I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Movie - 2006)

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  Im Soo-jeong
  임수정
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  Rain
  비
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  Choi Hee-jin
  최희진
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  Lee Yong-nyeo
  이용녀
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  Son Yeong-soon
  손영순
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  Cheon Seong-hoon
  천성훈

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 12: Park Chan-wook - "Thirst"
  2013/02/15, Source,
  This year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors present their English language debuts. Kim Ji-woon ("THE LAST STAND"), Park Chan-wook ("STOKER"), and Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") have already proved themselves in their homeland, and here at THN we are taking a look back over their past efforts. Here's our first look at the films of Park Chan-wook, join us each week over the course of the next few months as we explore The Land Of The Morning Calm. "Thirst" Director: Park Chan-wook Year:  2009 Cast: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Kim Hae-sook, Sin Ha-gyoon, Park In-hwan, Song Yeong-chang Plot:  A catholic priest volunteers himself to be given a deadly virus in the name of research. However, during a blood transfusion he is given the blood of a vampire which soon makes him lust, covet, and commit the worst of sins. After breaking free from the realms of Vengeance with "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK", Park Chan-wook decided he would once again descend into the darkness of humanity. He chose, as his main subject, vampires. Now then, vampires in our current climate are shrouded with disdain thanks to the likes of Hollywood cack such as TWILIGHT,...More

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 11: Park Chan-wook - "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK"
  2013/02/08, Source,
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  Cinema on the Park returns, Embrace your connection!
  2012/07/09, Source,
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  (42) Park Chan-wook: Director with blood-coated lens
  2012/07/04, Source,
  Director Park Chan-wook, left, waves as he is awarded with actor Choi Min-shik for the grand prix for the film "Old Boy" during the award ceremony of the 57th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on May 24, 2004. / Korea Times file By Andrew Salmon Tension and violence sell, but this may not be apparent to the vast majority of fans of "hallyu", the much-discussed "Korean Wave" of pop culture that has swept outward from the shores of the peninsula since, roughly, the turn of the millennium. The two standout genres of hallyu, in sales terms, are clearly K-pop and K-soaps. Of the former, Korean management companies have come up with a winning formula, churning out a range of cute, well-trained and above all wholesome boy- and girl-bands whose appeal is very different from the rebellious, opinionated, drug-spattered figures who stagger across the stage of Western rock 'n roll. Soap is similarly sugar-coated: Most dramas are centered upon pretty boys and pretty girls in pretty clothes and pretty houses/landscapes engaging in genteel, "no-sex-please-we're-Korean" romances,...More