In 1962, the Korean government launched a national campaign aimed at the country's rural development and initiated by former president Park Chung Hee. A significant portion of its government funds were used to educate and support family planning programs by distributing free contraceptive pills, condoms and other contraceptive services to citizens.
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Mission Sex Control", the title of a film about the government's family planning services of the period, is an actual catchphrase from the campaign song for what was called "a new village movement".
The story follows Hyun-ju (
Kim Jeong-eun), a family planning counsellor hired by the government facing a backlash from feudal society when she is dispatched to a small rural villag...
MoreTheaters are being filled with an abundance of new movies a week before the Chuseok harvest holiday.
"
Our Happy Time", starring
Kang Dong-won and
Lee Na-young, premiered two weeks ago and brought in about 1.2 million viewers during its first week of release.
Last week, six films in all, including two comedies ("
Marrying the Mafia III" and "
Moodori"), were released. The film industry follows a rule of thumb that comedies are the most successful type of film at the box office in holiday seasons; many are wondering if this will again be true this year.
The quintessential movie that follows this rule of thumb is "
Marrying the Mafia III", directed by
Jeong Yong-ki, which debuted Thursday. It is the sequel to the hit of the same name released at about this time last year,
"
Marrying the Mafia III" went into production soon after its predecessor passed the 5-million viewer mark.
But looking at the quality of the sequel, it se...
MoreGood-looking lead actors, a pastel colored poster and a haunting melody of "Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz" are all stock-standard ingredients of a typical romantic comedy. However,
Ahn Jin-woo's directorial debut, "Over the Rainbow" (2002) modifies this formula somewhat by handing a jigsaw puzzle to viewers.
Starring
Lee Jeong-jae ("
Oh! Brothers" and
"Interview") as weatherman Jin-soo, the film begins with his involvement in a car accident. Not seriously injured, he quickly returns to work, but during ...
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