| Seven Days writer takes helm for Secret (Source) |
2009/12/04 |
Scenario writer YOON Jae-goo makes his feature film directorial debut with "Secret - 2009". YOON stays in familiar territory and wrote another inventive thriller which he directed himself this time.
YOON told journalists that "Seven Day" and "Secret - 2009" are intended to be the first two films of a four films series revolving around the theme 'saving'.
CHA Seung-won plays a police detective in Secret who will try to save his wife (SONG Yoon-ah). She is the likely perpetrator in the murder case he is investigating.
In "Seven Days", Lost actress KIM Yoon-jin tries to save her daughter from her kidnappers. The future two films of the saving series will deal with saving a friend and saving the earth.
CHA is an inspired choice for the conflicted detective considering his latest roles in "Blood Rain", A Day with my Son", and "Eye for an Eye". He originally started out in comic roles in his early career like "My Teacher, Mr.Kim". SONG was previously seen in "Face" and "Arang"... |More
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| [ChanMi's star news] Seo Woo wanted in a cast in 3 movies! (Source) |
2008/12/21 |
 She is a a rising new actress of this year!
Seo Woo has been in "Crush and Blush" where she has taken not one, but three New Actress Awards this year! She has been in "A Day with My Son" and sitcom "Kimchi Cheese Smile" but this movie is where she truly shone as a new star.
| So Ji-sub, Lee Yeon-hee act as lovers in short film (Source) |
2008/03/27 |
Actors So Ji-sub and Lee Yeon-hee came out as lovers in "U-Turn", a movie produced by Ssang Yong Motors and On Media. Director Jang Jin of "A Day With My Son" will produce the short film, made of three parts of four minutes each.
The story is that So Ji-sub falls for Lee Yeon-hee's awkward yet lovable charm when she enters his life.
"U-Turn" has filmed from last month to mid-March in Seoul and Kyung Gi Do, and it will be aired on cable starting on April 1. It will also be used as a commercial for SsangYong Acty-On.... |More
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| [Special Report] Is there a limit to the stars' guarantees? (Source) |
2008/02/28 |
Recently, the Minister of Culture and Arts, Yoo In-Chun's private property was revealed to be over 14 billion-won. Some said that he had gained too much wealth, but he thinks otherwise. He said, "These are all from my 30 years of acting career. Some may think I have too much private wealth, but look at Bae Yong-joon".
How much would the stars be paid? Recently, the guarantees of the Korean Waves stars' moved to around 50 million-won (~$US 50,000) for every drama episodes. The following article investigated the skyrocketing increases in the stars' guarantees.
At this very moment, the guarantees in the film industry remained relatively constant since 2005~2006. Even though, the stars get paid few billion-wons for every film, it's relatively slow increase compare to the geometric progression in the guarantees of the Korean Waves stars.
On top of that, as the Korean film industry had few downturns and the reduction in the production fees came about, some sensible actors reduced ... |More
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| "Secret Sunshine" Contender at 1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Source) |
2007/10/03 |
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominated LEE Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine" three times; the film competes for the awards: Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress (JEON Do-yeon). Promising actor RYOO Deok-hwan is nominated for the Best Actor award for his role in "Like a Virgin".
"Secret Sunshine" distinguished itself at this year's Cannes International Film Festival and it culminated in the Best Actress award for JEON. RYOO already collected a number of Best New Actor awards for his performance in "Like a Virgin". He was part of this year's JANG Jin film "A Day with My Son" alongside CHA Seung-won.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards' goal is to celebrate cinematic diversity and to highlight cinema from the Asia-Pacific region. The inauguration of the award show will take place on November 13, will be held at Australia's Gold Coast, and is initiated by the Queensland government with the support of CNN International, UNESCO, and International Federation of Film Producer... |More
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