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Directed by Kim Dae-seung (김대승)
Screenplay by Jang Min-seok (장민석)
108min | Release date in South Korea : 2006/10/26Synopsis
A touring program producer Min-joo, takes notes in her journal whenever and wherever she travels, so one day she can show all those amazing places to her longtime lover Hyun-woo. Finally Hyun-woo passes the bar exam and proposes to Min-joo. However, not long after, Min-joo dies when the department store where she was waiting for Hyun-wo... More
Son Ye-jin will also be returning to the screens with "My Wife Is Married". The two actresses have acted as announcers and reporters in their dramas recently....| More | ||||||||||||||
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 The movie "Private Eye" is a thriller about Hong Jin-ho (Hwang Jeong-min), who is chasing a mysterious serial killer, and medical student Kwang-su (Ryoo Deok-hwan), his helper.This movie is Eom Ji-won's first attempt at a historical play. She plays Soon-duk, a noble's wife who secretly acts as a female inventor and helps Jin-ho by making him inventions that he needs for his investigation. Eom Ji-won has been recognized for her acting through movies "Trace of Love", "The Scarlet Letter", and "Scout". Through the role of Soon-duk, she will have a wonderful and elegant side as a noble's wife, and also a tough and powerful side as a female inventor. Eom Ji-won said, "Soon-duk, both a noble's wife and a new woman, is an important character. She has a lot of charm and I personally feel an attachment to her. I'm looking forward to it and I hope you will be interested in "Mr. Vertigo"". The movie, also starring Hwang Jeong-min and Ryoo Deok-hwan, started filming last 20th and will...| More | ||||||||||||||
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Rookies and vets compete for kudos and cash
A week from now the Ninth Jeonju International Film Festival is scheduled to kick off, its mission to search out creative films from around the world and give audiences an experience unavailable at most movie theaters: the chance to see experimental films. One of the main events is the international competition that selects the festival's best film. Twelve films have reached the final stage of the contest. The movies were chosen from 1,204 submissions, including 815 from South Korea and the rest from overseas. Sponsored by Woosuk University and Daum Communication, the festival's top film will be awarded the Woosuk Award plus a cash prize worth $10,000. Second place gets $7,000 and the Daum Special Jury Prize. The selection committee comprises a five-member jury: Bong Joon-ho, who directed "The Host" (2006), which was seen by more than 12 million cinemagoers; the writer and film critic Chris Fujiwara; Abolfazl Jalili, who received th...| More | ||||||||||||||
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter Though running as briefly as six minutes, short films show that size is not a factor for capturing the limitless power of imagination. Andre Bazin, film critic and founding father of the French New Wave, called short films "the film of the future". As the 6th Mise-en-scene's Genre Film Festival (MGFF) takes off in central Seoul June 27-July 3, more than 60 short films will shake the earth and paint the sky pink. The festival will celebrate unique works that go beyond national borders and "Beyond the Barrier of Genres", befitting its slogan. First organized in 2002 by Director's CUT, a committee of young directors celebrated both in Korea and international circles, the festival aims to support rising new cinematic talent. This year, 10 of Korea's greatest young directors teamed up to curate the festival and chose 60 innovative and stylish films for the national competition. Challenging conventional film genres, the works are roughly grouped as ...| More | ||||||||||||||
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This year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) features a spate of prominent Korean films and runs from June 22nd to July 8th. Now in its 6th year, the festival selects 30 top Asian films to screen along with three programs of award winning shorts taken from Korea's very own Mise-en-Scene's Genre Film Festival (MGFF).
Director Lee Jae-Yong will attend the festival and personally introduce programs one and two of the MGFF shorts. Program three will consist of shorts selected by Korea's most innovative genre auteurs, BONG Joon-ho, KIM Ji-woon, RYOO Seung-wan, JANG Joon-hwan, Lee Jae-Yong, and PARK Chan-wook. A total of nine Korean features will be showcased during the two-week event, including Lee Jae-Yong's high school cult-comedy "Dasepo Naughty Girls" ("Dasepo Girl"), with the director present at the screening. HAN Jae-rim will also attend for the screening of his sophomore effort "The Show Must Go On" starring SONG Kang-ho. Other films in the festival include PARK Ch...| More | ||||||||||||||
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