Kim Yoon-jin (김윤진)

The 15th Pusan International Film Festival has announced the Korean and international jurors who will participate on its four juries. Heading the high profile New Currents section which showcases new Asian directors will be internationally renowned costume director Wada Emi. As well as her work in theatre and opera she has designed for the Zhang Yimou films Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004), received an Oscar for Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985), and an Emmy for Julie Taymor's TV Opera Oeduoys Rex.


Selecting films alongside Wada Emi on the New Currents section is Cannes winning Indian director and screenwriter Murali Nair as well as Christ...More

Wada Emi [PIFF Website]

The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced its selection of jurors including Academy Award-winning costume designer Wada Emi to head the New Currents section which recognizes emerging Asian directors.

Korean actress Kim Yoon-jin of the "Lost" series, Taiwanese actress Yang Kuei-mei, Indian director Murali Nair, and International Forum of New Cinema of Berlin Film Festival's Christoph Terechte have also been chosen as members of the jury for New Currents...More

Korean actress Kim Yoon-jin [Zion Entertainment]

Korean actress Kim Yoon-jin is set to star alongside actor Park Hae-il in a new suspense film tentatively titled "The Confrontation", according to the film's distributor Lotte Entertainment.

Lotte Entertainment said in a press release that Kim and Park have been cast for lead roles in the film, playing a mother who has to save her daughter and a son who must protect his mother, respectively...More

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Readers will be able to stay up-to-date on the latest in TV, film and music, gain exclusive access to the front row and back stage of various events and festivities and get a closer look into the minds of the up-and-coming to hottest celebrities in the country at the tap of a finger...More

Actress Kim Yoon-jin [Lee Ki-bum/Asia Economic Daily]

Actress Kim Yoon-jin arrives at an autograph session promoting cosmetics brand L'Oreal at Lotte Department Store in Seoul, South Korea on April 25, 2010...More