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Jang So-yeon
Jang So-yeon (Korean:장소연; born Seo Eun-jung on 28 January 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is alumni of Sookmyung Women's University, Department of English and Chinese. She made her acting debut in 2001, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She is known for her roles in ''My Father Is Strange'' (2017), ''Something in the Rain'' (2018) and ''Crash Landing on You'' (2019). She has acted in films such as: ''Veteran'' (2015) and ''Peninsula'' (2020) among others. Career Jang So-yeon is a graduate in English and Chinese from Sookmyung Women's University. She is a member of the theater company 'Yeonwoo Stage'. She has appeared in '' My Lawyer, Mr. Jo'' (2016), '' While You Were Sleeping'' (2017), ''The Secret Life of My Secretary'' (2019), and '' Welcome 2 Life'' (2019). In 2018 she appeared in JTBC's TV series ''Something in the Rain'' as Seo Kyung-seon, for her performance she won the best supporting actress award at 6th APAN Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinsa-dong, Gangnam
Sinsa-dong is a ward of Gangnam-gu in Seoul, South Korea. This district contains many department stores, hairshops, churches, boutiques, cafes and restaurants. Transportation The area is served by Sinsa station on the Seoul Subway Line 3, and Seoul buses. Education In Shinsa-dong, there are three schoolsSingu Primary school (From Grade 1 to Grade 6) Sinsa Junior High school (From Grade 7 to Grade 9) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Care Of My Cat
''Take Care of My Cat'' () is a 2001 South Korean coming of age film, the feature debut of director Jeong Jae-eun. It chronicles the lives of a group of friends — five young women — a year after they graduate from high school, showing the heartbreaking changes and inspiring difficulties they face in both their friendships and the working world in the context of globalization. Plot In the bleak industrial landscape of historical port city of Incheon, five young women struggle to transition from high school to the adult world. Hae-joo pursues a career at a brokerage firm in Seoul, Tae-hee works without pay at her family's sauna and volunteers as a typist for a poet with cerebral palsy, Ji-young struggles to find work while living in a dilapidated house with her elderly grandparents and a kitten named Teetee, and twin sisters Bi-ryu and Ohn-jo live on their own and sell handmade jewellery on the street. Hae-joo tries to make herself invaluable at work but finds that she is at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Promise
''Another Promise'' () is a 2014 South Korean film based on the true story about the legal battle between Korean conglomerate Samsung and its employees who contracted leukemia. It is the first film in Korean cinematic history to have been both invested and produced solely by crowdfunding. A total of () was raised through 7,722 private donations 7,500 people donated (), while more than 100 small firms gave another . All the actors in the cast starred in the film for free. To avoid possible legal action, the film's producers altered its original title from ''Another Family'' () a well known Samsung advertising slogan while the on-screen electronics company is called Jinsung. Director Kim Tae-yun further clarified that there had been no request for a title change from Samsung, and that he voluntarily did it because he "wanted the audiences to concentrate more on the drama itself, not the company." Plot Shortly after graduating from high school, Yoon-mi begins looking for a job in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silenced (film)
''Silenced'' (; English: "The Crucible") is a 2011 South Korean crime drama film based on the novel ''The Crucible'' by Gong Ji-young, directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the Deaf, where young Deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s. Depicting both the crimes and the court proceedings that let the teachers off with minimal punishment, the film sparked public outrage upon its September 2011 release, which eventually resulted in a reopening of the investigations into the incidents. With over 4 million people in Korea having watched the film, the demand for legislative reform eventually reached its way to the National Assembly of South Korea, where a revised bill, dubbed the ''Dogani Bill'', was passed in late October 2011 to abolish the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and disable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Sea (film)
''The Yellow Sea'' () is a 2010 South Korean action thriller film directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok in the lead roles. This film marks the reunion of the director and the lead actors who also first collaborated for the 2008 film ''The Chaser'', in which Ha Jung-woo played the antagonist and Kim Yoon-seok played the protagonist. In ''The Yellow Sea'', Ha Jung-woo plays the protagonist while Kim Yoon-seok plays the antagonist. The film revolves around a cab driver who agrees to carry out a hit on a professor in exchange for getting his debts paid. He soon becomes a fugitive after the hit goes wrong, and is chased by both the police and the gangster who assigned him the task. ''The Yellow Sea'' was released in South Korea on 22 December 2010. Plot In northeastern Chinese city of Yanji in Yanbian Prefecture, Gu-nam (Ha Jung-woo), an ethnic Korean, or Joseonjok, toils away as a taxi driver. When not working, he is often found at gambling halls. Gu-na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Dress (film)
''Wedding Dress'' is a South Korean drama film, released on January 14, 2010. Plot Go-eun (Song Yoon-ah), a wedding dress designer and single mom, has only a limited number of days to live. Before parting from her young daughter So-ra (Kim Hyang-gi), Go-eun wants to do everything she can for her, including making a beautiful wedding dress for So-ra for the future. As her condition worsens, So-ra finds out about the cancer and tries to fulfill her mother's wishes one by one, in secret. Cast *Song Yoon-ah as Seo Go-eun *Kim Hyang-gi as Jang So-ra *Kim Myeong-gook as Jeong-woon *Jeon Mi-seon as Ji-hye *Kim Yeo-jin as Mi-ja *Kim Ye-ryeong as Yeo-woon *Jung In-seo as Jung-ahn *Lee Ki-woo as Ji-hoon *Min Ah-ryeong as Soo-ran *Chae Sang-woo as Min-woo *Kwon Soo-hyeon as Min-hye *Kim Dong-yeop as Yeo-woon's son *Kim Soo-ha as Jin-ah *Ji Woo as Jin-ah's friend 1 *Ko Joo-yeon as Jin-ah's friend 2 *Lee Seung-yeon as So-ra's homeroom teacher *Kim Tae-jeong as Ko-woon's friend *Yang Jin-su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19-Nineteen
''19-Nineteen'' (; lit. "I'm 19 years old") is a 2009 South Korean-Japanese film starring T.O.P, Seungri and Huh E-jae. Three nineteen-year-olds, two boys and a girl, are accused of murder and forced to run away. Everyone, including their parents, believes they are guilty, but the experience strengthens their bond as they attempt to find the real killer and prove their innocence. It was part of the "Telecinema7" project, seven feature-length mini-dramas which were collaborations between South Korean TV directors and Japanese TV screenwriters; the seven Korea-Japan joint productions both received a limited theater release and were broadcast on television. ''19-Nineteen'' was first released in Korea in CGV theaters on November 12, 2009, and later aired on SBS (South Korea) and TV Asahi (Japan) in 2010. Plot After graduating from high school Min-seo (Seungri) fails to get into college. He spends the next year cramming for his entrance exam once again. Jung-hoon (T.O.P) is a univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castaway On The Moon
''Castaway on the Moon'' (; lit. "Kim's drifting experience": 표류: drifting; hanja: 金氏漂流記) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Lee Hae-jun. It is a love story between a suicidal man turned castaway on Bamseom in the Han River and a Hikikomori woman who is addicted to Cyworld. Production Title selection Actor Jung Jae-young suggested the director, Lee Hae-Jun, to change the name of the film to "the drifting experience of the Jungs (정씨표류기)" to reference the fact that the actor and actress playing the lead roles are part of the Jung family, but the director insisted on keeping the name since he deliberately chose the family name Kim to suggest the universal nature of the characters. Plot development The two Kims in the film communicate with English since the director wanted to reflect that they are different from the mainstream society that they are part of which use Korean and the isolates would have their own symbols rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Dear Enemy
''My Dear Enemy'' (; lit. "One Fine Day") is a road movie starring Jeon Do-yeon and Ha Jung-woo as two ex-lovers who reacquaint themselves while driving around Seoul. The film takes place over one rather uneventful day, and subtle emotions and chemistry between the actors propel the narrative. This is the fourth film by South Korean director Lee Yoon-ki. Plot Lee Yoon-ki's deadpan comedy trails a pair of former lovers – he's a charismatic romantic and she's a no-nonsense realist – who bump into each other one year down the road. Hee-soo isn't the type of person to say what's on her mind, but you can tell that something is wrong. When, at a horseracing stadium, she tracks down her ex-boyfriend Byung-woon, her voice is laced with fury. "I want my money," she says, skipping even the barest of greetings. Byung-woon, for his part, looks like a man trapped. Despite his nervous smiles and warm assurances (that seem slightly dodgy), you can guess from the outset that he doesn't have the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossing (film)
''Crossing'' (also known as ''Keurosing'') is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kim Tae-kyun. It was selected as South Korea's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film follows the journey of a North Korean man as he illegally leaves the country to find medicine for his sick wife, portraying the many hardships of the average North Korean citizen. The film had 907,255 admissions in South Korea. The politics of North Korea in this film are left behind and are mainly in the background. Instead it concentrates more on the life of the average North Korean, such as the hardship in an impoverished state and the fear of getting caught and being persecuted in North Korea. Subtle themes include religion, which runs through the film, as Yong Soo hopes that his son comes back safely, as well as football which is a way in connecting the North Koreans to the outside world. Plot A North Korean father and husband decides to illegally cross into China to bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going By The Book
''Going by the Book'' () is a List of South Korean films of 2007, 2007 South Korean film. This is a remake of the 1991 Japanese film ''Asobi no jikan wa owaranai'' (遊びの時間は終らない). Plot Jung Do-man is a low-ranking traffic cop whose tendency to do things "by the book" sometimes gets him in trouble, such as when he pulls over his new boss, newly instated police chief Lee Seung-man, and issues him with a traffic ticket. Though surprised and annoyed by the unexpected fine, the police chief has bigger problems; the town of Sampo has been hit by a string of bank robberies, and to reassure the public he decides to carry out a realistic drill which will demonstrate the police force's capability. Do-man is chosen to act out the part of the bank robber, but with his usual fastidious attention to detail he sets out to commit the perfect crime. Cast * Jung Jae-young ... Jung Do-man * Son Byong-ho ... Lee Seung-man * Uhm Soo-jung ... Han So-young * Lee Young-eun ... Jeon D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unstoppable Marriage
''Unstoppable Marriage'' is a 2007 South Korean romantic comedy film. It stars veteran actors Kim Soo-mi and Im Chae-moo alongside popstar and television actress Eugene and Ha Seok-jin. The film is Eugene's big screen debut, and is also the directorial debut of Kim Seong-wook, who previously worked as an assistant director on other films such as ''Fun Movie'' (2002), '' My Teacher, Mr. Kim'' (2003) and ''Lovely Rivals'' (2004). The film was released in South Korea on May 10, 2007, and had a total of 1,304,431 admissions. Plot Sweet and easygoing Eun-ho grew up in a normal middle-class household with a strict and traditional father. Arrogant plastic surgeon Ki-baek was born into a wealthy family, and has the ego to match his income. Their two worlds collide quite literally when they meet through a paragliding accident. It's a classic case of opposites attract as they fight, falter, and fall in love, but their incompatible families are determined to break them up. Cast * Kim Soo-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |