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The Rise of K-Pop. 2020 · 56 min. TV-14. Documentary · Music. Trace the early 1990’s roots of the global phenomenon that became K-pop and produced supergroups by BTS, BLACKPINK, iKon, EXO, VIXX, G-idle and NCT. Subtitles: English.
- Jordan Hill
- January 1, 2020
- Mike Ciporkin
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Korean Title: 히트맨 | Director: Choi Won-sub | Starring: Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Joon-ho, Hwang Woo-seul-hye | Genre: Action, Comedy Once upon a time, a renowned Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent named Jun fakes his death in order to become a webtoonartist. However, his drunkenly created hit webtoon series accidentally reveals classified i...
Korean Title: 정직한 후보 | Director: Jang Yu-jeong | Starring: Ra Mi-ran, Kim Mu-yeol, Na Moon-hee | Genre: Political, Comedy What if a politician couldn’t tell lies? This is the premise of Honest Candidate, a political comedy who focuses on a National Assembly member who gets afflicted with an inability to lie just as she needs to run for re-election....
Korean Title: 도망친 여자 | Director: Hong Sang-soo | Starring: Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Song Seon-mi, Kim Sae-byuk | Genre: Drama Hong Sang-soo is one of Korea’s most renowned art house directors, and he returned in 2020 with The Woman Who Ran. The film screened at numerous international festivals (ex. 2020’s New York FIlm Festival) despite COVID, a...
Korean Title: 다만 악에서 구하소서 | Director: Hong Won-chan | Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae, Park Jung-min | Genre: Action, Thriller The “tough fatherly guy protects younger girl” story is a staple of global cinema (think Taken, Leon The Professional, and more), and Korea offers its take on the subgenre with Deliver Us from Evil. Starring three hi...
Korean Title: 사냥의 시간 | Director: Yoon Sung-hyun | Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Ahn Jae-hong, Choi Woo-shik, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-soo | Genre: Thriller, Action Time To Hunt was another 2020 Korean film that made it to the international festival circuit, including a slot at the Berlinale. However, this isn’t some highfalutin art house mood piece; it’s ...
Korean Title: #살아있다 | Director: Cho Il-hyung | Starring: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-hye | Genre: Zombie, Action With the success of 2016’s Train to Busan, Korean zombie films became a hot topic worldwide. While Train to Busan’s 2020 sequel Peninsula wasn’t particularly great, another Korean zombie movie caught our eye this year: #Alive. Starring top acto...
Korean Title: 삼진그룹 영어토익반 | Director: Lee Jong-pil | Starring: Go Ah-sung, Esom, Park Hye-su | Genre: Comedy, Drama Despite its name, Samjin Company English Class isn’t really about learning English. Instead, it’s a socially conscious comedy about three female employees of the Samjin Company who stumble upon unethical business practices and strive t...
Korean Title: 도굴 | Director: Park Jung-bae | Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Jo Woo-jin, Shin Hye-sun | Genre: Heist, Comedy, Drama, Adventure Imagine if Hollywood’s famous Indiana Jones franchise was Korean, and had a lot more humor. You’d probably end up with something pretty similar to Collectors, whose Korean title directly translates to “Grave Robbers....
Korean Title: 강철비2: 정상회담 | Director: Yang Woo-seok | Starring: Jung Woo-sung, Kwak Do-won, Yoo Yeon-seok | Genre: War, Political, Action In 2017, we recommended Korean political thriller Steel Rain on that year’s list of best Korean movies. This year for 2020, we’re recommending its sequel, Steel Rain 2: Summit. While Steel Rain 2 isn’t a direct se...
Korean Title: 담보 | Director: Kang Dae-gyu | Starring: Sung Dong-il, Ha Ji-won, Kim Hee-won | Genre: Drama Those who enjoy tear-jerking human dramas should check out Pawn, a 2020 Korean film belonging to that subgenre. The movie centers on two debt collectors who take a young girl as “collateral” from her illegal immigrant mother, only to form a fam...
The Rise of K-Pop: Directed by Jordan Hill. With BTS, Barney Cooper. BTS, BLACKPINK, iKon, EXO, VIXX, G-idle, NCT. The Korean wave has arrived. K-pop has officially taken over the world.
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- Documentary, Music
- Jordan Hill
- 2020-08-25
Synopsis. BTS, BLACKPINK, iKon, EXO, VIXX, G-idle, NCT. The Korean wave has arrived. K-pop has officially taken over the world. Now some of the biggest artists in the world are the result of a booming idol culture that has brought incredible songs, unmatched choreography and high concept production to a music revolution.
- Jordan Hill
- 4
Oct 18, 2020 · Netflix K-pop movie takes the world by storm. Blackpink is South Korea's most successful girl band. A Netflix documentary tells their story but ignores the dark sides of the K-pop scene ...
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Jul 15, 2022 · Published on July 15, 2022 at 3:30 PM. Getty/ Stephane Cardinale - Corbis. K-pop has blown up in recent years thanks to groups like BTS, Blackpink, TXT, and more. Now, there's a Hollywood film in ...
