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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Cheaters
Running Time: 102 mins
Release Year: 2006
Director: Park Seong-beom
Cast: Choi Won-yeong
Ko Da-mi
Lee Jeong-woo
Kim Poo-reun
Synopsis:
In spite of Suk-ho’s persistent demand for sex, Chai-young always finds an excuse. Strangely enough, Suk-ho is Chai-young’s other man. She has been having sex with Sun-soo for quite a long time. Suk-ho, too, has a sex partner, Ji-yon, and actually, Suk-ho is a married man. His wife is, however, also having an affair with Suk-ho’s colleague Young-soo. Ji-yon meets Young-soo on a blind date and is so disappointed that she goes clubbing that night to meet someone else. There she meets Young-soo’s brother Sun-soo. The two become great sex partners. They are unaware of their indirect interrelations until they are all invited to a concert and…
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
My Tutor Friend 2
Running Time: 125 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Ji Kil-woong
Kim Ho-joong
Cast: Lee Cheong-ah
Park Ki-wong
Synopsis:
Sequel to the 2003 hit romantic comedy. The theme here doesn't stray that far from the first.
A boy and a girl of the same age meet as student and tutor. Only this time it's an ethnic Korean woman in Japan, who falls in love with a Korean student on the island. Later, she comes to Seoul to meet her lover, and confesses her true feelings.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Five Is Too Many
Running Time: 80 mins
Release Year: 2005
Director: Ahn Seul-gi
Cast: Yoo Hyeong-geun
Jo Si-nae
Choi Do-yeong
Synopsis:
Runaway child Dong-kyu wishes to make money by reporting on companies that use illegal disposable goods. One day Dong-kyu takes a picture of a takeout counter where Si-nae works. As he runs away, Si-nae throws a stone at him, knocking him to the ground. When Dong-kyu regains consciousness, he claims he can’t remember anything, and immediately takes shelter at Si-nae’s place. A witty film that handles the serious subject of domestic tensions with a disarming sense of humor and humanity.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Blue Swallow
Running Time: 133 mins
Release Year: 2005
Director: Yoon Jong-chan
Cast:
- Jang Jin-yeong (장진영)
- Kim Joo-hyeok (김주혁)
- Yoo Min (유민)
- Han Ji-min (한지민)
- Kim Tae-hyeon (김태현)
- Ko Joo-yeon (고주연)
- Kim Gi-cheon (김기천
Synopsis:
Born and raised in Daegu, Kyung Won believed that aviation school in Japan was her ticket out of poverty. To achieve her dream, she spends her days studying, while at night, she works tirelessly as a mechanic and taxi driver to save enough money for tuition. For five long years, Kyung Won attends aviation school, eventually graduating at the top of her class. But even as she earns her pilot’s license, there’s one thing she hasn’t planned for - being forced to choose between her job and her love, as she falls for Han Ji Hyuk (Kim), a weather officer.
Tales of Cinema
Running Time: 89 mins
Release Year: 2005
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Cast: Kim Sang-kyeong
Eom Ji-won
Lee Ki-woo
Lee Kyeong-jin
Bang Moon-soo
Synopsis:
In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her : she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
Source: http://kmovieaddicts.blogspot.com
Ghost House
Running Time: 119 mins
Release year: 2004
Director: Kim Sang-jin
Cast:
- Cha Seung-won
- Jang Seo-hee
- Jang Hang-seon
- Son Tae-yeong
- Jang Hyeon-seong
- Kim Eung-soo
- Yoon Je-moon
- Oh Jeong-se
- Lee Sang-hoon
Synopsis:
The day that Pil-gi waited for so many years has finally come: he’s getting his own house, the last wish of his deceased father. And what a perfect house it is! Big, beautiful, isolated, next to the ocean and at that price, Pil-gi couldn’t have found a better place. All is going fine, until some inexplicable event start to happen in the house. It seems that there’s an evil spirit claiming the house as its own. The village gossip confirms Pil-gi’s worries. Each night is becoming a nightmare for him, as the ghost is doing everything it can to expel Pil-gi from living peacefully in his new home.
Then one day, an unpleasant accident happens to Pil-gi. When Pil-gi finally wakes up from his bad experience, he discovers that he possesses a new ability. Now he can not only sees ghosts, but can also communicate with them. It is time for Pil-gi to take revenge on the ghost that’s been haunting his beloved house.
Source: http://idols-unlimited.com
The Best Romance
Running Time: 109 mins
Release Year: 2007
Drector: Kim Jeong-woo
Cast:
- Lee Dong-wook
- Hyeon Yeong
- Jeon Soo-kyeong
- Lee Jeong-heon
- Jeon Soo-kyeong
- Jeong Jae-jin
- Kim Jae-man
- Kim Seung-min
- Joo Seok-tae
- Lee Myeong-jin
- Jeong In-gi
Synopsis:
Soo-Jin is a hard-nosed reporter with a flair for the dramatics. Jae-hyuk is a detective with a phobia of sharp edges. One day, as Soo-Jin is enjoying a skewered tempura from a street vendor, she sees her car being towed. But as she runs to catch up with her car, she accidentally sticks the skewer into Jae-hyuk’s side. From that point on, they seem to always run into each other at the most awkward times. Yet through it all, they begin to form an interest in each other.
Source: http://idols-unlimited.com
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Go Go Sister
Running Time: 112 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Kim Chang-rae
Cast: Ko So-young
Yoo Geon
Jo An
Lee Joong-moon
Synopsis:
At thirty and age coming on her, Jung-joo despises how her life has turned up. Degraded into doing simple chores for a designer, she believes that the turning point of her life was failing in becoming the girlfriend of then school poster-boy Ha-ni. What’s more, Ha-ni has now become a top star, and that irritates Jung-joo more than anything. When a chance to go back to the past for a week is given to her, she meets her younger self, and is determined to change the course of life that has eluded her for so long. But such a task seems much harder than it had first appeared to be, and she becomes more desperate than ever.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
The Old Garden
Running Time: 112 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Lim Sang-soo
Cast: Yeom Jeong-ha
Ji Jin-hee
Synopsis:
Hyun-woo steps out of prison after a 17-year sentence for his anti-government activities. During his long imprisonment, everything has changed even his fellow anti-government protesters have become mundane. His mother then tells him of the death of Yoon-hee, who harbored and loved him right before he was caught 17 years ago. To cherish memories with her, Hyun-woo goes back to the place where the two had spent a few months together like a couple of honeymooners. Reading through Yoon-hee’s diaries and letters, Hyun-woo discovers that she was the only one who remained loyal to him to the end. Because of her faith and love, the despair and loneliness that Hyun-woo felt after his imprisonment is slowly healed. He also discovers that Yoon-hee left him another gift behind – their daughter.
International Film Festivals
2006 Donostia San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival, Official Selection
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Mapado 2
Running Time: 129 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Lee Sang-hoon
Cast: Lee Moon-sik
Lee Kyoo-han
Kim Ji-young
Yeo Won-kye
Kim Eul-dong
Kim Hyeong-ja
Kim Hae-yeon
Synopsis:
A sequel from the first movie Mapado in 2004.
A Good Day To Have An Affair
Running Time: 103 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Jang Moon-il
Cast: Kim Hye-soo
Yoon Jin-seo
Lee Jong-hyuk
Lee Min-ki
Synopsis:
Two boredom-stricken housewives who use “Dew” and “Little Bird” as their on-line ID are longing for an escape. One day, when Dew and Little Bird are both in a motel, in separate rooms and with a different man, a policeman comes into Dew’s room and arrests them. Watching the scene, Little Bird is startled to find out that the policeman is her husband…
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Highway Star
Running Time: 114 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Kim Hyun-soo
Kim Sang-chan
Cast: Cha Tae-hyeon
Im Chae-moo
Lee So-yeon
Synopsis:
Dal-ho’s only dream is to become a famous rock singer. To make a living in a small town, his rock band is forced to play enka (country music) in clubs instead of rock’n roll. One day, opportunity knocks and he gets a chance to make a debut album. It is only after he signs the contract that he realizes he has to sing enka, not rock music. On his first stage debut, Dal-ho hides his face behind a mask out of shame. However, his voice rocks the nation and people’s curiosity doubles at the popularity of the new star.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Miracle On First Street
Running Time: 113 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Yoon Je-kyeon
Cast: Ha Ji-won
Im Chang-jeong
Synopsis:
Pil-je is given a mission to force the remaining residents out of the 1st street, a run-down area of the town. But he finds himself drawn to the life on the 1st street and its residents.
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Hotel M: Gangster's Last Draw
Running Time:
Release Year: 2006
Director: Choi Seong-chol
Cast: Kim Seok-hoon
Kim Seong-eun
Park Hee-jin
Jo Sang-gi
Baek Il-seob
Woo Hyeon
Kim Roi-ha
Lee Do-kyeong
Rah Kyeong-bin
Synopsis:
The Korean comedy "Hotel M: Gangster's Last Draw" is a look at how white-collar workers dealt with layoffs in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
To survive in the winner-takes-all environment, rival mobs join forces to push for no-nonsense restructuring.
One of their victims is a gangster who is kicked out of a gang after a merge with another gang.
He sets off on a mission to get his job back.
"Hotel M" is a human comedy with mobsters battling tough corporate restructuring.
Pruning The Grapevine
Running Time: 117 mins
Release Year: 2006
Director: Min Byeong-hoon
Cast: Seo Jang-won
Ki Joo-bong
Lee Min-yeong
Synopsis:
Soo-hyeon, a student at Catholic Theological Seminary, decides to pull himself together and focus on his studies after breaking up from his girlfriend, Sua. One day he receives the news of his mother’s illness, and with the permission from school authorities, he spends a night at home. The next day, he departs for the train station but finds himself unable to take a school-bound train, heading instead to his ex-girlfriend, Sua. He is dispirited from Sua’s adamant unwillingness to see him. Back at school, Soo-hyeon makes the difficult decision to quit studying, but is persuaded by the rector to go to a monastery for spiritual purification.
KOFIC Support Programs
2006 Marketing Support for Diversity
2005 Art Film Production Support Program
Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Monday, February 26, 2007
Love In Magic
Running Time: 109 mins
Release Year: 2004
Director: Cheon Se-hwan
Cast:
- Yeon Jeong-hoon
- Park Jin-hee
- Jo Mi-ryeong
- Choi Seong-gook
- Choi Yeo-jin
Synopsis:
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.
Woo Ji Hoon (Yeon Jung Hoon) makes a living as a magician and nothing is easier for him than attracting beautiful women. He has an irresistible charm that draws all females to his side like a magnet - all but one, the charming teacher Koo Hee Won (Park Jin Hee).
Ji Hoon tried to make her his latest love possession but was bluntly turned down. As luck would have it both Hee Won and Ji Hoon can’t resist the temptation of arranging a blind date on the internet setting in motion a firework of hilarious consequences…
Il Mare
Running Time: 109 mins
Release Year: 2000
Director: Lee Hyeon-seung
Cast:
- Lee Jeong-jae
- Jeon Ji-hyeon
- Choi Yoon-yeong
Synopsis:
Il Mare: (From casing) “Il Mare” is the name of a seafront house where two lovers reside in at two different times. Sung-hyun in 1997 receives a strange letter one day, reminding him to be careful of the snowstorm in 1998. But it is posted in the year 1999. Time travels backward again when Eun-joo sends him a letter of request, asking him to look for her lost cassette recorder at the train station where Sung-hyun finally gets a glimpse of her.
