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Directed by Kwon Hyeong-jin (권형진)
Screenplay by Jang Hyeong-mo (장형모)
96min | Release date in South Korea : 2008/09/25Synopsis
Cheol-min makes a living by working in the shipping business. He has a daughter suffering from a heart condition, and in need of surgery. To save his daughter, he urgently needs the tremendous amount of 60,000,000 won. To make this money, he gets involved in dangerous illegal gambling and barely saves his life by promising he will take... More






By Lee Hyo-wonStaff Reporter "Mother - 2009", coming to theaters May 28, had its world premiere at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival. Variety magazine was not kidding when it said the Bong Joon-ho film was "unjustly denied a competition berth" in the prestigious French event. The film is certainly not as edgy as "Memories of Murder" nor does it have the mainstream appeal of the blockbuster "The Host". But, featuring South Korea's symbolic Kim Hye-ja as a mom with a formidable mission and heartthrob Won Bin in the improbable role of her vulnerable "baby", Bong brings an arresting tale that is at once quintessentially Korean yet universally classic, and uniquely visionary. Complete with composer Lee Byeong-woo's film score bearing hints of "trot" (Korean country music) beats and landscapes of rural Korea, Bong constantly surprises the viewer with unexpected outbursts of violence ― Kim offering a most Shakespearean "mad scene" ― and an ironically dista...| More | |||
With a growing number of big production Korean movies struggling to make a hit at the box office the trend these days is to make quality films on low budgets.
For instance, take a look at this horror film "Death Bell" released this summer. The movie was made at a considerably low cost but most importantly it managed to attract 1.5 million viewers twice more than the 700,000 it needed to break even. Another low-budget film "Rough Cut" featuring two A-list actors debuted just last week and it has already been seen by over a million people. And some highly anticipated films made on a tight budget are about to hit theaters. Starring Jeon Do-yeon who won best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and another well-known actor Ha Jeong-woo "My Dear Enemy" was produced on just two billion won which is about 1.7 million US dollars. Up next is "Truck" a thriller that cost 1.8 billion won. And this movie "Miss Carrot" ("Crush and Blush") was made on a budget of a mere one billion won. ...| More | |||
"Portrait of a Beauty", a film about painter Shin Yun-bok of the Joseon era, was cited the most anticipated Korean movie this fall in a survey conducted by the film site Movist (http://www.movist.com). In the survey 994 out of 5485 respondents (18%) replied that this faction film was their number one choice for the fall movie.Starring Kim Min-seon and Choo Ja-hyeon, "Portrait of a Beauty" is about a genius female painter, who had to disguise herself as a man to survive in the Confucian era, and the relationship she has with Kim Hong-do, another illustrious painter of the time and her mentor. The release date has not been determined yet, but it's certain to stir up huge interest in Korean painting, not to mention renewed enthusiasm for the long-struggling Korean film industry. Following the "Portrait of a Beauty" in the survey were "My Dear Enemy", starring award-winning Jeon Do-yeon and Ha Jeong-woo, "Go Go 70s" with Sin Min-ah and Jo Seung-woo, "Truck" with Yoo Hae-jin, and "M...| More | |||
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Through this movie, the actor Jin Goo shows the existence of good and evil in one person as he fights against the truck driver acted by Yoo Hae-jin....| More | |||
He has been showing the viewers his ease and comic characters in previous movies....| More | |||
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