Over the Rainbow (Movie - 2002)

Actress Jang Jin-yeong Dies of Cancer at 35

Source | 2009/09/01 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Korean actress Jang Jin-yeong passed away Tuesday evening after losing a battle against stomach cancer. She was 35.

Jang had been hospitalized in Seoul after her condition recently worsened and doctors had reportedly been giving her morphine and other drugs to relieve the pain.

The news of the actress' sudden hospitalization Tuesday startled fans, as it was thought that she was recovering after resting for a month in Los Angeles.

Jang was diagnosed with stomach cancer in September last year when she paid a visit to the hospital for a regular checkup. What she thought was a stomach ulcer turned out to be cancer, and Jang has been out of the public eye ever since.

"Actress Jang Jin-young passed away today at the Seoul St. Mary's Hospital at Catholic University of Korea. Even after she was diagnosed with cancer, she was always positive and tried to pay back the love and support her fans sent her. We will remember her passion toward films and...| More

Yun-ha's Japanese Film to Be Released

Source | 2009/03/31 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A Japanese film titled "On This Sunday" starring Korean singer Yun-ha will open in Japan in mid-April. Yun-ha will make personal appearances in Tokyo and Osaka on April 11 and 12th to promote the film. She has already attended the premier at the FM Hall in Tokyo last Thursday. Director Satoki Kenmochi said that when he saw Yun-ha on TV singing, he felt that she was the female lead he was looking for.

At the premier Yun-ha said that the hardest part was pretending to speak poor Japanese. In the film her character is a Korean student, who struggles to adapt to life in Japan. Yun-ha is actually very fluent in Japanese. She also sings the film's title song "Over the Rainbow".

The male lead of the film is played by Japan's renowned kabuki actor Somegoro Ichikawa. It's still unknown whether the film will be shown in Korea. ...| More

Stars Look to Revive Hallyu in Japan

Source | 2009/02/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Some may say that hallyu, or the Korean wave, is over, but according to some celebrities' plans, the wave is just waiting for the perfect time to hit harder.

Singers and actors alike are moving their radars to Japan, with new albums, fan meetings and new dramas, a perfect way to reinvigorate the star power of local celebrities.

Singers Shin Seung-hun and R&B group SG Wannabe will release new albums in Japan this March. Shin, who proved his ballad power in Japan with his first album four years ago, returned to the local ballad scene last year, releasing a local album for the first time in two years. Recently announcing a concert tour in cities like Osaka and Tokyo starting in April, the 40-year-old singer's second album will be released March 25 and bring fans his new acoustic sounds.

SG Wannabe, consisting of Kim Jin-ho, Kim Yong-jun and Lee Suk-hun, will release its fifth album, "Rainbow", in Japan March 11. Making its Japanese debut last y...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Kim Ok-bin is back as a Geisha!

Source | 2008/07/16 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The young actress from "Over The Rainbow - Drama" and "Dasepo Girl" is coming back!

She comes back as a Geisha breaking many men's hearts in the movie "The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan"....| More

Cinema Bridges Korea, Vietnam

Source | 2008/05/19 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

In celebration of the 16th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Vietnam, the Second Korean Film Festival took place May 8-10 in Hanoi, drawing hordes of local fans. The pop culture exchange is expected to thrive even more with a possible joint project to build a huge studio in Vietnam as well as the establishment of a major Korean multiplex movie theater's first Vietnamese branch.

The three-day film festival featured five popular Korean movies: "Forever the Moment", based on the dramatic women's handball game at the 2004 Athens Olympics; "Marathon", a tearjerker about a disabled man championing marathons; "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007' starring hallyu star Song Hye-kyo as a ravishing Joseon (1392-1910)-era entertainer and artist; "Over the Rainbow", a melodrama starring top actors Lee Jeong-jae and Jang Jin-yeong; and "Cube".

Some 40,000 tickets for the screenings were sold before the inauguration, according to Seoul Daily Newspape...| More