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Gil Hae-yeon
Gil Hae-yeon ( ko, 길해연) is a South Korean actress. She is best known to North American audiences for her performance in the film '' In Her Place'', for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 and won the Wildflower Film Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards in 2016. In South Korea, her roles have included the television series ''Goodbye Mr. Black'', ''Working Mom Parenting Daddy'', ''Possessed'', ''Something in the Rain'', ''One Spring Night ''One Spring Night'' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jung Hae-in, Han Ji-min and Kim Jun-han. It aired from May 22 to July 11, 2019, and is the first weekday miniseries to be aired by MBC on an earlier timeslot of Wednesd ...'' and '' Woman of 9.9 Billion''. She is most active as a supporting actress, playing role of main characters' mothers. Filmography Film Television series Web ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongduk Women's University
Dongduk Women's University (DWU) is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Dongduk Women's University is originated from Dongwon Girls School, founded in 1950. DWU is composed of eight colleges, six departments, 18 majors, 16 departments of majors, and seven graduate schools. It has about 7,500 students and 350 faculty members. Facilities include its Design Research Center in Chungdam, Performing Art Center in Daehangno, and Dongduk Art Gallery in Insadong. Academics Undergraduate offerings at Dongduk Women's University are divided among the Division of Humanities and the university's eight colleges: the College of Humanities (which includes foreign-language courses), College of Social Science, College of Natural Science, College of Computer and Information Science, College of Pharmacy, College of Arts, College of Design, and College of Performance Arts. Graduate offerings are divided between the general graduate school and several specialized graduate schools: Fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Of Fighting (film)
''Art of Fighting'' () is a 2006 South Korean action comedy drama film co-written and directed by Shin Han-sol. The film was released to Korean theaters on January 5, 2006, and had 1,313,727 tickets nationwide. Synopsis Song Byeong-tae is bullied all the time in the small technical school he attends, until one day, he encounters and befriends Oh Pan-su, an old gangster-like man who hides in plain sight from the law, and whose fighting skills astound Byeong-tae, who asks the man to teach him to fight. He soon learns the true meaning and virtues of fighting as he finally goes against these bullies one by one and then after the toughest bully in the school, using the skills the man, whose name he doesn't even know, has taught him. Byeong-tae's father, on the other hand, is a distant police officer who suddenly starts taking a closer look at his son's new friend, eventually bringing consequences for everyone involved. Cast * Baek Yoon-sik - Oh Pan-su * Jae Hee - Song Byeong-tae * Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mimic (2017 Film)
''The Mimic'' is a 2017 (Hangeul: 장산범, tr. ''Jangsanbeom'') South Korean horror film written and directed by Huh Jung, and starring Yum Jung-ah and Park Hyuk-kwon. It was released on August 17, 2017. Plot A couple argues while driving in the mountains at night. The man hits a dog and brings its body to the trunk. Inside the trunk is his wife, bloodied and bound. In the woods, the man smashes open a brick wall as his wife slowly dies. He puts the bodies inside and turns to leave when they hear the disembodied voice of his dead wife calling him. Hee-yeon, Min-ho, and their little daughter Joon-hee move to Mt. Jang with Joon-hee's grandmother, who is senile, hoping it will improve her condition and so Hee-yeon and Min-ho can heal after their young son went missing five years ago. The grandmother hears her dead sister's voice calling her from the woods. Two children come in search of their dog, the one killed in the car accident from the beginning. The kids hear their dog barki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing (2016 Film)
''Missing'' () is 2016 South Korean mystery film starring Uhm Ji-won and Gong Hyo-jin. It was released on November 30, 2016. Plot Ji-sun is a workaholic divorced woman working at a PR Company. Her job doesn't leave her with a lot of time to spend with her 1-year-old daughter, Da-eun. Once, when her former nanny, a Chinese woman, had hit and injured Da-eun, Ji-sun had fired her but not being accustomed to taking care of her little girl, she had desperately been in need of a new nanny. Enter, Han-Mae, a young Chinese woman claiming to have a lot of experience with kids. Due to her poor conversational skills, Ji-sun had been hesitant in employing her, but when she managed to calm a crying Da-eun down within seconds, Ji-sun changed her mind and employed her immediately. She had also been entangled in a custody battle with her ex-husband, Jang Jin-hyuk, for her daughter. While her husband, a physician by profession, himself isn't too keen to have his daughter, her mother-in-law doesn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insane (film)
''Insane'' (, "Come to see Me") is a 2016 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Lee Cheol-ha. It was released in South Korea on April 7, 2016. Plot During the day and in the middle of taking a walk downtown, Kang Soo-Ah (Kang Ye-won) is taken away against her will and brought to a psychiatric hospital, where she is locked up. The people working there refuse to answer her questions about why she was taken away, and is given "medication" drugs. If she refuses to take them or fight back, she finds that they will physically harm her in response. While pretending to be okay with everything terrible that is done to her, Soo-Ah begins to secretly write down in detail all of the horrific acts that take place at the psychiatric hospital in a journal she finds. One year later, Na Nam-Soo (Lee Sang-yoon) is working as a programming director for the same broadcasting station he was suspended from in the previous year. He is assigned to a project to discover what really happened to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cart (film)
''Cart'' () is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Boo Ji-young about employees of a retail supermarket who band together when the contract workers are laid off, it is both an ensemble drama and a social critique. It made its world premiere in the City to City: Seoul sidebar of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. ''Cart'' will also screen at the 19th Busan International Film Festival and the 34th Hawaii International Film Festival. Plot Sun-hee, a veteran cashier and mother of two, works at a large retail supermarket alongside Hye-mi, a single mother. Both are friendly with Soon-rye, a cleaning lady nearing retirement age, and all of them are temporary workers. Sun-hee is a model employee who works diligently in the belief that once she gets promoted as a regular worker, she'll be able to provide more for her children. However, their corporate employer abruptly notifies them that all the temporary workers will be laid off. Faced with these wrongful dismissals, Sun- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pluto (film)
''Pluto'' () is a 2012 South Korean film written and directed by Shin Su-won about the severity of competition among students at an elite high school, and how far one will go to be at the top. The film made its world premiere at the 17th Busan International Film Festival and was also screened at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival where director Shin Su-won received a special mention in the Generation 14plus Section. Plot Kim Joon, a transfer student of a prestigious high school, is arrested for the murder of one of his classmates. Yoo jin, the top student of his class, was found dead in the woods behind the school and strong evidence and a group of students' testimonies point to Joon, but after some questioning with the police, he is released. Upon returning to the school, he holds the group of students as prisoners in a hidden basement. The students are members of an elite group of students, composed of the top 1% of the school who have access to certain privileges that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Cry Mommy
''Don't Cry Mommy'' () is a 2012 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kim Yong-han. The story was about a mother's revenge against her daughter's rapists. It premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival before its theatrical release. The film was inspired by Kim Bu-Nam case. Director Kim Yong-han said he wanted to raise awareness about sex crimes by charting "the tragic course of the lives of victims and their families as vividly as possible. Sexual abuse is like devastating a human's soul." Plot Recently divorced, Yoo-lim (Yoo Sun) now lives with her only daughter, Eun-ah (Nam Bo-ra). Upon arriving at her new school, Eun-ah is frequently picked on, though she has feelings for classmate Jo-han ( Shin Dongho). One day she is brutally raped by Jo-han and his friends who threaten to upload footage of the rape online to keep her quiet. Unable to cope with the trauma she was forced to endure, Eun-ah takes her own life. As all of the boys involved in the rape are still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The In-Laws (2011 Film)
''Meet the In-Laws'' () is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kim Jin-young, starring Song Sae-byeok and Lee Si-young. The Korean title literally translates to "Dangerous Formal Greeting Between Families of the Bride and Bridegroom," hence the alternate English titles ''Clash of the Families'' and ''Dangerous Meeting''. A comedic take on star-crossed lovers set after the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the film explores the deep-rooted regionalism that has dogged various aspects of Korean society, particularly the antagonism between people from southeastern Gyeongsang and people from Jeolla. Plot Naive, pure-hearted Hyun-joon writes romance comics under the pseudonym "Hyun-ji." He becomes pen pals with Da-hong, and the two fall in love and begin dating. When Da-hong reveals that her father is forcing her to go on matchmaking dates with other men, Hyun-joon impulsively decides to propose to her. But Hyun-joon hails from humble roots in South Jeolla Province, and the couple knows that Da-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re-encounter
''Re-encounter'' (; lit. "Hye-hwa, Child") is a 2011 South Korean indie film written and directed by Min Yong-keun. Starring Yoo Da-in and Yoo Yeon-seok, it is a coming of age story about two young people who fall in love but lose contact when the girl becomes pregnant and the boy leaves her to go to Canada; they meet again after five years to look for their child, who they believe has been adopted. It premiered at the 15th Busan International Film Festival in 2010, and was released in theaters on February 17, 2011. Plot When precocious teenager Hye-hwa realizes that she is pregnant, the assertive young woman seems to have everything under control. But her convictions come crashing down when her loving, docile boyfriend Han-soo disappears without a word, apparently having been exiled to Canada by his mother. Five years down the road, Hye-hwa’s spunky attitude and fondness for colorful manicures have been replaced by a fixation with rescuing abandoned dogs when she's not grooming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Blossom
''Late Blossom'' (; lit. "I Love You") is a 2011 South Korean film written and directed by Choo Chang-min about the love story of two elderly couples. After opening quietly to little fanfare, the indie slowly gained positive word-of-mouth and critical praise, and eventually became a box office success with over 1,645,505 ticket sales, as well as a cultural darling among industry peers. The film is based on the manhwa ''I Love You'' by Kang Full. It was serialized online in 2007 and later published in three volumes. In 2008, it was turned into a play and drew audiences of more than 120,000 by 2010. Plot The movie revolves around four senior citizens living in a hillside village. Kim Man-seok is a cranky milkman with a short fuse and a foul mouth. He wakes the village early each morning with his noisy, battered motorcycle. He meets Song Ee-peun, who scavenges for scrap paper while roaming around the town at daybreak. As they meet again and again, they slowly develop feelings for eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breathless (2008 Film)
''Breathless'' (; literally "shitfly") is a 2008 South Korean drama film by Yang Ik-june and the story revolves around child abuse and loan sharking. A loan shark named Sang-Hoon finds himself striking a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl, Yeon-Hee, as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father. Breathless has won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Tokyo Filmex, the Silver Screen Award at the 2009 Singapore International Film Festival, the Tiger Award at the 2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the NETPAC Award at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the 30th Blue Dragon Awards for Best New Actor (Yang Ik-june) and Best New Actress (Kim Kkot-bi tied with Park Bo-young From Scandal Makers). It saw over 100,000 admissions in South Korea. Plot Sang-hoon is a foul-mouthed and violent gangster working for an illegal money-lending organization run by his long-time friend and loan shark, Man-shik. He is first seen attacking protestors who are disrupting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |