Joe Odagiri (オダギリジョ)

Gangwon Beckons Collegian Cineastes, Stars

Source | 2009/11/16 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, will become a playground for cinephiles and student directors during an international collegian film festival, Nov. 26 to 29. But as much as the event aims to foster future talent, educational initiatives will invite cineastes of international renown, including Japanese superstar Joe Odagiri.

The 2009 International College Peace Film Festival (ICPFF) will open under the theme "Dreaming of Becoming a Cineaste?" featuring over 300 films from some 30 countries, ranging from experimental to animation flicks. College students will vie for prizes in a competition, while works by esteemed filmmakers will be shown in an out-of-competition section.

"Cries and Whispers", a graduation piece by a team of Youngsan University students, will open the festival. "This is the first time we've seen a student film rendered in stereoscopic 3D. The filmmakers were of course short on budget but received funding from 3D Lab. Korea, and the ...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Song Hye-kyo's LEVI's model shoot

Source | 2009/09/13 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Song Hye-kyo and Joe Odagiri are in a photoshoot together.

They have come together for LEVI'S PREMIUM COLLECTION.

Two stars have the modern cynical look and seem to be in some movie set rather than a photoshoot set.

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Kim Ki-duk's 'Dream' provocative, deep

Source | 2008/09/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Award-winning director Kim Ki-duk has built up an international reputation with his films that starkly differ from other mainstream movies in Korea and elsewhere. He stands out largely because he never veers off from his obsessive pursuit of provocative styles and thought-provoking themes.

For better or worse, Kim did not pull any punches in making his 15th feature, "Dream" (Bi-Mong), to be released on Oct. 9. The movie is drawing keen media attention by signing on high-profile actors -- Lee Na-young from Korea and Joe Odagiri Japan -- but viewers should be aware of the cinematic puzzles director Kim routinely inserts in his films in order to grasp what is really going on in this mixture of reality and fantasy.

In the film, Odagiri plays Jin, an artist who sees himself causing a car crash in his dream. What he discovers, however, is that his dream is not a mere creation of his brain because all the details he witnessed while sleeping turns out to be true in the reality. Or that's...| More

'Adrift' Is Unsentimental Yet Touching

Source | 2008/09/04 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Last November, Japanese heartthrob Joe Odagiri ("Tokyo Tower") caused a traffic jam in Seoul as local fans flocked from one theater to another to catch a glimpse of him. Before the Oct. 9 release of his South Korean film debut, Kim Ki-duk's "Dream", he visits the big screen through the brilliantly manic film, "Adrift in Tokyo".

Odagiri can, in Hollywood parlance, be compared to Johnny Depp with his mass appeal despite (or perhaps because of) his eccentric outfits and unusual roles in independent or experimental genres. "Adrift" is no exception, and the unshaven actor sports wild curls that make him look like an aging Elvis who has just rolled out of bed. Joining him is the veteran actor Tomokazu Miura ("The Taste of Tea").

Odagiri and Miura play roles they could easily have done with their eyes closed, but bring that magical combination of tragedy and comedy, calamity and zaniness. Takemura (Odagiri) is a lonesome orphan who, after eight years i...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] Lee Na-young in "Dream" with Japanese actor Joe Odagiri

Source | 2008/08/27 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Lee Na-young represents Korea and Joe Odagiri represents Japan in their new movie "Dream" which is to be released this October.

Their official teaser poster has been released for the public.

This movie directed by Kim Ki-duk who always produces groundbreaking films ...| More