| Japanese College Holds Film Festival Dedicated to Kim Hye-soo (Source) |
2009/10/14 |
The Korea Research Center of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University of Japan will hold the 4th Korean Film Festival on October 23-25. This year, the festival is dedicated to Korean actress Kim Hye-soo, who is considered a symbol of independent women.
The festival is aimed at shedding light on Korean cinematography, history and culture through movies that star a certain actor or actress. Launched in 2006, the festival has so far screened movies starring Moon So-ri, Choi Min-sik and Ahn Swong-gi.
This year, six films starring Kim Hye-soo will be screened. They are "Kick The Moon", "YMCA Baseball Team", "Hypnotized", "A Good Day To Have An Affair", "The War Of Flower" and "Modern Boy". The festival will also feature a symposium of Korean and Japanese film experts.
Kim Hye-soo will meet with the audience to talk about her life and acting career.
An official from the festival's organizing committee said that Korean movies were not only high-quality entertainment content but that th... |More
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| Koreans Filming in the Philippines (Source) |
2008/01/21 |
By Marinel Cruz
Two Korean movie production outfits choose the busy streets of Manila and beach of Boracay ..
MANILA- Two Korean movie production outfits have chosen the busy streets of Manila, the pristine beaches of Boracay Island in Aklan and the scenic Pagsanjan Falls in Laguna to serve as backdrops for the romantic comedy they are filming here, Department of Tourism secretary Joseph Ace Durano has announced.
The crew of DRM Entertainment Co. Ltd. and Story Factory, producers of the romantic comedy "Feel So Good", has been at work in the country since Jan. 9, Durano told Korean and Filipino entertainment writers in a press conference last week. Shooting wraps up on Feb. 23, he added.
For this particular production, the DOT is helping the Korean group obtain permits and other logistical requirements for the location shoots. It is also tapping local talent for additional assistance, said Durano.
The producers considered getting Angelika Panganiban, Michelle Madrigal ... |More
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| Actress Kim Hye-soo Denies Rumors (Source) |
2008/01/18 |
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
Actress Kim Hye-soo, 38, denied rumors concerning her relationships.
SidusHQ, Kim's agency, officially rejected rumors of Kim having relationships with a yakuza boss or trot singer Na Hoon-a on Thursday.
Kim is a popular actress who starred in the movies "A Good Day to Have an Affair" and "Eleventh Mom" last year. She won the Best Actress award at Blue Dragon Awards for her role in "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower") in 2006.
Na, 61, is a renowned trot singer who began his singing career in 1960s. He starred in movies in the 1980s and released many hit songs. But he disappeared after canceling a concert March 2007.
Rumor has it that Kim is the mistress of a yakuza boss in Korea and entered into an illicit relationship with Na, which resulted in the yakuzas harming Na.
The rumor spread like a wildfire through the Internet. Kim believed the rumor has damaged her reputation and decided to deny the misunderstandings.
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| "Stop, Jeon Do-yeon!" the male actors are coming back to screen in 2008 (Source) |
2007/12/26 |
There had been true 'Woman's power' in Korean cinema this year. The 'Cannes Lady', Jeon Do-yeon, who is sweeping through all year-end film awards, is the 2007's queens of the Queen without any further questions. From "200 pounds beauty"'s ' Cinderella ' Kim Ah-joong; 'Shadows in the Palace"'s heroin Park Jin-hee and the returned world star Kim Yoon-jin in "Seven days"; Kim Hye-soo, who never stops being one character in films such as "The War of Flower", "A Good Day to Have an Affair", "Shim's Family" and "Eleventh Mom"; Kim Tae-hee in "Venus and Mars", who tries to take off her angelic image built from various commercial films; to the newbie Han Ye-seul with her debut film, "Miss Gold Digger". Countless beautiful female actors made their own characteristic appeals and produced good results in both local and international arena.
On upcoming New Year, the top male actors are returning to screen, already heating up the atmosphere. First of all, the two most popular Hallyu stars, Song... |More
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| Actresses Gain Presence Onscreen
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2007/10/02 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
While the female persona Korean entertainment remains largely reminiscent of Hollywood during the 1950~60s, a few in recently released or upcoming films are beginning to reflect, with some realism, Korean women today.
Women onscreen tend to be either innocent asexual Audrey Hepburns (think Lee Young-ae, Choi Ji-woo, Song Hye-kyo) or smoldering Marylin Monroes oozing with sex appeal (Kim Hye-soo, Uhm Jung-hwa). Then there exists a third, very minor group of eccentrics like Katherine Hepburn that fit into neither category, like actresses Kang Hye-jeong, Bae Doona and Kong Hyo-jin.
In other words, it is rather difficult to meet truly realistic female characters in movies. A most disappointing example is director Kwak Gyeong-taek's latest offering "A Love". In this terribly old-fashioned story about a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, the heroine is but a mere caricature embodying romantic fantasies: the unforgettable first love, frail damsel in distress ... |More
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