Dasepo Girl (2006) - 다세포 소녀 (Da-se-po So-nyeo)

2008/02/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director PARK Chan-wook finalised casting for his highly anticipated vampire film "Thirst". KIM Ok-bin will tackle the female lead role alongside SONG Kang-ho. PARK motivated his choice by saying that KIM's talents allows her to take on a variety of roles.

KIM played in the films "Dasepo Naughty Girls" ("Dasepo Girl") and "Arang". Casting of the female protagonist took longer than other roles as the part includes explicit scenes.

Thirst is a tale about a priest who turns into a vampire, played by SONG whose latest acting award is this year's FIPRESCI Best Actor Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Like KIM is praised for her versatility, SONG has also portrayed a wide array of characters in popular and artistic films.

PARK's previous film is "I'm a Cyborg, but that's Ok" and he won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for his renowned "Old Boy". PARK's status already ensured pre-sales of "Thirst" to France and Russia.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...

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2008/01/02 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director Lim Pil-seong assembled a fine cast and a great team of experts, the result is a well-crafted film, finely calibrated on every level.

Production designer Ryoo Seong-hee's ("The Host", "A Bittersweet Life", "Memories of Murder", "Old Boy") fairy tale world is beautifully shot by director of photography KIM Jee-yong ("A Bittersweet Life"). The visual style is at times complemented and at times contrasted by the music of LEE Byeong-woo ("The King and the Clown", "Voice of Murderer"). The result is a warm fairy tale feeling; but some unsettling events are foreboded, tangibly in the air.

The palpable darker edges create tension early on and keep the viewers captivated. The child actors admirably sensed the particular atmosphere of the film and their awareness – in combination with acting skills – is another highly beneficial factor to the collaborative achievement that is "Hansel and Gretel".

The oldest of the three children is a boy with paranormal abilities played by E...

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2007/12/12 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Sin Ha-gyoon – one of Korea's more daring and impressive actors – will next star in the thriller "The Devil's Game" alongside veteran actor BYEON Hee-bong. SIN's character – a poor artist – will be lured into a dark game involving a large sum of money and the exchange of bodies, made possible through technology. The film opens in January 2008.

YOON In-ho ("When I Turned Nine") directs and the cast also features LEE Hye-yeong ("Low Life") and Eun-seong ("Dasepo Naughty Girls" - "Dasepo Girl"). BYEON played the grandfather of the girl who was taken by the monster in The Hos.

SIN played eye-catching supporting roles in popular films like PARK Chan-wook's "JSA - Joint Security Area", and "Welcome to Dongmakgol". In addition, he has been outstanding in leading roles in critical acclaimed alternative films, portraying off beat characters, including "No Mercy for the Rude" and "Save the Green Planet".

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2007/10/23 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director Lee Jae-yong is known both at home and internationally for his explorations of sexual moors in films such as the kitschy youth comedy "Dasepo Naughty Girls" ("Dasepo Girl") (2006) and the elegant drama of aristocratic intrigues in the late Chosun-era, "Untold Scandal" (2003). His latest project takes an abrupt turn away from this preoccupation, moving in an interesting new direction, and is to be shot partly in North Korea.

With the working title, "Homecoming", the drama, scripted also by Lee, will be set both in the city of Wonsan, Gangwon Province circa 1950 and in present day Seoul. It begins with a 15-year old boy, LEE, dreaming of palm trees and a tropical paradise as glimpsed in American magazines. Jumping forward to the present day, LEE, now an aging widower, is preparing for his daughter's wedding to a US Army soldier and her departure to the US. As he watches the wedding old secrets and a strong resolve rise up in his mind. He is inexplicably drawn to the Geum...

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2007/08/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Between last summer and this summer, a number of musical and music-driven Korean films were released, defining an important new trend towards the genre for local audiences. This month the 3rd Jecheon International Music and Film Festival (JIMFF) showcases that trend, bringing 7 music-themed Korean features to the lakeside event in North Chungcheong province.

Highlighted are last summer's musicals, the kinky high-school comedy Dasepo Naughty Girls ("Dasepo Girl") by Lee Jae-yong in a new Director's Cut version, and "The Ghost Theater", a musical-fantasy by debut director JEON Kye-soo. From Fall '06 are LEE Joon-ik's "Radio Star", an uplifting drama about a fallen rock star (PARK Joong-hoon) who finds fulfillment and fame on the radio, and the "The Fox Family" a full-tilt musical and the feture debut of screenwriter LEE Hyeong-gon.

From the winter of 2007 are two music-themed hits about personal transformation, the extremely successful "200 Pounds Beauty", starring KIM Ah-joon...

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