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Korean Films at Shanghai Int. Film Festival

2006/06/16 | Source | Permalink |

A record 11 Korean features will be shown in the official selection of this years 9th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) to take place June 17th to the 25th. Among them PARK Jin-pyo's 2005 film You Are My Sunshine will run in the official competition section for the Jin Jue Award. Another Korean film, Jo Chang-ho's The Peter Pan Formula has been selected as a candidate for the Asian New Talent Award.

Two Korean directors KWAK Gyeong-Taek ("Friend", "Typhoon") and BONG Joon-ho ("The Host", "Memories of Murder") have been invited to sit on the Jin Jue Award jury which will this year be presided over by French director Luc Besson. Other directors on the jury include Stanly Kwan and Gabriella Salvatores.

9 Korean films will be showing in SIFF's Panorama section with its slogan, 'a great party for films around the world'. Included are KIM Ki-duk's "The Bow", MIN Gyoo-dong's "All for Love" ("My Lovely Week"), PARK Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, LEE Woo-cheol's "Cello...| More

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Tokyo Film Festival to screen Korean movies of 1980-90s

2005/09/22 | Source | Permalink |

Korean movies produced in the 1980s and '90s will be screened at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival to be held Oct. 22-30 in Japan.

According to the Korean Film Council on Sept. 21, the movies to be screened at this year's Tokyo festival are "Colors Of The Rainy Day", one of the early works of director Kwak Jae-yong, who also produced the recent movie "Windstruck"; "Trio", the early work of director Park Chan-wook; and "Do As You Like", directed by Oh Seung-keun and planned by Cha Seung-jae, the CEO of Sidus FNH.

The screening of Korean movies from an earlier period at an overseas film festival is unprecedented. They will be shown in the "Winds of Asia" section.

The latest Korean movies to be shown at the Tokyo Film Festival include "Rikidozan" (by Song Hae-seong), which will be shown at the closing ceremony; "Rules of Dating" (by Han Jae-rim), which will compete in the main competition; and "My Boyfriend Is Type-B" (by Choi Seok-won) and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" ...| More

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The comic perils of dating a type-B

2005/02/02 | Source | Permalink |

February 03, 2005 ㅡ He's the type of guy who leaves his girlfriend in his car so that he doesn't have to pay the on-street parking fee. His idea of a gift is a walkie-talkie set, so he can reach her at his convenience as quickly as possible. He shops for what he wants first, but makes her pay. Then he drives her crazy by asking her ever so innocently, "Should we break it off, then?"
He might be a jerk, and she might be a patsy for staying with him. But that's because he has blood type B and she's type A, according to Chae-yeong (Shin-ee), a dating consultant in the movie "My Boyfriend Is Type-B".
A strong believer in the blood type theory, which says that one's blood type determines one's personality, Chae-yeong goes on with her wacky logic about how blood type can have an effect on a person's love life.
Her point is that a type-B male is conceited, stubborn and absolutely useless as a boyfriend, especially when the female is timid and obedient, like Ha-mi (Han Ji-hye), who h...| More

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