Carole Horst While the Korean film business faces challenges, 2022 does offer a bumper crop of Korean movies from big-name filmmakers.
Here are some of the best:The Apartment With Two Women(Finecut)Kim-se In’s debut drama unspools in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section.Broker (CJ Entertainment)“Shoplifters” director Kore-eda Hirokazu examines the trade in children in his Korean-language film debut.
With a stellar cast including Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Lee Ji-eun (aka IU) and Bae Doo-na, it too is awaiting a high-profile festival launch.Concrete Utopia (Lotte Cultureworks)A webtoon adaptation directed by Uhm Tae-hwa sees star Lee Byung-hun (“G.I.
Joe”) as one of the few survivors of a massive earthquake that destroys Seoul. In post-production. Decision to Leave (CJ Entertainment)Park Chan-wook directs Tang Wei (“Lust, Caution,” “Blackhat”) in a tale of a detective falling in love with the prime suspect.
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