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★★★★★ "My Dictator": A small-time stage actor is asked to play Kim Il-seong right before Park Chung-hee's presidential summit. (10/30) 

★★★★★ "Turning Fork": A 'comfort woman' who spent 65 years in a foreign country dreams of returning to Korea. (10/30)

★★★★ "Romance in Seoul": A young man realises he misses his roommate even though they were never in a romantic relationship. (10/30)

★★★★ "The Follower, Ok Han-heum": A documentary about the secularisation of the Korean church and how to reconnect with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in modern times. (10/30)

Title: "My Dictator"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/10/30

Director: Lee Hae-joon ("Castaway on the Moon")

Stars: Sul Kyung-gu, Park Hae-il, Yoon Je-moon, Lee Byung-joon

The Short and Sweet: A small-time stage actor is asked to play Kim Il-seong right before Park Chung-hee's presidential summit.

 ★★★★★

Title: "Turning Fork"

Genre:  Drama, Family

Release Date: 2014/10/30

Director: Chu Sang-rok*

Length: 105 min

Stars: Jo An, Kim Min-sang, Lee Ok-hee, Lee Yool-I

The Short and Sweet: A 'comfort woman' who spent 65 years in a foreign country dreams of returning to Korea.

★★★★★

Title: "Romance in Seoul"

Genre:  Drama, Romance

Release Date: 2014/10/30

Directors: Cho Hyun-chul, Choi Si-hyung, Jeong Hyeok-gi, Jung Jae-hoon, Kim Tae-yong-I, Lee Jeong-hong, Lee Woo-jeong

Length: 110 min

Stars: Ko Hyeon, Park Joo-hee, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Chae-eun

The Short and Sweet: A young man realises he misses his roommate even though they were never in a romantic relationship.

★★★★

Title: "The Follower, Ok Han-heum"

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 2014/10/30

Director: Kim Sang-cheol ("The Forgotten Bag")

Length: 92 min

Narration: Kwon Oh-joong, Sung Yu-ri

The Short and Sweet: A documentary about the secularisation of the Korean church and how to reconnect with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in modern times.

★★★★

 

Also Coming Soon:

"Hick" (2011), "Stereo" (2014), "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn" (2013), "Twice Born" (2012), "The Van Gogh Legacy" (2013), "Dusk" (2013), "My Pretend Girlfriend" (2014), "The Salvation" (2014), "Bonta" (2013), "Retornados: The Returned" (2013), "Beyond the Memories" (2013), "Before I Go to Sleep" (2014)

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/My_Dictator

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

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_My_Dictator.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Tuning_Fork.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Romance_in_Seoul.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Follower_v__Ok_Han-heum.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20135915

 

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