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Lotte Entertainment is showcasing “Mr. Shota’s Last Business Trip,” a Korea-Japan drama from “Red Family” director Lee Ju-hyoung, as its marquee title at the Hong Kong FilMart.
The film pairs Korean star Jin-young, known for “You Are the Apple of My Eye” and TV series “Police University,” with Japanese actor Otani Ryohei, a veteran of “Roaring Currents” and the TV series “We Married as a Job!” The story unfolds in Enoshima, Japan, where a middle-aged salaryman, unable to submit his resignation letter, meets a heartbroken young Korean man at a ramen shop. The two strangers make a half-joking pact to deliver each other’s unsent letters — one a love letter, the other the resignation — and find themselves gradually drawn into the emotional weight of each other’s lives. The film is targeting a Q2-Q3 2026 release.
Lotte is also generating heat around “Wild Sing,” a K-pop comedy from “Secret Zoo” director Son Jae-gon. Gang Dong-won leads an ensemble that includes Um Tae-goo, Park Ji-hyun and Oh Jung-se as former members of Triangle, a celebrated mixed-gender group whose career imploded 20 years ago following a scandal, and who are now clawing their way back to the stage. That one is also due in Q2-Q3 2026.
Three Vietnamese titles fill out the scripted slate. Phan Gia Nhat Linh directs “Blood Moon Feast 8,” a horror-comedy produced by Charlie Nguyen about a struggling filmmaker who agrees to shoot a one-take livestream movie to reconnect with his daughter, only for everything to go sideways once the cameras roll. Ha Vu’s “Double Couple Trouble,” starring Dustin Nguyen and MisThy, follows a wedding planner and his daughter as a decade-old secret between the bride and groom surfaces 48 hours before the ceremony, pulling five families into the fallout. And Luk Van’s “Bus,” opening in Vietnamese cinemas later this month, is a supernatural drama about an amnesiac ghost who uncovers a devastating truth connecting her death to the family of the man she loves.
Rounding out the lineup is “Blue Archive: The Orchestra in Cinema,” a concert film capturing the “Sound Archive: The Orchestra 2025” performances at Seoul Olympic Hall last September, directed by Jo Yoon-soo and already released in Korea in December.
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