality.
This professor...| More
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Mothers are running away from home - in well-received TV dramas, that is.
Trapped as stereotypical housewives who dedicate their lives 24 hours a day to their husbands and children, fleeing moms are a hot fad here.
The epicenter of this TV trend is "Mom's Dead Upset", written by Kim Su-hyun, the guru of Korean TV drama writing.
Han-ja, the lead character in this show, which airs at 8 p.m. on weekends on KBS2-TV, declared independence from the family after spending decades as a housewife looking after three children, a husband and a widowed father-in-law.
Han-ja's situation doesn't elicit sympathy at first. Her husband is trustworthy and father-in-law wise and caring. Her children have started families of their own.
However, Han-ja feels that something is missing in her life, which is her own self, and declares that she needs a break.
In a surprise announcement on her birthday, she decides to take a one-year break.
Meanwhile, another TV drama, "My Sweet Seoul", whic...| More
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The viewer rating for "Here Comes the Family", a popular segment on SBS TV's variety show "New Sunday" has exceeded that of "We Got Married", a hit segment on MBC TV's "Sunday Night Show" just eight episodes after it first began airing.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, "Here Comes the Family" and "We Got Married" recorded viewer ratings of 14.9% and 14.3%, respectively on August 3. In Seoul and the metropolitan area, the difference was greater with "Here Comes the Family" recording a viewer rating of 16% and "We Got Married" posting viewer ratings of 14% and 15.1%.
But despite the popularity of these two shows, the program with the highest viewer rating was "Happy Sunday - Two Days and One Night".
Although the overall viewer rating for "Happy Sunday" was a relatively low 13%, that of "Two Days and One Night" alone exceeded 30% per minute....| More
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