Park Seong-gyoon (박성균)

Comedy trio joins forces for 'Three Kims'

Source | 2007/01/29 | Permalink |

What a blessing it is for comedians to be able to make people laugh just by standing there.
Shin Hyeon-joon, Choi Seong-gook and Kwon O-joong are the kind of entertainers other comedians would kill to become. They do not look unusually funny, nor do they crack people up with ridiculous remarks. In fact, they are quite tall, handsome and lean toward solemn expressions.
But the three actors had people laughing as they stood in front of flashing cameras last Wednesday prior to a press screening of a new comedy film, "Three Kims". The movie is the cute story of what three masters of different martial arts, all named Kim, go through in the provincial town where they live.
"Mr. Kwon's son is going to be in his second year in elementary school soon", Shin said with a shrug, bringing another burst of laughter. "This movie has to work if he wants to feed his growing boy".
Shin's most popular film had been the sci-fi-fantasy work, "The Legend of Gingko", where he appeared as the charismatic ...| More

Martial arts trainers fight comic battle

Source | 2007/01/25 | Permalink |

When a movie title is too long or unnecessarily repetitive, there are two options. First, pretend there's no title and move swiftly to the plot. Second, devote the bulk of your article describing, explaining and analyzing the title so that readers forget what they are actually reading.

Either way, the point is unlikely to be made for Taewon Entertainment, known for releasing unabashed gangster-infested comedy around the national holidays. Yes, there is another big holiday coming - Lunar New Year's Day - and Taewon's festive mood is reflected in the movie's mysteriously long title: "Kim Kwan-jang vs. Kim Kwan-jang vs. Kim Kwan-jang" ("THree Kims").

The three Kims are different characters but share the same name. The three-way competition, therefore, is predictable but director Park Seong-gyoon does not start with three figures fighting to death from the beginning.

Instead, two characters are locked in a battle. The first Kim (Shin Hyeon-joon) runs a private Taekwondo martial ar...| More