tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536930370972872192024-02-19T08:53:03.385-08:00Korean Filmstringshowcasing Korean Movieswinter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-41836461033864473662011-12-27T09:16:00.001-08:002011-12-27T09:20:30.029-08:00Best Korean Romance Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re a fan of hearts and flowers, star-struck lovers and tragedy, you’ll definitely want to watch the best Korean romance movies. With strong storylines, heartbreaking scenes, young lovers and a hint of comedy to balance it all, you’re bound to enjoy Korean romances!</span></div>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Christmas in August" (Palwol ui Ku-Ri-Su-Mas)</strong>. If you’re looking for a tragic romance, Christmas in August is it. HAHN Suk-Kyu, the hero, suffers from a fatal disease. He meets SHIM Eun-Ha and falls in love with her. Tragic scenes, lots of tears and a beautiful ending bring this movie together. A must-watch with a box or tissues and a cozy snuggle with your girlfriend.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"My Sassy Girl"</strong>. Released in 2001, "My Sassy Girl" was a mega-huge hit of almost "Titanic" proportions. Gyeon-woo, an engineering student, meets her (she’s not named) at a train platform: she’s drunk, he saves her from falling under the rails. Follow their unorthodox love story and marvel over this true-life screenplay.</span></li>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Lovers Concerto"</strong>. A triangle love story between three friends, "Lovers Concerto" is a flashback of a summer long past that begins with photos in the mail. Cha Tae-hyun, Son Ye-jin and Lee Eun-ju make this movie one of the best Korean movies of this decade.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Now and Forever"</strong>. Min-su enjoys casual relationships with women because he has it all: he’s rich, handsome and successful! Then he meets Hye-won, who’s a mystery, and falls in love. She has a fatal disease and he has to learn to live with it. Finally fate has dealt him a hand he can’t handle. Watch this tear-jerker with a tub of popcorn.</span></li>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Almost Love"</strong>. Two good friends with different dreams. As they start getting involved with other people, they realize what they feel for each other. Will they have to strength to admit to those feelings? Ji-hwan and Dal-rae are the ultimate in this: one of the best Korean movies to make it to the global scene.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"The Perfect Couple"</strong>. Of all the Korean Romance movies seen and heard of, "The Perfect Couple" is the one that brings to life the art of romance. Choi Soo-jin and Kang Jae-hyuk meet in strange circumstances, to say the least. She’s a reporter, he’s a police detective. Watch what happens when she’s assigned to write about him.</span></li>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-86133976972626614262011-12-27T09:13:00.000-08:002011-12-27T09:14:42.332-08:0010 Best Korean Movie Stars (female and male)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some Korean actors are known only in their country, and some are huge stars all around the world. Here is a list of the best Korean movie stars and some of their work.</div>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Song Seung-heon. </strong>The strikingly handsome Song is a model turned actor. Song became popular when he joined the cast of the Korean sitcom "Three men, Three women." He became a star after joining the cast of "Autumn Story," the Korean drama that was exported all over Asia. He has also appeared in the movies, "The Invincible," and "Ice Rain."</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kim Tae-hee. </strong>Kim is a South Korean actress who rose to stardom as an evil step sister on the popular SBS TV series "Stairway to Heaven". She has appeared in four movies to date, and was awarded the Deajong Film Awards, Overseas Popularity Award-Female for her role in the 2007 movie, "Th <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/restless" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Restless</a>."</li>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kwon Sang-woo. </strong>Kwon has been acting for four short years, and he is already a star. Woo began his career in the Korean movie "Volcano High," and went on to star in the TV drama, "Stairs to Heaven," which was exported all over Asia. </li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Min Hyo Rin. </strong>Min is a singer, model, and actress. She is know for her role in the Mnet TV show "The Korean Olsen Twins," which aired in 2008, she also appears in the TV drama, "Triple." Min's birth name is Jung Eun Ran.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bae Yong-joon. </strong>Bae began his career after graduating from Sung kyung kwan University. Bae went on to star in TV dramas such as "Salut D Amour," and "Six Steps to Separation." He has appeared in five movies to date, but gained international stardom for his dramatic role in the Korean TV series "Winter Sonata."</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So Ji-sub. </strong>So is a model turned actor. He got his big <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/break" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">break</a> playing a gangster in the 2002 Korean movie, "Glass Slippers." So went on to win numerous SBS and KBS Drama Awards for his role in the popular TV show, "I'm Sorry I love You." He is currently the star of the TV drama "Cain and Abel."</li>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Yoon Eun-hye. </strong>Yoon was deemed one of the hottest stars of 2006, she went on to star in the movie "Escaping Charisma." She is also the star of the Korean TV show "Goong." Yoon was a singer before becoming a film and TV star, she has no formal training as an actress.</li>
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To Sir with Love | Bloody Reunion | Seuseung-ui eunhye<br /><strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br /><strong>Runtime:</strong> 1hour 33mn<br /><strong>Country: </strong> Korea<br /><strong>Language: </strong> korean<br /><strong>Subtitles:</strong> English<br /><strong>Genre: </strong> Horror<br /><strong>Director: </strong> Dae-wung Lim<br /><strong>Cast: </strong> Seong-won Jang, Eung-soo Kim, Yeong-seon Kim, Dong-kyu Lee, Yeong-hie Seo</div>
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<strong>A.K.A: </strong>Let’s Finish!<br /><strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br /><strong>Runtime:</strong> 1hour 39mn<br /><strong>Country:</strong> South Korea<br /><strong>Language: </strong>Korean<br /><strong>Subtitles:</strong> English | Chinese<br /><strong>Genre: </strong>Drama | Indie<br /><strong>Director: </strong>WHANG Cheol-mean<br /><strong>Cast: </strong>JEONG In-ji, KIM Min-jae, HONG Gi-jun<br /><strong>Links: </strong><a href="http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=09342" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">KMDb info</a></div>
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<strong>Plot/Sypnosis:</strong><br />After a movie set largely in one room (the excellent <strong>Spying Cam</strong>), WHANG Cheon-mean takes to the open road with three mismatched strangers who think they have a common purpose.<br />A woman who called herself “Joaquin” meets two men by arrangement in a car park. We soon discover that they’ve previous ‘met’ on the suicide website she hosts. They pool their money and start driving; when the money runs out, they’ll all end their lives. There are tensions from the start. The talkative guy (he calls himself “LA” ) has brought along his pet dog and can’t stand Joaquin’s choice of ‘suicide music’. Then the macho, taciturn guy (“Heballet” ) takes the car and leaves the others stranded…<br />The film has several surprises, but respects the tradition of the road movie. The characters are changed by being thrown together, by the people they meet and by the very act of travelling, and their destination is not the one they expected.<br />Whang, the doyen of Korea’s indie filmmakers, is obviously responding to the phenomenon of internet suicide clubs, but he also has plenty to say about men, women and the changing mood and direction of the Left. — Tony Rayns</div>
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<strong>A.K.A:</strong> Dance Battle | Obeo Deo Reinbou<br /><strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br /><strong>Runtime: </strong>1hr 3mn [average] per disc<br /><strong>Country:</strong> South Korea<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Korean<br /><strong>Subtitles:</strong> English<br /><strong>Episodes:</strong> 16<br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Drama | Romance<br /><strong>Director:</strong> Han Hee<br /><strong>Cast:</strong> Ji Hyun Woo, Seo Ji Hye, Hwan Hee, Kim Ok Bin, Choi Kwon<br /><strong>Links: </strong><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Over_the_Rainbow" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">DramaWiki</a></div>
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Kwon Hyeok-jo (Ji Hyun Woo) a stubbon and loving aspiring dancer falls for Jeong Hee-su (Kim Ok Bin) a dancer thats aspiring to be a singer. They start there journey of stardom together. While Rex (Hwan Hee) a pretty boy with outstanding talent, and is the biggest asset to Pride Ent. tries to break free from his label and do his own thing. Ma Sang-mi (Seo Ji Hye) a sweet but very awkward girl still trying to find her calling. This heart wrenching story of becoming and being a popular singering, with all it betrayals and constant meeting and partings. Gives us an inside look on the ups and downs to becoming a star.</div>
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<strong>A.K.A: </strong>Joong-cheon<br /><strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br /><strong>Runtime:</strong> 1hr 45min<br /><strong>Country:</strong> South Korea<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Korean<br /><strong>Subtitles:</strong> English<br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Action | Drama | Fantasy | Martial Arts<br /><strong>Director:</strong> Jo Dong-oh<br /><strong>Cast: </strong>Kim Tae-hee, Jeong Woo-seong, Heo Joon-ho, Heo Joon-ho, Park Sang-wuk<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929261/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://www.avistaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imdblogos3.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" title="IMDB" width="40" /></a><br /><strong>Plot/Sypnosis:</strong><br />It is AD 924, at the end of the United Shilla Dynasty. Continuous riots sweep the land ruled by a corrupted government. Evil forces are rampant and malicious demons roam the land. YI Kwak, born with the powers to see spirits, joins the royal demon hunting squad, ‘Chuh-yong-dae’ after losing his fiancée, Yon-hwa to evil demons. YI Kwak excels as the most talented warrior of Chuh-yong-dae and the royal squad seems to gain momentum as powerful fighters against the forces of darkness. Then one day, YI Kwak drifts into Joongcheon, the world of the dead through a strange shrine. Joongcheon, the intermediate world between Heaven and Earth, a place souls remain for 49 days, preparing for reincarnation.</div>
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<strong>A.K.A: </strong>The Unbearable Lightness of Dating | Yeonae, geu chameulsu-eomneun gabyeoum<br /><strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br /><strong>Runtime:</strong> 2hr 00min<br /><strong>Country:</strong> South Korea<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Korean<br /><strong>Subtitles:</strong> English<br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Comedy | Romance<br /><strong>Director:</strong> Kim Hae-gon<br /><strong>Cast: </strong>Kim Seung-woo, Jang Jin-yeong, Bo-eun Choi, Sang-ho Kim, Mi-ya Kim<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870969/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="20" src="http://www.avistaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imdblogos3.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" title="IMDB" width="40" /></a><br /><strong>Plot/Sypnosis:</strong><br />Between Love And Hate is about a triangular love affair. The male character, Young-Hoon, works at his mother’s restaurant but would rather play around with his friends, who are all pretty much the same. He meets, Yeun-ah, a tough lady that works in a room salon as a barmaid. She takes the initiative by coming into his restaurant when he is working and propositions him in a playful way. They do become a couple, with the love that develops between them being the chaotic kind of love. They fight with each other constantly (physically and verbally), but the next moment they kiss and make up.</div>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-59156596704990601842011-12-27T09:10:00.001-08:002011-12-27T09:15:04.377-08:00Famous Gay Korean Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Korea is still struggling to accept its gay youth, gay Korean movies are on the rise—and clearly this tension isn't stopping filmmakers from touching upon this very controversial subject. So which movies reigned supreme in Korean movie theaters? The following movies below are must sees for everyone, regardless of their sexuality.<strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></strong></span></div>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-15322752794091277322011-12-27T08:56:00.001-08:002011-12-27T08:59:35.949-08:00Sexy Korean Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a number of sexy Korean movies that feature not only their sexy actresses but also their well-thought off stories. Although not as popular in the west as the Korean pop superstars, sexy Korean movies stand a league on its own in popularizing Korean culture and showcasing the boldness and maturity of Korean movie makers.</span></div>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-27828836997388288842011-12-27T08:34:00.000-08:002011-12-27T09:01:22.489-08:00Best of Korean 2004 movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Cast: <strong><span class="liennormal"><strong></strong></span></strong><a href="http://asianmediawiki.com/Jae-hyeon_Jo" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jae-hyeon Jo">Jae-hyeon Jo</a>, <a href="http://asianmediawiki.com/In-Pyo_Cha" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" title="In-Pyo Cha">In-Pyo Cha</a>, <a href="http://asianmediawiki.com/Seon-mi_Song" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" title="Seon-mi Song">Seon-mi Song</a>, <a href="http://asianmediawiki.com/Byung-ho_Son" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;" title="Byung-ho Son">Byung-ho Son</a></span><br />
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“Mokpo” stars Jay-hyeon Jo as Soo-cheol, a bumbling cop who gets beaten up on a regular basis. But because he’s a lot smarter than all the other cops combined (not a hard thing to be, considering the intelligence of cops in these movies) Soo-cheol’s incompetence is put up with. When prosecutor Im Ja-kyung (Seon-mi Song) arrives in Seoul with a plan to break up the Mokpo gangs, she somehow ends up with Soo-cheol as a volunteer for an undercover assignment.</div>
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In Mokpo, Soo-cheol encounters obstacles, mostly because he’s an idiot playing a gangster, and this doesn’t convince anyone, namely head hood Baek Sung-ki (In-Pyo Cha). But as dictated by the script, Soo-cheol eventually manages to worm himself into Sung-ki’s confidence. Soon Soo-cheol is living the high life and risks forgetting that he’s an undercover cop. Meanwhile, cinema aficionado Sung-ki is thinking of retiring, which doesn’t sit well with his underlings…</div>
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Complex emotional relationships and human nature’s darker sides are explored in this captivating suspense drama about a cop whose lust for love threatens to get in the way of his professional life.</div>
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Ki-hoon (Han Suk-yu) is guy that doesn’t mind an erotic adventure. Even though he is married to charming and beautiful Soo-hyun, he engages in a passionate affair with his wife’s friend night club singer Ka-hee (Lee Eun-joo). As if things weren’t complicated enough, he suddenly starts being attracted to murder suspect Kyung-hee whom he earlier believed to be involved in the killing of her husband. Can Ki-hoon finally overcome all the irresistible temptations he encounters in his life ? These and other questions will be revealed in The Scarlet Letter.</div>
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Han Suk-kyu one of Korea’s most respected character actors finally finds his way back to your video screen after an extended hiatus from the movie industry for two years. The beloved star appeared in such blockbusters as Shiri , Tell Me Something and Double Agent. He is respected for his role potential that covers all the different genres from comedy to romance to horror and he has been honored with several Korean film prizes including the Best Actor trophy for his performance in The Green Fish that he was awarded both at the Blue Dragon Awards and the Daejong Film Festival in 1997. As Han is known to go through each and every film plot in minute detail, his peers have come up with the phrase that “all the various scripts for Korean films pass through Han Suk-kyu’s hands first”. The previous works of leading actress Lee Eun-joo include such movies as Taegugki , Bunjee Jumping of Their Own and UFO. She received the Best New Actress award for her debut role in Oh! Soojung at the 38th Daejung Film Festival. Director Daniel H. Byun was honored with the Best Short Film award at the San Francisco Film Festival for his 1991 feature Homo Videocus . His year 2000 debut full-length feature film Interview received very good reviews from the critics who were impressed by his experimental technique. Byun prefers taking on unusual themes, which he likes to present in his own unique way. The explicit love making scenes featured in The Scarlet Letter captured the public’s attention as well as Lee Jeun-joo’s song featured in the movie, which can also be found on the film’s original soundtrack album.</div>
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<strong><br />Release Date: </strong>2004<br />
<strong>Directed:</strong>Hyuk Byun<br />
<strong>Genre:</strong>Mystery / Thriller<br />
<strong>Cast:</strong>Suk-kyu Han,Eun-ju Lee,Hyeon-a Seong,Ji-won Uhm<br />
<strong>Runtime:</strong>115 min<br />
<strong>Also Known As:</strong>Juhong geulshi<br />
<strong>Country:</strong>South Korea<br />
<strong>Language:</strong>Korean<br />
<strong>Subtitles:</strong>2 Sets of Eng Subs (both should work )<br />
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It seems that with Martin Scorcese remaking the HK blockbuster Infernal Affairs, we definitely know where the new Hollywood is. Asian directors continue to produce great movies that put the garbage coming out of the states to shame. Some is one such movie. Having gone into it expecting a typical cop drama I was pleasantly surprised.</div>
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It’s hard to describe the plot in this movie without spoilers, since the plot kind of unfolds with every twist and turn. We first meet Kang Seong-ju, a young detective on the trail of a gang of loosely organized members who have gotten in way over their heads. It’s not long before he encounters Seo Yu-jin, a charming news reporter who seems to hold the key to the mystery at hand. As Kang attempts to unravel the the clues and track down a mysterious name, Yu-jin is haunted by deja vu. She is sure that the two have met before, and begins to experience visions.</div>
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The story was pretty well written. Not too over the top, and the twists were not so confusing as many directors try to do. The thing that really made this movie work was that it took care not to lean too much into one genre that it became stereotypical. IMDb lists it as an Action / Crime / Mystery movie and certainly it contains just the right portions of all those. They even threw in just a touch of Sci -Fi to make it that much more interesting. All together, this is a movie cocktail guaranteed to please.</div>
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<strong>Release Date:</strong> 2004<br />
<strong>Director:</strong>Yoon-Hyun Chang<br />
<strong>Writers:</strong>Eun-Jeong Kim<br />
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<strong>Genre:</strong>Action / Crime / Mystery<br />
<strong>Cast: </strong>Soo Go, Ji-hyo Song, Dong-kyu Lee, Shin-il Kang<br />
<strong>Runtime:</strong>118 min<br />
<strong>Country:</strong>South Korea<br />
<strong>Language:</strong>Korean<br />
<strong>Subtitles: </strong>English hardsubbed<br />
<strong>IMDb link: </strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424448/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424448/</a></div>
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The motif of this movie is similar to that of “apocalypse now”. Like this classic movies about Vietnam, R point described the horror which the soldiers confronted at the battle field. Although this movie adopted many things from ‘apocalypse now’, it shows another type of the horror- in the oriental meaning- “punitive justice”. no one would return home if he committed bloody thing. What the soldiers felt as original sin is what they committed in Vietnam. And the curse was cast on them as Chinese troop, french troop, and US troop (they were all the invaders to Vietnam) were “punished”.</div>
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The director said that he wanted to make this movie as antiwar movie. I think that he oscillated between “horror movie” and “antiwar movie”. The plot is monotonous and solders’ mental state and personal history were so much omitted that it hard to understand without further information. However, I think that his attempt is relatively successful. I thought much about the deployment of Korean troop to Iraq, after I saw this movie.</div>
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<strong>Directed: </strong>Su-chang Kong (Tell Me Something)<br />
<strong>Genre: </strong>Action / Horror / War<br />
<strong>Cast: </strong>Woo-seong Kam, Byung-ho Son, Tae-kyung Oh, Won-sang Park, Seon-gyun Lee, Jin-ho Song<br />
<strong>Runtime: </strong>107 minutes<br />
<strong>Country: </strong>Korea<br />
<strong>Language:</strong> Korean / English<br />
<strong>Subtitles: </strong>English srt. files.<br />
<strong>IMDb link:</strong> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417072/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417072/</a></div>
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Korean mystery action movies have so far failed to impress local audiences. “The Big Swindle,” which is about five swindlers and their bank robbery, is new and different in many ways from its predecessors. First of all, the storyline proceeds fast and smooth. Those in the movie are attractive: Baik Yunsik, the alien of “Save the Green Planet,” and actress Yeom Jeonga are among them, not to mention of Park Sinyang. Last but not the least, the movie is concluded in a Korean way, though it apparently uses Hollywood movies as its textbook.</div>
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Like other well-made robbery movies such as “The Sting” and “Oceans Eleven,” neither much blood nor violence is seen. Five swindlers manage to snatch five billion won from the Bank of Korea. On their very moment of success, however, somebody rats to the police. One is arrested, the other is shot dead and the remaining others flee but the whereabouts of the money remains at large. Now, the director wants to play the game with the audience over what the trick is and who the real winner would be. By about two-thirds of the movie, it becomes quite obvious who will smile in the long run. So, the virtue of the movie doesn’t lie in the swindler’s or director’s trick. Rather it’s in the director-written script. The jargons are very vivid and the way of the actors’ behavior is so plausible enough to make the audience willing to get cheated. “Operate” means in the movie “swindle.” “Swindle” is described as “turning the dish.” Foreign audiences may not be able to savor all the verbal feasts, but hopefully will get a taste of the world of professional swindlers.</div>
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The main story is based on a real bank robbery in a regional city in Korea. All the other swindler cases are also based on real ones. In an interview, the director said that his major interest was not casting light on excellent tricks but on third-rate human beings. “Life itself is interesting in that everybody is third rate any way,” Choi said. “Third Rate” means in Korea social underdogs. An interesting tidbit is that when the movie was released in April 2004, the Bank of Korea beefed up its security for fear of copycat robberies. The popularity of Paik Yoonsik is hitting the upper limits (another Korean expression for huge popularity). The 57-year-old charismatic actor has recently provided another news story by appearing in the rookie singer Mr. Kim’s music video as a guitarist.</div>
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<strong>Cast</strong>: Park Sin Yang, Yeom Jung A<br />
<strong>Directed</strong>: Choe Dong Hun<br />
<strong>Genre</strong>: Action / Crime<br />
<strong>Year Released</strong>: 2004<br />
<strong>Also Known As</strong>: BeomJoeUi JaeGuSeong<br />
<strong>Runtime</strong>: 116 min<br />
<strong>Country</strong>: South Korea<br />
<strong>Language</strong>: Korean<br />
<strong>Subtitles</strong>: English<br />
<strong>IMDB<strong>: <strong style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402842/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402842/</a></strong></strong></strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402842/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;"></a></div>
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In an interesting opening, the movie has Jeon, standing at the top of a building, attempting to commit suicide, with Jang Hyuk as the background narrator. It then moves on to a flashback and switches to a narrative mode to tell the story of the preceding events which eventually lead to the opening scene. Throughout the narration, we witness the encounters of our two protagonists and how they eventually end up together. There were a couple of hilarious moments and scenes which tickle the audience’s funny bone.</div>
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However as the story slowly proceeds, it feels that it is being too far-fetched to accommodate so many ideas. One might feel that the plotline is ridiculous at many times, and might start wondering at some point if the film is a fantasy, ghost story, romance or an ultra-dramatic melodrama. Occupying an array of so many genres, <em>Windstruck</em> could be said to be one of a kind.</div>
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<strong>Directed</strong>: Gwak Jae-Yong<br />
<strong>Genre</strong>: Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance<br />
<strong>Year Released</strong>: 2004<br />
<strong>Also Known As</strong>: I Got You Babe (South Korea) (working title)<br />
<strong>Runtime</strong>: 123 min<br />
<strong>Country</strong>: South Korea<br />
<strong>Language</strong>: Korean<br />
<strong>Subtitles</strong>: English HardSubbed<br />
<strong>IMDB<strong>:</strong></strong> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409072/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409072/</a></div>
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<img align="right" alt="Chulsoo & Younghee" height="150" hspace="16" src="http://koreanfilm.org/chulsoo3.jpg" vspace="8" /><b>Chulsoo & Younghee</b> ["Chulsoo ♥ Younghee"] Directed by Hwang Qu-dok. Screenplay by Kim Yun-kyung. <i>A cute little kid who likes to make trouble falls in love with a spirited young transfer student named Younghee.</i> Starring Jeon Ha-eun, Park Tae-young, Jeong Jin-young. Cinematography by Go Myeong-wook. Produced by Cine Piazza. Distributed and sold internationally by Sponge. Rating: general. 90 min. January 7. (pictured right)<br />
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<b>Daddy-Long-Legs</b> ["Kidari ajeossi"] Directed by Gong Jeong-shik. Screenplay by Kim Hyeong-jun. <i>After losing her parents, Young-mi is helped by a benevolent guardian who watches over her from afar. Later, after successfully becoming a writer for a radio program, she is given the opportunity to repay the favor to someone else.</i> Starring Ha Ji-won, Yeon Jeong-hoon, Shin Yi, Jeong Jun-ha, Hyun Bin. Cinematography by Park Hee-ju. Produced by YooBin Pictures and Wellmade Entertainment. Distributed and sold internationally by CJ Entertainment. Rating: 12+. 110 min. January 13.</div>
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<b>Wet Dreams 2</b> ["Mongjeonggi 2"] Directed by Jeong Cho-shin. Screenplay by Park Chae-woon. <i>Three high school girls curious about sex start to fight with a rival student for the attentions of their new student teacher.</i> Starring Lee Ji-hoon, Kang Eun-bi, Jeon Hye-bin, Park Seul-gi, Shin Ju-ah, Jeon Hae-hyung, Jeong Dong-hwan, Kim Hae-sook. Cinematography by Seo Jeong-min. Produced and sold internationally by MK Pictures. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment. Rating: 15+. 101 min. January 14.</div>
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<b>Another Public Enemy</b> ["Gonggong-ui jeok 2"] Directed by Kang Woo-suk. Screenplay by Kim Hui-jae. <i>A public prosecutor with a reputation for unconventional working methods suspects his former high school classmate of serious crimes. Ignoring advice from his superiors, he stakes his job on proving his classmate guilty.</i> Starring Sol Kyung-gu, Jeong Jun-ho, Kang Shin-il, Park Sang-wook, Eom Tae-woong, Im Seung-dae, Park Geun-hyeong, Byun Hee-bong. Cinematography by Kim Seong-bok. Produced, distributed and sold internationally by Cinema Service. Rating: 15+. 148 min. January 27.</div>
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<b>My Boyfriend is Type B</b> ["B-hyeong namja chingu"] Directed by Choi Seok-won. Screenplay by Choi Seok-won, Seo Dong-won, Lee Yun-jin. <i>A woman finds a hot-looking new boyfriend, but she struggles to deal with the obnoxious personality quirks associated with his blood type of B.</i> Starring Lee Dong-gun, Han Ji-hye, Shin Yi, Jeong Ryeo-won, Kim Je-in, Baek Il-seop. Cinematography by Kim Dong-eun. Produced by Cinema Zenith. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment. International sales by Mirovision. Rating: 12+. 96 min. February 3.</div>
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<b>Jenny, Juno</b> ["Jeni, Juno"] Written and directed by Kim Ho-jun. <i>A 15-year old boy and girl discover that, after a night when things get a little out of control, they are expecting a baby.</i> Starring Park Min-ji, Kim Hye-sung, Kim Ja-ok, Im Dong-jin, Seo Min-jeong, Lee Eung-kyung, Kang Nam-gil. Cinematography by Kim Dong-cheon. Produced by Culture Cap Media. Distributed and sold internationally by Show East. Rating: 15+. 101 min. February 18.</div>
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<b>Cracked Eggs and Noodles</b> ["Pa-songsong gyeran-tak"] Directed by Oh Sang-hoon. Screenplay by Lee Hyun-soo. <i>A 26-year old man is given a shock when one day a nine-year old boy comes up to him and claims to be his son.</i> Starring Im Chang-jung, Lee In-seong, Ji Dae-han, Lee Sang-hoon, Maeng Sang-hoon, Eom Su-heong, Park Hye-won. Cinematography by Lee Seok-hyun. Produced by Good Player. Distributed and sold internationally by CJ Entertainment. Rating: 15+. 120 min. February 18.</div>
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<b>Life Goes On</b> ["Eomma..."] Directed by Ryu Mi-rye. <i>Documentary in which the filmmaker, who has recently become a mother, looks back on the life of her own mother.</i> Cinematography by Ryu Mi-rye and Yu Chan-ho. Produced by PURN Productions. Distributed by Dongsoong Art Centre. Rating: General. 50 min. March 4. Screened together with <i>Waiting For Spring</i>.</div>
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<b>Waiting for Spring</b> ["Bomi omyeon"] Directed by Jeong Su-yeon. <i>Documentary about two elderly sisters who live on the opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, but are unable to visit each other due to their health.</i> Featuring Yun Jeong-hui and Yun Gye-hui. Cinematography by Jeong Su-yeon. Distributed by Dongsoong Art Centre. Rating: General. 25 min. March 4. Screened together with <i>Life Goes On</i>.</div>
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<b>Long and Winding Road</b> ["Eomma"] Written and directed by Gu Seong-ju. <i>A woman with a rare illness that prevents her from riding on moving vehicles resorts to desperate measures to attend her daughter's wedding.</i> Starring Goh Doo-shim, Son Byung-ho, Kim Ye-ryung, Kim Yu-seok, Lee Hye-eun, Park Won-sang, Ban Mi-jeong, Chae Jeong-an. Cinematography by Choi Chan-gyu. Produced by Film Bank and Chungeorahm. Distributed by Chungeorahm. International sales by Tube Entertainment. Rating: General. 96 min. April 7.</div>
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<b>My Right To Ravage Myself</b> ["Na-neun na-reul pagoehal kwolli-ga itta"] Written and directed by Jeon Soo-il. <i>A man who assists other with suicide comes across a diverse group of people with a range of emotional conflicts.</i> Starring Jung Bo-seok, Choo Sang-mi, Soo Ah, Jang Hyun-seong, Choi Seong-ho, Kim Young-min. Cinematography by Kim Seong-tae, Krzysztof Ciolkowski. Produced by Dongnyuk Film. Distributed by MooBiz Entertainment. Sold internationally by KNET.TV. Rating: 15+. 93 min. April 15. (pictured left)</div>
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<b>Innocent Steps</b> ["Daenseo-ui sunjeong"] Directed by Park Young-hoon. Screenplay by Park Gye-ok. <i>A Chinese-Korean woman comes to Seoul in order to compete as a ballroom dancer, and falls in love.</i> Starring Moon Geun-young, Park Geon-hyung, Yun Chan, Park Won-sang, Kim Ki-soo, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Dae-yeon. Cinematography by Kim Jong-yun. Produced by Culture Cap Media. Distributed and sold internationally by Show East. Rating: 12+. 110 min. April 28.</div>
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<b>Love in Magic</b> ["Yeonae-sulsa"] Directed by Cheon Se-hwan. Screenplay by Kim Kyu-won. <i>A magician with a habit for womanizing gets a shock when he discovers that one of his nighttime trysts is now screening on the internet.</i> Starring Yeon Jeong-hoon, Park Jin-hee, Oh Yun-ah, Jo Mi-ryeong, Ha Ha, Choi Seong-wook, Kim Ji-seok. Cinematography by Hwang Cheol-hyun. Produced by Film Z Corp. Distributed and sold internationally by CJ Entertainment. Rating: 15+. 109 min. May 20.</div>
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<b>Heaven's Soldiers</b> ["Cheon-gun"] Written and directed by Min Joon-ki. <i>A group of North and South Korean soldiers are sent back in time to 1572, where they meet a young man who is slated to become the great admiral Lee Soon-shin.</i> Starring Park Joong-hoon, Kim Seung-woo, Hwang Jeong-min, Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Byeong-chun, Kim Seung-cheol, Kim Soo-hyun. Cinematography by Park Jae-hyung. Produced by Sidus Pictures. Distributed and sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 15+. 106 min. July 15.</div>
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<b>Digital Short Films By Three Filmmakers 2005</b> ["Dijiteol samin-samsaek"] Directed by Song Il-gon [Korea], Apichatpong Weerasethakul [Thailand], Tsukamoto Shinya [Japan]. <i>Three 30-minute films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival: Song's </i>Magician(s)<i>, about a group of musicians who meet every December in memory of their late guitarist; Weerasethakul's </i>Worldly Desires<i>, about a couple seeking a spiritual tree in the jungle; and Tsukamoto's </i>Haze<i>, about a man who wakes up in a small room with no memory of what has happened to him.</i> Starring Jung Woong-in, Jang Hyun-sung, Kang Kyung-hyun, Lee Seung-bi, Kaori Fujii, Tsukamoto Shinya. Cinematography by Park Young-jun, Tsukamoto Shinya, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Produced and sold internationally by Jeonju International Film Festival. Distributed by Emotion Pictures. Rating: 15+. 108 min. July 22.</div>
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<b>If You Were Me: Anima Vision</b> ["Byeol-byeol iyagi"] Directed by Lee Sung-gang (<i>Bicycle Trip</i>, 10 min), Park Jae-dong (<i>Be a Human Being</i>, 13 min), Yoo Jin-hee (<i>Day Dream</i>, 13 min), Kwon Oh-sung (<i>Animal Farm</i>, 16 min), Amy Lee (<i>The Flesh and Bone</i>, 10 min), plus one collaborative project (<i>At Her House</i>, 11 min). <i>A continuation of the series of omnibus films that tackle human rights issues, this time with animated works.</i> Distributed and sold internationally by Indiestory. Rating: General. 72 min. September 23.</div>
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<b>Mr. Housewife</b> ["Miseuteo jubu-kwijeu-wang"] Directed by Yu Seon-dong. Screenplay by Yu Seon-dong, Song Han-seung. <i>A live-at-home Dad finds himself in desperate need of money, so he enters into a TV game show for housewives.</i> Starring Han Suk-kyu, Shin Eun-kyung, Gong Hyung-jin, Seo Shin-ae, Kim Soo-mi, Lee Ju-hyun, Yeom Hyun-hee. Cinematography by Choi Young-taek. Produced by Polstar Entertainment. Distributed and sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 12+. 107 min. September 29.</div>
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<b>Blossom Again</b> ["Sarangni"] Directed by Jung Ji-woo. Screenplay by Jung Ji-woo and Gong Mi-jeong. <i>An math instructor at a teaching institute finds herself falling in love with one of her young students, since he looks so similar to her long-lost first love.</i> Starring Kim Jung-eun, Lee Tae-seong, Jeong Yu-mi, Kim Young-jae. Cinematography by Choi Hyun-ki. Produced and distributed by Cinema Service. Sold internationally by CJ Entertainment. Rating: 15+. 115 min. September 29.</div>
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<b>Never to Lose</b> ["Gangryeok 3-ban"] Directed by Son Hee-chang. Screenplay by Ki Seung-tae. <i>Unit 3 of the Division of Violent Crimes, which owns the worst arrest record on the police force, is unexpectedly charged with bringing down the most dangerous criminal organization in the city.</i> Starring Kim Min-joon, Heo Jun-ho, Jang Hang-seon, Nam Sang-mi, Yun Tae-young, Kim Tae-wook, An Nae-sang. Cinematography by Kim Yong-heung. Produced by Cinenet. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment. Sold internationally by Mirovision. Rating: 15+. 111 min. September 29.</div>
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<b>Sad Movie</b> ["Saedeu mubi"] Directed by Kwon Jong-kwan. Screenplay by Hwang Seong-gu. <i>A series of overlapping stories about four couples who all suffer tragic fates.</i> Starring Jung Woo-sung, Im Soo-jung, Cha Tae-hyun, Yeom Jung-ah, Shin Min-ah, Son Tae-young, Lee Ki-woo, Yeo Jin-gu, Kim Seung-cheol. Cinematography by Kim Byeong-seo. Produced by iFilm. Distributed by iLoveCinema and Lotte Entertainment. Sold internationally by iHQ. Rating: 12+. 108 min. October 20.</div>
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<b>The Beast and the Beauty</b> ["Yasu-wa minyeo"] Directed by Lee Gye-byeok. Screenplay by Hwang Jo-yun, Han Jeong-hyeop, Lee Gye-byeok. <i>A man discovers that his girlfriend, who is blind, is about to recover her sight through an operation. However, he has lied to her about his appearance, and he is too scared to face her in person.</i> Starring Ryoo Seung-beom, Shin Min-ah, Kim Kang-woo, An Kil-gang, Lee Young-sook, Ham Eun-jeong, Kim Joo-il. Cinematography by Kwak Young-min. Produced by Sio Film. Distributed and sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 12+. 101 min. October 27.</div>
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<b>Mr. Socrates</b> ["Miseuteo sokeurateseu"] Written and directed by Choi Jin-won. <i>A good-for-nothing young hoodlum is suddenly kidnapped by a group of gangsters and made to study for the police qualification exams.</i> Starring Kim Rae-won, Kang Shin-il, Lee Jong-hyuk, Yun Tae-young, Oh Kwang-rok, Park Cheol-min. Cinematography by Jin Young-hwan. Produced by Courage Film. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment. Sold internationally by Mirovision. Rating: 18+. 109 min. November 11.</div>
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<b>The Boy Who Went To Heaven</b> ["Sonyeon, cheonguk-e gada"] Directed by Yun Tae-yong. Screenplay by Park Sang-kyung, Park Chan-wook, Lee Mu-young, Choi Dong-hoon, Yun Tae-yong. <i>A young boy living in 1980s Korea falls in love with a woman who resembles his recently-departed mother. After a near death experience, he is allowed to come back to earth briefly as an adult.</i> Starring Yeom Jung-ah, Park Hae-il, Oh Kwang-rok, Park Eun-su, Jeong Jin-gak, Kim Kwan-woo, Jo Min-soo, Hong So-yeon. Cinematography by Lee Jun-gyu. Produced by Sidus FNH and Christmas Entertainment. Distributed by Showbox and Chungeorahm. Sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 12+. 114 min. November 11.</div>
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<b>Shadowless Sword</b> ["Muyeonggeom"] Directed by Kim Young-jun. Screenplay by Kim Tae-gwan, Shin Jun-hee. <i>When the king and his heirs to the throne are assassinated, a female warrior is charged with the task of escorting an exiled prince back to his kingdom so he can assume the throne. A swordplay fantasy set in the tenth century.</i> Starring Yoon Soy, Lee Seo-jin, Shin Hyun-joon, Lee Ki-yong, Park Seong-woong, Nam Ji-hyun, Han Gang, cameos by Choi Ji-woo, Kim Soo-ro, Jeong Jun-ha. Cinematography by Seo Geun-hee. Produced by Taewon Entertainment. Distributed by CJ Entertainment. Sold internationally by New Line Cinema. Rating: 12+. 104 min. November 18.</div>
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<b><a href="http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm05.html#weddingcampaign" style="background-color: transparent; color: #996633; text-decoration: none;">Wedding Campaign</a></b> ["Na-ui gyeolhon-wonjeongki"] Directed by Hwang Byung-guk. Screenplay by Yun Soon-yong, Choi Jong-hyun, Hwang Byung-guk. <i>Two men in their late thirties living in rural Korea are having trouble finding women to marry. Out of desperation, they sign up for a scheme which takes them to Uzbekistan in order to set them up with ethnic Korean brides.</i> Starring Jung Jae-young, Soo Ae, Yu Jun-sang, Kim Sang-gyeom, Kim Ji-young, Kwon Tae-won, Evangenia Park, Vera Popok. Cinematography by Lee Doo-man. Produced by Tube Pictures. Distributed by Lotte Entertainment. Sold internationally by Mirovision. Rating: 12+. 120 min. November 23.</div>
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<b><a href="http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm05.html#gwangshik" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">When Romance Meets Destiny</a></b> ["Gwangsik-i dongsaeng gwangtae"] Written and directed by Kim Hyun-seok. <i>Gwang-sik is somewhat uncomfortable around women and he has a hard time getting a date, while his younger brother is a skilled seducer who never lasts long in a relationship. When both men suddenly meet women who they feel quite serious about, they experience opposite romantic challenges.</i> Starring Kim Joo-hyuk, Bong Tae-gyu, Lee Yo-won, Kim Ah-joong, Jeong Kyung-ho, Kim Hyung-min, Kim Il-woong. Cinematography by Choi Jin-woong. Produced, distributed and sold internationally by MK Pictures. Rating: 15+. 104 min. November 23.</div>
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<b><a href="http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm05.html#fiveistoomany" style="background-color: transparent; color: #996633; text-decoration: none;">Five is Too Many</a></b> ["Daseoseun neomu manha"] Written and directed by An Seul-gi. <i>Five people who in various ways can be characterized as societal outsiders meet and become close.</i> Starring Yu Hyung-geun, Jo Shi-nae, Kim Do-gyun, Choi Ga-hyun, Lee Gyeong-se, No Jeong-ah, Kwak Dae-ho. Cinematography by Kim Han-sol. Produced by CR Film. Distributed and sold internationally by Indiestory. Rating: 15+. 80 min. November 25.</div>
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<b>Annyoung, Sayonara</b> ["Annyeong, sayonara"] Directed by Kim Tae-il, Kato Kumiko. <i>A documentary about a Korean woman who files a lawsuit against the Yasukini Shrine and the Japanese government regarding the enshrinement of her father at the controversial shrine, and a Japanese man who files a lawsuit regarding compensation for Korean War victims.</i> Featuring Lee Hee-ja, Furukawa Masaki. Cinematography by Ji Hye, Takabe Uko. Produced by the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities. Distributed by the Association of Korean Independent Film and Video, and ArtPlus Cinema Network. Rating: 12+. 107 min. November 25.</div>
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<b>The Intimate</b> ["Aein"] Directed by Kim Tae-eun. Screenplay by Yoon Chang-hoon, Kim Min-joo. <i>A woman who is planning to marry her long-time boyfriend in a month accepts a proposition from a stranger to have a one-night stand.</i> Starring Seong Hyun-ah, Jo Dong-hyuk, Lee Chang-yong, Hyun Kyung-soo, Han Ji-won, Park So-jeong, Kim Cheol-joon. Cinematography by Kim Jae-ho. Produced by Kihweck Shidae. Distributed and sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 18+. 98 min. December 8.</div>
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<b>The Art of Seduction</b> ["Jageop-ui jeongseok"] Directed by Oh Ki-hwan. Screenplay by Shin Jeong-gu. <i>A private banker and a successful architect are both unrivalled in the game of seduction, until the day that they meet each other.</i> Starring Son Ye-jin, Song Il-guk, Park Joon-gyu, Noh Joo-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Hyun Young, An Seon-young. Cinematography by Lee Seok-hyun. Produced by Chungeorahm Films. Distributed and sold internationally by Showbox. Rating: 15+. 100 min. December 21.</div>
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<b>My Girl and I</b> ["Parang-juuibo"] Directed by Jeon Yoon-soo. Screenplay by Hwang Seong-gu. <i>Plain Su-ho and fabulously attractive Su-eun, high school classmates living on Geojae Island in the 1990s, start to date each other, but tragedy lurks in the near future. A remake of the Japanese film and novel </i>Crying Out For Love at the Center of the World<i>.</i> Starring Song Hye-gyo, Cha Tae-hyun, Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Han Myeong-gu, Park Hyo-joon, Kim Young-joon. Cinematography by Park Hee-ju. Produced by iFilm. Distributed by iLove Cinema. Sold internationall by iHQ. Rating: 12+. 95 min. December 22.</div>
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Delight in the sight of evil gangsters and a bounty of kick ass with the ten best Korea <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/fighting" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fighting</a> movies. The ten best Korean fighting movies show us how amazing the human body can be with the combination sweet martial arts skills and brilliant special effects. While there may be times where the story lines that move the ten best Korean fighting movies may be a bit thread bare, just keep in mind that the pretense of a story is needed to get us to the ass kicking that muc <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/faster" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">faster</a>.</div>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Once Upon A Time in high school” (2004) </strong>A movie where every fight ends the way we wished all of ou <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/high-school" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">high school</a> fights ended, this is one of the ten best Korean fighting movies because of its mixture of martial arts and realism.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Friend” (2001)</strong> The story of four very different best friends who grow up together and drift apart only to find themselves rivals in the Korean underworld. At times the mellow drama between characters gets a bit tedious but watching the four of them fight their way out of a massive gang battle is one of many scenes that makes this one of the ten best Korean fighting movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“A Dirty Carnival” (2006) </strong>A complex story about money, love, family and the complexities of being a career criminal, the scene where two guys with knives tear through dozens of guys with bats is what makes this one of the ten best Korean fighting movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Sunflower” (2006) </strong>After a lifetime of bad choices, an ex-con wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his girl and run their small club. But when his past comes back haunt him it culminates in a cascade of violence that makes it one of the ten best Korean fighting movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The Brotherhood of War” (2004)</strong> If you’re a fan of war movies and great fights then you should check out this one of the ten best Korean fighting movies. While the core of the story centers around two Korean solders during the Korean war, there are some excellent fight scenes woven into the sad and heavy story line.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Art of Fighting” (2006) </strong>A black comedy that is part “Karate Kid” and part “Ichi the Killer” this one of the ten best Korean fighting movies, has all of heart that makes a good coming of age movie and all of the violence that makes a good fighting movie worth watching.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Guns and Talks” (2001) </strong>Four hit men, who often act more like a dysfunctional family more than a pack of hired killers, steal the screen with a mixture of dark humor, explosions and killer fight scenes. Watching the four killers with hearts of gold fight their out a series of dangerous jobs is why this is one of the ten best Korean fighting movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Spy Girl” (2004)</strong> If you like to watch cute girls kicking high and kicking ass then this one of the ten best Korean fighting movies is sure to get your attention. Sent to bring back a rouge agent, a beautiful young North Korean spy has to brave the dangers of the demilitarized zone and the perils of high school to complete her mission.</li>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-1820706429125388682011-12-27T08:08:00.000-08:002011-12-27T09:00:32.465-08:0010 Best Sad Korean Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Get a box of tissues and get ready for a good cry with the 10 best sad Korean movies. The ten best sad Korean movies are a mix of coming of age and romance stories that explore the depths of human emotions with images of love lost, family and war. No matter how tough you may think you are; it's tough to watch any one of the ten best sad Korean movies without shedding a tear.</div>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The Classic” (2003)- </strong>On it’s surface, a story about the parallel stories of a mother and daughter falling in love seems sweet, but this sad Korean movie tempers the sweetness of love with the crushing sadness of class differences and war.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Windstruck” (2004)- </strong>Somewhere in between heart achingly sad and uplifting lies this sad Korean movie. When her boyfriend dies, a woman learns that he is always with her.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The Way Home” (2002)-</strong> This sad Korean movie is a great little story about a little boy who is left to be raised by his Grandmother while his mom looks for work. Through his Grandmother’s love and patience, the once spoiled city boy learns the importance of family.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Sad Movie” (2005)-</strong> This sad Korean movie definitely lives up to its name. It profiles three different couples as they try to navigate the ups and downs of their relationships.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“More than Blue” (2009)-</strong> Be prepared to shed more than a few tears when you watch this sad Korean movie. A man with terminal cancer falls for a young woman, but keeps his feeling for her a secret. Instead he vows to find her a man before he dies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Maundy Thursday” (2006)-</strong> Normally a movie with this much melodrama is something that’s easy to blow off, but the actors in this sad Korean movie turn in brilliant performances that it's set apart. When a former pop star tries to commit suicide and fails she finds new meaning to life and love in form of a death row inmate.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Tae Guk gi: The Brotherhood of War” (2004)- </strong>Showing the horrors of war and how the bond between <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/brothers" style="color: #e55d2a; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">brothers</a> can see the human spirit can see through the atrocities of war is why this is one of the ten best sad Korean movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Sorry, I Love You” (2004)- </strong>After being shot in the head, a young adoptee decides to go back to Korea to find his birth family. Instead of the happy ending he imagined, he is greeted such contempt that he is driven to seek vengeance. Being a complex story of love, revenge and family is what makes this one of the ten best sad Korean movies.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“April Snow” (2005)- </strong>After being called to the hospital after their spouses are in a car accident, a man and a woman find out that their now wounded partners have been having an affair, so they decide to have an affair with each other. Starting out as strictly revenge and switching gears into genuine affection and unending sorrow is why this is one of the ten best sad Korean movies.</li>
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</div>winter sonatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04805324916647285234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53693037097287219.post-27826235478681025092011-12-27T08:05:00.000-08:002011-12-27T09:00:43.942-08:00Best of Korean 2003 movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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/ Writer :</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Jang
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cast :</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shin Ha-Kyun, Paek Yun-Sik, Hwang
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Byung-Gu explains to his girlfriend Sooni that aliens live on planet earth and
are responsible for all the problems on the planet. Byung concludes that the
wealthy and successful businessman Kang Man-Shik is a top alien and so he and
Sooni kidnap the man in the hope that he will allow them to speak to the Alien
Prince of Andromeda. When Man-Shik responds with confusion at his being
kidnapped and doesn’t tell them what they want to hear, Byung-Gu is already
prepared. To save the planet he will torture the truth out of the man…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by Martin Cleary</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">For some reason I thought that Save The Green Planet was a
‘crazy’ comedy. The film’s colourful posters and adverts all depict Shin
Ha-Kyun smiling like a moron. Even looking at the dvd case I was still
expecting something possibly Stephen Chow-like. I couldn’t have been more
wrong. Green Planet is partly a comedy – and yes, it has some brilliantly funny
scenes – but it’s also quite nasty. Think Reservoir Dogs meets Men In Black and
that’s still only part-way to describing this amazing film from South Korea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="more-121"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">We know from the outset of STGP that Kang Man-Shik isn’t a very
nice character. He’s a wealthy businessman who refuses to pay the driver the
whole cost of the trip home, and he’s very drunk and leery. Then, Byung-Gu and
his girlfriend Sooni turn up wearing ridiculous costumes and accuse him of
being an alien from the planet Andromeda. We’re fairly convinced that
Byung-Gu’s got a screw loose. The rich man seems to be an arse, not an alien.
After a struggle, Byung-Gu and Sooni kidnap the man. All three of them arrive
back at Byung-Gu’s house, where they strip Man-Shik down to his sparkly red
boxer-shorts and shave his head (so he can’t call his alien friends for help
through his hair). From here STGP slows down just for a<br />
second, long enough for us to wonder just what the hell is going on here. To
reveal anything that happens next would be unfair as the narrative spins of
into all sorts of bizarre and brilliant angles. To call this off-beat is an
understatement. What follows is part cop movie, part romance, part science
fiction, part – well it’s hard to think of a film genre that isn’t in some way
injected into the mix. There’s even a short martial arts fight scene! How the
hell the director has managed to shoe-horn all of these elements in is beyond
me. (A quick warning to anyone squeemish: one of the most surprising elements
of the film is the violence – this film does get fairly nasty just when you’re
not expecting it.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">As surprising as the film is, what is the biggest surprise is
how well it all actually works together. You’re never quite sure who the victim
is in the film, and there’s a strange attraction to all of the main characters.
There’s no real un-likeable characters here, you like them all – which is unusual
considering several of them perform some horrible torture and violence.I
certainly wasn’t expecting it, but I was completely blown away by Save The
Green Planet. The fact that this is a film from a first-time director is
gob-smacking. With the majority of films you get to a point where you know
roughly what will happen heading towards the end – I didn’t when I was watching
this film. The film’s cast can not be praised highly enough – especially the
two central performances from Shin Ha-Kyun and Paek Yun-Sik. Ha-Kyun takes that
stupid grin from the film’s poster and turn’s it into a character of its own.
In an amazing performance he manages to mix violence and anger with a genuine
warmth and sympathy. The fact that Yun-Sik manages to match Ha-Kyun’s powerhouse
performance is a sign of just how good this film is. As the tortured
businessman he manages to convince that he is a complete and rounded character
– yes he’s a bastard, but his sheer ‘hard-headedness’ is impressive. Also,
worth a mention is Hwang Jeong-Min as the simple girlfriend Sooni. It’s a role
which is tiny in size but she manages to make a large impact. Have I gushed on
about this enough? I could keep going on about the cinematography, script and
soundtrack all day – but I won’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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films I’ve ever seen and although it won’t be to everyone’s taste (if you can’t
stand violence then steer clear) it’s worth a look from anyone who likes
something a bit different. If you do see it, you’ll never hear the song
‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ in the same way again. See it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Jae-yeon
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cast :</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ji-hyo Song, Han-byeol Park, An Jo,
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A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28
stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the
mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">by Edward Tang</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">This is the second Korean horror flick I’ve seen in a row
(Acacia was the first) and I must say that they should concentrate on something
else. This film is supposedly the third in a trilogy of “Ghost films”, after
seeing this it seems that I probably won’t be visiting the other two films.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="more-160"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">You’d basically have “Wishing Stairs”, a film that struggles to
make it out of the pack as something original and interesting. It’s got every
typical cliche: weird people who go insane for no reason, moments that jump out
and are suppose to make you jump as well (unsuccessful), and of course a plot that
could have been written by a twelve year old who just happened to realize that
“Hey, my parents do hate me.” I can’t see how anybody would enjoy this film
because it doesn’t do anything that warrants half an emotion. THROUGHOUT this
entire film, I was waiting for something to happen, just something that would
at least keep my interest, sadly it never came and was probably getting high at
the mini-mall over on Reseda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The story is like any horror story, it finds a happy situation
and puts a twist on it as to effect the main characters and people around them.
The location is an all girl’s school (I didn’t see any dudes, so I’ll assume
this). Then we are introduced to the wishing stairs, which are simply stairs
you climb and you wish for something when you reach the top. I should have
noticed the crappy plot, but I didn’t and got sucked another made-for-money
flicks that have nothing true to offer. Anyways, the story continues where this
girl wants to become a champion ballet dancer, so she goes up the stairs and
wishes for this. Obviously there has to be a horror element, so what happens is
that her friend gets hurt, so she takes the reigns and becomes the champion or
whatever. Her friend dies in some way, and this triggers another psycho chick
who has been abusing the stairs for her own use (losing weight and whatever)
and has some crush on the dead girl. So we go into typical mode, people go
crazy and we have a bunch of overacting and crying until we reach the end, and
everybody stands up and prays to God that the crap has been flushed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Okay, now the story might sound okay but the way it was shot
made it seem long and uneventful. This one aspect hurts me the most, waiting
for something to happen. This is the point of a horror film! MAKE SOMETHING
HAPPEN, but when they tried to attempt this simple task, it was basically
something that has been overused or just plain annoying. But then again, this
film really didn’t seem like a horror film because two-thirds of the film
didn’t focus on this, only until we get to the final few minutes is this film
did we see a concoctions of crazy images and a little bit of gore. It wasn’t a
horror film, it was kind of a side story on how high school sucks and it takes
a toll on the human spirit to not be able to fit in. But that aspect was not
looked upon, rather they tried to scare the audience with worthless tactics and
most of all scenes that look like they were directly stolen from other films.
Anybody who has seen a good amount of horror flicks ever see when water turns into
blood? Yeah you have and if you’ve been picking up Tartan’s fall release,
you’ve seen enough of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">From the story we got into the neighborhood of typical crap.
Typical Crap has a population of morons, from obsessive people who can’t fit
into society toward people who are just scary to be scary. These characters
aren’t anything special, they sit there and react to surroundings, we don’t
care about them or they can’t warrant us to even care if they get stabbed to
death or whatever. There’s an outcast girl, you know she is going to cause
trouble, she’s a fat chick who gets picked on and so forth. You’ll see it
coming that she’s going to stab the bully and see her smile and spout stupid
phrases that only fictional crazy people would have the balls to say. If you
can’t see what I’m saying, it’s simple: These characters aren’t unique or
special, they are just a bunch of typical cliches who are just made to move the
crappy plot along. And what’s with this image focus on these Korean horror
flicks? I saw Acacia (crap) the other day and the focus was on a tree, this
time it’s stairs. Literally, I think writers just look out their windows and
proclaim, “I’ll write a half-assed screenplay about that!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The acting isn’t actually half bad. There were some good performances
for the most part, everyone except the fat chick who just hammed (and ate the
ham) it up for the screen. But aside from her shittiness, the cast acted well.
Maybe that’s not saying much for a horror film but I don’t know what else to
say. There are some good moments between the main characters that showcase some
talent in the fact that they can read their lines and be convincing at the same
time. But this film is the last one that this type of acting should be tried
with because you could basically speak with no tongue and fit into the typical
mold of the horror character: ATTRACTIVE WOMAN WHO RUNS AWAY WHEN THINGS GET
SCARY!. Alas, I think that someone should get all of these filmmakers together
and just watch some of the good ol’ classics and just blatantly steal from
them. Why not? I’d prefer a copy of another film to one that tries to be itself
while in the process of taking from other films. At least the former is honest
about the theft of the obvious situations and bloody showers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">So what in store for Asian horror? Is the fad done? There have
been too many horror films that are just typical of the genre that are
obviously rented for the fact that people want entertainment but this gets
thrown to the ground because nobody has stepped up to pull out a good horror
film. South Korea is probably the place to go for the kickass cinema these days
but they still can’t improve on where the horror film is going, right down the
f*cking drain. I respect Tartan Videos, because they’ve been releasing great copies
of Korean flicks for the past few years added with some great special features,
but why should they continue to pick up these waste of time films? If you chose
money, you can sit back down because that’s the only positive of I could see
out of this. The horror films still remain to be typical and worthless but we
will continue to shell out the dollars to see them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Well when it comes down to it, Wishing Stairs is just another
film that should not have been made because it has nothing to offer to the
movie fan. It’s a ripoff and just never gets anywhere special that could prove
it to be unique in it’s respective genre. Okay, basically I’d avoid it unless
you can’t live without crappy horror films that just continue to spew the same
worthless images and bad overacting until the viewer is just annoyed in the
process. Hopefully one day, someone will realize that these films suck and will
make something that can cure my hatred for this genre. Until that happens,
avoid this and check something else out that can at least give you a good time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Director :</strong> Joon-ho Bong<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cast :</strong> Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Seo-hie Ko and No-shik Park.</div>
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Memories of Murder is very much different from this round of things, the killer is never seen and although he is a psycho, his killings are not only disgusting, but neat. There truly isn’t a corpse that is seen all sliced up and shit to gain shock value, they actually focus on the storytelling element. Even though there isn’t an “ending” to this noise, the “whodunit” factor always comes into play. Beautifully shot, from long fields to dark nights filled with blood and rain. A superb cast that includes some great performances, mostly from the likes of Kang-ho Song (JSA).</div>
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From each character on down, we are continuously thrown a different person whom committed the crime. We focus on these characters, from uncanny truths about each man. For instance, one of the suspects requests a song every rainy night. It just so happens that the killings happen every single time this song is played. That was pure genius in my opinion, because wouldn’t you think that would be a way that most serial killers are caught? But this is just another dead end, as they realize this certain suspect’s DNA doesn’t match. Even though we are void of a conclusion, the director shows his skill and makes it like we might just have one. Speaking of which, his style was clearly different from more famous serial killer movies. Joon-ho Bong, whom has made four films, clearly focuses on more storied aspects, such as the detective’s personal life and more instances where we are exploring the mostly idiotic tactics that the officers use.</div>
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There isn’t much of anything that is gory. The murder-rape scenes are quick and to the point, more of a fade-out when the guy is just about to start his business. And as you would have known, there isn’t any body that is horribly deformed or anything. The director counts on the story to take you in, rather than grossing you out to the pure idiocy that excites fans of this genre. The characters were also a mention, all of them had different elements to the hunt, where as one wouldn’t hesitate to beat the shit out of them, the other was more balanced and never really raised a finger. But as we went on, the characters seemed to be more like each other than anything, using different tactics then before and just becoming different people. The score is done excellently, it really captures the mood of such story.</div>
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Kang-ho Song is excellent as he is in most of the shit he is in. His emotional take with his odd approach to finding the truth is a great work. I must admit, this guy kind of seemed desperate, as he would basically drop kick a guy he thought was a rapist. But his character also is a human, which is shown from his various activities from his meetings with his wife. His character seems to be the basis of this film, and after it was all set and done, he just couldn’t take the life anymore and decided to move on with it. His partner from Seoul more or less stays in the background for most of the film, a pretty smart guy, but doesn’t say much. But his breakdown at the end of the film, which had him pointing a gun at one of the suspects, even though he knew that it wasn’t the guy, showed that the guy was plain fed up with everything. The performances for the most part made the film better, you had a good cast of characters, and I must praise all the men who played the suspects. All of them were creepy and you wouldn’t think twice if they were in-fact the killer.</div>
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Which leaves me with the final scenes. The second time I saw them, I liked them better. But the first time had me pissed off because I was expecting something to happen (notice my child-like need for some EXPLOSIONS). But I liked the way it ended, a little creepy just like the film. But just like most serial killers, the little girl described him as normal. The film ends with a nice shot of the landscape and we are taken in by the music once more. What was interesting about this film was the fact that the killer wasn’t caught. Surely you couldn’t do a serial killer film where the killer simply isn’t found? Well I have been proved wrong a few times and this is another.</div>
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“Memories of Murder” is a beautiful film, from the direction all the way to the believable performances. There’s even a tone at some humorous parts which I grabbed immediately. You can’t go wrong with this film, and hopefully as I did, you’ll find that it surpasses most serial killer flicks and falls into a category of it’s own. A film that still has me buzzing two hours after I watched it, can’t be missed by those who call themselves movie fans.</div>
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