Search results for: Kim Jee-woon

In The Murderer, Ha Jeong-woo returns to Korea to settle a debt. And like "The Chaser", Ha is on the run from Kim Yoon-seok, who plays an assassin. It should be noted that Kim Yoon-seok starred in a satire of the "The Chaser" in his last film "Running Turtle" (2009). In the film, shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival two months ago, Kim plays a familiar role, a suspended detective who is chasing a criminal, who, in this case, robbed him.

#10. I Saw The Devil - Kim Jee-woon (March 4th) Byung-hun Lee and Min-sik Choi going head to head in a revenge drunk, ultra violent game of cat and mouse, crafted by the headstrong stylings of Kim Jee-woon? Sign me up.

In 2010, the Korean film industry continued in its strong stride having several domestic hits such as spy flick Secret Reunion and Kim Jee-woon's controversial Venice and TIFF Film Festival selected I Saw the Devil, while the world film festival circuit, Korean film faired well with Lee Chang-dong grabbing center spot with Poetry in Cannes. Hong Sang-soo produced a pair of offerings including the Un Certain Regard winner Ha Ha Ha.

Let it be known that Thierry Frémaux wanted Martin Scorsese in competition but instead, Killers of the Flower Moon will have been a firm...

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16th until the 27th) begins exactly fifty days from now and from the one-hundred-plus feature...