Korean Film Festival begins in Hanoi

(VOV) - The second Korean Film Festival is currently underway at Hanoi’s MegaStar-Vincom Towers from September 6–11. 

The festival’s nine exhibited films from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are Killer Toon, Deranged, The Gifted Hands, Fist of Legend, Dancing Queen, Tower, A Wedding Invitation, A Werewolf Boy, and Pororo: The Racing Adventure.

All of the films, spanning a variety of genres, have set box office records in the RoK and other Asian markets.

RoK actor Lee Ki Woo and Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van are the festival’s official ambassadors.

Lee, born in 1981, is famous across Asia for his roles in 11 films and 8 television series.

"Flower Boy’s Ramen Shop", a film in which he starred, has been downloaded more than two million times. Lee also won the Modelstar Award at the recent 8th Asia Model Festival.    

Van is one of the Vietnamese entertainment industry’s most talented artists. Her legions of fans admire her work as a model, a singer and an actress.

The Korean Film Festival will open with director Kim Young-Gyun’s "Killer Toon", a psychological thriller based on a popular Korean comic.

The festival was made an annual event following the success of its first iteration in Ho Chi Minh City in October 2012.

Vietnamese films will be shown to Korean audiences at Seoul’s first ever Vietnamese Film Festival in November 2013. 

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