| Park Ki-woong: The Real Draw of New Hit Soap (Source) |
2009/04/22 |
The new TV series "The Slingshot" is already drawing acclaim less than two weeks since the first episode aired. Boasting a star-studded cast with Park Yong-ha, Park Si-yeon and Kim Kang-woo, it also features Park Ki-woong, who is shining ever more brightly as the plot unfolds.
He might not be as famous as some of the big names, but Park Ki-woong has appeared in many major films, not to mention commercials and soap operas.
In "The Slingshot", he plays a character who transforms from an autistic, isolated, emotionally troubled person into the best stock market analyst in the country. "I try to pay attention to every little detail, and give meaning to all the props to best represent the character", he says.
The most memorable work in his filmography, he says, was "My Tutor Friend Lesson II", where he played a starring role. "Although it wasn't commercially successful, the process of shooting that film was a really important turning point in my acting career", he recalls. "Every t... |More
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| [ChanMi's drama news] Lee Cheong-ah returns through "Chosun Science Investigator" (Source) |
2008/08/08 |
 MBC dramanet "Chosun Science Investigator: Season2" stars Lee Cheong-ah who also starred in "The Good, The Bad, The weird" ""Temptation of Wolves" and "My Tutor Friend Lesson II".##
Han Da-kyeon acted by Lee Cheong-ah is a femal investigator who seems joyful and bubbly but actually carries wounds and burdens about her past.
It is known that Lee has practiced horseback riding for "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" for 6 months and learned martial arts for "Ssunday Seoul" for four months but her scenes have been cut out a lot and didn't bring as much benefit for her.
However, the two talents have come to a big use for this new cable channel drama. She will be enjoying and also working hard for this new action and mystery drama. ... |More
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| Week's Movie Premieres (Source) |
2007/04/20 |
Time to check on what's new at the movies.
This week, there's an equal mix of local and Hollywood productions.
Here's Son Heekyung.
First up this week is the Korean film, "My Tutor Friend Lesson II", sequel to the 2003 hit romantic comedy.
The theme here doesn't stray that far from the first.
A boy and a girl of the same age meet as student and tutor.
Only this time it's an ethnic Korean woman in Japan, who falls in love with a Korean student on the island.
Later, she comes to Seoul to meet her lover, and confesses her true feelings.
Another notable change are new faces in the lead roles.
Actor Park Ki-woong stars alongside Lee Cheong-ah .
Another new film from Korea is "Meet Mr. Daddy" ("Shiny Day")
The drama is set against the backdrop of the 2002 World Cup.
Park Shin-yang plays a small-time gangster who suddenly finds out he has a young daughter.
What's more stressful is he has to live with the seven-year-old girl.
He only agrees to do so in return for a payoff and a... |More
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| 'Tutor' Teaches No-Fun Lesson (Source) |
2007/04/19 |
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
"My Tutor Friend Lesson II" is being promoted as a sequel to the 2003 hit romantic comedy of the same name. It only follows the basic theme of a boy and girl of the same age that happen to meet as student and tutor, and later fall in love.
New actors are cast in this movie. But ironically little changes. It is a typical high-teen romance with a cast of wacky youngsters _ you can easily guess how things turn out. The only big change is that it is worse than the original.
Directed by Kim Ho-jung and Ji Kil-woong, the film is a romantic tale between a Korean man and Japanese woman.
Junko (played by Lee Cheong-ah) is a Japanese of Korean ancestry, who falls in love with a Korean student in Japan. As he goes back to Seoul, she decides to visit him.
Junko finally comes to Seoul as an exchange student to the same university as her sweetheart. She finds lodging at a guesthouse that provides room and board.
She dreams of meeting her love and con... |More
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| France Buys Korean Film "The Restless" (Source) |
2007/03/27 |
CJ Entertainment said Tuesday that it sold film "The Restless" to France at the 1st Asian Film Award recently held in Hong Kong.
A company staffer said that European nations tend to see fantasy movies like "The Restless" as works depicting typical Asian sentiment.
The film distributor also sold the joint Korean-Japanese film "Virgin Snow" to Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, "The Chief and The Governor" to Thailand, "My Tutor Friend Lesson II" to Malaysia, "The Wig" ("Scary Hair") to Latin America, and "My Scary Girl" and "Lump Sugar" to Taiwan.... |More
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