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Hyeon Bin the patient, Lee Bo-yeong the nurse

2008/04/03 | Source | Permalink |

Hyeon Bin and Lee Bo-yeong will be acting together as a patient and a nurse. In director Yoon Jong-chan's new movie "I Am Happy", the two will meet in a mental hospital and fall in love as a patient and a nurse.

Hyeon Bin plays a young man who suffers from a mental disorder due to a dysfunctional family and lifestyle. Lee Bo-yeong stars as the nurse who takes care of him. This is his comeback to the screen two years after "A Millionaire's First Love" and receiving love as 'Sam-shik' in "My Name is Kim Sam-soon". Lee Bo-yeong, after her first main role in "Once Upon a Time", will show another side of her. It's drawing attention because it's a joyful and painful story, by a director known for his unique movies, as shown in "Sorum" and "Blue Swallow". Filming will start at the end of this month.
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I cant wait to see this movie. Hyun Bin is a great actor and I think he can pull this one off again. Just like in A Millionaires First Love and our all time favorite My Name is Kim Sam Soon . dyingyoung 2008-04-03 20:53:41

Hyeon Bin, Screen Comeback with movie "I Am Happy"

2008/03/27 | Source | Permalink |

After two years, Hyeon Bin will be coming back to the screen since "A Millionaire's First Love". He wasn't involved in anything after drama "Snow Queen".

On the 20th, he posted a message at his fan café titled, 'You've waited a long time', revealing his comeback. "I'm really busy these days. I've been trying to prepare a good work for our family, but it's taking longer than I thought". He revealed the reason why he hasn't been coming out a lot.

He also said, "I'm going to be filming a movie from next week. It's a movie called "I Am Happy", and many great actors come out. I'm also working with a great director and a good staff".

He said, "I think it's something that I can be born again with, and something I can learn from. I'll try my best to show you a different side of me. I'm thankful to my fans for supporting me, and I hope I can show you great results".

Director Yoon Jong-chan, who has become famous through "Sorum" and "Blue Swallow", will be working on this movie. Hyeo...| More

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i'm so glad!!!!! i crave for watching this Mapenzi01 2008-03-31 01:17:52 lowloo 2008-03-30 14:35:34 wow when is that

Korean actresses cleaning up at filmfests

2007/05/28 | Source | Permalink |

However, she was not alone in making the foundation on which the Korean film industry stands at the moment.

Since Kang Soo-yeon became the first Korean actress to win a major international award in 1987 with "The Surrogate Mother", the local movie industry has gone through dramatic improvement over the past 20 years.

Kang, then 21, was chosen best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role as "Sibaji", a Korean word for surrogate mother, in the movie produced by Korea's master film director Im Kwon-Taek.

In 1989, Kang reaffirmed her global fame as she won best actress at the Moscow Film Festival for her role in Im's Buddhist movie, "Aje Aje Bara Aje", which translates into "Come, come, come upward".

At the heart of the global acclaim poured on Korean movies for the past two decades were a dozen of other actresses, armed with passion for acting and superb performance.

Im's another movie, "Sopyonje", garnered much international acclaim in 1993, giving the best actres...| More

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Kim Myeong-min Still Haunted by 'White Tower' Role

2007/03/16 | Source | Permalink |

It's well-known fact that actor Kim Myeong-min doesn't smoke -- there's a famous story of him passing out after smoking cigarettes all day for a scene in the 2001 movie "Sorum" (Goosebumps). And yet, to our surprise, during a recent interview he politely asked if he could light up, and he then proceeded to suck down several cigarettes one after the next. "I tried to be a surgeon, but that turned me into a smoker", he joked.

Kim was referring to the past five months that he spent playing Jang Joon-hyeok on MBC's hit drama "White Tower". Jang Joon-hyeok is a brilliant and power-hungry surgeon who suffers a medical accident and eventually dies of cancer. Now that the show is finished, Kim has finally had a chance to return to himself. But the strain of the performance has taken its toll on the actor, for when the Chosun Ilbo met with him for the interview, he looked haggard.

-- You looked terribly pale during the last episode. Was that make-up?

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The Host and actor HA Jeong-woo awarded at Fantasporto

2007/03/09 | Source | Permalink |

The Oporto International Film Festival, better known as Fantasporto, presented two awards to Korean cinema in its closing ceremony on March 3.

BONG Joon-ho's acclaimed third feature "The Host" screened in the festival's main Official Fantasy competition section and was presented with an award for Best Director. The winner of this section was Pan's Labyrinth by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro.

Meanwhile, in the 17th Director's Week section, young actor HA Jeong-woo won Best Actor for his leading role in KIM Ki-duk's thirteenth film "Time". HA, who is seen as a key up-and-coming actor for his talent and his English abilities, also appears in KIM's next film "Breath", currently in post-production.

HA is the fourth Korean actor to receive an award at Fantasporto, following Seo Jeong in "The Isle" in 2001, JANG Jin-yeong in "Sorum" in 2003, and IM Soo-jeong in "A Tale of Two Sisters" in 2004.

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