[HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...

K-Films Coming Soon:

★★★★ "Set Me Free": A seventeen-year-old boy who grew up in a youth centre dreams of living a model life, but is angered when his father comes by to dump his sibling with him. (11/13)

★★★★ "Cart": A story of the things that happen to a non-contract employee at a supermarket after he is wrongfully dismissed and decides to stand up for it. (11/13)

★★★★ "A Dream of Iron": A visceral documentary that looks back on Korea's history of modernisation and the economic changes that occurred under President Park Jung-hee. (11/13)

★★★★ "The Youth": An omnibus film featuring five shorts about youthfulness, violence, and insensitivity by a variety of young directors. (11/13)

Title: "Set Me Free"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/11/13

Director: Kim Tae-yong-I ("Romance in Seoul", "One Night Only")

Length: 108 min

Stars: Choi Wooshik, Kim Soo-hyun-IX, Jang Yoo-sang, Kang Shin-chul

The Short and Sweet: A seventeen-year-old boy who grew up in a youth centre dreams of living a model life, but is angered when his father comes by to dump his sibling with him.

★★★★

Title: "Cart"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/11/13

Director: Boo Ji-young ("My Selves")

Length: 110 min

Stars: Yum Jung-ah, Moon Jung-hee, Kim Young-ae

The Short and Sweet: A story of the things that happen to a non-contract employee at a supermarket after he is wrongfully dismissed and decides to stand up for it.

★★★★

Title: "A Dream of Iron"

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 2014/11/13

Director: Kelvin Kyung Kun Park

Length: 100 min

The Short and Sweet: A visceral documentary that looks back on Korea's history of modernisation and the economic changes that occurred under President Park Jung-hee.

★★★★

Title: "The Youth"

Genre: Omnibus

Release Date: 2014/11/13

Directors: Ju Seong-su, Jung Won-Sik, Kim Ji-mook, Kim Jin-moo, Park Ga-hee-I

Length: 126 min

Stars: Donghae, Nam Sung-joon, Woorin, Park Chan-woo, Gu Won, Son Ji-hyun

The Short and Sweet: An omnibus film featuring five shorts about youthfulness, violence, and insensitivity by a variety of young directors.

★★★★

Also Coming Soon:

"Dinocroc vs. Supergator" (2010), "Rule Number One" (2008), "Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe" (2012), "What If" (2013), "Moon Man" (2012), "Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway" (2013), "The Other Woman" (2014), "The Fox Lover" (2013), "Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story" (2012), "Wolves" (2014), "All Cheerleaders Die" (2013), "Monamour" (2006), "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (2013), "The Bag Man" (2014)

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Set_Me_Free, http://asianwiki.com/Cart_(Korean_Movie), http://asianwiki.com/A_Dream_Of_Iron, http://asianwiki.com/The_Youth_(Korean_Movie)

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Set_Me_Free.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Cart.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_A_Dream_of_Iron.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Youth.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20141001, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20136802, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20147451, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20148619

 

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; KoreaOnTheCouch)