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33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards
The 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 30, 2012 at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul. Presented by Sports Chosun, it was broadcast on SBS and was hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Jun-sang Yoo Jun-sang (born November 28, 1969) is a South Korean actor and singer. Yoo is best known for starring in the Hong Sang-soo films '' Ha Ha Ha'' (2010), '' The Day He Arrives'' (2011), and '' In Another Country'' (2012). He was also praised for .... Nominations and winners Complete list of nominees and winners: (Winners denoted in bold) References {{Blue Dragon Film Awards 2012 film awards Blue Dragon Film Awards 2012 in South Korean cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sejong Center
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts is the largest arts and cultural complex in Seoul, South Korea. It has an interior area of 53,202m². It is situated in the center of the capital, on Sejongno, a main road that cuts through the capital city of the Joseon Dynasty. The center took 4 years to complete, opening in 1978. It was "built as a cultural center for Seoulites." It currently contains one of the biggest pipe organs in Asia. History After the Seoul National Hall was destroyed by fire in 1972, the City Council of Seoul commissioned the construction of a venue to continue the cultural heritage of that structure. Built in 1978, commissioned by the City of Seoul, Sejong Center was largely unsupported financially for 20 years, being under the control of the Special City of Seoul. In 1999, the center was placed under control of a foundation governed by civilians whose passion for the arts fueled its massive newfound success. This venue hosted Miss Universe 1980. The center's desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors. His major festival awards include the Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for ''Pietà'', a Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for '' 3-Iron'', a Silver bear for Best Director at 54th Berlin International Film Festival for ''Samaritan Girl'', and the Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for ''Arirang''. His most widely known feature is '' Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring'' (2003), included in film critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies. Two of his films served as official submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film as South Korean entries. He gave scripts to several of his former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Min-su
Jo Min-su (; born January 29, 1965) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the Kim Ki-duk film ''Pietà''. Career Jo Min-su graduated from a vocational high school, Gyungbok Girls' Commercial High School, and first entered the entertainment business by doing a television commercial for (about US$100). She debuted in 1986 via the KBS TV Cultural Center, then appeared first on the big screen in ''Chung: Blue Sketch''. But her public profile grew more through her television roles than movies, culminating in a Best Actress trophy in the 1989 KBS Drama Awards. Among her other notable TV series were '' Sandglass'', ''Daemang'' (also known as ''Great Ambition''), and ''Piano''. After her marriage in 2005, she took a break from her acting career, but returned four years later with a memorable performance in '' Will It Snow for Christmas?''. But 2012 would prove to be the now-veteran actress's breakthrough year. Though she initially had reservations about doing a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Fiction
''Love Fiction'' () is a 2012 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Jeon Kye-soo, and starring Ha Jung-woo and Gong Hyo-jin. Plot Goo Joo-wol (Ha Jung-woo) is a novelist (and part-time bartender) suffering writer's block and he has not been able to write anything for the past couple of years. A hopeless romantic, he looks to find artistic inspiration in every woman he meets, but ends up only with despair and heartache. One day, his publisher asks him to come along to a book fair in Germany for a change of pace. There he meets Hee-jin (Gong Hyo-jin), a film distributor who is there to survey the European film market at an event in Berlin. Unsurprisingly, he falls in love instantly, and upon returning to Seoul, he writes her a love letter displaying his odd sense of humor, which convinces her to go out on a date with him. As their relationship progresses, Joo-wol writes a bestselling pulp noir serial with a main character loosely based on Hee-jin. However, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Hyo-jin
Gong Hyo-jin (born April 4, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film '' Crush and Blush'' (2008), as well as for her popular television series '' Sang Doo! Let's Go to School'' (2003), ''Thank You'' (2007), ''Pasta'' (2010), '' The Greatest Love'' (2011), ''Master's Sun'' (2013), ''It's Okay, That's Love'' (2014), '' The Producers'' (2015), ''Don't Dare to Dream'' (2016) and '' When the Camellia Blooms'' (2019). She is considered to be the queen of romantic comedies due to her successful portrayals in her rom-com dramas. In 2019, she was Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year. Early life Gong Hyo-jin was born in 1980 in Sinwol-dong, Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea. When she was a junior in high school, she moved to Australia with her mother and younger brother, while her father remained in Korea to support the family. Kong attended high school at John Paul College in Brisbane. Kong has spoken fondly of her memories of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About My Wife
''All About My Wife'' () is a 2012 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Min Kyu-dong, about a timid husband who hires a professional Casanova to seduce his seemingly perfect but fearsome wife, hoping this will make her divorce him.Jung, Hyun-mok (11 June 2012). . ''Korea JoongAng Daily''. Retrieved 2013-02-03. Starring Im Soo-jung, Lee Sun-kyun and Ryu Seung-ryong, the movie was released in theaters on May 17, 2012. It is a remake of the Argentinean film ''Un novio para mi mujer'' ("A Boyfriend for My Wife"). Plot After seven years of marriage, the mild-mannered Doo-hyun (Lee Sun-kyun) is at the end of his rope, Jung-in (Im Soo-jung), his wife is driving him crazy with her endless nagging and complaining. He can't even bring himself to ask for a divorce because of the fights that will follow. When Doo-hyun's company transfers him out of state, it seems like his dream of getting away is coming true. But to his horror, Jung-in surprises him by moving across the country to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Im Soo-jung (actress)
Im Soo-jung (born July 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress. After modeling for teen magazines, Im made her acting breakthrough in Kim Jee-woon's horror film ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), followed by the popular television drama ''I'm Sorry, I Love You'' (2004). She has since appeared in numerous films, notably Park Chan-wook's ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006), Hur Jin-ho's ''Happiness'' (2007), Lee Yoon-ki's ''Come Rain, Come Shine'' (2011), and Min Kyu-dong's ''All About My Wife'', for which she won Best Actress at the 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards. Career Im Soo-jung made her debut in 1998 as a cover model for teen magazines. She then moved onto acting and debuted in the teen drama ''School 4'', but it was Kim Jee-woon's 2003 stylish horror ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' that first drew her critical notice and newcomer awards. A year later, the hit KBS2 drama series ''I'm Sorry, I Love You'' catapulted her into stardom. With Im looking much younger than her age, those pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwanghaegun Of Joseon
Gwanghae-gun or Prince Gwanghae (4 June 1575 – 7 August 1641), personal name Yi Hon (Hangul: 이혼, Hanja: 李琿), was the 15th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. As he was deposed in a coup d'état, he did not receive a temple name. Biography Birth and background Gwanghaegun was the second son of King Seonjo, born to Lady Kim Gong-bin, a concubine. When Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... invaded Joseon, Korea to attack the Ming dynasty, Ming Empire, he was installed as Crown Prince. When the king fled north to the border of Ming, he set up a branch court and fought defensive battles. During and after the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), Seven Year War (1592–1598), he acted as the de facto ruler of the Joseon Dynasty, commanding battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byung-hun
Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably ''Joint Security Area'' (2000); ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005); ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008); the television series ''Iris'' (2009); ''I Saw the Devil'' (2010); '' Masquerade'' (2012); and '' Mr. Sunshine'' (2018). His critically acclaimed film ''Inside Men'' (2015) won him the Best Actor prize in three prestigious award ceremonies: 52nd Baeksang Art Awards, 37th Blue Dragon Awards and 53rd Grand Bell Awards. Lee has five films—''Joint Security Area'', ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'', ''Masquerade'', ''Inside Men'' and ''Master''—on the list of highest-grossing films in South Korea. Lee was Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year in the Film division in 2012 and in the Television division in 2018. In 2021, he appeared in a recurring role as the Front Man in the Netflix survival drama series ''Squid Game''. In the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punch (2011 Film)
''Punch'' () is a 2011 South Korean coming-of-age film directed by Lee Han about the budding mentor-mentee relationship forged between a rebellious high school student from a poor household (Yoo Ah-in) and his meddlesome homeroom teacher who moves in next door (Kim Yoon-seok). It is based on the bestselling novel ''Wandeuk'' by Kim Ryeo-ryeong, which has sold more than 700,000 copies since it was published in 2008. Plot Eighteen-year-old Do Wan-deuk (Yoo Ah-in) lives with his hunchback father Jeong-bok (Park Su-yeong) and stuttering uncle Min-gu ( Kim Young-jae), former cabaret clowns now having to work in open-air markets after the closure of the nightclub they used for many years. Wan-deuk never knew his mother, who walked out 17 years ago, and has become a young brawler. His unconventional high school teacher, Lee Dong-ju (Kim Yoon-seok), who treats all his students with equal harshness, lives on the rooftop next door and is always on Wan-deuk's back. Both are perpetually insul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Yoon-seok
Kim Yoon-seok (born January 21, 1967) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. Kim began his career in theater and it subsequently led him to be cast in minor roles in films and television dramas. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film '' Tazza: The High Rollers'' (2006), but it was his performance as an ex-cop turned pimp in surprise hit ''The Chaser'' (2008) that brought him acting awards and wider recognition in his forties. Kim has since become an acclaimed actor in South Korea, with notable performances in films such as ''Running Turtle'' (2009), '' The Yellow Sea'' (2010), ''Punch'' (2011),''The Thieves'' (2012), '' Hwayi: A Monster Boy'' (2013), '' Sea Fog'' (2014), ''The Classified File'' (2015), '' The Priests'' (2015) and '' 1987: When the Day Comes'' (2017). In 2019, Kim made his directorial debut with ''Another Child'', a family drama film starring Yum Jung-ah and Kim So-jin. Career Kim Yoon-seok was trained on stage as a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Jung-woo
Kim Sung-hoon (born March 11, 1978), better known as Ha Jung-woo (), is a South Korean actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. One of the highest grossing actors in South Korea, Ha's starring films have accumulated more than 100 million tickets. Only 3 other actors have reached this milestone, with Ha being nearly a decade younger than the rest when achieving this. His breakthrough to stardom came with the role in Na Hong-jin's serial killer film ''The Chaser'' (2008). One of the leading actors of his generation in Korean cinema, Ha showcased his versatility across films of various genres: road movie '' My Dear Enemy'' (2008), sports film '' Take Off'' (2009), action thriller '' The Yellow Sea'' (2010), gangster saga '' Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time'' (2012), romantic comedy ''Love Fiction'' (2012), spy actioner ''The Berlin File'' (2013), and action thriller ''The Terror Live'' (2013). Ha is also known for his role as grim reaper Gang-rim in the fantasy act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
