Photos of late former presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae-woo, who led the Dec. 12 military coup of 1979, will no longer be allowed to be displayed at military units.
Film “12.12: The Day” (2023) scored big at the 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards, taking home four awards, including the Best Picture award, on Friday night.
Historical film “12.12: The Day” was selected as Korea’s entry for the 97th Academy Awards’ International Feature Film category, according to the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
OTT providers Netflix and Disney+ took home major honors at Baeksang, with the film category seeing a tie between "12.12: The Day" and "Exhuma."
The historical film "12.12: The Day" is now the sixth highest-selling Korean film of all time, according to its distributor Plus M Entertainment.
The creators of "12.12: The Day" will continue the story with a new film called "YS Project" that will depict the disbandment of Hanahoe.
Before pointing fingers at the powerless politicians and military leaders who sided with Chun during his scheme for a coup, it’s important to distinguish fact from fiction, as director Kim Sung-su has indeed dramatized some characters and events.
“12.12: The Day” surpassed 12 million ticket sales on the first day of the year, according to its distributor, Plus M Entertainment, on the same day.
Two Korean works made it to the 10 million ticket sales mark this year — “The Roundup: No Way Out” and “12.12: The Day.”
Historical film “12.12: The Day” surpassed $1 million in revenue in the North American market, becoming the biggest Korean film in the region this year, its distributor Plus M Entertainment said Wednesday.
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