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Directed by Kim Ki-duk (김기덕)
Screenplay by Kim Ki-duk (김기덕)
106min | Release date in South Korea : 2003/09/19Spring - Child Monk takes life of animals out of innocence
A child monk ties a stone to a back of fish. Same plight awaits a frog and a snake. The child monk roams the brook in search of the fish and the frog as his punishment allotted by the old monk.
Summer - Boy Monk in love learns obsession
The monk is now 17 years old. To the lonely herm... More
'I was astonished by the way Korean directors approach real problems'.
It was Jocelyn Saab's interest in Korean cinema that brought her all the way down to Jeonju, in southwestern Korea. The Lebanese director is a member of the jury of the Jeonju International Film Festival's Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award. She said that the films she has seen at the festival lead her to believe she is witnessing the emergence of a new generation of Korean directors. "I was astonished by the way that Korean directors approach real problems. They say things so clearly, and just put everything on the table", Saab said Saturday in an interview with the JoongAng Daily. The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema, Netpac, is an international organization of 29 member countries established in 1990. It focuses on the development of Asian cinema, including critics, filmmakers, festival organizers and curators, and is currently considered the leading authority on Asian film. Th...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 "Scandal Makers" ("Speedy Scandal"), last year's fourth most successful film at the box office has been released in Los Angeles. The film's distributor, Lotte Cinema is showing the film for three weeks with English subtitles. Its next release in the US will be in Atlanta. The film, drawing nearly 8 million admissions to date making it one of Korea's most successful comedies has provided a welcome boost to the local box office at the end of a relatively sluggish year. Directed by KANG Hyung-chul, the comedy exposes the cult of personality surrounding a former celebrity, Hyun-soo who is now a radio host in his late 30's. A young single mum, who garners the radio show with tales of her wanting to make contact with the father who she never met, causes ratings to explode. Later, on though, after Hyun-Soo meets the young mum it is him she accuses of being her father. Hyun-soo now has to manage the scandal. Korea's relative success in the U.S market have traditionally been with d...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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Composer Ji Bark (33) received the Jerry Goldsmith Awards at 23 to become the first Asian recipient. Many Koreans may not know him but he is known as a globally promising genius musician. He was the music director for President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration ceremony and also directed the event marking 150 years of French-Japanese diplomatic ties, for which he modified an abandoned school for a showcase of his distinguished ability.
Genius artist comes to Korea Even before he uttered his first words, he was bestowed with musical talent. His parents were opera singers. His mother Kim Mi-hwa, once a professor at Sookmyung Women's University, now teaches at the Christian Univ. of America in New York. His father, who was also a classical singer, turned to business after moving to the U.S. Ji Bark's music career may have been predestined. At 6, he was already fascinated by film music. He may forget the scenes and storyline of films such as "A Man and a Woman", "Love Story" and "Emmanuel...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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The world is still surprised by the popularity of Korean films, pop music and TV dramas. A country with a small territory is showing its huge dimension in cultural terms. After leading one of the most impressive processes of economic development in world history, Korea is now consolidating its power in the field of arts and culture.
Argentina is not excluded from that influence. Being a most distant country from Korea - the tale says that if you are drinking ginseng tea, in Insa-dong, downtown Seoul, and you decide to dig a hole straight to the heart of the Earth, after crossing it, you will find yourself drinking our traditional beverage "mate" in Argentina`s Pampas. Argentina has also received the influence of Hallyu, or the Korean Wave. It is also true that as soon as distance grows, the strength of the Wave fades. Within the three most visible expressions of this trend, pop music, TV dramas and cinema, it was the last one that has been most successful. Special performances...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter BUSAN ― The star-studded jury of New Currents, the unique competition section of the 13th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF), met with the press Friday to discuss the competition's aim to promote Asian cinema and in particular rising young directors. The jury is headed by one of the world's most famous actresses Anna Karina, muse of the Eric Rhomer and Jean-Luc Godard-led French La Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave). In 1961, she won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with Godard's "Woman is a Woman". Karina, 68, makes her first visit to South Korea, and finds it "flattering" that the younger generation still remembers her works from the 1950s and 60s. "But it's too much", she said. But she is happy that the retro works are still up to date. "It is a great honor", she said about presiding over the jury. The actress-turned-director also brings her latest work "Victoria" to PIFF. Also on the jury is Germ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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