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The 8 Show is the latest South Korean dystopian survival show on Netflix. Like Squid Game, it asks the same question: What wouldn't you do for money?
The series brings together eight debt-ridden contestants in a high-stakes reality competition. Their only goal is to survive for as long as possible in a bizarre apartment complex. There's even a timer, which adds pressure to the chaos.
How The Contestants Escaped The 8 Show
After overthrowing the tyrannical reign of the 8th Floor, the lower-floor players attempt to use the 1st Floor's (Bae Sung-woo) 1 billion won to move to a higher-level room, only to discover that the money only bought instructions, and switching floors is challenging.
With the 8th Floor (Chun Woo-hee) and the 6th Floor (Park Hae-joon) tied up, the group plans to leave, but the 1st Floor,...
The 8 Show is the latest South Korean dystopian survival show on Netflix. Like Squid Game, it asks the same question: What wouldn't you do for money?
The series brings together eight debt-ridden contestants in a high-stakes reality competition. Their only goal is to survive for as long as possible in a bizarre apartment complex. There's even a timer, which adds pressure to the chaos.
How The Contestants Escaped The 8 Show
After overthrowing the tyrannical reign of the 8th Floor, the lower-floor players attempt to use the 1st Floor's (Bae Sung-woo) 1 billion won to move to a higher-level room, only to discover that the money only bought instructions, and switching floors is challenging.
With the 8th Floor (Chun Woo-hee) and the 6th Floor (Park Hae-joon) tied up, the group plans to leave, but the 1st Floor,...
- 5/22/2024
- EpicStream
Considering the ignorant comments we read throughout the web (to say the least) after the release of “Monster”, we decided to take a vote regarding the ranking of the movies of the Japanese, in order to come up with an informed ‘top 16'. The only condition was for the people who vote to have watched at least 10 films by the director, which resulted in the following Amp members voting: Panos Kotzathanasis, Rouven Linnarz, Andrew Thayne, Tobiasz Dunin, Sean Barry, Adriana Rosati and Lukasz Mankowski. The result, which includes his 16 fiction features but not his documentaries, is as follows.
16. Distance (2001)
Koreeda directs a film filled with subtle melancholy, as he tries to present the reasons people join cults and commit horrendous attacks. Through flashbacks and dialogue, he depicts the alienation and emotional isolation the perpetrators had from their families as they succumbed to the cult's dogma. However, his efforts do not prove very fruitful,...
16. Distance (2001)
Koreeda directs a film filled with subtle melancholy, as he tries to present the reasons people join cults and commit horrendous attacks. Through flashbacks and dialogue, he depicts the alienation and emotional isolation the perpetrators had from their families as they succumbed to the cult's dogma. However, his efforts do not prove very fruitful,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Green Night” is the second full-length film by Shuai Han. It had its premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Teddy Award and the Panorama Audience Award. It was also screened at the 11th Asian Film Festival in Barcelona, where it won the Panorama Section Award for Best Screenplay. Her debut, “Summer Blur”, also gained recognition at festivals, winning the Grand Prix in the Generation Kplus competition section at the Berlinale in 2021 and the Fipresci Award in the New Currents section at the Busan International Film Festival in 2020, among others.
Green Night screened at Singapore International Film Festival
The film tells the story of Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing), a Chinese woman working as a border guard at the airport in Seoul, who is trapped in an abusive marriage with a Korean man (Kim Yeong-ho). On the spur of the moment, she embarks on...
Green Night screened at Singapore International Film Festival
The film tells the story of Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing), a Chinese woman working as a border guard at the airport in Seoul, who is trapped in an abusive marriage with a Korean man (Kim Yeong-ho). On the spur of the moment, she embarks on...
- 1/5/2024
- by Tobiasz Dunin
- AsianMoviePulse
Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing delivered an electrifying masterclass to a sold-out ballroom full of screaming fans at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands on Friday.
The in-conversation event was part of the 34th Singapore International Film Festival where Fan is the recipient of this year’s Cinema Icon Award. The festival is screening three of Fan’s films, curated by her – the recent “Green Night,” “Buddha Mountain” and “Double Xposure” – and the star walked the red carpet on opening night, Nov. 30.
Fan spoke frankly – in Mandarin, which was translated live to English by an interpreter – on a range of topics including an in-depth analysis of Han Shuai’s “Green Night,” which comes to Singapore after Berlin and Busan. In the film, Fan plays a Chinese woman, trapped in an oppressive life with her Korean husband, and sets out on an adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl, played by Lee Joo-young (“Broker...
The in-conversation event was part of the 34th Singapore International Film Festival where Fan is the recipient of this year’s Cinema Icon Award. The festival is screening three of Fan’s films, curated by her – the recent “Green Night,” “Buddha Mountain” and “Double Xposure” – and the star walked the red carpet on opening night, Nov. 30.
Fan spoke frankly – in Mandarin, which was translated live to English by an interpreter – on a range of topics including an in-depth analysis of Han Shuai’s “Green Night,” which comes to Singapore after Berlin and Busan. In the film, Fan plays a Chinese woman, trapped in an oppressive life with her Korean husband, and sets out on an adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl, played by Lee Joo-young (“Broker...
- 12/2/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Lee Hae-young did in 2018 what many thought impossible when he successfully remade Johnnie To's much loved thriller “Drug War” into “Believer”, an accomplished thriller that boasted of a strong starcast, excellent visuals, an impressive score and the final on-screen appearance from the late-great Kim Joo-hyuk. While the story didn't really need a sequel per se, Netflix thought otherwise and here we are in 2023, with “Believer 2” ready to release imminently in the streaming platform.
Synopsis
A crime action film on the nerve-wracking war between Won-ho, who is still pursuing Mr. Lee's organization and the disappeared “Rak” after the bloody fight at Yongsan Station, and Brian, who has reappeared, and a new character “Big Knife.” “Believer 2” follows Won-ho's investigation of looking for “Rak,” who disappeared after Brian's incarceration, while getting to the core of the elusive drug cartel. Baek Jong-yeol, who has already received praise for sophisticated cinematography and...
Synopsis
A crime action film on the nerve-wracking war between Won-ho, who is still pursuing Mr. Lee's organization and the disappeared “Rak” after the bloody fight at Yongsan Station, and Brian, who has reappeared, and a new character “Big Knife.” “Believer 2” follows Won-ho's investigation of looking for “Rak,” who disappeared after Brian's incarceration, while getting to the core of the elusive drug cartel. Baek Jong-yeol, who has already received praise for sophisticated cinematography and...
- 11/4/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
A group of men will get more than they bargained for when a trip to remote hotel for sex turns into a survival-of-the-fittest thriller as unwilling participants in an organ trafficking ring. When an earthquake traps the victims, traffickers, and buyers, it’s everyone for themselves. The hit Korean thriller series “Bargain” makes its United States premiere this Thursday, Oct. 5 on Paramount+. You can watch with a subscription to Paramount Plus.
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About Korean Series 'Bargain'
An adaptation of filmmaker Lee Chung-hyun’s 2015 award-winning short film, “Bargain” stars Jeon Jong-seo, Jin Seon-kyu, and Chang Ryul and revolves around a group of strangers who gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives...
How to Watch Korean Series 'Bargain' When: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Where: Paramount Plus Stream: Watch with a subscription to Paramount Plus. Save $20 Now$5.99+ / month paramountplus.com
For a Limited Time, Get 1 Month of Paramount+ With Code: Lioness
About Korean Series 'Bargain'
An adaptation of filmmaker Lee Chung-hyun’s 2015 award-winning short film, “Bargain” stars Jeon Jong-seo, Jin Seon-kyu, and Chang Ryul and revolves around a group of strangers who gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives...
- 10/5/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Female-centric sports dramas often bring a different angle to the tried and tested formula. Even Korean productions like “Forever the Moment” and “As One”, for example, have managed to entertain by focusing on female characters and stories. Choi Yoon-tae's debut feature “Baseball Girl” also attempts to do the same, setting the story in the often-visited world of Korean baseball.
“Baseball Girl” is available from Echelon Studios
Joo Soo-in used to be a star pitcher in middle school, the first female baseball player in 20 years. Since then though, the realities of high school and pro league baseball have held her back as she sees her teammates, even those with lesser abilities, progress forward while she stays where she is. Her situation with her family is also at a boiling point, a father who doesn't bring in any money usually at loggerheads with a mother who just wants Soo-in to accept that...
“Baseball Girl” is available from Echelon Studios
Joo Soo-in used to be a star pitcher in middle school, the first female baseball player in 20 years. Since then though, the realities of high school and pro league baseball have held her back as she sees her teammates, even those with lesser abilities, progress forward while she stays where she is. Her situation with her family is also at a boiling point, a father who doesn't bring in any money usually at loggerheads with a mother who just wants Soo-in to accept that...
- 8/17/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Fan Bingbing’s recent gritty thriller Green Night is headed to North American cinemas. Film Movement has acquired all North American rights to the film and plans to roll it out in theaters this winter, followed by a release on home entertainment and digital platforms.
The film, set in South Korea, follows a Chinese woman who escapes her oppressive husband and sets out on a thrilling and dangerous adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl. Directed by Chinese woman director Han Shuai and shot in Korean and Mandarin, Green Night had its world premiere at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival in February, where it was well received by critics. The film co-stars Lee Joo Young, seen recently in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes favorite Broker.
“Fan Bingbing has an exceptional range which is truly on display in this feminist noir,” says Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg. “We’re also excited to show...
The film, set in South Korea, follows a Chinese woman who escapes her oppressive husband and sets out on a thrilling and dangerous adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl. Directed by Chinese woman director Han Shuai and shot in Korean and Mandarin, Green Night had its world premiere at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival in February, where it was well received by critics. The film co-stars Lee Joo Young, seen recently in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes favorite Broker.
“Fan Bingbing has an exceptional range which is truly on display in this feminist noir,” says Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg. “We’re also excited to show...
- 8/11/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Picturehouse Entertainment are excited to announce the release of Broker on Digital on 22nd May and on Blu-ray Special Edition & DVD 5th June and to celebrate we have 3 Special Edition Blu-rays to give away!
On a rainy night in Busan, So-young (Lee ‘Iu’ Ji-eun) leaves her baby Woo-sung outside a ‘baby box’, a safe place set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. Instead, he’s picked up by Sang-hyun (Parasite’s Song Kang-ho) who runs an unofficial adoption brokerage and plans to find him a new home. So-young tracks down both Sang-hyun and his business partner Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) and decides to join their pursuit (alongside a seven-year-old
stowaway from a nearby orphanage), but as they search for Woo-sung’s new family, the unlikely group evolves into something of a family themselves – unaware they’re being tailed by two detectives who are determined to stop them.
On a rainy night in Busan, So-young (Lee ‘Iu’ Ji-eun) leaves her baby Woo-sung outside a ‘baby box’, a safe place set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. Instead, he’s picked up by Sang-hyun (Parasite’s Song Kang-ho) who runs an unofficial adoption brokerage and plans to find him a new home. So-young tracks down both Sang-hyun and his business partner Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) and decides to join their pursuit (alongside a seven-year-old
stowaway from a nearby orphanage), but as they search for Woo-sung’s new family, the unlikely group evolves into something of a family themselves – unaware they’re being tailed by two detectives who are determined to stop them.
- 6/14/2023
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
2022 has been the year of Korean actors making their directorial debuts. But where Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung decided to debut with their own action features, actress Lee Joo-young, best known for her excellent work in small indie films like “Maggie” or “Baseball Girl” makes her debut with a similarly small but charming short film “Leave at Door, Bell X”.
Leave at Door, Bell X is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Ji-ho spends more than she should to buy a used bike, with the aim of working as a food delivery rider. One night, she picks up a delivery and misdelivers it to the wrong address, and every step she takes through the night to rectify her mistake just ends up in more delays, less money earned and lower ratings for her.
In today's world, where food delivery apps are aplenty and people are very quick to rate and review their deliveries,...
Leave at Door, Bell X is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Ji-ho spends more than she should to buy a used bike, with the aim of working as a food delivery rider. One night, she picks up a delivery and misdelivers it to the wrong address, and every step she takes through the night to rectify her mistake just ends up in more delays, less money earned and lower ratings for her.
In today's world, where food delivery apps are aplenty and people are very quick to rate and review their deliveries,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Director Han Shuai previously won the Generation KPlus Grand Prix for ‘Summer Blur’.
Dubai-based sales firm Cercamon has boarded world rights on Han Shuai’s Chinese title Green Night, which will have its world premiere in Panorama at this month’s Berlin Film Festival (February 16-26).
Green Night centres on a Chinese woman trapped in a life of oppression by her Korean husband. An adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl offers her the chance to break free and claim her independence.
Chinese star Fan Bingbing and South Korean actress Lee Joo Young lead the cast of the film, which is...
Dubai-based sales firm Cercamon has boarded world rights on Han Shuai’s Chinese title Green Night, which will have its world premiere in Panorama at this month’s Berlin Film Festival (February 16-26).
Green Night centres on a Chinese woman trapped in a life of oppression by her Korean husband. An adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl offers her the chance to break free and claim her independence.
Chinese star Fan Bingbing and South Korean actress Lee Joo Young lead the cast of the film, which is...
- 2/6/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Event Outline
The Osaka Asian Film Festival aims to facilitate human resources development and exchange, to invigorate the Osaka economy, and to increase the city’s appeal, through providing opportunities to watch excellent Asian films, supporting filmmaking in Osaka and attracting filmmakers from Asian countries and regions to Osaka. Promoting Osaka worldwide as a gateway city for Asian films, and engaging with many people from the fields of culture, art, education, tourism and business, from Osaka and all of Asia, Oaff works as an open platform to contribute to the development of Osaka and cinema.
Marking its 18th edition this year, Oaff, under programming director Teruoka Sozo, will again select high-quality Asian films. The Competition section, which receives increased recognition every year, will again select films previously unreleased in Japan. The regular sections, Special Screenings and Indie Forum, and other special programs will also feature a wide variety of excellent Asian films.
The Osaka Asian Film Festival aims to facilitate human resources development and exchange, to invigorate the Osaka economy, and to increase the city’s appeal, through providing opportunities to watch excellent Asian films, supporting filmmaking in Osaka and attracting filmmakers from Asian countries and regions to Osaka. Promoting Osaka worldwide as a gateway city for Asian films, and engaging with many people from the fields of culture, art, education, tourism and business, from Osaka and all of Asia, Oaff works as an open platform to contribute to the development of Osaka and cinema.
Marking its 18th edition this year, Oaff, under programming director Teruoka Sozo, will again select high-quality Asian films. The Competition section, which receives increased recognition every year, will again select films previously unreleased in Japan. The regular sections, Special Screenings and Indie Forum, and other special programs will also feature a wide variety of excellent Asian films.
- 2/1/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Sepideh Farsi’s “La Sirène” (“The Siren”) is opening the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand.
The program, which comprises 35 films from 30 countries, including 28 world premieres and 11 debuts, includes new films by Patric Chiha, İlker Çatak, Frauke Finsterwalder, Maite Alberdi, Milad Alami and Apolline Traoré. They feature a galaxy of well-known protagonists and actors such as Joan Baez, Jafar Panahi, Payman Maadi, George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Fan Bingbing, Sandra Hüller and Susanne Wolff.
Panorama Selections
“After”
by Anthony Lapia | with Louise Chevillotte, Majd Mastoura, Natalia Wiszniewska
France
World premiere | Debut film
“All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White”
by Babatunde Apalowo | with Tope Tedela, Riyo David, Martha Ehinome Orhiere, Uchechika Elumelu, Floyd Anekwe
Nigeria
World premiere | Debut film
“And, Towards Happy Alleys”
by Sreemoyee Singh | with Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Soutodeh, Jinous Nazokkar, Farhad Kheradmand, Aida Mohammadkhani
India
World premiere | Debut film | Documentary
“La Bête dans la...
The program, which comprises 35 films from 30 countries, including 28 world premieres and 11 debuts, includes new films by Patric Chiha, İlker Çatak, Frauke Finsterwalder, Maite Alberdi, Milad Alami and Apolline Traoré. They feature a galaxy of well-known protagonists and actors such as Joan Baez, Jafar Panahi, Payman Maadi, George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Fan Bingbing, Sandra Hüller and Susanne Wolff.
Panorama Selections
“After”
by Anthony Lapia | with Louise Chevillotte, Majd Mastoura, Natalia Wiszniewska
France
World premiere | Debut film
“All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White”
by Babatunde Apalowo | with Tope Tedela, Riyo David, Martha Ehinome Orhiere, Uchechika Elumelu, Floyd Anekwe
Nigeria
World premiere | Debut film
“And, Towards Happy Alleys”
by Sreemoyee Singh | with Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Soutodeh, Jinous Nazokkar, Farhad Kheradmand, Aida Mohammadkhani
India
World premiere | Debut film | Documentary
“La Bête dans la...
- 1/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
This review originally ran May 26, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Palme d’Or can be a blessing and curse, a gold-plated sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of filmmakers lucky enough to claim it. After the first waves of shock and joy recede, and their subsequent year-long victory lap reaches the finish line, those same filmmakers are left alone with one troubling thought: What’s next?
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda offers a fine case study in how that question might trip someone up. In so many ways, his win for 2018’s “Shoplifters” showed the system working as intended. Kore-eda had been to Cannes many times before; he directed a mature work that built on and streamlined earlier themes; he led viewers on a twisty road that led to a strong emotional payoff. He earned it.
If the coronation opened new doors for the Japanese director,...
The Palme d’Or can be a blessing and curse, a gold-plated sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of filmmakers lucky enough to claim it. After the first waves of shock and joy recede, and their subsequent year-long victory lap reaches the finish line, those same filmmakers are left alone with one troubling thought: What’s next?
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda offers a fine case study in how that question might trip someone up. In so many ways, his win for 2018’s “Shoplifters” showed the system working as intended. Kore-eda had been to Cannes many times before; he directed a mature work that built on and streamlined earlier themes; he led viewers on a twisty road that led to a strong emotional payoff. He earned it.
If the coronation opened new doors for the Japanese director,...
- 12/27/2022
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda earned an Oscar nomination with his 2018 family drama, "Shoplifters." His film pulled heartstrings organically, subtly, and unforgettably. The director's humor resonated with audiences around the world, and his earlier films also manage to feel both meditative and packed to the brim at once. So when I heard Kore-eda was making a road film with some incredible South Korean actors, including Song Kang-Ho of "Parasite" and Bae Doona of "The Host," I was overjoyed.
"Broker" stars the K-pop idol Iu (real name: Lee Ji-eun) as a young woman who leaves her baby in front of a baby box. The baby is then abducted by two men, portrayed by Song Kang-ho and Dong-won Gang, who plan to illegally facilitate an adoption. The mother comes back for her child and encounters the baby brokers, and, wanting to make sure her baby has a better life than she did, she decides...
"Broker" stars the K-pop idol Iu (real name: Lee Ji-eun) as a young woman who leaves her baby in front of a baby box. The baby is then abducted by two men, portrayed by Song Kang-ho and Dong-won Gang, who plan to illegally facilitate an adoption. The mother comes back for her child and encounters the baby brokers, and, wanting to make sure her baby has a better life than she did, she decides...
- 12/27/2022
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
Among the most difficult tasks a film could possibly tackle, surely “making the audience fall in love with the people who sell babies for cash” would have to be somewhere near the top of the list. It’s easy to feel the ice dripping down the audience’s collective back throughout the early minutes of South Korean film Broker, determined in our collective judgment against these guys. Even as the characters get in the odd joke, Japanese writer-director-editor Hirokazu Kore-eda’s script never lets us forget who and what these people are.
But Kore-eda is a sorcerer of human emotion. Through tender, attentive observation and a fair dose of sentimentality, Broker’s protagonists become the bedrock of a strange little family, an odd band of misfits we root for, even as a sense of dread tugs at the heart. A forlorn story injected with so much love and far more comedy than one might expect,...
But Kore-eda is a sorcerer of human emotion. Through tender, attentive observation and a fair dose of sentimentality, Broker’s protagonists become the bedrock of a strange little family, an odd band of misfits we root for, even as a sense of dread tugs at the heart. A forlorn story injected with so much love and far more comedy than one might expect,...
- 12/26/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Broker Review — Broker (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda and starring Song Kang-ho, Dong-won Gang, Bae Doona, Ji-eun Lee, Lee Joo-young, Im Seung-soo, Park Hae-joon, Ryu Kyung-Soo, Dong-hwi Lee, Lee Moo-saeng, Ji-yong Park, Sae-byeok Song and Kim Sun-young. Broker, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, asks a lot of hard questions [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Broker (2022): Hirokazu Koreeda’s Moving Film Skillfully Shows Audiences the Complexities of its Intriguing Premise...
Continue reading: Film Review: Broker (2022): Hirokazu Koreeda’s Moving Film Skillfully Shows Audiences the Complexities of its Intriguing Premise...
- 12/18/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Broker Trailer — Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s Broker / Beurokeo (2022) US movie trailer has been released by Neon. The Broker trailer stars Song Kang-Ho, Gang Dong-Won, Bae Doona, Iu, and Lee Joo-Young. Crew Hirokazu Kore-eda wrote the screenplay for Broker. Plot Synopsis Broker‘s plot synopsis: “A baby box is a small space, where parents can leave behind their babies [...]
Continue reading: Broker (2022) US Movie Trailer: Song Kang Ho Finds & Places Abandoned Babies with Families...
Continue reading: Broker (2022) US Movie Trailer: Song Kang Ho Finds & Places Abandoned Babies with Families...
- 12/3/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Neon has released the trailer for "Broker," a film from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda who won the Palme d'Or for "Shoplifters," making his Korean language debut. "Broker" is the story of Sang-hyun (Song Kang-Ho) who runs a laundry, but moonlights on the side with Dong-soo (Gang Dong-Won) who works at a "baby box" facility where young women drop off unwanted children. Together, they sell these babies to childless couples. One young mother, So-young (Lee Ji-eun) returns to check on the baby she left, and they all set off on a journey to them a good home.
"Broker" was a 2022 official selection for the Cannes Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Kore-eda, who wrote and directed the film, came up with the idea after hearing about children who were left in such boxes and created a story around the brokers and the connection between mothers and children,...
"Broker" was a 2022 official selection for the Cannes Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Kore-eda, who wrote and directed the film, came up with the idea after hearing about children who were left in such boxes and created a story around the brokers and the connection between mothers and children,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
"Let's never forget today." Neon in the US has revealed their own official US trailer for the film Broker, the latest film from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. This premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, then it later screened at the Telluride, Toronto, San Sebastian, Vancouver, and Zurich Film Festivals. This is the first time Kore-eda has made a film in Korea in the Korean language, and it has many connections to Parasite - the film stars Song Kang-Ho (!!) and was shot by cinematographer Kyung-pyo Hong. The film is about a group of Koreans who collect babies left inside of Baby Boxes, and then (illegally) find adoptees for them since the official adoption program is so complex and annoying. The cast features Song Kang-Ho with Gang Dong-Won, Bae Doona, Iu, and Lee Joo-Young. Broker won the Best Actor prize in Cannes for Song Kang-Ho, who deserves every single award on...
- 12/1/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Japan may have snubbed Palme d’Or-winning, Oscar-nominated director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s new film “Broker” for the Best International Feature Academy Award submission, but the family drama starring Korean actor Song Kang-ho remains one of the most acclaimed films of the year. The regular Bong Joon Ho collaborator, from “Memories of Murder” to “Parasite,” won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of a laundry operator who traffics children on the black market. Watch the trailer below.
The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
Japan wound up submitting “Plan 75” as its ambassador...
The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.
Japan wound up submitting “Plan 75” as its ambassador...
- 12/1/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
2022 has been the year of Korean actors making their directorial debuts. But where Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung decided to debut with their own action features, actress Lee Joo-young, best known for her excellent work in small indie films like “Maggie” or “Baseball Girl” makes her debut with a similarly small but charming short film “Leave at Door, Bell X”.
Leave at Door, Bell X is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Ji-ho spends more than she should to buy a used bike, with the aim of working as a food delivery rider. One night, she picks up a delivery and misdelivers it to the wrong address, and every step she takes through the night to rectify her mistake just ends up in more delays, less money earned and lower ratings for her.
In today’s world, where food delivery apps are aplenty and people are very quick to rate and review their deliveries,...
Leave at Door, Bell X is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Ji-ho spends more than she should to buy a used bike, with the aim of working as a food delivery rider. One night, she picks up a delivery and misdelivers it to the wrong address, and every step she takes through the night to rectify her mistake just ends up in more delays, less money earned and lower ratings for her.
In today’s world, where food delivery apps are aplenty and people are very quick to rate and review their deliveries,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Before we even get into the film review, we can agree on one thing – Song Kang-ho can play anything, from demanding film roles to a house plant standing in a corner, waiting to be watered. This still doesn’t quite explain the main Cannes jury’s decision to award him Best Actor award in this year’s admittedly not so strong main competition, that nevertheless had far more better male roles to consider for this prestigious prize. Let’s just briefly mention Park Chan-Wooks’s breath-taking drama “Decision to Leave”, probably one of the most quotable films of the competition which stars Park Hae-Li, an actor so integrated in his role of a detective who strays into a fatal relationship that costs him everything he holds dear in life, that you wished to dive into the screen to offer him comfort. This would have been...
- 9/19/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
The Zurich Film Festival has unveiled the first seven titles from its Gala Premieres section, a showcase of some of the year’s hottest auteur films. The films include the star-studded drama “The Banshees of Inisherin” by Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh, the European premiere of the German film adaptation “All Quiet on the Western Front,” directed by Edward Berger, and the world premieres of Sönke Wortmann’s “Der Nachname” and “Die Goldenen Jahre” by Barbara Kulcsar.
Artistic director Christian Jungen said: “In recent years, the Zurich Film Festival has established itself as a springboard into the awards season. Of the last 10 winners of the Oscar for Best Film, six screened at the festival. This year, we will again present international auteur films that will later play a role in the Oscar race to the more than 120,000 visitors and the 600 accredited media.”
The complete program of the festival will be published on Sept.
Artistic director Christian Jungen said: “In recent years, the Zurich Film Festival has established itself as a springboard into the awards season. Of the last 10 winners of the Oscar for Best Film, six screened at the festival. This year, we will again present international auteur films that will later play a role in the Oscar race to the more than 120,000 visitors and the 600 accredited media.”
The complete program of the festival will be published on Sept.
- 8/11/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has given a green light to “Believer 2,” a sequel to the 2018 hit crime action film “Believer.”
While the first film clocked up 5.06 million spectators and amassed a gross box office of 33.6 million in its theatrical career, the sequel will play only online.
The company said that the film will be directed by Baek Jong-yeol, who previously directed “The Beauty Inside,” a 2015 hit fantasy romance in which a person takes on a different physical appearance every day. The choice of Baek is expected to give the new film a different esthetic compared with the original “Believer.”
The confirmed cast includes the return of lead performers Cho Jin-woong and Cha Seung-won, as well as actress Han Hyo-joo, Oh Seung-hoon, Kim Dong-young and Lee Joo-young.
The first film, written and directed by Lee Hae Young (“The Silenced”) saw a determined cop team up with a gang member in order to catch Mr.
While the first film clocked up 5.06 million spectators and amassed a gross box office of 33.6 million in its theatrical career, the sequel will play only online.
The company said that the film will be directed by Baek Jong-yeol, who previously directed “The Beauty Inside,” a 2015 hit fantasy romance in which a person takes on a different physical appearance every day. The choice of Baek is expected to give the new film a different esthetic compared with the original “Believer.”
The confirmed cast includes the return of lead performers Cho Jin-woong and Cha Seung-won, as well as actress Han Hyo-joo, Oh Seung-hoon, Kim Dong-young and Lee Joo-young.
The first film, written and directed by Lee Hae Young (“The Silenced”) saw a determined cop team up with a gang member in order to catch Mr.
- 6/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Broker,” the unconventional family drama which appeared in competition at last month’s Cannes Film Festival, topped the box office in South Korea on Wednesday, its opening day.
“Broker” grossed 1.10 million, enough to depose crime actioner “The Roundup” from the top spot that it had enjoyed for the past three weeks and which had made it the highest performing film this year.
According to data from the Kobis tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “Broker” played on 1,590 screens and sold 145,000 tickets for Wednesday screenings. Its cumulative total of 1.15 million includes some 44,000 of previews earned on 14 screens.
The feat by a local art-house film gives further support to the notion that cinema attendance is rebounding in Korea. The country was formerly the world’s fourth biggest theatrical market, thanks to high per-capita rates of attendance.
The Korean theatrical industry, however, was moribund through much of 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions,...
“Broker” grossed 1.10 million, enough to depose crime actioner “The Roundup” from the top spot that it had enjoyed for the past three weeks and which had made it the highest performing film this year.
According to data from the Kobis tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “Broker” played on 1,590 screens and sold 145,000 tickets for Wednesday screenings. Its cumulative total of 1.15 million includes some 44,000 of previews earned on 14 screens.
The feat by a local art-house film gives further support to the notion that cinema attendance is rebounding in Korea. The country was formerly the world’s fourth biggest theatrical market, thanks to high per-capita rates of attendance.
The Korean theatrical industry, however, was moribund through much of 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) is launching an initiative to promote the country’s acting talent on the world stage. It will roll out from March, ahead of the year’s major film festivals.
The Korean Actors 200 campaign, akin to the Shooting Stars operation backed by the European Film Promotion program, is described as a “methodical project” that sees the selection of 100 men and 100 women who represent the present and the future of Korean film.
Kofic says that the selection process takes into consideration the performers’ box office power over the last decade, awards earned at festivals in Korea and abroad, their contribution to independent cinema, and their participation in international projects.
A dedicated website will contain filmographies, new portrait photography, show reels, biographies and a list of particular characteristics and strengths for each. Portrait images will be supplied by two leading photographers Kim Jung-man and Ahn Sung-jin.
“We plan...
The Korean Actors 200 campaign, akin to the Shooting Stars operation backed by the European Film Promotion program, is described as a “methodical project” that sees the selection of 100 men and 100 women who represent the present and the future of Korean film.
Kofic says that the selection process takes into consideration the performers’ box office power over the last decade, awards earned at festivals in Korea and abroad, their contribution to independent cinema, and their participation in international projects.
A dedicated website will contain filmographies, new portrait photography, show reels, biographies and a list of particular characteristics and strengths for each. Portrait images will be supplied by two leading photographers Kim Jung-man and Ahn Sung-jin.
“We plan...
- 1/20/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
How would a movie narrated by a catfish feel? While the animal probably has a good view of what’s going on, would it understand? And when people use it as a stand-in for their conscience—knowing (yet not wanting to accept) the voice responding was still his/her own—would it retain the context of what it had heard? This fish would be an objective third party observer trying to parse the world around it through those few kind souls that pay it the time of day. For Maggie this entails a jumbled experience of those patients who are her roommates, the doctors and nurses roaming the halls of Love of Maria hospital, and any significant others who may visit and or be brought up during those aforementioned “heart-to-hearts.”
First-time feature writer/director Ok-seop Yi gives Maggie an eccentric menagerie with which to learn about humanity and create her...
First-time feature writer/director Ok-seop Yi gives Maggie an eccentric menagerie with which to learn about humanity and create her...
- 7/18/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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