Three, Monster (2004) - 쓰리, 몬스터

2007/01/31 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Gong Yoo was ardently greeted by Japanese fans when he arrived in Japan Sunday to promote the Japanese film "Like a Dragon", in which he appeared.

An official from his agency, Sidus HQ, said that his promotion tour was kept a secret out of safety concerns, but that 300 Japanese fans crowded the airport to see the Korean heartthrob.

On Monday, Gong attended the film's premiere in Tokyo that gathered reporters from 200 media outlets and 700 audience members.

Director Takashi Miike said that Gong's acting heightened the presence of his role in the film, and that he's already a good actor but has "unlimited potential" to become the best. He said he wants to work with Gong again.

Gong said he was honored to participate in such a great film and that he learned a lot from the project. He said it was a great experience as he realized that teamwork was possible despite language and environmental barriers.

"Like a Dragon" takes place on a sleepless night on Shinjuku street. ...

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I love Gong Yoo. He's a verstile actor and a total hottie, the sexist Korean star in my universe. So happy his career is going regional. Bizes mon amor. ginger ale 2007-02-04 23:36:59

2006/03/28 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Top actor Lee Byeong-heon will act in a new film entitled "A Summer's Tale".

Lee has recently agreed to act in the new melodramatic picture to be directed by Cho Geun-sik, the director of the film "No Manners" (2002), and produced by KM Culture. In "A Summer's Tale", Lee will play the lead character, Yoon Suk-young. It has been two years since Lee appeared in his last melodramatic movie, "Everybody Has Secrets" (2004).

"A Summer's Tale" portrays a story about a renowned old professor named Yoon who recalls times from his past and eventually reunites with his first lover. The film used a long-running program on KBS TV, "Love in TV", as its key motif.

The public's attention has been drawn to this film, as Lee will first play a young college student in his 20s and then a distinguished old professor in his 60s later in the movie.

It has been a year since Lee acted in the film "A Bittersweet Life" (2005). So far, he has worked with directors Kim Ji-woon and Park Chan-wook for fi...

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2005/09/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- An omnibus horror film by three Asian directors, "Three, monster", will open in U.S. theaters on Oct. 28, the New York Times reported Sunday in its movie section.

The 126-minute film, made by Park Chan-wook of South Korea, Fruit Chan of Hong Kong, and Takashi Miike of Japan, features work of each of the three directors whom the paper called "Asia's foremost practitioners of the genre".
Park, already introduced in Hollywood by " JSA - Joint Security Area", and in Cannes where he won a prize for "Old Boy", hired Lee Byeong-heon, one of his leading stars from JSA, to play a part in his "Cut" included in the horror movie....

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2005/06/16 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Eight Korean movies, including director Ryoo Seung-wan's "Crying Fist", will be screened at the 4th New York Asian Film Festival which will take place from June 17 to July 2 in Manhattan, New York. Of the 180 movies that were submitted by China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and other Asian countries, only the top 31 most interesting films will be shown at the festival, according to the festival's organizing committee.

Aside from "Crying Fist", the other Korean movies that have been invited to the festival are "Arahan Jangpung Daejakjeon", "A Family" (by director Lee Jeong-cheol), "Green Chair" (by director Park Chul-soo), "Marathon" (by director Jeong Yoon-cheol), "Someone Special" (by director Jang Jin), "R-Point" (by director Kong Soo-chang) and "Samaria" (by director Kim Ki-duk).

Also to be shown at the festival is the Korean-Chinese-Japanese movie "Three, Monster", co-directed by Park Chan-wook, Fruit Chan and Takashi Miike and due to be released by Lion's Gate in the ...

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2005/06/09 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

What is the purpose of dating? Is it to satisfy a physical desire, to feel companionship or get married? It's probably quite difficult to find the right answer to this tricky question, but the new film "Rules of Dating (Yonaeui Mokjok)" successfully leads moviegoers to find their own answers.

At first glance, the film, directed by Han Jae-rim, seems like a run-of-the-mill sex comedy. But as the story progresses, it evolves and delves deeper into the true meaning of dating and love.

In the film, high school English teacher Lee Yu-rim (played by Park Hae-il) starts to flirt with student teacher Choi Hong (Kang Hye-jeong) when she is dispatched to the school. A few days later, he even asks her to have sex with him directly and he gets more aggressive toward his goal.

Yu-rim has a girlfriend, with whom he has been in a serious relationship for six years. Nevertheless he is cynical about romance and simply thinks that there is no such thing as t...

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