| [INTERVIEW] Actor Seol Kyeong-gu (Part 3) (Source) |
2010/01/11 |
Actor Seol Kyeong-gu [Beck Una/10Asia]
Beck Una (Beck): "Haeundae" is actually on weird coordinates in terms of your filmography. In comparison to your past films which had a single main character, "Haeundae" was a film which didn't necessarily need you to be part of. On top of that, director Yoon JK is known for creating commercial films. So I've been curious to know how you got to work on this film.
Seol: I was once asked which director I work best with. To that I answered, "None of them". I make things work. "Haeundae" seemed like a movie calling for trouble. Like it would become a massive hit or flop horribly. Director Yoon may seem smart and cle... |More
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| PARK Jin-hee torn between JO Han-seon and LEE Ki-woo (Source) |
2008/12/08 |
PARK Jin-hee returns to cinemas in December with the romantic comedy "Lost and Found". She spins a web of white lies when she meets the man she's been in love with since high school who doesn't remember her.
PARK's character is sharing a house with two younger men who also attended the same high school; one of them is played by JO Han-seon who is secretly in love with PARK's character. He will start his own lies to keep her away from the other man.
"Lost and Found" is directed by JEONG Jeong-hwa. PARK was praised for her latest performance in KIM Mi-jung's "Shadows in the Palace". Former teenage romance film "Romance of Their Own" ("Temptation of Wolves") star JO delivered a darker supporting role in "Cruel Winter Blues". LEE acted in the horror film "Someone Behind You", despite his limited cinematic presence, he's rapidly turning into a major heartthrob for young women.
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)... |More
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| "The Show Must Go on" Wins Blue Dragon Award (Source) |
2007/11/24 |
Director Han Jae-rim's "The Show Must Go On" has won the domestic award for best picture.
At the 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards Friday, the movie's lead actor Song Kang-ho also won best actor. Jeon Do-yeon won best actress for her performance in "Secret Sunshine". Earlier in May, the actress won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film.
The best director award went to Heo Jin-ho for "Happiness".
Kim Sang-ho was named best supporting actor for his role in "The Happy Life" and Nah Moon-hee best supporting actress for her role in "Cruel Winter Blues".
The awards are the nation's version of Hollywood's Oscars.
Reported by KBS WORLD Radio ... |More
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| Korean Films in NY Asian Film Fest (Source) |
2007/06/22 |
This year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) features a spate of prominent Korean films and runs from June 22nd to July 8th. Now in its 6th year, the festival selects 30 top Asian films to screen along with three programs of award winning shorts taken from Korea's very own Mise-en-Scene's Genre Film Festival (MGFF).
Director Lee Jae-Yong will attend the festival and personally introduce programs one and two of the MGFF shorts. Program three will consist of shorts selected by Korea's most innovative genre auteurs, BONG Joon-ho, KIM Ji-woon, RYOO Seung-wan, JANG Joon-hwan, Lee Jae-Yong, and PARK Chan-wook.
A total of nine Korean features will be showcased during the two-week event, including Lee Jae-Yong's high school cult-comedy "Dasepo Naughty Girls" ("Dasepo Girl"), with the director present at the screening. HAN Jae-rim will also attend for the screening of his sophomore effort "The Show Must Go On" starring SONG Kang-ho.
Other films in the festival include PARK Ch... |More
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| Korean Films Attack the Big Apple (Source) |
2007/06/19 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Korean cinema will take a big bite of the Big Apple as the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) begins Friday. The festival will feature more than 30 works from the East, of which almost a third are Korean. The event will take place at the IFC Center until July 5 and at Japan Society July 5 - 8.
"A 17-day-long festival will feature films from Park Chan-wook, Johnnie To, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Takashi Miike. This year's festival will introduce you to buffalo-busting action flicks from Thailand, cartilage-cracking gangster films from Korea, and the first gore flick ever made in Pakistan!" the festival said in a statement.
Dubbed "one of the city's most valuable events" by the New York Times, the film festival is America's leading showcase for Asian movies. Launched in 2002 by Subway Cinema, the festival has featured over 100 films from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.
This year, Ryoo Seung-wan's old school... |More
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