| "Season of Good Rain" to close Korean film fest in L.A. (Source) |
2010/02/23 |
Movie poster of "Season of Good Rain" [Pancinema]
Korean film "Season of Good Rain", starring Korean actor Jeong Woo-seong and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan, has been selected as the closing film for a Korean film festival to be held in Los Angeles next month.
"Season of Good Rain", by famed directed Heo Jin-ho, will close the four-day long Korean Film Festival in Los Angeles (KOFFLA) on March 7. The fest is set to open with Korean film "Le Grand Chef - Kimchi War" starring Kim Jeong-eun and Jin Goo.##
Main features to be screed at the fest include "A Million", "Memories of Murder", "The Naked Kitchen", "The Righteous Thief" ("Descendants of Hong Gil-dong")... |More
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| PARK Chan-wook Retrospective at Asian Film Fest in Germany (Source) |
2009/11/19 |
The Asia Film Fest which in 2007 held a KIM Ki-duk retrospective is this time focusing on Korean master director PARK Chan-wook. The retrospective will play 4 of his films from "JSA - Joint Security Area" (2000), "Old Boy" (2003), "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005) through to "I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK" (2006). Director PARK's "Thirst" which premiered to rave reviews at Cannes and did good business at the box office in Korea will also play in the Korean section. Other films in the Korean section include current films "Chaw", "The Sword with No Name", "A Frozen Flower" (2008), KIM Ji-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008) and Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine". Also of note, playing in the Special Presentation section is "Blood: The Last Vampire" staring Korean Gianna Jun (Jeon Ji-hyeon).
The Asia film festival which began in Munich in 2004 has enjoyed a 10% growth rate in audiences every year. It begins this year October 28 through to November 8 and then moves to Be... |More
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| Soo-ae on Playing Empress Myeongseong (Source) |
2009/10/16 |
The recently released film "The Sword with No Name" is the story of the last queen of the Chosun Dynasty, Empress Myeongseong, and a bodyguard who loved her to the extent that he would give up his life for her.
Soo-ae, who plays the empress, said the role "was something I had always wanted to do from the moment I started my acting career. When I got the screenplay, I said yes without a moment's hesitation".
"Playing Empress Myeongseong was not easy, because in addition to the mother of the nation, I had to show her womanly and human side, the joy and anguish she felt at being in love", Soo-ae says. Having to wear heavy wigs and layers of Korean traditional costumes in the steamy hot summer made the job even more difficult. The fact that she had to appear in almost every scene was another challenge.
Soo-ae says the film transformed her perspective on love. "I was so happy while shooting the film because I received absolute, unconditional love from one man, and it changed my tho... |More
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| CGV, Lotte Cinema to show subtitled local movies this week (Source) |
2009/10/13 |
It's movie week for foreigners in Korea.
Enjoy Korean movies that you have missed on the big screen, complete with English and Japanese subtitles this week.
The event, which began early this week, is part of the Seoul Grand Sale 2009 (Sept. 26 to Nov. 25) that is attracting tourists through colorful shopping events, participated in by some 500 businesses and 800 stores spread out in the trendiest street in Seoul including Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, Namdaemun, Itaewon, Insadong, Hongdae, Yeouido and Gangnam.
The movies will be screened at a multiplex CGV theater and Lotte Cinema. It is 6,000 won per ticket, but in the case of Lotte Cinema, a person who purchases one ticket can bring one foreign friend along for free upon presentation of a coupon.
The CGV branches at Myeong-dong, Yongsan and Apugujeong-dong will be screening films like "Closer to Heaven" and "The Sword with No Name", which opened recently and are still playing in other Korean theaters.
The Lotte Cinema Avenue... |More
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| Seoul City Gov't to Promote S.Korean Movies (Source) |
2009/10/13 |
The Seoul city government has launched a Korean film promotion as part of its annual "Seoul Grand Sale".
Several Korean movies with foreign language subtitles will be offered at a discounted price at select cinemas in Seoul through Saturday.
Tickets for the movies will only be six-thousand won. The lineup includes some of the most popular Korean movies of late, including "The Sword with No Name", "My Girlfriend is an Agent", "Mother - 2009" and "Speedy Scandal".
The two-month "Seoul Grand Sale" is an attempt to promote Seoul as a shopping haven and attract more foreign tourists.
Reported by KBS WORLD Radio... |More
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