Jeong Bo-seok (정보석)

New drama rides on toy boy plotline

2008/05/01 | Source | Permalink |

MBC's new weekend drama "Bitter Sweet Life" will debut tomorrow. Following on the heels of the romantic comedy "Last Scandal", this 24-episode miniseries plans to capitalize on a winning plotline: Young man falls for older woman.

Actress Oh Yeon-soo, who starred in the popular MBC drama "Jumong" (2006), will be playing the older woman. Actor Lee Dong-wook, who won women over in the romantic comedy "The Perfect Couple" ("The Best Romance", 2007) and the hit SBS drama "My Girl" (2005), will be her young lover.

In anticipation of the forthcoming drama, one domestic viewer wrote on the drama's official bulletin board, "I am so sad that 'Last Scandal' is over. I have not seen the new drama yet, so I cannot say much about it. But I hope that it is not sad like 'Winter Bird'".

Judging from the title and the tagline on the official website, which reads "Love, temptation, desire, mystery", the miniseries promises to follow in the footsteps of the MBC melodrama "Winter Bird" (2007). So ...| More

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'Driving With My Wife's Lover'

2007/11/23 | Source | Permalink |

Watermelons on the highway and other absurdities of life

Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

A nebbish-looking stamp-maker Tae-han (Park Kwang-jeong, a well-known theater actor immortalized in Korean popular culture as "Rimbaud" in "No. 3") suspects that his wife is two-timing him with a womanizing taxicab driver Joong-seok (Jeong Bo-seok, "Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors"). He hires the cabbie for a one-way trip from Seoul to Yangyang, the Eastern Seaboard resort town, where his home is located. However, Tae-han seems clueless about what to do with his nemesis: does he want a confrontation with Joong-seok at the precise moment of illicit encounter? Or does he just want revenge? Adding complications to the matter is Joong-seok's rambunctious common-law wife So-ok (Jo Eun-ji, "A Bizarre Love Triangle"), who unexpectedly arouses Tae-han's sympathy.

"Driving With My Wife's Lover" starts off as if it will be one of those light romantic comedies with some predictable (tear-jerking) twist...| More

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Kim Tae-sik wins AAIFF Emerging Director Award

2007/08/07 | Source | Permalink |

The 30th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) closed its 10-day run July 28th with director KIM Tai-sik picking up one of the events main awards. The Emerging Director in Narrative Feature Award was given to KIM for his feature debut "Driving With My Wife's Lover". The prize honors the best narrative feature film by a first or second-time narrative feature filmmaker.

KIM's road movie has traveled many miles. After its' festival launch and world premier at the Pusan International Film Festival last year, it went on to screen at top festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Buenos Aires, Sundance and Rotterdam. KIM also won the Best Director Award at Monaco's International Emerging Talent Film Festival, last May.

KIM, also co-scripted this black-comedy, in which small-town shop owner Tae-han learns that his wife is having an affair with Joong-sik, a Seoul taxi-driver. Intending to violently confront him, Tae-han goes to Seoul and hails Joog-sik's cab,...| More

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"Driving with My Wife's Lover" Continuous Journey

2007/07/09 | Source | Permalink |

The ride for "Driving with My Wife's Lover" is prolonged and next will take them to New York and New Delhi. The long list of invitations has been complemented with selections for the 30th Asian American International Film Festival in New York and the 9th Cinepan Asian Film Festival in New Delhi.

"Driving with My Wife's Lover"'s debuting director KIM Tae-sik won the Best Director Award at Monaco's International Emerging Talent Film Festival, last May, one of the three awards the film has won. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and Grand Bell Awards, One of Korea's major film awards. The film set off at last year's Pusan International Film Festival. The independent film also enjoyed a modest domestic release earlier this year.

The film combines an engaging humorous story with a distinctive visual style and some unexpected twists while exploring social issues along the way. The film stars PARK Kwang-jeong, JeoNG Bo-seok and JO Eun-ji.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KO...| More

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Theater looking for independent niche among Korean and foreign film buffs

2007/05/03 | Source | Permalink |

Miro Space is a theater built and run by the film company Mirovision. For the past ten years, the company says it has been dedicated to bringing independent Korean and foreign films to Seoul audiences. In May, it will be showing the feature film debuts of two Korean directors. Both films will have English subtitles.

First up is Kim Tae-sik's "Driving with My Wife's Lover", which opens on May 3. The film is about a man named Tae-han (Park Kwang-jeong), who believes his wife is having an affair with a taxi driver (Jeong Bo-seok). In this combination road trip/drama, Tae-han hires his wife Eun-su (Kim Sang-mi)'s lover to drive him from Seoul to the east coast, all the while steering his wife and the unsuspecting cabbie into a trap.

Lee Seong-gang's "Texture of Skin" (Sal-gyul) is set to begin its run at Miro Space on May 10. In his first feature-length film, the prize-winning director for short and animated films tells the story of photographer Min-woo (Kim Yoon-tae), who begins an ...| More

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