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Ma Dong-seok

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The revelation of the truth [is] as inevitable as a peaceful peninsula and gun taekwondo in the films of Ryoo Seung-wan.
04 Aug 2026 4 min read
The Roundup: Punishment — Heo Myeong-haeng
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The Roundup: Punishment — Heo Myeong-haeng

The copaganda finally outruns the action choreography.
01 May 2024 1 min read
GO TO: Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho
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GO TO: Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho

Among the Korean Wave's heavyweights.
20 Apr 2024 1 min read
Badland Hunters — Heo Myeong-haeng
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Badland Hunters — Heo Myeong-haeng

Ma Dong-seok does it again in Netflix’s Badland Hunters. Like most of his notable roles post-Train to Busan (2016), he plays a haymaking Byronic hero with a pained past, this time around as the star of the very loose sequel to last year’s Concrete Utopia. The
25 Jan 2024 1 min read
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