SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court rejected award-winning director Hong Sang-soo’s request for divorce at a verdict hearing on Friday. The Seoul Family Court handed down the sentence after Hong applied for a divorce settlement in November 2016 and filed a divorce suit in December that year. “Hong and his wife’s marriage [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest work by prominent Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo will be screened in the Forum section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, which is set to open next month, the film’s overseas distributor said on Friday. “Grass,” the 22nd feature from Hong, is a black-and-white film starring Kim [...]
CANNES, France, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s latest film “The Day After” drew a warm and enthusiastic reception after its world premiere on Monday (local time) at the Cannes film festival competition. The 21st feature from Hong, about a married man’s infidelity drama, got four minutes of standing ovation at [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Award-winning Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo on Monday publicly admitted to being in a relationship with actress Kim Min-hee for the first time since media speculations on their relationship emerged last June. “I don’t know if this is the right place to unveil this, but we’re in love. We truly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Distributing rights for South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming movie “The Handmaiden” have been sold in 116 countries even before its completion, the film’s distributor said Wednesday. It’s the second time a South Korean movie has been sold to more than 100 countries prior to release, CJ Entertainment said, [...]