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'Hair-raising': Actors Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hee-ae discuss new film 'Dead Man'

The film "Dead Man" follows a man who becomes legally dead due to fraudulent businesses. Actors Cho Jin-woong and Kim Hee-ae praised each other's performances, and director Ha Joon-won's debut has garnered praise from director Bong Joon-ho.

2024-02-06

Bong Joon-ho to moderate talk show for upcoming thriller 'Dead Man'

“Parasite” (2019) director Bong Joon-ho is set to moderate a talk show for the upcoming film “Dead Man” on Feb. 3, the film's distributor Plus M Entertainment said Monday.

2024-01-22

Cho Jin-woong is a 'Dead Man' in Ha Joon-won's directorial debut film

Actor Cho Jin-woong returns to the silver screen in the upcoming film "Dead Man" as a man who sells his name to shady businesses in return for payment — until his name gets used in an embezzlement scheme worth billions of won.

2024-01-19

Cho Jin-woong to replace Lee Sun-kyun in upcoming drama

Actor Cho Jin-woong is set to replace Lee Sun-kyun in the upcoming drama “No Way Out,” after the latter has been implicated in a drug investigation and dropped out of the project.

2023-10-31

New film 'The Devil’s Deal' deals with the nature of power

The new film “The Devil’s Deal,” about three political conspirators making a deal for money and power, is not just another political movie but about the nature of power itself. “Our film can be seen as a political thriller only because...

2023-02-21

'The Policeman's Lineage' tops local box office a day after its release

Crime drama film "The Policeman's Lineage," which hit local theaters on Wednesday, is topping box offices according to the Korea Box Office Information System (Kobis) on Thursday. The information system run by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) ...

2022-01-06

Uhm Jung-hwa, Cho Jin-woong selected as jurors for best actor prize at BIFF

Actors Uhm Jung-hwa and Cho Jin-woong have been appointed as the jurors for the “Actor & Actress of the Year” award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival, scheduled to be hosted from Oct. 6 to 15 this year. The award is presented to rookie...

2021-08-11

Lee Won-tae's 'The Devil’s Deal' invited to Fantasia International Film Festival

Director Lee Won-tae's “The Devil’s Deal” has been invited to the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival, based in Montreal, Canada. This year’s festival will be held from Aug. 5 to 25 both offline and online. “The Devil’s Deal”, which is set...

2021-07-22

Florence Korea Film Festival to hold special exhibition on Cho Jin-woong

ctor Cho Jin-woong was selected as the main actor for a special exhibition at the 18th Florence Korea Film Festival, his agency Saram Entertainment reported on Thursday. Six of the actor’s representative films, such as “Black Money” (2019), will...

2020-09-10

Actor-turned-director Jung Jin-young makes dream a reality

Do you have a childhood dream that you smile back on wistfully, but never really had the courage to pursue? Actor-turned-director Jung Jin-young is on the brink of achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a film director through the upcoming...

2020-05-21