Quiz King (Movie - 2005)

Actress Sin to Divorce

Source | 2007/08/09 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

Actress Sin Eun-kyeong is filing for divorce, after her husband forged documents to borrow money from another entertainment company.

The 34-year old actress, who recently starred in the television drama "Bad Couple", married Kim Jung-su in 2003. Sin alleged Kim, who was head of Oracle Entertainment until he left early July, had forged her signature to borrow money from another entertainment company. Now, the entertainment company is demanding Sin pay a little over 400 million won.

Because of this incident, Shin has said she could not trust her husband anymore. This led her to file for divorce. The couple has one son.

Shin debuted on television in the late 1980s, acting in several TV dramas. It was her role as a prostitute in veteran director Im Kwon-taek's film "Downfallen" that propelled her to the limelight.

Her most famous film was the 2001 hit "My Wife is a Gangster", where she played a tough, female gang boss. She appeared in ...| More

A man's place? It's on a quiz show

Source | 2006/07/18 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The film "Mr. Housewife" ("Quiz King") is rooted in the two main subjects that have dominated Korean cinema for decades ― family and masculinity.
Jin-man (Han Seok-Kyu) is a professional from a prestigious family who becomes a house-husband after he is fired for leading a strike. He is happy about his new domestic role until he loses money the couple had been saving for his father-in-law's surgery. He decides to revive his family's fortunes by appearing on a TV quiz show for housewives, produced by the broadcasting company his wife works for as a show host.
The dilemma deepens, however, as Jin-man, who kept his house-husband role a secret from his conservative father, shows up on television. His wife is furious and ashamed that he told the world about his situation, though she has no basic problem with the couple's division of labor.
The film takes humorous digs at the public conception of house-husbands (there are over 140,000 house-husbands in Korea, according to a 2005 surv...| More

Domestic Movies With English Subtitles

Source | 2006/02/02 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Quiz King (Misuto Chubu Kwijuwang) (2005)

Seoul Selection Bookstore

Saturday at noon

Starring Han Seok-kyu, this comedy tells about a full-time househusband who tries to win first prize in a television quiz show. Jin-man is the househusband with a cute daughter and lovely wife, but as he is deceived by a swindler and loses his money saved for his sick father-in-law, he finds himself in big trouble. To cope, he decides to participate in a TV quiz program offerings 30 million won as first prize.

Seoul Selection Bookstore is near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Tickets: 3,000 won. Details: (02) 734-9565 or http://www.seoulselection.com ...| More

"Welcome To Dongmakgol" to be contracted 2 million dollar with Japan at AFM

Source | 2005/11/14 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The best box-office film of 2005 "Welcome To Dongmakgol" was sold in 2 million dollar of minimum garantee by Japanese publisher Nikkatsu Corporation during American Film Market.

Nikkatsu Corp was founded in 1912 and is charge of producing and distributing of movie & video as well as managing theater & studio, which is one of major film company of long history and tradition with "Shochiku".

Nikkatsu was not up abd coming in buying and distributing Korean movies only focusing on video & DVD distribution up to now, however, it is willing to arouse Japanese' sympathy with the in-depth and emotional sense of "Welcome To Dongmakgol".

The foreign distributors have hesitated to buy it because of the weak points like "Star absense" and "Korean War", therefore, this contract is meaningful. The movie will be distributed in Japan early next year. The inquiries from American distributors are continuing after AFM and it is expected of the further sales as the nomination result at the Aca...| More

Donning an Apron, Han Seok-kyu Cooks Laughter

Source | 2005/09/22 | 0 comments | Permalink |

by Mi-Seok Koh

"Quiz King" (Directed by Yoo Seon-dong, starring Han Seok-kyu, Sin Eun-kyeong) is a comedy, and the catchphrase for the movie reads: "A male housewife's delightful coming-out".

As can be inferred by the phrase "coming-out", this movie comes with the premise that it is an embarrassing secret for a man to stay at home. The main character, Oh Jin-man, betrays this premise and appears on a TV quiz show to reveal his identity to the world. He suffers a brief period of despair when his wife leaves home because of her embarrassing husband, but the couple end up living happily ever after.

Han Suk-gyu is natural and comfortable in his role, starring as Oh Jin-man, a former elite corporate worker who has been a homemaker for six years. His sudden transformation, wearing mascara, fake eyelashes and high heels, is hilarious. Shin Eun-gyung stars as his wife, a master of ceremonies at a broadcast station.

Jin-man enters a mutual-aid union hoping to receive more interest, ...| More