| Ha, Kong Win Director's CUT Awards (Source) |
2008/12/11 |
By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Korean directors picked actor Ha Jeong-woo and actress Kong Hyo-jin as the Best Actor and Best Actress for the 11th Director's CUT Awards 2008.
The Korea Film Director's Network chose Ha and Kong as the year's best performers for their outstanding film roles.
Ha was given recognition for his exceptional performances in the hit films "My Dear Enemy" and "The Chaser". In 2005, Ha was awarded Best New Actor for "The Unforgiven" at the Director's CUT Awards.
Kong was cited for her role as a frumpy high school teacher suffering from a bad case of blushing and delusions in "Crush and Blush". Kong, who has always had a stylish image, had surprised many with her transformation into an unattractive Miss Hongdangmu (carrot) in the film.
The Best Director Award was given to Kim Ji-won who directed the acclaimed "kimchi Western", "The Good, the Bad, the Weird". Director Na Hong-jin received the New Director Award for his work on the gripping t... |More
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| HA Jeong-woo and Soo-ae are tomorrow's stars (Source) |
2008/10/10 |
Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF)'s fourth Premiere Star Summit event selected Soo-ae ("Sunny") as the female Rising Star and HA Jeong-woo ("The Chaser") received the male Rising Star award. "Seven Days" director WON Sin-yeon took home the Rising Star award in the director category.
JEONG Kyeong-ho won the best actor nod for "Sunny". JEONG Ryeo-won ("2 Faces of My Girlfriend") picked up the best actress award in the presence of major stars, including KIM Ji-woon, LEE Byeong-heon, and JEONG Woo-seong, and international stars Li Xioalu and Fan Wing.
HA cemented his name internationally through highly praised independent films which were selected throughout the world by film festivals. His breakthrough was "The Unforgiven" and he topped the box office this year with the sleeper hit "The Chaser", another film coveted by global film festivals.
Soo-ae played LEE Byeong-heon's character's love interest in "Once in a Summer". In "Sunny" she transforms from a modest quiet young ... |More
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| HA Jeong-woo in Korea-Japan co-production (Source) |
2008/06/05 |
HA Jeong-woo will star together with the Japanese actor Satoshi Tsumabuki in a film tentatively titled "Boat". KIM Young-nam is at the helm of the project and Aya Watanabe writes the scenario.
HA and Tsumabuki will portray smugglers who work together while they are based at each side of the East Sea. Complications arise when they receive the order to kidnap a Korean woman together.
HA commanded attention with his role in YOON Jong-bin's "The Unforgiven" (Yongseo Batji Mothan Ja). He extended his name internationally with Gina KIM's "Never Forever" (Doobeonjjae Sarang). With his latest film "The Chaser" (Choogyeokja) he also scored a major box office hit.
KIM directed the film "Don't Look Back" (Nae Cheongchunaegae Goham) which was invited by the Locarno International Film Festival for its 2006 international competition section where it received the FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards. His debut film Outcry of Youth was selected for KOFIC's 2005 Production Support Program for Internati... |More
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| Five Korean films join Cannes fest (Source) |
2008/05/15 |
The 61st Cannes Film Festival has kicked off with fanfare, spicing up the festive mood for moviegoers all around the world. The ebullient mood remains largely the same here in Korea, but one thing is palpably different: There's no chance for a Korean movie or actor grabbing an award in the competition section this year.
Last year was special for the Korean film industry. Jeon Do-yeon won the prestigious best actress award for her impassioned role in the heart-wrenching flick "Secret Sunshine". This year, however, such dramatic development is unlikely to occur because no Korean film has been invited to the competition section.
But it is too early to shift attention from Korean filmmakers toward Hollywood stars. After all, five Korean movies are to be screened in various sections at Cannes, and all of them have a potential to charm foreign filmmakers, critics and media in various ways.
At the forefront stands director Kim Ji-woon's big-budget flick "The Good, the Bad, the Weird"... |More
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| Actor Goes From Killer to Professional Casanova (Source) |
2008/04/29 |
Actor Ha Jeong-woo has gone from cold-blooded murderer to a professional Casanova whom women pay to be with.
In his new movie, "The Moonlight of Seoul" ("Beastie Boys" in Korean), the actor plays a man who serves drinks and dances with women at a host bar.
The role is a substantial departure from the brutal killer he played in the hit thriller "The Chaser", which attracted five million viewers nationwide.
In "Moonlight", Ha plays Jae-hyeon, who lives for the day, talks big and tries to con people. While using his roommate/girlfriend to get 50 million won, he brings other women to their home. Instead of being driven away by his brazenness, plenty of women seem eager to vie for his affection.
To perfect his role, Ha said he read interviews of 200 men who worked at host bars and met some of them. He told the Dong-A Ilbo, "Some of these guys are real professionals. They know how to get their clients to open their wallets. They even have detailed manuals to win their hearts".
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