| Kang Dong-won, Song Hye-kyo start filming "Love for Sale" (Source) |
2010/01/20 |
Korean actress Song Hye-kyo [Lee Won-woo/10Asia]
Top Korean actors Kang Dong-won and Song Hye-kyo have started shooting their feature segment for the Asian omnibus pic "Camellia", according to the film's producer BAL CON on Wednesday.
The two actors started filming "Love For Sale" on Friday, playing former lovers who forget their memories about each which later leads them to a fatal destiny.
"Camellia" is an omnibus pic made up of three feature films directed by three Asian directors. Each episode will be set in the past, present and future of the city of Busan, Korea.##
The first feature "Iron Pussy", which tells the story of Busan during the 1970s... |More
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| Choi Jeong-won's "Star" rising in China (Source) |
2010/01/18 |
Korean actress Choi Jeong-won in a poster for "Wish Upon A Star" [SBS]
Korean actress Choi Jeong-won is gaining popularity in China with the success of two television dramas -- "Wish Upon A Star" and "Famous Princesses" -- according to a press release by her agency on Monday.
"Chinese fans are viewing "Wish Upon A Star" through internet downloads and many are asking about the show", explained an official at Wellmade Star M, who added that Choi has been receiving many offers for TV commercials as well.##
Ratings for SBS drama "Wish Upon A Star", which premiered in Korea two weeks ago, has been on the rise and recorded a 13.1 percent viewership on January 12... |More
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| Song Hye-kyo, Kang Dong-won to star in Asian omnibus pic (Source) |
2010/01/12 |
Actress Song Hye-kyo (right) and actor Kang Dong-won, who have been cast to star in Korean director Jang Joon-hwan's "Love for Sale". [BAL CON]
Several of South Korea's top actors including actress Song Hye-kyo and actor Kang Dong-won have been cast in a multinational omnibus film by directors from Korea, Japan and Thailand, according to the film's production company on Tuesday.
BAL CON announced in a statement that the film, tentatively titled "Busan Project", will be composed of three episodes each set in the past, present and future of the city of Busan in Korea.
Based in Korea during the 1970s, the first segment, titled "Iron Pussy", will be directed by Thailand's Wisit Sasanatie... |More
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| Song Hye-kyo to appear in Won Kar-wai biopic (Source) |
2009/12/21 |
Korean actress Song Hye-kyo has been set to appear in Hong Kong art-house director Wong Kar-wai's biopic about Bruce Lee's kung fu master Ip Man, according to a report on Monday.
Major Chinese website Sina.com reported that the 27-year-old actress will play a supporting role in film "The Grand Master", about Ip who trained hundreds of kung fu students, including Lee, till his death in 1972. Ip had fled to Hong Kong in the 1940s to escape the Communist takeover of China.
Some of the best actors from the Greater China region, including Cannes award-winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang, will also star in the film set for release around December next year.
Wong had continuously expressed his interest in working with Song, officially stating so at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2004. He also invited her to the premiere of his film "My Blueberry Nights" held in New York of August last year.
Wong has won several international acclaims including the award... |More
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| Four for one, one for all (Source) |
2009/12/03 |
Japanese fans of the Korean Wave are about to get a special gift.
Four stars who were at the vanguard of the wave - Lee Byeong-heon, 39; Jang Dong-gun, 37; Song Seung-heon, 33, and Won Bin, 32 - have teamed up for a live show dubbed "Four of a Kind", set to run at the Tokyo Dome on Dec. 17.
This Hallyu, or Korean wave event, unprecedented in its scale, was reportedly conceived independently by the four superstars, who are close friends and often meet privately.
The highlight of the event will come when all four actors perform together. The well-known Japanese producer and lyricist Yasushi Akimoto will produce the show, and Heo Jin-ho, the Korean film director known for the 1998 movie "Christmas in August" who recently directed "Season of Good Rain" starring Jeong Woo-seong and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan, will make a short feature to be used at the performance.
The Tokyo Dome event will also provide a venue for the fans to hear from each of the stars about their lives at t... |More
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