Our Happy Time (2006) - 우리들의 행복한 시간 (Woo-ri-deul-eui Haeng-bok-han Si-gan)

2008/03/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Lee Jeong-jae and Jeong Ryeo-won will be acting as lovers on the screen.

They confirmed to star in the movie "Mellows", which will start filming late April, and are now working on the details.

"Mellows" is a melodrama portraying the love between an insurance inspector whose wife committed suicide and a blind woman who had been in a coma for a year. "Mellows" has drawn great interest, as it is a new movie by Director Song Hae-seong, who also produced "Failan" and "Our Happy Time".

Because it is a love with someone in a coma, it will contain a feeling of fantasy as it goes back and forth from fantasy to reality.

There is great interest to see the on-screen chemistry between Lee Jeong-jae, who is coming back to the screen after a long break after "Riot in a Bar in 1724", and Jeong Ryeo-won, whose first movie was 2 Faces of My Girlfriend".
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2008/01/08 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Controversial director KIM Ki-duk has cast South Korean leading actress LEE Na-young alongside one of Japan's top actors, Joe Odagiri, in what will be his 15th feature film. Titled "Bi-mong" ("Sad Dream"), the new project began shooting January 4 in Seoul and is scheduled to wrap on January 25.

Much interest is being given the new project as actress LEE is one of Korea's most adored stars, taking memorable roles in such films as "Maundy Thursday" ("Our Happy Time") (2006) and "Someone Special" (2004). Paired with Odagiri (Tokyo Tower (2007)), a favorite with women across Asia, the film carries much commercial potential despite the generally cold reception KIM's films receive in his home country.

The new film will, as in many of KIM's previous works, distort the boundaries between reality and dream. The story revolves around a man (Odagiri) who dreams that he caused a car accident. Waking, he goes to the place where the dream occurred, only to find that an actual hit-and-run...

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2007/11/07 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Kang Dong-won.

By Kim Seong-ryong

Actor and model Kang Dong-won, 26, is no longer just a pretty boy. In Lee Myeong-se's recent psychodrama "M", Kang plays a writer named Min-woo who journeys back and forth between reality and fantasy in search of his first love Mi-mi, played by Lee Yeon-hee.
Compared to Kang's previous work, films such as "Temptation of Wolves" (2004) and "Duelist" (2005), "M" seems less naturalistic in tone. The actor's pretty face is hidden behind black-rimmed spectacles and his hair is shaped like the letter M. The story's blurry visual effects create an atmosphere that reflects Kang's psychological quest.
"Playing the part of Min-woo was very challenging", Kang said. The film focuses on Min-woo's entire life, so Kang had to reach deep to find the necessary romance and the drama of his character. The director specifically asked Kang to play up his facial expressions as much as possible to convey the required depth of emotions. After all, the film was ...

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2007/09/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Visually gifted director LEE Myeong-se will present his final cut of "M" at the 12th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF). M premiered this month at the Toronto International Film Festival.

With his latest film M, LEE displays his mastery in a visually and structurally impressive film to explore a complicated story about loss, reality, imagination and love. KANG Dong-won plays the lead role of a successful writer, but he is troubled beneath the surface.

LEE previously directed KANG in his film "Duelist". LEE is also well-known for Nowhere to Hide. KANG starred in last year's hit "Maundy Thursday" ("Our Happy Time"). "M" will be part of Gala Presentation, a new section at this year's PIFF which highlights major directors.

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2007/06/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

SONG Hae-seong's "Failan" (2001) starring CHOI Min-sik and Cecilia CHEUNG will be remade by director Vadim Perelman. Filming is scheduled for this year's fall.

Vadim Perelman directed the drama The House of Sand and Fog. The adaptation of the screenplay is in the hands of Jose Rivera, whose credits include The Motorcycle Diaries. US production company, Beacon Pictures and Landscape pictures teamed up as co-producers.

In "Failan", a man takes on the mafia who exploited his immigrant wife. He never met her, since it was only a formal agreement set up by the mafia. However, he learns about her faith through the letters she left him before she died and it compels him to seek revenge for her.

The remake relocates the story to New York. The immigrant woman will be changed into a Russian and she will fall in the hands of the Russian mafia.

SONG Hae-seong also directed last years "Maundy Thursday" ("Our Happy Time"). CHOI Min-sik is internationally best known for his role in PA...

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