Pieta (Movie - 2012)

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  Jo Min-soo
  조민수
  As
  Mi-seon
  (미선)
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  Lee Jung-jin
  이정진
  As
  Kang-do
  (강도)
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  Woo Ki-hong
  우기홍
  As
  Hoon-cheol
  (훈철)
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  Kang Eun-jin
  강은진
  As
  Hoon-cheol's wife
  (훈철부인)
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  Jo Jae-ryong
  조재룡
  As
  Gye-song
  (계송)
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  Lee Myeong-ja
  이명자
  As
  Grandmother 1
  (할머니 1)

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  2012/10/21, Source
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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2012.10.12 ~ 2012.10.14
  2012/10/14, Source
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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.10.05 ~ 2012.10.07
  2012/10/08
  Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" is living a privileged life as it enjoys its fourth week as Korea's number one. "Masquerade" came into the fray as the top film mid-September and has not looked back since, stubbornly holding on to that position over the rest of the month and now into October. The total admission counts were lower than previous weeks, with "Masquerade" taking gold with less than a million admissions. Kim Ki-duk's "Peita" was also ejected from the top ten, leaving just three other Korean films to compete with international features,...More

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  2012/10/06
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  2012/10/02, Source
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  2012/10/01
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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2012.09.28 ~ 2012.09.30
  2012/09/30, Source
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  'Pieta' Gains Momentum at Box Office After Venice Award
  2012/09/24, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", which won the best film award at this year's Venice Film Festival, is about to hit the 500,000 mark in terms of the number of viewers it has attracted,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.21 ~ 2012.09.23
  2012/09/24
  The local flavors took the honors this past weekend with the top two films being Korean and claiming close to 70% of the ticket sales. With 1,192,689 admissions, Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" secured another week as number one, jumping past "The Concubine" as the ninth highest grossing Korean film of the year. Choo's historical drama snatched 60.5% of the moviegoers with the new Korean film "Spy", Woo Min-ho's second feature film, slotting into second with 341,697,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2012.09.21 ~ 2012.09.23
  2012/09/23, Source
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  Paju Prepares for Annual Documentary Film Festival
  2012/09/23, Source
  An international documentary film festival will begin its seven-day run in the demilitarized zone on Friday. In its fourth year, "DMZ Docs" is being co-hosted by Gyeonggi Province and Paju city. The opening ceremony will be held in Dorasan Station in the civilian control zone. It will be attended by Governor Kim Moon-su, also head of the organizing committee, actor Cho Jae-hyun, executive committee chair, and the boy band 2AM, who are serving as promotional ambassadors,...More

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  The Number of Movie Goers in Korea Increases Greatly This Year With Many Popular Korean Films
  2012/09/20, Source
  Korean blockbuster "The Thieves" has attracted more than 12 million viewers, since its release in late July. The action comedy is now officially the second most popular movie in Korean film history, in terms of the number of viewers. The only movie it trails is The Host", which broke all box-office records with over 13 million tickets sold after its release in 2006. "The Thieves", however, is just one of many Korean films that millions of movie goers in Korea have enjoyed so far this year,...More

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  Art and Culture
  2012/09/20, Source
  And now it's time for our daily arts and culture segment with Michelle Kim. In the Thursday edition, she brings us the latest on new and upcoming movies from Korea and abroad. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young So what movies do you have for us today[Reporter : ] Well, today I'll tell you about three new movies starring three of Korea's most respected vetran actresses -- Jo Min-soo, Yum Jung-ah and Lee Mi-yeon. Take a look. Older actresses don't always get the most exciting roles, but this fall, three veteran actresses are front and center as the stars of some of the season's most highly anticipated films,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk's Pieta Sold to Foreign Distributors in Toronto
  2012/09/20, Source
  South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk's award-winning movie "Pieta" has been sold to foreign distributors at the Toronto International Film Festival, the largest film festival in North America,...More

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  'Masquerade' Sets Box Office Alight with 1 Million Tickets Sold in 4 Days
  2012/09/18, Source
  "Masquerade" has attracted over 1 million viewers in just four days since it was released Thursday,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.14 ~ 2012.09.17
  2012/09/17
  Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy" wasn't able to hold down the top spot over the weekend, ultimately being surpassed by Kim Ki-duk's "Peta" as well as two new releases both foreign and domestic. But it was Choo Chang-min's "Masquerade" that turned out to be the big favorite with 1,100,859 admissions, that accounted for and 53.3% of ticket sales over the weekend. Previously known as "The King of Joseon", it tells the familiar tale of the commoner come King in this historical drama. "Masquerade" stars Lee Byung-hun, Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Jang Gwang and was released last Thursday,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2012.09.14 ~ 2012.09.17
  2012/09/16, Source
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  "Pieta" Selected as Academy Awards Submission
  2012/09/14, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" has been chosen to represent South Korea in the Foreign Language Film section at the 85th Academy Awards,...More

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  Golden Lion Winner Explains 'Shabby' Venice Outfit
  2012/09/13, Source
  Film director Kim Ki-duk, who won the Golden Lion award for best picture at the 69th Venice International Film Festival with his latest film "Pieta", held a press conference upon his return to Korea along with starring actors Jo Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin on Tuesday. "Perhaps those cinema fans who have silently lent me their support over the years would be the most delighted" that he won the award, he said. "When I go abroad, I'm often told that my films are popular in Europe, but not in Korea. But I always stress that this is not the case, and that there are also fans who love my films in Korea". Jo added, "I heard that "Pieta" isn't being screened in many theaters in Korea, but people can only understand why it won the Golden Lion by watching it,...More

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  Interview with Darcy Paquet on "Pieta" by Kim Ki-duk
  2012/09/12, Source
  Fans of Korean films rejoiced over the weekend when director Kim Ki-duk's movie "Pieta" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival. His dark critique of capitalism became the first-ever Korean film to win the top prize from a major international film jury. To delve deeper into the director his latest work and the Korean film industry's prospects film critic and expert Darcy Paquet joins us in the studio now. Good evening,...More

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  Pieta's Feat Bodes Well for S. Korean Film Industry
  2012/09/10, Source
  South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk's win for best film at the 69th Venice International Film Festival is expected to help boost the status of Korean films on the global stage. Kim's film "Pieta" took the Golden Lion award on September 8th, following viewers outpouring of praise for the movie after it was screened at the festival,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.09.07 ~ 2012.09.09
  2012/09/10
  Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy" marks the first foreign film at number one since "The Dark Knight Rises" at the end of July. The peak of the Korean summer has bee dominated by local releases, but not this weekend. With close on 30% of the ticket sales going to Gilroy's popular action thriller, "The Bourne Legacy" snapped up the ticket sales with 523,776 admissions in 588 screenings around the country. Last week's top pick was demoted to second, as Kim Hong-seon's "The Traffickers" had to settle for 303,537 and second place,...More

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  Outsider Kim Ki-duk's 'Pieta' Wins Top Prize in Venice
  2012/09/10, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk reacts as his film "Pieta" wins the Golden Lion award at this year's Venice film festival on Sunday. /AP-Yonhap "Pieta", Kim Ki-duk's tale of violence and poverty, won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice film festival. Kim spent just W100 million (US$1=W,130) making the film, a fraction of the average cost of a Korean film these days. This is the first time a Korean film won the top prize at one of the world's top three film festivals at Venice, Cannes and Berlin. Accepting the prize, Kim thanked the actors, staff, film festival officials and Italian fans before bursting into a rendition of the traditional Korean song "Arirang",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2012.09.07 ~ 2012.09.09
  2012/09/09, Source
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  From eccentric to darling of Venice
  2012/09/09, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk, second from left, and actress Jo Min-soo, third from left, pose after winning the Golden Lion for Best Film for his film "Pieta"at the awarding ceremony of the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday. / Xinhua-Yonhap By Rachel Lee While the world more readily acknowledged and embraced Kim Ki-duk as an auteur director, he has been received in a mixed fashion in Korea. But with his 18th feature film "Pieta" having grabbed the Golden Lion Prize at the 69th Venice Film Festival, the 51-year-old Kim has reaffirmed his art to the world and the Korean public as a first-rate director who has won the top prize at three international film festivals of Venice, Cannes and Berlin,...More

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  Director Kim Ki-duk takes Venice
  2012/09/09, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk shows the Golden Lion he won for his movie "Pieta" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Italy, Saturday. Kim's bleak-morality tale became the first Korean film to win the top prize at one of the three major international film festivals. He surprised the audience at the awards ceremony by singing the traditional Korean folk song "Arirang" on stage to thank the jury. AP-Yonhap "Pieta" becomes first Korean movie to win Golden Lion award By Kim Ji-soo Maverick Korean director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", a brutal mother-and-son drama, won the Golden Lion for best movie at the 69th Venice Film Festival, Saturday,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" Wins Young Critics Award in Venice
  2012/09/08, Source
  South Korean director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" won the Young Critics Award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Investing distributor for the movie NEW said on Saturday that the movie had claimed the award at an awards ceremony held at Hotel Excelsior in Lido island, Venice,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2012/09/06 in Korea
  2012/09/06, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2012/09/06,...More

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  'Pieta' filled with bloody revenge
  2012/09/06, Source
  Jo Min-soo, left, and Lee Jung-jin star in a scene from director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", which is a strong contender for the Golden Lion prize at the 69th Venice film fest. By Kwaak Je-yup What can wash our sins away? In Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", it is our own blood. Having premiered at the Venice Film Festival and opened in selected theaters in Seoul this week, the latest work by Korean cinema's enfant terrible may draw reference from Christian art's depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus but nobody in the film abides by the religious values. They go directly against them, in fact. A debt collector goes around the dilapidated industrial area around Cheonggye Stream, downtown Seoul, to cripple the debtors for insurance money. The impoverished victims and their family members resort to suicide and vengeance. There is no room for pity or mercy. If Mary were to star in the film, she would go hang the sons of Jerusalem's leaders and then kill herself to repent,...More

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  69th Venice Int'l Film Festival Kicks Off
  2012/08/31, Source
  A star-studded cast of film directors and stars have assembled in Italy for the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The world's oldest international film festival will showcase Korean director Kim Ki-duk's new film "Pieta", which is vying for the Golden Lion, the top award,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk's 'Pieta' in competition at Venice
  2012/08/29, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk, left, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday in Seoul. Kim's latest work "Pieta", starring actress Jo Min-soo, center, and actor Lee Jung-jin, will vie for the top prize Golden Lion at the 69th Venice Film Festival which kicked off Wednesday. / Yonhap By Rachel Lee, Kwaak Je-yup It's the time of the year again when the world's finest film directors and stars flock to an island in north eastern Italy. The Venice Film Festival, the oldest event of its kind in the world, opened Wednesday on the island of Lido, and veteran director Kim Ki-duk will represent Korea for the main competition. "I would like to see and learn how other directors look at today's society", said Kim at a press conference on Wednesday in Seoul. "It will provide new perspectives".,...More

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  Art and Culture
  2012/08/29, Source
  It's Wednesday, which means it's time for our weekly celebrity news segment with Michelle Kim. I hear that today she has the latest on a Korean heartthrob, and of course all the latest Hollywood gossip for us to enjoy. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young So what do you have for us today [Reporter : ] It was the first time for singer and actor Lee Seung-gi to visit Southeast Asia nation for an official event. He was welcomed by a large crown of fans, screaming, chanting and waving at Korea's Pop Prince. I have the details on this event for you right now,...More

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  Updated cast and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta"
  2012/08/21, Source
  Updated cast and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta",...More

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  [Video] Added new posters and making of video for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta"
  2012/08/10, Source
  Added new posters and making of video for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta",...More
• Kim Ki-duk's new film up for competition in Venice fest
  2012/07/31, Source
  Korean director Kim Ki-duk's latest film "Pieta" has been invited to a competitive section of this year's Venice International Film Festival, the movie's local distributor said. "Pieta" was among the 18 films chosen to compete for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the 69th Venice film festival, which runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 8, NEW, the distributor, said in a release Thursday,...More

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  Art and Culture
  2012/07/27, Source
  It's almost the weekend now and I know many of us are looking forward to rooting for the Korean team during the Olympics. People from all around the world are now in London to cheer their teams on, and for those of you who are there right now, our Michelle Kim is here to tell us about some events that have been created to introduce Korean culture to the global audience. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young So what events can we look forward to this weekend in London,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk Invited to Venice for 4th Time with 'Pieta'
  2012/07/27, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk's latest film "Pieta" has been included in the official competition category at the 69th Venice Film Festival, which will open on Aug. 29. This is the first time in seven years a Korean movie has entered the competition section of the festival since Park Chan-wook's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" in 2005,...More

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  [Video] Trailer revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta"
  2012/07/04, Source
  Trailer revealed for the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta",...More

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  Director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" to be released at the end of August
  2012/07/03, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk who has taken over 3 worldwide film festivals is releasing his eighteenth movie "Pieta" at the end of August. Kim enchanted the public with characters good and bad in the 2001 movie "Bad Guy" and now 11 years, he's back with a more brutal and cruel movie "Pieta,...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "Pieta"
  2012/05/04, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "Pieta"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk, "Actors are actors"
  2012/02/28, Source
  Director Kim Ki-duk, director of the film "Rough Cut", is creating a second project called "Actor's Cut". In a sequel to "Rough Cut", which starred So Ji-sub and Kang Ji-hwan, the new movie is based on the collapse of a popular star actor. It is expected to express Kim's shocking and unique style,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta", Jo Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin show a massive transformation
  2012/02/27, Source
  An on-set still from the movie "Pieta" has been revealed. Lee Jung-jin, who is playing the role of Kang-do, a loan shark that gets money from debtors in the cruelest of ways, has lost so much weight that his face lines look stronger and more prominent,...More

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  Finecut announces new KIM Ki-duk film
  2012/02/13, Source
  Seoul-based sales company Finecut has announced the well-known Korean director Kim Ki-duk's next film, tentatively titled "Pieta", is set to start shooting this month. The film is about a brutal man who works for a cruel loan shark. Without any family or loved ones to worry about, he has no fear or hesitation when it comes to carrying out his evil deeds. One day, a mysterious woman shows up in his life, saying she is his mother. At first, he doesn't believe her, having no memories of a mother. But as his attachment to her grows, he discovers her gruesome yet sad secret,...More

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  Lee Jung-jin and Jo Min-soo in "Pieta"
  2012/02/12, Source
  Actress Jo Min-soo and actor Lee Jung-jin are starring in the movie "Pieta" with director Kim Ki-duk. According to distributor NEW, Kim's eighteenth movie "Pieta" confirmed Lee Jung-jin and Jo Min-soo as leading roles and will start the making on the 15th.,...More