Yoo Ah-in (유아인)

Pretty boys overtake the screen... this fall is the season for them

2008/07/03 | Source | Permalink |

After the female-dominated last year and after this summer filled with men, it will be the season for pretty boys.

The faces are brilliant.

Kang Dong-won, who had stayed inactive after "M", will come back with "The War of Flower" Director Choi Dong-hoon's "Jeon Woo-chi". He is the first of the pretty boys, and will play a character who is born again into modern times after being trapped in a picture due to his wasteful life.

People look forward to Kang Dong-won's special comedy, which he showed in "Too Beautiful to Lie" and "M", and how it will tie in with his innocent appearance.

"Jeon Woo-chi" will air early next year, but it is already popular due to the union of Director Choi Dong-hoon, Kang Dong-won, Kim Yoon-seok, and Im Soo-jeong....| More

Joo Ji-hoon to star in "Antique" directed by Min Gyoo-dong

2007/10/17 | Source | Permalink |

The upcoming film "Antique" Director Min Gyoo-dong will star Joo Ji-hoon of "Goong (Princess Hours)", Kim Jae Wook of "Coffee Prince" and others.

According to the production company on the 17th, Joo Ji-hoon will play the "Antique" owner Jin Hyuk who becomes the perfect salesmen with his speech skills, while Kim Jae-wook will play the genius patissier Son Woo to mark his silver screen debut.

Also, Yoo Ah-in will play the boxer turned patissier assistant Gi Beom, and Choi Ji-ho who debuted through "Time Between Dog and Wolf - Drama" will play the role of Jin Hyuk's bodycard Soo Young.

"Antique" is the story of love and friendship of four men set in an antique shop that is renovated into a cake shop and is scheduled to be released on screen during the first half of next year....| More

Media attention focuses on Hwang Bo-ra

2007/02/27 | Source | Permalink |

Jeong Yoon-cheol and the cast from "Shim's Family" met with reporters last week after the premiere at Yongsan CGV theater. Aside from Cheon Ho-jin, the veteran film actor, the rest of the cast is new to film. Moon Hee-kyeong is a musical actress and Yoo Ah-in a sitcom actor. Hwang Bo-ra, 24, a new face in television ramen commercials, put on her best "space cadet" look for "Shim's Family". An interview with Hwang follows.

Q.How was it to be acting for the first time in a film?
A. I had great expectations for this film. I looked really fat, but that's what I intended. I am on a diet again. Oh, and we had to put on mosquito repellent because we filmed in the summer near the Han River.
If I have the chance, I'd love to play a role in a melodrama next time, like a girl who falls madly in love with someone. I'd also like to act in an action film. Thank you.

What was it like to act with a big star like Park Hae-il in your first movie?
(Her eyes wide) I was always a great fan of his....| More

Deciding whether to laugh or cry

2007/02/27 | Source | Permalink |

Ta-da-da-dum. They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. They're all together hooky, they're "Shim's Family".
This family does not descend from witches and ghouls, but the faces they make at each other at the breakfast table every morning are just as dreadful. After making a touching film about an autistic marathon runner, director Jeong Yoon-cheol changed his artistic bent to present "Shim's Family", an utterly satirical profile of a bizarre Korean nuclear family.
The family members hate each other so much that the characters often cry out that they "embarrass the hell" out of each other ― although it's hard to figure out who is actually embarrassing whom.
The tiresome father (played by Cheon Ho-jin) is a boring English teacher who goes to school each day for another pointless exercise in being laughed at. The cranky mother (Moon Hui-kyung) is sick and tired of being treated as a "mere maid" who serves meals to the family. Their weird high school-aged son (Yoo A...| More

[MOVIE REVIEW] Mysteriously humorous vision of the Korean family

2007/02/22 | Source | Permalink |

The institution of the family has long been protected and justified in Korea and elsewhere. But the time-honored system is struggling to survive. A common thread, namely the sugarcoated idea (or ideal) of happy family members living together, is disappearing fast. It's time to say goodbye to the glorious family-oriented era. Or is it?

"Shim's Family", directed by Jeong Yoon-cheol, suggests there are indeed many disheartening developments that deal a lethal, if not final, blow to the family system in Korea. But it also puts forward a new vision that may shed light on where today's trouble-laden family system should go - or sit still and hold onto its shabby place, tooth and nail.

Shim's family is utterly dysfunctional, if not chaotic. The father (Cheon Ho-jin) is a supposedly widely respected school teacher but his everyday life is saddled with suffocating routines. At school, he cannot punish even an unruly student who dares to send text messages during his class.
In this wonder...| More