TIME: KIM KI-DUK'S LATEST MOVIE

Kim Ki-Duk, Korea's controversial king of kink, has announced that shooting will begin on January 18 for his latest movie, TIME, which is aiming for a release around April, 2006. Kim is much-loathed in Korea and much-praised overseas and while he's definitely not for everyone, no one else is making movies the way he's making them these days.

Kim's films are all focused almost exclusively on relationships pushed to the limits and they wallow in a muck of controversy. TIME is no exception. Starring Sung Hyun-Ah (WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN) and Ha Jung-Woo (THE UNFORGIVEN) it's about a woman in a long-term relationship who keeps going under the plastic surgeon's knife in order to save the relationship. Kim promises that unlike his recent movies which have slowly been leaking characters and dialogue, TIME will feature lots of dialogue and lots of characters.