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November 8, 2023 2023 Marie Claire Asia Star Awards Winner Portrait ACTOR OF THE YEAR - LEE BYUNG HUN His award acceptance speech: Merci. Since there seemed to be many guests here from France, I tried to convey my acceptance speech in French. Then I realized that I couldn’t speak French. When I tried to give my acceptance speech in English, I heard Yoo Tae-oh’s speech in English, so I changed my mind. From now on, I would like to speak in Korean. Thank you! I think this is already the fourth time that I’ve been invited to a film festival event hosted by Marie Claire, including the Marie Claire Film Festival. I think it is the most atmospheric, comfortable and enjoyable event at the Busan International Film Festival. I will work hard to show good acting next year, so I hope you’ll invite me again. Source: Marie Claire [2030 Busan World Expo] LBH with Actor Daniel Henney and Former Football Player Park Ji Sung in Paris While we thought he was probably busy filming SG2 since he didn’t attend his regular LACMA GALA this year, LBH was actually attending one of the promotional event of 2030 Busan World Expo in Paris. Hehe. South Korea is one of the candidates this year along with Italy and Saudi Arabia bidding for hosting World Expo 2030. 173rd General Assembly of BIE will be held on 28th November for the selection. Well…All the best to South Korea! Fighting! Pic: Daniel Henney IG A different angle but Birdie Appa also posted similar picture from the Busan World Expo event in Paris with the caption, “Busan is ready!” https://www.instagram.com/p/CzaJnUnJ8Sa/?igshid=Y2NkYjk0MDhjYg==

November 7, 2023 ~IT’S A GIRL!!!!!~ Congratulations, Lee Min Jung, Lee Byung Hun and our soon-to-be oppa Joon Hoo!! ”Baby Birdie is on her way!” “Welcome Princess Birdie.”…. These are what was written on one of the transparent balloons and on the cake of the surprise baby shower organized by her friends for LMJ today. These two golf loving couple staying true to their passion because nickname Birdie does sound like one of the term in Golf haha. Also, how is LMJ even close to 6-7 months? She looks just the same and glowing as ever. I hope both mother and the baby grow healthily and hope everything happens normally. I am so so happy for them. View the original View the original [From the article] Actress Lee Min-jung, who announced her second pregnancy, released a photo that seemed to suggest the gender of the child. Lee Min-jung posted several photos on her SNS on the afternoon of the 7th.In the released photo, Lee Min-jung said, "Hidden camera surprise.""Thank you friends," she wrote, and released photos taken from the cake and gift pile. In particular, the released photos all suggest that the second gender is female, including pink gift wrapping and cake. In addition, the cake is more eye-catching with the letter "Princess." Source: Naver

November 7, 2023 ~IT’S A GIRL!!!!!~ Congratulations, Lee Min Jung, Lee Byung Hun and our soon-to-be oppa Joon Hoo!! ”Baby Birdie is on her way!” “Welcome Princess Birdie.”…. These are what was written on one of the transparent balloons and on the cake of the surprise baby shower organized by her friends for LMJ today. These two golf loving couple staying true to their passion because nickname Birdie does sound like one of the term in Golf haha. Also, how is LMJ even close to 6-7 months? She looks just the same and glowing as ever. I hope both mother and the baby grow healthily and hope everything happens normally. I am so so happy for them. View the original View the original [From the article] Actress Lee Min-jung, who announced her second pregnancy, released a photo that seemed to suggest the gender of the child. Lee Min-jung posted several photos on her SNS on the afternoon of the 7th.In the released photo, Lee Min-jung said, "Hidden camera surprise.""Thank you friends," she wrote, and released photos taken from the cake and gift pile. In particular, the released photos all suggest that the second gender is female, including pink gift wrapping and cake. In addition, the cake is more eye-catching with the letter "Princess." Source: Naver

November 5, 2023 Concrete Utopia has been nominated for 11 categories at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards 원본보기 Here are the list of nominations for Concrete Utopia: Best Picture Best Director- Uhm Tae-Hwa Best Actor- Lee Byung Hun Best Actress - Park Bo Young Best Supporting Actress- Kim Sun Young Best Screenplay - Uhm Tae-Hwa and Lee Shin Ji Best Cinematography - Cho Hyung Rae Best Music Score- Kim Hae Won Best Editing- Han Mi Yeon Best Visual Effects/Technical Award- Eun Jae Hyun Best Art Direction- Jo Hyun Sung and Choi Hyun Seok The award ceremony will be held at KBS Hall on November 24, and will be broadcast live on KBS2. All the best, Team Concrete Utopia!! Source: here

November 5, 2023 Concrete Utopia has been nominated for 11 categories at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards 원본보기 Here are the list of nominations for Concrete Utopia: Best Picture Best Director- Uhm Tae-Hwa Best Actor- Lee Byung Hun Best Actress - Park Bo Young Best Supporting Actress- Kim Sun Young Best Screenplay - Uhm Tae-Hwa and Lee Shin Ji Best Cinematography - Cho Hyung Rae Best Music Score- Kim Hae Won Best Editing- Han Mi Yeon Best Visual Effects/Technical Award- Eun Jae Hyun Best Art Direction- Jo Hyun Sung and Choi Hyun Seok The award ceremony will be held at KBS Hall on November 24, and will be broadcast live on KBS2. All the best, Team Concrete Utopia!! Source: here

November 4, 2023 [Exclusive] ‘Concrete Utopia’ to be released in the US in December… ‘Oscar campaign’ begins in earnest Released across the U.S. on December 15th Ahead of next year's Academy Awards Aiming at selecting candidates for the International Feature Film Award. Director Uhm Tae-hwa's 'Concrete Utopia' has confirmed its US release in December. According to the film industry on the 2nd, 'Concrete Utopia' (produced by Climax Studio) is scheduled to meet audiences in some regions of the United States on December 8th and then be released across the country on December 15th. The US release of 'Concrete Utopia' is all the more noteworthy in that it takes place ahead of the 96th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in March next year. This is because 'Concrete Utopia' was selected as the Korean film entry for next year's Academy Award for International Feature Film last August. The Korean Film Council unanimously selected 'Concrete Utopia' as the Korean film's entry in the International Feature Film Award category with seven judges. Accordingly, 'Concrete Utopia' began its 'Oscar Campaign', an active publicity and promotion aimed at nominations and awards, from the end of the previous year prior to the annual Academy Awards ceremony. In particular, it appears that 'Concrete Utopia' is also pushing for a release around this time as it must meet conditions such as screening for a certain period of time in the Los Angeles area to be considered for nominations. Only one film can be submitted from each country in the International Feature Film Award category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which hosts the Academy Awards, selects 15 films from each country as preliminary candidates and selects five of them as finalists in the International Feature Film category. Last year, director Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Break Up' was included in the preliminary list of candidates, but did not make it to the final list. 'Concrete Utopia', released on August 9, is a disaster film that depicts the story that begins with survivors gathering in the only remaining palace apartment in Seoul, which has been devastated by a major earthquake. Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young, and Kim Sun-young appeared. It attracted 3.84 million viewers (as of November 2), receiving favorable reviews for its fresh reinterpretation of the genre and the actors' excellent performances. source: Maxmovie

November 4, 2023 [Exclusive] ‘Concrete Utopia’ to be released in the US in December… ‘Oscar campaign’ begins in earnest Released across the U.S. on December 15th Ahead of next year's Academy Awards Aiming at selecting candidates for the International Feature Film Award. Director Uhm Tae-hwa's 'Concrete Utopia' has confirmed its US release in December. According to the film industry on the 2nd, 'Concrete Utopia' (produced by Climax Studio) is scheduled to meet audiences in some regions of the United States on December 8th and then be released across the country on December 15th. The US release of 'Concrete Utopia' is all the more noteworthy in that it takes place ahead of the 96th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in March next year. This is because 'Concrete Utopia' was selected as the Korean film entry for next year's Academy Award for International Feature Film last August. The Korean Film Council unanimously selected 'Concrete Utopia' as the Korean film's entry in the International Feature Film Award category with seven judges. Accordingly, 'Concrete Utopia' began its 'Oscar Campaign', an active publicity and promotion aimed at nominations and awards, from the end of the previous year prior to the annual Academy Awards ceremony. In particular, it appears that 'Concrete Utopia' is also pushing for a release around this time as it must meet conditions such as screening for a certain period of time in the Los Angeles area to be considered for nominations. Only one film can be submitted from each country in the International Feature Film Award category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which hosts the Academy Awards, selects 15 films from each country as preliminary candidates and selects five of them as finalists in the International Feature Film category. Last year, director Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Break Up' was included in the preliminary list of candidates, but did not make it to the final list. 'Concrete Utopia', released on August 9, is a disaster film that depicts the story that begins with survivors gathering in the only remaining palace apartment in Seoul, which has been devastated by a major earthquake. Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young, and Kim Sun-young appeared. It attracted 3.84 million viewers (as of November 2), receiving favorable reviews for its fresh reinterpretation of the genre and the actors' excellent performances. source: Maxmovie

November 4, 2023 More dreamy pictures of LBH from the lbh-mobile archive.

November 2, 2023 Unseen before pictures of LBH of what looks like from his vacations overseas, taken through his cellphone and shared on one of the fanclubs. Shared by Emi on her Instagram @55emuemu55 This looks like the famous 'The Kiss' painting, but I am not sure why the man is alone. Probably covid rules but, at least take your mask off, sir! Lol. Barbecuing in versace style. From the hashtag LMJ used in her bonfire pictures last time, it appears to be Lapland, Finland. More pictures shared by Emi: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJlk6kpSzb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJky7KJX8Y/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJlk6kpSzb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Dec 16, 2020 THE MATCH [ 승부 ]●○ Movie: The Match Genre: Drama, Biography, Sport Hangul: 승부 Director: Kim Hyung Ju Producer: Kim Tae won Production: MoonLight Film Company Co-production: BH Entertainment Distributer: ACEMAKER Movieworks Release: TBD Language: Korean ●○ Synopsis Set in the 1980s-1990s and based on two legendary players of Go, THE MATCH will tell the story of Cho Hun Hyun and his protégé and future rival Lee Chang Ho. It is based on the true story of Go legend Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho, who were forced to become rivals. Movie “The Match” is going to deeply portray the story of a Go (Baduk) master who eventually teaches everything to his disciple and finally has to compete with him, who may surpass him, and a disciple who has to surpass his teacher. The term 'Game baduk' used in baduk refers to a formalized game of baduk in which the sole purpose of winning is to set strict rules and demonstrate skill and ability. In other words, it is a game of baduk that gives honor and wealth first to the winner based on strict logic. ●○ Casts Lee Byung Hun is on board to play “The God of War” Cho Hun Hyun, a legendary Go champion, and the first ever Korean to receive 9-dan rank, who began to mentor Lee Chang Ho in the 1980s. Yoo Ah In is set to play the role of “Stone Buddha” Lee Chang Ho, another legendary Go Champion of 9-dan rank. “Stone Buddha” is one of Lee’s many nicknames. It derives from the fact that he always keeps a straight face during a match. [ Note: 9-dan is the master/highest rank in Go (Baduk) board game] “The Match” is Director Kim Hyung Ju’s first project in three years after “The Sheriff in Town” in 2017, and has begun filming from December 17, 2020. ●○ Director: Kim Hyung Ju IMDB // WIKIPEDIA // NAVER // KOBIS // ACEMAKER MOVIEWORKS NETFLIX FORUM RULES

South Korea’s submission to the 96th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category 2024 C O N C R E T E U T O P I A 콘 크 리 트 유 토 피 아 09 AUGUST 2023 AWARDS AND ACCOLADES: The 32nd Buil Film Awards (2023.10.05) Best Picture: Concrete Utopia Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun Best Cinematography: Cho Hyung Rae Female Star of the Year: Park Bo Young 8th London East Asia Film Festival (2023.10.29) Best Actor Award: Park Bo Young The 59th Grand Bell Awards (2023.11. 15) Best Picture: Concrete Utopia Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun Best Supporting Actress: Kim Sun Young Best Visual effects/VFX Award: Eun Jae Hyun Best Sound Effects: Kim Seok Won Best Art Direction: Jo Hyun Sung & Choi Hyun Seok The 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards (2023.11.25) Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun Best Director: Uhm Tae Hwa Popularity Star Award: Park Bo Young The 22nd Director’s Cut Awards (2024.03.07) Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun Best Actress: Kim Sun Young KOREAN BOX OFFICE: August 9, 2023: CONCRETE UTOPIA opened No. 1 at the Box Office with an opening score of 231,015 (Cumulative audience of 248,65) D-4: 1 Million Admissions [No.1 at the overall box office] D-7: 2 Million Admissions [No.1 domestic box office] D-17: 3 Million Admissions [No. 1 domestic box office] D-40: 3.8 Million Admissions [Surpassed it’s Break Even Point] Box office total: US $28.9 million. Movie: Concrete Utopia Genre: Disaster Thriller, Dark comedy Hangul: 콘크리트 유토피아 Director: Uhm Tae-Hwa Production: Climax Studios Co-Production: BH Entertainment Distributor: Lotte Entertainment Language: Korean Crank In: April 2021 Release Date: August 09, 2023 Website: Concreteutopia.kr SYNOPSIS Seoul is devastated by a powerful earthquake. Imperial Palace Apartment is the only place still standing after the earthquake. Survivors make their way to Imperial Palace Apartment. It is a new adaptation based on the second part of Kim Sung Nyung’s webtoon "Joyful Outcast," which has gained popularity for it’s portrayal of a bare human nature changing in the face of an unexpected disaster through Lezhin Comics since 2014. It depicts the struggles of survivors inside and outside of the apartment against the backdrop of a devastated city where a huge earthquake swept away all concrete. CASTS: Lee Byung Hun as Young-tak, a temporary resident representative who leads the imperial palace apartment with firm determination and action in times of crisis. Lee Byung-hun, who has shown amazing transformation in each work from "Inside Men" to "The Man Standing Next," is expected to create another unforgettable and intense character through his role as leader Young-tak, who does not mind any risks to protect his apartment from outsiders. Park Seo Joon as Min-Sung, who becomes his strong helper after being picked out by Young-tak as an ordinary salary man. Park Seo joon, who plays Min-sung, who was a sincere husband and civil servant but is gradually changing drastically in the face of a crisis, will show a wide spectrum of performances going to and from the extremes. Park Seo joon recently captivated viewers with his screen performances such as "midnight runners" and "Divine Fury”. Park Bo Young as Myung-hwa, Min-sung's wife, who is a warm and solid person, and is a former nurse who calmly takes care of the injured in extreme situations. Park Bo-young will introduce a new transformation into an attractive character with humanity and toughness. Park Bo young, whose movie "On Your Wedding," which drew 2.8 million people in 2018, will make a comeback on the screen through a masterpiece role in "Concrete Utopia." Kim Seon Young as Geum-ae: Head of women's association, and someone who knows everything about Imperial Palace Apartment. Park Ji Hoo as Hye-won: a high school student survivor who returned to the Imperial palace apartment from outside. Kim Do Yoon as Do Kyun, an uncooperative resident. Uhm Tae Goo Cameo appearance. Disaster film “Concrete Utopia” is Uhm Tae Hwa’s first project in 7 years since “Vanishing time: A Boy who returned.” Director: Uhm Tae-Hwa NEWS: International Film Festivals Official Invitation: Òrbita Section of Competition 56th Sitges International Fantastic FIlm Festival [X] “Spotlight on Korea” section 43rd Hawaii International Film Festival [X] Gala Presentation 2023 Toronto International Film Festival 2023 [X] South Korea’s submissions to the 96th Academy Awards Best International Feature FIlm category [X] 2023 Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival’s Closing Film [X] Fantastic Fest 2023 [X] 59th Chicago International Film Festival [X] 19th Zurich Film Festival [X] 8th London East Asia Film Festival [X] RATINGS AND REVIEWS Screendaily: “A slick, inventive blend of jeopardy, violence and black comedy.” [X] The Korea Times: “Concrete Utopia is a gripping, 130 minute extravaganza.” [X] Cine Review: “The end of human nature experienced with an overwhelming sense of immersion.” [X] Park Chan Wook: “A work with Imagination and Boldness, while making it according to an Orthodox attitude.” [X] The Korea Herald: “Dystopian Black Comedy Concrete Utopia has questions instead of message.” [X] INTERNATIONAL TRAILER : OVERSEAS RELEASE SCHEDULE: Taiwan - August 10, 2023 Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Macau - August 17, 2023 Indonesia- August 23, 2023 Singapore - August 24, 2023 Thailand - August 31, 2023 Vietnam - September 1, 2023 Philippines - September 13, 2023 Japan- January 2024 New York and Los Angeles Exclusively In Theaters on Friday, December 8 Nationwide Starting December 15 Asianwiki // Naver // Wikipedia // Daum // Namuwiki Forum rules