| Cha Seung-won's Movie Picks (Source) |
2010/01/18 |
Korean actor Cha Seung-won [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]
At what biological age does a man's masculinity reach its peak? Many would guess the answer would be in their 20s, when the body is at its physical peak or in their 30s after they have matured more. But if you met actor Cha Seung-won, you would come to the definite conclusion that it is at the age of 40. "I put in a conscious effort to keeping my body in shape as an actor, but I can't help feeling that I have aged. The wrinkles around my eyes when I laugh... man". That was the modest response which came from Cha who has an unchanging statuesque figure and a beard like that of a foreign actor's. However, he who can even pull o... |More
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| Going by the Book Joins Jang Jin, Jeong Jae-yeong and Ra Hee-chan (Source) |
2007/09/30 |
"Going by the Book" (Bareuge Salja) is the feature film directorial debut of RA Hee-chan. The comedy's protagonist – a righteous and punctual policeman – is played by Jeong Jae-yeong. JANG Jin is responsible for the scenario.
Jeong's character follows rules to the extremes and it causes his downfall from detective to traffic agent. When he is given the role of a bank robber in a bank robbery simulation, he again fails to grasp the situation and goes too far, causing such mayhem that the media rush to the scene to cover the 'bank robbery'.
Ra was the assistant director of JANG Jin during the film "Murder, Take One" ("The Big Scene"). JANG Jin is known for his particular style for adding comedy elements. JANG wrote and directed films like "Someone Special" and this year's "A Day with My Son". He also wrote the script for "Welcome to Dongmakgol".
Jeong is a regular collaborator with JANG; including "Someone Special", "Welcome to Dongmakgol", "Guns and Talks" and "Righteous Ties"... |More
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| 'Day' Is Director's Failed Experiment (Source) |
2007/05/03 |
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
Director Jang Jin is famous for his twisty and unconventional storylines and creation of peculiar characters in such works as "Guns and Talks" (2001), "Someone Special" (2004) and "Murder, Take One" ("The Big Scene", 2005).
Having successfully won over a lot of fans with his particular style, it is no doubt that the audience has high expectations for his new film, "A Day With My Son", even if it seems to have many elements typical of a melodramatic tearjerker _ it is a story about a man serving a life sentence who gets one day out of jail for the first time in 15 years to meet his son.
But the new film is a total disaster as it is too Jang Jin-esque.
In the film, Lee Gang-sik (played by Cha Seung-won) is a criminal, who serves a life sentence in prison after being convicted of murder and robbery. For the first time in 15 years, the well-behaved prisoner is granted a one-day prison leave.
What he wants to do most is to see his son, whom he ... |More
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| JANG Jin explores Father and Son relations (Source) |
2007/04/11 |
Inventive director JANG Jin portrays this time the relationship between an estranged father and son in his new film "A Day with My Son" (Adeul). The father is played by CHA Seung-won and the son is a role for RYOO Deok-hwan.
The drama will open May 3rd. A Day with My Son is a project by production company KnJ Entertainment and is distributed by Cinema Service.
JANG Jin has been influential as a scenario writer and director, and among his films are "Guns and Talks" (Killeodeului Sooda, 2001), "Someone Special" (Aneun Yeoja, 2004), "Righteous Ties" (Georookhan Gyebo, 2006) and he wrote the screenplay for "Welcome to Dongmakgol" (2005).
CHA has been successful as a comedy actor, but in recent years he has also built a reputation for dramatic roles, most notably with his performances in "Blood Rain" (Hyeorui Noo, 2005) and "Murder, Take One" ("The Big Scene" - Baksoochil Ttae Tteonara, 2005) another collaboration with JANG Jin.
RYOO is a promising young actor who impressed w... |More
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| Jeong Jae-yeong Finished Filming (Source) |
2007/02/14 |
Actor Jeong Jae-yeong's next film finished shooting on the last day of January. The comedy bears the Korean title Bareuge Salja, which translates in English as: "let's live righteous". The film ("Going by the Book") is scheduled for release in the first part of the year. First time director RA Hee-chan was in charge of the filming.
It's reported that the last filmed scene of the comedy was a bank robbery simulation with JUNG's character firing dummy bullets to guard the bank. Filming took place in the province Kangwon-do.
JEONG and RA both have a history with influential director JANG Jin. They worked together on director JANG Jin's 2005 film "Murder, Take One" ("The Big Scene") RA as an assistant director. In 2005, JEONG also played in the popular comedy "Welcome to Dongmakgol", scripted by JANG Jin. Last year he was part of SONG Chang-soo's comedy "My Captain Mr. Underground" and collaborated with JANG Jin again on the gangster drama "Righteous Ties".
Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)... |More
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