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February 29, 2008
Kim Beom & Park Sin-hye, We're Classmates
Kim Beom (left) and Park Sin-hye, who both entered in the School of Drama and Film Studies, are talking at the 2008 Chung Ang University School of Media entrance ceremonies, which took place on the 29th.
Original article at news.naver.com
March 2, 2008
Jeong Il-woo & Lee Tae-ran, Freshmen in 2008
Jeong Il-woo (middle) and Lee Tae-ran (way right) attended the '2008 Han Yang University New Student Entrance Ceremony' that took place at Seoul Han Yang University's Olympic Auditorium on the 2nd.
Original article at news.naver.com
English translation by www.hancinema.net |
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February 28, 2008
Kim Hye-seong & Lee Hyeon-jin, Homosexual Acting in Queer Movie
Kim Hye-seong of "Nonstop High Kick" and Lee Hyeon-jin of "Kimchi Cheese Smile" will be portraying homosexuals in a movie. Jo In-Seong and Joo Jin-mo have portrayed homosexuals in Director Yoo Ha's movie, but there is great interest in these two, who are starring in an official queer movie.
Kim Hye-seong and Lee Hyeon-jin are the official main characters of the movie "Boy, Meets a Boy", which will start shooting in March. There has been great interest in this movie because Kim Jo Kwang-soo, who gained popularity with his queer movie, "No Regret", wrote the scenario and directed it.
Boy, Meets a Boy is a love story that begins with a boy who meets another boy, who stole his money, on a bus. Kim Hye-seong is Min-soo, who has been robbed, and Lee Hyeon-jin stars as a bad boy.
The producing company plans to donate proceedings to the gay support group, 'Between Friends', which has also planned to participate in the movie production.
There is great expectation to see how Kim Hye-seong and Lee Hyeon-jin, both with promising futures in acting, will act out the almost-taboo topic of homosexual love.
Original article at news.media.daum.net
English translation by www.hancinema.net |
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March 7, 2008
Comedian-actor Couple to Appear on a Musical Together
The comedian Jung Sun-hee and actor Ahn Jae-hwan couple will appear on the musical 揙n Air |
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March 1, 2008
Lee Bo-yeong & Ji Seong Dating, Another Huge Couple Born after Kim Jeong-eun桳ee Seo-jin
Another star couple has been born.
Top star Ji Seong and Lee Bo-yeong are the main characters in this romance. These two have been meeting with good intentions from last November and are now in a relationship.
Ji Seong and Lee Bo-yeong first met when they both starred in the SBS drama 'Save the Last Dance for Me' in 2004. And it has been known that they have started officially dating after Ji Seong came back from the army early last year.
Despite both their busy schedules, they are enjoying dates in their free time. Ji Seong became busy with the MBC drama 'New Heart' and Lee Bo-yeong has been promoting her movie, 'Once Upon a Time'.
They've found time midst their busy schedules to go on dates in their car near Lee Bo-yeong's Seoul home.
Ji Seong and Lee Bo-yeong is another huge couple to follow up other couples such as Kim Jeong-eun and Lee Seo-jin.
Ji Seong's comeback after serving in the army was MBC's 'New Heart', which was very popular and ended with a happy ending on the 28th with its 23rd episode. Lee Bo-yeong's first movie starring as a main character, 'Once Upon a Time', topped the box office at first place during New Year's.
Original article at news.empas.com
English translation by www.hancinema.net |
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March 6, 2008
Belated Release of Cha In-pyo's "Crossing"
Film 揅rossing, |
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March 7, 2008
Actress Kim to Host TV Music Program
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Actress Kim Jeung-eun
Kim Jeung-eun, the heroine of the handball movie "Forever the Moment," will host her first music program, "Chocolate."
Instead of the shorts and sneakers she wore in the hit film, Kim appeared at a press conference Wednesday, in a creme color ruffled dress and expressed her excitement by saying that she finally fulfilled her dream.
"I have dreamed of hosting this kind of program for the last five years and I am so happy that I finally can," she said.
"Chocolate" is a music/talk show that will follow Lee Juck's "Music Space" on Tuesdays. Viewers will be able to see not only singers but also other celebrities show off their vocal talents.
"Considering that I'm hosting a music program, I thought I needed some sort of a connection. It seems I'm overreacting, but I have started practicing playing the piano for the program. We are going for an acoustic and non-digital atmosphere where the viewers can listen to memorable oldies,'' she said.
Viewers have enjoyed a series of music/talk shows, from Lee So-ra's "Propose," Yoon Do-hyun's "Love Letter" on KBS, Lee Juck's "Music Space" on SBS to Kim Dong-ryul's "For you" on MBC. Yoon's and Kim's programs are the only ones airing currently. These programs were full of live music and always offered a little bit more. Instead of merely singing and leaving the stage, the hosts and guests shared a talk so viewers could have the chance to feel they were actually bonding with their favorite stars. Another feature is that celebrity guests ranged from singers to actors and even sports stars.
Perhaps it was because she was not a singer, like all the previous hosts of the music/talk programs, but it seemed that Kim was determined to make this program work not only for the audience but her as well.
"Being the first music program that will be launched under my name puts pressure on me, but I will do my best. I won't be a hostess who just says as she is told with pretty dresses, but try to emcee as if I were a viewer myself," she said.
"Chocolate" will air March 11 at 12:35 p.m. on SBS.
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Images from Starnews/Chosun, thanks to kdramafanusa |
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March 6, 2008
Warner Bros. chases rights for thriller
By Mark Russell
SEOUL -- Warner Bros. has bought remake rights to the South Korean thriller "The Chaser" for $1 million, international sales house Fine Cut said Thursday.
Directed by Na Hong-jin, the relatively small-budget film was a surprise hit when it was released Feb. 14. In three weeks, it has grossed about $25 million in Korea and is still No. 1 at the boxoffice.
Fine Cut said that a "top-class Hollywood writer is showing strong interest," but that Warners is not ready to announce details of the project.
"The Chaser" received much attention at the European Film Market in February and already has been presold to France, Benelux, Greece and Hong Kong.
Fine Cut was launched earlier this year by Suh Young-joo, who previously founded successful international sales house Cineclick Asia.
Fine Cut focuses on international sales, co-productions and co-financing.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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March 7, 2008
 
"Chaser" caught by Warner for remake
Written by Darcy Paquet and Michael Fleming
SEOUL -- Warner Bros. has picked up remake rights to South Korea抯 surprise hit 揟he Chaser, |
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March 10, 2008
Korean Films Receives Accolades Overseas
Korean films have been receiving accolades at international film festivals.
'Girl of the Himalayas' directed by Jeon Soo-il received the best cinematography and the audience's choice awards at the 9th annual Las Palmas International Film Festival. Prior to the Las Palmas film festival, the film received three awards at the 22nd annual Swiss International Film Festival.
'I'm a Cyborg but That's OK' directed by Park Chan-wook received special honors in the fantasy category of the main competition section at the 28th annual FantasPorto International Film Festival. Meanwhile, director Kim Ki-duk's 'Breath' took home the Special Jury Prize in the Orient Express category exclusively for Asian films.
Source: KBS Global
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Korean actress featured in USA Today
March 10, WASHINGTON, United States -- American newspaper USA Today carries an exclusive story on South Korean actress Yunjin Kim, a leading actress in the popular U.S. television drama "Lost," in its March 10 edition. (Yonhap) (END)
Source: http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/ ... ticlePhotoMain.aspx |
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March 12, 2008
Korean actress Kim gains spotlight in the U.S.
Despite having been an established actress in her native Korea for almost 10 years, Kim Yunjin抯 star is still on the rise. Her career in Korea started out with parts in TV dramas and quickly advanced into film with her debut in the groundbreaking Korean film Shiri (1999).
It was her role in this blockbuster that earned her star status and she was cast in other Korean films such as Gingko Bed (2000), Iron Palm (2002), and Diary of June (2005).
In 2004, she scored the role that would allow her to break through on the Hollywood scene |
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March 11, 2008
INPUT to Premiere Korean Documentary and Drama
The KBS documentary "Im Kil-taek's Children" and the drama "Hwang Jin Yi" will be broadcast at the international television conference, "International Public Television (INPUT)" opening in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 4th.
Around 2000 people in the television industry around the world will gather at INPUT for the further development of public TV. This year, the 31st international conference is sponsored by SABC, a public television station in South Africa.
"Im Kil-taek's Children" emotionally details the lives and tribulations of a coal town in the early 1980s, and the TV drama "Hwang Jin Yi" portrays the beautiful imagery unique to Asia in a tale about a free-spirited young woman during the Chosun dynasty.
Source: KBS Global
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March 11, 2008
[THE HIGH TIDE OF THE KOREAN WAVE(20)] Rain seeks to make his name in Hollywood
Until pop star Rain appeared on the U.S. pop music scene at Madison Square Garden in New York City two years ago, Korean entertainers' efforts to reach out beyond Asia were overall failures.
Though the New York Times' reviewer criticized the absence of originality in his music style, many agreed that the "Usher of Korea" showed potential to be the very first successful Korean pop star In the States, both musically and commercially. More than 10,000 fans as well as hundreds of multi-national journalists participated in the two-day performance.
Two years after his U.S. debut, the 25-year-old singer whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon is gearing up for another assault on the world's biggest entertainment market, but this time as an actor.
Recently, Jung concluded a contract with the William Morris Agency, a New York-based talent agency that represents entertainers such as Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Russell Crowe. He has clinched a leading role in a Hollywood flick titled "Ninja Assassin," which is scheduled to begin shooting later this year. James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta") is planned to direct.
In May, he will make his official Hollywood debut with a supporting role in the Wachowski Brothers' ("The Matrix" trilogy) live-action adaptation of Japanese comic "Speed Racer."
"Acting has always been my first love and has come very naturally to me," said Jung, who launched his acting career with Korean television drama "Full House" in 2004.
"I wish 'Speed Racer' to be the box office No. 1, so that I can be the first Korean actor to act in such a film," he added.
Jung began his singing career after releasing his first solo album, "Bad Guy," in 2002, a huge success that was followed by other popular albums.
Since then, he has filled concert halls all over the globe, including those in Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, China and the Philippines.
He launched his acting career when he starred in the South Korean television drama "Full House" in 2004. He played in popular pan-Asian soap operas such as "Sang Doo! Let's Go to School."
In "Speed Racer" he plays the role of the rookie racer Taejo Togokhan.
He is slated to play a non-Japanese ninja in "Ninja Assassin." (Although as of last week he had not received the script due to the recent strike of the Writers Guild of America.)
The country's foremost entertainer who was named one of the "100 Most Influential People" by Time Magazine in 2006 and one of the "100 Most Beautiful People" a year later by People Magazine, Jung thinks highly of Korean entertainers' potential to succeed in the U.S. market.
"It didn't take much time for me to recognize that the Western film industry's affection for genuinely Asian content is far deeper than I thought," continued Jung.
He debuted on the big screen last year with director Park Chan-wook's 2007 Berlin International Film Festival entry "I'm a Cyborg, but That's Okay," in which he plays an inmate of a psychiatric clinic.
Though many Korean singers and actors are among the biggest celebrities in Asia, some of his Korean fans don't seem to be happy to see him act in such Japan-themed films.
Jung also confessed that he was not able to free himself from the kind of nationalistic dilemma.
"I wish the role I was offered were as a Korean, but hey, it was like a once in a life time thing," Jung said. "I believe somebody has to open this door to Hollywood for other Korean actors, actresses and film directors. I'm proud that I can play this role."
According to him, he has done his best to make his role in "Speed Racer" more Korean-like. Initially, the name of the character he is to play was a typical Japanese one, but it became Taejo at the request of him, he said.
"Once I get the script of 'Ninja Assassin,' there will be something I, as a Korean actor, should try to do as well."
Though he is still far better known as the singer named Rain than as Jung Ji-hoon, the actor, his acting has been praised by film producers and critics here.
To him, however, acting in English was as awkward as a right-handed person eating with his left hand, he said.
"I still have difficulties with English, but I'm working on it very intensively, so you may expect to see me act as natural as a native speaker in my future films," said Jung whose favorite film is "Scarface" (1983).
"When I first saw Al Pacino in the film, I, for the first time in my life, thought that I wanted to be like another person," he recalled.
Making his Hollywood debut doesn't mean that he has decided to stop singing. Recently he recoded a new version of the '70s hit "Kung Fu Fighting" for this summer's release of Dream Works animation "Kung Fu Panda." He is also scheduled to participate in various musical events related to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"I'm a huge fan of Michael Jackson. I was under his great influence when I was younger, but I dream of fascinating the world with performances as magical and charming as his," he said.
His dance style, according to Jung, combines Michael Jackson's moonwalk with martial-arts elements, but he always develops his own choreography because he doesn't want to look like an American singer.
"I have a vision about Korean pop music in the global market. As an actor or a singer, I'd love to help promote the image of Korea through what I'm doing."
It takes both talent and hard work to be successful in the entertainment industry, and of course Jung recognizes it quite well.
When asked to give advice to younger entertainers who dream to be stars, Jung praised discipline and a good work-ethic.
"Hard work will give you extra talent someday. Your talent cannot be fully developed if you didn't work hard."
By Lee Yong-sung ([email protected])
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ |
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March 12, 2008
Actor Ryu Seung-beom Volunteers in Thailand for 10 Days
Actor Ryu Seung-beom is in Thailand to help needy children.
According to Plan Korea, an international children's charity organization, Ryu will visit Thailand from March 11 to March 19 with photographer Hong Jang-hyun. They will stay with a local family in Chiang Rai and help locals fix their furnaces, chicken cages and pigpens. They will also spend time with the local children, watching movies together and taking their photos.
Ryu also plans to take part in the drinking water development construction project being organized by Plan Korea as well as participate in a special athletic meet for children.
Plan Korea said prior to his departure for Thailand, Ryu told reporters that he planned to spend quality time with the Thai children and return with good memories.
Source: KBS Global
http://english.kbs.co.kr/mconten ... /1512837_11692.html |
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March 12, 2008
Yoo Ji-tae juggles up two jobs as actor and filmmaker
Outside of Korea, Yoo Ji-tae is primarily known as a key actor in Park Chan-wook's award-winning flick "Oldboy." In the movie, Yoo's character shows off an extremely calm posturing; however, deep inside his heart is burning with an incontrollable emotion of revenge.
Back to the reality, Yoo does not want to limit his scope to the domain of acting. Although he's a much sought-after actor, he is not secretive about his burgeoning ambition as a filmmaker. Previously, he made two short films, which have not made it to the theaters.
This time, finally, Yoo's third short film, titled "Out of My Intention (Nado moreugae)," has achieved something bigger and more commercial. The 24-minute-long film will be screened from March 20 at Sponghouse in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. The screening period is limited to just a week given the film's brief running time and arthouse nature; nonetheless, the release clearly marks Yoo's formal debut as a director.
"Out of My Intention" starts off with a middle-aged man (played by Lee Dae-yon) seen driving a car in downtown Seoul. The overall tone appears gloomy, with the sky downcast and the outside view, intermittently glimpsed through the window, fuzzy and blurry.
The camera switches between the man's sullen face and a pretty girl (Jo An), about 20 years younger than he is. Their dialogue is barely recognizable in terms of content, but the mood suggests that they are in a sort of verbal fight. She wants to clear up the wrangling but he does not give in to her repeated request for clarification.
The movie does not make it super-secret about the mixture of present and past since the couple talks to each other constantly but the camera never shows them in the same screen. They are separated, obviously by the means of time, and the continued blocking between the two evokes curiosity among the audience.
Director Yoo is not so generous about detailed explanations about what really happened. Perhaps he does not need to do so. After all, a short film lasting less than 30 minutes is hamstrung in the first place, and redundant details are by no means welcome.
An emotional tug of war between the two is also juxtaposed with the fantasy shots where the female character is dressed up as a cutie doll in a land where dreams go uninhibited.
For Yoo, short films' greater tolerance for ambiguity and brevity is appealing. "If I had made the film into a full feature, I would have had to give all of the sundry reasons and episodes about their initial relationships," he said.
Yoo told the local media that for artistic diversity the Korean cinema should pay more attention to short films in a way that offers alternative choices for moviegoers at a time when only the mainstream commercial flicks manage to survive.
Yoo's new film is set to join the competition section of the Kyoto Short Film Festival in June this year, a development that is not so negative for a part-time filmmaker, for he remains a professional actor: starting from next Monday, he will join the shooting for "Sunjeong Manhwa," a romantic film directed by Ryu Jang-ha.
By Yang Sung-jin ([email protected]), image from daum-mtstarnews
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ |
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March 12, 2008
'Sikgaek' offers visual taste of Korean cuisine
Food has rarely played a leading role in a miniseries. But in "Sikgaek," the SBS drama slated to air on May 26, food takes center stage. And not just any kind of food. Korean cuisine gets the spotlight this time around.
Based on Hur Young-man's bestselling comic book series of the same name, this 24-episode drama follows Korean chef Seong-chan, played by Kim Rae-won, on his travels throughout Korea. Driving a beat-up truck, Seong-chan searches for the essence of Korean food, looking for it in the remotest parts of this country.
With cuisine playing such a big role, the production team needed a food expert. And they knew exactly who to turn to.
Kim Soo-jin, president of her own food consulting group, Food and Culture Korea, handled food direction for the film version of Hur Young-man's "Sikgaek," which hit screens nationwide as "Le Grand Chef," and topped national charts last year.
The mouthwatering dishes cooked up on the big screen served as testimony to her ability to turn Korean cuisine into a showstopper. Kim became a natural shoo-in for the position of food director for the drama.
She seized the opportunity. Little did she know what she was getting herself into.
"A drama is much more difficult than a movie," said Kim, 52, in an interview with The Korea Herald. "This drama shows more than the movie did. There is more research, more sketches, and more designs, and we also have to decide how to plate the food."
The film version provided her with a storyboard, making it easier for her to plan out each food scene. But, with this drama, she has to do everything from scratch.
"We look at the script in advance, and we need to figure out how the food will appear." But that's just the beginning of the process.
Kim plays composer and conductor to her team of 25. She reads the script in advance, finding the scenes which involve food. After noting all food scenes, she carefully plans out each scene before prepping the ingredients with her team the night before filming.
"For example, what we are filming that day involves making food for 32 people," said Kim. "The day before, we have to prepare all of the ingredients. We need to make notes on what each actor will be cooking, from what step to what step ... And then, the day we film, we post up these notes here and there."
The day of filming starts at dawn for Kim and her team. In the wee hours of the morning, they hit the markets, picking the ingredients that need to be extra-fresh when they arrive on set.
After getting all the needed ingredients together, she oversees the cooking and plating while directing the actors, and monitoring the screen with the director on set.
"You have to teach on set," said Kim. "We take the food and say, 'Kim Rae-won, you will be cooking this today, so follow through with these actions in this order and like this.' That way, the actors won't make any mistakes, and we can all work together quickly.
"And, in order to get the food to look fresh and tasty, we must make the same dish over and over again," she added.
When the scene involves eating the food, they need to make about eight sets of the same dish for each actor.
"It's war," she mused.
That much work requires three teams. Kim calls them teams A, B and C. Team A stays on set. Team B handles all the cooking. And Team C handles all the supplies.
Just how do all these people communicate with each other? They do it the old-fashioned way. "We use walkie-talkies," Kim said.
Hard to imagine this well-groomed, petite woman barking out orders on such a contraption, but apparently it's all in a day's work.
But, long before all the walkie-talkies, prepping and filming came into play, Kim was hard at work training the actors in their roles as chefs. It was no easy matter getting two highly inexperienced actors to wield a knife with expertise.
"Kim Rae-won was already quite good at basic cooking," but she couldn't say the same for Kwon Oh-jung and Won Ki-joon, who play rival chefs in "Sikgaek."
"But, in the case of Kwon Oh-jung and Won Ki-joon, they didn't know how to use a knife at all," explained Kim. "So, we started with learning how to julienne five daikon radishes a day. It takes about three hours to mince five large daikon radishes at first. But Kwon and Won worked really hard. They would come for three to four hours at a time, and just julienne radishes."
After learning how to mince them, all three actors learned how to cut the radishes into half moons, thin slices and perfect cubes.
"Later on, when you see them on screen chopping at radishes you will be surprised," said Kim with pride. "The radish just flies."
And radishes aren't the only thing they know how to cook. Each actor has his own special dish.
According to the food director, Kim Rae-won makes a great cheonggukjang -- a fermented miso bean stew. Won Ki-joon whips up a beautiful pomegranate-shaped dumpling soup, while Kwon Oh-jung cooks a solid shinsollo -- a complicated Joseon-era dish.
In fact, they have gotten so good at cooking over those six weeks of intensive training that, according to Kim, "the director says that we should hold a cooking competition for them later on."
To get a visual taste of their dishes and those of food director Kim and her team, just wait til May 26 when the first episode airs on SBS.
By Jean Oh ([email protected])
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March 12, 2008
The Korean-American Movie Wave
By: Philip W. Chung
Is the future for Asian American filmmakers in the East?
I wrote in this column a little over a year ago that Korean film companies were beginning to invest in Asian American (specifically Korean American) projects and looking to the American market to expand. This year抯 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, taking place later this month, is a good place to gage the impact of this trend.
This year抯 festival boasts more than 18 works by Korean or Korean American filmmakers, as well as two of the key works that have come out of this Korean American collaboration: Michael Kang抯 West 32nd. and Gina Kim抯 Never Forever.
The 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film
Festival runs from March 13-23: www.asianamericanmedia.org.
A young lawyer (John Cho) enters the underworld
of Korean gangsters in Michael Kang抯 West 32nd.
West 32nd stars John Cho (Harold & Kumar) as a young lawyer who must enter the world of Korean gangsters to solve a murder, while Never Forever stars Vera Farmiga (The Departed ) as the wife of an infertile Korean American man who hires an illegal Korean immigrant to impregnate her.
But both films were made by young Korean American filmmakers and were financed by major Korean film entities. In the case of West 32nd, Kang was backed by CJ Entertainment, a top Korean studio the equivalent of a Warner Bros. or Universal.
揥orking on West 32nd with CJ was overall a great experience, |
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March 4, 2008
AHN Sung-ki Charms in My New Partner
Veteran actor AHN Sung-ki returns with another leading role in comedy-caper My New Partner, opening March 6 across Korea. AHN is a face familiar to audiences of all ages, with a screen career that spans some 50 years. By the mid-80抯 he was Korea抯 most bankable lead, starring in many of the decade抯 top films.
In My New Partner, AHN plays Min-ho, a veteran police detective who winds up teaming with his estranged son Yeong-joon (played by JO Han-sun), a cold-hearted cop fresh on the job. The pair have a chance to mend their damaged relationship as they try to crack a big drug case in Busan.
Actor AHN has appeared in over 100 films, winning numerous awards and working with top directors such as IM Kwon-taek, BAE Chang-ho, LEE Chang-ho, PARK Kwang-su and LEE Myung-se. His most recent films include May 18 (2007), Radio Star (2006), Hanbando (2006), Duelist (2005) and Silmido (2003).
My New Parnter has already drawn positive reviews from the local press for its fine pacing and AHN抯 superb acting. The film is directed by KIM Jong-hyun who made his directing debut in 2004 with Mr. Gam抯 Victory. KM Culture produced the film and is handling its international sales.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC), image from empas.com
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March 7, 2008
Kim Rae-won, Popular in both Korea and Japan
The drama "Best Chef" in Korea. Two movie premieres in Japan.
'There's no time to rest!"
It is expected that actor Kim Rae-won will be showing different sides of his charm in Korea and Japan. While filming the Korean drama "Best Chef", he will be premiering two movies in Japan. A representative of Kim Rae-won has said, "Two movies will premiere in Japan soon. On the 8th, "Hana Kage" (Director Kawai Hayato) and "Sunflower" (Director Kang Seok-beom) will premiere. "Hana Kage" will be premiering in Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, and other major cities, and will be a stepping stone for him to become a star of the Korean wave".
It is hard for Kim Rae-won to even show his face these days due to his filming of the drama "Best Chef". Because of this, the curiosity of fans is growing. Kim Rae-won's representative said, "I believe there will be a chance for him to meet with his fans soon in Korea to promote his Japanese movies. He really wants to meet with his fans".
"Best Chef" will be airing on SBS from May 26.
Original article at news.naver.com
English translation by www.hancinema.net |
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March 8, 2008
Actor Kim Soo-ro, Director of Travel Agency
There has been interest in movie actor Kim Soo-ro who invested in a travel agency.
It has been revealed that Kim Soo-ro, who invested in the travel agency, Log In Tour, has become a director. Celebrities usually invest in restaurants or the clothing business, but he has chosen a different route. Kim Soo-ro has received many proposals to work in a certain field, but he chosen traveling, which he enjoys.
Log In Tour sells traveling packages at prices that include all taxes. It is believed that this has played a part in Kim Soo-ro investing in this.
In a recent television program, he revealed, "The two biggest influences in my life are traveling and movies". Kim Soo-ro has had interest in traveling for a long time, and to promote Log In Tour, he is preparing a traveling package where he meets directly with consumers.
Original article at kr.news.yahoo.com
English translation by www.hancinema.net |
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