Yoon In-ho (윤인호)

"Once upon a Time" ideal to start the Lunar New Year

2008/02/13 | Source | Permalink |

Director JEONG Yong-ki's "Once upon a Time" topped the Lunar New Year holiday box office, closely followed by "Forever the Moment" and "Lovers of 6 Years". "The Devil's Game", "Last Present - 2007", and "A Man Who Was Superman" claimed places four to six, respectively. "Radio Dayz" was the seventh Korean film in the top ten at nine.

"Once upon a Time" is a comedy starring PARK Yong-woo and LEE Bo-yeong. "Forever the Moment" - a sports drama with MOON So-ri and KIM Jeong-eun, and directed by LIM Soon -rye - continued its strong box office run. The romantic drama "Lovers of 6 Years" features KIM Ha-neul and YOON Kye-sang, and PARK Hyeon-jin directed.

In "The Devil's Game", YOON In-ho directs SIN Ha-gyoon and BYEON Hee-bong whose characters switch bodies. KIM Yeong-joon's drama "Last Present - 2007" stars SIN Hyeon-joon and HA Ji-won. HWANG Jeong-min plays the titular character in the drama "A Man Who Was Superman". JEON Ji-hyeon also stars and JEONG Yoon-cheol directed. RYOO Seung...| More

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Week-long break boosts box office

2008/02/06 | Source | Permalink |

The long Lunar New Year's holiday starts today, which spells good news for cinemas.
Holidays such as Lunar New Year and Chuseok, Korea's Thanksgiving, see a surge in ticket sales.
Megabox, one of Korea's largest movie theater chains, said the box office usually rises 10 percent during holidays.
Four Korean, one martial arts and one Hollywood film that opened last week will screen during the holidays this week.
Jeong Yoon-cheol's "A Man who was Superman" is one of the Korean choices. Jeong directed "Marathon" (2005) and "Shim's Family" (2007).
In Jeong's drama, Song Soo-jung (Jeon Ji-hyeon) is a documentary filmmaker, but life is not turning out well.
While she languishes in despair, a superman (Hwang Jeong-min) appears and helps her to take care of undone business.
If you fancy a thriller, check out Yoon In-ho's "The Devil's Game", starring Sin Ha-gyoon and Byeon Hee-bong.
One day Min Hee-do (Sin), a poor street artist, gets a strange phone call inviting him to a mysterious...| More

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'The Devil's Game' plays in wrong arena

2008/01/21 | Source | Permalink |

"The Devil's Game", directed by Yoon In-ho, is a thriller with plot twists playing an important role to intrigue the audience and ignite their imagination. But the movie might have had much greater impact if it had been a comedy.

Based on a Japanese comic series, "The Devil's Game" revolves around the wildly imaginative situation where two people change their bodies. But the film has some big holes in its logic, undercutting its claim to be a hard-core thriller.

A street painter named Hee-do (Sin Ha-gyoon) does not have much money, but he is nice and kind, especially to his innocent-looking girlfriend Hye-rin (Eun-seong). Their relationship, however, is not without problems.

Hye-rin's family is debt-laden and gangsters often arrive and demand repayment of a loan.

The basic situation is chiefly designed to remind the audience that Hee-do is very sensitive about money. To be more specific, he is eager to make money for his girlfriend. Love, after all, transcends everything, a...| More

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Off beat Sin Ha-gyoon Plays "The Devil's Game"

2007/12/12 | Source | Permalink |

Sin Ha-gyoon – one of Korea's more daring and impressive actors – will next star in the thriller "The Devil's Game" alongside veteran actor BYEON Hee-bong. SIN's character – a poor artist – will be lured into a dark game involving a large sum of money and the exchange of bodies, made possible through technology. The film opens in January 2008.

YOON In-ho ("When I Turned Nine") directs and the cast also features LEE Hye-yeong ("Low Life") and Eun-seong ("Dasepo Naughty Girls" - "Dasepo Girl"). BYEON played the grandfather of the girl who was taken by the monster in The Hos.

SIN played eye-catching supporting roles in popular films like PARK Chan-wook's "JSA - Joint Security Area", and "Welcome to Dongmakgol". In addition, he has been outstanding in leading roles in critical acclaimed alternative films, portraying off beat characters, including "No Mercy for the Rude" and "Save the Green Planet".

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

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When I Turned Nine unexpected winner of Chunsa Film Art Awards

2004/11/25 | Source | Permalink |

When I Turned Nine, a story about schoolchildren in rural Korea, came away the unexpected winner of the Chunsa Film Art Awards on November 19.

The film by YOON In-ho was presented withthe Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (LEE Man-hee), and the Child Acting Award (shared by LEE Se-yeong, KIM Seok, NAH A-hyeon and KIM Myeong-jae). Released in March 2004, When I Was Nine attracted 340,000 viewers and a warm critical reception upon its release.

Meanwhile Cannes Grand Prix-winner Old Boy by PARK Chan-wook was given the Best Actor award (CHOI Min-sik), Best Cinematography (JEONG Jeong-hoon), Editing (KIM Sang-beom), and a Special Jury Prize for PARK Chan-wook shared by Tae Guk Gi's KANG Je-gyu and Silmido's KANG Woo-seok.

Other awards presented included a tie for Best Actress between KIM Hye-soo (Hypnotized) and LEE Na-young (Someone Special); Best Supporting Actor to Jung Doo-hong (Fighter In the Wind); Best Supporting Actress to GOH Doo-shim (My Mother the Mermaid); Be...| More

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