Miracle in Cell No.7 (Movie - 2013)

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  Ryu Seung-ryong
  류승룡
  As
  Yong-goo
  (용구)
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  Park Shin-hye
  박신혜
  As
  Older Ye-seung
  (큰 예승)
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  Kal So-won
  갈소원
  As
  Child Ye-seung
  (어린 예승)
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  Oh Dal-soo
  오달수
  As
  So Yang-ho
  (소양호)
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  Park Won-sang
  박원상
  As
  Choi Choon-ho
  (최춘호)
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  Kim Jung-tae
  김정태
  As
  Kang Man-beom
  (강만범)

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  The real Kim Chang Soo, better known as Kim Koo, was a Korean resistance fighter against the Japanese Occupation. His history in the first half of the twentieth century in Korea is a long one that ends with his assassination in 1949 for being credible and well-liked in a time when popular leaders were murdered to insure the unpopular ones could maintain power. But none of that is relevant to "Man of Will", which focuses on the life of a twenty year old Chang-soo (played by Cho Jin-woong) surviving in a prison run by the evil wealthy collaborator Hyeong-sik (played by Song Seung-heon),...More

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  "I knew it was a success the moment I saw Song Joong-ki in uniform", "The ending is a secret, even to my wife"
  2016/03/24, Source
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  Oh Dal-soo Dating Sister of Actress Chae Si-ra
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  Oh Dal-soo in dating rumor with musical actress Chae Gook-hee
  2016/01/04, Source
  On January 4th, a media has reported that Oh Dal-soo and Chae Gook-hee are longtime lovers and the relationship has been known to the people in movie and theater play circles. The two met for the first time on the stage of 'Marijuana', a theater play, in 2008. They supported each other since then as fellow actors and the fellowship grew into love as time passed by,...More

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  KBS America and NEW make a contract to distribute movie 'The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale' in North America
  2015/11/11, Source
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  'Veteran' Receives Good Initial Response in North America + Free tickets
  2015/09/24, Source
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  'Veteran' Moves Up to 6th Most Successful Korean Movie of All-Time
  2015/09/21, Source
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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2015.08.28 ~ 2015.08.30
  2015/08/31
  "Veteran" pushes past 10 million as local delights dominate... Ryoo Seung-wan's "Veteran" added another million admissions (43%) over the weekend to write its total tally into the history books. For the past month Ryoo's popular crime drama has remained the country's film of choice and now moves onto an incredible 10.8 million admissions ($71.6 million). Only ten other Korean films have managed this impressive feat, including "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" (17.6), "Ode to My Father" (14.2), "The Thieves" (12.9), "Miracle in Cell No.7" (12.8), and "Masquerade" (12.3). The success of Ryoo's film has bumped "The King and the Clown" (10.5) out of this exclusive top ten, and soon "Veteran" will challenge "The Host" (10.9), "Haeundae" (11.3), "The Attorney" (11.3), and even this week's number three, Choi Dong-hoon's "The Assassination" (12.1). Each weekend since its release "Veteran" has managed to capture over 40% of the box office pie, and, to state the obvious, it's no done yet!,...More

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  "Beauty Inside" Chun Woo-hee, Park Shin-hye and Go Ah-sung
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   Stills of Chun Woo-hee, Go Ah-sung and Park Shin-hye were released. "Beauty Inside" shows off a fancy cast of Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han, Chun Young-woon, Park Shin-hye, Lee Beom-soo, Park Seo-joon, Kim Sang-ho, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Jae-joon, Hong Da-mi, Jo Dal-hwan, Lee Jin-wook, Kim Min-jae, Seo Kang-joon, Kim Hee-won, Lee Dong-wook, Go Ah-sung, Lee Seung-chan, Kim Joo-hyuk, Yoo Yeon-seok and more. "Beauty Inside" is about a man who becomes a different person every morning and a woman who loves him,...More

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  [HanCinema's Feature] Korea's Top Five Favorite Films of 2014
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  2015 is nigh upon us, a fresh year with its own host of hits waiting to entertain and be enjoyed. There is still a little time before 2014 passes us by, and before it does I wanted to glance back and take stock of this year's most successful spectacles and see what rose to top in terms of ticket tallies. Last year Korean cinephiles were treated to an array of awesome attractions ("The Face Reader", "Snowpiercer", "The Attorney", "Miracle in Cell No.7"), but still Bong Joon-ho's 2003 hit "The Host" remained the nation's cash king with over 13M admissions. It would take something supremely special (historic) to rally such record-breaking support and slay this iconic stub-guzzler,...More

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  [HanCinema's Image Gallery] "Miss Granny"
  2014/08/30
  A selection of stills from Hwang Dong-hyuk's "Miss Granny"… This magical melodrama cashed in on the Lunar New Year holiday earlier this year by attraction over 8.6M moviegoers, making it the highest grossing film until "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" recently came into power. Those who enjoyed "Miracle in Cell No.7" will no doubt appreciate Hwang's efforts here. Enjoy!,...More

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  'The Admiral: Roaring Currents' Set for All-Time Box-Office Triumph
  2014/08/11, Source
  "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" set yet another record on Sunday by drawing 10 million viewers in just 12 days, almost halving the previous record. The previous best time was 21 days, achieved by "The Host" in 2006. "Avatar", the biggest overall box office hit in Korea, took 38 days, "Miracle in Cell No.7" 32, "Masquerade" 38, and "The Attorney" 33,...More

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  'Roaring Currents' Breaks All Box-Office Records
  2014/08/07, Source
  "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" is breaking every box-office record in Korea and has now drawn 7 million viewers in the shortest time in Korean film history, just eight days after it opened. It was released on July 30 and needed a full five days fewer than the previous record held by "The Host" (2006), "The Thieves" (2012) and "The Face Reader" (2013),...More

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  Korean movie of the week "Miss Granny"
  2014/07/24, Source
  Korean movie of the week "Miss Granny" (2014) Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk With Shim Eun-kyung, Na Moon-hee, Park In-hwan, Sung Dong-il, Lee Jin-wook, Kim Hyun-sook,... Formerly known as "Suspicious Girl" on HanCinema Synopsis Oh Mal-Soon (Na Moon-hee) is a 74-year-old widow that realizes she is becoming a burden on her family. As she is roaming the streets, she comes across a photo studio and decides to dress up for a self- portrait. When she walks out of the photo studio, she mysteriously turns back into her twenty year old self. Making the most out of this one in a lifetime opportunity, she changes her name to Oh Doo-Ri (Shim Eun-kyung) and decides to make the most out of her youth,...More

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  Jang Hyuk in "Empire of Lust"
  2014/05/27, Source
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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "Cold Eyes": Soulless City Surveillance
  2014/04/26
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  Wall paintings instill new life into 'Ant Village'
  2014/04/12, Source
  Image credit : Moreska At 100-58, Segeomjeongno 4-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul is the "Ant Village", one of the few poor hillside neighborhoods. The village is named such because its residents work hard from very early in the morning to late at night without losing hope despite their destitute situations. The village, which had few outside visitors, became famous recently after it appeared in a hit Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7" as the neighborhood where the main characters lived,...More

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  "The Target" to be released on April 30
  2014/03/10, Source
  Actor Ryu Seung-ryong's title role movie "The Target" has been confirmed to be released on April 30. "The Target" is about a man named Yeo-hoon (Ryu Seung-ryong) who is involved with a murder case and another named Tae-joon (Lee Jin-wook) who joins hands with him to save his wife. They go on a 36-hour chase with a detective who is motivated to capture them,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "Speedy Scandal": Bachelor Busted in the Blink of an Eye
  2014/02/08
  In the Spotlight this Week: Kang Hyeong-cheol's "Speedy Scandal" Kang Hyeong-cheol's debut feature "Speedy Scandal" was the hottest Korean film of 2008. The movie outplayed stellar titles (such as "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and "The Chaser") to become the 8th highest grossing film at the time with over 8.2 million admissions going its way. This jocular and jazzy comedy was also given its dues at local award ceremonies, where Kang and actress Park Bo-young walked away with a number of accolades in the Best Director and Best New Actress categories. Only recently was the film pushed out of Korea's all-time top ten, but Kang's opening act still remains Korea's most profitable out-and-out K-comedy in history,...More

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  Veteran Supporting Actors Behind Success of Domestic Films
  2014/02/03, Source
  Clockwise from top left, Oh Dal-soo, Kim Jung-tae, Park Chul-min, Ra Mi-ran, Ko Chang-seok, and Kwak Do-won The influence of supporting actors is growing as they play a critical role in helping to set new box-office records for Korean films even though they may appear on screen for only a few minutes. In fact, the actor who has appeared in the highest number of Korean movies that drew more than 10 million moviegoers was not leading man Song Kang-ho. Instead, that honor goes to supporting actor Oh Dal-soo, who features in four of the nation's nine most successful flicks,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2014/01/23 in Korea
  2014/01/23, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2014/01/23 in Korea; "Hot Young Bloods", "Miss Granny", "Stray Dogs", "The Dinner",...More

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  [Video] Teaser released for the Korean movie 'Miss Granny'
  2014/01/23, Source
  Teaser released for the Korean movie "Miss Granny",...More

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  [HanCinema's Year in Review] William's Top 10 Movies 2013
  2014/01/18
  A few ground rules to start out with. First, the only movies going on this list are the ones with a South Korean release date of 2013. Including any films not released in that timeframe would just be unfairly tantalizing. It's bad enough that most of my weekly reviews are for movies you're not going to be able to watch for several months. Second, I'm kind of skeptical on the concept of Top 10 Lists in the first place. My Top 3 are pretty definite, but everything after just lies in the generic range of "pretty good". Believe me- there are ones I'd like to include here, but I decided to err on the side of obscurity, since hey, isn't finding new stuff a lot more fun anyway?,...More

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  'The Attorney' Goes from Strength to Strength
  2014/01/08, Source
  "The Attorney" hit the eight-million viewer mark only 19 days after it was released. According to the Korean Film Council, a total of 8.03 million people had watched the film as of Monday, drawing 165,788 moviegoers that day alone. Now in its fourth week, the flick remains hugely popular, maintaining its lead in the box office ranking,...More

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  [HanCinema's Afterwords] KOFIC Podcast Review - Special Episode
  2014/01/04
  In this Episode: Korean Cinema in 2013…  KOFIC recently launched "Korean Cinema Today", a bimonthly podcast that's all about the wonderful world of Korean cinema. Hosted by Pierce Conran, the show features the latest Korean cinema news, features, discussions, and interviews with special guests from the industry. In this special episode, Pierce has Darcy Paquet in studio to talk about the past year's big features, their top 5 films of the year, industry trends, as well as mention some of the big period films coming our way in 2014. "Korean Cinema Today" is only four episodes in, and so while they are still finding their feet, the show is shaping up to be another fantastic new initiative by KOFIC. The show is hosted by Pierce Conran (editor of Modern Korean Cinema, Twitch Korean film correspondent, and writer for the Korean Film Council) and thus far he has already had interviews with Kwak Gyeong-taek ("Friend 2"), Lee Cheol-ha ("Hello Orchestra"), and has Darcy Paquet (one of Korea's leading and dedicated film critics) on the show to talk about 2003 (a landmark year for Korean cinema). In this special episode Darcy joins Pierce once again to discuss the incredible year that was 2013,...More

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  Park Shin-hye Scales Acting Career High with New Series
  2014/01/04, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye enjoyed great success last year with the film "Miracle in Cell No.7" and the SBS drama "The Heirs". However, while she was no doubt celebrating off-camera as her long career was buffeted by a second wind, she spent a lot of time pouring her eyes out onscreen in her role as a girl from a poor family in the popular TV soap,...More

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  'The Attorney' Expected to Break More Box Office Records
  2014/01/02, Source
  "The Attorney" is likely to become this year's first movie to draw 10 million moviegoers. According to the Korean Film Council, a total of 5.69 million people had watched it as of Tuesday. The number had risen to 6 million on Wednesday morning, only 15 days after the flick was released, according to distributer NEW. If its popularity continues at a similar pace, it could become the fastest film to achieve the milestone in the history of Korean cinema. It needed five fewer days to attract 5 million cinemagoers than last year's "Miracle in Cell No.7". "The Attorney" gained more momentum in its second week, thus raising expectations even higher,...More

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  Park Shin-hye has X-Mas party with Japanese fans in Tokyo
  2013/12/23, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye had a party with her Japanese fans. A party was held in the name "Park Shin-hye's Special Gift" at Tokyo Shangri La Hotel, Japan on the 21st,...More

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  Song Kang-ho, Jeon Do-yeon Named Most Memorable Actors of 2013
  2013/12/23, Source
  Song Kang-ho (left) and Jeon Do-yeon A record 227.8 million people had watched the 623 films screened in Korean theaters this year as of Saturday. Multiplex chain CGV says data from U.K. media research firm Screen Digest show that every Korean watched on average 4.12 films in cinema this year, beating the U.S'. 3.88 films per person to top the world for the first time. Some films were good, others a way of killing time. The Chosun Ilbo and booking site Maxmovie asked 2,622 people who were the most memorable actors and what the most memorable films of the year,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.12.20 - 2013.12.22
  2013/12/23
  All others were found wanting this past weekend as Yang Woo-seok's "The Attorney" put up a feverish 1.3M (45.2%) admissions ahead of the Christmas celebrations. Last week Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" was the flickering favourite, but the epic feature conceded defeat here as Yang's star-struck local drama made sure the year was to end on a local high. The other domestic disturbances to make notable headway were Lee Hyun-jong's racy romance "Catch Me", as well as an early favouring of Gong Yoo's first action outing: "The Suspect",...More

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  Over 200 Million Movie Tickets to Be Sold This Year
  2013/12/17, Source
  The total number of movie tickets sold in Korea is expected to hit the 200 million mark for the first time this year. According to the Korean Film Council on Monday, the figure had already 199.33 million as of Sunday. Given that 200,000 to 300,000 people watch films in theaters on weekdays, the figure will likely surpass the milestone this week,...More

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  Goodbye "The Heirs", Park Shin-hye's 10 years
  2013/12/11, Source
  Hallyu stars, hit makers and a pretty actress in her 20's that no one can deny. Actress Park Shin-hye has achieved a lot in the last 10 years. Park Shin-hye debuted with the 2003 drama "Stairway to Heaven" as a kid in 2003. It all started with her narration and it's been 10 years since then. She's now 24 in Korean age and is currently walking up the hill to success,...More

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  Korean movie of the week "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/11/28, Source
  Korean movie of the week "Miracle in Cell No.7" (2013) Directed by Lee Hwan-gyeong With Ryu Seung-ryong, Park Shin-hye, Kal So-won, Oh Dal-soo, Park Won-sang, Kim Jung-tae,... Previously known as "December 23rd" (12월 23일, 12-wol 23-il) and "Gift From Room 7" on HanCinema Synopsis Successful Ryoo Seung-yong comes back as a fool for his daughter! Outsiders not allowed! In room 7 of the prison where all kinds of criminals are gathered, comes Yong-gu, a father with the sense of a 6 year-old and his 7 year-old daughter Ye-seung,...More

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  34th Blue Dragon Film Awards Winners
  2013/11/22, Source
  Hwang Jung-min and Han Hyo-joo (right) pose after winning the Best Actor and Actress Awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in Seoul on Friday,...More

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  "Snowpiercer" Song Kang-ho and Uhm Ji-won awarded the Best
  2013/11/17, Source
  Bong Joon-ho's "Snowpiercer" won 3 awards. According to the Film's Commission, that "Snowpiercer" was awarded 3 awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography,...More

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  Korean actresses no longer pretend to be pretty, weak, ingenuous
  2013/11/11, Source
  Korean actresses have changed. They are giving up pretending to be pretty, weak and ingenuous. Kim Sun-ah, model-turned actress who is 170 centimeters (near six feet) tall plays the role of a woman paralyzed from waist down in the movie "The Five" that will be released Thursday. Instead of showing off her slim legs, she rides an electric wheelchair with both legs tied up. A woman who lost her husband and daughter by a murderer, she is a vengeful person. To show such emotions, Kim has disheveled hair, and her face is bruised since she fights with the murderer. Jeon Do-yeon in "Way Back Home" plays a woman who is falsely accused of carrying drugs and is locked up in a jail in a foreign country. She doesn`t give off charm of a femme fatal. Ha Ji-won performs a swordsmanship action at "Chosun`s Angels" that will be released in early next year,...More

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  Short haired IU's fashion item
  2013/11/04, Source
  IU and Han Chae-young are competing for beauty. IU and Han Chae-young appear in the new KBS 2TV drama "Pretty Boy" as Kim Bo-tong and Hong Yoo-ra,...More

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  50th Annual Daejong Film Awards Winners
  2013/11/02
  50th Annual Daejong Film Awards Winners,...More

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  "Pretty Boy" IU's first meeting with Jang Geun-suk
  2013/10/31, Source
  IU and Jang Geun-suk who look like characters from a cartoon, met for the first time. Jang Geun-suk takes on the role of Dokgo Mate in the new KBS 2TV drama "Pretty Boy" and IU plays Kim Bo-tong. She's a middle school student and he's a high school senior,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame] Bong Joon-ho's "Mother - 2009"
  2013/10/26
  In the Spotlight this Week: "Mother - 2009" by Bong Joon-ho The mother-image invokes particularly powerful emotions within us all; they are the protecting and nurturing figures that we imagine to be compassionately eternal and lovingly steadfast. In "Mother - 2009" that ideal is given a cruel existence, a scratched filmind born from the collision of untouchable family values and modern Korea's fumbling with justice and reliability. How would a widowed mother react if her only son (of 28 years) were accused of cold-blooded murder? An interesting enough thought experiment, but all-star director Bong Joon-ho challenges us further by thinking the son as mentally handicapped, another cruel test of faith for his mother-image. 'Unconditional love' seems an appropriate tool from which to start from here, it's the romantic weapon that tells us all that a mother's love is always forthcoming - like the rise and fall of the sun. "Mother - 2009" is the tragic story of that unconditional love gone awry, lost somewhere in the vast and unforgiving social space that Bong places between mother and son, between their love and shared madness,...More

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  Domestic Box-Office Sales Hit 100-Million Mark
  2013/10/12, Source
  Cinemagoers here have snapped up over 100 million tickets for Korean movies for the second straight year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The number of tickets sold this year surpassed the mark Friday, some 47 days earlier than last year, when it took until Nov. 20 to achieve the feat,...More

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  'Face Reader' Attracts 8 Million Viewers
  2013/10/01, Source
  "The Face Reader", directed by Han Jae-rim, has attracted over 8 million viewers within just 19 days of its release,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...
  2013/09/28
  K-Films Coming Soon: ★★★★ "Tough as Iron": Kang-cheol, a once great street fighter, gets pulled into Busan's organised crime while trying to support his deteriorating mother. (10/02) ★★★★ "Hope": A father struggles to support his family in the aftermath of his daughter's assault. (10/02) ★★ "Vacation": Three glamorous and privileged young women go on a seductive vacation with three men they've targeted. (10/01),...More

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  [HanCinema's Image Gallery] "Miracle in Cell No. 7"
  2013/09/21
  A selection of shots from Lee Hwan-gyeong's blockbuster "Miracle in Cell No.7" (2013),...More

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  Jang Geun-suk stars in "Pretty Boy"
  2013/09/16, Source
  Jang Geun-suk is starring in the new KBS 2TV drama "Pretty Boy". According to various spokespersons, "Pretty Boy", an original comic by Cheon Gye-yeong will be put on air around the end of November,...More

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  Over-60s Become Most Powerful Consumers Group
  2013/09/15, Source
  Models pose during a senior fashion show in Seoul on July 6. In Korea as elsewhere, consumers over 60 are emerging as the most powerful force in the market. Although people in that age group generally have retired and many feel the pinch, the current generation are most affluent yet because they formed the key workforce during the country's rapid economic development and were able to save money and accumulate assets. Koreans in their 60s or older overtook those in their 40s in terms of their slice of the overall asset pie over the last six years. No wonder that marketers are rolling out the red carpet to woo them. According to Statistics Korea, people over 60 accounted for 29.1 percent of total net household assets, compared to the 26.6 percent stake by those in their 40s. Even until 2006, 40-somethings accounted for 31.6 percent of total net assets compared to 27.5 percent by over-60s,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.09.06 ~ 2013.09.08
  2013/09/09
  Lee Seung-joon-I's action comedy "The Spy" displaced the French-American caper thriller "Now You See Me See" as Korea's top film this past weekend. "The Spy", Lee's debut feature, claimed 842,457 admissions over 786 screens around the country, dominating proceedings by snatching 44.81% of the weekend's ticket sales. The film was unchallenged at the top, with second place, held by Louis Leterrier's "Now You See Me", scoring just 265,347 (14%) over 414 screens. "The Spy" may be Lee's first feature in the director's chair, but he has worked on a number of successful films in the past, including the disaster epic "Haeundae" and the fast-paced action flick "Quick". Other Korean features such as "Hide and Seek", "Snowpiercer" and "The Flu" continued to stockpile ticket stubs, while Kim Ki-duk's disturbing domestic drama "Moebius" managed to secure a top ten finish in its first weekend out,...More

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  Kal So-won in "The Conditions of Love" with Kim Jung-eun
  2013/09/03, Source
  Kid actress Kal So-won who starred in the popular movie "Miracle in Cell No.7" has been cast in the drama "The Conditions of Love". "The Conditions of Love" is directed by Lee Hyeong-min and is looking forward to a released at the end of September. It has succeeded in casting actress Kim Jung-eun and the rest has been disclosed,...More

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  Why Movie Fans Flock to the Theaters This Summer
  2013/08/30, Source
  More than 20 million Koreans went to the movies in August alone, despite the rise of the Internet and widespread use of smartphones and tablet PCs. The Korean Film Council on Wednesday said 20.93 million people went to theaters between Aug. 1 and 27, even more than the previous record of 18.1 million people in February, when Korean hit movies "Miracle in Cell No.7" and "The Berlin File" both made a splash at the box office,...More

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  Korean Films Set New Box-Office Record
  2013/08/27, Source
  Korean films attracted a record 20 million moviegoers in August. According to the Korean Film Council, 24.36 million people watched Korean films between Aug. 1 and 25. The figure easily beats the previous monthly record of 18.09 million in February, when "Miracle in Cell No.7" and "The Berlin File" made a splash at the box office simultaneously. This month, four Korean films are contributing to the success -- "Snowpiercer" with 8.8 million, "The Terror Live" with 5.4 million, "Hide and Seek" with 4.07 million, and "The Flu" with 2.7 million,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.08.23 - 2013.08.25
  2013/08/26
  Last weekend the Korean box office was split between local summer hits and foreign animations, with Huh Jung's thriller "Hide and Seek" coming away as the most popular feature. Huh's disturbing domestic thriller once again walked away with the lion's share of admissions, claiming just over a million (33.6%) over 659 screenings around the country. It has been a truly fantastic response by the Korean public to this young director's debut feature, attention that currently makes "Hide and Seek" the eight highest grossing Korean film of the year,...More

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  HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.08.16 ~ 2013.08.18
  2013/08/19
  It was an all Korean affair at the box office this past weekend, with the top four performers all boasting Korean origins. Bong Joon-ho's "Snowpiercer", last week's number one, fell to third in what was a highly competitive weekend at the top. But it was Huh Jung's thriller "Hide and Seek" that came away with the highest honours, opening its account with 1,353,185 (34.2%) admissions. Following Huh's debut effort with 970,229 (24.4%) was the disaster movie "The Flu", director Kim Seong-su's third major feature. "Snowpiercer" and "The Terror Live" filed in at third and forth respectfully, ultimately making the top four an exclusively Korean affair that held almost 90% of all the ticket sales,...More

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  Ticket Sales for 'Snowpiercer' Still Racing Ahead at Bullet-Train Speed
  2013/08/19, Source
  "Snowpiercer" continues to attract large crowds despite competition from new releases at theaters. The film by Bong Joon-ho attracted 1 million spectators in its first two days, 3 million by day five and broke the 4-million mark on the seventh day of its release -- the fastest clip ever set by a movie in the country. Bong's "The Host" previously set the record in 2006,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.08.09 ~ 2013.08.11
  2013/08/12
  Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic epic "Snowpiercer" and Kim Byeong-woo "The Terror Live" continued their reign of dominance at the top of the Korean box office. Last weekend these two local films claimed almost 80% of the total ticket sales, contributing to record numbers as fans flocked to the theatres to escape the dreaded heat. Despite the abundance of new releases, of both local and foreign flavours, last week's favourites ploughed ahead and once again stole the show. "Snowpiercer" claimed 1.5 million admissions in its second weekend out, snapping up 44% over 1,066 screens around the country. That moved Bong's English-language debut to 6.4 million in total, a sum that is more than good enough to move into up to fifth in the list of the highest grossing Korean films of the year,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.08.02 ~ 2013.08.04
  2013/08/05
  The first week of August brought some exciting news from Korea as the box office enjoyed its biggest weekend haul in history! Around 4.5 millions tickets were sold with Korea's summer films (led by "The Terror Live" and "Snowpiercer") snatching 80% of the market share. Perhaps it was the perfect storm as residents in Korea felt both the pull of two local blockbusters, as well as the push from the unrelenting summer heat. Bong Joon-ho's much anticipated sci-fi action film "Snowpiercer" spearheaded this recording-breaking weekend, claiming 2.2 million admissions over 1127 screens. Its sales were electric, making its impressive three day haul the second highest in history; only "Transformer 3"'s 2.3 million can claim to have one up on Bong Joon-ho's latest,...More

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  [HanCinema's Photo Diaries] 10 Korean Movie Barcodes!
  2013/08/03
  What happens when you compress a Korean film into a single image? Here are 10 beautiful and interesting results.,...More

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  Ku Hye-sun Joins Jury for Jecheon Music Film Festival
  2013/08/03, Source
  Actress and director Ku Hye-sun has been appointed a jury member for the 9th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival. JIMFF announced on Thursday that Ku Hye-sun has been selected as a juror for the competition category. She will watch nine films in the "World Music Film Today" competition category and recommend one for the Grand Prize,...More

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  Korean Film No Longer Wedded to Romance
  2013/08/03, Source
  Romance has apparently all-but disappeared from Korean films these days. It is something of a time-honored rule of thumb to include some love interest among the main characters of a Korean movie, regardless of genre. As recently as last year, box-office hits such as "The Thieves" and "Masquerade" all featured romantic tugs-of-war, or characters with a burning passion for someone. Even if the romance was not at the heart of the movie, it was always there to add spice to the plot,...More

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  'Cold Eyes' Still Sweeping Box Office
  2013/07/23, Source
  "Cold Eyes" has hit the 4-million mark in cinema attendance since its release on July 3. According to box office data released by the Korean Film Council on Saturday, the film sold 135,783 tickets on Friday alone to attract a total of 4.13 million viewers. It became the fifth Korean film this year to draw more than 4 million moviegoers after "Miracle in Cell No.7", "The Berlin File", "New World" and "Secretly and Greatly",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.07.12 - 2013.07.14
  2013/07/15
  The American sci-fi flick "Pacific Rim" came to the party last week and, despite being outdone somewhat back home, the film managed to narrowly clinch the top spot during its first weekend out in Korea. Last week it was Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byeong-seo's "Cold Eyes" that stood tall, but the local crime drama found itself around 160,000 admissions short of del Toro's epic robotic rodeo. "Cold Eyes" claimed 1M admissions (36%) over this past weekend, but the $190 million U.S. production "Pacific Rim" managed a few better with 1.16M admissions (44%). Korea's affinity for large weapons-yielding robots almost ensured the success of this futuristic extravaganza, but the margin was slim and it remains to be seen just how much staying power "Pacific Rim" will actually have in the Korean market. Previous robot-featuring hits like "Iron Man 3" (9M) and "Transformers 3" (7.7M) performed especially well in Korea,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.07.12 ~ 2013.07.14
  2013/07/14, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Pacific Rim",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.07.05 ~ 2013.07.07
  2013/07/08
  It is a shift from brain-dead to brilliant as Marc Forster's "World War Z" reluctantly relinquishes the crown to the local action drama "Cold Eyes". After two weeks at the top Forster's zombie epic was convincingly outvoted by this new Korean release that burst out the gates with 1.3 million admissions. Released on the third, "Cold Eyes" is the product of directors Cho Ui-seok ("Make It Big" and "The World of Silence") and cinematographer Kim Byeong-seo (directorial debut). Starring Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, and Han Hyo-joo, "Cold Eyes" follows two highly observant and intelligent members of the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Unit (SCU). Chief Hwang and his newly appointed Yoon-joo must pull together if they are to stop James, the cold-hearted leader of a criminal organisation who continues to evade their nets,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.07.05 ~ 2013.07.07
  2013/07/07, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Cold Eyes" (감시자들),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Talk] Siblings in Cinema: The RYOO Brothers
  2013/07/06
  Siblings don't always get along. Even when working within the same field family members often choose to keep their personal and professional lives separate to keep the peace. Personal histories, grudges, and just knowing one another as well as they do can cause friction and frustration in the workplace. Not so though with renowned South Korean actor Ryoo Seung-bum and his moviemaking brother Ryoo Seung-wan. The brothers' most recent effort, "The Berlin File" (2013), marks another successful family collaboration that rocked Korean cinemas earlier this year. The brothers both came into the spotlight with their 2000 début feature "Die Bad"; a collection of four hard-boiled short stories that follows two teenagers and their descent into the violent world of organised crime. The film was written and directed by Seung-wan and stars himself and his younger brother Seung-beom. Seung-wan has sometimes been described as the Korean Tarantino, while his talent younger brother has been likened too the American-Canadian comedy actor Jim Carrey,...More

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  Domestic Films Set New Records in First Half
  2013/07/03, Source
  The Culture Ministry said on Tuesday that a record 55.6 million moviegoers saw locally-produced movies at the cinema from January to June, giving them a 56 percent market share,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.06.28 ~ 2013.06.30
  2013/07/01
  Marc Forster's "World War Z" continues its reign at the top of the Korean box office. Forster's post-apocalyptic horror cleared 933,807 (46%) admissions during its second weekend appearance, giving Brad Pitt's latest 3.1M admissions to take to the bank. The film cost $190M to produce and has already comfortably grossed $259M worldwide ($124M of which came from its own U.S. screenings). Last week the film easily dislodged Jang Cheol-soo's "Secretly and Greatly" at the top, pulling in over 800,000 tickets more than Jang's highly successful second feature. This week the Korean showing was a little limp, with only "Secretly and Greatly" and Kim Yong-gyun's "Killer Toon" making the grade. Summertime is horror time in Korea, and with that comes Kim's new film "Killer Toon" starring Lee Si-young, Uhm Ki-joon and Hyun Woo. The film opened its account with 390,729 (18.6%) admissions and follows the webcomic creator Ji-yoon (played by Lee Si-young),...More

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  The Korean Film Festival comes to Montreal
  2013/06/26, Source
  In celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Korea, a selection of 10 outstanding Korean films will be showcased in Montreal from July 4th to 10th, 2013. Ciné-Asie, along with the major support of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, presents the first edition of the Korean Film Festival in Canada – KFF – which will be launched in five Canadian cities, highlighting Montreal in partnership with the Cineplex Odeon Forum and Mosaicultures Internationales Montréal at the Montreal Botanical Garden (an event that expects nearly two million visitors this summer), the KFF anticipates to receive a large number of visitors for its first edition. For the first time, the KFF website is composed in three different languages: English, French, and Korean. The KFF will present ten full length feature films and five short films. The feature films are either the highest grossing movies in recent years, totalling 7 to 13 million admissions in South Korea, or have gained international critical acclaims, winning significant awards. Among them include Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" (Le grand prix at Venice 2012), "Miracle in Cell No.7" (over 12 million admissions in Korea, 2013), and "Masquerade" starring actor Lee Byung-hun (over 12 million admissions in Korea, 2012),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/06/15
  Lee Hwan-gyeong's colossal hit "Miracle in Cell No.7" boasts an impressive cast, captivating cinematography, and a touching tale that Korean cinema will struggle to forget. Released late in January, this heart-felt drama managed to keep itself in Korea's top ten all the way to April! Its eleven weeks in that list saw it ease past the 12 million admissions mark, making it the fifth Korean film to do so since Lee Joon-ik 2005 drama "The King and the Clown". Standing proud as the third highest grossing Korean film, "Miracle in Cell No. 7" is definitely a must-see for all Korean cinephiles, but it's by no means perfect,...More

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  'Secretly and Greatly' Blazes Trail at Box Office by Tapping Teen Audience
  2013/06/10, Source
  Director Jang Cheol-soo's "Secretly and Greatly" hit the 3-million mark in terms of cinema attendance on Sunday, just five days after it was released. The hit movie attracted 1 million moviegoers in 36 hours and 2 million in 72 hours as it continues to set a series of new records in the history of Korean cinema. It attracted a record number of daily spectators (919,000) on Thursday, saw the most tickets booked before its release, and reached the 1-million mark faster than any other Korean film to date. The film is a light-hearted comedy revolving around three North Korean agents who disguise themselves, respectively, as a village idiot, a rock star and a high school student while they await their orders from Pyongyang. When their mission turns out to be an order to commit suicide, due to a sudden power shift in the North, none are best pleased,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Talk] Iron Man, Iron Curtain, and Christmas Cake.
  2013/05/11
  Marvel's metal magician is in its third week in Korea and fans are still throwing money at the screen to catch Tony Stark's latest outing. The previous "Iron Man" films performed admirably at the Korean box office (each claiming around 4.5 million admissions), and this latest instalment is fast approaching 7 million admissions and has yet to see any challengers to its iron crown. It's no real surprise that the film has dominated proceedings, especially considering the massive success of "The Avengers" last year, which snatched 7 million tickets itself in Korea alone. "Iron Man 3" has also been heavily marketing and promoted in Korea. Its lone star, Robert Downey Jr., did some serious PR in Korea, the cinema houses have allocated an extremely large number of screenings to the film, even Korean franchises such as Paris Baguette have been getting in on the action with themed cakes and packaging!,...More

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  The honorable winners of the 49th PaekSang Arts Awards
  2013/05/09, Source
  The winners at the 49th PaekSang Arts Awards held in Kyeong-hee University on the 9th, are posing for a picture. Winners list In films Grand Prize (Daesang): Ryu Seung-ryong ("Miracle in Cell No.7"),...More

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  Ryu Seung-ryong stars as killer in "Point Blank"
  2013/05/08, Source
  'Dirty sexy' Ryu Seung-ryong is a killer. Ryoo is negotiating terms and conditions with the movie "Point Blank". "Point Blank" is a well known French movie about a killer and a nurse who helped out the killer joining powers to track down the man who kidnapped the nurse's wife,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.05.03 ~ 2013.05.05
  2013/05/06
  Tony Stark may be under some psychological pressure in his third outing but his Korean fans continued to storm the cinemas in support. "Iron Man 3" once again dominated proceedings over this past weekend, adding 1,865,121 (75%) admissions and bringing its total tally now to almost six million. That places Marvel's blockbuster as the third highest grossing release in Korea for 2013; just behind "The Berlin File" (7.1 Million), which it will surely surpass in the coming week. There were only three new entries that made the top grade this past weekend: Lee Jong-pil's "The Singing Contest, a re-release of "Finding Nemo 3D", and the Japanese animation "One Stormy Night",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.05.03 ~ 2013.05.05
  2013/05/05, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Iron Man 3",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] April 2013
  2013/05/04
  April proved to be a slow month at the box office as local films gave way to foreign favourites. It wasn't until last weekend that things were given a shot in the arm as Marvel's blockbuster "Iron Man 3" sounded the horn that cause more than 2 million fans to stream in. Tom Cruise's latest efforts in "Oblivion" held down the top spot during the middle weeks, leaving Jo Dong-oh's "Running Man" to be the only Korean film to taste gold in week one. The release of both "Oblivion" and "Iron Man 3" denied Kang Woo-seok's eighth film "Fist of Legend" any traction, leaving to sit in second place spinning its tyres for much of the month,...More

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  Ryu Seung-ryong beats Yoo Hae-jin
  2013/05/02, Source
  Actor Ryu Seung-ryong was chosen as the most ugly but attractive actor. Research Panel Korea runs Panel Now which ran a survey from the 27th of last month to the 1st of May titled, "The Most Ugly but Attractive Actor",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.04.26 ~ 2013.04.28
  2013/04/29
  Marvel's "Iron Man 3" has jolted Korean cinephiles into action after a lethargic month at the movies. The popular comic book franchise opened with 2,202,252 admissions, taking in more than 80% of all tickets sold over the weekend. That's more than the combined admissions count of the top films in the last four weeks! It was also given a fair bit of support from the cinema houses, opening to an incredible 1,380 screenings around the country ("The Berlin File" was only other film this year to enjoy such a release, and it opened with just 894). It's an impressive response from both the industry and the Korean public, but such a top-heavy weekend resulted in a dismal performance by everyone else in the chart,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.04.26 ~ 2013.04.28
  2013/04/28, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Iron Man 3",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.04.19 ~ 2013.04.21
  2013/04/22
  The science fiction action flick "Oblivion" managed to hold onto first place in what was one of the year's quietest weekends at the box office. Tom Cruise's latest held down first with only 367,022 (30%), the lowest admissions count for first this year. Tom Cruise is a popular figure in Korea and, despite some close competition from Kang Woo-seok's "Fist of Legend", his latest representation was able to cling onto gold. "Oblivion" had 563 screens around the country from which to pool admissions from, and this past weekend saw it advance its total tally to 1,204,448,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.04.19 ~ 2013.04.21
  2013/04/21, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Oblivion",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.04.12 - 2013.04.14
  2013/04/15
  Korea's love for all things Tom Cruise proves itself once again this week as the Hollywood actor's new film "Oblivion" takes the top spot. The film is based off an unpublished graphic novel from the director Joseph Kosinski ("Tron: Legacy") and Arvid Nelson. Mr. Kosiniski said that the film pays homage to the 1970s and the science fiction films of that era. 530,069 (34%) admissions were enough for the film to hold first position over 638 screenings around the country. The film also stars Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The sci-fi genre seems to fit Cruise's acting persona well and the thousands of Korean cinephiles that came out over the weekend to see him in action would not disagree,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.04.12 ~ 2013.04.14
  2013/04/14, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Oblivion",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.04.05 ~ 2013.04.07
  2013/04/08
  Jo Dong-oh's action thriller "Running Man" is off to a good start as it snatched the top spot in its first weekend out. The film claimed 501,908 (30.89%) admissions over 568 screens, only just pushing outs its closest rival "G.I. Joe 2" which came close itself with 464,619 (30.49%). "Running Man" stars Shin Ha-kyun as Cha Jong-woo, a young man who accidentally gets caught up in a murder case and soon finds himself on the run because of it. This week's chart saw a number of new entries both local and foreign, in addition to some regular faces that have made the top ten their own the last few months. But overall admissions were low, with only the top two films seeing much action in this quieter week at the movies,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.04.05 ~ 2013.04.07
  2013/04/07, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Running Man" (런닝맨),...More

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  Park Shin-hye in Kim Eun-sook's "The Heirs"
  2013/04/04, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye is starring in the SBS drama "Those Who Want the Crown, Withstand the Weight of it - The Heirs" with Lee Min-ho. SALT Entertainment claimed this truth on the 5th,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2013.03.29 ~ 2013.03.31
  2013/04/01
  The second G.I. Joe film has hit the Korean peninsula and, with help of Lee Byung-hun as 'Storm Shadow' no doubt, has managed to secure first position. "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation" snatched 708,267 admissions (43%) over 761 screens to make it only the second foreign film this year to make it to number one. The Korean actor Lee Byung-hun ("Masquerade" and "I Saw the Devil") shows that he still has quiet some pull with fans as the Korean public, after a relatively quiet March, have warmly welcomed his latest action efforts.,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.29 ~ 2013.03.31
  2013/03/31, Source
  The number one movie this week is "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation",...More

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  [Hancinema's Box Office Review] 2013.03.22 ~ 2013.03.24
  2013/03/25
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2013.03.08 ~ 2013.03.10) Roh Deok debut film "Very Ordinary Couple" landed in first place with 538,875 (31.9%) this past weekend. Roh's romantic melodrama draws on her own personal experiences of life and love in what is expected to be a fresh take on the Korea's romance genre. The film stars Lee Min-ki ("Spellbound") and Kim Min-hee ("Helpless") as they battle the probability of getting back together after their breakup. In addition to Roh Deok first effort, this past week also saw the release of number of new films that managed to keep things interesting during this period of relatively low admissions,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.22 ~ 2013.03.24
  2013/03/24, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Very Ordinary Couple" (연애의 온도),...More

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  [Hancinema's Box Office Review] 2013.03.15 ~ 2013.03.17
  2013/03/18
  For the first time this year a foreign film has managed to claim the top spot in Korea's weekend box office. With 423,336 admissions, Jonathan Levine's "Warm Bodies" is the first outside entry to make it all the way to the top. However it does so with the lowest ticket count for first place this year. "Warm Bodies" is an adaptation from Isaac Marion's book of the same name; it's a paranormal romance that takes a zombie's perspective as he pursues his living love interest. "Warm Bodies" claimed 26.0% of the total ticket sales with the help of 475 screenings around the country. There were a string of new releases last week that caused a serious reshuffle in this weekend's top ten, including Yoon Jong-chan's "Paparoti", the Oscar winner "Lincoln", as well as the Italian animation "Gladiators of Rome" in 3D,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.15 ~ 2013.03.17
  2013/03/17, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Warm Bodies",...More

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  [HanCinema's Infographic] "Miracle in Cell No. 7"
  2013/03/16
  HanCinema's Infographic: "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  "Paparotti" beats "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/03/14, Source
  Han Seok-gyu and Lee Je-hoon's movie "Paparoti" beat "Miracle in Cell No.7" and had a good start in third place. According to the Films Commissions Statistics, "Paparoti" rated third place in the national box office. The accumulated number of audiences add up to 82,940,...More

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  "Miracle in Cell No.7" jumps over "Masquerade"
  2013/03/13, Source
  Movie "Miracle in Cell No.7" is about to beat "Masquerade". According to the Film Commissions Statistics, "Miracle in Cell No.7" is second in the box office with 34,677 audiences in just 4 days. The accumulated number adds up to 12,279,538,...More

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  [Hancinema's Box Office Review] 2013.03.08 ~ 2013.03.10
  2013/03/11
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2013.03.08 ~ 2013.03.10) Park Hoon-jung's "The New World" enjoyed its third successive weekend as Korea's number one film. Park's action thriller added 508,889 (30.9%) stubs to move its total admissions count to 3.3 million. Park's second feature withstood the continuous pressure from Lee Hwan-gyeong's silver bullet hit "Miracle in Cell No.7", which itself is now standing in its eighth week. "Miracle in Cell No.7" has never slipped past second place, and its numbers continue to swell to record-breaking heights. Three other films came into the charts this past weekend that, although weren't able to cause much distress at the top of pile, did cause a shuffle in the upper echelons of Korea's top ten,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.08 ~ 2013.03.10
  2013/03/10, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The New World" (신세계),...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.03.01 ~ 2013.03.03
  2013/03/04
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2013.03.01 ~ 2013.03.03) Leading us into it the month of March was Park Hoon-jung's "The New World" as it stretched its lead on Lee Hwan-hyeong's golden child "Miracle in Cell No.7". The two films were separated by just 5,000 admissions last weekend, but it was Park's latest that managed to pull ahead this time around. This cops and robbers action film scored 849,378 (29.43%) admissions, moving its total to 2.5 million since its release two weeks ago. In addition to the top local films slugging it out there were a number of new inclusions that came into the fray this week, including Park Chan-wook's first English-language film "Stoker",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.01 ~ 2013.03.03
  2013/03/03, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.03.01 ~ 2013.03.03 The number one movie this week is "The New World" (신세계),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] February
  2013/03/02
  Lee Hwan-gyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" continued to dominate proceedings this past month, advancing its admissions tally to just over 11 million ($74M). After being released late in January, "Miracle in Cell No.7" came into the charts to beat off Korea's second highest grossing film of the year, Ryoo Seung-wan's espionage thriller "The Berlin File" (6,904,728). Lee Hwan-gyeong's would have completely stolen the show, but was marginally outdone in the first and fourth weeks by "The Berlin File" and, then again, by Park Hoon-joeng-I's "The New World". "The Berlin File" hit the Korean market a week after Lee's big moneymaker, and for that week it did manage to outshine Lee's hit, if only by a small margine. Many were excited to see what Ryoo's latest piece had to offer, as his last film, the gripping 2010 crime thriller "The Unjust", did more than turn a few heads,...More

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  "Miracle in Cell No.7" poster, Ryu Seung-ryong, Kal So-won and Park Shin-hye
  2013/03/01, Source
  A special poster for the movie "Miracle in Cell No.7" has been revealed. This poster has Yong-gu (Ryu Seung-ryong), small Ye-seung (Kal So-won) and big Ye-seung (Park Shin-hye) on the front of it. They are all drawing hearts with their arms and hands,...More

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  Added new stills and posters for the Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/02/28, Source
  Added new stills and posters for the Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  Park Shin-hye says bye to Ko Dok-mi
  2013/02/26, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye said goodbye to tvN drama "Flower Boy Next Door". Park Shin-hye said, "I was happy with Ko Dok-mi for three months. I learnt something new and I hope you all enjoyed it too. I hope many people opened up through the drama and have a good day",...More

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  "Miracle in Cell No.7" Attracts More Than 10 Mln to Theaters
  2013/02/25, Source
  South Korean film "Miracle in Cell No.7" has been viewed by over ten million people in just over a month since it opened in theaters. The movie's distributor said it received ten-million-30-thousand viewers as of Saturday evening,...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.02.22 ~ 2013.02.24
  2013/02/24
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review  (2013.02.22 ~ 2013.02.24) After dominating proceedings for the past month, Lee Hwan-hyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" has given way to Park Hoon-jung's "The New World". Park was credited for the scripts of "The Unjust" and "I Saw the Devil", but "The New World" marks only his second film in the director's seat. The film stars Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik and Hwang Jung-min in an action thriller that probes the spaces between Korea's National Police Agency and organised crime. "The New World" opened on Thursday and walk away from the weekend with more than 1 million admissions in its pocket,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.02.22 ~ 2013.02.24
  2013/02/24, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The New World" (신세계),...More

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  Skin beauty Park Shin-hye chosen to model for beauty brand
  2013/02/19, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye has been chosen as the model of a beauty brand. Park Shin-hye has recently been chosen as the brand model of Enprani and Holika Holika,...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.02.15 ~ 2013.02.17
  2013/02/17
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.02.15 ~ 2013.02.17) After last weekend's fiercely contested race, it was Lee Hwan-hyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" that once again came out on top. Lee's popular comedy drama scooped around 1.1 million admissions (41.19%) to further cements itself as the highest grossing Korean film of the year. "Miracle in Cell No.7" is now approaching 9 million admissions, just ahead of this weekend's number two film: "The Berlin File" which also moves onto 5.9 million admissions of its own. Fresh to the charts are two new Korean films in the form of Lee Wonsuk's "How to Use Guys with Secret Tips", as well as Yim Soon-rye's "Run to the South",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.02.15 ~ 2013.02.17
  2013/02/17, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Miracle in Cell No.7" (7번방의 선물),...More

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  Kim Yun-seok, "Don't compare me and Ha Jung-woo"
  2013/02/13, Source
  Actor Kim Yun-seok doesn't want to be compared with fellow actor Ha Jung-woo. In a recent interview, Kim said, "I am from a different generation from Ha Jung-woo. He should be compared with others from his generation like Cho Seung-woo and Park Hae-il not me",...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.02.08 ~ 2013.02.10
  2013/02/11
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.02.08 ~ 2013.02.10) It was another closely fought race at the box office this past weekend, but it was Lee Hwan-hyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" that reclaimed pole position with 1.3 million admissions (37.12%). Lee's latest had over 800 screenings to help its cause as it now moves to 6,279,229 admissions, making it the highest grossing Korean film of the year thus far. The Lunar New Year weekend saw the release of a number new films, including Kim Soon-rye's new comedy drama "Run to the South", an old Russian fairy tale retold in glorious 3D animation, as well the fifth instalment in the popular "Die Hard" franchise,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.02.08 ~ 2013.02.10
  2013/02/10, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Miracle in Cell No.7" (7번방의 선물),...More

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  Korean Movies Continue to Enjoy Enormous Popularity in 2013
  2013/02/05, Source
  Korean movies released this year are enjoying enormous popularity and rave reviews from movie fans just as they did last year. "The Berlin File", a film about South and North Korean spies, drew more than two million people just a week after its release,...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.02.01 ~ 2013.02.03
  2013/02/04
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.02.01 ~ 2013.02.03) February is off with a bang as two Local favourites breached the million admissions mark, together making up more than 80% of this past weekend's ticket sales. Ryoo Seung-wan's action thriller "The Berlin File" led the charge with 1.53 million admissions (43.4% over 894 screens), followed by last weekend's choice film "Miracle in Cell No.7" with 1.36 million (37.5% over 866 screens). "The Berlin File" came out on the 30th and stars Ha Jung-woo, Han Suk-kyu, Ryoo Seung-bum and Jun Ji-hyun as a South Korean intelligence agent comes across an unidentified player while spying on a North Korean weapons deal in Berlin. Ryoo Seung-wan's last film was "The Unjust" back in 2010, an epic crime thriller than seemed to hit all the right notes. Ryoo will be hoping his latest will be able to emulate his last films popularity, and with already 2,24 millions admissions under the belt "The Berlin File" is set to do just that,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.02.01 ~ 2013.02.03
  2013/02/03, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The Berlin File" (베를린),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] January
  2013/02/02
  It was a hard month for foreign films here in Korea as January favoured three local films that, between them, held a tight grip on the ticket sales. Lee Hwan-gyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" may have stolen the show in the last weekend of the month, but it was Kim Ji-hoon's fiery epic "The Tower" and Jo Jin-kyoo's 5th comedy "Man on the Edge" that held that top position until then. In the foreign corner, two adaptations stood out in the form of the musical drama "Les Misérables" and "Life of Pi". The former has grossed $38.6 million over its six week run in Korean theatres, with "The Tower" close behind on $34.4 million,...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.01.25 ~ 2013.01.27
  2013/01/27
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.01.25 ~ 2013.01.27) Lee Hwan-hyeong's "Miracle in Cell No.7" stormed the top ten this past weekend to snatch 42% of tickets sales (1,241,737 admissions). Lee's previous film ("The Champ") struggled at the box office and only collected 535,766 admissions during its run last year. In rising to the top, "Miracle in Cell No.7" dislodged Jo Jin-kyoo's "Man on the Edge" (previous known as "The Gangster Shaman") at the top of the pile and was also able to quell the kids' enthusiasm over Korea's favourite penguin Pororo and his new film: "Pororo, The Racing Adventure",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.01.25 ~ 2013.01.27
  2013/01/27, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Miracle in Cell No.7" (7번방의 선물),...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/01/25
  The main characters are retarded father Yong-goo (played by Ryu Seung-ryong) and his adorable seven year old daughter Ye-seung (played by Kal So-won). Circumstances conspire to keep them apart, but through sheer determination and the help of other prison inmates, they're able to find time to be happy together. This family changes the hardened people around them for better. But inevitably, for all these attempts at happiness, tragedy strikes and people left my theater crying. "Miracle in Cell No.7" is an extremely manipulative movie emotionally, and oftentimes feel like it's cheating by forcing the audience to identify with these overwrought situations,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2013/01/23 in Korea
  2013/01/23, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2013/01/23 in Korea "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.01.18 ~ 2013.01.20
  2013/01/21
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.01.18 ~ 2013.01.20) The Korean comedy "Man on the Edge" by Jo Jun-kyoo managed to retain its number one status for the second weekend running. The film logged nearly 900,000 admissions this past weekend and was the clear favourite among moviegoers. "Man on the Edge" stars Park Shin-yang as a gangster who also lives a double life as a shaman; Kim Jung-tae, Uhm Ji-won and Jeong Hey-yeong accompany him on screen as this unique blend of comedy continues to thrills fans. The film now moves onto more than 2.5 million admissions since its release on the ninth,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.01.18 ~ 2013.01.20
  2013/01/20, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Man on the Edge" (박수건달),...More

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  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/01/16, Source
  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  [HanCinema's Weekend Box Office Review] 2013.01.11 ~ 2013.01.13
  2013/01/13
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2013.01.11 ~ 2013.01.13) Jo Jun-kyoo's "Man on the Edge" has entered the chart sporting tops honours with 796,000 admissions. This is Jo's sixth film since his 2001 debut "My Wife Is a Gangster", and now Jo returns to the comedy-gangster genre and has been welcomed by the Korean public and fans. This meant that last week's number one, Kim Ji-hoon's "The Tower", had to take a step back but in the process still moved passed the 4 million admissions mark. Two new Korean films also entered the top ten, as well as the fantasy epic "Cloud Atlas",...More

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  Park Shin-hye's cuteness, smile and 'V'
  2013/01/13, Source
  Actress Park Shin-hye was seen taking pictures during break time in the middle of making the tvN drama "Flower Boy Next Door". She isn't made up too much and shows how casual she is,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2013.01.11 ~ 2013.01.13
  2013/01/13, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Man on the Edge" (박수건달),...More

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  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/01/09, Source
  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2013/01/04, Source
  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  [Video] Added trailer and new poster for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2012/12/24, Source
  Added trailer and new poster for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  Added posters for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2012/12/20, Source
  Added posters for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  Added new images for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2012/12/12, Source
  Added new images for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2012/12/07, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  [Video] Teaser Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7"
  2012/12/04, Source
  Teaser Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "Miracle in Cell No.7",...More