By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Franz Kafka once said that "literature must be the axe for the frozen sea within us", and good movies, like books and other works of art, sometimes have such inspirational power. "
Oishi Man" is yet another small jewel of a film by
Kim Jeong-joong, and despite its prevalent imagery of the frozen sea, the youthful romance seethes with warmth.
Perhaps love and youth compliment each other like no other pair can. Kim broke hearts with
"HERs", set in snow-covered Alaskan plains. This time, the director takes viewers to the ice floes of northern Japan. In "
Oishi Man", two young starlets ― South Korean model-turned-actor
Lee Min-ki and Japanese heroine
Chizuru Ikewaki ― make music and magic.
Hyeon-seok (Lee), a once promising musician...
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"The cup in my mind has lots of holes. No matter how many times I try to fill it, I cannot remove all of the emptiness. This is why I`ve been inquisitive about everything since childhood".
Japanese actress
Chizuru Ikewaki, known for starring in the film "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish", has a mysterious face, making it difficult to guess her age. She has teenager's white and clean facial tone with the cold eyes of a woman in her 30s.
Her latest film "The Musical Note and the Seaweed" is being screened at the second Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul, which will end Thursday. The Dong-...
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