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Korean Cinema Witnesses Fewer Productions in First Half
2004/07/05 (Source)
As Korean cinema draws a wider appeal among moviegoers both at home and abroad it is easy to assume that there are more productions getting off the ground, but ironically that was hardly the case during the first six months of this year.
According to the Korea Media Rating Board, a total of ,...More
Monks stage showdown with gangsters
2004/07/05 (Source)
"Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul" is lively and entertaining, but fails to outdo the 2001 original. Perhaps it's too optimistic to expect a showdown between monks and gangsters to strike a chord twice.
In the original film, which sold almost 4 million tickets in Korea, monks clashed with runawa,...More
'Korean Wave' Creates Mixed Feeling in Korean-Japanese Community
2004/07/04 (Source)
With the crave for Korean dramas sweeping Japan, there are increasing Internet sites devoted to Korean dramas. On the initial screen of "Drama Korea", there are pictures of Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, the two leading characters of "Winter Sonata".
How does the Korean-Japanese comm,...More
Arthouse theater's future in doubt
2004/07/02 (Source)
Koreans are known for their love of movies, but until 2002, those who wanted to see more obscure art films by Carl Dreyer and Alain Resnais on the big screen were out of luck.
In the early 1990s, cinephile groups formed to satisfy the desire to see something other than Hollywood blockbuster fa,...More
[Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles]
2004/07/02 (Source)
▣ Orin Sinbu (My Little Bride) (2004)
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Starring two popular young actors, the romantic comedy "My Little Bride" tells of the most unlikeliest of marriages. Kim Rae-won plays Sang-min, a brash college art student with an overactive libido, whi,...More
Seoul to lift movie import curbs in 2006
2004/07/02 (Source)
The government said yesterday that it would scrap its recommendation system for movie and music imports on Jan. 1, 2006.
The removal, decided at a weekly meeting of economy-related ministers, will coincide with Korea's liberalized import of Japanese animation.
"Participants agreed that su,...More
Director Kang looks to the world
2004/07/01 (Source)
Kang Jae-gyu's office in Gangnam, southern Seoul, is a cross between a bachelor pad and a lesson in modern interior decorating. Outfitted with a black leather furniture set, small metal trinkets and full-length posters of his movies, his office looks like something right out of a Nick Hornby n,...More
Dramatic impact of 'Old Boy'
2004/07/01 (Source)
With the media frenzy over "Old Boy"'s Grand Prize of the Jury triumph at the Cannes Film Festival finally beginning to die down, it should come as no surprise that this week's DVD review features - yes, you guessed it - "Old Boy" (2003). After all, how often does a psychological drama as good as,...More
[Movie Review] `My Mother, the Mermaid' Swims in Bittersweet Magic
2004/07/01 (Source)
By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter
The most interesting thing about the new film "Ino Kongju (My Mother, the Mermaid)" may not be what's in the film, but rather what's left out. A story in which the past and present of a romance meet, the film depends greatly on one magical moment but, like the prover,...More