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SoompiKoreaAustin Lin Is A Ruthless Killer With A Soft Spot For His Brothers In Korean Film Debut “Tristes Tropiques” The upcoming film “Tristes Tropiques” has unveiled new character stills of Taiwanese actor Austin Lin!

SoompiKoreaSung Hoon, Oh Se Young, And Lee Jung Shin Are Entangled In A Love Triangle In “What A Boss Wants” MBN’s upcoming drama “What a Boss Wants” has shared new stills featuring Sung Hoon, Oh Se Young, and CNBLUE’s Lee Jung Shin!

SoompiKoreaCha Kang Yoon, Bae Hyeon Seong, Park Yoon Ho, And More Navigate The Dangerous World Of College Entrance Exams In “The Substitute” Poster Upcoming series “The Substitute” has unveiled a new poster! “The Substitute” is a crime thriller about three young men whose conflicting desires and personal struggles lead them toward an…

SoompiKoreaKoo Kyo Hwan, Kim Yun Seok, And More Deal With Unforeseen Events During Heavy Snowfall In New Film “White Blast” The upcoming film “White Blast” has unveiled new stills! “White Blast” is a mystery thriller that follows Gap Soo (Kim Yun Seok), a stationmaster nearing retirement, and his newly appointed…

SoompiKoreaAhn Bo Hyun And Lee Sung Min Clash As Young And Veteran Commanders Forced To Join Forces In “Sacred Jewel” JTBC’s upcoming drama “Sacred Jewel” has teased the unlikely partnership between Ahn Bo Hyun and Lee Sung Min!

SoompiKoreaKim So Hyun And Choo Young Woo Face An Awkward Reunion In “Between Steps” “Between Steps” has unveiled new stills ahead of its upcoming episode! “Between Steps” is a romance drama directed by the late Ahn Pan Seok, who helmed the hit dramas “Something in the Rain,” “One…

SoompiKoreaYim Si Wan’s Fiancée Choi Hee Jin’s Sudden Appearance Catches Seol In Ah Off Guard In “Love In Disguise” “Love in Disguise” has unveiled new stills ahead of its upcoming episode! “Love in Disguise” is a romance thriller drama about Yoon Yi Jun (Yim Si Wan), an arrogant chaebol heir who becomes a murder…

SoompiKoreaKim Woo Bin, Seo Eun Soo, Cha Been, And Han Si Hyun Embrace Different Baseball Philosophies In New Drama “GIFT” Posters tvN’s upcoming drama “GIFT” has unveiled new character posters! Based on a popular webtoon, “GIFT” is a sports drama starring Kim Woo Bin as Jung Min Yong, a former professional baseball pitching…

SoompiKorea4 Reasons To Watch Romantic, Second Chance J-Drama “Welcome Back, First Love.” Some love stories don’t have to last long to be very meaningful. In the middle of work life and adulthood, the sweet but extremely shy Yamane Shiori (Hayashi Meari) fatefully meets again the once…

SoompiKoreaJin Young And Cho Yi Hyun Share Emotional Reunion After A Shocking Incident In “Summer Vacation” “Summer Vacation” has unveiled new stills ahead of its upcoming episode! “Summer Vacation” is a teen romance drama starring Cho Yi Hyun as Kim Ha Yeon, an ordinary high school student who has a…

SoompiKoreaSon Suk Ku And Park Bo Young Confirmed For New Rom-Com Film “Kiss For Tomorrow” Son Suk Ku and Park Bo Young will be starring together in the new film “Kiss For Tomorrow”! On November 2, the film’s investor confirmed that Son Suk Ku and Park Bo Young had been cast in the film…

Festivals

映画祭 · What's on the festival calendar — Asia first, then the world — the films each region is talking about, and what its press is covering

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On screens this week the newest stills from the region's press

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Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo