Choi Yong-min (최용민)

Actor Moon Seong-geun to Appear on Theater Stage after 10 Years

2005/10/25 | Source | Permalink |

Film actor Moon Seong-geun will once again appear on the theater stage after a ten year absence. Moon has appeared mainly in films or on TV since his last appearance in a play entitled "Playland" staged by "Chaimu" Theater Company in 1995.

He will greet fans as a stage actor with "Until the Water (East Sea) Dries Up and the Mountain (Mt. Baekdu) Becomes Dust", a play to be staged to celebrate the 10th founding anniversary of "Chaimu", on Dec. 1-17.

In the drama, he will play "Don Carlos", the godfather of the Spanish mafia, who sends his men to Korea to extort a royalty for the national anthem of Korea, composed by the late maestro Eaktai Ahn, from the Korean government.

Since his debut on the stage with a play entitled "Mr. Han's Chronicle" in 1985, Moon has appeared in various works, including "Chilsu and Mansu" (1986)--a theater work that created a boom of plays at small theaters.

"Until the Water Dries Up and the Mountain Becomes Dust" will be directed by Lee Sang-woo, ...| More

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Film star comes back to drama stage

2005/10/20 | Source | Permalink |

Seol Kyeong-gu, a Korean film star with outstanding talent, will be back where he started as he prepares to land a major role in a Daehangno drama for the first time in nine years.

Under the directorship of his college professor Choi Hyung-in, Seol, who is well known through his high-profile films such as "Peppermint Candy" (2000) and "Oasis" (2002), will play Andrew Makepeace in A.R. Gurney's two-person drama "Love Letters", which will be staged at Hanyang Repertory Theater in Daehangno from tomorrow through the end of the year.

"What attracts me to drama is that it is always performed live in front of the audience", Sul told reporters Tuesday. "I feel a bit awkward acting on the stage, but still, acting is acting. Not much will be different".

Starting his professional acting career as a theater actor in 1993, Sul made his big-screen debut with a small movie role in the 1996 movie "A Petal". He jumpstarted his career with "Peppermint Candy" four years later, which brought him...| More

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