Daddy-Long-Legs (2004) - 키다리 아저씨

2006/05/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

by Seung-Jae Lee

Gong Pil-du (Lee Moon-sik), detective in charge of violent crimes who has no talent in the job is a headache to his colleagues. The forty-year-old detective is bachelor and has no interests in marriage despite his father's (Byeon Hee-bong) browbeating.

One day, his father falls down. Gong Pil-du goes to Tae-gon (Kim Soo-ro) who is gang member to borrow money for surgery. But he is deceived by Tae-gon and falsely accused of corruption. Gong follows Tae-gon's girlfriend, Min-ju (Kim Yoo-mi) to catch Tae-gon.

The movie "Detective Mr. Gong" to be released on May 11 is like a soup that college students make in membership training camp. Because all sorts of ingredients are put in the soup, it is hard to understand what the soup was supposed to be.

There are too many characters in the movie. The film features famous proven actors and actresses like Byeon Hee-bong, Kim soo-mi (acting as girlfriend of Gong's father), Kim soo-ro, Kim Kab-soo (acting as Gong's boss), ...

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2006/01/31 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

According to Kim Ji-suk, a programmer of the Pusan International Film Festival, on Jan. 30, film director Lim Tae-hyeong, who directed the film "Hello Brother" (2005), won the best director award in the "Spiritual Cinema" division of the 24th Fajr International Film Festival which ended in Teheran, Iran on Jan. 30.

"Hello Brother" portrays a touching story about a nine-year-old boy "Janghani" (played by Park Ji-bin) who tries to save his older brother who is suffering from cancer. Park won the "Silver Iris for Best Actor Award" at the first New Montreal Filmfest held in Canada in September of last year for his acting in this film.

Meanwhile, other South Korean films failed to win awards at the Iranian film festival. They are "A Family" (2004, directed by Lee Jeong-cheol), which was invited to the "International Competition Division"; "Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War" (2003, directed by Kang Jae-gyu), "Cracked Eggs and Noodles" (2005, directed by Oh Sang-hoon), "Daddy-Long-Legs" (200...

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2006/01/10 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Bae Yong-joon's latest film "April Snow" on January 31st will open the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France.

"My Right to Ravage Myself" director Jeon Soo-il will also serve as a juror in the festival.

In the Fajr International Film Festival opening Friday in Iran, "A Family" will compete in the international film division and "Hello Brother" in the spiritual cinema division.

The Asian films category will have the Korean War blockbuster "Taegukgi", "Cracked Eggs and Noodles", "Daddy-Long-Legs" and "Long and Winding Road".

Reported by KBS World Radio ...

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2006/01/04 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Four Korean films have been invited to the "Competition of Asian Cinemas" division at the "24th Fajr International Film Festival" to be held in Tehran on Jan. 20-30.

The films are "Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War" (director: Kang Je-gyu, 2003), "Cracked Eggs and Noodles" (director: Oh Sang-hoon, 2005), "Daddy-Long-Legs" (director: Kong Jeong-sik, 2005), and "Long and Winding Road" (director: Koo Seong-joo).

According to Kim Ji-suk, a programmer of the Pusan International Film Festival, the "Competition of Asian Cinemas" division was established for the first time this year with the purpose of reviving Asian films. Awards will be presented in three categories: best film, best director and best screenplay....

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2005/07/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean actress Park Eun-hye who got a love call from Hong Kong's national actor Stephen Chow Sing-Chi
As Hanryu(Korean Wave) star Park Eun-hye who starred in a Korean drama 'Dae jang geum' gets a love call from Hong Kong's national actor Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Taiwan's daily newspapers made a feature of this love call which said that HK Superstar Stephen Chow Sing-Chi wants to shoot a movie with Dae Jang Geum (Jewel in the Palace) star Park Eun-Hye.

The actress, who's shooting a TV Drama in Hong Kong (called Silence) starring a member of boyband F4, could star in Chow's follow up to Kung Fu Hustle.

Chow said: "I want to work with the Korean Wave stars, especially Park Eun-Hye". On this, Park commented: "Even before I started acting, in my teens I was a fan of Chow's movies ... the fact he wants to work with me makes me incredibly happy".

Park Eun-Hye has been performed in Zzang(1998), Rec (2000), Dream of a Warrior(2001), and Daddy-Long-Legs (2005).

The Korean actress ha...

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