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It’s Okay! (2023)

Mak — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:11:56 +0000

High school student In Yeong loses her mother in a car accident. Her world is pretty harsh when she is left alone, but she is stronger, brighter, and more spirited than this girl thinks. She has a fierce wit and bold spirit, and she will survive no matter where she is thrown.

When In Yeong, a Korean dancer, is kicked out because of her overdue rent, she goes into hiding in the art troupe she belongs to. She decides to be strict and gets caught by Seol A, the famous art troupe director. But the two gradually become closer. Meanwhile, In Yeong always becomes friends with her friendly local pharmacist.

(Source: biff.kr)

~~ Release dates: Oct 6, 2023 (Festival) || Feb 26, 2025 (Cinema)

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I Am a Running Mate

Liu — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:09:10 +0000

Se Hun is a model student with good grades, but an unfortunate incident on the bus one day earns him the humiliating nickname of ‘Erector.’ The choir director, Won Dae, asks him to be his running mate for the upcoming student council election. Needing to rehabilitate his image, Se Hoon agrees, only to find out that he is Won Dae’s twelfth running mate. With his pride bruised, Se Hun decides to join Sang Hyun, a walking luxury man known as the local social butterfly.

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Dong Jae, the Good or the Bastard

Mak — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:24:32 +0000

Seo Dong Jae is a prosecutor and works in the Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office. He is ambitious and places a priority on his success as a prosecutor. Nevertheless, he is not completely cold hearted as a person. Due to the label given to him as a corrupt prosecutor, his future as a prosecutor is not bright at all. While mired in trouble over a redevelopment case, he takes on a high school student murder case. He begins to walk a fine line between his intuition as a prosecutor and instinct as an opportunist.

(Source: AsianWiki)

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The Movie Emperor (2024)

Dargom Bes — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:08:54 +0000

Lau Wai-Chi is a Hong Kong movie star with legions of devoted fans and a constant eye on his competition. His fame has drawn him inside an ever-tighter circle, where all he can do is keep his body perfect and worry what other star is snagging an award or a big role that should be his.
Vulnerable and sensing the need for a new image, Lau is persuaded to take the starring role in a humble indie drama where the protagonist is a village pig farmer. Lau and the director agree this foray into miserabilist cinema will be just what foreign film festivals crave.
As Lau begins the painstaking process of learning how to play the role convincingly, we witness a series of pitch-perfect take-downs of film industry pretension.

(Source: tiff.net)

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City Hunter (2024)

Dargom Bes — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:12:27 +0000

Saeba Ryo is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. He works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he’s a bodyguard, sometimes he’s an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact, his only flaw is his hormones – he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he’s near them. Thankfully he’s got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check.

(Source: Mangaupdates)

~~ Adapted from the manga series "City Hunter" (シティーハンター) by Hojo Tsukasa (北条司).