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MBC's New Sitcom: "Kokkiri"

2008/01/16 | Source | Permalink |

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

MBC will air a new sitcom named "Kokkiri" from Jan. 21.

While the title of the sitcom, "Kokkiri" means elephant in Korean, however, this is not a sitcom about elephants. Breaking down the word "Ko" means nose in Korean and "kkiri" means together, and the show depicts the lives of a group of characters in the sitcom having nicknames ending with "ko".

Kwon Hae-hyo plays Guk Yeong-su (Psy"ko"), a high school Korean language teacher. He is on bad terms with Ju Bok-man (Gae"ko"), played by Lee Byeong-joon, a high school student in his 40s and the landlord.

Ju's two sons and Guk's three daughters also live in Ju's house, and everyone becomes involved in various incidents and relationships, including romance.

Comedian-turned-actor Kim Kuk-jin will play a jobless tenant living in Ju's attic. His roommate, Ju's younger brother, played by Moon Se-yun, is a man of misfortune.

Joo Hyeon and Kim Chang-sook, parents of the Ju brothers, will depict th...| More

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KWAK Gyeong-taek Explores Love

2007/09/19 | Source | Permalink |

Director KWAK Gyeong-taek returns with "a LOVE", a dramatic love story about unrequited love. KWAK previously concentrated on masculinity in often violent settings. JOO Jin-mo plays the protagonist whose great love for PARK Si-yeon's character leads him to break the law for her. When he returns, she is in a relationship with another man.

KWAK helmed "Friend", one of Korea's most successful films. "Friend" portrayed a group of friends with at the heart of the group two boys who turn to a life of crime in different criminal organizations, ending in an unavoidable confrontation between the two youth friends. YOO Oh-seong and JANG Dong-gun played the lead roles. JANG and KWAK also worked together on "Typhoon", about a North Korean pirate threatening to strike South Korea.

JOO Jin-mo rose to fame with the hit comedy "200 Pounds Beauty", along with KIM Ah-joong. PARK Si-yeon also featured in a comedy last year, she acted in "The Fox Family"; together with JOO Hyeon who plays her love i...| More

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Some Romances Stay the Same

2007/09/18 | Source | Permalink |

As men still cling to their fantasies of a "pure, innocent, and fragile woman with long straight hair", even in the 21st century, so do women harbor dreams of their ideal man, even despite the "Pet Boyfriend (Young boyfriends akin to pets)" trend that is now commonplace. They still want a man who'll protect them in the face of death, a man whose heart melts only for them. The movie "a Love", to be released on September 20, fuels these delusions by telling the story of one man's love. Why delusions, you ask? Well, there is no such man and no such love in the real world.

Chae In-ho (Joo Jin-mo) meets long-time elementary school crush Mi-ju (Park Si-yeon) in high school and promises to be true to her. But in the process, he becomes an ex-convict and they lose touch. Getting back on track, he prospers as the troubleshooter for chairman Yoo (Joo Hyeon), only to later discover Mi-ju is the girlfriend of his boss.

It's the typical new-school drama - the poor street-smart guy, the girl w...| More

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"I Put My Heart and Soul into This Movie"

2007/09/11 | Source | Permalink |

When Korean male actor Joo Jin-mo dropped by his dear friend as well as his acting colleague Jang Dong-gun's house in March, the word "a LOVE" ("Sarang", love in Korea) written on a cover of a script caught his eyes.

Joo: What is it?

Jang: It's a script director Kwak Gyeong-taek told me to skim through".

Joo flipped through the pages and he was immediately absorbed in the script. He could not take his eyes off the script even when Jang talked to him after clearing up their dinner table.

Joo: Who got the main lead?

Jang: I heard the director is thinking of "A".

In the afternoon, Joo called his agent and said, "If I don't get this part, I will kill myself!"

Although no one offered him the part, his pride was the last thing on his mind. He was desperate for the role. After many ups and downs, the determined 33-year-old actor finally got the part – the male lead in "Sarang (Love)" scheduled to hit screens next Thursday.

"a LOVE", a new film by Kwak Gyeong-taek, who ...| More

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[DVD Review]Foxes have atrocious pick-up lines

2007/05/14 | Source | Permalink |

In a way, "The Fox Family" embraces the true spirit of the musical as a marginalized art form. The film is a musical parody about a family of nine-tailed foxes, the supernatural characters from ancient Korean mythology. It begins with a comic tone by featuring the characters as social minorities who are desperately trying to become like other people. The foxes strut and dance on the streets of Seoul with homeless alcoholics and a demented old lady who has been abandoned by her children. And there are the scenes of the fox family running a circus in which they scare the hell out of local children by splashing blood everywhere.
The family's efforts to adjust to the life of human beings in an alien city has a specific purpose. They need to get hold of a fresh human liver and eat it before their 1,000th birthdays, in order to become human.
Perhaps, in practice, the director reveals the premise of the film too quickly. The film stresses the precious value of life, even if it is accompan...| More

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