Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that record in 2024.
Ryoo, 50, made his first and only trip to Cannes back in 2005 with the gritty boxing drama Crying Fist, co-starring his brother, Ryoo Seung-bum, today a major star, and Korean cinema icon Choi Min-sik, then riding high thanks to his iconic role in Park Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003).
“Crying Fist was very well received, but since we were in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the festival, it wasn’t screened in Cannes’ Grand Lumière Theater,” Ryoo recalls. “Back then, I was much younger and everything just felt fresh, fun and exciting. But I remember...
Ryoo, 50, made his first and only trip to Cannes back in 2005 with the gritty boxing drama Crying Fist, co-starring his brother, Ryoo Seung-bum, today a major star, and Korean cinema icon Choi Min-sik, then riding high thanks to his iconic role in Park Chan-wook’s Old Boy (2003).
“Crying Fist was very well received, but since we were in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the festival, it wasn’t screened in Cannes’ Grand Lumière Theater,” Ryoo recalls. “Back then, I was much younger and everything just felt fresh, fun and exciting. But I remember...
- 5/27/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moving Season 1 Review Out ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Moving Season 1 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Ko Yoon-Jung, Lee Yeong-Ha, Kim Do-Hoon, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Han Hyo-Joo, Zo In-Sung, Cha Tae-Hyun, and Ryoo Seong-Bum
Creator: Park In-je
Director: Park In-je
Streaming On: Hulu, Disney+
Language: Korean (with subtitles)
Runtime: 20 Episodes. Around 40 minutes each.
Moving Season 1 Review Out ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Moving Season 1 Review: What’s It About:
Moving is a South Korean web series that pulls a lot of inspiration from the world of comic books and gives us a chance to see this very popular genre through the eyes of the South Korean entertainment industry, one of the largest and most important entertainment industries in the world right now. In Moving, we find ourselves with a generational story that sees both parents and their kids discover that they have abilities beyond the ones of other humans and how those abilities change the way they live their lives.
Moving Season 1 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Ko Yoon-Jung, Lee Yeong-Ha, Kim Do-Hoon, Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Han Hyo-Joo, Zo In-Sung, Cha Tae-Hyun, and Ryoo Seong-Bum
Creator: Park In-je
Director: Park In-je
Streaming On: Hulu, Disney+
Language: Korean (with subtitles)
Runtime: 20 Episodes. Around 40 minutes each.
Moving Season 1 Review Out ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Moving Season 1 Review: What’s It About:
Moving is a South Korean web series that pulls a lot of inspiration from the world of comic books and gives us a chance to see this very popular genre through the eyes of the South Korean entertainment industry, one of the largest and most important entertainment industries in the world right now. In Moving, we find ourselves with a generational story that sees both parents and their kids discover that they have abilities beyond the ones of other humans and how those abilities change the way they live their lives.
- 12/16/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
If you are a fan of Korean dramas, action, and supernatural elements, then you don’t want to miss the thrilling conclusion of #Moving, the Disney+ original series based on the popular webtoon by Kang Full. The series follows three high school students who discover that they have inherited superpowers from their parents, who are former secret agents with a dark past. Together, they face the dangers of a mysterious organization that is after them and their abilities.
#Moving has been praised for its captivating storyline, stunning visuals, and stellar cast, which includes Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Cha Tae-hyun, Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Jung-ha, Go Youn-jung, and Kim Do-hoon. The series has also been a global hit, becoming the most watched Korean original series on Disney+ and Hulu in the first week of its release1.
Moving Trailer
The final three episodes of #Moving are now available to...
#Moving has been praised for its captivating storyline, stunning visuals, and stellar cast, which includes Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Cha Tae-hyun, Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Jung-ha, Go Youn-jung, and Kim Do-hoon. The series has also been a global hit, becoming the most watched Korean original series on Disney+ and Hulu in the first week of its release1.
Moving Trailer
The final three episodes of #Moving are now available to...
- 9/20/2023
- by amalprasadappu
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
Moving is quickly becoming a fan favorite on Disney+. The Korean superhero drama series is based on a popular webtoon of the same name by Kang Full, he is also the creator behind the Disney+ adaptation. Directed by Park In-je and Park Younseo, Moving is filled with action, teen drama, and heartwrenching moments that will keep your eyes glued to the screen.
Moving tells the story of three high super-powered school students, who inherited their powers from their parents. While they try to hide their powers their parents try to make sure that other people don’t use them for their powers. But all of their efforts are in vain because a very dangerous fight is just ahead of them.
Moving – Episode Guide (When are the Episodes Coming Out?) Credit – Disney+
Moving doesn’t have a very easy episode guide as Disney+ has decided to release the episode in a complicated way.
Moving tells the story of three high super-powered school students, who inherited their powers from their parents. While they try to hide their powers their parents try to make sure that other people don’t use them for their powers. But all of their efforts are in vain because a very dangerous fight is just ahead of them.
Moving – Episode Guide (When are the Episodes Coming Out?) Credit – Disney+
Moving doesn’t have a very easy episode guide as Disney+ has decided to release the episode in a complicated way.
- 9/11/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
"It's nice to meet you, monster. I'm a monster, too." Oh, wow. Hulu has revealed an official US trailer with English subtitles for a Korean superpowers series called Moving. This was actually produced by Disney+ in Korea, similar to the extra crazy series Connect from last year. Based on the webtoon of the same name by Kang Full, the series is a supernatural drama that deals with three teenager high school students and their parents who discover their super powers. It's a play on superheroes, much closer to the X-Men series with its narrative, than anything in the MCU. These teens must conceal their superpowers to shelter their parents who have lived with painful secrets facing great danger over generations. Are the monsters? Or heroes? Who is coming after them now? The cast features Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Cha Tae-hyun, Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Jung-ha, Go Youn-jung,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“The Berlin File” was a big box office success during its screening in S. Korea, reaching million admissions after 14 days of release,[42][43] and eventually a total of 7.17 million admissions. Back in 2015, Ryoo Seung-wan stated that he was planning a sequel to screen in 2017, but the project has yet to materialize.
Pyo Jong-seong is a North Korean spy who lives in Berlin with his wife, Ryun Jung-hee, a translator for the local embassy. During an arms deal involving Pyo, Russians, Middle Eastern terrorists, South Koreans and the Mosad that goes horribly wrong, he discovers evidence that he may be set up by his own country. Moreover, CIA, a ruthless North Korean agent named Dong Myun-soo, and a South Korean agent named Jung Jin-soo come into the picture, complicating the case even more. Pyo has to decide who betrayed him and choose sides.
Ryoo Seung Wan wanted a film...
Pyo Jong-seong is a North Korean spy who lives in Berlin with his wife, Ryun Jung-hee, a translator for the local embassy. During an arms deal involving Pyo, Russians, Middle Eastern terrorists, South Koreans and the Mosad that goes horribly wrong, he discovers evidence that he may be set up by his own country. Moreover, CIA, a ruthless North Korean agent named Dong Myun-soo, and a South Korean agent named Jung Jin-soo come into the picture, complicating the case even more. Pyo has to decide who betrayed him and choose sides.
Ryoo Seung Wan wanted a film...
- 7/28/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
After taking a 6-year break from the silver screen, 29-year-old actor Jang Geun Suk is back with a huge bang. Not only is the TV-movie actor working with world renowned director Kim Ki Duk (“Fork Lane”, “3-Iron”), he is also joining a powerhouse cast including veteran actors Ahn Sung Ki and Ryu Seung Bum. Japanese actors Joe Odagiri and Fuji Mina, who are both no stranger to the Korean entertainment industry, are also appearing in Kim’s much-anticipated film.
The Cast of “The Time of Humans” with Director Kim Ki Duk
A Different Jang Geun Suk
Like Kim Soo Hyun in “Real“, the movie “The Time of Humans” will turn Jang Geun Suk from the swoon-worthy “Prince of Rom-Com” to a ruthless, violent, and cold-hearted character. While it is no secret that the talented actor has portrayed a wide array of characters over the past years, his radical transformation in...
The Cast of “The Time of Humans” with Director Kim Ki Duk
A Different Jang Geun Suk
Like Kim Soo Hyun in “Real“, the movie “The Time of Humans” will turn Jang Geun Suk from the swoon-worthy “Prince of Rom-Com” to a ruthless, violent, and cold-hearted character. While it is no secret that the talented actor has portrayed a wide array of characters over the past years, his radical transformation in...
- 7/20/2017
- by Irick Marie Arbuso
- AsianMoviePulse
This December 24th Ryoo Seung-wan’s The Berlin File is debuting on DVD from Cj Entertainment. The Berlin File stars Jung-woo Ha (winner of the Best Actor award for this performance at the 2013 Baek Sang Art Awards), Suk-kyu Han (Eye for an Eye), Seung-beom Ryu (Perfect Number, Doomsday Book) and Gianna Jun (The Thieves, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan). The bonus materials include deleted scenes and “The Making of The Berlin Files,” a behind-scene scenes featurette.
Synopsis
A tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel suddenly descends into mayhem after a “ghost” agent named Jong-Seong (Jung-woo Ha) appears on the scene. Secretly watching the deal go down is embattled South Korean intelligence chief Jin-soo (Suk-Kyu Han), the North Koreans and the CIA, who are all left trying to decode whether the ghost is a double-agent or taking the fall for a more insidious plot. Myung-soo (Seung-beom Ryu) a young,...
Synopsis
A tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel suddenly descends into mayhem after a “ghost” agent named Jong-Seong (Jung-woo Ha) appears on the scene. Secretly watching the deal go down is embattled South Korean intelligence chief Jin-soo (Suk-Kyu Han), the North Koreans and the CIA, who are all left trying to decode whether the ghost is a double-agent or taking the fall for a more insidious plot. Myung-soo (Seung-beom Ryu) a young,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Nermina Kulovic
- AsianMoviePulse
DVD Release Date: Dec. 24, 2013
Price: DVD $26.98
Studio: Cj Entertainment
Ha Jung-woo goes for the gun in The Berlin File.
Korean action auteur Ryoo Seung-wan (City of Violence, Crying Fist) delivers his signature style to the East meets West double agent intrigue in the 2012 Korean action thriller film The Berlin File.
Exposed during an illegal arms trade gone wrong in Berlin, a North Korean “ghost” agent (Ha Jung-woo) finds himself in the cross-hairs of an international manhunt. Caught between his love of country and his wife (Gianna Jun), he must quickly prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Along with Jung-woo Ha (winner of the Best Actor award for this performance at the 2013 Baek Sang Art Awards), the cast includes Suk-kyu Han (Eye for an Eye), Seung-beom Ryu (Perfect Number) and Gianna Jun (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan).
Presented in Korean with English subtitles, the DVD includes deleted scenes and “The Making of The Berlin Files,...
Price: DVD $26.98
Studio: Cj Entertainment
Ha Jung-woo goes for the gun in The Berlin File.
Korean action auteur Ryoo Seung-wan (City of Violence, Crying Fist) delivers his signature style to the East meets West double agent intrigue in the 2012 Korean action thriller film The Berlin File.
Exposed during an illegal arms trade gone wrong in Berlin, a North Korean “ghost” agent (Ha Jung-woo) finds himself in the cross-hairs of an international manhunt. Caught between his love of country and his wife (Gianna Jun), he must quickly prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Along with Jung-woo Ha (winner of the Best Actor award for this performance at the 2013 Baek Sang Art Awards), the cast includes Suk-kyu Han (Eye for an Eye), Seung-beom Ryu (Perfect Number) and Gianna Jun (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan).
Presented in Korean with English subtitles, the DVD includes deleted scenes and “The Making of The Berlin Files,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
“Arahan” and “Crying Fist” director Seung-wan Ryoo hops into the deadly spy game with the new South Korean actioner “The Berlin File”, starring some of South Korea’s powerhouse actors. The action doesn’t look too bad, either. Check out a brief 30-second teaser trailer for the film, which is set on location in Berlin, Germany, and from the looks of it, is going to be one intense thrill ride. The plot goes something like this: Exposed by their government, a North Korean spy and his wife attempt to escape pursuing Korean agents as they flee Berlin. The film stars Gianna Jun (of “Blood: The Last Vampire” fame, though she’s still much more famous worldwide for the romcom hit “My Sassy Girl”), Jung-woo Ha, Seung-beom Ryu, and Han Suk Kyu (no stranger to spy movies himself with hits like “Shiri” and “Double Agent” under his belt). South Korea gets...
- 1/14/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Doomsday Book
Written and directed by Jee-woon Kim and Pil-Sung Yim
South Korea, 2012
H.G. Wells, a godfather of modern apocalyptic literature, once said that, “all this world is heavy with the promise of greater things, and a day will come, one day in the unending succession of days, when beings who are not latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins shall stand upon this earth as one stands upon a foot-stool and shall laugh and reach their hands amidst the stars”.
Decades later and continents away, Jee-woon Kim and Pil-Sung Yim’s Doomsday Book, an anthology of apocalyptic possibilities, channels the ethos of Wells’ work in a distinctly Korean endeavour. Broken into three disparate parts, the film is at times silly and farcical, and at others profound and insightful.
The film kicks off with a segment called A Brave New World, as in the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name.
Written and directed by Jee-woon Kim and Pil-Sung Yim
South Korea, 2012
H.G. Wells, a godfather of modern apocalyptic literature, once said that, “all this world is heavy with the promise of greater things, and a day will come, one day in the unending succession of days, when beings who are not latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins shall stand upon this earth as one stands upon a foot-stool and shall laugh and reach their hands amidst the stars”.
Decades later and continents away, Jee-woon Kim and Pil-Sung Yim’s Doomsday Book, an anthology of apocalyptic possibilities, channels the ethos of Wells’ work in a distinctly Korean endeavour. Broken into three disparate parts, the film is at times silly and farcical, and at others profound and insightful.
The film kicks off with a segment called A Brave New World, as in the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name.
- 10/21/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
After directors Kim Jee-woon (A Tale Of Two Sisters; The Good, The Bad, The Weird) and Yim Pil-sung (Hansel and Gretel) completed two-thirds of filming for their riotous anthology film Doomsday Book in 2006, production issues left the remaining work incomplete for six years, and finally, it has arrived in sensational, ludicrously entertaining fashion. With one story concerning a zombie outbreak, one a Buddhist robot, and another an impending apocalypse, the directors have crafted a pleasantly unpretentious festival film that will nevertheless appeal to the smart cinemagoer given its satirical nature and inherent intelligence.
The first segment, A Brave New World, is a playfully grim yarn, as a rotten apple becomes mixed into the cattle production line and ends up causing a massive viral epidemic as a result. Patient zero, Suk-woo (Seung-beom Ryu), makes for a hilarious protagonist, as his efforts – or rather, his failures – with women intersect with the plague,...
After directors Kim Jee-woon (A Tale Of Two Sisters; The Good, The Bad, The Weird) and Yim Pil-sung (Hansel and Gretel) completed two-thirds of filming for their riotous anthology film Doomsday Book in 2006, production issues left the remaining work incomplete for six years, and finally, it has arrived in sensational, ludicrously entertaining fashion. With one story concerning a zombie outbreak, one a Buddhist robot, and another an impending apocalypse, the directors have crafted a pleasantly unpretentious festival film that will nevertheless appeal to the smart cinemagoer given its satirical nature and inherent intelligence.
The first segment, A Brave New World, is a playfully grim yarn, as a rotten apple becomes mixed into the cattle production line and ends up causing a massive viral epidemic as a result. Patient zero, Suk-woo (Seung-beom Ryu), makes for a hilarious protagonist, as his efforts – or rather, his failures – with women intersect with the plague,...
- 10/11/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
The Unjust (Bu-dang-geo-rae)
Written by Hoon-jung Park
Directed by Seung-wan Ryoo
South Korea, 2010
“That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” -Matthew 5:45
There is a sequence in Hergé’s Tintin adventure Flight 714 when Captain Haddock has a problem with a piece of sticking plaster and when he finally gets rid of it, the band-aid makes it way from stewardess to passenger to crew to pilot and back again to Haddock, until everyone in the plane has had some kind of run-in with the sticky thing. While that slapstick sequence is played for laughs and The Unjust is one of the grimmest, darkest crime dramas ever made, like the passengers of Flight 714, the passengers of The Unjust are stuck, not with a band-aid, but with...
Written by Hoon-jung Park
Directed by Seung-wan Ryoo
South Korea, 2010
“That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” -Matthew 5:45
There is a sequence in Hergé’s Tintin adventure Flight 714 when Captain Haddock has a problem with a piece of sticking plaster and when he finally gets rid of it, the band-aid makes it way from stewardess to passenger to crew to pilot and back again to Haddock, until everyone in the plane has had some kind of run-in with the sticky thing. While that slapstick sequence is played for laughs and The Unjust is one of the grimmest, darkest crime dramas ever made, like the passengers of Flight 714, the passengers of The Unjust are stuck, not with a band-aid, but with...
- 7/18/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
There’s a new Korean chiller headed our way called No Mercy. Written and directed by first-timer Kim Hyeong-Joon and starring Hye-jin Han, Seung-beom Ryu, Kyung-gu Sol and Ji-ru Sung the film goes like this.
Synopsis:
Hidden in the bushes along the river bank, a woman’s body is found severed into six parts. Homicide forensics expert Kang is called into investigation, eventually arresting environmentalist fanatic Lee as the main suspect.
Meanwhile, Kang heads to the airport to pick up his daughter who hasn’t been back in Korea for 10 years. A stranger, supposedly ordered by Lee, gives Kang an envelope filled with pictures of his petrified daughter held captive. Kang goes to meet Lee believing the river bank murder case is involved with his daughter’s kidnapping. In order to save his daughter, Lee tells Kang to release him within 3 days, pushing Kang into an impossible fork in the road.
Synopsis:
Hidden in the bushes along the river bank, a woman’s body is found severed into six parts. Homicide forensics expert Kang is called into investigation, eventually arresting environmentalist fanatic Lee as the main suspect.
Meanwhile, Kang heads to the airport to pick up his daughter who hasn’t been back in Korea for 10 years. A stranger, supposedly ordered by Lee, gives Kang an envelope filled with pictures of his petrified daughter held captive. Kang goes to meet Lee believing the river bank murder case is involved with his daughter’s kidnapping. In order to save his daughter, Lee tells Kang to release him within 3 days, pushing Kang into an impossible fork in the road.
- 12/31/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Universal is apparently in talks for a remake of the Korean drama "Die Bad" which "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster may potentially helm. Forster and his Apparatus partner Brad Simpson will produce with Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo as well as Overnight Productions' Rick Schwartz. Seung-wan Ryoo directed and wrote the original film of 2000 called "Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona" which starred Seong-bin Park, Seung-beom Ryu and Jung-shik Bae. This was in fact four short stories following the rise and fall of a gangster. The English-language version will take place in New York.
- 11/5/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Universal is apparently in talks for a remake of the Korean drama "Die Bad" which "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster may potentially helm. Forster and his Apparatus partner Brad Simpson will produce with Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo as well as Overnight Productions' Rick Schwartz. Seung-wan Ryoo directed and wrote the original film of 2000 called "Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona" which starred Seong-bin Park, Seung-beom Ryu and Jung-shik Bae. This was in fact four short stories following the rise and fall of a gangster. The English-language version will take place in New York.
- 11/5/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Universal is apparently in talks for a remake of the Korean drama "Die Bad" which "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster may potentially helm. Forster and his Apparatus partner Brad Simpson will produce with Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo as well as Overnight Productions' Rick Schwartz. Seung-wan Ryoo directed and wrote the original film of 2000 called "Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona" which starred Seong-bin Park, Seung-beom Ryu and Jung-shik Bae. This was in fact four short stories following the rise and fall of a gangster. The English-language version will take place in New York. Brad Ingelsby will write the script for the new film. ...
- 11/5/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Universal is apparently in talks for a remake of the Korean drama "Die Bad" which "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster may potentially helm. Forster and his Apparatus partner Brad Simpson will produce with Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo as well as Overnight Productions' Rick Schwartz. Seung-wan Ryoo directed and wrote the original film of 2000 called "Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona" which starred Seong-bin Park, Seung-beom Ryu and Jung-shik Bae. This was in fact four short stories following the rise and fall of a gangster. The English-language version will take place in New York.
- 11/5/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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