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., [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — “Minari,” a drama film about a Korean-American immigrant family, has been nominated in six categories at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. In the nominations for the upcoming 2021 BAFTA Film Awards announced Tuesday (British time), “Minari” directed by Korean-American Lee Isaac Chung was listed [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Minari,” a drama film about a Korean American immigrant family, has won two prizes, including best foreign language film, at this year’s Critics Choice Awards. In the awarding ceremony of the annual 26th Critics Choice Awards held Sunday (U.S. time), the best foreign language film award went to “Minari,” [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The drama film “Minari” about a Korean-American immigrant family was named the best foreign language film at the U.S. Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean time). In a ceremony held virtually, “Minari” won the best motion picture in foreign language, beating “Another Round” from Denmark, “La Llorona” from Guatemala, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The drama film “Minari,” about a Korean immigrant family, has earned three nominations, including best supporting actress for South Korean actress Youn Yuh-hung, from the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. SAG on Friday (Korean time) unveiled its final list of nominations for its 27th edition of the award [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The immigrant film “Minari” on Wednesday was nominated for best foreign language film at this year’s Golden Globe Awards. According to the full list of nominees for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards slated for Feb. 28 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Korean American director Lee Isaac Chung’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Youn Yuh-jung, a South Korean supporting actress in the immigration drama “Minari,” continued her winning streak in the ongoing U.S. award season in the run-up to the Academy Awards. In the list of 2021 award winners by the National Board of Review (NBR) released on Wednesday (U.S. time), Youn [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – To Youn Yuh-jung, the 73-year-old supporting actress of “Minari,” the enthusiastic response the U.S. audience has given to the simple story of a Korean immigrant family was something she had never expected. “We had a very big applause at the Sundance. I was really shocked,” the South Korean actress [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean American director Lee Isaac Chung said the growing compliments showered on his latest immigrant film “Minari” represents people’s faith in humanity that everyone harbors deeply in mind. In an online conversation hosted by Korean American actress Sandra Oh as part of the Korean American Day celebration Wednesday (U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The drama film “Minari” has won four prizes, including best picture, from a U.S. film critics association, boosting hopes for an award at the upcoming Academy Awards. The North Carolina Film Critics Association announced Monday (local time) that “Minari,” directed and written by Korean American Lee Isaac Chung, was [...]