[HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...

Published on 2014/10/11

K-Films Coming Soon:

★★★ "Find Satomi": An AV idol gets stranded in her bunny costume in the middle of the city after her organisers botch the plans for her fan meet. (10/16)

★★★★ "Compassion": A high school outcast struggles with the death of her friend, her parents' fighting, and bullying at school. (10/16)

★★★★ "Hwang Gu": A mix-raced martial artist dreams of becoming a member of the national taekwondo team and, with the support of his girlfriend and family, takes up the challenge. (10/16)

Title: "Find Satomi"

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 2014/10/16

Length: 90 min

Stars: Yuria Satomi, Sun Woo-chul, Yoon Sul-hee, Ra Yong

The Short and Sweet: An AV idol gets stranded in her bunny costume in the middle of the city after her organisers botch the plans for her fan meet.

★★★

Title: "Compassion"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/10/16

Director: Sin Seong-seop*

Length: 97 min

Stars: Kim-Choi Yong-joon, Lee Chung-mi, Jung Min-sung, Park Jung-sik

The Short and Sweet: A high school outcast struggles with the death of her friend, her parent's fighting, and bullying at school.

★★★★★

Title: "Hwang Gu"

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 2014/10/16

Director: Park Yong-jib ("The File", "Miss Gold Digger")

Length: 87 min

Stars: Ji Min-I, Kwon So-hyun, Lee Hyun-kyung, Oh Soon-tae

The Short and Sweet: A mix-raced martial artist dreams of becoming a member of the national taekwondo team and, with the support of his girlfriend and family, takes up the challenge.

★★★★

Also Coming Soon:

"Age of Dinosaurs" (2013), "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen" (2012), "Pamela Rose?" (2003), "Spiral" (2014), "The Golden Era" (2014), "Dive Olly Dive and The Pirate Treasure" (2014), "Serial Bad Weddings" (2014), "The November Man" (2014)

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Compassion_(Korean_Movie), http://asianwiki.com/Yellow_Dog,

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Find_Satomi.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Compassion.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Hwang_Gu.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20148801,

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; KoreaOnTheCouch)