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19 hours, 31 minutes ago

Parasite star Choi Woo Shik's new K-drama announced: 2025 SBS rom-com title revealed

Choi Woo Shik has reportedly joined the cast of a new romantic-comedy K-drama coming out in 2025. Actor Choi Woo Shik has reportedly landed his new K-drama gig for 2025. Choi Woo Shik new K-drama release date Would You Marry Me / “Marry Me in Space” is scheduled to premiere on SBS sometime in the latter half of 2025. Choi …

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‘Parasite’ star Song Kang-Ho boards cast of ‘Beef’ season two

The Hindu

South Korean star Song Kang-Ho has joined the season two cast of Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Beef. According to Netflix, the new season will center on a young couple that “witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favours and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.” …

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4 days, 1 hour ago

Heeramandi to Shogun: Decoding global rise of Asian content

India Today

Asian content has taken the global stage by storm, reflecting a seismic shift in the entertainment industry's landscape. From historical dramas to action-packed epics, shows and films like Heeramandi, Shōgun, RRR, and Parasite have captured audiences' imaginations across continents. Bhansali’s signature opulent style, combined with a gripping narrative, has captivated audiences worldwide, cementing Heeramandi as a cultural phenomenon. Shogun The …

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4 days, 1 hour ago

Parasite actor Song Kang-ho joins Netflix's Beef Season 2

India Today

Korean actor Song Kang-ho, renowned for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has officially signed on to appear as a guest star in the second season of Netflix's popular series Beef. The first season of Beef, which premiered in 2023 on Netflix, was a huge success, garnering numerous accolades including eight Emmy Awards, four Critics Choice Awards, three Golden …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Korean actor Cho Yeo-jeong remembers late 'Parasite' co-star Lee Sun-kyun in New Year's post

Hindustan Times

Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" was a stinging satire on class divides in South Korea and etched history in 2020 when it became the first non-English film to win an Academy Award for best picture. HT Image Cho played Choi Yeon-gyo, the Park family matriarch, opposite Lee, who essayed the role of Park Dong-ik, the Park family head, in the genre-defying movie. …

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3 years ago

Is Squid Game the dawn of a TV revolution?

BBC

Is Squid Game the dawn of a TV revolution? Squid Game has achieved global mainstream visibility in a way that arguably no other non-English language film or TV show has ever managed Non-English language movies like Parasite, Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, French romance Amélie and 2000's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon have all won Western acclaim and awards before. Now, …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Squid Game and Parasite aren't just massive South Korean crossovers, but also biting critiques of inequity

Firstpost

Money and power run the world we live in today, and people – like the characters in Parasite and Squid Game – are being driven to a point where they will do anything in their capacity to gain and maintain financial security. While accepting one of the many, many awards the film Parasite won, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho asked …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bong Joon Ho's Series on 'Parasite' is an Original Story Set in Film's Universe

News 18

Filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite series at HBO will be an original story set in the Oscar-winning film’s universe and not a remake. McKay, who is best known for HBO’s Emmy-winning show Succession, recently appeared on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast to confirm that the work on the series was in full speed. It’s in the same universe as the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-Kyun to star in Apple TV Plus new Korean sci-fi thriller ‘Dr Brain’