| [ChanMi's star news] Sin Min-ah goes to Japan to promote Korean films (Source) |
2010/02/16 |
Director Lim Soon-rye and actress Sin Min-ah are going to Japan at the end of this mont for the "Korean Film Festival".
Sin Min-ah will be promoting a new film, "All Good Now" which is being played. There will be press meetings with interviews.
Through Sin's visit in Japan, Korean films and Japanese audiences are hoped to become closer. Other films such as "Volcano High" and "Sad Movie" have taken Sin to Japan in previous year##s.
Other directors will be visiting Japan and have been working hard to make Korean films available and approachable to Japanese audiences. ... |More
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| "Crossing" Director's Manga Adaption Higanjima Set for Release (Source) |
2009/10/23 |
"Higanjima", the Japanese manga adaption just recently seen at Pusan will be released January of 2010. The film is directed by KIM Tae-gyoon, responsible for Korea's 2008 Best Foreign Language entry, "Crossing" (2008). The screen play has been adapted from the manga by Tetsuya Oishi of Deathnote fame.
On the Higan (meaning island in Japanese) a teenager named Akira played by Hideo Ishiguro has lost his older brother (Dai Watanabe). The island however is a dark, scary place full of vampires and no one has ever escaped alive. Director KIM also helmed "Volcano High", another successful manga adaption in 2001.
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| SIN Min-ah in romantic lead (Source) |
2009/01/07 |
SIN Min-ah has been cast in "The Naked Kitchen", directed by HONG Ji-young. SIN's character is married, but falls in love with her husband's friend who temporarily moves in with them. JOO Ji-hoon and KIM Tae-woo take on the male leading roles.
SIN played in 2008 in the music film "Go Go 70s" and she broke through with the teenage martial arts comedy "Volcano High". In 2008, JOO was seen in "Antique", while KIM appeared in "Sa-kwa" alongside MOON So-ri.
HONG previously directed short films and her "Herstory" competed at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. "The Naked Kitchen" is scheduled for a release in February.
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| PARK Chan-wook and BONG Joon-ho support KONG Hyo-jin (Source) |
2008/08/27 |
Celebrated director PARK Chan-wook's first effort as a producer is the comedy-drama "Crush and Blush". KONG Hyo-jin plays the titular character, a marginalised woman whose head easily turns red. Her love for a man played by LEE Jong-hyuk is unrequited. But the teacher doesn't give up that easily.
First time feature film director LEE Kyoung-mi is at the helm of the project. She has experience directing short films. "Crush and Blush" is scheduled for a October 16 release.
The film gained more publicity when a cameo of director BONG Joon-ho ("The Host)" became known. BONG appears as an office worker who takes English classes at a language institute together with KONG's character.
KONG Hyo-jin is currently in cinemas with RYOO Seung-wan's parody "Dachiwama Lee". She broke through with supporting roles in the youngster films "Volcano High" and "No Manners". She also starred in LEE Myeong-se's "M".
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| KOFIC selects "Crossing" for Oscar submission (Source) |
2008/08/11 |
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced the selection of KIM Tae-gyoon's "Crossing" as the Korean submission to the 81st Academy Awards (Oscars) for the Best Foreign Film section.
The KOFIC committee in charge of the selection motivated their decision by saying that they believe that the human drama "Crossing" is the best contender in the light of the academy's preferences based on previous Best Foreign Film winners.
The committee members came to their decision after considering both the content in line with expected Academy tastes and the potential for a successful commercial U.S. release of the shortlisted films.
"Crossing" was shortlisted along with KIM Jee-woon's Korean style western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, the sports drama Forever the Moment by LIM Soon-rye, the Vietnam drama Sunny by the hands of LEE Joon-ik, and NA Hong-jin's social thriller The Chaser.
"Crossing" tells the story of a North Korean father and son who individually cross over into China. CHA In... |More
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