The War Of Flower (2006) - 타짜 (Ta-jja)

2008/05/08 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

CHOI Dong-hoon, the director of the major hit films "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower") and "The Big Swindle" is preparing his next project with the assistance of IM Soo-jeong and KANG Dong-won.

KANG is set to play an undisciplined womanising Taoist from the Joseon era (the name of Korea previous to the Japanese occupation) who ends up in present day Korea, causing mayhem with his knack for magic. IM will play a double role, portraying a Joseon woman and an aspiring actress in contemporary times.

KIM Yoon-seok will reunite with CHOI after their collaboration on "Tazza:The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower"), KIM will be fighting against KANG's character. KIM is currently highly successful with his leading role in NA Hong-jin's The Chaser.

CHOI is also responsible for the scenario and will start directing from August. The film will enter cinemas in 2009.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...

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2008/05/01 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director Choi Dong-hoon of "The Big Swindle" and "The War of Flower" has a new movie "Jeon Woo-chi Story", starring Kang Dong-won, Im Soo-jeong, Kim Yoon-seok, and Yoo Hae-jin.

This movie tells the story of a Joseon Taoist Jeon Woo-chi, who comes into the present-day world and faces a ghost that confuses the world. It is based on a Joseon novel with the same name. It copies "Hong Gil-dong Story" and tells the heroism of Jeon Woo-chi, who was a real Taoist. The movie put the background in today's time and gives it a new feeling. Director Choi is in charge of the screenplay and the adaptation.

Kang Dong-won plays the young Jeon Woo-chi, who excels in Taoist magic but is more concerned with elegance and women than self-discipline. He has played serious characters in the past, but he will be showing a new image through this movie. Im Soo-jeong plays the woman Jeon Woo-chi loved in the Joseon era, and a coordinator who wants to be an actress.

Kim Yoon-seok, who played the evil, gre...

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2008/03/06 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean production company KM Culture has announced plans to make a sequel to the popular romantic comedy "200 Pounds Beauty".

A script is currently being written by LEE Han I, the screenwriter responsible for the TV drama "Bodyguard". In the sequel, the main character Hanna once again gains weight and struggles to establish herself as a real singer.

The director and main cast for the film have yet to be determined, although actress KIM Ah-joong has expressed an interest in seeing the completed script.

The announcement is one in a long list of popular Korean films for which sequels are being planned. Production house Chungeorahm is readying a follow-up to Korea's box office record holder "The Host", with a script written by well-known comic writer Kang Pool and a planned budget exceeding $11 million. Other films with sequels in the works include "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower")and "Le Grand Chef".

"200 Pounds Beauty" was released in December 2006 and ulti...

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2008/03/06 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

In the midst of sequels being planned for The War of Flower and Le Grand Chef, there is also a sequel being planned for '200 Pounds Beauty', which reached 6.62 million viewers last year.

The producing group of the movie, KM Culture, has revealed that they are currently making a scenario due to overflowing requests from fans.

Writer Lee Han I, who also wrote the drama "Bodyguard", starring Cha Seung-won, is writing the scenario. The main plot is that Hanna has "yo-yo syndrome". It is expected to contain events that happen to Hanna, who is gaining weight again after turning from a fat woman to a beauty with plastic surgery and dieting.

Writer Lee has added, "The plan is that Hanna will gain weight again but will be recognized as a true singer. But we will add the element of comedy and will highlight the first movie, which was a comedy but had a message to society".

The basic framework is that Hanna, who has become fat again, tries to lose weight, but ultimately realizes that...

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how about using an overweight guy instead of girl? pochiW 2008-04-13 12:25:39 mzonse 2008-03-10 03:16:19 oooh...can't wait for it to be released!! i sooooooooo loved 200 pound beauty^^ I saw this movie and I`d like to give the full credit to the script writer and I hope they would choose a n actress-performer to portray the role for the sequel, like Lee Hyori for example. I want to see a more versatile actress, who can transform herself jastinel 2008-03-07 02:14:31

2008/02/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Na Hong-jin's thriller "The Chaser" is now running at full throttle after a quiet start at the box office.
Since its release on Feb. 14, 1.7 million viewers as of last Sunday have bought tickets, edging the Hollywood sci-fi thriller "Jumper" from top spot.
The film was also sold to France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Greece and Hong Kong at the Berlin Film Festival this year.
The film's success owes much to Kim Yoon-seok, the award-winning supporting actor from "The War of Flower" (2006), "Like a Virgin" (2006), and "The Happy Life" (2006).
Kim, 40, plays former detective Jung-ho, who gets fired for taking bribes. He's now a pimp in charge of a bodobang, an illicit "happy ending" massage parlor.
When the prostitutes under Jung-ho's management start to vanish, the former cop starts his own investigation.
He discovers that Young-min (Ha Jeong-woo), posing as a customer, has seduced and killed them.
The JoongAng Ilbo interviewed Kim Yoon-seok in Samcheong-dong, central Se...

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