Jang Hyeon-soo (장현수)

Jang Hyeon-soo Remakes John Woo Classic

Source | 2007/11/07 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Director Jang Hyeon-soo will tackle the remake of "A Better Tomorrow". The classic Hong Kong action film which was originally directed by stylized action film specialist John Woo. The remake rights were obtained by Korea's Fingerprint Pictures.

JANG more recent films include "Everybody Has Secrets" starring LEE Byeong-heon. His extensive track record also includes action films. PARK Joong-hoon played the lead in "Rules of the Game", directed by JANG in 1994.

A Better Tomorrow was released in 1986 and also enjoyed great popularity in Korea. The film is one of the numerous collaborations between John Woo and his star Chow Yun Fat.

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

Jeong Doo-hong, best martial arts movie director in Korea

Source | 2006/06/14 | 0 comments | Permalink |

One person is drawing extraordinary attention in the Korean movie industry these days. He is an indispensable figure in action films. The man in focus is director Jeong Doo-hong, who is considered the best martial arts director in Korea.
Devotion and purity

Jeong is widely regarded as the representative martial arts director for movies and is arguably the best stuntman in Korea. There are numerous episodes involving Jeong. We can easily spend half a day listening to stories about him from movie directors who worked with him, including Kim Yeong-bin, Jang Hyeon-soo and Kim Seong-soo. If we put together all the episodes about him derived from the production of movies and TV dramas, we could easily find enough stories to publish two volumes. Jeong has always been highly determined and oftentimes excessively opinionated, and ready to cause a big stir. But everyone who has gotten accustomed to working with him wants to work with him again. The reason is simple. When the director of a mo...| More

12 Korean Films Invited to Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy

Source | 2005/04/15 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A total of 12 Korean films have been invited to the 7th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, which will open on Apr. 22.

According to the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) secretariat on Apr. 15, 10 Korean films have been invited to the main division of this festival and two others invited to its special division entitled "Three Asian Directors of Photography".

The Korean films invited to the main division of the Italian international film festival include "Everybody Has Secrets" directed by Jang Hyeon-soo, "Arahan Jangpung Daejakjeon" by Ryoo Seung-wan, "Gajok (A family)" by Lee Jeong-cheol, "Someone Special" by Jang Jin, "Sisily 2 km" by Sin Jeong-won, "Gil (road)" by Bae Chang-ho, "Green Chair" by Park Chul-soo, "R-Point" by Kong Soo-chang, "Flying Boys" by Byeon Yeong-joo, and "Some" by Jang Yoon-hyeon.

For the "Three Asian Directors of Photography" division, "Peppermint Candy" and "Memories of Murder", produced by director of photography Kim Hyung-koo, will be...| More

Sex and Laughter in a "Game of Love"

Source | 2004/07/29 | 0 comments | Permalink |

by Gab-Sik Kim

The real "secret" in the self-proclaimed romantic sexy comedy "Everybody Has Secrets" is its deft balancing of sex and laughter.
A love affair between three sisters and one man may well be one of the most "provocative" themes in Korean cinema. If the film's center of gravity had leaned toward sex, it would have become just another risqué movie. On the other hand, if it tried to evoke laughter throughout, it would have joined the unfortunate ranks of forgettable yak-fests, pasted over with inconsequential sex jokes.

Happily, "Everybody Has Secrets" scales new levels of sophistication in approaching and pondering the question of sex-a question that plagues anyone (be it the director, actor, or producer) setting out to make a commercial film in Korea. As a result, its "cocktail" of sex and laughter, while not quite reaching the "golden ratio", offers a highly satisfying flavor.

The film is driven by the respective secrets harbored by the perfect "man-candy" S...| More

'Everybody Has a Secret' to reveal secrets

Source | 2004/07/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"Secrets" are something that everyone seems to have, and it raises the question, can knowing a secret lead to happiness? Then does that mean that a greater secret is greater happiness?

Director Jang Hyeon-soo of the new South Korean film, "Everybody Has a Secret", answers yes to both questions. The Korean film, "Everybody Has a Secret", is a remake of the hit romantic comedy of 2002, "About Adam".

The plot tells a story of a handsome, intelligent man, Soo-hyun played by Lee Byeong-heon, who thinks that love is like shopping, falls for three sisters and secretly lures all three of them into his cage.

The story opens with one of the three sisters, Mi-yeong, played by Kim Hyo-jin, a jazz vocalist and the youngest of the three sisters, who sees this man and instantly falls for him at a jazz bar where she sings. Mi-yeong tells her sister Seon-yeong (Choi Ji-woo) about him however Soo-hyun, the other sister later asks him to marry her. Unexpected twists in 'Everybody Has a Secr...| More