The Servant (Movie - 2010)

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  Kim Joo-hyuk
  김주혁
  As
  Bang-ja
  (방자)
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  Ryoo Seung-bum
  류승범
  As
  Lee Mong-ryong
  (이몽룡)
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  Cho Yeo-jeong
  조여정
  As
  Choon-hyang
  (춘향)
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  Ryu Hyun-kyung
  류현경
  As
  Hyang Dan-i
  (향단이)
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  Oh Dal-soo
  오달수
  As
  Elder Ma
  (마노인)
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  Song Sae-byeok
  송새벽
  As
  Scholar Byeon
  (변학도)

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  [USA] "Believer" Arrives On Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD October 30 @WellGoUSA #BelieverMovie
  2018/09/14, Source
  "... a wild and boisterous crime drama ..." ~ David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE "... solid two hours of action and suspense that's muscularly directed by Lee and stylishly shot ..." ~ Richard Kuipers, VARIETY "Believer" On Digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack & DVD October 30,...More

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  Korean movie of the week "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2017/11/02, Source
  Korean movie of the week "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser" (2012) Directed by Jeong Seung-koo With Song Sae-byeok, Sung Dong-il, Lee Byung-joon, Kim Sung-ryung, Ko Chang-seok, Han Chae-ah,... Also known as "The King of XXX-Kissing" Previously known as "King of Flattery" on HanCinema Synopsis Director Jeong Seung-koo, an assistant director of "Secret Sunshine" (2007), makes his directorial debut with this comedy about an ordinary man who comes across a master of flattery and learns how to live in the world,...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong Adds Feather to Acting Cap with Psychopath Role
  2017/05/13, Source
  Since making her debut nearly 20 years ago, actress Cho Yeo-jeong has developed a cute, cheerful and loveable on-screen image. She added a seductive, sexy note to this range of charms with her appearance in films such as "The Concubine" and "The Servant".  In the KBS2 drama "The Perfect Wife", which concluded its run last week, Cho Yeo-jeong added another feather to her acting cap, playing the frightening, antagonist role of a woman whose mad obsession with a man leads her down a path of violence. While outwardly appearing to be the perfect wife who maintains a meticulously perfect home, she is in fact prone to psychopathic behavior as a result of childhood abuse inflicted by her parents,...More

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  Jeon Do-yeon's next nickname in place of Queen of Cannes
  2016/07/07, Source
  Queen of Cannes Jeon Do-yeon is coming back with the new tvN drama "The Good Wife". Jeon Do-yeon is starring in her first drama in 11 years. She debuted in 1990 with a Johnson & Johnson's commercial and not long after that, she started to act in dramas. She started her first drama in 1992 and continued without a break until 1998,...More

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  [Interview] "SORI: Voice from the Heart" actor Lee Sung-min, "I nearly cried in one of the scenes"
  2016/01/18, Source
  "I've only come halfway". The response for "SORI: Voice from the Heart" is good. But actor Lee Sung-min says that's not enough,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Obsessed": Smoke and Servitude
  2014/11/22
  In the spotlight this week: Kim Dae-woo's "Obsessed"... I prefer the more literal title, "Human Addiction", than the psychotically suggestive: "Obsessed". It allows for the romantic fall of love into tragedy, the latter (while still fitting) is more outwardly aggressive, dangerous and unstable. Set in 1969, Kim Dae-woo's latest steamy classic (remember, this is the erotic creativity than (re)imagined "The Servant") spies Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong (Song Seung-heon) living in a small a military camp; he's a recognised war hero from Vietnam who will soon to be prompted to general and shipped to Seoul,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.05.30 ~ 2014.06.01
  2014/06/02
  Marvel's mutants hold strong for now… Marvel's mutants secured a second straight week at the top over the weekend by adding another 834K (37.8%) to its cause. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" entered the chart on the 22nd, where it managed to dislodge Kim Dae-woo's "Obsessed", and has since remained Korea's film of choice. Last week the film claimed 1.4M, but the wealth was spread more evenly this time around as Kim Seong-hun's "A Hard Day" and Angelina Jolie's latest "Maleficent" entered the fray and sapped some of its steam,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "The Servant": A Romantic Rendition with a Classic Twist
  2014/05/24
  In the Spotlight this Week: Kim Dae-woo's "The Servant"… Kim Dae-woo's third feature "Obsessed" was recently released in Korea, and despite having to square off against the American monstrosity "Godzilla" his latest is still hijacking hearts and putting plenty of bums on seats. Like the gargantuan ghost currently conquering the West, Kim enjoys re-imagining the past and twisting the record for our modern amusement. In 2010 Kim took on the challenge of re-telling Chunhyangjeon, one of Korea's most beloved folktales; a pansori-inspiring piece that's been adapted to the big screen before, most notably by the prolific Im Kwon-taek. Kim, however, has a particular flair for romantic distortion, and his version delightfully deviates from the classic narrative to splendorous effect,...More

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  [HanCinema's Image Gallery] Kim Dae-woo's "The Servant"
  2014/05/24
  A selection of shots from Kim Dae-woo's "The Servant"... Kim Dae-woo's third feature "Obsessed" is currently doing the rounds at the box office and has, thus far, managed to keep American's chubby creation at arm's length. It's been almost four years since Kim graced our screens, and so recently I returned to his 2010 film "The Servant" to remind myself of this writer/director's affection for the past, cross-class romance, and, as you will see here, the seductive power of presentation and framing...Enjoy! [spoilers],...More

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  Song Seung-heon Reflects on Edgier Role in Latest Flick
  2014/05/24, Source
  In "Obsessed", which hit local theaters last week, Song Seung-heon plays the role of a married military officer who enters into an affair with the wife of one of his subordinates. The actor said he would never have considered taking such a role a decade ago because it would have jarred with his reputation as a good guy built up through many romantic comedies and films,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2014.05.16 ~ 2014.05.18
  2014/05/19
  Korean's torn between romance and rampage... There was an intense tussle at the top over the weekend as the American giant "Godzilla" took on Kim Dae-woo's "Obsessed". While Gareth Edward's monster remake seized the lion's share of the pie (23.8% from 438,487 admissions), it was Kim's third feature that seduced the majority of filmgoers into the cinemas with over 445K tickets sold (23.5%). It was relatively fair game as both films opened their accounts with over 600 screens to pool from, but the local talent teased out a narrow victory over the gargantuan ghost and ultimately put more bums on seats,...More

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  Newcomer Heading to A-List After Baring Her Talent in Debut Film
  2014/05/17, Source
  A young actress has become the talk of the town with her debut feature film "Obsessed", directed by Kim Dae-woo, who is known for such sensual films as "The Servant" and "Forbidden Quest". "Obsessed" contains a number of audacious nude scenes that will no doubt be talked about for a long time. In portraying a love affair so strong that a man will sacrifice everything for the object of his desire, Lim Ji-yeon has made a strong impression as a new talent to watch,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film News] New Korean Films Inbound...
  2014/05/03
  K-Films Coming Soon: ★★★ "MAD SAD BAD": A 3D omnibus movie about a man who becomes a zombie for no apparent reason and falls in love with a woman. (05/15) ★★★ "Sage Solutions": A documentary by Tae Jun-seek about the responsibility and questionable ethics of the Korean Press. (05/15) ★★★★★ "Obsessed": A Vietnam War hero returns home to praise and promotion but suffers PTSD as a result, affecting his marriage, career, and future. (05/15) ★★★ "Campus S Couple": A one-night stand turns awkward when a couple realise they're in the same college. Things get more complicated on campus when another confesses their childhood love. (05/15) ★★★ "The Groin": Set during the Joseon dynasty, three men who don't believe in love make a bet to woo a married woman known for her chasity. (05/15),...More

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  "Human Addiction" Song Seung-heon in uniform
  2014/03/12, Source
  Still cuts of Song Seung-heon in the movie "Human Addiction" have been released. "Human Addiction" is about the shocking and tragic love between a man and a woman in a military residence, made up of upper and lower levels of ranking at the end of the Vietnam War in 1969,...More

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  [HanCinema's Hall of Fame Review] "Bedevilled": A Gorgeously Grotesque Revenge Rampage
  2014/02/15
  In the Spotlight this Week: Jang Cheol-soo's "Bedevilled"... Jang Cheol-soo has an incredible cine-clock ticking within, a marvellous metronome that I like to imagine he has swinging and tocking above his desk as he writes and plans his work. This constant ticking then harmonises with whatever creative genius takes hold of him as puts pen to paper. A film like Jang's debut film "Bedevilled" is the result of such a ritual; a gorgeously grotesque genre film that hypnotises and horrifies with the percussive precision of a mad watchmaker come autistic composer. The film ebbs and flows like a daring dream; one that's sweet and surreal, but whose intent is deranged and two-faced, mixing together melodrama, horror, and revenge into a compelling cinematic concoction that bubbles and boils over in the most spectacle fashion imaginable,...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong and Clara's power
  2014/02/03, Source
  They are Cho Yeo-jeong and Clara indeed. "Working Girl" is being sold at high costs even before the making. This is the result of the glamorous stars that stimulate the curiosities of men and women. According to the film industry, the crew of "Working Girl" has completed attracting investments for production costs under the condition of IPTV and DVD publication rights and sales. It's standard procedure but "Working Girl" investments are more than half of the production costs alone. This is definitely unusual,...More

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  Jung Da-hye-I in "Two Weeks"
  2013/09/24, Source
  Actress Jung Da-hye-I is reappearing in "Two Weeks". She will appear as the one who will free Jang Tae-san (Lee Joon-gi) from all the accusations and capture Moon Il-seok (Jo Min-ki),...More

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  Ryu Hyun-kyung official trailer director for AISFF
  2013/09/11, Source
  Actress Ryu Hyun-kyung has been selected as the director of the official Asiana International Short Film Festival trailer. This means a lot to her as her short film "Bandit" which was produced in 2010, was shown in this event previously. The AISFF is held from the 7th of November to the 12th at Gwanghwa-moon and many anticipate the trailer that will be directed by Ryu Hyun-kyung,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Returning to the Sunny side of Love.
  2013/07/27
  Korean films are particularly intrigued by the tragic tests time and memory can place on love. This fascination extends across genres and the results are often not the Hollywood fairy tale viewers might come to expect. We see this in recent films like "The Servant", where Choon-hyang (Korea's 'Juliet' played by Cho Yeo-jeong) suffers a devasting physical trauma that leaves her mentally and emotionally incapacitated, no longer able to remember the love and passion she once had for her forbidden lover Bang-ja (Kim Joo-hyuk). In Park Chan-wook's cult classic "Old Boy" Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is confronted with an impossible decision at the end, one that cruelly pits the love for his daughter against his own sanity. (I think it will be highly interesting to see how Spike Lee's version of the story's ending differs to Park's). There are other examples of how time and love collide in Korea cinema, often with truly memorable results, and recently I returned to one of the most successful dramas in recent years: Kang Hyeong-cheol's "Sunny - 2010",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] There is "Always" hope...
  2013/07/20
  Song Il-gon's "Always" has completely won me over. There are a lot of Korean romantic dramas out there, but only a few of them manage to stay favourites. Great Korean love stories such as "Chunhyang", "The Servant", "Bad Guy", and "My Sassy Girl" come to my mind and, after watching So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo on screen together, I think I can safely state that I have another love-struck nugget of a film to add to that list. Cheol-min (So Ji-sub) is a hard working 30-year old labourer and part-time security guard. He is also an ex-boxer with a dark and haunting history, a past that he is desperately seeking redemption for. During his first night as a security guard Cheol-min gets serendipitously introduced to Jeong-hwa (Han Hyo-joo), a visually impaired (clinically blind) woman with an adorable persona,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Talk] Siblings in Cinema: The RYOO Brothers
  2013/07/06
  Siblings don't always get along. Even when working within the same field family members often choose to keep their personal and professional lives separate to keep the peace. Personal histories, grudges, and just knowing one another as well as they do can cause friction and frustration in the workplace. Not so though with renowned South Korean actor Ryoo Seung-bum and his moviemaking brother Ryoo Seung-wan. The brothers' most recent effort, "The Berlin File" (2013), marks another successful family collaboration that rocked Korean cinemas earlier this year. The brothers both came into the spotlight with their 2000 début feature "Die Bad"; a collection of four hard-boiled short stories that follows two teenagers and their descent into the violent world of organised crime. The film was written and directed by Seung-wan and stars himself and his younger brother Seung-beom. Seung-wan has sometimes been described as the Korean Tarantino, while his talent younger brother has been likened too the American-Canadian comedy actor Jim Carrey,...More

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  [Guest Review] "The Berlin File"
  2013/02/08, Source
  Ryoo Seung-wan's ("The City of Violence", "The Unjust") new film "The Berlin File" is certainly a must see for all film fans. The movie stars some of Korea's most talented actors, Ha Jeong-Woo ("The Chaser", "Nameless Gangster"), Jeon Ji-Hyeon ("My Sassy Girl", "The Thieves") Ryoo Seung-Beom ("The Servant", "The Unjust") and Han Suk-kyu ("Forbidden Quest", "Eye for an Eye"). The film revolves around Ha Jeong-Woo's character, a North Korean spy, as his own country turns against him and he must find a way out not only for his sake, but for his wife's as well,...More

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  Is Nudity Still a Box-Office Draw?
  2012/11/09, Source
  Testing the legal limits of screen nudity can often be an effective way to publicize a new film, and getting a star to show as much skin as possible is a shortcut to wide media coverage. But increasingly there are signs that such marketing strategies no longer guarantee success. Evidence to the contrary might be provided by a look at the box office performance of movies released this year that drew a lot of attention for nudity. "A Muse", which drew attention for nude scenes by rookie Kim Go-eun, managed to pull 1.35 million moviegoers. "The Scent", starring Park Si-yeon, drew 1.25 million viewers, while "The Concubine" starring Cho Yeo-jeong attracted 2.64 million,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Talk] Is Korean Cinema Soft on Sex?
  2012/10/20
  I don't know what it was exactly about the sex scene in Kim Dae-woo's 2010 remake of the "The Servant" that captivated my interest and senses. Perhaps it was the enchanting realisation/sexual release of the film's own internal eroticisms and sexual pressures or, admittedly, the 'cinematic purity' of the act itself as expressed through both the Choon-hyang's erotised body. Indeed, Cho Yeo-jeong's physical facets, and willingness, have contributed to her popularity as an actress both in Korea and abroad. I am not, however, so brave as to say that she might have inadvertently typecasted herself as Korea's own cinematic exhibitionist, but her recent role in Kim Dae-seung's "The Concubine" seemed to play off that image as an 'erotic icon' as her sexual agency was, once again, commodified through another historical Korean drama that taunted and teases its way through the prickly plane of sexual representation. "The Concubine" did not, however, managed to encapsulate the culture depth and erotic significance of Kim Dae-woo's modernised enactment of the Korean myth of Chann-hyang. In fact, the representation of sexual acts in recent years has seemed to be unable to transgress from Korea's own modern conservatism,...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong Says Acting Lets Her Explore Her Hidden Self
  2012/10/06, Source
  Actress Cho Yeo-jeong has kept herself very busy over the last two years, having appeared in two films -- "The Servant" and "The Concubine" -- and two TV dramas, "I Need Romance" and more recently "Haeundae Lovers". After wrapping up the drama "Haeundae Lovers", set in the southern coastal city of Busan, Jo said, "I struggled a little at first, as viewers kept drawing attention to my unnatural Busan dialect,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Too Hot for TV? "The Concubine" and the Masquerading Historical Drama
  2012/09/22
  Film: "The Concubine"  Director: Kim Dae-seung Stars: Cho Yeo-jeong, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Min-joon, Park Ji-young, Jo Eun-ji and Lee Kyung-young Review Score: 3.5 / 5 Also Try: "A Frozen Flower" and "The Servant" There was a lot of buzz around Kim Dae-seung's "The Concubine" prior to its release, as it was revealed that actress Cho Yeo-jeong would once again slip her traditional garb and help steam the screen. Her provocative role as Choon-hyang in Kim Dae-woo's "The Servant" sparked huge interest in the actress at the time; rightfully so as her performance in Kim's contemporary take on the legend of Choon-hyang was, simply, intoxicating. The prospect of another dazzling and sexy performance was, indeed, something to get excited over,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Scandalous Desires & Social Taboos in Jeong Ji-woo's "A Muse"
  2012/08/11
  Film: "A Muse" Director: Jeong Ji-woo Writers: Jeong Ji-woo & Park Bum-shim (Novelist) Stars: Park Hae-ji, Kim Moo-yul, and Kim Go-eun Review Score: 8.5/10 Also try: "The Servant", "The Housemaid - 2010", "Chunhyang", and "Moss" Adapted from the popular 2010 novel "Eun-Gyo" by Park Bum-shim, "A Muse" is a drama at heart that probes a number of social taboos in Korea. Novelist Park and Jeong-Ji-woo collaborated on the actual screenplay together, and although fans of book weren't convinced of some of the decisions made in its adaption to the big screen, the film still has enough excitement and thrills to move it out of the shadow of its paperback cousin,...More

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  [HanCinema's Interview Corner] Ten Questions for the KOREAN CINEPHILE
  2012/06/30
  Your website, Modern Korean Cinema, has been up since mid-2010, how did you come to discover Korean cinema and what was it about Korea's film industry that really cemented your passion for it? My first exposure to Korean cinema came long before the inception of MKC and it's kind of a funny story (at least I think it is)! When I was in boarding school in Dublin (high school) we were studying Macbeth and as a nascent cinephile I wanted to seek classic filmed versions of Shakespeare's work, first came Polanski's, then Orson Welles' version but soon I came across Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (1957) and fell in love with it. Thus began my discovery of Japanese cinema and one day I was in my local media retail store in Switzerland when I came across a striking DVD in the Asian section. I thought it might have been something like a Takashi Miike film but it turned out to be none other than "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002) and... I hated it, it made me furious. But I couldn't stop thinking about it and a week later I forced my self to watch it again and my whole world changed. My next film was Lee Chang-dong's "Peppermint Candy" (2000) and it's safe to say that the quality and social engagement of those works resulted in my becoming deeply attached to Korean cinema,...More

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  [Video] Added new images and video for the Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/06/29, Source
  Added new images and video for the Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2012/06/21 in Korea
  2012/06/21, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2012/06/21 in Korea "Miss Conspirator", "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser", "Two Weddings and a Funeral", "The Heaven is Only Open to the Single !" and documentaries "I AM." and "2 Doors",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.06.15 ~ 2012.06.17
  2012/06/17
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.06.15 ~ 2012.06.17) Another weekend saw the gap close between Kim Dae-seung's erotic historical drama "The Concubine" and Dreamworks' "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted". The erotic tale of a king and his concubine has Kim Dae-seung's latest remain the choice film for the second week running. Of course, the presence of the alluring Cho Yeo-jeong hasn't hurt its efforts either, as she bears it all once again as viewers are reminded of her sexy scene in the 2010 drama "The Servant". "The Concubine" added 379,579 admissions from the weekend, which puts the film on 1,720,820 admissions since its release on the 6th of this month,...More

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  Added new images and videos for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/06/13, Source
  Added new images and videos for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Added new dtill for the Korean movie 'The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser'
  2012/06/07, Source
  Added new still for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/06/05, Source
  Added new stills and video for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  'No one can act against self-interest'
  2012/06/05, Source
  Kim Dae-seung, director of the film "The Emperor's Concubine ", opening today in theaters nationwide, says the characters' self-serving pursuits mirror the social ills of today. / Korea Times photo by Kwaak Je-yup Its characters may don the royal garb of centuries ago, but "The Emperor's Concubine ", released today, is a thinly-veiled critique of modern Korean society, according to director Kim Dae-seung. Much has been said in the local media about the ample nudity and the theme of carnal desire in the film, but Kim asks the audience to look beyond the libido,...More

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  Added trailer, production showcase and new images for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/05/30, Source
  Added trailer, production showcase and new images for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Art and Culture
  2012/05/28, Source
  It's Monday and it's the start of a new week once again. The Cannes Film Festival has ended and our Michelle Kim has all of the results of the Cannes Film Festival and more movie updates for you to enjoy throughout the week and the weekend. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Han-ul So what do you have for us,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Cinematic Pleasures on Korea's Big Screen
  2012/05/26
  "The Scent", "A Muse", "The Taste of Money" and "The Emperor's Concubine" The past few months have seen some racy Korean films come out and that trend is looking to continue as new releases continue to push the erotic boundaries of Korean cinema. The Korean film industry has, at times, presented itself as more on the conservative side when it comes to matters of the flesh. However, in recent years that attitude has wavered a bit as flashes of flesh are becoming a little less uncommon than what Korean film fans are used to,...More

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  Added new poster and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/05/23, Source
  Added new poster and stills for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  'The Emperor's Concubine' transcends hype over nudity
  2012/05/22, Source
  The king (Kim Dong- wook) courts his sister-in-law (Cho Yeo-jeong), as she tries to resist, in a scene from the new film "The Emperor's Concubine". It opens in theaters nationwide on June 6. Kim Dae-seung's period drama among the finest commercial films of the year. Nude scenes in Jeong Ji-woo's "A Muse" and Im Sang-soo's "The Taste of Money" recently generated an obscene amount of media frenzy. Added to this is the new release "The Emperor's Concubine", the promotion of which has revolved around its graphic portrayal of sex and the naked lead actress Cho Yeo-jeong ("The Servant" - 2010),...More

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  Added new still for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/05/17, Source
  Added new still for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  "The Taste of Money" mentions the late Jang Ja-yeon
  2012/05/15, Source
  Movie "The Taste of Money" mentioned the late Jang Ja-yeon. "The Taste of Money" was revealed for the first time through an open preview on the 15th at Seoul Lotte Cinema,...More

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  Added teaser, new still and updated cast for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/05/15, Source
  Added teaser, new still and updated cast for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Korean Movies Get Racier to Fend off Hollywood
  2012/05/15, Source
  From left, "The Emperor's Concubine", "The Scent", "A Muse", and "The Taste of Money" With red-letter days for both mothers and children, May is often considered the "Month of the Family" in Korea, but theaters across the country are filled with films that are anything but family-oriented. In fact, a whole crop of sexually explicit flicks await moviegoers this month. "The Scent", which was released last month, features explicit scenes of actress Park Si-yeon in the nude that continue to draw viewers. "A Muse", which opened two weeks later, stirred controversy by showing sex scenes between a teenage girl and a man in his 70s,...More

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  Added poster for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/05/14, Source
  Added poster for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  How bad is Cho Yeo-jeong's exposure?
  2012/05/13, Source
  Many are interested in the level of actress Cho Yeo-jeong's exposure in the movie "The Emperor's Concubine". "The Emperor's Concubine" is also sub-titled, "The Erotic Historical" and brings a question to how exposed is 'exposed',...More

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  [HanCinema Drama's Diary] My First K-Drama: "Deep-Rooted Tree"
  2012/04/28
  Ever since I dived into Korean cinema in all its cinematic glory and magic, there has been another side of the industry that I somehow managed to avoid. It's on the T.V. sets of thousands of diehard fans and junkies that swear by them and they are the topic of much discussion on Internet forums and between friends and families, not just in Asia, but around the world. Now perhaps it has been this very, almost cult-like and truly fanatical following, that somewhat put me off getting my feet wet, but this past week I took the leap and started watching my first K-drama,...More

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  Park Si-yeon and Kim Go-eun, who reveals more?
  2012/04/19, Source
  ▶ Newly wed Park Si-yeon, Exposure ★★★☆☆. Stimulation ★★★★★ Park Si-yeon's exposure in "The Scent" was shocking indeed. She took on the role of a mysterious beauty who seduces a detective in charge of a murder case. She exposed her chest and important parts as well as her whole entire body with nothing to cover it in a shower scene, although it was her back only. Her well known beauty body seduced the audience,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "Over My Dead Body"
  2012/04/14
  Wu Seon-ho makes his feature-length film debut with "Over my Dead Body", a black comedy about a mismatched trio as they attempt to steal and ransom the corpse of a money grabbing capitalist. Wu claimed the comedy award at the 4th Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival with "My Really Big Mike" and managed to recruit an interesting mix of actors to take part in this run around heist flick,...More

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  Added first stills for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser"
  2012/03/06, Source
  Added first stills for the upcoming Korean movie "The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser",...More

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  Korea's most anticipated films of 2012
  2012/02/10, Source
  With the start of the new year, the Korean film industry looks to its brightest prospects. Kang Byung-jin profiles eight highly anticipated films of 2012. "The Fortune Tellers"  In production. Directed by Sin Jeong-won. Starring Kim Soo-ro, Lee Je-hoon, Kang Ye-won. Produced by Dasepo Club, Saram Entertainment. Distributed by N.E.W.Release planned for the first half of 2012.   Korean fortune-tellers not only tell the future, but they also chase away ghosts. The background of "The Fortune Tellers" is Uljinri where a decades-old evil spirit rules. When mysterious accidents and events keep happening without avail, fortune-tellers from all over the country gather to hold a shaman ritual,...More

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  Posters that were turned down because they were too scary or erotic
  2012/02/08, Source
  Actress Kim Min-hee's topless poster has been denied. The Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) denied the poster for the movie "Gabi" for the reason that Kim Min-hee's topless pose is too raunchy. Therefore, this poster can't be used in theaters or promotional uses.,...More

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  10th NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL (NYKFF) @ BAM Rose Cinema
  2012/02/08, Source
  Friday, February 24 - Sunday, February 26 The Korea Society presents the 10th New York Korean Film Festival with new releases showcasing the popular and prolific in Korean film. In cooperation with partners BAM Cinématek and CJ Entertainment, this 10th festival features blockbusters, cutting-edge action, drama, and comedy at BAM Rose Cinema. New York Korean Film Festival will present the following films,...More

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  Movie of the week "Clash of the Families"
  2012/01/12, Source
  Movie of the week "Clash of the Families" (2010) Directed by Kim Jin-young With Song Sae-byeok, Lee Si-young, Baek Yoon-sik, Kim Soo-mi, Kim Eung-soo, Park Chul-min,... Also known as "Meet the In-Laws" and previously known as "Dangerous Meeting" Synopsis The classic "Romeo and Juliet" story is transplanted to Korea in a tale the exploits the deep-seated regionalism between Honam and Yeongnam,...More

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  Cable dramas leaps over terrestrial broadcasting
  2011/11/06, Source
  tvN's "Flower Boy Ramyun Shop"... CGV TV's "TV The Servant"... Dominate the online search rankings after their broadcast 'The Counterattack of Cable Dramas',...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Putting the 'Han' in Korean Cinema: Meta-narratives and Cultural Identity
  2011/11/05
  Where are Korea's happy endings? If you have ever watched a Korean film you will know that they don't always conclude as they might have done if produced by Hollywood. The characters and their stories seem to be influenced by an invisible force that marks a film as typically "As One". From its melodramas to revenge thrillers, there is something tragic and constant driving the Korean film culture, but what exactly? How can one begin to understand Korean cinema in its entirety, as a product of cultural influences and collective consciousness? The exclusively Korean notion of 'Han' might provide some clues as to why Korean cinema has produced the type of films it has,...More

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  CJ films to stream on Netflix
  2011/10/22, Source
  By KOFIC Staff Major Korean entertainment company CJ E&M has announced a deal to stream 20 of its films on Netflix, leading internet subscription service for films and TV shows. Netflix members in the US will be able to watch these CJ films on multiple platforms including televisions, computer, tablets, gaming consoles, and mobile phones. "CJ E&M is delighted to make our movies available through Netflix for the first time", said Joon CHOI, CEO of CJ E&M America. "Netflix has been a revolutionary force in entertainment, whose members have long enjoyed unparalleled access to a rich selection of films. This deal brings movie lovers iconic films from Asia's top entertainment company",...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong and Kim Dong-wook in "The Concubine"
  2011/10/20, Source
  Actress Cho Yeo-jeong and actor Kim Dong-wook will co-star in the movie "The Concubine", which has been an interest for many even before its production. "The Concubine" is a historical melodrama movie based in the Chosun era, directed by Kim Dae-seung from "Bungee Jumping of their Own" and "Blood Rain". It has been in the rumor mill because of its script, but also because of the leading female role,...More

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  Netflix expanding asian movie selection in deal with korea's top studio CJ E&M
  2011/10/07, Source
  LOS ANGELES – October 6, 2011 – CJ E&M today announced an agreement to feature twenty of its acclaimed Asian movies on Netflix, the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. Beginning in October 2011, Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch the twenty titles multiple platforms, including TVs, popular tablets, key gaming consoles, computers and mobile phones. All the titles will be available from October 1. "CJ E&M is delighted to make our movies available through Netflix for the first time". said Joon Choi, CEO of CJ E&M America. "Netflix has been a revolutionary force in entertainment, whose members have long enjoyed unparalleled access to movies from around the globe. This deal brings movie lovers iconic films from Asia's top entertainment company, CJ E&M",...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong revealing movie "Royal Concubine"? Drama?
  2011/10/03, Source
  Actress Cho Yeo-jeong is thinking hard about doing another revealing act in the movie "Royal Concubine" after she did "The Servant". Her officials say, "She is trying to decide if she should or not star in the movie "Royal Concubine. It is something very looked forward to in the movie industry so she is thinking hard".,...More

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  Movie "The Servant" is coming out in TV series
  2011/08/17, Source
  Movie "The Servant" and TV series "Little Girl K" will be made into a TV movie. Channel CGV on cable revealed that "Little Girl K" and "The Servant" will be made into a blockbuster TV movie and aired by the end of this year.,...More

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  Kim Myung-min, Song Sae-byeok, Yoo Ho-jung... box office checks
  2011/06/13, Source
  It can be said that the actors and actresses who distinguished themselves in the movie industry in the first half of the year can be Kim Myung-min, Song Sae-byeok, Yoo Ho-jung and the other members from "Sunny - 2010". By director Kang Hyeong-cheol from "Speedy Scandal", "'Sunny - 2010' has been the best box office hit so far this year. The accumulated audience number is up to 4,766,676 until the 13th and has beat movie "Detective K" in just two days.,...More

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  [HanCinema Korea's Diary] Introduce Yourself to Korean Cinema: 7 Films to Get You Started
  2011/05/28
  Are you interested in Korean cinema but don't know where to start? The following is a short list of films that I believe would give any film enthusiast a good grounding for what Korean cinema has to offer. They include award-winning films, films that provide insight into Korea's history and culture, as well as a couple of fantastic genre films that Korean cinema tends to favour.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.04.15~2011.04.17)
  2011/04/18, Source
  Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.04.15~2011.04.17) The dynamic Ryoo Seung-bum (from "Foxy Festival", "The Unjust", and "The Servant") leads the charts this week in Jo Jin-mo's "Suicide Forecast". This comedy drama just squeezes into number one with 279,636 admissions in its opening week, knocking "Clash of the Families" down to second.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Unjust"
  2011/04/16
  Ryoo Seung-wan's "The Unjust" came in at number seven among the top grossing Korean films of 2010, with a worthy 2,751,185 admissions. Its intricate plot and morally unchecked urban reality is infested with manipulative power players in a contemporary crime thriller where justice is ironically served and forcefully consumed.,...More

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  Updated cast for the Korean movie "Clash of the Families"
  2011/04/06, Source
  Updated cast for the Korean movie "Clash of the Families",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.04.01~2011.04.03)
  2011/04/04, Source
  Korean Weekend Box Office (2011.04.01~2011.04.03) "Clash of the Families" is at number one this week; this is Kim Jin-young's third major feature as a director. The film stars Song Sae-byeok ("The Servant") and Lee Si-young (from the popular 2008 drama "Boys over Flowers") in a modern Korean take on the classic story of "Romeo and Juliet". The film has dominated ticket sales with an impressive 686,547 admissions thus far.,...More

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  Korean movies released today 2011/03/31 in Korea
  2011/03/31, Source
  Korean movies released today in Korea "Clash of the Families" and "Mother Is a Whore",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] The Servant
  2011/02/05
  "The Servant" (2010, Kim Dae-woo) is a modern take on the Korean pansori folktale of Chunhyang, a story about star-crossed lovers and how circumstances and predispositions hinder love. "The Servant" presents an erotic-drama that is charged with passion as we explore Kim Dae-woo's take on this classic tale from the perspective of the simple and passionate servant.,...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Servant"
  2011/02/03
  "The Servant" (2011, Kim Dae-woo) is a modern take on the Korean pansori folktale of Chunhyangjeon, a story about star-crossed lovers and how circumstances and predispositions hinder love. "The Servant" presents an erotic-drama that is charged with passion as we explore this classic tale from the perspective of the simple and passionate servant.,...More

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  Actors enliven uncanny period adventure
  2011/01/20, Source
  Actors Oh Dal-soo, left, and Kim Myung-min in a scene from the Joseon-era crime adventure "Detective K" By Lee Hyo-won Equipped with an eagle eye and undyingly loyal sidekick, he's something of a Sherlock Holmes storming through 18th-century Korea. But Kim Myung-min's "Detective K" in the namesake film is often mistaken for a quack - even his mustache serves not so much for stroking gracefully while perusing keen insights, but rather to highlight his offhanded quirks (and perhaps a comical resemblance to Salvator Dali),...More

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  Who Grabbed the Spotlight in 2010?
  2010/12/31, Source
  From left, Kim Yu-na, Lee Chung-yong, Ji So-yun, Jeong Da-rae, and Son Yeon-jae Sporting events were a big source of energy and pleasure for Koreans this year as young rising athletes shone in major world competitions. Figure skating star Kim Yu-na secured her leading status in February by winning the gold medal in the Vancouver Winter Olympics with the highest score ever by a female figure skater at 228.56 points. AP spoke of "a women's figure skating performance that likely will be remembered as one of the best of all time",...More

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  Korean Folktale - "The Servant" - Remake of A Story of Chun Hyang
  2010/12/13, Source
  "The Servant", which is also known as "A Story of BangJa", is a twisted remake of the popular South Korean folktale "A story of Chun Hyang". In the original South Korean folktale "Chung Hyang", BangJa is a servant of a main male character, Lee Myong Ryong. In there, Bang Ja has almost no existence at all. Lee Mong Ryong falls in love with Chun Hyang, and the whole story is focused on their love story. However, in this Korean movie, the same story as "A story of ChunHyang" is carried out in BangJa's perspective,...More

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  Im Chang-jung casted for 'Chang-soo'... This is his first film noir
  2010/12/07, Source
  Actor Im Chang-jung is trying film noir. Im Chang-jung is casted as a the main character for movie 'Chang-soo' and will start shooting in mid-December.,...More

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  KoreaTown – Korean Cinema in Los Angeles, CA
  2010/11/24, Source
  Posted on November 23, 2010 by KOCCA By Lukas Schwarzacher Koreatown in Los Angeles is called the "Seoul of the West". It's only 3 square miles (7.8 square kilometers) big, but over 120,000 people live there between shops and entertainment spots, almost all with Korean signage. And while Hollywood movies capture most of the screens in the U.S., there are two cinemas in Koreatown which show Korean films subtitled in English,...More

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  Ryu Hyun-kyung from 'The Servant' appeared in entertainment program and showed off her talking skill after 6 years 'gap of entertainment program'
  2010/11/19, Source
  Actress and director Ryu Hyun-kyung, who became very active lately, appeared in an entertainment program, her first time in 6 years. Recently she appeared in 'Night-travelling' with actress Cho Yeo-jeong. On that day, Ryu Hyun-kyung talked about when she gave her hot packs to the staffs during the shooting of "The Servant".,...More

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  "The Man From Nowhere" sweeps Korea Film Awards
  2010/11/19, Source
  Korean action movie "The Man From Nowhere" [CJ Entertainment] "The Man From Nowhere" triumphed at the 2010 Korea Film Awards on Thursday, raking up the most trophies at the annual ceremony including its main star Won Bin who won the prize for best actor. The action flick directed by Lee Jeong-beom took the awards for best actor, best new actress, best cinematography, best music, best lighting, best visual effects and best editor,...More

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  Won Bin won Best Actor Award in Korea Film Awards... 'The Man From Nowhere' won 7 awards
  2010/11/18, Source
  Won Bin won Best actor Award at the 8th Korea Film Awards. He won Best Actor Award in 8th Korea Film Awards, which was held at Seoul Cultural Hall on 18th, by his latest movie, "The Man From Nowhere".,...More

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  Ryoo Seung-bum and Jeong Min-sik is this year's Best Comic Couple
  2010/11/03, Source
  There is an actor who appeared in 'The Unjust' and made everybody laugh. His name is Jung Man-sik who was acting in movie "Breathless" as Man-sik, the main character San-hoon's loyal boss and friend. Jung Man-sik appeared as a sub-inspector who can't even please and only gets abused by his own boss Ryoo Seung-bum.,...More

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  'Poetry' sweeps 47th Daejong Film Awards
  2010/10/31, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  
  "Poetry" by Lee Chang-dong took home four prizes including Best P,...More

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  Won Bin won his first Daejong Best Actor Award... He said, "Acting skill is still my concern"
  2010/10/30, Source
  Yoon Jung-hee won Best Actress Award… "Poetry" won Best Film Award The real stars of this fall night were Yoon Jung-hee and Won Bin.,...More

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  Gang Dong-won or Won Bin? Who will win this year's Daejong Award?
  2010/10/28, Source
  Who will get Daejong Best Actor Award, Gang Dong-won or Won Bin? The 47th Daejong Awards will be held on the 29th in Kyeong-hee University's Hall of Peace. On that day's awards event, 'Bedevilled', "The Servant", 'Barefoot Dream', "Poetry", 'I Saw the Devil', 'The Man From Nowhere', "Secret Reunion", "Moss", "Harmony", and "The Housemaid - 2010" will complete against each other.,...More

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  Sex comedies, romances to heat up theaters
  2010/10/19, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  
  This year's box office was unusually crowded with hard-boiled thrillers and action films, with bubbly 3D animation providing some comic relief. While the temperature may be dropping,...More

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  "Poetry" picks up most deals for Korean pic at Busan film market
  2010/10/15, Source
  Official poster for Lee Chang-dong film "Poetry" [Uni-Korea] Critically acclaimed director Lee Chang-dong's film "Poetry" was sold to the most countries at this year's Asian Film Market held concurrently with the 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF). The film, which won the award for best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival, was picked up by distributors in Hong Kong, Syria, Japan, Portugal and Spain,...More

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  TOP Tops Idol Stars By Being Nominated For Acting Newbie Award
  2010/10/14, Source
  Big Bang member T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun) is truly proving to be at the T.O.P (,...More

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  Song Sae-byeok won his first Best New Actor Award
  2010/10/05, Source
  Actor Song Sae-byeok is winning best New Actor Award for the first time in his life. On official from Chungmuro said, "Song Sae-byeok will win Best New Actor Award in Busan International Film Festival. He is filled with emotion since it is his first Best New Actor award after his debut".,...More

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  Kim Myung-min is Kim Jin
  2010/09/16, Source
  "Kim Jin" is the name of Kim Myung-min's character in his new movie, "Detective K" (working title). Film actor Oh Dal-soo ("The Servant" 2010, "Thirst" 2009, "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" 2008) will play the role of "Lee Myung Bang", Kim Jin's good friend who assists him in the secret investigation on the the death of a woman who allegedly committed suicide. Actress Han Ji-min will portray the yet to be named mysterious lady merchant,...More

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  Sugary romances on big screen for Chuseok
  2010/09/15, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  
  Chuseok is the time for migrating home en masse, or for film buffs, the perfect time to camp out in front of the big screen.
  
  The cinema lineup this year was mostly marked by hardb,...More

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  'Troubleshooter' plays it too safe
  2010/09/02, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  
  Sol Kyung-gu's latest screen persona coincidentally shares the same name and a similar profile as,...More

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  Won Bin: 'I Dreamed of Becoming Actor After Watching Action Movie'
  2010/08/04, Source
  The movie "The Man From Nowhere", which will be released on August 4, is a very violent movie with realistic action scenes. The fight scene in which Tae Sik, who is the former member of a special forces unit, devastates a criminal organization that kidnapped a neighbor girl contains violent scenes such as splattered blood and broken bones, but the scene is also filled with resolute and well-made action sequences. An interviewer met actor Won Bin, who has been "reborn" as an action hero, at a café located in Samcheong-dong, Jongno on August 2. He had previously filmed battle scenes in the movie "Taegukgi" and he had carried a gun when he filmed the movie "Guns and Talks", but he mentioned that this is the first time for him to film a legitimate action movie,...More

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  "Moss" makes debut atop Korean box office
  2010/07/18, Source
  Movie poster of Korean thriller "Moss" [CJ Entertainment] Korean thriller "Moss" made its debut atop the local box office this weekend, stealing the top spot from the latest "Twilight Saga" installment. Figures from the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday showed that "Moss", which was released on July 15, attracted,...More

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  "Eclipse" takes over local box office at No. 1
  2010/07/11, Source
  Official movie poster for "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" [Summit Entertainment] Vampire threequel "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" proved to be a hit on the Korean box office on its opening weekend, as in other countries, bowing into the No. 1 spot in local theaters after its July 7 release. Figures from the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday indicated that "Eclipse" attracted 777,154 moviegoers during the weekend of July 9 to 11,...More

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  Successful struggle for Pastor Joo and "Man of Vendetta"
  2010/07/09, Source
  "Man of Vendetta" concluded its first week run in Korean box office with almost 600,000 viewers, earning an estimated 4.3 billion KRW (3.6 million US dollars). According to figures released by Korea's Nationwide Computerized Box Office Data System (KOBIS), "Man of Vendetta" sold a total of 573,222 tickets for the period of July 1 - 7,...More

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  Korean box office sets all-time high during first half of 2010
  2010/07/07, Source
  Movie posters for Korean films "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" (left) and "Secret Reunion", both starring actor Gang Dong-won [CJ Entertainment/Showbox] The Korean box office set a new record during the first half of 2010 with ticket sales hitting an all-time high, according to data by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). KOFIC's official report on the local film industry, released Tuesday, stated that Korean moviegoers paid out approximately 547 billion won for theater tickets during the first six months of the year, up 14.6 percent from the same period last year,...More

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  "Shrek Forever After" enters local box office at No. 1
  2010/07/05, Source
  Movie poster of "Shrek Forever After" [DreamWorks] Animated comedy "Shrek Forever After" entered the Korean box office at No. 1 over the weekend, pushing back former week's winner "Knight & Day" down the chart. Figures from the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday revealed that "Shrek", which opened in local theaters on July 1, sold 674,763 tickets during the weekend of July 2 to 4,...More

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  [ChanMi's movie news] The Kim Myung-min effect?
  2010/07/03, Source
  Kim Myung-min's movie "Man of Vendetta" stirred up a storm in theaters. It opened on the 1st and had 70,000 viewers on opening day.,...More

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  "Knight and Day" makes debut at No. 1 in local theaters
  2010/06/28, Source
  Hollywood action comedy "Night & Day" [20th Century Fox] Newly released Hollywood action comedy "Knight & Day" made its debut at No. 1 in Korean theaters over the weekend, knocking last week's winner "71-Into the Fire" down the chart. Figures from the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday showed that "Knight and Day", which opened in theaters on June 24, was estimated to have brought in 465,145 admissions during the weekend of June 25 to 27,...More

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  "71-Into the Fire" enters box office at No. 1
  2010/06/21, Source
  Official movie poster for "Into Fire" [Taewon Entertainment] Korean war epic "71-Into the Fire" successfully bowed into the top spot on the local box office over the weekend, pushing back two-week winner "A Story of Bangja" down the chart. Figures by the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday revealed that the newly released picture, which opened in theaters on June 16, attracted 809,229 moviegoers during the weekend of June 18 to 20,...More

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  "The Servant" holds onto No. 1 spot on Korean box office
  2010/06/14, Source
  Movie poster of "The Servant" [CJ Entertainment] Korean drama tentatively titled "The Servant" held onto the No. 1 spot on the local box office over the weekend, scoring its second consecutive win. Figures by the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday indicated that the erotic comedy melodrama attracted 383,942 moviegoers during the weekend of June 11 to 13,...More

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  Cho Yeo-jeong Hits Box-Office Gold with Daring Part
  2010/06/12, Source
  "The Servant" released on June 2 is in many ways significant for the actress,...More

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  Korean Cinema to Open in Los Angeles
  2010/06/09, Source
  The first cinema dedicated to Korean films will open in Los Angeles this Friday. Located at the Madang Courtyard in Koreatown, CGV LA has a seating capacity of 600 and three screens, with at least one,...More

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  "The Servant" claims top spot on Korean box The Servant
  2010/06/06, Source
  Movie poster of "The Servant" [CJ Entertainment] Korean drama tentatively titled "The Servant" made its debut onto the No. 1 spot on the local box office over the weekend, pushing former winner "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" down the chart. Figures by the Korean Box Office System (KOBIS) released on Monday showed that the new flick, released on June 2, attracted 591,687 moviegoers during the weekend of June 4 to 6,...More

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  [ChanMi's star news] Lee Jin and Sung Yu-ri together at a movie!
  2010/06/01, Source
  Actor Kim Joo-hyuk, Cho Yeo-jeong, Ryoo Seung-bum, and Ryu Hyun-kyung are in the new film, "The Servant". There was a VIP press release and movie premiere today! Many stars have come to congratulate on this film release. Lee Jin and Sung Yu-ri came to watch this movie about the love triangle of Bangja, Choonhyang, and Mongryong, a legendary story.,...More

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  [ChanMi's movie news] "The Servant" is coming soon!
  2010/05/28, Source
  Movie "The Servant" is being a hot issue! This movie is already known as a very sexy movie because of the director who directed, "Forbidden Quest" and made this film very artistic .The marketing point for this film is for the genre of historical setting ero. Another film that was successful in this genre was "Portrait of a Beauty".,...More

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  'Servant': erotic twist on folktale falters
  2010/05/27, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  Staff reporters
  
  Kim Dae-woo, who made his directorial debut with the period sex comedy ",...More

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  [ChanMi's movie news] "The Servant" coming on June 3rd!
  2010/05/25, Source
  "The Servant" has starred Cho Yeo-jeong and its press release has been held. Jo has attended this event in a white one piece dress with her back of the dress in a see through style. In this movie stars like Kim Joo-hyuk, Ryoo Seung-bum, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Oh Dal-soo, and more are casted! This is a romance legend based on Choonhya,...More

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  [ChanMi's star news] Ryoo Seung-bum in W Korea
  2010/05/18, Source
  "The Servant" stars Ryoo Seung-bum as the main character, Lee Mong-ryong who will be the star of this ancient setting Romance (Movie)movie Ryoo is also in the fashion magazine, W Korea's June issue in a photoshoot. He is in this black and white picture showing his charisma topless! The actor is a true fashionista wearing suspenders with the white sleeveless top, black baggy pants, and other items that look so great on him. His six pack abs are eight p,...More

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  [ChanMi's star news] Cho Yeo-jeong is so different in the photo shoot from her character in "The Servant"
  2010/05/08, Source
    Baby face Cho Yeo-jeong is also so glamorous! She is in a new photoshoot that is so different from her image from "The Servant". Jo seems very womanly at the same time so cute because of her round face.,...More
• Today's new additions and updates on HanCinema
  2010/04/30, Source
  Added the Korean actor and composer Lee Woo-seong's page
  
  Added the Korean actress Han Joo-young's page
  
  Added the Korean movie,...More

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  [ChanMi's movie news] Ryoo comes back in two films
  2010/04/16, Source
  Ryoo Seung-bum might have been jealous watching his girlfriend Gong Hyo-jin act as a couple with Lee Sun-kyun in "Pasta". Ryoo Seung-bum is in the new coming film, "The Servant" as the prince in this melo genre. The release date is in May and his character is called Lee Mongryong. This story is originally from the Korean folk tale Choonhyang jeon similar to the Cinderella story. Ryoo Seung-bum's character is in a love triangle,...More
• [ChanMi's star news] Cho Yeo-jeong vacationing after filming
  2010/01/28, Source
  Cho Yeo-jeong is in "The Servant" a new movie that she has been filming for the last 3 months. The actress took time off in the Maldives for the last week with her parents, and younger sibling! She loved taking a break by the warm beach with her family. In the new movie, she is costarring with Kim Joo-hyuk acting as Bangja and Ryoo Seung-bum acting as Lee Mong-ryong. Jo will be the Choonhyang capturing the two men's hearts. Different from the original story of Choonhyang, this story,...More

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  Ryoo Seung-bum: 'Every Work is a Process'
  2009/12/30, Source
  Actor Ryoo Seung-bum (29) has been building a considerable filmography for the last 10 years. It includes various genres from noir to comedy, unknown short films, animation voice work, and impressive works in which he was acting as a special guest. It also includes director Lee Moo-young's "Everlasting Husband" which could be considered Ryoo's first romantic movie, the original cartoon of Kang Full "29 Years" which could not be filmed to completion, and the omnibus movie "Mankind Fall Report" which was filmed but never released. Ryoo Seung-bum, who was interviewed on Dec. 28 in a cafe located in Kangnam, expressed that this whole work is a "process". Ryoo said, " I choose a work based on the impression I get from it. I will probably be able to tell if the work has outstanding artistic merit only on my dying day, or I may never know about that. I always consider every role and am upset when the role does not go well. However, every step is a part of the process". "No Mercy", which will open soon, is also a part of the process, as well as one of Ryoo's inflection-painted works.,...More
• 2010 Korean Cinema Lineup
  2009/12/27, Source
  By Lee Hyo-won
  Staff Reporter
  
  The past year represented hope and revitalization for Korean cinema. While problems such as piracy linger on, the forecast for 2010 cinema appears promising with diverse projects in the making.
  
  Cineastes are finding inspiration from the past and are bringing rem,...More
• Movies to Watch in 2010
  2009/12/07, Source
  The film industry is already preparing for next year. Many renowned filmmakers have returned to Korea to produce movies about war and sequels to hit movies.
  
  Director Im Kwon-taek will produce his 101st movie,...More