Bae Doona (배두나)

The long awaited Air Doll starring Korean actor Bae Doona is to get its Korean release. The actor has received a positive reception both internationally and in Japan where she has received 2 awards, including Best Actress at the Japanese Academy Awards and another at the Takasaki Film Festival.

The film, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and based on a Japanese manga, premiered at Cannes last May. It will be released in Korea April 8.

Back in Korea BAE is better known for her role as Nam-ju, the quietly spoken but competitive archer in Bong Joon-ho's "The Host", Korea's biggest ever grossing film. She also appeared in the same director's earlier effort "...More

Bae Doona's Japanese film, "Air Doll" will be released in Korea on the 8th!

It is by a Japanese director which Bae actes as Nozomi. Nozomi is an air doll that is live size and has emotions one day! She has many episodes with people she meets and starts to love a boy Junichi who works at a local DVD store.

This is a fantazy melodrama genre showing the pains of love.

Bae is great in her expressions and has been nominated in m...More

The cast of TV series "Master of Study" [KBS2]

"Master of Study" - Final episode (KBS2 TV, 9:55 PM)

TV series "Master of Study" was never a well-made drama, not even at the end. Out of respect to its target viewers perhaps, the story may have been overly one-dimensional and moved forward without creating much trouble, but it created occasional moments of boredom and the students' teacher and heroic human rights lawyer Kang Seok-ho (played by Kim Soo-ro) ended up remaining on a predictable path. The parting scene between Hahn Soo-jung (played by Bae Doona) and Kang Seok-ho even displayed soap-opera qualities while providing no rationale....More

"Mother - 2009" movie poster [CJ Entertainment]

Director Bong Joon-ho's film "Mother - 2009" has been nominated in six categories for the Asian Film Awards in March.

A representative from the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) announced that the film has been nominated for best picture, best director, best actress, best supporting actor, best screenplay and best editor. It will be competing up against Hong Kong film "Bodyguards and Assassins" in some of the categories....More

Actress Bae Doona in Air Doll [AIR DOLL Production Committee]

Korean actress Bae Doona will win her third best actress award in Japan for her role in film "Air Doll", according to her agency Barunson Entertainment on Thursday.

"Bae received an overwhelming number of the votes amongst the nominees for best actress", director Takeshi Kitano was quoted as saying of the 30-year-old actress who will claim her prize at the Tokyo Sports Movie Awards to be held February 28....More