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KOFIC selects "Crossing" for Oscar submission (Source)
'Crossing' to Represent Korea for Oscar (Source)
KIM Tae-gyoon helms Japanese manga adaptation (Source)
"Crossing" sold to Japan and invited by Vancouver (Source)
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| 107 min 35mm Cinemascope (2.35) |
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| www.crossing2008.co.... ( English Korean )
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| Release date in South Korea : 2008/06/26 |
South Korea Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr | | As of 2008.08.17 : - admissions (total) | | As of 2008.08.10 : 881,960 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.08.03 : 879,930 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.07.27 : 872,162 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.07.20 : 866,231 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.07.13 : 788,352 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.07.06 : 582,803 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.06.29 : 325,437 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.06.22 : 23,370 admissions (total) |
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Synopsis
Yong-soo lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son. Although living in extreme poverty, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo’s pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can’t even find food for her in North Korea. So he secretly crosses the borders of China hoping to find the medicine for his wife. After many life threatening moments in China, Yong-soo is forced into South Korea, becoming an unwanted refugee prohibited to return to his family. Meanwhile, his wife passes away leaving their young son alone in desperation. With no one to turn to, his young son sets out to find his father not knowing where or how to find him.
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 The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced the selection of KIM Tae-gyoon's "Crossing" as the Korean submission to the 81st Academy Awards (Oscars) for the Best Foreign Film section.
The KOFIC committee in charge of the selection motivated their decision by saying that they believe that the human drama "Crossing" is the best contender in the light of the academy's preferences based on previous Best Foreign Film winners.
The committee members came to their decision after considering both the content in line with expected Academy tastes and the potential for a successful commercial U.S. release of the shortlisted films.
"Crossing" was shortlisted along with KIM Jee-woon's Korean style western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, the sports drama Forever the Moment by LIM Soon-rye, the Vietnam drama Sunny by the hands of LEE Joon-ik, and NA Hong-jin's social thriller The Chaser.
"Crossing" tells the story of a North Korean father and son who individually cross over into China. CHA In...| More |
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
The North Korean defector movie "Crossing" will represent South Korean cinema as a possible competitor in the foreign film section at the 81st Academy Awards, the Korean Film Council announced Thursday.
"The seven jury members decided, after a two-day debate from July 30 to Aug. 1, to submit `Crossing' for the competition spot in the foreign language film section of the Academy Awards", said the council. The film's publicist, Coming Soon, also confirmed the news.
"Crossing" beat other big Korean films "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and "The Chaser", both of which were shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The nation's first movie tackling the issue of North Korean refugees was judged, considering its international appeal and potential to draw more public attention to the pressing issue, to be most appropriate, said Han Sang-joon, head of the jury.
Last year, Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine", which gave Jeon Do-yeon the Best Actress Awar...| More |
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 "Volcano High" director KIM Tae-gyoon is the director of the upcoming Japanese manga adaptation "Higanjima". Tetsuya Oishi who previously scripted the popular Death Note scenarios is writing the script. Casting is still not decided. The horror film is expected to reach cinemas in the summer of 2009.
In "Higanjima", a man and his friends travel to a mysterious island in search of his vanished brother. The island turns out to be inhabited by vampires.
Besides "Volcano High", KIM Tae-gyoon also directed the popular youth films "Romance of Their Own" ("Temptation of Wolves") and "A Millionaire's First Love". He is currently in cinemas with "Crossing"....| More |
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KIM Tae-gyoon's "Crossing" has been bought for a Japanese release by Cinekwanon, according to "Crossing"'s production company Camp B. In addition, the 27th Vancouver International Film Festival invited the film dealing with North Korea to its Dragon & Tigers: the cinemas of East Asia section.
"Crossing" stars CHA In-pyo as a husband and father in North Korea who crosses the Chinese border to find medicines for his ill wife. His son also enters China in search of his father who has not returned. The film carries an overtly Christian message which pleased some and displeased others. "Crossing" was released in June this year.
Vancouver International Film Festival will take place from September 25 until October 10. "Crossing" is the successor of films like "Secret Sunshine" (Miryang), "The Host" (Gwemool), "Memories of Murder" (Sarinui Choo-eok), and "Duelist" (Hyeongsa) in Vancouver's Dragon & Tigers section.
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More |
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South Korean film "Crossing" about a North Korean defector, who tries to bring his family out of the famine-stricken Stalinist regime, is embroiled in a lawsuit filed by director Lee Kwang-hoon. Speaking through his lawyer Moon Jeong-gu, director Lee claims that he has already written a scenario titled "The Conditions of Human" based on the story of North Korean defector Yoo Sang-joon. Directed by Kim Tae-gyoon, "Crossing" was inspired by Yoo's ordeal as well.
Director Lee's lawyer also said that director Lee and Yoo had signed a contract to make a film about Yoo's life and has been preparing for the past three years. The lawyer claimed that a court injunction was sought because director Kim has not discussed the matter with director Lee, although Kim had known about the existence of a scenario about Yoo. The request for an injunction applies to all theater presentations, as well as in the forms of DVD, video, and internet videos.
Vantage Holdings, the distributor of "Crossing", ...| More |
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