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Kim Ha-nul
Kim Ha-neul (; born February 21, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films ''My Tutor Friend'' (2003) and ''Too Beautiful to Lie'' (2004) and the action-comedy film ''My Girlfriend Is an Agent'' (2009). In 2011, Kim won Best Actress at the 48th Grand Bell Awards and the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in the serial killer thriller '' Blind''. Her television work includes romance series ''Romance'' (2002) and '' A Gentleman's Dignity'' (2012), '' On Air'' (2008), the melodrama ''On the Way to the Airport'' (2016) and the drama fantasy ''18 Again'' (2020), a Korean version of 17 Again led by Zac Efron. Early and personal life Kim Ha-neul was born on February 21, 1978, in Seoul, South Korea. Her given name "Ha-neul" means “sky” in Korean. Her immediate family consists of her parents and one younger brother. She attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Kim married a businessma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fortun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Ji-tae
Yoo Ji-tae (born April 13, 1976) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. After a stint as a fashion model, Yoo launched his acting career in 1998 then rose to fame through the films '' Attack the Gas Station'' (1999) and '' Ditto'' (2000). In the succeeding years, he gained acting recognition by working with acclaimed directors such as Hur Jin-ho in '' One Fine Spring Day'' (2001), Park Chan-wook in '' Oldboy'' (2003), and Hong Sang-soo in ''Woman is the Future of Man'' (2004). Yoo began directing short films in 2003, which were well received in the film festival circuit. His feature directorial debut ''Mai Ratima'' was released in 2013. Career Yoo Ji-tae began his career as a fashion model, and he walked the runway for the Seoul Fashion Artist Association collections in 1995. Then in 2000, with a series of hit films and widely seen TV appearances, Yoo was more constantly in the limelight than any other actor, and in a very short time, rose to become a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stained Glass (TV Series)
''Stained Glass'' (; lit. "Glass Picture") is a 2004 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Dong-gun, Kim Ha-neul, and Kim Sung-soo. It aired on SBS from December 1, 2004 to February 3, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. The title refers to the stained glass artwork found in Roman Catholic Churches. Cast * Lee Dong-gun as Han Dong-joo/Yuichi Yamamoto ** Lee Pung-woon as young Dong-joo * Kim Ha-neul as Shin Ji-soo ** Park Eun-bin as young Ji-soo * Kim Sung-soo as Park Gi-tae ** Kim Hak-joon as young Gi-tae * Jo Yi-jin as Park Tae-hee/Mako * Shim Ji-ho as Shin Ji-suk ** Jung Hyung-min as young Ji-suk * Kim Se-ah as Chae Yoon-suh * Ahn Hye-ran as Shim Joo-kyung * Yuko Fueki as Jang Soo-yeon * Roh Joo-hyun as President Park Jin-sung (of Dae Young Car Holdings) * Lee Eung-kyung as Cha Jin-joo * Han In-soo as Shin Jae-man/Yukio Yamamoto * Fukumi Kuroda as Keiko Yamamoto * Noboru Kaneko as Tani Masato * Erinashi Kaori as Minori Synopsis D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Friend
''Dead Friend'' (; lit. "The Ghost") is a 2004 South Korean horror film. It is one of a number of South Korean horror films set in high school; the trend began with 1998's ''Whispering Corridors''. Plot Three high school girls are bored and decide to conduct a séance with a ''bunshinsaba'' - a traditional Korean ouija board. As the spirit is called by Eun-jung ( Lee Yoon-ji), her sister, Eun-seo (Jeon Hye-bin), scolds the girls. Eun-jung jokingly wishes that the ghost had taken Eun-seo away and that if they do not send the ghost away, it will kill them. Eun-seo is then killed by a ghostly water presence. The amnesiac Min Ji-won (Kim Ha-neul), who is an expert swimmer, begins to have nightmares of a ghost from her forgotten past, which seems to be connected to water. She is confronted by an estranged friend, Yu-jung, who tells her that because of Ji-won, "Su-in" is coming for them. Yu-jung is soon found dead. Ji-won slowly remembers that she used to lead an elitist clique back in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Rain (film)
''Ice Rain'' () is a 2004 South Korean romance drama film starring Lee Sung-jae, Song Seung-heon and Kim Ha-neul. Co-written and directed by first-time director Kim Eun-sook, it tells the story of two mountaineers stranded on a climb to Mount Asiaq in Alaska. While waiting out the storm, they share stories of the women that changed their lives, not knowing how closely connected they actually are. Cast * Lee Sung-jae as Kang Joong-hyun * Song Seung-heon as Han Woo-sung * Kim Ha-neul as Kim Kyung-min * Yoo Hae-jin as Park In-soo * Kim Jung-hak as Choi Keun-ho * Lee Chun-hee Lee Chun-hee (born February 19, 1979) is a South Korean actor. Career Lee Chun-hee made his acting debut in the movie '' A Good Lawyer's Wife'' in 2003 and has since starred in several big screen roles such as '' The Aggressives'' (2005), ''Thr ... as Choi Byung-hoon * Kim Jin-yi as Kwon Sang-hee * Lee Seung-joon References External links * * * 2004 films 2000s Korean-language films Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by '' The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwon Sang-woo
Kwon Sang-woo (in Korean: 권상우, ''Kweon Sang-u''; born August 5, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He rose to stardom in 2003 with the romantic comedy film ''My Tutor Friend'' and the melodrama series ''Stairway to Heaven''. Career Kwon Sang-woo, the most visible example of the so-called ''mom-zzang'' (slang for "great body") movement, started his career as a fashion model in the late 1990s. His first acting experience was in the TV drama ''Delicious Proposal'', and for the first few years of his entertainment career, he received only minor roles on television, before making his big-screen debut in the martial arts film '' Volcano High'' (2001). The following year, he played his first lead role in the comedy '' Make It Big'' (2002) together with real-life best friend Song Seung-heon."Actors and Actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jae-won
Kim JaewonThe actor indicates a preference of spelling his name "Jaewon" (without a space or hyphen) on hiofficial website (born 18 February 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the Korean drama, television dramas ''Romance (2002 TV series), Romance'' (2002), ''Listen to My Heart (TV series), Listen to My Heart'' (2011), ''May Queen (TV series), May Queen'' (2012), and ''The Scandal (TV series), The Scandal'' (2013). Career Kim Jaewon made his acting debut in 2001 in the sitcom ''Honey Honey''. He rose to stardom a year later when he played a high school senior who falls for his teacher (played by Kim Ha-neul) in 2002 hit Korean drama, drama ''Romance''. ''Rival'' (with So Yoo-jin) and ''My Love Patzzi'' (with Jang Na-ra and Kim Rae-won) further raised his profile. He reunited with ''Rival'' costar Kim Min-jung (actress), Kim Min-jung in ''Land of Wine'' (2003), where they played a young couple trying to revive traditional liquor amidst a family feud. Then in 2004, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano (TV Series)
''Piano'' () is a 2001 South Korean television series starring Cho Jae-hyun, Go Soo, Kim Ha-neul and Jo In-sung. It aired on SBS from November 21, 2001 to January 10, 2002 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. A melodrama about a father's love for his children and a forbidden romance between stepsiblings, ''Piano'' received high ratings during its airing, as well as acting recognition at the year-end network awards ceremony. Synopsis Han Eok-kwan (Cho Jae-hyun) is a ruthless, foul-mouthed small-time gangster in Busan. When fellow gangster Dok-sa ( Lee Jae-yong) betrays their boss Byun Hak-soo (Im Dong-jin) to take his place as the new boss, Eok-kwan is exiled from the gang. Then a former lover contacts him to meet her in Seoul, but once he gets there, all he finds is a 10-year-old boy named Jae-soo, who claims to be his son. At first he plans to abandon the boy, but unable to do it, ends up raising him. Shin Hye-rim ( Jo Min-su) is a widow with two children, 12-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
