In late April, Iron Man arrived in the Korean cinema, smashing the box office into very profitable pieces. In mid-May, Prince Caspian took the baton and kept up the pressure on Korean competitors. Last weekend, whip-wielding Indy joined the Hollywood-only party, roped in plenty of movie tickets sales.
The bombardment of Hollywood films dragged down the share of Korean films to a record low. But the bleak development was widely predicted since only a couple of new Korean releases were made. June might be slightly different, as eight Korean movies are set for release.
"
Girl Scout", directed by
Kim Sang-man, will hit theaters on June 5, featuring well-known actors such as
Kim Seon-ah,
Nah Moon-hee,
Lee Kyeong-sil. The film will test whether the audiences still have an appetite for a chase-the-money drama with fewer funny moments than publicized.
Waiting in line for the June 12 release are four Korean films: "
Life is Cool", "
Beyond All Magic",
"Spare" and
"Like Father, Like Son". "
Life is Cool", directed by
Choi Ik-hwan, will introduce a love story where three men fall in love with the same woman. The film uses "anigraphics", putting together conventional shooting of real actors and animation.
Kim Soo-ro,
Kang Seong-jin,
Kim Jin-soo play three close friends competing for the affec...
MoreWinners of the 2007 KBS Drama Awards
▶The Best Actor :
Choi Soo-jong ("
Dae Jo Yeong")
▶Best Actor/Actress :
Lee Deok-hwa ("
Dae Jo Yeong"),
Kim Hyeon-joo ("
In-soon is Pretty"),
Chae Rim ("
Dalja's Spring")
▶Excellence in a Mini-Drama (Wed-Thurs drama) – Male/Female :
Kang Ji-hwan ("
Capital Scandal"),
Lee Da-hae ("
Hello, Miss"),
Han Ji-min ("
Capital Scandal")
▶Excellence in Weekend Series – Male/Female) :
Jang Hyeon-seong ("
Golden Era of Daughter in Law"),
Yoon Jeong-hee (
"A Happy Woman")
▶Excellence in a Serial Drama – Male/Female :
Park Hae-jin ("
By Land and Sky"),
Han Ji-hye ("
Likable or Not" ("I Hate You, But It's Fine"))
▶Netizens' Choice :
Choi Soo-jong ("
Dae Jo Yeong"),
Han Ji-min ("
Capital Scandal")
▶Best Couple Award =
Kim Ji-hoon-I -
Lee Soo-kyeong ("
Golden Era of Daughter in Law"),
Kang Ji-hwan -
Han Ji-min ("
Capital Scandal"),
Park Hae-jin -
Han Hyo-joo ("
By Land and Sky")
▶Excellence in one act drama – Male/Female :
Park In-hwan ("Drama City"),
Yoo In-yeong ("Drama City"),
Jeon Ye-seo ("Drama City")
▶Child – Male/Female :
Choi Woo-hyuk ("
Capital Scandal", "Hometown over the hill"), Kim Ye-won ("The Innocent Woman")
▶Best supporting actor/Actres...
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'To wives, husbands' affairs are like a car accident ... They are by no means intended. They just happen'.
The latest drama by
Kim Su-hyun, 64, one of Korea's top scriptwriters, seemed so realistic that women all across Korea began to suspect their husbands were cheating.
Her recent 24-episode work, "
My Man's Woman", starring
Kim Hee-ae,
Bae Jong-ok and
Kim Sang-joong, is about an extramarital love affair.
But in Kim's signature style, the drama was not predictable. "I didn't want this story to have a conventional ending", she said.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, the last episode of the drama, on June 19, ranked first in overall viewership that day, attracting 37.6 percent of the people wat...
MoreThe problem with a sequel like "
My Boss, My Teacher" ("Two-sabu ilchae") is that it's about the same characters and the elements of freshness are gone. The same gangsters attempt to score some academic points and help the society eliminate evil factors.
In the first installment of the gangster comedy back in 2001, Gae Doo-sik (
Jeong Joon-ho) was forced to attend a high school and get away with at least the credentials to lead one of the country's leading gangster groups (these days, you have to be smart to be a gangster, and that's the key point).
At the end of the first piece "
My Boss, My Hero", Doo-sik was given another order from his higher boss: go to college because the standard for gangster leaders has been raised.
That has laid out the basic premise for the sequel and in "
My Boss, My Teacher", Doo-sik is attending college, something that he should be quite proud of. But he's not a good college student because his underling Sang-du (...
MoreBy Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
Corruption and immorality in the nation's secondary school system are serious issues that often appear on the front page of newspapers. But are they a good subject for a comedy movie?
The corruption of a private school foundation, disrespect for teachers and an immoral relationship between a teacher and student are heavy issues. Can you poke fun at them?
The coming comedy film "
My Boss, My Teacher" deals with these issues while making the audience
Break Out in laughter.
"I hope that this film can work as a comedy that criticizes current social problems, which (in the film) are tackled by men who are uneducated yet have a sense of justice", actor ...
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