Black House and May 18 to be released in Japan

Japanese Kadokawa announced the release dates of Shin Terra's horror film "Black House" (Geomeun Jib) and Kim Ji-hoon's "May 18" (Hwaryohan Hyooga), the films will open on Japanese screens on April 5 and May 10, respectively.

"Black House", a domestic box office hit, stars Hwang Jung-min ("You are my Sunshine"/Neoneun Nae Woonmyeong) in an impressive psychological charged role as an insurance agent who gets drawn in a suicide case in a mysterious house. Director SIN's ("Brainwave") film is based on a Japanese novel of the popular horror writer Yûsuke Kishi.

After his "Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise", director KM Ji-hoon's next film "May 18" was highly anticipated and the film about the Gwangju civilian uprising against the military dictatorship was a box office success of 2007. The film's strong line-up includes Ahn Sung-ki ("Silmido") and Lee Joon-gi ("The King and the Clown"). LEE enjoys great popularity in Japan and starred in the Korean-Japanese co-production "Virgin Snow" (Cheotnoon) alongside Aoi Miyazaki (Nana).

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)

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