Lee Eon-hee (이언희)

Kim Rae-won starts up to penetrate Japan

2005/12/09 | Source | Permalink |

Hallyu - a Korean wave - top star Kim Rae-won had a massive fan meeting on Dec. 4 in Tokyo to promote his photo book "Pure". It was a great success with 2 thousand participants at the fan meeting hosted by KNTV, a Korea specialized TV channel in Japan.

KNTV expected that next year would be "Kim Rae-won's year" as the calendar of 2005 was decorated with Kim's photos. CEO Muto Yoshinoriof KNTV said, "1200 tickets of the first floor for KIm's fan meeting were sold out 3 minutes later after ticketing start and all tickets of the second floor were sellout in 20 minutes. We were also very surprised. We realized that Kim is really popular in Japan".

Meanwhile, Kim's melo-movie "...ing" directed Lee Eon-hee and produced Dreammax will be released from Dec. 10 in Japan. It will bring a synergy effect with his photo book. Next year Kim's new film "Mister Socrates" (Director Choi Ji-won, Production Courage & Ozon Film) will be shown in Japan, he will strengthen his reputation as a Hallyu sta...| More

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Hallyu in Japan is moving from "Drama" to "Movie"

2005/11/30 | Source | Permalink |

Hallyu fever in Japan is switching from drama to screen. Korean movies are making all sorts of plentiful records and leading the second heyday of Hallyu.

Korean movies boom begun with "April Snow" (Director Heo Jin-ho, Production Blue Storm) is maintained to "A Moment To Remember" (Director Lee Jae-han, Production Sidus Pictures) and "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance" (Director Park Chan-wook, Production Moho Film) and is creating a sensation.

Two Korean movies entitled "Blue Sky" will be screening at the similar time.

Followed by "Mutt Boy" starring Jeong Woo-seong and Kim Kab-soo (Director Kwak Gyeong-taek, Production Jininsa Film) met first the fans from Nov. 12. In Japan, Kim Rae-won and Im Soo-jeong's movie "...ing" (Director Lee Eon-hee, Production Dreammax) will screen from Dec. 10 with the title of "Blue Sky in the Rain".

Contrary to "A Moment To Remember" ranked the second in the box office for 5 weeks, Jeong showed a totally different character in his other movie, so t...| More

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Tickets to Kim Rae-won's fan meeting sold out in three minutes in Japan

2005/11/16 | Source | Permalink |

All 1,100 tickets to actor Kim Rae-won's fan meeting slated for Dec. 4 were sold out in just three minutes.

According to Sankei Sports on Nov. 15, tickets to the first floor, each costing 10,000 yen (about 88,000 won), were sold out immediately on Nov. 14 via the Internet.

The fan meeting will also serve to promote the movie "...ing" ("Blue Rainy Sky" in Japanese), directed by Lee Eon-hee, which opens in Japan in early December, and Kim's latest photo album "Pure".

Tickets to 800 seats on the second floor, each costing 8,000 yen, will go on sale Nov. 15 via the Internet. The organizers of the event are already flooded with inquiries.

Kim's fan base in Japan has grown rapidly since the series "Cat on the Roof" and "Love Story in Harvard" aired in that country on Nihon TV through KNTV. Earlier this year in June, the actor visited Japan to promote the series "My Little Bride" and held a fan meeting that was attended by more than 1,000 fans....| More

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Korean Films Bookend Udine Film Fest

2004/04/27 | Source | Permalink |

By Paolo Bertolin
Special Correspondent
UDINE, Italy - Udine, a small town in North Eastern Italy, has fast become the capital of East Asian cinema in the West. The sixth Far East Film Festival (FEFF), the biggest film festival promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian popular cinema outside of Asia, has in fact become an unmissable middle-spring rendez-vous for European fans of Asian pop culture and a key event in the calendar of Western film critics interested in tracking down the new paths taken by East Asian cinemas.

This year, Korean cinema plays a leading role in the festival's schedule, as both the opening and closing events are marked by international premieres of much-anticipated Korean productions. Park Jung-woo's directorial debut "Param-ui Chonsol (Dance with the Wind)" had the honor of being the curtain-raiser on Friday, while Kang Je-gyu's all-time box office smash "Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (Brotherhood)" will bring it to its official conclusion this coming Friday e...| More

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