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Directed by kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용)
Screenplay by kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용)
122min | Release date in South Korea : 2001/07/27Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely.
As the film opens we are introduced to Kyun-woo, a kind-hearted but at times naive college student who seems to keep getting into tro... More
Producer Barrie Osbourne's long awaited Kung Fu/Western "The Warrior's Way" has just had its release date set. The film starring Korea's JANG Dong-gun wrapped up filming in New Zealand late 2007. JANG appears alongside Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth playing an ex laundry washer worker who is forced to hide in the trouble plagued badlands with baby in tow.
Both the journey portrayed on screen and the production process represents a postmodern, multicultural epic. Barrie Osbourne, originally a U.S. producer used U.S. funding but the film was shot entirely in New Zealand on the out skirts of its largest City Auckland. Osbourne also produced the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001,02,03) which was also shot entirely in NZ. Geoffrey Rush, who plays the town's local drunk is Australian and JANG Dong-gun the lead actor is South Korean. "The Warrior's Way" also features fight choreography from Japanese action/motion director Yuji Shimomura. Korea's JANG Dong-gun also represents a numbe...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 By Cathy Rose A. GarciaStaff Reporter After blockbuster vampire movies like "Twilight" and "Thirst", here comes another movie about those bloodsuckers. This time, hallyu star Jeon Ji-hyeon, also known as Gianna Jun, plays a half-vampire, half-human demon hunter in her first English-speaking role in the film "Blood: The Last Vampire". Based on a popular Japanese anime film, series and manga, "Blood" follows Saya (played by Jeon) as she tracks down and brutally kills those nasty demons in human disguise throughout Tokyo in 1970. Saya does the dirty work for a group of mysterious men in black suits, but she is on a personal mission to hunt down the "oldest and vilest of all demons" Onigen, who she blames for the death of her father. The youthful but age-less Saya goes undercover at high school at a U.S. military base in Japan, even though one of the characters pointed out "she's older than all of us combined". She soon rescues Alice, an American student, from two mean girls who...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 Jeon Ji-hyeon held a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday to promote her latest movie "Blood: The Last Vampire".The Korean actress met with reporters at the Millennium Seoul Hilton hotel in the central part of the city to outline the movie's plot and describe its characters. Jeon plays the role of Saya, a 16-year-old vampire hunter out for revenge. The film is a collaboration between production companies in Japan, Hong Kong and France. For her international debut, the 28-year-old star adopted the name Gianna Jun and spoke lines in English for the project. Blood marks the first action movie for Jeon, who is most famous for her 2001 hit "My Sassy Girl". "Learning English was more difficult than doing action scenes", the actress said Wednesday. "I had to practice a hundred times for one line". The movie opened late last month in Japan and was released yesterday in Hong Kong and Singapore. It is slated to open at theaters across Korea next Thursday. ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 Director Kwak Jae-yong urges viewers not to compare his Japanese movie "Cyborg She" to his previous production "My Sassy Girl". But the latter comes to mind when watching "Cyborg She". The robot-girlfriend in the film, played by Japanese star Haruka Ayase, is like an updated version of the "sassy girl", who was played by Jeon Ji-hyeon. This bizarre character seems to have no limits when it comes to eccentricity.Jirou, played by Keisuke Koide, resembles the innocent boy who was played by Cha Tae-hyeon in "My Sassy Girl". His naive behavior, silly facial expressions and the way he responds to the erratic behavior of his girlfriend mimic those of Cha's character. Though "Cyborg She" is a fantasy movie, its emotional aspect is in many ways similar to that of "My Sassy Girl". The female characters of both these movies are proactive in their relationships but don't want to invest their feelings, whereas the male characters are very dedicated to their girlfriends despite being kept und...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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| By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter Director Kwak Jae-yong has been giving less than stellar performances ever since the South Korean megahit "My Sassy Girl" (2001) and the mellow romance "The Classic" (2003) ― and he makes an effort to redeem himself, rather fruitlessly, in "Cyborg She". The Korea-Japan joint production nevertheless held a top spot in the Japanese box office for five weeks and sold over 110,000 DVDs. The movie translates into real action akin to Japanese sci-fi anime, and is not without its charms, particularly with some striking visuals and top stars Haruka Ayase and Keisuke Koide giving endearing performances. But this reporter ― having loved Kwak's "Sassy" and "The Classic" (2003), despised "Sassy's" prequel "Windstruck" (2004) and felt pity for "My Mighty Princess" (2008) ― was not at all convinced by "Cyborg's" perverse pursuit of an older man's self-gratifying fantasy. "This movie is like a gift to myself, to my lonely days as a young man ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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