By  Weerada P. Sucharitkul FilmDoo Co-founder In the early 2000s, the South Korean entertainment industry, including music and films, experienced a slump. But, as the years have progressed, both sectors have grown steadily to become […]
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Dir: Joon-ho Bong The Host is a brilliant creature feature set in Soeul by the Han River, the original title being Gwoemul which translates directly to “Monsterâ€. Directed and co-written by Joon-ho Bong, also known for “Mother†and […]
Dir: Lee Chang-Dong Having spent many years of his life a novelist and screenwriter, Chang-dong Lee only began film directing after he was 40. His creative background and sound understanding of how to meaningfully tell […]
By Weerada Sucharitkul After a 10-year hiatus, Kim Sung Soo, the director of the widely acclaimed Korean historical epic “Musa†(“The Warriorâ€), returns to bring us modern day pandemic on a grand scale. “The Flu†is […]
By Weerada Sucharitkul Just as Christopher Nolan’s Inception was about the search for reality within a dream, Korean cult director/ writer Kim Ki-Duk’s latest film Rough Play is about the search for reality within a film, or more […]