BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Director Lee Isaac Chung of “Minari” (2020), a Korean American family’s heartwarming immigrant drama, said Friday he thinks stories about immigration can appeal to audiences of all backgrounds because life is a journey. Chung, known for the Golden Globe-winning film “Minari,” said his personal experience of growing up as a [...]
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The award winning immigrant film “Minari” will be screened online for some moviegoers in the United States next week, the Korean Cultural Center in Washington said Thursday. The film will be made available online free of charge to 600 viewers on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the culture [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Youn Yuh-jung won the hearts of Hollywood with her iconic, lovely and foulmouthed grandmother Soon-ja in “Minari,” which follows a Korean immigrant family who starts a new life in rural Arkansas in the 1980s. The movie, directed and written by Korean American Lee Isaac Chung based on his upbringing [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Youn Yuh-jung, who became the first South Korean to hoist an acting Oscar on Monday, said she has no big plans for the future but hopes to continue acting throughout her life. “I have no plan. I’ll continue to live (on as I have). It’s not that Youn Yuh-jung [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean screen veteran Youn Yuh-jung has risen to become a safe front-runner in the race for the 2021 Oscars’ best supporting actress for her role in the immigration film “Minari,” a poll by an American awards prediction website showed Wednesday. As of 10 a.m., the 74-year-old actress garnered [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean screen veteran Youn Yuh-jung has won best supporting actress for her role in the immigration film “Minari” at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. At the ceremony of the BAFTA Film Awards held at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (British time), [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Han Yeri, who played a skeptical yet caring mother in the award-winning film “Minari,” has signed with a Hollywood management agency for representation in the United States, her Korean agency said Friday. Han has signed a management contract with Echo Lake Entertainment, Saram Entertainment said. Echo [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung won an award at the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards for her supporting role in the drama film “Minari.” At the televised ceremony of the 2021 SAG Awards on Sunday (U.S. time), Youn was named the winner of Outstanding Performance By a Female [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — “Minari,” the drama film about a KoreanAmerican immigrant family, on Monday earned six nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards, including best picture and best supporting actress for South Korean Youn Yuh-jung. In the final list of nominees unveiled by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The massive popularity of “Minari,” a drama film about a Korean American immigrant family, has led to a surge in water parsley sales in South Korea. Water parsley is commonly referred to as ‘minari’ in the Korean language. GS The Fresh, a supermarket chain operated by GS Retail Co., [...]