Seol Kyeong-gu (설경구)

Korean Actress Hong Soo-hyeon [BOF Entertainment]

Korean actress Hong Soo-hyeon has been cast in "Komome" the second feature of the Asian omnibus film "Camellia", according to her agency BOF Entertainment.

"Komome", to be helmed by Japanese filmmaker Yujisada Isao, is about the romance between a movie director, to be played by Korean actor Seol Kyeong-gu and a young girl by Japanese actress Yositaka Yuriko....More

Korean actress Song Hye-kyo [Lee Won-woo/10Asia]

Top Korean actors Kang Dong-won and Song Hye-kyo have started shooting their feature segment for the Asian omnibus pic "Camellia", according to the film's producer BAL CON on Wednesday.

The two actors started filming "Love For Sale" on Friday, playing former lovers who forget their memories about each which later leads them to a fatal destiny.

"Camellia" is an omnibus pic made up of three feature films directed by three Asian directors. Each episode will be set in the past, present and future of the city of Busan, Korea....More

'The film was conceived with the hope that it would help Busan develop into a hub of cinema in Asia'.

The star-studded cast of the Busan Project, an omnibus film project by three directors from Korea, Japan and Thailand, has been released along with the official name of the film.

The film, which is to be called "Camellia", is being produced by the Pusan International Film Festival, which has become one of the biggest film events in Asia.

While the participating directors were determined when the project was announced, the official title and cast list were up in the air until they were finalized this week.

The cast will include Korean actors Kang Dong-won, ...More

Actress Song Hye-kyo (right) and actor Kang Dong-won, who have been cast to star in Korean director Jang Joon-hwan's "Love for Sale". [BAL CON]

Several of South Korea's top actors including actress Song Hye-kyo and actor Kang Dong-won have been cast in a multinational omnibus film by directors from Korea, Japan and Thailand, according to the film's production company on Tuesday.

BAL CON announced in a statement that the film, tentatively titled "Busan Project", will be composed of three episodes each set in the past, present and future of the city of Busan in Korea.

Based in Korea during the 1970s, the first segment, titled "Iron Pussy", will be directed by Thailand's Wisit Sasanatieng and star Korean actor Kim Min-joon and Thai-American actor Michael Shaowanasai. Shawananasai will play the role of a male secret agent from Thailand in disguise of a woman who later falls in love with an unidentifiable Korean man, played by Kim....More

Actor Seol Kyeong-gu [Beck Una/10Asia]

Seol Kyeong-gu (Seol): Wow, it's been such a long time. I came here today with the thought of meeting an old friend, not to do an interview. Was the last time we met for an interview for "Rikidozan"? At the trailer on set in Bucheon?
Beck Una (Beck): Yes, you remember. That was the last time.

Seol: Ha... That's when I started going through rough times. "Rikidozan" flopped (laugh), I didn't have any work for eight months after that and then tried frantically to lose weight in a month to shoot "Another Public Enemy", going into a state of panic. You can guess how I was from the fact that I would ask the director, "Can we stop shooting today?"
Beck: Really? You're someone who would ask to do a re-shoot, not stop shoot.
Seol: Exactly.

Beck: To be frank, I think that's when it started. When, as an observer of the path you take as an actor, I started thinking 'What's this?' It seemed like you were going to another world....More