| 46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees (Source) |
2009/10/23 |
46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees
- Best Movie: "Take Off", "Mother - 2009", "The Divine Weapon", "Sky and Sea", "Haeundae"
- Best Director : Kim Yong-hwa ("Take Off"), Yoon Je-kyoon ("Haeundae"), Jeon Yoon-soo ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Jeong Gi-hoon ("Ae-ja"), Bong Joon-ho ("Mother - 2009")
- Best Actor : Kim Myeong-min ("Closer to Heaven"), Kim Yoon-seok (Running Turtle), Seol Kyeong-gu ("Haeundae"), Jeong Jae-yeong ("The Divine Weapon"), Ha Jeong-woo ("Take Off")
- Best Actress : Kim Min-seon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Kim Hye-ja ("Mother - 2009"), Soo-ae ("Sunny"), Jang Nara ("Sky and Sea"), Choi Kang-hee ("Ae-ja")
- Best Supporting Actor : Kim In-kwon ("Haeundae"), Jin Goo ("Mother - 2009"), Jeong Kyeong-ho ("Sunny"), Jang Geun-seok ("The Case of Itaewon Homicide"), Kim Nam-gil ("Modern Boy")
- Best Supporting Actress : Kim Bo-yeon ("Living Death"), Kim Hae-sook ("Thirst"), Kim Yeong-ae ("Ae-ja"), Choo Ja-hyeon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Nam Neung-mi ("Clos... |More
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| Postwar Pain Made Into Bad Melodrama (Source) |
2008/11/13 |
By Joon Soh
Contributing Writer
When the Korean War ended in July 1953, South Korea was in a state of chaos. Much of the country, especially Seoul, was in shambles, many of its buildings were destroyed, and law and order had a fragile hold on society.
The film "Once Upon a Time in Seoul" (titled "Boys Don't Cry" in Korean) is set in this tumultuous period in South Korean history and describes the daily struggle shared by the war's survivors. The story is told through the experience of orphaned children - the most destitute and helpless of Seoul's residents - and their contact with the world of crime as they fight to survive.
According to the film, the black market was one of the few aspects of postwar Seoul that was thriving. Cigarettes, liquor, canned foods and other rare items made their way out of U.S. military bases and into the hands of those who could afford it. (And they continued to do so for many decades afterwards.) This underground market of imported goods was cont... |More
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| '200-Pound Beauty' takes to the stage (Source) |
2008/11/05 |
When the Korean entertainment industry saw a promising future of "movicals", or musicals based on film scripts, several years back, musical production company Shownote bet on the award-winning film, "200 Pounds Beauty" (2006).
The company thought that the film-based musical would also appeal to stage audiences with its orderly content and good music.
With three weeks to go until its opening, Shownote is hoping the 200-Pound Beauty musical will draw as large an audience as the film did. The romantic comedy attracted 6.62 million viewers nationwide.
Though the characters' names are different, the musical's story line remains the same as the film.
Han-byul (played by Choi Seong-hee and Yoon Gong-joo) is an overweight woman - 275 pounds and 5.5 feet tall - who wishes to be loved.
Her only gift from God, she believes, is her voice, so she dreams of becoming a singer. But since she doesn't have a perfect figure and wants to appear on stage, she has no choice but to become a ... |More
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| [ChanMi's star news] Star siblings Lee Wan and Kim Tae-hee (Source) |
2008/10/30 |
 Actress Kim Tae-hee came to the VIP movie press conference for her brother starring in the new movie, "Boys Don't Cry" ("Once Upon a Time in Seoul").
This new film stars Lee Wan and Song Chang-ee are starred as young boys living in 1953. The Korean War is raging on qhich makes their life so much difficult to live. This is a survival story of these two boys that is deeply touching.##
It will be released November 6th!
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| Actors struggle for authenticity in Korean War roles (Source) |
2008/10/21 |
War is tough, a fact well known by a generation of Koreans caught up in the slaughter of the Korean War (1950-1953).
But despite the chaos of the weeks and months that followed the end of the war, the two teenage boys in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Seoul" learn never to quit.
Instead, Jong-doo (Lee Wan) and Tae-ho (Song Chang-ee) fight for survival during those difficult times.
The film is loosely based on Kenzo Kitakata's "Scars", a Japanese novel depicting the dark side of Japan after World War II.
Rascal Entertainment, the company that made the film, thought the descriptions of impoverished Japan in the novel were similar to those that Korea experienced in 1953.
The story of "Once Upon a Time in Seoul", however, goes beyond the simple retelling of wartime disorder.
"The film is an exploration of a man's heart when life is pushed to its limits", said the film's director, Bae Hyeong-joon, at the film's production conference last Tuesday in Apgujeong, southern Seo... |More
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