| Present status of Busan as the city of movies (Source) |
2009/11/20 |
During the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), screenings of invited works and many interesting events take place, including a conference to discuss the development direction of the film festival from an academic perspective. Our reporter was there when people from the Pusan film industry and the academic world got together to analyze and evaluate the present status of Pusan as the city of movies and the PIFF.
On Sept. 8 to 16, the 14th PIFF was held in the Haeundae and Nampodong areas. This year's film festival showed an increase in size in terms of its international foothold - 355 films were invited from 70 countries and domestically and internationally famous directors as well as actors/actresses were in attendance.
Additionally, Kyungsung University and Pukyong National University held the "Third Pusan International Conference", during the festival, hosted by the Asian Film Institute. On the first day, a conference was held with the theme of "movie city marketing", which ... |More
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| Actor Hwang to Star in New Play (Source) |
2008/10/21 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Renowned movie star and musical actor Hwang Jeong-min will star in a new play, "University of Laughs" written by Japanese dramatist Koki Mitani.
The play will be shown in Korea for the first time as the ninth work of the Yeongeuk Yeoljeon 2 (Best Plays Series) programmed by veteran actor Jo Jae-hyeon. The play will be staged at Dongsoong Art Center in central Seoul Oct. 24 to Nov. 30.
The piece is a comedy based on the story of an artist's freedom of expression when faced with censorship. The work is a two-man play set over seven days amid World War II in 1940.
A young playwright comes up against a government censor to put a comedy on stage. The censor's job is to prevent anything political or taboo from getting into the pre-war media, but this particular censor has a thing against comedy, too.
Hwang will play the role of a young writer while actor Song Yeong-chang will take the role of a cold-blooded government censor.
The play was o... |More
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| Top Actors Cast in the Controversial '29 Years' (Source) |
2008/09/04 |
Actress KIM Ah-joong, who rose to national celebrity status last year with her debut role in "200 Pounds Beauty", will star alongside RYOO Seung-beom ("Arahan", "Bloody Tie") in '29 Years', a film adaptation of a controversial comic series by Kang Pool ("A.P.T").
The story centers on a former soldier with a guilty conscience after his taking part, 29 years earlier, in the Gwangju Massacre, a real-life tragic episode in Korean history, in which state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city, killing thousands. The former soldier, played by RYOO, sets out to assassinate the person suspected of ordering the massacre, namely former Korean president CHUN Doo-hwan.
The US $6.5 million film is to be directed by LEE Hae-yeong, who debuted in 2006 with the critical and commercial success, "Like a Virgin". LEE also penned the screenplay for the new project. Korean shingle Chungeorahm, the production force behind all-time local box office king, "The Host" (2006), will p... |More
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| It's Song Kang-ho's 'Show' All the Way (Source) |
2008/01/29 |
'The Show Must Go On' a vehicle for Korean star's amazing talent
Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)
Kang In-gu (Song Kang-ho, "The Host", "The Secret Sunshine") is a middle-rank boss of a criminal gang. Recently, he is suffering from chronic fatigue, taken to falling asleep while caught in a traffic stop. His business is not exactly booming. His attractive wife Mi-ryung (Park Ji-yeong) has had it with his broken promise to open a fruits and vegetables shop after washing his hands from racketeering and extortion business. His equally attractive teenage daughter Hee-soon (Kim So-eun, "Someone behind Me") wishes he were dead. His supposed colleague Sang-jin (Yoon Je-moon, "The Host", again typecast as a mean thug) is looking for a chance to stick a knife in his gut, both figuratively and literally. The only sympathetic figure around him appears to be his childhood buddy Hyung-jin (Oh Dal-soo, "Old Boy") who now works for a rival gang.
"The Show Must Go On" comes at the end of the cycle of i... |More
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| Sin Min-ah Joins "Go Go 70s" Cast (Source) |
2007/12/12 |
Sin Min-ah has been cast in CHOI Ho's "Go Go 70s". The film portrays the 70s nightlife in Korea and the story will focus on a go go band and the club where the band performs. Jo Seung-woo had already been cast as the lead vocalist of the band. SIN's character is a volunteer who helps the band. The guitarist of the band will be a role for CHA Seung-woo, the guitarist of the punk band No Brain.
SIN grabbed attention with her role in the popular martial arts comedy Volcano High and she also starred in KIM Ji-woon's acclaimed "A Bittersweet Life".
SIN is currently filming BOO Ji-yeung's Jigeum Idaeroga Johayo (English translation: "I love the way it is now") about two sisters (SIN and KONG Hyo-jin) with opposing characters who learn to appreciate each other when they need to collaborate in order to find their father who left them. BOO is a recognized short film director and Jigeum Idaeroga Johayo is her feature film directorial debut.
JO ("Tazza: The High Rollers" - "The War of... |More
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