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UPRISING Teaser Revealed For The Busan-Selected Joseon Thriller Starring Gang Dong-Won

It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen an explosive Korean period actioner. For this, I guess director Kim Sang-man saw us coming and knew well what to do about it, and that’s where Netflix has been chiming in of late with a look at his new film, Uprising. The streamer teased the flick with a pair of stills earlier this month and now we have an official teaser to help start things off nicely ahead of its October 11 launch. In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together — one the master and one the servant — reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides. Kim directs from a script by Shin Chul, and co-scribe and legendary auteur Park Chan-wook with whom Kim also produces. The cast includes Gang Dong-won, Park Jeong-min, and Cha Seung-won, along with Kim Shin-rock, Jin Sun-kyu, and Jung Sung-il. Catch the […]

UPRISING Reveals Two Stills For The Busan-Selected Park Chan-Wook-Produced Period Actioner For Netflix

Lee B. Golden III

Netflix unveiled a pair of stills for a first look at Uprising, a new period thriller directed by Kim Sang-man, and produced by legendary auteur Park Chan-wook. Uprising is slated for an opening night world premiere at the 29th Busan International Film Festival on October 2. Set against the chaos of war, Uprising takes viewers on a gripping journey through the lives of two childhood friends-turned-adversaries. The cast of the film includes Gang Dong-won, Park Jeong-min, and Cha Seung-won, along with Kim Shin-rock, Jin Sun-kyu, and Jung Sung-il. Kim directs from a script by Park and co-scribe Shin Chul. Check out the stills below!

THE PLOT: Catch The Official Trailer For The New Hitman Thriller Starring Gang Dong-Won

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Taking his cues from Soi Cheang’s 2009 thriller, Accident, is Lee Yo-sup’s latest writing/directing effort, The Plot. The film is slated for a May 29 release and stars Gang Dong-won, Lee Mu-saeng, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Hyun-wook, Tang Jun-sang and Kim Hong-pa. The story of Young-il (Gang Dong-won), a designer who manipulates the commissioned murder of a contractor into a perfect accidental death, is caught up in an unexpected incident.

THE PLOT Teaser Reveals Gang Dong-Won At The Center Of Some Not-So-Accidental Truths

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Writer/director Lee Yo-sup’s new thriller has taken a long road until now. As of early Monday, The Plot unravels for the new flick starring Gang Dong-won in the first teaser ahead of the film’s May 29 release in Korea. Gang plays a hitman named Brain who has to get to the bottom of his latest and deadly riddle when a hitjob goes awry. Lee’s The Plot takes its inspiration from the Soi Cheang-directed 2009 flick, Accident. The Plot also stars Lee Mu-saeng, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Hyun-wook, Tang Jun-sang and Kim Hong-pa. Check out the teaser and a pair of posters below!

DR. CHEON AND THE LOST TALISMAN Signals February U.S. Release On Disc And Digital

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Despite being the grandson of a famed village shaman, Dr. Cheon doesn’t actually believe in ghosts, yet makes a living performing fake exorcisms on camera. But when a mysterious client arrives at his door, Dr. Cheon is drawn into a series of strange and unexplainable events that will challenge everything he has ever believed—and resurface childhood horrors he’s tried to forget. Kim Sung-sik’s feature debut, Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman, is plotting a February 27 release on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital from Well Go USA. Gang Dong-won and Huh Joon-ho star along with Kim Jong-soo, Park Soi, and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo in her theatrical screen debut.

DR. CHEON AND THE LOST TALISMAN Lands October Theatrical U.S. Release

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Well Go USA Entertainment is taking the wheel for the latest rollout of director Kim Sung-sik’s new fantasy adventure, Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman. The film stars Gang Dong-won, Huh Joon-ho, Esom, Lee Dong-hwi, Kim Jong-soo and Park Soi, and opens exclusively in theaters October 6. Despite being the grandson of a famed village shaman, Dr. Cheon doesn’t actually believe in ghosts, yet makes a living performing fake exorcisms on camera. But when a mysterious client arrives at his door, Dr. Cheon is drawn into a series of strange and unexplainable events that will challenge everything he has ever believed—and resurface childhood horrors he’s tried to forget.

DR. CHEON AND THE LOST TALISMAN Trailer Sees Gang Dong-Won Battling The Supernatural!

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Magic and mystery are back on the table for leading man Gang Dong-won long since his Woo-chi heyday, and with none other than directing debutant Kim Sung-sik in the chair for CJ ENM’s latest Fall prospect, Dr. Cheon And Lost Talisman. Opening in September in South Korea, Gang stars in the titular role – a psychiatrist and con-man who travels around the country with his assistant to perform fake exorcisms. The pair eventually find themselves way in over their heads when they are sought out by a new client looking to help free her possessed siblings, putting them squarely in the crosshairs of an actual superhuman being. Also starring are Huh Joon-ho, Esom, Lee Dong-hwi and Kim Jong-soo. Check out the trailer!

WAR AND REVOLT: Park Chan-wook Boards Netflix Historical Pic From ‘Midnight F.M.’ Director

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South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is on board as producer for the tentatively-titled Netflix historical pic, War And Revolt. The project is directed by Kim Sang-man (Midnight F.M.), who has enlisted Broker star Gang Dong-won, and reunites producer Park with actor Park Jung-min following his appearance in the multi-award winning Decision To Leave. Penned by Shin Chul, and producer Park, the film will mark the first time actors Gang and Park get to share the screen. It further also signals producer Park’s first-ever collaboration with Netflix. Gang will take center stage as the enigmatic Cheon-young, a character whose remarkable martial prowess defies his humble origins as a slave. Struggling to break free from the chains of servitude, Cheon-young will be brought to life by Gang’s extraordinary talent, exuding charm and delivering breathtaking action sequences that will leave audiences in awe. In the opposite, actor Park assumes the role of Jong-ryeo, […]

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Your Next Viewing: TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA

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Ah, zombies. A staple of any horror fans diet. The fun thing about zombies is the range: they can be slow and steady, fast and violent, but no matter the kind of zombie, they are always entertaining. Our friends at Well Go USA gifted me with a copy of Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula before its official release and it is a much welcome addition to my zombie movie collection. What’s that? You haven’t seen Train to Busan? No worries. Although Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula is marketed as a sequel and references the zombie outbreak that began in the first film, there are no mentions of the previous films characters; it is actually considered to be a stand alone film. Taking place four years after the zombie virus has spread throughout South Korea, Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula follows people in Hong Kong as they try to survive while […]

Well Go USA Reveals TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA 4K Ultra Key Art Ahead Of Digital And Disc Releases

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Yeon Sang-ho’s sprawling hit zombie franchise, Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula, was a fashionable and entertaining road thriller in the action horror millieu following his 2016 predecessors, Train To Busan and Seoul Station. You’re welcome to check out my review for some perspective. In the meantime, how fast a new installment arrives remains to be seen, while fans in the U.S. can now await the undead invasion when the film heads to home screens with a Digital release on October 27 from Well Go USA. The Planos, Texas-based firm is also slotting a 4K Ultra Blu-ray Combo Pack, a Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD release from November 24 (with features such as a BTS featurette, cast/crew interviews and an all-new English dub), in addition to a 2021 release pact with AMC’s horror streamer, Shudder. Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN, the zombie thriller that captivated […]

PENINSULA Review: Starring Gang Dong-Won, Yeon Sang-Ho’s Zombie Franchise Reassures With A Pulsating Sequel

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2020 seems to be the year for optimism when it comes to sequels (see Bad Boys For Life and The Debt Collectors). Not all movie fans have a flexible take on a particular kind of story, and directors like Yeon Sang-ho have invariably made note of this fact, and so went the sounds of many a mind blown when news of a sequel to his 2016 film, Train To Busan, was well under way. Enter Peninsula, the latest chapter in Yeon’s sprawling zombie saga that dives right into the ensuing collapse of Korea, introducing Marine Captain Jung-seok (Gang Dong-won), whose own life is about to take a truly dark turn as he attempts to join the exile with his family via naval ship. Chaos suddenly erupts on the ship, forcing a detour from Japan to Hong Kong, where for the next four years, Jung-seok and brother-in-law Chul-min (Kim Do-yoon) are […]

TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA, As Gang Dong-Won Battles In The Badlands In The First Epic Trailer

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We’re living in some pretty damn surreal times right now, so it’s understandable to be perplexed about the current state of things, especially cinema. Well Go USA’s arrival on Wednesday evening with an official trailer for Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula, comes a moment that seems almost providential as it is coincidental, but don’t read to much into it. I’m not really into stirring another facetious conspiracy theory, especially since we’re not fighting zombies. Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us PENINSULA, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of […]

PENINSULA: Yeon Sang-Ho’s ‘Train To Busan’ Successor Lands At Well Go USA Amid Massive Sales In Berlin

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Psychokinesis helmer Yeon Sang-ho’s forthcoming zombie follow-up, Peninsula, was acquired in Berlin by Well Go USA according to Screendaily‘s EFM coverage. The film, currently in post-production, serves as a shared-universe successor to his 2016 hit zombie opus, Train To Busan, and its corresponding animated Cannes trailblazer, Seoul Station. Produced by Redpeter Films and set four years after Train To Busan with twice that film’s budget, Peninsula stars Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun in the story of a former soldier who finds himself on a mission back into the ravaged country where there are still survivors. Contents Panda is repping the film in Berlin whose sales extend to well over a dozen territories globally outside the U.S., with Next Entertainment World (NEW) reportedly planning a post-Cannes summer release in Korea. Esther Yeung, general manager, head of Sales & Distribution at Edko Films, said: “We’re thrilled to be joining again Yeon Sang-ho’s […]

ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE Gets Prequel Development, Netflix Release

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Terrific things are happening already ahead of the upcoming release of Kim Jee-Woon’s Illang: The Wolf Brigade. The film is set to open in Korea on July 25 while efforts toward a prequel are officially in motion according to a KoBiz report by Pierce Conran last Tuesday. Webtoon writer Yoon Tae-Ho (Inside Man) is penning the script for the prequel which is being jointly developed by Kakao Pages and Daum Webtoon. The story is said to be set five years before Illang (formerly Inrang); there are any number of stories before and after Jin-Roh in the Kerberos saga to guess from seeing as how there are prequels to draw from on both ends, and so I’m not sure where Yoon is starting from. It’ll be interesting to guess too considering Illang is set nearly eighty years later compared to the alt-1950s Germany setting of the animated movie. That news comes […]

INRANG: Kim Jee-Woon Brings Classic Anime To Fiery Life In The Explosive Official Teaser

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Kim Jee-Woon’s new film, Inrang, is doing a pretty ample job with the hype this week after rolling out a 22-second teaser the other day. My guess is that was only announcement with Warner Bros. Korea applying the Hollywood formula in kind these days with a full teaser now online ahead of an official trailer to possibly come between now and its July 25 release. As for the film, Okiura Hiroyuki’s animated 1999 hit, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade – adapted from Oshii Mamoru’s Kerberos Saga at the time – serves as the basis seen in Kim’s iteration; Transplanting from alt-1950s Germany, Inrang settles for dystopian future tale in the year 2029 following seven years of peace talks in lieu of a truce between North and South Korea, and the warring extremist factions from both sides. Terrorist attacks arise and thus, a new specialized military force is implemented to counter […]

INRANG: The Wolfpack Arrives In The First Teaser For Kim Jee-Woon’s Live Action ‘Jin-Roh’ Adaptation

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Kim Jee-woon is back. He’s totally, absolutely back. He’s got Inrang, a live-action adaptation of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade opening late July from Warner Bros. Korea and what’s more, he’s got us a teaser worth every bit of our drool. Gang Dong-won leads the narrative with actress Han Hyo-joo and Jung Woo Sung that transplants Okiura Hiroyuki’s alt-1950s Germany of the 1999 anime film to a dystopian future set amid sensitive peace talks between North and South Korea. This, plus a cat-and-mouse game between police and anti-government rebels wrapped in layers of spy-woven intrigue, stellar action and set-pieces and tragic romance and we could have ourselves a winner. Oh yes. I want this. Watch the teaser now!

INRANG: Kim Jee-Woon’s ‘Jin Roh’ Remake Howls Online With Two New Teaser Posters

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I’m almost instantly fascinated by any piece of film put out from I Saw The Devil helmer Kim Jee-Woon. His recent release, The Age Of Shadows, further showcased his strength in harnessing the full breadth and scope of a period war epic which pretty much holds firm enough in describing Okiura Hiroyuki’s 1999 animated thriller, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. The relevancy here, though, is that Kim has taken the mantle for a live-action adaptation of Oshii Mamoru’s beloved Kerberbos saga-based sci-fi anime classic. Inrang is the name and from a script by none other than the venerable Oshii who does away with the alt-1950’s German-conquered Japan setting for a dystopian futuristic Korea where the North and South are seven years in their negotiations become a united country. At the crux of the tale is the beleagured member of a troubled special counterterrorism unit following a deadly incident with a suicide […]

GOLDEN SLUMBER: Gang Dong-Won Ducks And Dodges Danger In The Official Trailer

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Nakamura Yoshihiro’s 2010 adaptation of Isaka Kotato’s 2007 thriller novel, Golden Slumber may come to mind this week with a remake now in tow. Actor Gang Dong-Won now succeeds that of Sakai Masato’s iteration of a delivery man who gets swept into an assassination conspiracy, framed and forced on the run to clear his name. The film’s release from CJ Entertainment who produced the original, has apparently been pushed back from its New Years’ Eve date to sometime in February. An official trailer is now live to help introduce the narrative accordingly with Han Hyo-Joo, Yoon Kye-Sang, Kim Dae-Myung, Kim Sung-Kyun and Kim Eui-Sung also starring. No Dong-Seok of My Generation (2004) and Boys Of Tomorrow (2006) fame directs. Check it out!

Simon West’s TSUNAMI LA Sets Korean Movie Star Gang Dong-Won’s U.S. Debut

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South Korean actor Gang Dong-Won (Kundo, Master, The Priests) is one of his region’s most popular actors. That said, if you were to ask me if he would be on par for a Western debut, I’d say your guess is as good as mine…or in this case, Stratton, Gun Shy and The Expendables 2 helmer Simon West’s. Per Variety’s exclusive over the weekend, Tsunami LA is the title of Gang’s American debut with international reps Hannibal Classics and Foresight Unlimited producing through a $55 million dollar budget. The film is currently in pre-production for a 2019 relese with a story telling of a massive tidal wave that hits Los Angeles. “I found the script very interesting when Hannibal first showed it to me. Also, people of my generation all have a special reminiscence about West’s ‘Con Air’,” Gang told Variety. “And it is a rare opportunity obtain a leading role […]

Gang Dong-Won Hits The Ground Running In 2017 With Fugitive Thriller, GOLDEN SLUMBER

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Asianwiki Actor Gang Dong-Won is currently enjoying his box office reign along with Lee Byung-Hun and Kim Won-Bin in the new action thriller, Master. As it stands now, the actor is now poised to carry over the momentum into the start of 2017 for his newest gig, Haunted Obsession director No Dong-Seok’s Golden Slumber which will release later in the year from CJ Entertainment. Taking cues from Isaka Kotaro’s 2007 novel from Shinchosa and following Nakamura Yoshihiro’s own 2010 adaptation for Toho, Gang will play Gun-Woo, a deliveryman wrongfully accused and entraped in a conspiracy that now sees him as a wanted fugitive for the assassination of the newly-elected prime minister. Actress Han Hyo-Joo will play Sun-Young, his college friend who now works as a radio reporter. Joining the two are Gang’s The Priests co-star Kim Eui-Sung, Han’s The Beauty Inside co-star Kim Dae Myung, and Phantom Detective co-star Kim […]