Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) - 웰컴 투 동막골 (Wel-keom Too Dong-mak-gol)

LEE Hae-joon castst JEONG jae-yeong

2008/05/30 | Source | Permalink |

LEE Hae-joon, half of the directing duo of "Like a Virgin", announced the casting of his next film mr. Kimssineun Pyoroogi. JEONG Jae-yeong and actress JEONG Ryeo-won will be the lead actors.

The film seems likely to be financed by director/producer KANG Woo-seok. They are still preparing the shoot.

LEE directed "Like a Virgin" together with LEE Hae-yeong. Kimssineun Pyoorogi is about a man and a woman meeting at the Han river in Seoul it will be LEE's first time directing alone.

JEONG's filmography includes, "Someone Special" and "Welcome to Dongmakgol". JEONG starred in the film "2 faces of My Girlfriend".

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

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Bada to Attend the 2008 Korean Film Festival in Vietnam

2008/05/07 | Source | Permalink |

Singer Bada, formerly of female pop group S.E.S., has been invited to attend the 2008 Korean Film Festival in Hanoi, Vietnam, held to celebrate the 16th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Vietnam. She will perform in the opening ceremony at the festival to be held at the National Convention Center in Hanoi from May 8th through 10th. She plans to give a powerful and spectacular performance to the Vietnamese fans of Korean culture.

The 2008 Korea Film Festival will open with "Forever the Moment", based on the true account of the Korean women's handball team on their way to win silver in the Athens Olympic Games. Other films to be featured at the festival include "Welcome to Dongmakgol", "Tube", "Marathon", and "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007". The presentation of such box office hits is expected to promote cultural exchanges between Korea and Vietnam.

Jointly hosted by the Korea Cultural Center in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Cultural and Information, and the Korean ...| More

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[THE HIGH TIDE OF THE KOREAN WAVE(25)] Hallyu: the Koreanization of world culture

2008/03/21 | Source | Permalink |

In the last few years, Korean films, TV dramas and pop music have become immensely popular abroad, a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave. This is the 25th in a series of essays by a select group of scholars and journalists looking at the spread of Korean pop culture in Southeast Asian countries and beyond. - Ed.

"Hallyu", or the Korean Wave, marks the long overdue re-emergence of Korean culture into the global arena. Korean culture's newfound international vogue situates South Korean cinema, TV melodramas, K-pop, and computer games as active participants in the transformation of world culture.

These "domestic" electronic audio-visual cultural creations are no longer limited to just the Korean peninsula and the global Korean diaspora despite that they are produced in the Korean language - a language that is not one of the globalized imperial languages such as English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.

Despite this linguistic barrier, hallyu is now a recognized agent of gl...| More

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"We will be re-born as an integrated digital content creator!"

2008/03/13 | Source | Permalink |

Korea's leading CGI studio Independence (CEO: Cho, Jae-Su) enhances its international competitiveness with its take-up of state-of-the-art technology.

Independence, whose "Wonderful Days" is considered to have led Korea's advancement in CG technology, has recently introduced state-of-the-art equipment by Autodesk, a global leader in 2D and 3D technology, to consolidate its image as a global content creator.

Since its establishment, Independence has accumulated the necessary technologies as it undertook large-scale advertising and visual effect projects for major companies in Korea. With such a portfolio of high-profile projects, it has expanded its business to film, animation, new technology development, CGI education, and cultural product development.

As a result, Independent's animation, such as "Egg Cola" and "Tree Robo", have been awarded with major prizes in festivals including Baraford Animation Festival (BAF) 2005 in the UK, which recognized the technology and qualit...| More

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Jang Jin's robbery-romance farce takes the Daehangno stage

2007/12/17 | Source | Permalink |

Jang Jin, the versatile film director and creator of the mega-hit "Welcome to Dongmakgol", is making a U-turn to Daehangno with his new theater -- not movie -- production. Calling it "an effort to attract more audiences to theaters", Jang is now staging "Seotun Saramdeul" (Clumsy People) at the Dongsoong Art Center in the heart of Daehangno, the country's cultural mecca. The play runs through March 2.

Jang started as a playwright, and became a leading drama director. He is a talented storyteller who knows how to make dramas which are commercially successful, humorous, and emotionally affecting.

For those who love his films, "Clumsy People" offers the chance to see the early work of Jang -- now one of the most celebrated filmmakers in Korea. "Clumsy People" is the very first theater script he wrote, at the tender age of 23.

Another tempting reason to visit the theater is that the play features A-list movie actors who have worked with Jang before such as Kang Seong-jin, Ryoo Seu...| More

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