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Joseon's Greatest Detective Returns In The New Teaser For DETECTIVE K: THE LABORER'S DAUGHTER

Despite however you may feel about movies based on books or other mediums, fans of Joseon-era action comedies have surely gotten a kick out of director Kim Suk-Yoon‘s 2011 whodunit flick, Detective K: Secret Of Virtuous Widow. Clearly it did well enough for itself having initally spawned from a 2007 publication by author Kim Tak-Hwan, and with interest in a sequel brings the return of lead actors Kim Myung-Min and Oh Dal-Su to reprise their roles from the first in the upcoming release of Detective K: The Laborer’s Daughter with award-winning actress Lee Yeon-Hee also starring. SYNOPSIS: “Detective K” is the greatest Joseon detective story ever told about a private eye who is part clumsy and part genius with slyness and wit as his weapon. In 1795, the nineteenth year of King Jeongjo’s reign, a large amount of fake silver is slipped into circulation creating a substantial threat to the […]

New Teaser For Park Ji-Hyun's THE HUNTRESSES

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Twitch recently reported a new teaser for the upcoming period Korean action comedy, The Huntresses starring Ha Ji-won, Kang Ye-won and Korean pop singer Son Ga-in, produced by Wellmade STARM and and directed by Park Je-hyun with Showbox/Mediaplex handling distribution. The film is described as a cross between Charlie’s Angels and The Three Musketeers with an Asian period twist, with characters the director described as styled to fit traits emulated by action cinema icons Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Filming lasted three months in the city of Cheongju-si, South Korea, beginning in August and wrapping filming in December of last year. You can view some behind the scenes photos by clicking HERE. The main focus of the story places three girls who are taken under the wing of a master who trains them to become the Joseon Dynasty’s best and most killed bounty hunters ten years later. The […]