HanCinema news & updates by E-mail
Today's birthdays
2009/07/04 (GMT)
Upcoming DVDs and Blu-rays • More
Just out on DVD and Blu-ray • More
  |
Directed by Kim Ji-woon (김지운)
Screenplay by Kim Ji-woon (김지운)
120min | Release date in South Korea : 2005/04/01 After success at home, last year's Cannes Film Festival and at festivals around the world, KIM Ji-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" is finally opening in Japan. The film, released almost a year ago in Korea July 17 2008 will open in Japan August 29. In Japan it will play on 100 screens including the high profile Toho Cinemas Chanter in Ginza and T-Joy Shinjuku Wald 9. Distribution is being handled jointly by CJ Entertainment and Japan's Show Gate, the first time a consortium has been created to handle the international release of a Korean film. Even though the film has garnered much attention worldwide its success in Japan remains to be seen given the portrayal of the Japanese army who pursue the lead characters throughout the film during the annexation of Manchuria in the 1930s. Japan is also famous for its own unique blend of avante guarde, spaghetti style, kung fu cult movies."The Good, The Bad, The Weird" is set during the early part of the century when Korea too was in ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
The 41st Sitges Int'l Film Festival, Europe's biggest fantasy film fest, awarded KIM Ji-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" the Best Director prize when it wrapped Oct. 12 in Catalonia. The film also picked up the Best F/X award. Top prize went to Jennifer Lynch thriller Surveillance.
Also awarded was NA Hong-jin's "The Chaser", winning the Orient-Express Casa Asia award for outstanding Asian film. KIM's western and NA's thriller were the two top grossing films at the Korean box office this year, collecting 7.1 million and 5.1 million admissions respectively. NA's "The Chaser" recently won Best Film at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea. The tough crime-thriller follows an ex-cop-turned pimp chasing down an elusive prostitute killer. KIM's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" revolves around a treasure map, and stars Korea's top male leads, SONG Kang-ho, LEE Byeong-heon, and JEONG Woo-seong. It is set in Manchuria during the Japanese colonial perio...| More | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
 Japan's largest commercial satellite channel Sky Perfect TV will hold a two-month-long special event during which it will feature films and dramas starring Korean actor Lee Byeong-heon. The event will begin this month.Prior to the event launch, Sky Perfect TV produced and aired four different versions of a TV ad promoting the event. During the "Lee Byeong-heon Festival" period, the channel will air some of the actor's major works including "Addicted", "Once in a Summer", "Lament", "A Bittersweet Life", "Bungee Jumping of their Own", "Happy Together" and the drama series "All In"....| More | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
     | |||||||||||||||||
 The ticket sales of "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" surpassed the 6-million mark at the domestic box office on Aug. 10, emerging as the most successful Korean film in the first quarter of this year.Director Kim Ji-woon is behind the strong performance from the star-studded cast and $17 million budget. Born in 1964, Kim studied dramatics at the Seoul Institute of the Art. But he quit the school early and learned theater acting following his older sister Kim Ji-sook, who is a veteran actress. He appeared on stage and also directed some plays, experiencing the real theatrical world. In 1998, he made his debut as a filmmaker after his scenario for the film "The Quiet Family" won a prize. In the same year, the black comedy about a strange family involved in serial killings was invited to three leading international fantastic film festivals including Portugal's FantasPorto, Spain's Sitges Film Festival and Brussels International Fantastic Festival. Then he directed "The Foul King...| More | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
The 2 top-grossing Korean films of 2008 thus far have both been invited to the 41st Sitges International Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain. KIM Ji-woon's kimchi-western "The Good, The Bad, The Weird", and NA Hong-jin's debut thriller "The Chaser" will both screen in the fest's main program, 'Official Fantastic Selection'.
Sitges, which this year runs October 2 – 12, is a primary member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation and one of the top 3 fantasy fests worldwide. The two Korean hits will compete for various Maria awards. They will be joined by director BONG Joon-ho's first non-Korean production, "Tokyo!", an omnibus film also featuring French directors Leos Carax and Michel Gondry, which screens in the same section. NA's "The Chaser" recently won Best Film at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea. The tough crime-thriller, about an ex-cop-turned pimp chasing down an elusive prostitute killer, was a sleeper hit taking in over 5 million a...| More | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Produced by | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Production | |||||||||
| bom film productions (영화사 봄) | |||||||||
| Distribution | |||||||||
| CJ Entertainment (CJ Entertainment) | |||||||||
| Staff | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Technics | |||||||||
| 120 min •35mm •Cinemascope (2.35) | |||||||||
| Web site | |||||||||
www.bitter-sweet.co.... (  Korean )
|
|||||||||
| Videos - Trailer - Interview |
|||||||||
| Festival(s) & award(s) | |||||||||
| Sales or release dates & Box Office | |||||||||
|
To participate to HanCinema, you must sign up or log in. Sign up, Why ?
| Fan club Add to my movies & dramas  |
|
Quick message | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
To participate to HanCinema, you must sign up or log in. Sign up, Why ?
| Old message board |
All the pictures
