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The Asian Film Awards has unveiled Korean veteran actor Jang Dong-gun and Chinese actress Tang Wei as this year’s recipients of the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award, which will be presented during the awards ceremony in Hong Kong on March 16.

With more than 30 years in the film and television industry, Jang has starred in top Korean films like Friend, Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War, No Tears for the Dead and A Normal Family, among others. He has also acted alongside Hong Kong talent like Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse in Chen Kaige’s pan-Asian production The Promise and reunited with Cheung in Dangerous Liaisons.

Tang played leading roles in Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave and Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. She also co-starred with Chris Hemsworth in Michael Mann’s Blackhat and worked on numerous Hong Kong productions and co-productions like The Golden Era, Office...

Francesca Eastwood, daughter of legendary actors Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, recently made headlines due to a domestic violence incident that led to her arrest. The focus of this situation has drawn attention not only to Francesca but also to her partner, Alexander Wraith, who is the father of her child. Here’s a closer look at Alexander Wraith and the circumstances surrounding this incident.

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Alexander Wraith is an American actor known for his roles in various television series, including DC’s Naomi and Orange Is the New Black. Born on June 29, 1979, in Englewood, New Jersey, he has built a career in the entertainment industry, showcasing his talent across multiple platforms. Wraith trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Nida) in Australia and studied at Columbia University. He has also appeared in notable projects like *The Mandalorian* and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., highlighting his versatility as an actor.

Back in 2010, screenwriter director Lee Jeong-beom's “The Man from Nowhere” which starred Won Bin, was the highest grossing film in South Korea. Best known for its amazing and thrilling action sequences, the film had fans longing for more from Lee. Therefore it is not really a surprise that he would follow it up with yet another action thriller that featured even more spectacular action but with a similar theme.

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South Korean screen veteran Jang Dong-gun, best known for “Friends” (2001) and “Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War” (2004) and one of the country's most recognized and bankable stars plays Gon, a Korean-born but raised in America hitman. As it happens, a Korean company man is selling information to the Russians in the back room of a nightclub. Assigned to retrieve it, Gon calmly shows up and effortlessly takes out everyone there but...

Korean dramas have evolved beyond our expectations over the years, ranging from romance to thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat. Furthermore, they frequently feature exciting action scenes to provide a surprise element, which has now become a standard in every thriller drama. Dramas such as Taxi Driver, Vincenzo, and K2 have particularly taken the concept to the next level, tackling social issues to the extreme.

The upcoming Korean drama Vigilante is one such example, offering a new perspective on a vigilante who fights criminals both under the law and outside the law. Such concepts aren't new, though, as various superhero TV shows like Arrow and films like Batman have been doing them for years, but it's uncommon to see one from the Korean industry. That being said, here's everything we know so far about the new crime thriller K-drama Vigilante, including the plot, cast, trailer, and release date.

This is a noteworthy fantasy swordplay action movie in which hundreds of ninjas drop down from the sky like rain, but it’s set in a small, dusty town in the American West. Caught up in between those cowboys and ninjas, we’ve a swordsman from Asia who’s on the run and with a baby.

At the start of the movie, Yang (Jang Dong-gun), a top warrior from the Sad Flute Clan has become the world’s greatest swordsman after killing the last greatest swordsman of an enemy clan. However, as he’s about to kill the last member, a baby girl, he changes his mind and flees with her to the American Wild West. Needless to say, this upsets the Sad Flute Clan and now they’re out for his blood and the hunt is on.

Although “The Warrior’s Way” is director Sngmoo Lee’s first movie,...

2018 was, by most accounts, a mixed bag of a year for South Korean cinema. Where critics darling Lee Chang-dong returned to the scene after an eight-year hiatus to much fanfare and applause with “Burning”, small films like “Little Forest” and “Intimate Strangers” ended up being more well received than tentpole blockbusters like Kim Jee-woon’s “Illang: The Wolf Brigade”, for example. 2019 has begun very strongly, with “Extreme Job” going on to become the 2nd highest grossing South Korean film of all time on the domestic box-office. Here’s a list of some films we can look forward to with much anticipation in the remainder of the year.

Bad Police (Lee Jeong-beom)

It’s Lee Sun-kyun vs the world in “Bad Police”

Six years after the action packed “No Tears for the Dead”, the director of the iconic “The Man from Nowhere” is back with “Bad Police”. Telling the story of...

The last time Lee Sun-kyun played a cop was in 2014’s hit “A Hard Day”, where he played a corrupt cop trying to cover up a road accident death. In 2019, we will see him play a corrupt police office once again in “Bad Police” by director Lee Jeong-beom.

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Most of the plot is still under wraps, but “Bad Police” follows a bad cop as he stands up to an even worse society.

The latest film from Lee Jeong-beom, whose films include “The Man from Nowhere” and “No Tears for the Dead”, “Bad Police” also co-stars Jeon So-nee (“After My Death”) and Park Hae-joon. It is set to release in South Korea on March 21st, 2019.

Park Hoon-jung is better known for writing the screenplays for “I Saw the Devil” & “The Unjust”. Although his directional debut “The Showdown” in 2011 was overlooked, he bounced back with “New World” in 2013 and “The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale” in 2015. Both movies starred Chio Min-shik and were commercially successful. Now he returns with another crime thriller, which is also the third co-production of Warner Brothers and South Korea.

“V.I.P.” is a complete crime thriller concerning a North Korean serial killer who defected to the South and consequently was hunted by not only a North Korean agent, the local police and the National Intelligence Service but also the CIA. This killer is also the son of a high-ranking general from the North, accordingly making him untouchable since he can do whatever he pleases. With the help of his goons, they rape, torture their victims, drug them, taking photos and video of their acts,...

Seo-Won has gone through a lot as the son of a murderer. He learned that his father was executed. Seven years ago, his drunken father Hyun-Soo, working as the leader for a management team at a dam, drives out to Seryeong Village where the dam is located. His car hits a girl and he throws the girl into the lake. Since then, Hyun-Soo goes crazy due to guilt. Young-Je is the dead girl’s father and takes revenge upon Seo-Won.

Director Choo Chang-Min’s previous film ‘Masquerade’ has been well received. ‘Seven Years of Night’ stars Ryoo Seung-Ryong (Roaring Currents), Jang Dong-Gun (No Tears for the Dead), Song Sae-Byeok (Sector 7), Ko Gyung-Pyo (Man on High Heels) and Moon Jeong-Hee (Hide and Seek) and is based on Jung Yoo-Jung’s novel of the same name.

In the month were everything is love, flowers, chocolates and romantic letters, here comes this release (on DVD & Blu-Ray) to shock all the sweetness away. Presented by Cj Entertainment here comes Lee Jeong-beom´s latest movie “No Tears for the Dead”.

Four years after “The Man from Nowhere” – another great flick– Korean film director Lee Jeong-beom presents this action/thriller movie that will keep us hook from the start. The film tells the story of a traumatized hit-man that decides not to kill his target and instead risk everything to protect her. The movie features Jang Dong-gun (Friend, Warrior’s Way) as the main character, Kim Min-hee (Helpless, Very Ordinary Couple), Brian Tee (The Wolverine, Jurassic World), Kim Hee-won (The Man from Nowhere, My Way) and Kim Joon-seong (Innocent Blood, Man-choo).

This awesome action pack DVD & Blu-Ray will be available from February 17th but you can make your pre-order Now.