Sin Tae-ra (신태라)

Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter 'Black House'

2008/06/12 | Source | Permalink |

A robust, grisly horror film boosted by excellent performances

Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

A meek but kind insurance salesman Jeon Jun-O (Hwang Jeong-Min, "Happiness") is handpicked by a creepy metalworker, Park Choong-Bae (Kang Shin-Il, "Silmido"), for renewal of the policies on the his family. Visiting Park's spectacularly decrepit adobe, Jun-O ends up discovering the body of Park's young son, apparently a suicide.

Meeting Choong-Bae's wife Yi-Hwa (Yoo Seon, "The Wig" - "Scary Hair"), a pale beauty who has seemingly exhausted her capacity for grief, Jun-O begins to suspect that the boy's death was in fact a murder, and that she is next in line.

What Jun-O does not understand is that his small act of kindness (and breach of professional ethics) over a phone consultation has already ensnared him in a web of deceit, mutilation and murder, spun by a psychopath who makes Norman Bates in "Psycho" look like SpongeBob SquarePants.

A Japan-Korea coproduction, "Black House" is base...| More

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Black House and May 18 to be released in Japan

2008/04/04 | Source | Permalink |

Japanese Kadokawa announced the release dates of SIN Tae-ra's horror film "Black House" (Geomeun Jib) and KIM Ji-hoon's "May 18" (Hwaryohan Hyooga), the films will open on Japanese screens on April 5 and May 10, respectively.

"Black House", a domestic box office hit, stars HWANG Jeong-min ("You Are My Sunshine"/Neoneun Nae Woonmyeong) in an impressive psychological charged role as an insurance agent who gets drawn in a suicide case in a mysterious house. Director SIN's ("Brainwave") film is based on a Japanese novel of the popular horror writer Yûsuke Kishi.

After his "Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise", director KM Ji-hoon's next film "May 18" was highly anticipated and the film about the Gwangju civilian uprising against the military dictatorship was a box office success of 2007. The film's strong line-up includes AHN Seong-gi ("Silmido") and LEE Joon-ki ("The King and the Clown"). LEE enjoys great popularity in Japan and starred in the Korean-Japanese co-production "Virgin Snow" (C...| More

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Asian Film Market and PPP Results

2007/10/16 | Source | Permalink |

The Asian Film Market was again bustling in its second year although buyers tended to window-shop and take notes for later. A number of Korean films were picked up mainly for TV/DVD rights. Korean sales agent Cineclick Asia sealed a number of deals, selling all rights to KIM Ki-duk's "Breath" to Saudi Arabia-based Ghassan Production and Distribution for the Middle Eastern territories.

The company also picked up DVD/TV rights to KIM's "The Bow" and "3-Iron", along with "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family"), "Red Shoes", "Fighter in the Wind", "Love Me Not", "Seducing Mr. Perfect", and KIM Ji-woon's "A Tale of Two Sisters" from Cineclick. More TV rights went to Japan's Nettai Museum for horror films "The Red Shoes" and "Acacia" along with "The Wolf Returns" and "Mission Sex Control". Meanwhile Hungary's Cinetel bought TV/VOD/Video rights to KIM Ki-duk's "Samaria", "Red Shoes", and "A Tale of Two Sisers".

In a major deal, CJ Entertainment sold a four-feature package to buyer Sple...| More

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PARK Chan-wook's Film in Sitges Competition

2007/08/29 | Source | Permalink |

The 40th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival selected PARK Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok" and SIN Tae-ra's "Black House" for their main program Official Fantastic, as competitors.

The Official Fantastic section is the pulse of the festival with a wide range of fantastic films. The Catalan film festival is one of the three top international fantastic film festivals. The festival will run this year from October 4 until the 14th in Sitges, near Barcelona.

"I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok" was the much anticipated latest film of director PARK. Korean pop star "Rain"/JUNG Ji-hoon and leading actress IM Soo-jeong star as two mental patients in PARK's visual distinctive mental institution. PARK's films like Joint Security Area ("JSA - Joint Security Area") and "Old Boy" have often been received positively at international film festivals.

"Black House" is a thriller/horror film and held the number one position at the Korean box office this summer. HWANG Jeong-min ha...| More

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Actor can't hide his truthful eyes

2007/06/27 | Source | Permalink |

Actor Hwang Jeong-min, known for his versatile images.

By Park Jong-geun

When Hwang Jeong-min, 38, accepted the best actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Festival for his performance in "You Are My Sunshine" many were moved when he said: "All I did was add a spoon to a dinner table that had already been prepared by others".
This summer Hwang is back with a different kind of film, designed to scare and horrify , as he stars in the thriller "Black House", directed by Sin Tae-ra.
The film, which will be released tomorrow, is based on a novel by Japanese author Yûsuke Kishi. Hwang plays Chun Jun-oh, who works for an insurance company and fights against a psychopath while investigating the mysterious suicide of a 7-year-old boy.
The JoongAng Ilbo met with Hwang to get an insider's look at the film.
"I always wondered why Korea has no movies like 'Dressed to Kill', 'The Silence of the Lambs', or 'Seven'", said Hwang. "On a hot summer's day, people want movies like these to give the...| More

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