Yoo Seon (유선)

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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TV sitcom star swaps romance for current affairs

2008/03/05 | Source | Permalink |

At age 62, actor Noh Joo-hyeon is heading for a new start ― he is appearing on SBS TV's live news show "Morning Wide", which airs every morning from 6 to 8:30 a.m.
No is in charge of a new feature called "Human Plus", which explores current affairs from a human interest angle.
The veteran actor's job is to comment on issues of the day and add his thoughts to the debates. His first show kicked off last Monday with a tale of a herbalist and his family who live in a hanok, a traditional Korean house, in the city of Daejeon, which is about two hours from Seoul by train.
Hosting the slot on Morning Wide marks a change of direction for the seasoned thespian. Since his acting debut in 1970, No has usually been cast as a courteous gentleman and from time to time as comic characters.
Well known for his starring roles in Korean sitcoms, No will continue to appear in SBS TV's "The Woman" as Baek Dong-soo, a rich widower in love with a woman 30 years younger than himself, played by Yoo ...| More

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2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up

2008/01/07 | Source | Permalink |

Winners of the 2007 KBS Drama Awards

▶The Best Actor : Choi Soo-jong ("Dae Jo Young")

▶Best Actor/Actress : Lee Deok-hwa ("Dae Jo Young"), Kim Hyeon-joo ("In-soon is Pretty"), Chae Rim ("Dalja's Spring")

▶Excellence in a Mini-Drama (Wed-Thurs drama) – Male/Female : Kang Ji-hwan ("Capital Scandal"), Lee Da-hae ("Hello, Miss"), Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal")

▶Excellence in Weekend Series – Male/Female) : Jang Hyeon-seong ("Golden Era of Daughter in Law"), Yoon Jeong-hee ("A Happy Woman")

▶Excellence in a Serial Drama – Male/Female : Park Hae-jin ("By Land and Sky"), Han Ji-hye ("Likable or Not" ("I Hate You, But It's Fine"))

▶Netizens' Choice : Choi Soo-jong ("Dae Jo Young"), Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal")

▶Best Couple Award = Kim Ji-hoon-I - Lee Soo-kyeong ("Golden Era of Daughter in Law"), Kang Ji-hwan - Han Ji-min ("Capital Scandal"), Park Hae-jin - Han Hyo-joo ("By Land and Sky")

▶Excellence in one act drama – ...| More

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i wish i could watch those acadamy award..huhu..can i watch it on you tube.. hmm..congratz to all winners!! tfkoreanfreak 2008-02-07 10:56:34

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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'Black' Is Gore With Suspense

2007/06/21 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Rusty, run down and remote except for the sporadic purr of a passing train, "Black House" is no haunted mansion but a sinister place "where lies the darkest secret" of a psychopath __ a monster devoid of any human feeling or conscience.

Featuring a dungeon with nooses hanging from the ceiling and tainted tubs oozing with blood and dismantled limbs, and a psychopath nearing the next victim with a butcher's knife while humming an eerie song, "Black" offers chills and gore.

As the thriller fathoms the depths of man's "fascination for abomination", the bloodbath dilutes some of the suspense factor. But the film is deeply disturbing as it unravels from the eyes of an equally disquieting protagonist (Hwang Jeong-min",You Are My Sunshine", 2005).

On his first day of work at a life insurance company, consultant Jun-oh (Hwang) answers a phone call from a woman asking about compensation for suicide. Only after hanging up does he see the employee handboo...| More

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