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“The Desperate Chase” is a 2024 film directed and written by Kim Jae-hoon. The film stars Park Sung-woong as Kim In-hae, Kwak Si-yang as Jo Soo-gwang, Yoon Kyung-ho as Zhu Lingfang, Park Hyo-ju as Yang Se-ra, and more. The movie follows the story of a short-tempered cop and a notorious scammer and con artist who join forces to bring down an international criminal and his drug empire.

The Desperate Chase (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: Who are Jo Soo-gwang, Kim In-hae, and Zhu Lingfang?

Jo Soo-gwang is an honest but short-tempered detective who takes his job so seriously. If it were up to him, he’d wipe out all the criminals in the city in a day. But his strong-arm tactics and zero tolerance for criminals often land him in hot water, with headlines calling him out for rough handling and excessive force. On the flip side, there’s Kim In-hae, a...

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Doubt is a South Korean psychological crime thriller drama series directed by Song Yeon-hwa from a screenplay by Han Ah-young. The Mbc TV series follows Korea’s best criminal profiler who faces a dilemma after he discovers that his daughter might be connected to a murder case. Doubt stars Han Suk-kyu and Chae Won-bin in the lead roles with Han Ye-ri, Oh Yeon-soo, Noh Jae-won, Yoon Kyung-ho, Kim Jeong-jin, Yoo Eui-tae, Lee Shin-ki, and Han Su-a starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling story, complex arcs, and compelling characters in Doubt here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Defending Jacob (Apple TV+) Credit – Apple TV+

Defending Jacob is a crime thriller drama miniseries created by Mark Bomback. Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by author William Landay, the Apple...

The brilliant Apple TV+‘s South Korean historical drama series is finally returning for its highly anticipated second season. Created by Soo Hugh, the Apple TV+ series is based on a 2017 novel of the same name by author Min Jin Lee, the second season of the critically acclaimed series Pachinko picks up seven years after the events of the first season finale.

Pachinko Season 2 is set in Osaka in 1945, where Sunja is working hard to raise her two boys with the help of her kindhearted sister-in-law after her husband was arrested in the Season 1 finale. In the 1980s timeline, Sunja’s grandson Solomon tries to build a successful business but struggles with continued discrimination against Koreans in Japan.

Pachinko Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Apple TV+

Pachinko Season 2 consists of eight episodes in total. The Korean historical drama series premieres on Apple TV+ with...

Korea’s Finecut has landed pre-sales of upcoming action-comedy The Desperate Chase and secured further deals for black comedy A Normal Family in the US and Asia.

The Desperate Chase, which marks the second feature of Devils director Kim Jae-hoon, has been snapped up for Japan (Rights Cube), Taiwan (Apex Success Global), and Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures) ahead of its market premiere in Cannes, where a rough cut will be screened for buyers.

Starring Kwak Si-yang (The Battle Of Jangsari), Park Sung-woong (Hunt) and Yoon Kyung-ho (Alienoid), the caper centres on a detective on the case of a Chinese triad boss...

New Delhi, Oct 18 (Ians) Revenant Esports has appointed well-renowned Korean coach Yoon Kyung-Ho, popularly known as Malix, to reinforce its Valorant roster.

The announcement came as a massive boost for one of India’s most consistent Valorant team-Revenant Esports, especially with Malix being a distinguished coach from the international Valorant community. He specialises in performance and strategic coaching as well as player development.

“We are elated to welcome Malix to the Revenant Esports family. His coaching expertise in Valorant will help refine the team and will be of huge importance in certain areas where we definitely need some improvement. Having a competent coach is extremely vital if you want to thrive in Esports and we feel confident having signed a coach like Malix, who possesses all the necessary skills and abilities to take us to the next level. With him mentoring the team, we are looking forward to asserting our dominance in upcoming tournaments,...

Despite being hardly known outside Korea and Japan, webtoons (comic strips or manhwa published online) are on the rise. South Korea is the leader in the advanced technology that allows the comic and graphic novel industry’s digital transformation, and their market grew by 65 per cent in 2020 only. Korean companies specializing in this art form are rapidly extending their arms outside Asia, thanks also to the general increase in global popularity of South Korean culture, the so-called Hallyu. Like manga, they offer well proven stories to film and drama producers, minimizing risks and therefore, the entertainment industry’s interest in them is growing rapidly. They are definitely here to stay, and we will hear more and more about them in the next years. Wisely, The Florence Korea Film Fest this year for the first time dedicates a whole section to them with 4 film adaptations. “Start Up” is one of them.

Leading South Korean film sales firm Finecut has boarded “Toxic,” a fact-based drama-thriller about a mysterious outbreak that killed thousands. The firm, which is also representing Hong Sang-soo’s Berlin competition title “Introduction,” will unveil the new title to buyers at next month’s European Film Market.

The film is the dramatization of events between 1994 and 2011 in which at least 1,600, and possibly as many as 14,000, people in Korea died. Consumer goods companies including the U.K.’s Reckitt-Benckiser sold tens of millions of humidifier-disinfectants for everyday use. Some included medicinal claims such as the suggestion that they would be good for people suffering from the common cold. Instead, with possible government complicity, the products skipped proper testing and were later found to contain chemicals that caused irreversible lung damage.

The film centers on an ER doctor whose wife may have lost her life because of the product. Along with other victims,...