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Directed by Lee Soo-yeon (이수연)
Screenplay by Lee Soo-yeon (이수연)
126min | Release date in South Korea : 2003/07/08Jung-Won, an interior decorator, is overcome with inexplicable anxiety as his long-overdue wedding with Hee-Eun approaches. One evening, Jung-Won falls asleep on the subway on his way home. He is barely able to wake up at the last station. As he comes round he sees two young girls asleep on the seat next to him. He can't wake them before he has to ... More
Korea's KIM Ji-woon is set to make his first international film. In conjunction with U.S producers the film will be a remake of Claude Sauted's Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971). KIM has steadily risen within the ranks of Korean film directors and his last film "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008) has consolidated his success overseas. In addition, his 2003 thriller A Tale of Two Sisters has just had its international remake with the title The Uninvited. KIM Ji-woon is amongst a handful of directors like counterparts BONG Joong-ho and PARK Chan-wook to be offered international deals. The film based on the 1971 film with the English title of Max and the Junkmen is itself adapted from a novel. A firmly noir tale, complete with seedy cops immoral cops, thieves and a bank heist seems perfect for a director who already had huge success cementing his own brand of neo noir with "A Bittersweet Life" (2005). Max is a wealthy, amateur detective, obsessed with catching criminals and contin...| More | ||||||||||
A 2003 Korean horror film has joined the ranks of other Korean movies that have been, or are going to be, issued as American remakes. The Uninvited, to be released in the United States on Jan. 30, 2009, is a remake of Janghwa, Hongryeon (the title translates as "Rose and Lotus" but the film was known as "A Tale of Two Sisters" in its international release).Earlier Korean films to be remade in the United States include The Lake House (a 2006 remake of "Il Mare"), "My Sassy Girl" in 2008, remade from the 2000 Korean smash hit of the same name. Other Korean films to which rights have been bought for Hollywood-ization include "My Wife is a Gangster", "Old Boy" and "JSA - Joint Security Area". In the case of "A Tale of Two Sisters", DreamWorks are reported to have paid US$1 million for the remake rights. All this is a significant recognition of Korean film as a rising force in global cultural content creation. It comes only a decade after many in Korea feared that the end of the scre...| More | ||||||||||
The ticket sales of "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" surpassed the 6-million mark at the domestic box office on Aug. 10, emerging as the most successful Korean film in the first quarter of this year.Director Kim Ji-woon is behind the strong performance from the star-studded cast and $17 million budget. Born in 1964, Kim studied dramatics at the Seoul Institute of the Art. But he quit the school early and learned theater acting following his older sister Kim Ji-sook, who is a veteran actress. He appeared on stage and also directed some plays, experiencing the real theatrical world. In 1998, he made his debut as a filmmaker after his scenario for the film "The Quiet Family" won a prize. In the same year, the black comedy about a strange family involved in serial killings was invited to three leading international fantastic film festivals including Portugal's FantasPorto, Spain's Sitges Film Festival and Brussels International Fantastic Festival. Then he directed "The Foul King...| More | ||||||||||
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The Women's Film Festival in Seoul (WFFIS) celebrates its 10th edition this year with a kick-off ceremony April 10th featuring an HD omnibus as its opener. Called Ten Ten, the movie features six 15 minute short films from five Korean female filmmakers (BYEON Yeong-joo, LEE Soo-yeon, JANG Hee-seon, LIM Sung-min, Helen Lee) and one German female director (Ulrike OTTINGER).
Running until April 18, WFFIS will screen a record 141 films from 30 countries under its banner motto "See the World through Women's Eyes". New this year, however, is a section titled Open Cinema in which feminist films by male directors will also be screened. Other sections of interest include Politics of the Body, which looks at how women's bodies are depicted and exploited, and the Fantastic Female Movie section, which highlights the imaginative side of the female psyche. Festival organizer have named Korean director LIM Soon-rye recipient of its first Park Nam-ok Award for outstanding accomplishment. ...| More | ||||||||||
Jeon Ji-hyeon is swooping down on the domestic film market again after a brief hiatus involving her latest effort to expand her career outside Korea.Jeon, who has built her Asia-wide fame with "My Sassy Girl" (2001), is playing opposite Hwang Jeong-min in a new film, "A Man Who Was Superman", to be released early next year. The 26-year-old fashion icon's return to the domestic cinema scene follows the completion of "Blood: The Last Vampire", a film that critics said marks her full-fledged debut in Hollywood. She joined the shooting of "Blood", directed by Ronny Yu, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The film, a remake of a Japanese animation with the same title, is also expected to be released in 2008. Jeon is using "Gianna Jun" as her official English name to increase the familiarity for English-speaking audiences, following advice that her original Korean name is hard to pronounce. In the new Korean film project, Jeon proved her star status. In July when the shooting for "A Man...| More | ||||||||||
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