Seven Days (Movie - 2007)

[DVDs] 'Blood Rain:' Pouring Red

2009/11/11 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Costume drama meets violent film noir
Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

The film opens in 19th century Korea, the late Joseon period. A small island off the coast of Seoul, known for the production of high-quality paper, it is commissioned by the court, is visited by the special prosecutor Won-kyu (Cha Seung-won) and his men, after a suspected arson burns down a freighter and its shipment of valuable papers.

Soon Won-kyu finds himself embroiled in an island-wide conspiracy and a murder investigation, as those rumored to be responsible for the frame-up and gruesome execution of Commissioner Kang (Cheon Ho-jin) several years ago are killed off in equally horrendous ways: boiled alive in a dyeing kettle, having his skull crushed by a rock, and so on.

Neither the old yangban owner of the paper mill (Oh Hyeon-kyeong) nor his cynical son Kim In-kwon (Park Yong-woo) seems happy to have an outsider like Won-kyu meddle in the affairs of the island.

Meanwhile, the beautiful local shaman (Cho...| More

Malaysia Hosts Korean Film Fest

Source | 2009/11/05 | 0 comments | Permalink |

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the 2009 Korean Film Festival ran Oct 30 to Nov 4 at the GSC Mid Valley's International Screens venue. The six-day festival brings together four diverse titles: family drama "My Mother, the Mermaid" (2004), critically praised independent drama, "Sa-Kwa" (2008), suspense-driven thriller "Seven Days" (2007) and comedy "Our School E.T" (2008).

The festival, co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea Embassy, will make an allotment of free tickets available to the public. KANG Yi-kwan's "Sa-kwa" stars actress MOON So-ri as a career-woman in a troubled marriage. "Seven Days", by director WON Sin-yeon, tells the story of Ji-yeon, a successful lawyer and single mother to a seven-year-old girl who has been kidnapped.

Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] "Secret - 2009" comes out in November

Source | 2009/09/28 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah are main characters in the new thriller film "Secret - 2009" (previously known as "Saving My Wife") that will be released this November.

The film, "Seven Days" has been a hit in 2007 and that film's scenario writer Yoon Jae-goo has written this upcoming film also.

"Secret - 2009" is about a detective who finds his wife's traces at a murder scene....| More

In the movie industry, does digital film making prevail?

Source | 2009/07/28 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Hosted by the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK) and Kodak Korea a forum on film making will be held at Cinematheque of the Korea Film Archive (KOFA), Sangam-dong in Seoul on Aug. 5 at 3 p.m.
With the theme of 'Film vs. Digital, which one should be adopted for Korean film making?', the forum will cover strengths and weaknesses of existing ways of film production and those of digital production and room for improvement as well as forecasting production format of Korean films.
With the theme of 'Suggestion of a Format for Efficient Film Making and Film Story' Oh Sang-min, Chairman of the Education Department at PGK will deliver speech on merits of films and characteristics of alternative films and Super 16 mm films at the first section of the forum at 3 p.m.

The second section at 4: 10 p.m. will be participated by PD Lim Chung-guen ("Seven Days"), PD Yang Jong-gon ("Baby and I"), and PD Shin Chang-hwan ("Marathon") as panelists with the theme of 'Where should the format of Korean film ...| More

Actor Oh Arrested for Smoking Marijuana

Source | 2009/06/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Bae Ji-sook

Staff Reporter



Popular actor Oh Kwang-rok, most famous for his role in "Taewangsasingi" ("The Legend")' as a wise man, was arrested Thursday for smoking marijuana, police said Friday. 

According to Namdaemun Police Station, Oh is suspected of having smoked marijuana on several occasions, including once in February at his house in Seoul. He allegedly smoked with the head of an unidentified information-technology company, known as Park, investigators said. 

Police said Park bought the drug from a local dealer and shared it with eight others, including animation film director Kim Moon-saeng. 

Oh has appeared in numerous films including "Seven Days" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"....| More