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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
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My Daughter Is a Zombie movie review: hit Korean family comedy displays few signs of life
2/5 stars Advertisement Zombies have become so ubiquitous in recent years that their infectious reach extends well beyond the realm of horror cinema. Pil Gam-sung's hit comedy My Daughter Is a Zombie is a prime example of this phenomenon. Adapted from a bestselling webtoon, the film chronicles the efforts of a single father (Jo Jung-suk) to protect his daughter (Choi Yoo-ri) from extermination after she succumbs to a zombie virus. Rather than a horror movie, the film lurches wildly from broad comedy to cloying melodrama through a combination of larger-than-life characters and homespun family values. This crowd-pleasing combination has seen My Daughter Is a Zombie connect with an audience who might otherwise have avoided contact with the walking dead, and it currently stands as South Korea's most successful domestic release of 2025. Advertisement Jung-hwan (Jo) is a hard-working animal trainer at Seoul Zoo whose life is turned upside down when the city becomes consumed by a virulent zombie virus and his teenage daughter Soo-ah (Choi) is infected.
South China Morning Post
12-08-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Busan Film Festival 2025: 5 rising Korean women filmmakers and the movies that shaped them
The Busan International Film Festival in South Korea celebrates its 30th anniversary in September with an expanded and revamped programme. Notable among the new sections is one called 'A Little History of Our Own, 'Take Care of Our Future!'', which focuses on five rising female filmmakers within the Korean industry: Kim Se-in, Kim Cho-hee, Yoon Ga-eun, Yoon Dan-bi and Lim Oh-jeong. Each director will screen a film of their choice that helped influence their artistic perspective, after which they will take the stage together with the director of their selected work for a live discussion that promises a unique insight into both filmmakers and their careers. While perhaps not yet household names, all five women have made a notable impact with their debuts. Their selections are also all bona fide classics, presented for modern audiences to experience on the big screen with a live audience. We take a closer look at the filmmakers and their picks below. 1. Kim Se-in Play Born in 1992, writer-director Kim Se-in made her feature debut with The Apartment with Two Women (2021).
