By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
European directors are praising Korean actress
Son Tae-yeong as one of the world's most beautiful actresses.
Son recently filmed a music video for new singer Revi in the United Kingdom, Yonhap News said Tuesday. Directors Nikita Diakur and Jonas Lund worked on the video, along with art director Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne and photographer Patricia Niven. Niven has worked as a photographer for the ad campaign of top lingerie line Agent Provocateur.
The foreign directors praised Sohn for having beautiful Asian eyes and lips and "rich, beautiful and sophisticated facial expressions". Sohn was the first Asian actress they have worked with.
Son recently appeared with ...
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By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
"Enjoy One's Calling" is the phrase written on actor
Kim Kang-woo's cell phone. "Talented people cannot beat people who know how to enjoy life. I went through hard times when I first started acting. But one day, I realized I was doing something I wanted to do and earning money for it. The point is to take pleasure in what I do ― acting", Kim said in an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in Samcheong-dong in Seoul, Monday.
Kim, 29, debuted through "
The Coast Guard" (2002), directed by
Kim Ki-duk, when he was a senior at Chung-Ang University. "The only role I could get without any acting experience was a soldier", said Kim.
He was then noticed when he played Mu-cheol in the MBC drama "Breathless - Drama" (2003) and starred in SBS's "
Three Leafed Clover" (2005). Kim has been known as "Mr. Right" since then for the honest and diligent characters he played. "It's funny. I didn't know that I had that kind of sincere image in me", he said.
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Kim Kang-woo received the Best Actor Award at the 25th Torino Film Festival for his acting in
"The Railroad". Director
Park Heung-shik's film also won the Fipresci Award.
The Railroad premiered successfully in 2006 at the Pusan International Film Festival in the New Current section and enjoyed a limited release in Korean cinemas around May 2007.
"The Railroad" is PARK's second feature film and was supported by the 2005 KOFIC Production Support for Low-budget Films.
KIM plays a man wh...
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By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Actor
Kim Kang-woo won the Best Actor award for his role in
"The Railroad" (Gyeonguiseon) at the 25th Torino Film Festival in Italy, Saturday.
"The Railroad", directed by
Park Heung-shik, also won a special award given by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
Kim's agency Namoo Actors quoted the 29-year old actor as saying: "I'm very glad to have received this big award, but what I cannot forget is the response fro...
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"My Wife Produced It" –
Good scenarios were few and far between for director
Park Heung-shik after his latest movie, "
The Twins", failed to attract audiences and received lukewarm reviews from the critics. He wrote a scenario himself, determined to "make a story he wants to tell". Film editor
Park Kok-ji, his wife, reviewed it first and gave him the OK.
She said, "I have been lucky to be at the center for so long. I have spent my life in the movie business, but what is most important is my family. I participated in this movie not to make money, but to ma...
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