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• Oscar Winning Director to Attend Pusan Festival
  2006/09/22 (Source)
  The Pusan International Film Festival has released its list of domestic and foreign guests headlined by acclaimed Hungarian director Istvan Szabo .
  Szabo's 1981 film "Mephisto" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
  Veteran Hong Kong actor Andy Lau will also attend, joined by Korean,...More

• Animation "Dragon" broadcast nationwide in the USA via NBC Date
  2006/09/22 (Source)
  Image Plus (CEO: Jung, Won-Man) recently announced that Dragon, a joint animation production by Korea, Germany, and Canada, began broadcasting nationwide on Sept. 9 NBC in the USA.
  
  A stop-motion claymation based on Dav Pilkey's children's picturebook of the same title, Dragon is about the daily l,...More

• Ha Ji-won's Agonizing Road to Period Drama
  2006/09/22 (Source)
  Ha Ji-won to Play Famous Chosun-Era Entertainer
  
  The actress Ha Ji-won came close to despair while practicing the wide range of skills needed for her role as "Hwang Jin-I", a famous Chosun-era gisaeng or female entertainer, in a new KBS mini-series. Her head endured the leaden weight of a big dec,...More

 

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  'Mafia', Out of Fashion, Business
  2006/09/22 (Source)
  By Kim Tae-jong Staff Reporter Let's say the original idea of an intelligent yet timid man marr,...More

• 'King and Clown' Chosen for Academy
  2006/09/22 (Source)
  By Kim Tae-jong
  Staff Reporter
  
  South Korea's second most viewed film "The King and the Clown" will be submitted to next year's Academy Awards.
  
  The historical piece by director Lee Jun-ik was picked as the nation's contender in the foreign film category at the Oscars, the Korean Film Council ,...More

• King and the Clown aims for the Oscar
  2006/09/21 (Source)
  On September 21, the Korean Film Council announced the movie "King and the Clown" for their bid on the Academy Award.
  
  Three films were considered for the opportunity: "The King and the Clown" by Lee Joon-ik, "The Host" by Bong Joon-ho, and Kim Ki-duk's "Time". The first two titles hold the box o,...More

 

• Nelson Shin's Multimedia Encyclopedia is released
  2006/09/21 (Source)
  Nelson Shin's Multimedia Encyclopedia, which contains director Nelson Shin's know-how in animation and life in general, has recently been published.
  
  Following the Dictionary of Animation Terminology, which was published in 2002, this encyclopedia offers detailed and vast information on multimedia,...More

• Two Korean Films in San Diego Line-up
  2006/09/21 (Source)
  KIM Jee-woon's A Bittersweet Life (2005) and KIM Dong-weon's My Boss, My Teacher (2006) are programmed at this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival. San Diego will host the seventh edition of the film festival from October 12 until October 19, 2006.
  
  The much praised film noir A Bittersweet Life s,...More

• LEE Joon-ik proceeds with Radio Star
  2006/09/21 (Source)
  The upcoming comedy Radio Star is the next film of director LEE Joon-ik. The main roles are played by PARK Joong-hoon (Nowhere to Hide) and AHN Seong-gi (Silmido).
  
  PARK Joong-hoon plays an over-the-hill rock star who hasn't grown up. He is pampered by his long time manager, played by AHN Seong-gi,...More

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