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During the Korean War, soldiers from the US, North and South Korea come to a peaceful village, Dongmakgol. At first, they confront each other but soon, they start to mix with the villagers. But now the time has come when they must carry out their duties.
International Film Festivals
2006 New York Asian Film Festival,
2005 Lou... More
Director JANG Jin is a peculiar filmmaker who has a gift for approaching subjects from an alternative angle with a typical JANG Jin style of humour. This time JANG delivers his latest film about three fictitious Korean presidents titled Good Morning President.
The biggest name attached to the project is pan-Asian star JANG Dong-gun who will soon enter the international market outside Asia with the film "The Warrior's Way". "The Warrior's Way" also stars Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush.
JANG Dong-gun will play a young president who is also a single father. LEE Soon-jae's character is JANG's character's predecessor in charge of Korea. KO Doo-sim tackles the role of the first female Korean president. All three struggle to combine the demanding position and private life.
Writer/director JANG Jin's filmography includes films like "Guns and Talks" and "Someone Special", and he wrote the scenario for "Welcome to Dongmakgol". "Good Morning President" is the opening film of the 14th ... |More
The Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF) will open its 14th edition with a star-studded local drama, organizers announced Tuesday, spotlighting the recovery of the South Korean movie industry.
The leading Asian event from Oct. 8 to 16 in the southern port city will screen a record lineup of 355 films from 70 countries, including 98 world premieres.
The festival kicks off with "Good Morning President", directed by Jang Jin and starring heartthrob Jang Dong-gun and veteran actors Lee Soon-jae and Ko Doo-sim. The three star as three fictitious Korean presidents.
The selection garnered much attention since PIFF had in the past made more "experimental", pan-Asian choices such as last year's Kazakh film "Gift to Stalin". The 9.9 billion won event closes with the Chinese spy thriller "The Message", helmed by Taiwan's Chen Guo-fu and China' Gao Qunshu.
"Choosing a Korean film as the opening piece has symbolic significance, to revamp ... |More
Actress Kang Hye-jeong's unique character is back!
She is like a cameleon able to perfectly act different characters; as a sad and cynical beauty in "Old Boy", loveable Yeo-il in "Welcome to Dongmakgol", powerful and bold art student in "Rules of Dating", " and the innocent and pure girl in "Herb". She has been all these with different colors of attrativeness.
She will be in a new film, "Why Did You Come to My House - Movie" costarring wiht Park Hee-soon, and Seung Ri. Her role is of Lee Soo-kang who is unique and in her own bubble with a un-namable new fashion sense.
Lee Soo-kang character is contagious!##
You will fall in love with her peculiar acts of saying "I'm Back" barging into a home s... |More
South Korean cinema offers only a handful of releases this month, but a big lineup of homegrown films awaits moviegoers in April.
Some 10 domestic titles are slated for release next month, of which a majority are mainstream franchises that will play in theaters nationwide.
Leading the pack is "Private Eye", coming to screens April 2, starring Hwang Jeong-min as a private detective and Ryoo Deok-hwan as a young medical trainee who try to solve a serial murder case during the Japanese colonial era (1910-45). A special preview of the film with English subtitles is taking place at 7 p.m. tonight at CINUS Myeongdong Theater. The subtitled film will be available on the official release date at the venue, as well as CINUS Gangnam.
A week later, Kang Hye-jeong, the charming heroine of "Welcome to Dongmakgol", will return to the big screen opposite Park Hee-soon ("Seven Days") in "Urijibe Wae Watni" ("Why Did You Come to My House - Movie"), a quirky t... |More
During the Korean War, soldiers from the US, North and South Korea come to a peaceful village, Dongmakgol. At first, they confront each other but soon, they start to mix with the villagers. But now the time has come when they must carry out their duties.
International Film Festivals
2006 New York Asian Film Festival,
2005 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival , Hawaii Gala
2006 Lyon ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL, LONGS METRAGES
2006 Paris Cinema , New Korean Cinemas
2006 Philadelphia Film Festival , World Focus
2006 Udine Far East Film Festival , Competition
