All posts tagged "Im Kwon-taek"

  • Actor Ahn Sung-ki, left, and director Im Kwon-taek. (Yonhap photos)
    CGV dedicates two theaters to celebrated film figures

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea now has two theaters named after the nation’s great filmmaker and great actor, Im Kwon-taek and Ahn Sung-ki. The CGV cinema chain run by the food and entertainment conglomerate CJ on Tuesday...

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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    Academy invites five Korean filmmakers, actors to membership for the first time

    Five South Korean filmmakers and actors have joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the first time in history. Directors Bong Joon-ho, Kim Sang-jin and Im Kwon-taek, and actors Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho will...

    • Posted June 29, 2015
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  • Actors Kim Min-jun, So E-hyun, Uhm Tae-woong, and actor-turned director Park Joong-hoon, from left, walk the red carpet during the festival’s opening ceremony, Thursday. / Yonhap
    All glitter and no substance?

      Busan film festival generating buzz for reasons right and wrong By Yun Suh-young The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is the most influential movie event in Asia. But it would be hard to tell from the...

    • Posted October 4, 2013
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