A.f.r.i.k.a (2001) - 아프리카 (A-peu-ri-ka)

Dr. Drama

Source | 2007/01/04 | Permalink |

"Does my hair style look a bit strange? I wanted to look like a doctor".

Lee Yo-won, 27, had her hair short and permed and was wearing a medical gown. I interviewed her at an examining room furnished with nothing but one bed. Lee is going to play the main character of an SBS drama titled "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee" to be aired at 9:55 p.m. on every Wednesday and Thursday starting from January 17. On January 2, I "examined" her at the set decorated like an emergency room in a studio located in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi.

Lee came into the examining room with her hands deep in pockets. She said that the realistic set with hospital equipment such as bloody sheets and Ringer's solution makes her feel like a doctor tired from night duty.

"It's like I've been hospitalized since we started shooting. I have headache. A hospital is not a place to stay long", said she with a smile.

In this drama, Bong Dal-hee is a resident physician who keeps her heart disease a secret and desires to be a special...| More

Bling bling on a budget in 'Ray-bang'

Source | 2004/04/01 | Permalink |

With big budget cinema in this country threatening to become as formulaic as Hollywood, perhaps now is the time for film industry movers and shakers to take a refresher course on what makes Korean movies so good.

Forget about projects where squandering bazillions of won on over hyped gun battles and the latest high-tech special effects that are a must; the real successes are to be had in developing high quality storylines with well-crafted characters, for this is the stuff that memorable celluloid moments are made of.

"Ray-bang" (2001) - a wonderful example of this genre - is a highly entertaining comedic romp which follows the lives of three taxi drivers as they negotiate the gridlocks of work, money and life in the pursuit of happiness.

Hae-gon (Kim Hae-gon), Joon-hyung (Cho Joon-hyung) and Haklak (Choi Hak-lak) make up this magnificent down-and-out threesome who are best of friends both in and out of their cabs. With the hapless trio involved in what seems like an endless...| More