Although the Korean movie industry recently announced that the local box office recovered to 70% of Pre-pandemic Level, largely due to the success of “12...
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2023 was a weird year for Asian cinema. Although the “usual” Japanese masters were here once more (Miyazaki, Koreeda, Hamaguchi), the Korean movie...
‘Discarded things give more honest portraits of people’
Films like “Parasite” or “Train to Busan” may send ripples all over the international movie world, but Korean cinema is not just filled...
What starts as an innocent wound festers into the wipeout of an entire household. Korean director Shim Hye-jung's debut feature “A Bedsore” (2018)...
Seoul-based and born director Shim Hye-jung is a unique voice in the world of cinema: she is a woman in a male-dominated industry; an independent filmmaker in...
Though this feature screened late at night at Seoul International Women's Film Festival (SIWFF), “A Bedsore” won over the theater. During the...
