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Two Korean Classics to be Remade

Source | 2009/11/13 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Two Korean classic films from 2 prolific Korean directors whose films were part of and contributed to the famous Golden Age of Korean cinema are about to be remade. This period between the 1960's and 1970's helped lay the ground work for many of today's modern directors. The original "Housemaid" (1960), a melodramatic, sexual thriller became a signature film for director KIM Ki-young known for his eclectic mix of genre combining anything from the above through intense psychological horror to realism. The careful manipulation of genre is a style now exemplified by many modern day directors such as BONG Joon-ho. The film concentrates on a family who take in a housemaid because of the wife's exhaustion working at a factory. Soon after, the housemaid starts to exhibit bizarre tendencies, catching rats with her hands, spying on the family and then finally seducing the husband who she becomes pregnant to. So starts a wicked journey of murder, intrigue and the break up of the family.
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Hyeon Bin, Tang Wei-wei Cast in Korea-US Project

Source | 2009/11/05 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

South Korean actor Hyeon Bin and Chinese screen beauty Tang Wei-wei are set to appear in "Manchu" (working title), which will go into production at the end of the month in the United States, Boram Entertainment and M&FC announced Friday.

The "My Name is Kim Sam-soon" star will play the role of a man on the run who falls in love with a woman who is on special leave from prison, to be played by Tang, who is best-known as the heroine of Ang Lee's epic romance "Lust, Caution".

The Korea-U.S. joint project ― Korea's Boram Entertainment and M&FC and the Unites States' North by Northwest ― is a remake of the 1966 masterpiece "Full Autumn" (Manchu) by Lee Man-hee. Kim Tae-yong, the award-winning director of "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") will helm the project.

The movie will be "a modern interpretation" of the classic movie and will be set in the United States, said the producers in a statement. It is slated for theatrical relea...| More

HONG Sang-soo casts MOON So-ri

Source | 2009/06/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

2002 Venice Film Festival's Best actress winner MOON So-ri will challenge herself this time with a leading role in director HONG Sang-soo's next project. Details about HONG's film are sparse. The celebrated indie director is known for improvisation, writing and rewriting while filming.
 
KIM Sang-kyeong has been cast in the male leading role. It will be KIM's third film with HONG after "On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate" in 2002, and "Tale of Cinema" in 2005. KIM also worked with directors like BONG Joon-ho ("Memories of Murder") and KIM Ji-hoon ("May 18").
 
HONG's latest feature film "Like You Know it All" was invited by Festival de Cannes. HONG's films are conveted by film festivals around the world. He garnered acclaim from his first films "The Day a Pig Fell into a Well" and "The Power of Kangwon Province" on.
 
MOON So-ri is well known for her acting skills which attracted LIM Soon-rye ("Forever the Moment") and KIM Tae-yong ("Family Ties" - "The Birth of a Fa...| More

Stars Shoot to Promote Green Film Festiva

Source | 2009/04/23 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Film stars and a musician have joined efforts to make a short video themed on a "green" lifestyle.

According to the Seoul Green Film Festival organizer on April 20, "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") director Kim Tae-yong directed the video to be used to promote the 6th festival.

Singer Lee Sang-eun and actresses Park Jin-hee and Moon So-ri appeared in three episodes of the video -- each about power saving, cycling, and handkerchief use. Notably in Moon's episode, her husband, director Jang Joon-hwan, made a cameo appearance.

The 6th Green Film Festival will run from May 21 to 27 at the CGV Sangam theater and World Cup Stadium in Sangam-dong, Seoul....| More

'Oishi Man': Magic of Love, Youth

Source | 2009/02/19 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Franz Kafka once said that "literature must be the axe for the frozen sea within us", and good movies, like books and other works of art, sometimes have such inspirational power. "Oishi Man" is yet another small jewel of a film by Kim Jeong-joong, and despite its prevalent imagery of the frozen sea, the youthful romance seethes with warmth.

Perhaps love and youth compliment each other like no other pair can. Kim broke hearts with "HERs", set in snow-covered Alaskan plains. This time, the director takes viewers to the ice floes of northern Japan. In "Oishi Man", two young starlets ― South Korean model-turned-actor Lee Min-ki and Japanese heroine Chizuru Ikewaki ― make music and magic.

Hyeon-seok (Lee), a once promising musician, suffers an ear problem and ends up teaching tone-deaf "ajummas" (aunties) at a local singing class. The film shines upon hidden talents of the pretty-faced actor, as he croons rock tunes and ballads effortless...| More