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A Small Ball Shot By A Midget
''A Small Ball Shot by a Midget'' () is a 1981 South Korean film by Lee Won-se based on the same-titled novel by Cho Se-hui. It is about a dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent. Cast *Jeon Yang-ja * Ahn Sung-ki *Kim Choo-ryeon *Geum Bo-ra Geum Bo-ra (born Son Mi-ja on February 21, 1961) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1979, and won Best New Actress at the 1980 Grand Bell Awards for ''Water Spray''. She was active in Korean cinema in the 1980s, and when sh ... *Jeon Young-sun * Lee Hyo-jung *Kim Bul-i *Chu Seok-yang *Sung Moung-sun *Choe Seok External links * * LoveHKFilm review South Korean drama films 1981 films Films based on South Korean novels 1981 drama films {{SouthKorea-film-stub ...
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The Dwarf (Cho Se-hui Novel)
''The Dwarf'' is the translation by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton of a Korean linked-story novel, (; lit. "A little ball launched by a dwarf"), written by Cho Se-hui and published in 1978. ''The Dwarf'' was a best-seller in Korea and was also made into a feature film titled ''A Small Ball Shot by a Midget'' (1980) by director Lee Won-se. Plot ''The Dwarf'' is a work of social criticism which focuses on the forced redevelopment of Hangbook-dong (행복동) in Seoul in the 1970s, and the human costs that accompanied it. ''The Dwarf'' revolves around a literal “little guy,” and his family and friends, and their changing economic and social relationships which are destroyed by Korean modernization. The book follows the dwarf’s stunted existence through nasty cityscapes. A short cast of characters cycles in and out of the stories in anachronistic order. The dwarf lives in the Felicity District in Eden Province. The District is chosen for redevelopment and the dwarf and his family ...
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Cho Se-hui
Cho Se-hui (20 August 1942 – 25 December 2022) was a South Korean author. Early life Cho Sehui was born in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do on 20 August 1942. Cho attended Seorabeol Art College and Kyunghee University in Seoul. Cho was a member of the so-called "hangul generation," which was called that because its members were the first to be educated in the Korean language (the previous years had been under Japanese domination and language, and before the colonial period most scholars had studied Chinese). Work Cho's writing is sparse and explicit, though it can also seem surreal. His most famous work is '' The Dwarf.'' ''The Dwarf'' is a yŏnjak sosŏl (linked novel) or collection of separately published short stories which can stand alone or supplement each other. This fractured structure, along with Cho's jump-cutting, juxtapositional, and un-sign-posted narrative portrays a society that "severs men from the natural rhythms and shape of creation." It is a powerful work of socia ...
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Jeon Yang-ja
Jeon may refer to: * Jeon (Korean surname) * Jeon (food), a Korean pancake * Jeon or chŏn, a subunit of various currencies of the Korean peninsula, including: ** North Korean won ** South Korean won (1945–1953) ** The former Korean won ** The former Korean yang See also * Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea * Jen (other) * Zhen (other) Zhen may refer to: * Towns of China, called zhèn () in Chinese * True (China), ''zhen'' in Chinese * Zhen (surname) (), a Chinese surname * Balhae Kingdom, originally called Zhen () in Chinese * Lady Zhen (183-221), wife of Cao Pi of Cao Wei of th ...
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Ahn Sung-ki
Ahn Sung-ki (born January 1, 1952) is a South Korean actor. One of the country's most respected actors, he has appeared in more than 130 films during his career of over 60 years. Career A native of Seoul, Ahn was the son of a veteran filmmaker and producer and started out as a child actor, appearing in director Kim Ki-young's celebrated film '' The Housemaid'' (1960). He stopped acting in films to concentrate on his studies but was active in theater as a student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He completed mandatory military service in 1976 as an artillery officer after earning his commission via the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. After his discharge, Ahn resumed his acting career. He won recognition in the 1980 film '' A Fine, Windy Day'' and was named Best New Actor at the Grand Bell Awards. This was followed by a Best Film Actor Award at the 1982 Baeksang Arts Awards for his role as a Buddhist monk in Im Kwon-taek's critically-acclaimed ''Mandala'', stil ...
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Geum Bo-ra
Geum Bo-ra (born Son Mi-ja on February 21, 1961) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1979, and won Best New Actress at the 1980 Grand Bell Awards for ''Water Spray''. She was active in Korean cinema in the 1980s, and when she grew older, switched to supporting roles in television. Geum married businessman Oh Jae-hee in 1989, but financial problems led to their divorce in 2002. They have three sons: former Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the " SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in th ... basketball player Oh Seung-jun, Oh Seung-min, and a third son. She remarried in November 2005 to widowed businessman Kim Seong-taek, and one of her two stepdaughters is Kim Hyeon-jin. Filmography Film Television series Variety show Awards and nominations References E ...
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Lee Hyo-jung (actor)
Lee Hyo-jung (born January 7, 1961) is a South Korean actor. Lee made his acting debut in 1981, and continues to star in television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...s. Filmography Television series Film Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1961 births Living people South Korean male television actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male stage actors South Korean male musical theatre actors People from Seoul Dongguk University alumni {{Korea-actor-stub ...
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South Korean Drama Films
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ...
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1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie '' Heaven's Gate'', a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. * March 30 - The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * June 8 - Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million. * June 12 – '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of all ...
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Films Based On South Korean Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ...
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