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Lee Byung-woo
Lee Byung-woo (; born January 22, 1965) is a South Korean guitarist and composer of film scores. He has composed music for more than twenty films, including the segment "Memories" in ''Three'' (2002), ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), '' All for Love'' (2005), '' The Host'' (2006) and ''Mother'' (2009). Lee's music for ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' was described by '' OhmyNews'' as "one of the best film scores ever composed for a Korean film". He won Best Music at the 2004 Shanghai International Film Festival for ''Untold Scandal'', and in 2006 his score for ''The King and the Clown'' won the same accolade at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. In 2007, Lee received a further Best Music nomination at the 44th Grand Bell Awards for ''For Horowitz''.orean Film News">"[Korean Film News44th Grand Bell Awards [대종상영화제: Family Ties Wins Best Film"] , ''Twitch'', 9 June 2007. Retrieved on 26 October 2008. Filmography * ''Three Friends'' (1996) * ''Kill the Love'' (1996) * ''My Beau ... [...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 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rules Of Dating
''Rules of Dating'' (; lit. “The Purpose of Love”) is a 2005 South Korean film starring Park Hae-il and Kang Hye-jung, and is the directorial debut of filmmaker Han Jae-rim. Plot Lee Yu-rim is a high school English teacher. He's cute, clever... and shameless. Choi Hong is a student teacher, even though she is one year older than Yu-rim. She's cynical and always plays hard-to-get when a man shows interest in her. While going out for drinks one night, Yu-rim suddenly tells Hong that he wants to have sex with her. Hong is hardly impressed. And so begins a battle of will and wits, both between each other and within themselves, as both Yu-rim and Hong are unsure of what each other wants and what they want themselves. Dating and desire mix explosively. What is the point of this strange relationship? What is the object of their desire? Awards and nominations 2005 Busan Film Critics Awards * Best Film – ''Rules of Dating'' * Best Leading Actress – Kang Hye-jung * Best Screenplay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ode To My Father
''Ode to My Father'' (; "Gukje (International) Market") is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Starring Hwang Jung-min and Yunjin Kim, it depicts South Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man, as he experiences events such as the Hungnam evacuation of 1950 during the Korean War, the government's decision to dispatch nurses and miners to West Germany in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War. It is currently the fourth highest-grossing film in the history of South Korean cinema, with 14.2 million tickets sold. Plot During the Hungnam Evacuation of 1950 in the Korean War, when thousands of refugees in what would become North Korea were transported south by U.S. Navy boats, a child, Deok-soo, loses his sister, Mak-soon. Deok-soo's father stays behind to search for her, telling his son to take the boy's mother and two younger siblings to the port city of Busan, where Deok-soo's aunt runs an imported goods store. Bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face Reader
''The Face Reader'' (; lit. "Physiognomy") is a 2013 South Korean film starring Song Kang-ho as the son of a disgraced noble family who goes around Joseon and a ''gwansang'' expert. He is able to assess the personality, mental state and habits of a person by looking at his or her face. His talents bring him to the royal courts where he becomes involved in a power struggle between Grand Prince Suyang and general Kim Jong-seo, a high-ranking loyalist to King Munjong. It is the first installment of the Jupiter Film's three-part film project on the Korean fortune-telling traditions and was followed by two sequels, ''The Princess and the Matchmaker'' and '' Feng Shui'' in 2018. ''The Face Reader'' became one of the highest-grossing films in South Korea in 2013, with 9.1 million admissions. It won six awards at the 50th Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Han Jae-rim, and Best Actor for Song Kang-ho. This film is Lee Jong-suk's only historical project to date. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Heaven
''Romantic Heaven'' () is a 2011 South Korean melodrama about fate, love, loss, and redemption. Though the premise is sentimental, dealing with a variety of characters and their relationships in both life and the afterlife, it is very much in line with writer-director Jang Jin's previous works, combining elements of several different genres, including romance, comedy, drama, ghost and even police thriller into an eccentric, playful and imaginative film. Plot Three seemingly disconnected people cross paths at a hospital: Part one, "Mom," focuses on the character of Mimi, whose mother is battling cancer, and needs a bone marrow transplant if she is to have any hope of surviving. With great difficulty, doctors identify a potential donor, but then the man goes into flight after being accused of murder. Hoping to find him, Mimi becomes acquainted with the police detectives assigned to his case. Part two, "Wife," concerns a lawyer named Min-gyu who has recently lost his spouse. Amidst h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony (2010 Film)
''Harmony'' () is a 2010 South Korean film starring Kim Yunjin and Na Moon-hee about a group of women in prison who start a choir. It sold 3,045,009 tickets, making it the 5th best selling film of the year in Korea. Plot Hong Jeong-hye is sentenced to serve 10 years in prison after killing her abusive husband. Pregnant at the time of her arrest, she gives birth to a baby boy behind bars but must give him up for adoption according to the law. One day she sets out to start a choir with the help of Kim Moon-ok, a fellow inmate on death row for killing her adulterous husband and mistress. The prison chief promises her a special outing with her baby if she succeeds. Cast * Kim Yunjin as Hong Jeong-hye * Na Moon-hee as Kim Moon-ok * Kang Ye-won as Kang Yu-mi * Jang Young-nam as Section chief Bang * Lee Da-hee as Kong Na-yeong * Jung Soo-young as Ji Hwa-ja * Park Jun-myeon as Kang Yeon-sil * Cha Jin-hyeok as Hyeon-wook * Ji Sung-won as Hyeon-joo * Do Yong-gu as school director * Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haeundae (film)
''Tidal Wave'' () is a 2009 South Korean disaster film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon and Uhm Jung-hwa. Billed as South Korea's first disaster film,Principal Photography Begins on Korean Tsunami Movie HAEUNDAE . ''SciFi Japan'', 24 August 2009. Retrieved on 26 May 2009. the film released theatrically on 22 July 2009 and received more than 11 million admissions nationwide. Plot Man-sik, a local from the of |
Tokyo!
''Tokyo!'' is a 2008 anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors, all of which were filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "Shaking Tokyo". Plot "Interior Design" Directed by Michel Gondry. It is an adaptation of the short story comic "Cecil and Jordan in New York" by Gabrielle Bell. Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryō Kase) are a young couple from the provinces staying in Tokyo with limited funds and short-term lodging. They appear to have a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry each other through any challenge. Akira is an aspiring filmmaker who works as a gift wrapper at a local department store while he waits for his debut feature to screen in the city. The couple manage to secure short-term housing in their friend Akemi's (Ayumi Ito) cramped studio apartment. When Akemi's boyfriend grows weary of her house guests, Hiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansel And Gretel (2007 Film)
''Hansel and Gretel'' is a 2007 South Korean horror film directed by Yim Pil-sung. Plot Eun-soo, a salesman, is driving his car along Highway 69 while arguing with his pregnant girlfriend, Hae-young, on the phone. The argument leads him into a car-crash. He wakes up in a dark forest and meets a young girl, Young-hee, who takes him to her house, called the 'House of Happy Children'. There, he meets her parents, older brother Man-bok, and younger sister Jung-soon. He tries to leave but the children follow his every move. The parents go out leaving him to take care of the kids. To his surprise, he finds the real mother hiding in the attic. She tells him that the couple are not the children's real parents. Their car broke down on Highway 69 and they met Jung-soon the same way. She tells him not to believe the children. Man-bok brings a couple to the house: the man, Byun is a friendly deacon. Eun-soo discovers that the meat they've eaten is actually from the flesh of the missing fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Son (2007 Film)
''My Son'' () is a 2007 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Jin, starring Cha Seung-won and Ryu Deok-hwan. For his performance, Cha won Best Actor at the 15th Chunsa Film Art Awards in 2007. Alternate titles are ''A Day with My Son'' and ''One Day with My Son''. Plot Lee Gang-sik (Cha Seung-won) is serving a life imprisonment, life sentence for robbery and murder. For the last 15 years, he has been on his best behavior, and now his wish has finally come true. Gang-sik has been granted a one-day leave to visit his family, and as the day draws closer and closer, he is overcome with both excitement and nervousness. There is so much he wants to say to his eighteen-year-old son Jun-seok (Ryu Deok-hwan), whom he hasn't seen since incarceration when the boy was three years old, but the feeling isn't exactly reciprocated. Forced to grow up at an early age, his son has had a tough life, taking care of his elderly grandmother with dementia on his own, and in his eyes, he sees not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soo (film)
''Soo'' is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Yoichi Sai (also known as Choi Yang-il). Plot Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-soo's brother Tae-jin instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-jin is killed. Tae-soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer. Cast * Ji Jin-hee as Tae-soo ** Park Chan Yang as young Tae-soo * Kang Sung-yeon as Kang Mi-na *Moon Sung-keun Gu Yang-won *Lee Ki-young as Nam Dal-gu *Jo Kyung-hwan as Song-in ("Boss") *Oh Man-seok as Jeom Park-yi * Choi Deok-moon as Lee Won-jae *Yang Young-jo as Yoo Seon-il *Kim Jun-bae as Kim Jin-man *Choi Jung-woo as Detective squad chief of police department team 2 *Park Hyuk-kwon as Detective Jang *Jo Seok-hyeon as Detective Park *Lee Jae-gu as Detective Choi Theatrical release ''Soo'' was released in South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
