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Directed by Na Hong-jin (나홍진)
Screenplay by Na Hong-jin (나홍진)
123min | Release date in South Korea : 2008/02/14Synopsis
Ex-cop pimp Jung-ho is irritated because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho... More
The Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival, which has discovered and launched career of several new film directors and actors, marks its eighth season from Wednesday until next Tuesday at CGV Yongsan in Seoul.
It features 57 films in five genres in the official selection, and a total of 120 films including the non-competition selection. Festival alumni include Na Hong-jin of "The Chaser", Yang Ik-jon of "Breathless", and Lee Kyoung-mi of "Crush and Blush". Many film directors show affection to the festival, with director Bong Joon-ho acting as the committee chair, and director Kim Dae-seung as the head of jury. The homepage of the festival can be found at http://www.msff.or.kr ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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Korea's own super hero movie "Jeon Woo-chi" is set for release this summer. The movie is highly anticipated not just because of its colloquial superhero themes but its super star cast and director. Choi Dong-hoon known for the colourfully large "War of the Flower" (2006) and "The Big Swindle" (2004) helms this ambitious Taoist action film feat. Equally as well known as Choi are its actors who are mainstays in Korean cinema. Kang Dong-won, young star of 'M' (2007) and The "Duelist" (2005) plays the mischievous time transported hero fighting against Kim Yoon-seok the detective anti hero in last year's surprise hit, thriller "The Chaser" (2008). Im Soo-Jeong from Kim Jee-woon's "A Tale of Two Sisters" fame and Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok" also appears in the film along with Yoo Hae-jin who worked with Choi on "War of the Flower" and a host of other films.
Even though a superhero flick, Cho Dong-hoon has taken the familiar family genre, fused it with Korean h...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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It is full of humanism and comedy. This film is to be released on June, 11 officially titled, "Running Turtle" set in a small town with no crime. However, one day a runaway criminal finds this town and steals everything from the town sheriff Jo Pil-seong. The genre is action drama. The main actors are Kim Yoon-seok who transforms completely for this role totally different from "The Chaser". Sin Jeong-geun is also in this film as a comic character. Kim's character chases this criminal, Song Gi-tae more passionately because of his promise to his daughter. This film's scenario has been worked on...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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Korean cinematography has been thriving recently as more movies continue to draw scores of viewers to theaters, bringing in impressive revenues and receiving positive feedback both from domestic and foreign critics. As more viewers these days are attaching more importance to the uniqueness of movies rather than their scale, Korean movies are expected to continue to enjoy popularity for the time being. But some have voiced concerns that their success could be short-lived because many Hollywood blockbusters are set to open later this year.
The Korean film market remained stagnant in the first three months of the year despite the success of "Speedy Scandal" and "Old Partner", which opened this past December and January, respectively. The number of viewers during that period plummeted 19 percent from the same period a year ago, according to the Korean Film Council. Viewers began paying attention to domestic movies again around mid-April, when several hits including "Thirst" opened. D...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 By Lee Hyo-wonStaff Reporter "Mother - 2009", coming to theaters May 28, had its world premiere at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival. Variety magazine was not kidding when it said the Bong Joon-ho film was "unjustly denied a competition berth" in the prestigious French event. The film is certainly not as edgy as "Memories of Murder" nor does it have the mainstream appeal of the blockbuster "The Host". But, featuring South Korea's symbolic Kim Hye-ja as a mom with a formidable mission and heartthrob Won Bin in the improbable role of her vulnerable "baby", Bong brings an arresting tale that is at once quintessentially Korean yet universally classic, and uniquely visionary. Complete with composer Lee Byeong-woo's film score bearing hints of "trot" (Korean country music) beats and landscapes of rural Korea, Bong constantly surprises the viewer with unexpected outbursts of violence ― Kim offering a most Shakespearean "mad scene" ― and an ironically dista...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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