Moon So-ri (문소리)

2008/03/20 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Moon So-ri lectured about short films to a night class for the disabled on the 14th at Seoul Marronier Park.

It was the 73rd day of the night class in a tent on the street.

Because this school is not approved by the Seoul Education Office or Ministry of Education, it does not have a budget. Through the help of others, the "tent lectures" will be held in a new place....

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2008/03/20 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Middle-aged actress Kim Hae-sook will be the main character of "Viva! Love". This is her first main role in 33 years.

Her motherly image changed drastically when she came out as a pickpocket in last year's movie "Open City" and now, she will have a romance with a man 23 years younger than her.

This is a comedy telling of the romance between Bong-soon (Kim Hae-sook) and a 21-year-old man. There is interest in Kim Hae-sook's character, who falls in love with her daughter's boyfriend.

She has lived her life as a mother and a wife, but she meets her true love, who will be played by Kim Yeong-min. Kim Yeong-min has been in plays, "Hamlet", "Bad Magnet", "Rising Lovely Girl", and movies "My Right to Ravage Myself", "A Cruel Attendance", and "Ad-Lib Night".

Kim Hae-sook and Kim Yeong-min are continuing the line of older women, younger men couples, such as Moon So-ri and Bong Tae-gyu from "A Good Lawyer's Wife" and Ko Doo-sim and Eom Tae-woong in "The Birth of a Family". It will pr...

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Way to go! I love your acting so much! Ivory upthegrove 2008-03-21 11:41:36

2008/03/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Movie actress Moon Geun-yeong (21)'s comeback drama, SBS "The Garden of Wind" might star Park Shin-yang (40) as the male leading role. Their age difference is 19 years.

Moon Geun-yeong has acted with Kim Joo-hyeok (36) in "Love Me Not" and Park Geon-hyeong (31) in "Innocent Steps". A ten year difference is standard. It is also interesting that she has acted with no one her age except when she starred as Song Hye-kyo (26)'s younger character.

The same goes for Ko Ah-ra (18). After graduating from the teen drama "Sharp", she acted with Yoon Kye-sang (30), who graduated from an idol group. Leaving her roles as the rebellious daughter and the innocent girl, she is acting with older men. She is currently acting in MBC "Who Are You?"

At first, it was surprising, but now, the age difference between actors and actresses are becoming natural. It is like getting used to scratchy old clothes after wearing them for a long time. It is also like how the stinging smell of ammonia in a clean ...

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2008/03/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

It has been revealed that Song Yoon-ah, who has received the main role in the new SBS drama "On Air", had willingly lowered her guarantee.

The pay per episode that Song Yoon-ah receives for "On Air" is 70% of what she normally receives. Director Oh Myeong-hwa of Song Yoon-ah's entertainment company Star Art, revealed, "She lowered the salary for the completion of the drama".

The lowering of celebrities' values is occurring in the movie industry as well. For the movie, "Forever the Moment", Moon So-ri, Kim Jeong-eun, and Eom Tae-woong lowered their guarantees to reduce production costs. Park Hae-il and Kim Hye-soo also accepted their main roles at a lower guarantee than usual for "Modern Boy", due to come out in May.

In September 2007, the Corea Drama Production Association (CODA) has proposed to reduce star's salaries for reasonable production costs.
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2008/03/04 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The most comprehensive retrospective yet of critically acclaimed Korean director LEE Chang-dong will be featured at the 22nd Fribourg International Film Festival running March 1- 8 in Switzerland. Along with the director's latest film, "Secret Sunshine", which won JEON Do-yeon a Best Actress award at last year's Cannes Film Festival, LEE's three previous features will also screen. Additionally, two films directed by PARK Kwang-su, for which LEE penned the screenplays, will round out the program.

LEE's directing debut "Green Fish" (1997) was selected to screen in competition at the 38th Thessaloniki Film Festival, where he was celebrated as Korea's 'new hope'. Building on the critical success of "Green Fish", LEE wrote and directed a milestone in Korean cinema, "Peppermint Candy" (1999), a harrowing journey in reverse through 20 years of contemporary Korean history. His 2002 film "Oasis" won him the Best Director prize at Venice and brought actress MOON So-ri into the limeligh...

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