Dance With The Wind (Movie - 2004)

Acting Range

Source | 2006/07/20 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"I have never chosen the drama I would act, but the right cast and script in that drama", said Lee Seong-jae, who this time will star in a drama about honest lawyer Roh Yoon-jae, who was adopted to Canada. Roh Yoon-jae will be involved in an eternal triangle of star singer Yoo Hee-ran (Kim Min-jeong), her manager Kang San-ho (Eom Tae-woong) and himself. Kang approaches Roh, claiming he is Roh's brother.

More Interested in the Play Itself-

"It's most hard to act a man fallen in love".

This is the answer coming out of Lee without a second of hesitation when asked which genre is the hardest to act for him. He has starred in melodrama, action and comic movies.

"Acting in an action movie is physically exhausting but other than that, it's not that hard", Lee added. Acting in a melodrama movie or emotional scenes in a soap drama requires much more energy than acting comic or action movies.

"There is no right answer to love. Melodrama is the same. There could be millions of diff...| More

[Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles]

Source | 2004/08/13 | 0 comments | Permalink |

▣ Paramui Chonsol (Dance With the Wind) (2004)
Seoul Selection Bookstore
Saturday at noon
Though dancing in general has grown in popularity here, there is still somewhat of a stigma attached to ballroom dancing, as it is seen as a tool of seduction for the "chebi (swallow)", or gigolos who prey on older women in the nation's seedier nightclubs. Both the pure and seedy sides of the craft is looked at the witty and well-paced film "Dance With the Wind". The film tells of Pung-sik (Lee Sung-jae), an ordinary company man stuck on life's deadening treadmill who becomes transformed after meeting an old friend and professional chebi. For Pung-sik, however, dancing becomes an obsession taking him across the country in a quest to master the art, and though his devotion to his craft seems unquestionable, it also leads him to a lifestyle he most wants to avoid. On DVD. Located near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Tickets: 3,000 won. Details: (02) 734-9565 or www.seoulselection. com.

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Korean Films Bookend Udine Film Fest

Source | 2004/04/27 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Paolo Bertolin
Special Correspondent
UDINE, Italy - Udine, a small town in North Eastern Italy, has fast become the capital of East Asian cinema in the West. The sixth Far East Film Festival (FEFF), the biggest film festival promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian popular cinema outside of Asia, has in fact become an unmissable middle-spring rendez-vous for European fans of Asian pop culture and a key event in the calendar of Western film critics interested in tracking down the new paths taken by East Asian cinemas.

This year, Korean cinema plays a leading role in the festival's schedule, as both the opening and closing events are marked by international premieres of much-anticipated Korean productions. Park Jung-woo's directorial debut "Param-ui Chonsol (Dance with the Wind)" had the honor of being the curtain-raiser on Friday, while Kang Je-gyu's all-time box office smash "Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (Brotherhood)" will bring it to its official conclusion this coming Friday e...| More

Well-Paced `Dance' Shimmies Between Art and Swindle

Source | 2004/04/08 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter

Park Jung-woo, the screenwriter behind such hit local films as "Kwangbokjol Tuksa (Jail Breaker)" and "Chuyuso Supkyoksakon (Attack the Gas Station!)", has stepped up to direct his first feature and he doesn't fail to deliver. A story about a man and his utter devotion to a craft, "Param-ui Chonsol (Dance With the Wind)" moves with the smoothness of a waltz and yet has the slyness and energy of a jitterbug.

From salsa to techno, dancing has grown in popularity here, but there was a time when it had a stigma attached to it. Now predominantly viewed as a fun way to shed pounds and make friends, ballroom dancing is also seen as a tool of seduction for the "chebi (swallow)" _ a slang for gigolos out to squeeze money from older women _ in the nation's seedier nightclubs.

Suspected of being tied to this sordid side of dancing is the film's protagonist, Pung-sik (Lee Sung-jae), who begins the film in a hospital nursing mysterious wounds. Eager to catch h...| More