Ice Rain (Movie - 2003)

'Bingwoo - Ice Rain' starring Song Seung-heon, was sold out in just three minutes

Source | 2005/02/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

As Korean movie 'Bingwoo - Ice Rain' starring Song Seung-heon, was sold out in just three minutes after its advance sale began, Song Seung-heon's popularity don't get cool in Japan.

Movie 'Bingwoo - Ice Rain' is a participation film of 'The Hanryu Cinema Festival 2005'. Japanese newspapers reported that Korean movie 'Bingwoo' starring Seung-heon Song, was sold out in just three minutes after its advance ticket began.

This is a story of lost love, a common theme for Korean movies and TV dramas. Most of the story is told in a series of flashbacks from the alternating perspectives of the two main characters.

One is a mountaineer with a day job that just isn't as fulfilling as climbing mountains, which is his true love. The other is a college student who plays baseball and hates the idea of climbing mountains.

They both find themselves on a mountain together though. Movie 'Bingwoo' is a mountains melo film as a movie in which Song Seung-heon, Lee Seong-jae, and Kim Ha-neul s...| More

`Ghost' Adds Little to High School Horror

Source | 2004/06/17 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter
After reaching the top of the box office last year with the romantic comedy hit "Tongapnaegi Kwawehagi (An Extra Class)", actress Kim Ha-neul got a frostier reception earlier this year from audiences with the ice thriller "Bingu (Ice Rain)". Kim now returns to the screen with "Ryung (The Ghost - Dead Friend)", one of a handful of teenage horror tales to hit theaters this summer.

"Ghost" is a bit off the beaten path for an actress who is usually found in romantic roles in comedies and dramas. Kim stars as Ji-won, a college student who suffers from amnesia; she can't remember anything about her past, and frightening dreams and a vague association to water are all that remain of her identity. Gradually, she discovers that something happened to her in high school, which becomes clearer as members of the high school clique she supposedly hung out with wind up dead.

The film looks like it could have been the most recent installment of "Yogogwe...| More