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★★★★ "My Brilliant Life": A young couple struggle with their son who has Progeria syndrome, a rare genetic defect that causes him to age rapidly. (09/03)

★★★★ "Tazza: The Hidden Card": A skilled player enters the underground gambling world and puts his life at stake.. (09/03)

★★★★★ "Hill of Freedom": A Japanese man arrives in Korea to find his old lover. While he stays at a guesthouse, he encounters various people. (09/04)

★★★★★ "Golden Chariot in the Sky": Ppong-Ddol dreams of joining a band and gets inspired to start neighbourhood band that's in need of money.. (09/04)

Title: "My Brilliant Life"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/08/20

Director: Lee Jae-yong

Length: 117 min

Stars: Gang Dong-won, Song Hye-kyo, Jo Sung-mok, Baek Il-sub

The Short and Sweet: A young couple struggle with their son who has Progeria syndrome, a rare genetic defect that causes him to age rapidly.

★★★★

Title: "Hill of Freedom"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/09/04

Director: Hong Sang-soo ("Our Sunhi", "Nobody's Daughter Haewon")

Length: 67 min

Stars: Ryo Kase, Moon So-ri, Seo Young-hwa, Kim Eui-sung

The Short and Sweet: A Japanese man arrives in Korea to find his old lover. While he stays at a guesthouse, he encounters various people. 

★★★★★

Title: "Tazza: The Hidden Card"

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Drama

Release Date: 2014/09/03

Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol ("Sunny - 2010", "Scandal Makers")

Length: 147 min

Stars: Choi Seung-hyun, Shin Se-kyung, Kwak Do-won, Lee Hanee

The Short and Sweet: A skilled player enters the underground gambling world and puts his life at stake.

★★★★

Title: "Golden Chariot in the Sky"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/09/04

Director:  O Muel ("Jiseul", "Pong Ddol")

Length: 84 min

Stars: Kim Dong-ho-I, Moon Seok-beom, Yang Jeong-won, Kingston Rudieska

The Short and Sweet: Ppong-Ddol dreams of joining a band and gets inspired to start neighbourhood band that's in need of money.

★★★★★

 

Also Coming Soon:

"The Sword" (1980), "The Magnificent Butcher" (1979), "Lucy" (2014), "Miami Magma" (2011), "Sunshine on Leith" (2013), "Step Up: All In" (2014), "Apocalypse Pompeii" (2014), "Kumba" (2013), "Maya the Bee 3D" (2014), "映画ドラえもん　新・のび太の大魔境　ペコと5人の探検隊" (2014), "Violet & Daisy" (2011), "Kiss of the Dragon" (2001)

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/My_Brilliant_Life, http://asianwiki.com/Tazza_2, http://asianwiki.com/Hill_of_Freedom, http://asianwiki.com/Golden_Chariot_in_the_Sky

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_My_Brilliant_Life.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Tazza_2p__The_Hidden_Card.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Hill_of_Freedom.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Golden_Chariot_in_the_Sky.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134594, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134804, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20148840, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20130961

 

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)