Choi Jong-won (최종원)

[ChanMi's movie news] New movie "Summer, whisper" stars Lee Young-eun

Source | 2008/09/26 | Permalink |

Actress Lee Young-eun is returning to the screens a year after finishing filming for "Summer, Whisper".

She is excited and nervous for the release of this new film which has been on hold for a year!

Lee Young-eun comes as a witty and funny girl who reads poems and is allergic to cats. This character develops a feeling for Yoon-soo acted by Ha Seok-jin while they fight and quarrel with each other.

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Dogged Cha Seung-won: Movie "Tears of Blood - Blood Rain"

Source | 2005/04/13 | Permalink |

by Dong-Yong Min


"He utters the funkiest of lines with a serious face. That's why he's so funny".

That's what the people in the movie business say about Cha Seung-won (35).

Cha is finally trying his hand at a role that suits his serious facial feature although he has firmly established his image as a comical character in movies such as "Kick the Moon" and "Ghost House". He stars in this historical thriller plotted in the 19th century Joseon Dynasty, "Tears of Blood - Blood Rain", as a very logical investigator Won-gyu. Director Kim Dae-seung, whose debut film "Bungee Jumping of Their Own" won both the box-office tickets and the hearts of the critics, took the megaphone for this film.

We met up with Mr. Kim and Mr. Cha at an Italian restaurant on Shinmun-ro, Jongro-gu in Seoul on April 12. Cha was taking the "Road Not Taken" at the peak of his career in comical acting while Kim was about to break the jinx of Korean cinema, in which not many managed to be successful in b...| More