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 Breakfast at Tiffany's (티파니에서 아침을 - 2009) As : Mi-soo (미수)
|  The Sword with No Name (불꽃처럼 나비처럼 - 2009) As : Empress Myeong-seong (명성황후)
|  Sunny (님은 먼곳에 - 2008) As : Sunny, Sooni, singer, countryside woman (시골 아낙, 순이｜가수, 써니)
|  9 End 2 Outs (9회말 2아웃 - 2007) As : Hong Nan-hee (홍난희)
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 Once in a Summer (그해 여름 - 2006) |  Wedding Campaign (나의 결혼원정기 - 2005) |  Emperor of The Sea (해신 - 2004) |  A Family (가족 - 2004) |
 April Kiss (4월의 키스 - 2004) |  Love Letter (러브 레터 - 2003) As : Jo Eun-ha (조은하)
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This season, many stars chose to wear long dresses. For the best dresser of the night, Choi Jeong-won was picked! The worst dresser was Jang Nara, good dresser was Park Bo-yeong and bad dresser was Soo-ae....| More | |||||||||||||||||
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The Grand Bell (Daejong) Awards, a prestigious film award in Korea, have stirred controversy yet again. The list of Best Leading Actress nominees that was announced October 21 includes Kim Min-seon ("Portrait Of A Beauty"), Soo-ae ("Sunny"), Kim Hye-ja ("Mother - 2009"), Choi Kang-hee ("Ae-ja") and Jang Nara ("Sky And Sea").
Nominees for the Best Picture award are "Mother", "Sky And Sea", "The Divine Weapon", "Haeundae" and "Take Off". The controvery arose because actress Ha Ji-won of "Closer to Heaven" and "Haeundae", which drew more than 10 million vieiwers, and actress Kim Ha-neul of the hit movie "My Girlfriend is an Agent" were not included on the list. Morever, the movie "Thirst", which received the Jury Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and Kim Ji-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" also failed to be nominated for the Best Picture or the Best Director awards. "Sky And Sea", which is to open on October 28 just a week before the awards ceremony, has been nomina...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees
- Best Movie: "Take Off", "Mother - 2009", "The Divine Weapon", "Sky and Sea", "Haeundae" - Best Director : Kim Yong-hwa ("Take Off"), Yoon Je-kyoon ("Haeundae"), Jeon Yoon-soo ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Jeong Gi-hoon ("Ae-ja"), Bong Joon-ho ("Mother - 2009") - Best Actor : Kim Myeong-min ("Closer to Heaven"), Kim Yoon-seok (Running Turtle), Seol Kyeong-gu ("Haeundae"), Jeong Jae-yeong ("The Divine Weapon"), Ha Jeong-woo ("Take Off") - Best Actress : Kim Min-seon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Kim Hye-ja ("Mother - 2009"), Soo-ae ("Sunny"), Jang Nara ("Sky and Sea"), Choi Kang-hee ("Ae-ja") - Best Supporting Actor : Kim In-kwon ("Haeundae"), Jin Goo ("Mother - 2009"), Jeong Kyeong-ho ("Sunny"), Jang Geun-seok ("The Case of Itaewon Homicide"), Kim Nam-gil ("Modern Boy") - Best Supporting Actress : Kim Bo-yeon ("Living Death"), Kim Hae-sook ("Thirst"), Kim Yeong-ae ("Ae-ja"), Choo Ja-hyeon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Nam Neung-mi ("Clos...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 The recently released film "The Sword with No Name" is the story of the last queen of the Chosun Dynasty, Empress Myeongseong, and a bodyguard who loved her to the extent that he would give up his life for her.Soo-ae, who plays the empress, said the role "was something I had always wanted to do from the moment I started my acting career. When I got the screenplay, I said yes without a moment's hesitation". "Playing Empress Myeongseong was not easy, because in addition to the mother of the nation, I had to show her womanly and human side, the joy and anguish she felt at being in love", Soo-ae says. Having to wear heavy wigs and layers of Korean traditional costumes in the steamy hot summer made the job even more difficult. The fact that she had to appear in almost every scene was another challenge. Soo-ae says the film transformed her perspective on love. "I was so happy while shooting the film because I received absolute, unconditional love from one man, and it changed my tho...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter The Seoul government is offering foreign moviegoers a chance to enjoy the latest Korean films with foreign subtitles at a discounted price. Cinema Week continues through Saturday at major theater chains in the city as part of Seoul Grand Sale 2009. CGV Myeongdong, Yongsan and Apgujeong will offer movies subtitled in English, Japanese and Chinese for a reduced rate of 6,000 won. Titles include the tearjerker "Closer to Heaven" starring Kim Myeong-min as a dying Lou Gehrig's disease patient and Ha Ji-won as his devoted wife, and "The Sword With No Name", a star-crossed romance between a queen (Soo-ae) and her bodyguard (Jo Seung-woo) during the late Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910). Lotte Cinema Avenuel in Myeongdong will offer the following subtitled films: the espionage romantic comedy "My Girlfriend Is an Agent" (English, Japanese); teen ghost story "A Blood Pledge" ("Whispering Corridors 5" - English); "Mother - 2009" (English), Bong Joon-ho's drama...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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