Won Bin (원빈)

The number of box office tickets sold reached a monthly high for the year in August.

The Korean Film Council said Tuesday that some 19-point-one million movie tickets were purchased in the month of August. The figure broke the previous monthly high of 16-and-a-half million posted in January.

The council added that foreign films accounted for over 58 percent of all the films that...More

Korean actor Won Bin and child actress Kim Sae-ron from a clip from "The Man From Nowhere" [CJ Entertainment]

Korean thriller "The Man From Nowhwere", starring Hallyu star Won Bin and child actress Kim Sae-ron, has outshined competition on the local box office once again for the fifth consecutive week.

According to the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) on Monday, "Man", about a reclusive former special agent who befriends a young girl next door, attracted...More

The movie "The Man From Nowhere", in which actor Won Bin appears as the protagonist, has maintained first place in terms of rate of advance weekend ticket purchases.

According to the data aggregated by the Korean Film Council on September 2, "The Man From Nowhere" had taken 34.7 percent of total ticket bookings and ranked at the top, defeating the romantic comedy movie "Killers (15.8%)", whic...More

Korean actor Won Bin from a clip from "The Man From Nowhere" [CJ Entertainment]

Korean thriller "The Man From Nowhwere" maintained its month-long reign as the No. 1 movie in the country during the final week of August.

According to the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) on Thursday, the Won Bin starrer, which opened in local theaters on August 4, took the top place on the box office with...More

By Lee Hyo-won

Seol Kyeong-gu's latest screen persona coincidentally shares the same name and a similar profile as Won Bin's knife-wielding madman in "The Man From Nowhere", which is currently making waves at the box office: Tae-sik in "Troubleshooter" is a former police officer whose wife is killed at a crime scene and Won's Tae-sik is a retired secret agent who saw his wife die in a similar way. But there is a stark contrast between the disheveled Seol scrambling about, getting knocked out by toilet seats and the like, while one of Korea's prettiest faces struts around in a finely pressed black suit, effortlessly defeating opponents in stylishly choreographed action sequences.

Yet Seol, one of Korean cinema's most trusted actors, need not worry about such superficial comparisons ― particularly since he has his all too familiar and much-loved ...More