Three Korean Hit Movies Bring Hope to Industry

• Local Films With English Subtitles
  2005/08/18 (Source)
  Innocent Steps (Taensoui Sunjong)
  
  At 11 a.m. on Saturday
  
  Seoul Selection Bookstore
  
  Popular teen actress Moon Geun-yeong plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance sport, or competitive dance. Jang arrives at Inchon,...More

• Off-Key 'Cello' a Far Cry From Classic Horror
  2005/08/18 (Source)
  By Philip Dorsey Iglauer
  
  Cars are nearly as dangerous as musical instruments in "Cello," billed as this summer's last silver screen scream.
  
  Where usually character development or plot is used to thrill or spook, the summer's horror flick finale tries to invoke screams through deafening bursts ,...More

• A drama 'Spring Days (Bomnal)' airs in China and Hong Kong
  2005/08/17 (Source)
  SBS drama, 'Spring Days (Bomnal)' is now broadcasted through Singkung satellite TV in China and Pei Tsui TV in Hong Kong at the same time.
  
  In Mainland China, Shanghai Singkung satellite TV airs 2 episodes from 7 p.m. every day (Mon. through Sun.) starting on August 4. Hong Kong viewers can enjo,...More

 

• "Wedding" starring Ryoo Si-won draws attention in Japan
  2005/08/17 (Source)
  The series 'Wedding" has drawn significant attention in Japan for featuring actor Ryoo Si-won, who has recently solidified his position as a new hallyu star in that country. The series stands a good chance to emerge as a popular hallyu TV drama, as Ryoo's Japanese female fans are showing great inter,...More

• Kim Yoon-jin most popular actress among "Lost" cast
  2005/08/17 (Source)
  Actress Kim Yoon-jin has been voted the third favorite character and most popular female actress of the U.S. ABC series "Lost".
  
  The survey has been ongoing on the popular U.S. voting site http://www.voote.com since January 16. As of August 17, Kim has obtained 695 (12.7 percent) out of a total of,...More

• 60 Korean dramas now go on air in Japan
  2005/08/16 (Source)
  A recent survey shows that over 60 Korean dramas are on TV in Japan. Prime time broadcasting is also known to be increasing.
  
  According to the KOFACE (Korea Foundation for Asian Culture Exchange), total of 23 channels including terrestrial, local cable and satellite television present over 60 Kor,...More

 

• "New York Korean Film Festival 2005" to Open Sept. 2
  2005/08/16 (Source)
  The "New York Korean Film Festival 2005", featuring Korean films recently featured in the news, will be held in New York, U.S.A. from Sept. 2 to 11, local time.
  
  The upcoming film festival will be held in midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn in the heart of New York under the theme "Truth and Dare". The,...More

• 20,000 tickets to Rain's Budokan concert sold out
  2005/08/16 (Source)
  All 20,000 tickets to a concert to be given by singer "Rain" at the largest Japanese concert hall of Budokan on Sept. 2-3 were sold out in just half a day. Entitled "Rainy Day Special", the concert is an encore performance of the singer's earlier concerts in Tokyo on July 30-31 and Osaka on Aug. 3-4,...More

• Japanese radio to run special edition on "April Snow" for two weeks
  2005/08/16 (Source)
  The Japanese radio broadcaster Nippon Radio will cover the movie "April Snow", starring Bae Yong-joon and Son Ye-jin, during a two-week special edition of one of its programs entitled "Ueyanaki Masahito's Surprise" (8:30AM Monday-Friday), according to Sankei Sports on Aug. 16.
  
  The first part of t,...More

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