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I Can Speak
''I Can Speak'' is a 2017 South Korean film based on a true story of comfort women directed by Kim Hyun-seok and distributed by Lotte Entertainment. The genre of the film are both comedy and drama. The film depicts the story of the resolution of conviction for “comfort women” (HR121) of the Japanese military in 2007. Though the film is a comedy, the genre serves as a vehicle to discuss the deeper topic of Korean comfort women. The way that film illustrated Na Ok-Bun's enterprising attitude of her life and her courageously testifying in front of the whole world were applauded. The film stars Na Moon-hee as Na Ok-Bun, with Lee Je-hoon as Park Min-Jae. The scene of Na Ok-Bun's testimony to the United States Congress was filmed at the Capitol Building of Virginia, in the city of Richmond. Plot Nah Ok-Bun is an elderly woman who is notorious for filing citizen's complaint at her district office and is nicknamed "Goblin Granny". When Ok-Bun meets Park Min Jae, a young man who has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hyun-seok (filmmaker)
Kim Hyun-seok (born June 7, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim wrote and directed ''YMCA Baseball Team'' (2002), ''When Romance Meets Destiny'' (2005), ''Scout'' (2007), ''Cyrano Agency'' (2010), and ''C'est Si Bon'' (2015). He also directed '' 11 A.M.'' (2013), and wrote ''If the Sun Rises in the West'' (1998) and ''Joint Security Area'' (2000). Career Born in 1972, Kim Hyun-seok was a college student studying business administration at Yonsei University when he wrote the screenplay for ''A Good Day to Fall in Love''. It was instantly turned into a 1995 film directed by Kwon Chil-in. His second screenplay ''Agency'', written while Kim was doing his mandatory military service, won him Best New Screenwriter at the prestigious Grand Bell Awards, but it was never made into a film. After that, Shim Jae-myung welcomed him to her production company Myung Films, and he wrote ''If the Sun Rises in the West'' (1998), which was directed by Lee Eun and starred Im Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |