By Pierce Conran Stop me if you think you've heard this one before but a remake of A Bittersweet Life is reportedly coming togeth...

It's been a very busy week here in Korea as I'm switching jobs, moving, preparing for Busan and have lost my phone so apologies for...

Broad section of reviews this week as more and more Korean films see DVD, Blu-ray and theatrical releases in English-language territories, h...

For the second part of my analysis of gangster films at the Korean box office I'm going to be a little more thorough and look past the t...

Questions of Masculinity and Beauty in the Jopok Films A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Man From Nowhere (2010) (contd.) ...

A nice selection of reviews this week including a number for The Yellow Sea and three from The Hollywood Reporter.  Since it is Jopok Week ...

Questions of Masculinity and Beauty in the Jopok Films A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Man From Nowhere (2010) By Rowena Santos Aquin...

This post was updated on August 14, 2014 and expanded to a Top 12 in order to make room for some more recent Korean gangster classics. ...

Korean cinema features a lot of male characters that have either tried to shelter themselves from the past trauma of their lives, or have be...