Woo Min-ho (우민호)

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  Casting announced for Kim Myeong-min's "SPY"
  2012/04/11, Source,
  Casting has been announced for Kim Myeong-min's latest project "SPY", a film that revolves around the lives of 5 North Korean agents in South Korea. "Spy" is written and directed by Woo Min-ho, who was also behind "Man of Vendetta" (2010). This movie marks the second collaboration between the method actor and the director-scriptwriter. The film boasts a cast of well-known and established actors. Kim Myeong-min's management agency, MM Entertainment revealed the official cast line-up lead by Kim Myeong-min (39), who will play the role of Agent Kim. Agent Kim is a family man who lives a happy and contented life with his wife and two children. He is disguised as a manager in a company that sells fake viagra imported from China,...More

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  Bittersweet Life: Korean cinema's secret popularity in the UK
  2011/12/07, Source,
  International distribution expert and analyst and former Screen International journalist Robert Mitchell looks at the gulf between artistic and business successes of Korean cinema in the UK. Ask any cine-literate film-goer, critic, blogger or tweeter in the UK about Korean cinema and you'll be greeted with an enthusiastic response. They will talk of the Hallyu period of the past decade, a wealth of some of the most creative and interesting film-making in the world. They will speak with passion about Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Bong Joon-ho. International festivals like Cannes play a major role in building this awareness. "The route to the international market is through festivals", says Danny PERKINS, CEO of StudioCanal UK, which released Bong's "The Host" and Kim's "3-Iron" amongst other Korean titles. "If a director's film features in one of the bigger festivals it can put them and their work permanently on the map",...More

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  Two Korean films programmed at this year's 3rd Terracotta Festival, 5th - 8th May in London, UK
  2011/04/27, Source,
  We are proud to introduce in our Korean selection a mix of tense thriller and romantic comedy with impressive cartoons segments to the audience in the UK.   "Man of Vendetta" (파괴된 사나이), Friday 8th May 19.35. A thriller directed by Woo Min-ho about Pastor Ju Young-su (Kim Myeong-min), a man of rock solid faith whose life is shattered when his 5-year-old daughter is kidnapped,...More

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  "Man of Vendetta" reaches 1 million viewers mark
  2010/07/21, Source,
  Kim Myeong-min-starrer "Man of Vendetta" crossed the 1 million viewers mark 19 days after its nationwide theatrical release in Korea. The Woo Min-ho film has generated an estimated 7.5 million KRW in ticket sales since its July 1st release, according to Korea's Nationwide Computerized Box Office Data System (KOBIS),...More