Korean films line up for Chuseok holiday

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The summer season has been dominated by Hollywood blockbusters, but a wide collection of Korean films are lining up for a release during the Chuseok holiday in September.

The holiday, which will effectively last from September 22 to 26, is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year at the local box office. With many big hits having been launched during Chuseok in past years, attention is focusing on which of this year's films may have the potential to break out.

Local distributors CJ Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment, Showbox, and Cinema Service have each lined up a film for release, while Hollywood branch office Fox will also distribute one Korean title.

CJ's selection is The Happy Life by director LEE Joon-ik, who has acquired star status in Korea after box office smash King and the Clown and word-of-mouth hit Radio Star in 2006. His latest film follows four middle aged men who decide to put together a rock band. Lotte Entertainment, meanwhile, will release My Father, starring popular actor/model Daniel HENNEY as a Korean adoptee who comes from the U.S. to Korea and tries to track down his birth father.

Cinema Service will turn to director KIM Sang-jin, responsible for legendary hit films Attack the Gas Station, Kick the Moon and Jail Breakers. His newest comedy Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K stars veteran actress NA Moon-hee as a woman who gives her kidnappers a lot more than they bargained for. Showbox, for its part, will release the romantic comedy Du Eolgul-ui Yeochin (original Korean title) starring the talented BONG Tae-gyu and singer/actress Jeong Ryeo-won.

Lastly, 20th Century Fox has picked up a Korean film to distribute on a fee basis. Sangsabuilche (original Korean title) is the third film in the highly successful series of comedies that began with My Boss My Hero (2001) and continued last year with My Boss My Teacher. With an entirely new cast including LEE Sung-jae and PARK Sang-myun, but the same basic setting, the film will hope to tap into viewers' old enthusiasm for the gangster comedy genre.

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