Lee Jong-won (이종원)

2007/08/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Lee Jong-won and actress Sin-ae will appear on Chinese television through the China-Korea joint production "Miro" ("Maze").

"Miro (Maze)" is a traditional melodrama produced by Korea's Samhwa Networks whose library includes "My Man's Woman" and "Golden Era of Daughter in Law" along with China's largest media company SMG (Shanghai Media Group). The series is a remake of the 1992 "Husband's Woman" starring Ko Doo-sim and Noh Joo-hyeon.

Lee Jong-won and Chinese actress Tao Ho Min play a married couple while Sin-ae plays the role of the woman who falls in love with Lee Jong-won. The series is produced and directed by Jang Yong-woo of "Hotelier" and "Wangcho".

Samhwa Networks commented on the 25th, "'Miro (Maze)' which was completed last year will be aired at 7pm through the SMG drama channel in Shanghai. This is the first case of a joint China-Korea production to be aired during prime time. The Chinese press showed great interest at the promotion event held on the 22nd and 2...

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2004/10/24 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter

If you want to get a free crash course in contemporary Korean cinema, check out the Korea Film Archive all next week.

Twelve critically acclaimed feature films from the past five years, along with 13 short films, will be shown for five days beginning Nov. 1 at the theater of the archive, which is located in Seoul Arts Center, southern Seoul. All the screenings are free.

The oldest of the features is already a classic of Korean cinema. "Pakha Satang (Peppermint Candy)", the 1999 film by Lee Chang-dong, tells the story of one troubled man's life, beginning from his suicide and slowly tracing his life backwards.

Two recent films by director Park Chan-wook will be presented. "Old Boy", which garnered the director the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and "Poksunun Naui Kot (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance)", about a man bent on vengeance after his daughter is kidnapped. The films are part of Park's trilogy on the theme of reveng...

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