The Customer is Always Right (2006) - 손님은 왕이다 (Son-nim-eun Wang-i-da)

Actress Seong to Get Married in December

2007/10/14 | Source | Permalink |

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter

Actress Seong Hyeon-ah will tie the knot with a businessman in December. The wedding ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Paradise Hotel in Busan.

The 32-year old Seong will marry a businessman named Hur, who is a year younger than her. However, no other details regarding her fiance are being disclosed.

The wedding will take place in Busan at the request of her future husband's family who has ties there.

Seong met her fiance in March through a mutual acquaintance. Both their parents are supportive of the marriage. Her future mother-in-law reportedly liked Seong so much that she wanted the couple to get married this year.
Seong is known for her strong, sexy roles in Kim Ki-duk's "Time" and Kim Tae-eun's "The Intimate" ("Lover"). She also starred in "The Customer is Always Right", "Cello", "The Scarlet Letter" and "Woman is the Future of Man".

She finished third in the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 1994. Seong has appeare...| More

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Movie With English Subtitles

2006/06/08 | Source | Permalink |

Weekend Classics

Korean Film Archive

At 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Weekend

The program collects movies concerning the war and its effects made from the 1950s to the present. This weekend, "The Winter of That Year Was Warm" (1984) by Bae Chang-ho, "North Korean Partisan in South Korea" (1990) by Jeong Ji-young, "Spring in My Hometown" (1998) by Lee Kwang-mo, and "JSA - Joint Security Area" (2000) by Park Chan-wook will be screened. Along with "Weekend Classics" program, four movies set in the Choson Kingdom, will be screened at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the archive. Tickets for each screening are 2,000 won. The Korean Film Archive is located in the Seoul Arts Center, near exit 5 of the Nambu Bus Terminal Station on subway line 3. For more information, call (02) 521-2101 or visit http://www.koreafilm.or.kr


The Customer Is Always Right (Sonnimun Wangida) (2006)

Seoul Selection Bookstore

11:00 a.m. Saturday

The thriller revolves around Ahn Chang-jin, who lives a pea...| More

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First round of KOFIC 2006 subtitling support

2006/04/10 | Source | Permalink |

KOFIC has announced the recipients of the first round of the 2006 Subtitle Translation and Print Production support program. Six feature films and five short films were selected out of 27 total submissions (15 feature films, 12 short and independent films). The program provides funding for the production of a subtitled print, with specific arrangements to be made by the film's producer or international sales agent.

A second round of applicants will be considered in late 2006.

The latest recipients are:

Don't Look Back (dir. KIM Yeong-nam, 127 min, submitted by Emotion Pictures)
The Customer is Always Right (dir OH Ki-hyeon, 106 min, submitted by JoWoo Film)
"Time" (dir KIM Ki-duk, 96 min, submitted by Cineclick Asia)
The King and the Clown (dir. LEE Joon-ik, 119 min, submitted by CJ Entertainment)
The Unforgiven (dir Yoon Jong-bin, 122 min, submitted by Film Messenger)
The Peter Pan Formula (dir Jo Chang-ho, 108 min, submitted by LJ Film)

Moduga Georeoganeun (dir. SHIN...| More

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Film shows a refreshing drama-like style

2006/02/22 | Source | Permalink |

What if you have a dark secret you don't want disclosed and somebody else wants to exploit your vulnerability? "The Customer is Always Right" (Sonnimeun Wang-ida) is an intriguing fable about such a situation where inevitably, main characters collide with each other.

The story begins in an extremely clean, well-lit barbershop. Ahn Chang-jin (Seong Ji-roo) is the proud owner and self-taught professional. He does not spare money to purchase the best scissors and hair-cutting equipment; he cleans the white-colored shop every day as if no dust is allowed to step into the sacred place; he plays only classical music for his respectable, high-brow customers.

The reality, however, is that Ahn's barbershop is one of many obscure places in the equally plain back streets of Seoul. It's nowhere near the upscale district, but Ahn's peculiar obsession with the best equipment, high-brow taste, and the extreme cleanliness is entertaining.

Furthermore, he has a beautiful wife named Jeon Yeon-o...| More

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Luring Moviegoers in Just Few Minutes

2006/02/21 | Source | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

In the trailer of the upcoming film "The Customer Is Always Right", four people mysteriously appear out of the darkness. Who they are, is only explained by such brief, vague descriptions as "a barber with a secret", "an inscrutable temptress" and "a strange intimidator".

The trailer offers few clues about the film yet successfully arouses an undeniable curiosity. After seeing it, what else can you do but go out and buy a ticket? And that's exactly what Choi Seung-won wants people to do.

The trailer director said the key to making a successful teaser is capturing the most appealing element in a movie and maximizing it.

"You need to come up with the right concept that can represent the whole film in a few minutes, and it should also be appealing enough to make people ache to see the film", Choi said.

It has become a common scene that moviegoers watch teasers and main trailers before they go to see a film, but things were different when Choi ...| More

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