Springtime (2004) - 꽃피는 봄이 오면

2008/04/21 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director/writer RYOO Jang-ha makes his comeback after his 2004 "Springtime" (Kkotbineun Bomi Omyeon) featuring CHOI Min-sik, with the romantic drama Soonjeongmanwha (English translation: "pure comic strip") starring YOO Ji-tae and LEE Yeon-hee.

The film's about a thirty-year-old office employee and a female student who run into each other every morning at an elevator. Both are secretly in love with each other.

Filming commenced on the first day of April. The film is scheduled for a release in the fall. The romantic drama is produced by Let's Film.

YOO Ji-tae played CHOI Min-sik's character's nemesis in PARK Chan-wook's "Old Boy". He also starred in the period piece "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007" and HONG Sang-soo's "Woman is the Future of Man" (Yojaneun Namjaui Miraeda). In addition, YOO directs short films.

LEE Yeon-hee is seen in LEE Myeong-se's "M" opposite of KANG Dong-won and the romantic teen film "A Millionaire's First Love" (Baekmanjangjaui Cheotsarang). She's one ...

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2005/07/26 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Two Korean movies, 'SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE' and 'WELCOME TO DONGMAKGOL' have a bursting showdown each other while Hollywood blockbusters such as 'War of the Worlds', and 'The Island' sweep over Seoul movie street.

First of all, the two movies unroll the offensive of the amount of materials to release in screens over 350 theaters.

In addition to this, the two Korean films greet the audience confidently with shining idea, characteristic traits and their compact film plot etc.

Therefore, a number of movie goers are expecting that the two movies would aspirate vitality to Korean movie world which bent the neck recently

SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE ("Chinjeolhan Geumja-ssi") is first, the long anticipated third film of director Park Chan-wook's 'Revenge Trilogy' which includes Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Old boy.

Up until now, the plot of the story has been kept closely guarded, but what is known is that it is about a thirty year old woman (who may have spent the las...

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2005/06/12 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

A total of 7 Korean moviesare being screened right now in the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be continued by June 19.

In its Asian New Talent Award, first off 'My Brother' directed by Ahn Kwon-tae, unfolds a synopsis in which The younger brother, Jong-hyeon is a good-looking, class-A fighter. The older brother, Seong-hyeon is tender and pure, a class-A student.

They've been fighting nearly for 17 years. Trouble began when their mother favored Seong-hyeon over his younger brother. Round two began when both brothers fell for the same girl, Mi-ryeong.

When the long-simmering emotions finally explode and a huge fight breaks out, Seong-hyeon tells his younger brother something he had never been able to say before: "Jong-hyeon, would you call me hyeong just once? I've never heard it before from you..".

"Hyeong" - the word that younger Korea brothers call their older brothers. And yet Jong-hyeon has never said it to his brother.

In its 'Panorama Films' s...

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2005/05/10 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kim Ki-tae
Staff Reporter

A South Korean filmmaker will screen a North Korean novel on the life of the 16th century hostess Hwang Chin-i.

Siz Entertainment yesterday said that it had recently signed a copyright agreement with unidentified North Korean authorities. The novel "Hwang Chin-i" was written by North Korean novelist Hong Sok-jung in 2002 and also published in South Korea last year.

"We reached the agreement during a recent visit to Kaesong in the North", Siz's president Jo Seong-won said. However, he declined to comment on the details. The filmmaker is to hold a relevant press conference at 2 p.m. today.

Meanwhile, Yonhap News Agency yesterday reported the filmmaker will likely shoot most of the scenes in the North from spring next year. If the reported plan is realized, it will be the first South Korean film shot on North Korean soil. A local flick, "Bold Family", had several scenes filmed in the North, but only in the tourist area around Mt. Kumgang.

How...

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2005/04/14 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

Arthouse theater Seoul Art Cinema held a reopening ceremony yesterday in its new home at the Hollywood Theater in Chongno, downtown Seoul.

As part of its opening event, the theater screened its first film in the new venue _ Eric Rohmer's "A Tale of Springtime" _ after the ceremony.

To celebrate its reopening, the theater is holding a film festival titled "Cinematheque in Seoul" and will screen a total of 16 art films from today through May 1.

The film's director or a movie critic will introduce seven of the 16 movies. They include "A Woman Under the Influence" (1974) by John Cassavetes, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966) by Sergio Leone and "Rio Bravo" (1959) by Howard Hawks.

Run by the organization Cinematheque Seoul, the theater opened in the basement of Art Sonje Center in Chongno-gu in 2002, and has since been a place for people to enjoy non-mainstream films. But the theater was unable to renew its lease and moved out of its for...

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