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When you’re a poet, life assumes different shades of gray. After debuting with 2002′s eclectic Marriage is a Crazy Thing, poet-turned-director Yoo Ha switched his focus to the dark days of his youth during Park Chung Hee’s presidency, mainly characterized by violence, violence, and more violence. From such memories, Once Upon a Time in High [...]

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In today’s age of iced lattes and fancy meals, the plain ice bar brings back memories of simpler times. Set in 1960s Korea, Yeo In Gwang’s debut film, Ice Bar, is a nostalgic throwback to the familiar family film genre. Eschewing the bells and whistles, the film evokes childhood yearnings, familial sentiments, and the quiet [...]

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Infernal Affairs revives the theme of undercover cops in Hong Kong cinema. Unlike Infernal Affairs which highlights the battle between such a cop and his counterpart in the police,� On The Edge explores the complex psyche of a former undercover cop returning to his normal duty. Nick Cheung, (Election) takes up this challenging role who [...]

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Acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker Li Xin presents his second feature, Dazzling, an imaginative and beautifully-made film about two love-seeking angels and a lonely theater usher longing to return to the light. Wu Gang (Wu Lala) is a theater usher who sticks to the shadows. A pair of angels arrives, seeking five love connections to return them [...]

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Dog Bite Dog shocks its audience with a brutality rarely seen in Hong Kong cinema. The exorbitant violence, a necessary evil for survival in Dog Bite Dog, ensures the film a cult following. Acclaimed director Soi Cheang (Home Sweet Home) departs from frightening thrillers for this stunning piece. Edison Chen (Infernal Affairs II) and Sam [...]

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Few directors have caused as much controversy in Korea as Kim Ki Duk in his decade of filmmaking. Despite much acclaim overseas with wins at Venice and Berlin Film Festivals, of the maverick filmmaker’s twelve films, only 2001′s Bad Guy was able to register a blip at the domestic box office, in part due to [...]

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Strange Tales of Liaozhai, written by Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty, has always been a rich source for TV and film adaptations, as it offers plenty of spooky and eerie tales. The famous Tsui Hark movie A Chinese Ghost Story (Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang) also comes from this classic. Now six representative stories from [...]

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Fashion 70s is an epic, sprawling drama, focusing on the lives of four young people, from their childhood during the Korean War, to their careers and love lives within the booming fashion world of the seventies. Young Joon Hee befriends little Kang Hee, but the two girls get into trouble because of Kang Hee’s greedy [...]

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Based on a popular comic book series, MBC’s popular drama Palace fancifully re-imagines present-day Korea as a constitutional monarchy with a royal family. A beautiful palace, sitting in the heart of modern-day Seoul, becomes the home to a group of young royals pulled into the political rivalries, comical hijinks, and romantic entanglements of palace life. [...]

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