Forbidden Quest (Movie - 2006)

Manilla's Korean Film Festival Kicks Off

Source | 2009/10/01 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Manilla's 2009 Korean Film Festival opened Sept 23, offering free screenings to the public during its one week run. Sponsored by the Korean Embassy and held at Shangri-La Plaza, the fest showcases seven Korean features and celebrates the "Philippines-Republic of Korea Friendship Year".

The program features some of the most artistically accomplished films in Korean cinema over the last 9 years, including renowned and emerging directors. Korean TV dramas are already popular in the Philippines, but audiences have yet to be exposed to Korean feature filmmaking.

The seven films in the program are "Old Boy" (PARK Chan-wook), "Barking Dogs Never Bite" (BONG Joon-ho), "Sa-Kwa" (KANG Yi-kwan), "Beyond the Years" (IM Kwon-taek), "The Show Must Go On" (HAN Jae-rim), "Forbidden Quest" (KIM Dae-woo) and "Driving with My Wife's Lover" (KIM Tae-sik).

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[ChanMi's movie news] Three Actresses transform in to femme fatale characters

Source | 2009/01/07 | 0 comments | Permalink |

New year brings new transformations for these three actresses!

Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Min-jeong, and Park Si-yeon are the main actresses in their own new dramas for which they have to transform into femme fatales!

Uhm is taking an evil role in the movie "Insadong Scandal" where she is the owner of an art gallery. Previously, she has been in the movies "Changing Partners" and "Marriage Is a Crazy Thing" for which she was the sexy and bold character.

Park Si-yeon is Yoori in the new film "Marine Boy" as a drug dealer. Yoori's first encounter with Cheon-soo to make him ...| More

From Kim Min-jeong to Kang Soo-yeon, Best 5 child actors

2008/05/15 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The futures of many child stars were generally depressing.

The childish image and the weight of the years were obstacles for child stars to become adult actors.

But even among them, there are stars who have succeeded in transforming into adults. The IS Entertainment Team has picked out the best 5 actors who started out as child stars.

The first is the heroine of "New Heart", Kim Min-jeong.

Kim Min-jeong, who's charm comes from her big eyes, debuted in 1990 when she was eight, with MBC Best Theater "Widow". In 1992, she received the 'Child Actor Award' from KBS, received the 'Youth Award' in 1998, and received much love for her smart acting. Her official change to adult acting came in 2005 with the drama "Fashion 70s" and in 2006 with the movie "Forbidden Quest".

Especially in "Forbidden Quest", she had a daring exposure scene, and fully separated from her innocent, childish image.

The second is Moon Geun-yeong, who is transforming from the nation's younger sister to e...| More

"On Air" Looks Into Making of Dramas

Source | 2008/02/27 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

Some 20 dramas are aired every week. There are daily dramas, morning dramas, weekend dramas… and Wednesday-Thursday dramas. In this "kingdom" of drama, "On Air", portrays how Korean soaps are made.

"On Air" is directed by Sin Woo-cheol and written by Kim Eun-sook, the creators of hit dramas "Lovers in Paris" (2004), "Lovers in Prague" (2005) and "Lovers" (2006). They teamed up again to give an exclusive behind-the-scenes view of Korean dramas.

"This is a drama about the people who create these dramas. Nowadays, Korean dramas are not only aired in Korea but in other countries as well. I wanted to write a drama about the processes and behind-the-scenes stories with a dramatic and exaggerative touch", said Kim at a press conference last week at SBS.

Kim Ha-neul plays an arrogant topnotch actress named O Seung-a. Recently starring in the movie "Lovers of 6 Years", Kim said "it was not easy to play an `actress' character, but I found Seung-a very ...| More

Ahn Seong-gi cast in a film for wide international release

Source | 2008/01/18 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actor Ahn Seong-gi continues his high profile career with a role in a big budget international co-production. The project is an adaptation of novelist KIM Hoon's "The Song of the String". According to the studio Yeonghwa Saenggak, the film will be released internationally on 3,000 screens spread out over Asia, Europe and North America.

KIM Dae-woo will direct and producer/director JOO Kyeong-joong is attached to the film as a producer, he will be assisted by the Japanese producer Satoru Iseki. The soundtrack will be a collaboration between Ennio Morricone and KIM Soo-cheol. "The Song of the String" is financed internationally. Filming is expected to commence from March and will take place in Korea and China.

This time, AHN will tackle the role of a musician. His illustrious and prolific career includes a wide variety of roles, including leading roles in the blockbusters "May 18" and "Silmido", and he also starred in LEE Myeong-Se's "Duelist". KIM Dae-woo directed "Forbidden Ques...| More