Lee Mi-sook (이미숙)

Classic Korean Movie Gorae Sanyang to be Screened in New York City

2008/07/23 | Source | Permalink |

Chung-Mu-Ro Express: Classic Korean Cinema will be present the movie Gorae Sanyang ("Whale Hunting") at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on Thursday, July 24, 2008. The free screening will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a total running time of 112 minutes.

Gorae Sanyang was directed by Bae Chang-ho in 1984. Curator Im Hyun-ock will introduce the program and lead a discussion after the screening. The film will be in Korean with English subtitles.

Lead actor Ahn Seong-gi is known in Korea as one of the nation's best. Since the 1980s, he has appeared in almost 100 movies, including Two Cops (1993) and The Korean Peninsula (2006).

Gorae Sanyang tells the story of Byung-tae (Kim Soo-cheol), a young man who meets a beggar named Min-wu (Ahn) and Chun-ja (Lee Mi-sook), a mute woman being abused by a group of thugs for refusing to serve them as customers. It is a moving story of a challenging journey in which they find a deep friendship and love. Byung-tae finally realizes that w...| More

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Teenage stars into 'dignified' actors

2008/06/26 | Source | Permalink |

No matter how much time has passed, important friends and friendship don't change. It's the same for Sports Seoul, which has cried and laughed with its readers for 23 years. The stars who covered the pages of Sports Seoul also stayed with the readers. June 22 1985. Let's take a look at the stars who have grown after the first publication of Sports Seoul.

Hwang Sin-hye, who rose to stardom with 1986 MBC drama "First Love", had perfect looks to the point that she was called a 'computer beauty'. Although it's been 20 years since her debut, she still shows off her beauty and perfect body with a fitness video and photo shoots. You can't find any indication that 23 years have passed, and the only thing old about her previous picture is her hairstyle....| More

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[Review] Indecision strikes gals of all ages

2008/05/08 | Source | Permalink |

"Hellcats" is not as provocative as its trailer implies. What audiences bring home, instead, are the problems that befall each character in the story.
Based on Kang Mo-rim's comic strip "10, 20, and 30", Hellcats presents various aspects of life and relationship struggles through the three main characters in different age groups.
Ah-mi (Kim Min-hee) could be the typical leading character for any chick flick. She is a 27-year-old scenario writer struggling in her career and love life. If Hellcats were only about the life of a 20-something single woman, it would have been no different from Kwon's previous hit movie, "Singles" (2003).
But "Hellcats" features two other leading ladies, Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook), a 41-year-old single mom, and her daughter Kang-ae (An So-hee), a curious teenage girl, which makes the story more intriguing to viewers in various age groups.
Young-mi, Ah-mi's older sister, is devastated after learning about her early menopause. Middle-aged women viewers worried ...| More

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New Movies: "Little Prince", "Sweeny Todd" & "Hellcats"

2008/01/18 | Source | Permalink |

Time to check on what's new at the movies.
We have two Korean movies one a drama and the other starring a member of pop sensation Wonder Girls.
There is also the latest from director Tim Burton, who won two Golden Globe awards for a remake of Sweeny Todd.
Here's Lee Jeewon.
First up this week is "Little Prince", a story of an unlikely friendship between a workaholic and a seven-year-old boy.
Polyartist Jongchul falls into despair after losing his family.
But his accidental meeting with a small boy named Youngwoong lifts his spirits.
He finds himself wanting to take care of the boy as Youngwoong has a fate even worse than his own.
Distributors say the film is perfect for people who've forgotten how to cherish those around them due to work.

Next is "Sweeney Todd", a film adaptation of a musical of the same title.
The sixth collaboration between Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton won the Best Motion Picture and Best Actor awards at the Golden Globes.
Depp plays the lead a ba...| More

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"Hellcats" Is Charmingly Off-Tune

2008/01/17 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Puberty, angst-ridden youth and menopause, first kisses, marriage and a Demi Moore-Ashton Kutcher-type romance. Director Kwon Chil-in dishes out an endearingly off-key romantic comedy "Hellcats" as he traces the lives and loves of three ladies at different stages of womanhood.

While the particular age of these ladies is their defining trait, the movie is no Klimt painting mapping out the "Three Ages of Woman".

It's a classic commercial flick that boasts mass appeal with its tactful casting, trend-spotting ploys and elements of fantasy. But there are nevertheless pleasant surprises that fill in for the holes of the loosely structured script, making it rather believable and even slightly touching.

First off, the movie unfolds, out of all places, in a crumby, third-rate motel room. In her less-than-fortunate "office", 27-year Ah-mi (Kim Min-hee) spends her birthday typing away the 17th draft of a hellish movie script she's been working on for th...| More

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