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[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

Bong's 'Mother - 2009' Highlights Maternal Love

Source | 2009/05/21 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

"Mother - 2009", coming to theaters May 28, had its world premiere at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival. Variety magazine was not kidding when it said the Bong Joon-ho film was "unjustly denied a competition berth" in the prestigious French event.

The film is certainly not as edgy as "Memories of Murder" nor does it have the mainstream appeal of the blockbuster "The Host".

But, featuring South Korea's symbolic Kim Hye-ja as a mom with a formidable mission and heartthrob Won Bin in the improbable role of her vulnerable "baby", Bong brings an arresting tale that is at once quintessentially Korean yet universally classic, and uniquely visionary.

Complete with composer Lee Byeong-woo's film score bearing hints of "trot" (Korean country music) beats and landscapes of rural Korea, Bong constantly surprises the viewer with unexpected outbursts of violence ― Kim offering a most Shakespearean "mad scene" ― and an ironically dista...| More

Korean Films to Return in April

Source | 2009/03/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

South Korean cinema offers only a handful of releases this month, but a big lineup of homegrown films awaits moviegoers in April.

Some 10 domestic titles are slated for release next month, of which a majority are mainstream franchises that will play in theaters nationwide.

Leading the pack is "Private Eye", coming to screens April 2, starring Hwang Jeong-min as a private detective and Ryoo Deok-hwan as a young medical trainee who try to solve a serial murder case during the Japanese colonial era (1910-45). A special preview of the film with English subtitles is taking place at 7 p.m. tonight at CINUS Myeongdong Theater. The subtitled film will be available on the official release date at the venue, as well as CINUS Gangnam.

A week later, Kang Hye-jeong, the charming heroine of "Welcome to Dongmakgol", will return to the big screen opposite Park Hee-soon ("Seven Days") in "Urijibe Wae Watni" ("Why Did You Come to My House - Movie"), a quirky t...| More