Once in a Summer (2006) - 그해 여름 (Geu-hae Yeo-reum)

2008/04/04 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean wave star LEE Byeong-heon is currently filming scenes in his Hollywood debut, G.I. Joe, an adaptation of the popular action-hero comic book series. LEE will play Storm Shadow, a ninja with a dark past who joins the G.I. Joe team.

The plot, like the comic, centers on an elite military unit of highly trained recruits, each with his own specialty skill. In the film they take on an evil and powerful criminal syndicate led by Cobra, a notorious arms dealer. LEE's character, Storm Shadow, is well known to readers of the comic and was even spun-off into its own series.

The big-budget feature is a Paramount Pictures production and is directed by Stephen Sommers whose previous films include Van Helsing, The Mummy Returns, and The Jungle Book. The film also stars Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, and Dennis Quaid. It is slated for release in the summer of 2009.

LEE is a popular star at home and all across Asia. He has starred in films such as "Once in a Summer" (2006),...

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2007/08/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The leading roles for Lee Joon-ik's Nimeun Meon Gose (English translation: "someone dear is far away") went to Soo-ae and Eom Tae-woong. Soo-ae will play the female lead role. Her character joins an entertainment group bound for Vietnam to entertain military troops, but her real agenda is to search for her husband who serves in Vietnam. The husband will be portrayed by Eom. The film is set during the Vietnam War in the 70s.

Director LEE has been influential with films like: "The King and the Clown", "Radio Star", and "Once upon a Time in a Battlefield" ("Hwangsanbul"). "The King and the Clown" became the most popular Korean film in 2006 and is currently second after BONG Joon-ho's "The Host". "The King and the clown" was a surprise hit when the film went on from a modest release to become a record breaking film through positive word-of-mouth.

Soo-ae starred opposite LEE Byeong-heon in JO Geun-sik's drama "Once in a Summer". Eom played in "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") al...

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2007/02/21 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

"Once in a Summer" is a romance fantasy that deliberately obscures the time and place in which it is set.
The film is a love epic that features an affair between two intellectuals, and it's set "somewhere, sometime" in a turbulent phase of Korean history.
Seok-young (played by Lee Byeong-heon) is an unwilling student activist. He rarely attends student protests and does not care much for politics, at a time when most college students are politically active ― either from a sense of duty or as a way to seduce girls.
But when he joins his fellow students to help farmers in a fictional town called "Sunari", he meets Jeong-in, the beautiful daughter of a communist who runs the village library.
The story taps into the ideological conflicts of Korean history while focusing on the couple's love affair. But the tensions between them are all too familiar. In fact it wouldn't be surprising to find a similar drama featuring two people surrounded by political upheavals in other parts of A...

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2007/01/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Lee Byeong-heon known, as Byonsama in Japan, flew to Japan on Tuesday to promote his recent film "Once in a Summer".

The Japanese press reported Wednesday that the top Korean star came to Japan along with actress Soo-Ae, who played opposite his role in the film. When they arrived at Narita International Airport, they were greeted by cheers and applause by some 1,000 fans who were waiting for them from early in the morning, it added.

According to the Japanese sports newspaper Spornichi, Lee smiled and waved at the fans and expressed his gratitude by saying "Thank you, and I am pleased to be here".

The two stars will attend the film's preview on Wednesday and hold a press conference on Thursday.

"Once in a Summer" performed poorly at the Korean box office, but is expected to do well in Japan. Sold to Japan for 4 million US dollars before its release in Korea, the movie will be released across Japan on Jan. 27. ...

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when he wanna come to Malaysia?? Persona 2007-01-18 22:51:24

2007/01/12 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The Korean film "Once in a Summer" will be released in Japan on Jan. 27. The movie, which stars two top stars, Lee Byeong-heon and Soo-Ae --but fared badly at the Korean box office when it was released on Nov. 30--is expected to do well in Japan.

The two stars will also do their utmost for the movie's success in the island country, as they did in Korea, touring local cities to promote the movie despite its poor performance at box office. They will fly to Japan on Jan. 16 and give interviews with various media outlets to promote the film. Lee visited the neighboring country last year for promotional purposes.

The movie is expected to do well in Japan, unlike in Korea, due to Lee's tremendous popularity there. It was sold to Japan for US$4 million before its release in Korea.

Another reason for lofty expectations is the success of "Now and Forever, which performed poorly in Korea but was the only Korean movie to make the top five at the Japanese box office last year, as it starr...

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