Hizine
Hizine Magazine

Stories from the location desk

Each issue digs into a single film, drama, or thread of place — the route a director walked, the village a scene transformed.

Where Royals Stood: Eight Sites Reopened by a Drama
Issue 03

Where Royals Stood: Eight Sites Reopened by a Drama

How 21st Century Royal Consort drew Joseon's landscape with a camera

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Five Centuries Between Joseon and Seoul
Issue 08

Five Centuries Between Joseon and Seoul

How Wonderful New World layers two eras onto the same view
When the City Becomes a Character
Issue 06

When the City Becomes a Character

Four points the Wonderfools cross — from Hongdae to Songdo
Two Lakes, One Name
Issue 04

Two Lakes, One Name

The legend began at one reservoir. The film was made at another.
Jeongseon, Where the Mountains Remember
Issue 02

Jeongseon, Where the Mountains Remember

Disney+'s Goldland looks into the gold-mining valleys of Gangwon
Where the Names Return
Issue 01

Where the Names Return

Four landscapes through which Jeong Ji-young's My Name Is moves toward the Jeju Uprising of 1948