Following the North Korean mid-air bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987, a Summit was held between North and South Korea to defuse the extreme tension on the Korean peninsula. The summit ended with the agreement to hastily form a unified Korean sports team; and table tennis, being highly visible and world-class in both countries, was chosen as the symbolic unifier. Summarily, the first-ever unified North-South team under the simple aegis “Korea” was formed to compete in the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. Based on this story, Moon Hyeon-seong comes up with a movie about how the two teams came together, the difficulties they faced and how they managed to triumph in the end.
As One is screening at Black Movie
The movie begins in Beijing in 1990, when North Korea's captain Ri Bun-hui faces off against South Korea's captain Hyun Jung-hwa and loses. At the final, however, the latter...
As One is screening at Black Movie
The movie begins in Beijing in 1990, when North Korea's captain Ri Bun-hui faces off against South Korea's captain Hyun Jung-hwa and loses. At the final, however, the latter...
- 1/21/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Let’s be honest: 2021 was one of the worst years Korean cinema had in recent times. One would’ve hoped that they would have built upon the brilliant couple years that 2019 ad 2020 were but sadly that wasn’t to be. The pandemic situation did not help, with many production houses deciding to pull scheduled releases, halting production or waiting on things to calm down before releasing some projects that have big money riding on them. Even on the indie cinema front, which actually thrived in 2021 due to the lack of mainstream releases, did not manage to impress with what little out there was.
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
“Dramaworld,” a pioneering Korean-American rom-com series, will debut on in the U.S. on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, from this weekend.
Seasons one and two will both debut on IMDb TV from Feb. 12, 2022, with the launch marking the U.S. premiere of season two. The first season of “Dramaworld” originally debuted on Netflix and Viki.
The series follows an American girl who is obsessed with K-drama and is underwhelmed by her real life become catapulted into the world of the Korean dramas she obsesses over. There she meets a facilitator who keeps “Dramaworld” turning through deft but undetected intervention in each storyline. She tumbles headfirst into another show starring her K-drama crush but upsets the equilibrium of “Dramaworld” by kissing her hero.
Season two sees the return of leads Liv Hewson, Sean Dulake (“Operation Chromite”), Justin Chon and Nuri Bae (“Unstoppable”).
Notable new cast members joining...
Seasons one and two will both debut on IMDb TV from Feb. 12, 2022, with the launch marking the U.S. premiere of season two. The first season of “Dramaworld” originally debuted on Netflix and Viki.
The series follows an American girl who is obsessed with K-drama and is underwhelmed by her real life become catapulted into the world of the Korean dramas she obsesses over. There she meets a facilitator who keeps “Dramaworld” turning through deft but undetected intervention in each storyline. She tumbles headfirst into another show starring her K-drama crush but upsets the equilibrium of “Dramaworld” by kissing her hero.
Season two sees the return of leads Liv Hewson, Sean Dulake (“Operation Chromite”), Justin Chon and Nuri Bae (“Unstoppable”).
Notable new cast members joining...
- 2/10/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The global popularity of “Parasite” star Song Kang-ho has turned sports drama “One Win” into a major calling card for Korean film sales company K-Movie Entertainment. The film, still in post-production, has drawn pre-sales interest to the new titles being launched by the company at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
“One Win,” sees Song star as a former volleyball player who is now coaching a young women’s team ‘Pink Storm’ with an unenviable record as the worst in the league. The team’s owner stymies the coach’s efforts to earn a victory by repeatedly trading out the best players.
The film, directed by Shin Yeon-shick and co-starring Park Jeong-min, Park Myung-hoon and Jang Yoon-ju, is produced by Luz Y Sonidos and is set for a 2022 delivery. K-Movie will screen a new promo version at its Acfm virtual booth.
New sales slate addition “Portrait of a Family” sees...
“One Win,” sees Song star as a former volleyball player who is now coaching a young women’s team ‘Pink Storm’ with an unenviable record as the worst in the league. The team’s owner stymies the coach’s efforts to earn a victory by repeatedly trading out the best players.
The film, directed by Shin Yeon-shick and co-starring Park Jeong-min, Park Myung-hoon and Jang Yoon-ju, is produced by Luz Y Sonidos and is set for a 2022 delivery. K-Movie will screen a new promo version at its Acfm virtual booth.
New sales slate addition “Portrait of a Family” sees...
- 10/11/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Asian cinema is not exactly known for its sport movies, which, maybe with the exception of boxing lately, are quite scarce. This however, does not mean that they do not exist at all, since, particularly during the last decade, a number of excellent movies in the category have come to the fore. On the occasion of the Olympic Games taking place in Japan, we decided to present 20 of the greatest Asian films focusing on sports in alphabetical order, with a focus on diversity regarding countries, directors and style of presentation.
1. As One
Titled simply “Korea” in Korean, Moon Hyun-sung’s film told a historically important story of a key moment in history of Korean sport and politics, a unified Korean women’s team consisting players from the North and South which competing in and winning the gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championship. It features two superstars Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona,...
1. As One
Titled simply “Korea” in Korean, Moon Hyun-sung’s film told a historically important story of a key moment in history of Korean sport and politics, a unified Korean women’s team consisting players from the North and South which competing in and winning the gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championship. It features two superstars Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona,...
- 8/1/2021
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
A second season of bilingual series “Dramaworld” takes to the airwaves across Asia from this week. The show is a fantasy about an American K-drama fan-girl who is supernaturally transported into the Korean drama scene and there must save her favorite leading man.
In Korea itself “Dramaworld” will play from Friday on A+E Networks’ Lifetime Korea channel and on the Cj Enm-backed streamer TVing. In Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia it will play out on the international service of Chinese streamer iQIYI, while in Japan its home will be the country’s number three streamer U-Next.
In its first iteration, as a web drama with mini episodes, the show played from 2016 on Netflix and the Rakuten-owned streamer Viki.
Now presented as a long-form drama, the series was written by Josh Billig and Chris Martin, with Martin directing all episodes. Production was through Korean-American company Third Culture Content and Raemongraein a.
In Korea itself “Dramaworld” will play from Friday on A+E Networks’ Lifetime Korea channel and on the Cj Enm-backed streamer TVing. In Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia it will play out on the international service of Chinese streamer iQIYI, while in Japan its home will be the country’s number three streamer U-Next.
In its first iteration, as a web drama with mini episodes, the show played from 2016 on Netflix and the Rakuten-owned streamer Viki.
Now presented as a long-form drama, the series was written by Josh Billig and Chris Martin, with Martin directing all episodes. Production was through Korean-American company Third Culture Content and Raemongraein a.
- 3/31/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Popular Korean star Ha Ji Won returns with “The Huntresses[/link]”, an action comedy which transplants the “Charlie’s Angels” formula to the Joseon dynasty, with Kang Ye Won (“Ghost Sweepers”) and actress/singer Son Gain (“Closer to Heaven”) joining her as legendary bounty hunters. Marking the first outing for “Gingko Bed 2” director Park Je Hyun in a decade, the film is a big budget popcorn affair that packs in the wacky gags and silliness along with plenty of explosive set pieces. Ha Ji Won plays Jin Ok, the leader of a trio of bounty hunters that also includes housewife Hong Dan (Kang Ye Won) and the young Ga Bi (Son Gain), whose agent (Ko Chang Seok, “Over my Dead Body”) lands them in serious trouble when their latest job turns out to be part of a wide reaching and deadly conspiracy. Tasked with tracking down a missing envoy of the king and a mysterious stauroscope,...
- 9/22/2014
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Directed by: Ji-hoon Kim
Written by: Je-gyun Yun
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn, Ji-ho Oh, Ae-ryeon Cha
In the 1981 TV movie The Intruder Within, Medical Center's Chad Everett plays the commander of an oil rig who inadvertently discovers some prehistoric eggs. One of the eggs hatches, releasing a snake-like malevolent creature that begins to hunt down the crew one by one. Directed by Peter Carter (Rituals), The Intruder Within has the dubious distinction of being one of the first full-on Alien rip-offs on television or film. (Roger Corman’s first attempt, the surreal Galaxy of Terror, would be released theatrically later that year.) It’s a typical early-eighties television yarn with flat visuals, story points timed for commercial breaks and very little onscreen violence. Joseph Bottoms (The Black Hole) is the “Ash” of the piece, attempting to study the life form at any price. There's also a “chest burster” counterpart which is shown,...
Written by: Je-gyun Yun
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn, Ji-ho Oh, Ae-ryeon Cha
In the 1981 TV movie The Intruder Within, Medical Center's Chad Everett plays the commander of an oil rig who inadvertently discovers some prehistoric eggs. One of the eggs hatches, releasing a snake-like malevolent creature that begins to hunt down the crew one by one. Directed by Peter Carter (Rituals), The Intruder Within has the dubious distinction of being one of the first full-on Alien rip-offs on television or film. (Roger Corman’s first attempt, the surreal Galaxy of Terror, would be released theatrically later that year.) It’s a typical early-eighties television yarn with flat visuals, story points timed for commercial breaks and very little onscreen violence. Joseph Bottoms (The Black Hole) is the “Ash” of the piece, attempting to study the life form at any price. There's also a “chest burster” counterpart which is shown,...
- 11/6/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
After Joon-Ho Bong‘s South Korean creature feature The Host amassed praise and popularity both locally and internationally, director Ji-hun Kim looks to cash in with his own home-grown monster bash, Sector 7. But where Bong’s film featured inventive creating on an epic scale, Kim’s climaxes at disappointing and clichéd. More fun was had mocking Sector 7‘s cut and paste design with the unlucky band of friends silly enough to join my viewing…never a good sign.
Not all was wasted time though. Kim’s villainous beast may have been a little too glossy due to passable yet not top-notch CGI work, but Mr. Nasty still had a few entertaining kill-cams and sequences. That being said, mixing in practical effects would have done wonders for presentation as the monster’s skin looked more pixellated than real, lessening Sector 7‘s overall fear factor.
Also curious were the creature’s kill tactics,...
Not all was wasted time though. Kim’s villainous beast may have been a little too glossy due to passable yet not top-notch CGI work, but Mr. Nasty still had a few entertaining kill-cams and sequences. That being said, mixing in practical effects would have done wonders for presentation as the monster’s skin looked more pixellated than real, lessening Sector 7‘s overall fear factor.
Also curious were the creature’s kill tactics,...
- 7/1/2012
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Sector 7 (Mining Area 7) a Korean monster movie that looks very promising does not have a Us release date yet, but we do have a English subtitled trailer to share with you. Sector 7 is directed by Kim Ji-Hoon, written by Je-gyun Yun (Tidal Wave) and stars Ji-won Ha (Phone, Tidal Wave), Sung-kee Ahn (The Warrior) and Ji-ho Oh (Strangers 8). Check out the synopsis and English subtitled trailer below. Synopsis: “The film is about a group of workers on a deep sea oil prospecting platform called ‘Eclipse’, located south of Jeju Island>>...
- 7/11/2011
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Its' been a couple of months since we posted anything regarding Kim Ji-hoon's ('May 18') new creature feature 'Sector 7'. But today at last something shiny and new has emerged, albeit pretty mundane. It's a shot of the oil rig where all the action in this new Korean horror takes place. 'Sector 7' stars Ji-won Ha ('Nightmare'), Seong-gi Ahn, Han-wee Lee, Cheol-min Park, Ji-ho Oh, Ae-byeok Song and Ye-ryeon Cha and will land in Korean cinemas this Summer. The still arrives courtesy of Cine21 and you can check it out below....
- 3/3/2011
- Horror Asylum
Kim Ji-hoon's (May 18) new 3D Korean sci-fi monster flick 'Sector 7' has released some pretty tasty new stills. Sadly there's no creature in sight but it'll likely show up when the project moves into post-production. The stills come courtesy of those super folks over at the Asian site Daum.net and you can check them out below. 'Sector 7' stars Ji-won Ha ('Nightmare'), Seong-gi Ahn, Han-wee Lee, Cheol-min Park, Ji-ho Oh, Ae-byeok Song and Ye-ryeon Cha and is due to be released in Korean cinemas this Summer....
- 1/21/2011
- Horror Asylum
Cj Entertainment and Jk Films have joined forces to put together a new Korean monster treat in the shape of 'Sector 7'. The Kim Ji-hoon directed ('May 18') 3D creature feature is currently in post and is awaiting distribution pick up here in the UK and the Us, which surely won't be too far away. A new poster has been revealed with the first look at the new English title logo for the film (actually entitled 'Chil gwangu'). Check it out below. 'Sector 7' stars Ji-won Ha ('Nightmare'), Seong-gi Ahn, Han-wee Lee, Cheol-min Park, Ji-ho Oh, Ae-byeok Song and Ye-ryeon Cha....
- 1/4/2011
- Horror Asylum
In a busy pre-Christmas period, this weekend saw a series of ceremonies celebrating the film industry take place all over the world.
In the United Kingdom, Duncan Jones was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards. David Bowie’s son, the erstwhile Zowie Bowie, picked up prizes including Best Debut Director and Best Film for his own space oddity Moon, the minimalist sci-fi starring Sam Rockwell. At the same ceremony Andrea Arnold’s fantastic Fish Tank won her the Best Director award and In The Loop’s writing staff got the nod for Best Screenplay.
Meanwhile in Korea the Blue Dragon Awards coincided with news of a new resurgence in the South Korean film market. The event, hosted in Seoul, saw Park Chan-Wook unable to add to his two previous Best Director awards with Kim Yong-hwa pipping him to the post for Take Off. Mother, helmed by Bong Joon-ho,...
In the United Kingdom, Duncan Jones was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards. David Bowie’s son, the erstwhile Zowie Bowie, picked up prizes including Best Debut Director and Best Film for his own space oddity Moon, the minimalist sci-fi starring Sam Rockwell. At the same ceremony Andrea Arnold’s fantastic Fish Tank won her the Best Director award and In The Loop’s writing staff got the nod for Best Screenplay.
Meanwhile in Korea the Blue Dragon Awards coincided with news of a new resurgence in the South Korean film market. The event, hosted in Seoul, saw Park Chan-Wook unable to add to his two previous Best Director awards with Kim Yong-hwa pipping him to the post for Take Off. Mother, helmed by Bong Joon-ho,...
- 12/7/2009
- by Kieron
- ReelLoop.com
Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother, South Korea’s submission for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Awards, won the top prize at the Blue Dragon Awards ceremony held tonight in Seoul. Despite its important victory, Mother, the tale of a middle-aged mother (Kim Hye-ja) fighting to clear the name of her son (Won Bin), who has been accused of a vicious crime, failed to win many more trophies. In fact, the film won only two other awards: best supporting actor (Jin Ku) and best lighting. The best director was Yong-hwa Kim for Take Off, an action film about Korea’s national ski jumping team. Best acting honors went to the following: Myeong-min Kim, best actor for Closer to Heaven; Ji-won Ha, best actress, [...]...
- 12/3/2009
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
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