{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7ec85498b571badb4eb95896","clusterId":"c_1c11eda3635ab05066c1783d","slug":"my-father-s-table-live-action-series-gets-theatrical-release-on-september-9","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"My Father's Table Live-Action Series Gets Theatrical Release on September 9","summary":"Director Joon-ik Lee's short-form live-action series My Father's Table, based on Gorita's webtoon Father's Home Meal, will premiere in South Korean theaters on September 9. The vertical-format drama, with episodes around two minutes, was re-edited into a feature-length presentation after screening at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in July. The story follows a family adjusting when the father begins cooking after the mother cannot. The cast includes Jin-young Jung, Jung-eun Lee, Yo-han Byun, and Ji-yeon Park. The film will also be available on Lezhin Snack.","whyItMatters":"The theatrical release shows Lezhin Snack's push to extend its short-form vertical dramas beyond mobile screens into traditional exhibition, using a director known for feature films.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMy Father\u0026#39;s Table began as a vertical-format short-form drama with episodes running roughly two minutes each. After a July screening at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, the footage was re-edited into a feature-length cut for its September 9 theatrical run in South Korea.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector Joon-ik Lee, known for feature work, takes on his first short-form project here. The story follows a family whose routines change when the mother can no longer cook, leaving the father to step into the kitchen for the first time. Jin-young Jung plays the father, Jung-eun Lee the mother, and Yo-han Byun their son, with Ji-yeon Park also in the cast.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe film will also land on Lezhin Snack, the short-video platform Lezhin Entertainment launched in January for video adaptations of proven webtoon IP from Lezhin Comics and Bomtoon. Production support comes from Kidari Studio. The source webtoon by Gorita is not yet officially available in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"My Father's Table moves from vertical two-minute episodes to a theatrical cut, testing whether a format built for phones holds up on a cinema screen.","twitterPost":"My Father's Table jumps from two-minute vertical episodes to a full theatrical cut, testing a phone-native format on the big screen.","threadsPost":"My Father's Table is a short-form vertical drama with two-minute episodes. Re-editing it into a feature for theaters is a format experiment: whether stories made for phone screens can survive cinema projection and pacing.","newsletterBlurb":"Joon-ik Lee's short-form drama My Father's Table, adapted from Gorita's webtoon Father's Home Meal, will screen in South Korean theaters on September 9. The vertical-format series was re-edited into a feature after its BIFAN screening, and will also stream on Lezhin Snack.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-05/webtoon-based-short-form-live-action-series-my-father-table-set-for-september-9-theatrical-release/.241363\",\"title\":\"Webtoon-Based Short-Form Live-Action Series My Father's Table Set for September 9 Theatrical Release\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4326,"outputTokens":730,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788601513,"createdAt":"2026-09-05T09:39:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T09:44:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-05T09:44:03.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1c11eda3635ab05066c1783d","canonicalTitle":"News\nWebtoon-Based Short-Form Live-Action Series My Father's Table Set for September 9 Theatrical Release","representativeArticleId":"a_ae041c17252474c639db707a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"My Father's Table\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-05T09:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-05T09:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-05T09:44:03.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-05/webtoon-based-short-form-live-action-series-my-father-table-set-for-september-9-theatrical-release/.241363","title":"News\nWebtoon-Based Short-Form Live-Action Series My Father's Table Set for September 9 Theatrical Release"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["My Father's Table"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}