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JSA - Joint Security Area (Movie - 2000)

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공동경비구역 JSA (Gong-dong-kyeong-bi-goo-yeok JSA)

Directed by Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

Screenplay by Jeong Seong-san (정성산), Kim Hyeon-seok (김현석), Lee Moo-yeong (이무영), Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

•Action •Comedy •Drama •War •Mystery

108min | Release date in South Korea : 2000/09/09

Synopsis

A firefight occurs at the “Bridge of No Return” in the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone), and two North Korean soldiers are killed. The North claims that the incident was a flagrant attack by the South Koreans, while the South claims that one of their soldiers was kidnapped. In order to solve the dispute, the NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory C... More

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[Century] Cool Korea: Creative Wave Rolls Across Asia (Source)

2010/03/07

By Andrew Salmon
Korea Times Columnist

This is the 10th in a 60-part series featuring 60

major events in Korea's modern history from 1884 till now. The project is part of the 60th anniversary of The Korea Times, which falls on Nov.1.

For South Korea, the last three years of the millennium would produce a parade of unthinkables.

At the end of 1997, a regional economic tsunami had threatened to swamp the achievements of the previous three decades.

Unemployment arrived in Korea, but by the end of 1998, the banks appeared to have

stabilized: Was the crisis over? No. In 1999, Daewoo Group, considered "too-big-to-fail", collapsed under debts of $80 billion. A second financial crisis cut a swath through the investment trust sector.

Things looked more promising politically. Kim Dae-jung won the presidency at the end of 1997, the first opposition politician to reach the Blue House.

His brave new "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea bore its first fruit in 19... |More

[Music] Performance Industry Meets the World… Endless Exchange With Different Genres (Source)

2010/03/05

Performance Industry Meets the World

Among the various factors that constitute human life, culture has the greatest capacity to nurture connections and exchange. One culture quickly absorbs the advantages of another culture and develops to integrate naturally into a large wave.

The same applies to the performance industry.

While it is difficult to compare live performances with other genres as they are played out directly in front of an audience, they often borrow from the sources, forms and contents of different genres. In 2010 the performance industry will meet and interact with other genres.

Reinterpreting works from different genres

Recently, the Muk Company announced that the film "JSA - Joint Security Area" will be produced as a musical.

"JSA - Joint Security Area" is an example of one-source, multi-use in the publication, film and musical fields. Based on the 1996 novel DMZ written by Park Sang-yeon, the 2000 film "JSA - Joint Security Area" was directed by Di... |More

[INTERVIEW] Actor Song Kang-ho - Part 2 (Source)

2010/03/04

Actor Song Kang-ho [photographed by Beck Una/10Asia]

Beck: What did you find likeable and entertaining about the script for "Secret Reunion"?
Song: Ten years ago, I did the films "Shiri" and "JSA - Joint Security Area" which are both about South Korea, North Korea and men. So, "Secret Reunion" was similar to them in a way, a similar story, but the overall outline of the movie is completely different from the previous films. The film doesn't treat the South-North division as its theme but rather takes an incredibly soft, light and sophisticated approach to it. I thought that was closer to how the audience currently feels about the divi... |More

"Avatar" becomes biggest blockbuster in Korea (Source)

2010/03/02

Korean official movie poster of "Avatar" [20th Century Fox]

James Cameron's Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" has become the most-watched film in Korean box office history, according to estimates by the official Korean Film Council over the weekend.

Statistics showed that the animated picture, which opened in theaters mid-December, had garnered over a total 13.04 million admissions by Saturday to rise above former record holder "The Host" with around 13.02 million viewers.##

"The Host", a Korean thriller pic by top director Bong Joon-ho, had taken the domestic box office by storm during its run in 2006 and won rave reviews from both local and foreign film crit... |More

Book Features Korean Film Renaissance (Source)

2010/02/26

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

In recent years, it has become more likely for Korean cineastes to be placed under the international spotlight at major film festivals worldwide.

Over the past decade, Korean cinema has proven to be commercially viable both on local and overseas markets, enjoying a renaissance and appealing to cinephiles on the festival circuit.

"South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hit Makers, Global Provocateurs" written by Choi Jin-hee in English probes how the Korean film industry turned an economic crisis into a cinematic renaissance through globalization based on historical reviews of the industry.

In the late 1990s, the Korean blockbuster established itself as a feasible production/marketing strategy on the domestic market, with the commercial success of such films as "Shiri" and "JSA - Joint Security Area". Since then, box office records have been constantly exceeded by subsequent movies, including "Silmido", "Taegukgi", and "The Host", which attra... |More

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Production

MK Picture (MK 픽쳐스)

Distribution

MK Picture (MK 픽쳐스)

Staff

Park Sang-yeon (박상연)
Original work

Bang Joon-seok (방준석)
Musician

Jo Yeong-wook (조영욱)
Musician

Kim Sang-beom (김상범)
Editor

Choi Doo-yeong (최두영)
Color timing

Lee Jong-yong (이종용)
Assistant director

Technics

108 min •35mm •Cinemascope (2.35) •Dolby SRD

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Release date in South Korea : 2000/09/09

Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr

Synopsis

A firefight occurs at the “Bridge of No Return” in the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone), and two North Korean soldiers are killed. The North claims that the incident was a flagrant attack by the South Koreans, while the South claims that one of their soldiers was kidnapped. In order to solve the dispute, the NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission) dispatches half-Korean half-Swiss Army Intelligence Bureau officer, Major Sophie E. Jean. With no cooperation from either side, the case appears to be unsolvable. However, Major Jean discovers that the number of bullets fired from the pistols and the number found at the scene differ by one, and she begins to dig deeper into the backgrounds of the soldiers involved. Subsequently she finds out about an encounter previous to the firefight when North Korean soldiers saved a South Korean soldier from a mine. The story unravels to reveal a friendship developing among the soldiers. On the night of the firefight…

International Film Festivals

2005 Cinemanila International Film Festival , KOREAN FOCUS
2006 Paris Cinema , New Korean Cinemas
2004 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria International film festival ,
2002 Newport Beach Film Festival ,
2001 Berlin International Film Festival ,
2001 Moscow International Film Festival ,
2001 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ,
2001 Deauville Pan Asian Film Festival ,
2001 Udine Far East Film Festival ,
2001 Seattle International Film Festival ,
2001 Fantasia Film Festival ,
2001 Melbourne International Film Festival ,
2001 Durban International Film Festival,
2001 Stockhom International Film Festival