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Tag: Jung Man-sik

Mission: Cross

Mission: Cross

An expert detective can’t quite figure out her husband’s secret life in Lee Myeong-hun’s spy action comedy.

Posted on 4 Sep 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Comedy, KoreaTagged 2024, Cha Rae-hyung, Hwang Jung-min, Jeon Hye-jin, Jung Man-sik, Kim Joo-hun, Kim Jun-han, Lee Ho-cheol, Lee Myeong-hun, Ok Ja-yeon, Review, Yum Jung-ah. Leave a comment

Hopeless

Hopeless

A young man struggles to break free from his wretched life in Kim Chang-hoon’s directorial debut.

Posted on 30 Oct 2023 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Drama, KoreaTagged 2023, Bibi, Hong Xa-bin, Jung Jae-kwang, Jung Man-sik, Kim Chang-hoon, Kim Jong-soo, LEAFF, Park Bo-kyung, Song Joon-ki. Leave a comment

Asura: The City of Madness

Asura: The City of Madness

No one is happy in Kim Sing-su’s hyper-macho, ultra-grim neo noir.

Posted on 28 Sep 202225 Oct 2024 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Crime, KoreaTagged 2016, Hwang Jung-min, Ju ji-hoon, Jung Man-sik, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Hae-gon, Kim Jong-soo, Kim Soo-jin, Kim Sung-su, Kim Won-hae, Kwak Do-won, Mahbub Alam, Oh Yeon-ah, Review, Yoon Ji-hye. Leave a comment

Beasts Clawing at Straws

Beasts Clawing at Straws

Crime really doesn’t pay in Kim Yong-hoon’s directorial debut.

Posted on 12 Dec 202012 Dec 2020 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Korea, ThrillerTagged 2020, Bae Jin-woong, Bae Seong-woo, Heo Dong-won, Jeon Do-yeon, Jin Kyung, Jung Ga-ram, Jung Man-sik, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Jun-han, Kim Yong-hoon, LEAFF, Park Ji-hwan, Review, Shin Hyun-bin, Yoon Je-moon, Youn Yuh-jung. Leave a comment

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