Sin Goo (신구)

[MOVIE REVIEW] 'Cherry Tomato' a stark, painful story

2008/05/19 | Source | Permalink |

"Cherry Tomato" depicts the poverty-stricken life of an old man and his granddaughter in a realistic way that evokes a strong sense of sympathy. But the ultimate emotion the film triggers is, for better or worse, helplessness.

The debut feature by former television producer Jeong Yeong-bae wastes no time highlighting the key theme: poverty. Park-gu (played by veteran actor Sin Goo) is barely scraping by with his granddaughter Da-seong (Kim Hyang-ki), and their life is unbearably miserable.

Living in a shabby single-room rented house, they do not have enough money to feed themselves. Park-gu works as a porter for a shopping mall in Seoul but he soon finds himself kicked out of the place. In his 70s, Park-gu tries to survive by collecting papers and recyclable stuffs on the street, but the money he earns is always too small to buy a decent meal.

His granddaughter, 6, seems mature for her age, possibly due to her trouble-laden life. After her mother left away years ago and her fa...| More

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2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up

2008/01/07 | Source | Permalink |

Winners of the 2007 KBS Drama Awards

▶The Best Actor : Choi Soo-jong ("Dae Jo Young")

▶Best Actor/Actress : Lee Deok-hwa ("Dae Jo Young"), Kim Hyeon-joo ("In-soon is Pretty"), Chae Rim ("Dalja's Spring")

▶Excellence in a Mini-Drama (Wed-Thurs drama) – Male/Female : Kang Ji-hwan ("Capital Scandal"), Lee Da-hae ("Hello, Miss"), Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal")

▶Excellence in Weekend Series – Male/Female) : Jang Hyeon-seong ("Golden Era of Daughter in Law"), Yoon Jeong-hee ("A Happy Woman")

▶Excellence in a Serial Drama – Male/Female : Park Hae-jin ("By Land and Sky"), Han Ji-hye ("Likable or Not" ("I Hate You, But It's Fine"))

▶Netizens' Choice : Choi Soo-jong ("Dae Jo Young"), Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal")

▶Best Couple Award = Kim Ji-hoon-I - Lee Soo-kyeong ("Golden Era of Daughter in Law"), Kang Ji-hwan - Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal"), Park Hae-jin - Han Hyo-joo ("By Land and Sky")

▶Excellence in one act drama – ...| More

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i wish i could watch those acadamy award..huhu..can i watch it on you tube.. hmm..congratz to all winners!! tfkoreanfreak 2008-02-07 10:56:34

Who Killed Her? Investigation Broadcast Live for 48 Hours

2005/08/04 | Source | Permalink |

by Dong-Yong Min

At Crime Scene Without Leads, Suspect Arrested in Two Hours-

If you consider the story of a film as bones and the actors as meat, director Jang Jin's fifth feature film, "The Big Scene", is a juicy piece of meat without the needless fat and only full of red meat. It doesn't have colorful food decorations (meaning special effects or action scenes) or aroma-releasing spices (fancy art or visual design), but this piece of meat gets sweeter as you chew.

"The Big Scene" is the most popular of Jang's films. Characters formerly seen in his previous films--such as a man who ends up being arrested after accidentally passing by one murder scene after another in "Amazing Men", a floppy spy from North Korea who gets robbed in a taxi in "The Spy", or hit men who offer a discount for student clients in "Guns and Talks"--are no where in sight. This time, a prosecutor, a suspect, and witnesses tell a very believable story about a murder in this investigation film.

Jung Yoo...| More

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Funny Moments Not Enough to Bring Together 'Family'

2005/06/09 | Source | Permalink |

By Joon Soh
Culture Editor

The relationship between the two Koreas may be a serious issue in the real world, but in recent years it has become a source for lowbrow comedies for the domestic film industry.

The latest to use our neighbors of the North for laughs is "A Bold Family" - "Super Family". The film, which opens today, tells of a pair of brothers who try to convince their North Korea-born father that his dream of unification has taken place.

The plot will remind many of "Goodbye, Lenin", a German film that played in Korea late last year, except the point in that movie was to pretend German reunification didn't happen. But in cinema the difference between unification and division turns out to be little, as both films mine the same quirky side of communism for its humor.

The brothers at the center of "A Bold Family" - "Super Family" are Myong-sok (Kam Woo-seong) and Myong-gyu (Kim Soo-ro). The older brother Myong-sok is a carpenter with a loving wife and daughter, ...| More

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"The Story Is on Unification!": Funny, But That's It

2005/06/02 | Source | Permalink |

The movie "Super Family" forces one "to laugh and laugh" based on its unique theme of "unification fiction". Actor Kam Woo-seong, known for being serious and genuine, virtually degrades himself for the role, and actor Kim Soo-ro, a "guarantee check" for comedy, talks on and on in improvisation. The movie would not have been "super" without them.

Mr. Kim, an old man (Sin Goo) from North Korea, desperately wants to see the wife and daughter he left in the North. Kim is diagnosed with terminal cancer one day, and his first son Myung-suk (Kam Woo-seong) realizes that his father owns real estate worth five billion won. Myung-suk is at a loss when he finds a will his father wrote that says, "I will donate my entire estate to the unification project if the two Koreas remain divided". Myung-suk secretly conspires with his younger brother Myung-kyu (Kim Soo-ro), a "low-class" erotic film director, to trick their father with fake TV news reports and newspapers into believing that the Koreas...| More

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