Tag: yeonsangho
Fantasia 2026: Raising the Curtain on the 30th Edition of Montreal's Smorgasbord of Genre Cinema
The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America's current largest genre festival runs from July 16 to August 2, in its 30th edition. With its large size, and 'big tent' scope of everything from everywhere as long it is never...
TRAIN TO BUSAN: Official 10-Year Anniversary Trailer And Key Art!
The ten-year anniversary of, Train to Busan, one of the greatest zombie movies ever made is coming up. To mark the occasion Train to Busan has been remastered and will be presented in 4K for the anniversary.
New York Asian 2026 Review: COLONY Puts Yeon Song-ho Back In The Undead Driver's Seat
Zombies in a mall, you say? It’s been done before but leave it to Korean genre master Yeon Song-ho to take everything you think you know about the living dead and crank it up to eleven and you’ve got another...
COLONY Official Trailer: Latest From Korean Zombie Master Yeon Sang-ho Coming This August
Professor Se Jeong attends a biotech conference, only to witness it spiral into catastrophe when a rapidly mutating virus is unleashed. As the outbreak spreads and the infected begin to transform, authorities seal off the entire facility.
New York Asian 2026: COLONY Set to Open
We respect the Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off earlier this week with Pierre Salvadori's The Electric Kiss. As good (or bad) as that film may be, we must point out that it doesn't have any zombies. Score one for...
COLONY (군체): Yeon Sang-ho's New Zombie Thriller Lands Worldwide Distribution Deals
Yeon Sang-ho's new film Colony sees the Korean director return to the zombie genre, after their international smash hit Train to Busan and follow-up Peninsula. It will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this Friday. Gianna...
Well Go USA Celebrates Yeon Sang-ho's TRAIN TO BUSAN 10 Year Anniversary, COLONY (군체) Acquisition and Theatrical Release
Well Go USA have announced ten-year anniversary screenings of Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan. They have also acquired Yeon's most recent zombie flick, Colony, and announced their plans for that.
THE UGLY Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN Director Gut-Wrenchingly Critiques Vanity and Violence
Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho ('Train to Busan') directs a thought-provoking and gut-wrenching murder mystery.
PENINSULA Interview: Superstar Gang Dong-won Enters the Zombie Apocalypse
The high expectations on a sequel to a runaway blockbuster might be daunting for any actor, but with Peninsula, superstar Gang Dong-won was up for a challenge. Leading the way into this new chapter in the Train to Busan universe,...
PENINSULA Interview: Director Yeon Sang-ho Talks Zombies in the Age of Coronavirus
Eight years ago, I met an artist blazing new trails in Korean cinema. Disturbing and dark as pitch, director Yeon Sang-ho’s The King of Pigs {2011} was a decidedly un-family-friendly animated feature that glared unblinkingly at the ills of South Korean...
PSYCHOKINESIS: Trailer For TRAIN TO BUSAN Helmer's Next Is Sillier Than Expected.
The evolution of director Yeon Sang-ho continues with the upcoming Psychokinesis. The South Korean helmer first rose to international prominence in the animation world thanks to his uber-dark and very much not-for-children animated features King Of Pigs and The Fake...
TRAIN TO BUSAN Sets Korean Box Office Records
It is safe to say that things are going rather well for Yeon Sang-ho's Train To Busan. The first live action film from the King Of Pigs director, Train To Busan had its world premiere in selection in Cannes prior...
Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN Rides the Rails With the Undead
For his live-action debut Train to Busan, indie animation director Yeon Sang-ho, whose films The King of Pigs and The Fake have drawn international acclaim, has taken the zombie thriller, stuck it into the claustrophobic confines of a train, and...
Neuchâtel 2016 Review: SEOUL STATION, A Zombie Flick That's a Walker Not A Runner
Yeon Sang-ho’s take on the zombie apocalypse doesn't bring anything fresh to the undead table yet contains enough touches of the social commentary that marks the best works of the genre to stir some interest. An old man, sick and...
Cannes 2016 Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN, A Zombie Thrillride With Social Bite
For his live-action debut Train to Busan, indie animation director Yeon Sang-ho, whose films The King of Pigs and The Fake have drawn international acclaim, has taken the zombie thriller, stuck it into the claustrophobic confines of a train, and...
Mass Panic On The TRAIN TO BUSAN! Check Out The Teaser For The KING OF PIGS Director's Live Action Debut!
Korea's Yeon Sang-ho burst on to the world cinema scene back in 2011 with his Director's Fortnight selected animated feature King Of Pigs. And Yeon turned heads not just for the fact that he was directing animation in Korea -...
Gong Yoo Joins Yeon Sang-ho's Live Action Zombie Thriller BUSAN-BOUND
Yeon Sang-ho has come a long way in just a few years. After two highly acclaimed animations and another in post, the filmmaker will be making his live action debut this year, with the big-budget zombie thriller Busan-Bound. The Suspect's...
KING OF PIGS Director Returns With Equally Grim Animation THE FAKE
Anyone who has ever though dismissively that animation is 'just for kids' has clearly never been exposed to the work of director Yeon Sang-ho. Putting aside the multiple other levels in which that 'just for kids' dismissal is wrong -...
