“The Horse Thieves, Roads of Time,” co-directed by Kazakhstan’s Yerlan Nurmukhambetov and Japan’s Lisa Takeba , has been set as the opening film of next month’s Busan International Film Festival.“Although Kazakh films are not very familiar [to our audiences], the country has produced masterworks for the past five years,” said festival director Jay Jeon at the festival’s first press conference held in Busan on Wednesday morning. “ Thieves ” tells the tale of a man who is murdered on his way home after selling his horses at a market. Nurmukhambetov previously directed 2015’s “The Walnut Tree,” which won the Busan festival’s New Currents main competition section.This year’s lineup includes two Venice selections, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “ The Truth ” and David Michod’s “ The King ” as gala presentations. Other gala presentations are Wayne Wang ’s U.S.-Korea co-production “ Coming Home Again ,” and Robert Guediguian’s “Gloria Mundi.” Busan confirmed