Bad Guy (2002) - 나쁜 남자 (Na-bbeun Nam-ja)

2008/04/22 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

New Yorkers will be able to taste a series of artistic Korean movies made by director Kim Ki-duk from Wednesday (Apr. 23).

The Department of Film at New York's Museum of Modern Art, or MoMa, will hold a screening of the works of award-winning moviemaker Kim Ki-duk, 48, who has directed artistic yet controversial films since 1996.

During the exhibition at MoMa's Theater 1, co-organized by the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Korean Film Council, and supported by the Korean Film Archive in Seoul, movie lovers will be able to take in a total of 14 movies directed by Kim, which will include several features never before seen in the United States, according to MoMa.

Kim is a self-taught maverick filmmaker whose works have impressed international cinema industry with a focus on symbolism and his strong sense of motifs and intensity.

He was a former factory worker, soldier, seminarian and a street artist in France between 1992 and 1995 where he discovered cinema thro...

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2008/04/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director Kim Ki-duk's "The Isle (Seom)" was selected as one of the 10 most difficult films to watch (but still insanely awesome) movies by Killer Film, an American online film site.

Coming in at ninth, "The Isle" is a strange love story between a prostitute and a man on the run from the cops. The movie had shocked the audience with some of the goriest scenes involving fish hooks and genital mutilation. The list proves that director Kim's films are too complex to understand for foreign audience as well. Kim has been known for his unique (and sometimes bizarre) interpretations of human nature. His other works include highly acclaimed "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring ", "Samaria", and "Bad Guy".

The film topping the 10 most difficult films to watch list was "Ichi, the Killer" directed by Japanese director Takashi Miike. Other films on the list include "Irreversable" with Monica Bellucci at second place, a mock documentary "Blair Witch Project" at fourth, and Gus Van Sant'...

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2007/10/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Now turning to the Pusan International Film Festival, where movie lovers are packing the streets of the port city not ONLY to watch premiers but to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars.
Arirang's Lee Jeewon caught up with Japanese actor Masaya Kato for this report.
It was the late 80s when Masaya Kato launched his career in entertainment.
He began as a model but moved on to become one of the most world-recognized Japanese actors of his time.

"I'm a bit short as a model at that period, Greek sculpture.
That's why I decided to do something else. At that time fashion models were popular in the movie industry".

Despite the smooth transition from modeling to acting, he decided to push himself further.

"On the other hand I worried about my future. A model becomes actor, a lead actor at that.
I felt the need to study more to build foundation. That why I moved to the U.S. to study acting and English. To think about my future. I want to do acting forever but I needed the skill ...

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2007/09/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Love is pain, they say, and countless songs and stories croon about it time over time. Melodrama maestro Heo Jin-ho ("One Fine Spring Day", 2001, "April Snow", 2005) does not disappoint in depicting love's fleeting pleasures and lasting sting with poignant tenderness in his fourth romance "Happiness".

Things can't get any worse for Yeong-jae (Hwang Jeong-min), a heavy drinking, chain-smoking playboy: His nightclub goes bankrupt, his girlfriend deserts him and he might die from cirrhosis (point of interest: the club scene was shot in Apgujeong NB, which also closed its doors not too long ago).

He packs up everything and retreats to a rehabilitation center in the middle of nowhere, where he meets the most unexpected: true love. Eun-hi (Im Soo-jeong) suffers from fatally weak lungs, but despite her frail appearance she is stouthearted and takes care of the other patients. Yeong-jae and Eun-hi fall madly in love and move into a small house in the cou...

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2007/07/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The family film "Ice Bar" won the best picture award at the 21st Fukuoka Asian Film Festival that was held in Fukuoka, Japan from Jun 29 through July 8.

The film's production company MK Pictures said that its director, Yeo In-kwang, personally attended the award ceremony last Sunday to receive the top honor.

"Ice Bar" was chosen for the top prize because of its beautiful portrayal of a local city in the 1960s and 70s, and for the natural and realistic acting of its leading actress and child actor who played the roles of mother and son.

"Ice Bar" is the fifth Korean film to win the best picture award at this film festival. The other four award-winning films were "An Affair" in 1999, "Nowhere to Hide" in 2000, "Bad Guy" in 2002, and "YMCA Baseball Team" in 2003....

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