Lee Jeong-cheol (이정철)

Lim Tae-hyeong Wins Best Director Award at "Fajr Film Festival" in Iran

2006/01/31 | Source | Permalink |

According to Kim Ji-suk, a programmer of the Pusan International Film Festival, on Jan. 30, film director Lim Tae-hyeong, who directed the film "Hello Brother" (2005), won the best director award in the "Spiritual Cinema" division of the 24th Fajr International Film Festival which ended in Teheran, Iran on Jan. 30.

"Hello Brother" portrays a touching story about a nine-year-old boy "Janghani" (played by Park Ji-bin) who tries to save his older brother who is suffering from cancer. Park won the "Silver Iris for Best Actor Award" at the first New Montreal Filmfest held in Canada in September of last year for his acting in this film.

Meanwhile, other South Korean films failed to win awards at the Iranian film festival. They are "A Family" (2004, directed by Lee Jeong-cheol), which was invited to the "International Competition Division"; "Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War" (2003, directed by Kang Jae-gyu), "Cracked Eggs and Noodles" (2005, directed by Oh Sang-hoon), "Daddy-Long-Legs" (200...| More

Eight Korean Movies Invited to New York Asian Film Festival

2005/06/16 | Source | Permalink |

Eight Korean movies, including director Ryoo Seung-wan's "Crying Fist", will be screened at the 4th New York Asian Film Festival which will take place from June 17 to July 2 in Manhattan, New York. Of the 180 movies that were submitted by China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and other Asian countries, only the top 31 most interesting films will be shown at the festival, according to the festival's organizing committee.

Aside from "Crying Fist", the other Korean movies that have been invited to the festival are "Arahan Jangpung Daejakjeon", "A Family" (by director Lee Jeong-cheol), "Green Chair" (by director Park Chul-soo), "Marathon" (by director Jeong Yoon-cheol), "Someone Special" (by director Jang Jin), "R-Point" (by director Kong Soo-chang) and "Samaria" (by director Kim Ki-duk).

Also to be shown at the festival is the Korean-Chinese-Japanese movie "Three, Monster", co-directed by Park Chan-wook, Fruit Chan and Takashi Miike and due to be released by Lion's Gate in the ...| More

The 8th Shanghai International Film Festival invites a total of 7 Korean movies

2005/06/12 | Source | Permalink |

A total of 7 Korean moviesare being screened right now in the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be continued by June 19.

In its Asian New Talent Award, first off 'My Brother' directed by Ahn Kwon-tae, unfolds a synopsis in which The younger brother, Jong-hyeon is a good-looking, class-A fighter. The older brother, Seong-hyeon is tender and pure, a class-A student.

They've been fighting nearly for 17 years. Trouble began when their mother favored Seong-hyeon over his younger brother. Round two began when both brothers fell for the same girl, Mi-ryeong.

When the long-simmering emotions finally explode and a huge fight breaks out, Seong-hyeon tells his younger brother something he had never been able to say before: "Jong-hyeon, would you call me hyeong just once? I've never heard it before from you..".

"Hyeong" - the word that younger Korea brothers call their older brothers. And yet Jong-hyeon has never said it to his brother.

In its 'Panorama Films' s...| More

12 Korean Films Invited to Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy

2005/04/15 | Source | Permalink |

A total of 12 Korean films have been invited to the 7th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, which will open on Apr. 22.

According to the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) secretariat on Apr. 15, 10 Korean films have been invited to the main division of this festival and two others invited to its special division entitled "Three Asian Directors of Photography".

The Korean films invited to the main division of the Italian international film festival include "Everybody Has Secrets" directed by Jang Hyeon-soo, "Arahan Jangpung Daejakjeon" by Ryoo Seung-wan, "Gajok (A family)" by Lee Jeong-cheol, "Someone Special" by Jang Jin, "Sisily 2 km" by Sin Jeong-won, "Gil (road)" by Bae Chang-ho, "Green Chair" by Park Chul-soo, "R-Point" by Kong Soo-chang, "Flying Boys" by Byeon Yeong-joo, and "Some" by Jang Yoon-hyeon.

For the "Three Asian Directors of Photography" division, "Peppermint Candy" and "Memories of Murder", produced by director of photography Kim Hyung-koo, will be...| More

[Local Films With English Subtitles]

2004/12/30 | Source | Permalink |

■ Kajok (A Family) (2004)
At noon on Jan. 8
Seoul Selection Bookstore

Directed by Lee Jeong-cheol, the movie is a moving story of a father, his ex-convict daughter and her 10-year-old brother. Since the mother died six years previously, the father Ju-sok (Ju Hyeon) has made a living as a fishmonger. The daughter Jung-eun (Su-ae), ironically thinks that life in prison was more happy than at home. The story begins when Jung-eun returns home after three years of imprisonment for embezzlement. The father, however, does not and cannot greet her warmly, despite feeling somewhat relieved. The situation starts to deteriorate when a man named Chang-won visits the father pressing him for money still owed by his daughter. The father feels helpless in the face of the challenges he must overcome. His situation worsens when he discovers he is suffering from an incurable disease but he still does all he can to save the family from danger. Although tensions between the father and the daug...| More