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Lee Moon-sik
Lee Moon-sik (born November 13, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Lee Moon-sik debuted in Jang Jin films of the late 1990s after an illustrious career in Daehak-ro (considered the "Korean Broadway"), where he learned great comic timing, ad-lib prowess, and dramatic acting. He has since become one of South Korea's most prolific supporting actors, appearing in numerous films and television series throughout his career. Among Lee's leading roles are in ''Mapado'', '' The 101st Proposal'', ''Detective Mr. Gong'', ''A Bloody Aria'', ''Fly, Daddy, Fly'', and ''Here He Comes''. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television shows Awards * 2013 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actor (''Sangkwoni'') * 2011 Golden Cinematography Awards: Most Popular Actor (''Battlefield Heroes'') * 2008 SBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Special (''Iljimae'') * 2008 MBC Entertainment Awards The MBC Entertainment Awards () is a Korean awards ceremony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat (1997 Film)
''Beat'' () is 1997 South Korean action film directed by Kim Sung-su and written by Sam Shin about a high school dropout who is forced into gang life. Jung Woo-sung played the lead Min and Ko So-young his love interest Romy. The plot is based on a bestselling graphic novel by Huh Young-man. The role solidified Jung as a leading Korean actor and was also based on his real-life experience as a high school dropout. This was the third and final film pairing Jung and Ko, but the director would later work with Jung again in ''Musa'' (2001). Plot Three friends in Korea all drop out of high school. Min is a feared brawler whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as his best friend introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his love for the volatile Romy, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college. Cast * Jung Woo-sung ... Min * Ko So-young ... Romy * Yoo Oh-sung ... Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showdown In Seoul
A showdown is a duel. The term may also refer to: Places * Showdown Ski Area, in Montana, United States Books * ''Showdown'' (Amado novel), a 1984 novel by Jorge Amado * ''Showdown'' (Dekker novel), a 2006 novel by Ted Dekker * ''Showdown'' (Flynn novel), a 1946 novel by Errol Flynn * ''Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea Party'', a 2012 book by David Corn * ''The Showdown'', a novel in the '' Left Behind: The Kids'' series Film and TV Film * ''Showdown'' (1942 film), a Superman animated short * ''Showdown'' (1963 film), an American western starring Audie Murphy * ''Showdown'' (1973 film), an American western starring Dean Martin * ''Showdown'' (1993 film), a film starring Billy Blanks * ''Showdown'', a 2000 film directed by Izu Ojukwu * ''The Showdown'' (1928 film), a film starring Evelyn Brent * ''The Showdown'' (1940 film), a Hopalong Cassidy film * ''The Showdown'' (1950 film), a film starring Marie Windsor * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Swindle
''The Big Swindle'' is a 2004 South Korean heist film written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon. It was Choi's feature film directorial debut. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other. Plot Choi Chang-hyeok is driving in his car, when he suddenly finds himself followed by the cops. In the following chase he tries to escape, but as his car emerges from a tunnel it goes over the side, down a cliff and is killed in the burning wreck. The reason he tried to escape, is that he had just left the Bank of Korea, where he was part of a scam, that got him and his four accomplices the neat sum of 5 billion won. One of his accomplices was caught, and the other three disappeared – and so did all the money. Eol-mae was the one caught by the cops, and they try to get him to talk and reveal the scam and his accomplices. In flashbacks we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time In A Battlefield
''Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield'' () is a 2003 South Korean war comedy film directed by Lee Joon-ik. Its plot is about the Battle of Hwangsanbeol between Baekje and Silla in the 7th century. The film was the 8th most attended film of 2003 with 2,835,000 tickets sold nationwide. Its popularity has spawned a sequel, titled ''Battlefield Heroes'', which debuted in 2011, and takes place in the subsequent Silla-Tang invasion of Goguryeo. Plot The movie starts out with a meeting between the rulers of Baekje, Silla, Tang China, and Goguryeo. They are arguing why the Korean southern kingdoms have to pay tribute to China, even though Tang is only 50 years old. The king of Silla sides with the Emperor of Tang. The movie flashes forward to the scene in which Baekje soldiers rush to the king with ill news of Silla and Tang allying together, bringing an army of 50,000 soldiers. The Baekje council discusses battle plans. But in the end, all of the officials run away out of cowardice. The ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reversal Of Fortune (2003 Film)
''Reversal of Fortune'' is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Park Yong-woon, and starring Kim Seung-woo and Ha Ji-won. The film features several songs from Ha Ji-won's debut album, ''Homerun''. Plot Having turned his back on a promising career as a professional golfer, Kang Seung-wan is now a down on his luck stock exchange worker, and in debt to local gangster Ma Kang-sung. After crashing his car while driving through a tunnel, Seung-wan wakes up to find himself in an alternate reality where he fulfilled his sporting ambitions, and is now a famous golf champion. But things aren't as perfect as they first seem; he now has a wife who wants a divorce, and must compete in a major golf tournament despite not having played for over ten years. Cast * Kim Seung-woo ... Kang Seung-wan * Ha Ji-won ... Han Ji-yeong * Kang Sung-jin ... Dae-shik * Lee Moon-sik ... Ma Kang-sung * Ko Ho-kyeong ... Seon-joo * Im Chang-jung Im Chang-jung (; born November 30, 1973) is a South Korean s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers' Concerto (film)
''Lovers' Concerto'' (; lit. "Love Novel") is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Lee Han. It is a romantic melodrama dealing with friendship, jealousy and the ties that bind. Plot (After spending a short amount of time 2001, the film uses a non-linear structure through extensive use of flashbacks and timeskips of indeterminate duration, including flashbacks within flashbacks. However, each of the sequences, 2001 and 1996, occur roughly in order.) Summer of 1996 Amateur photographer Ji-hwan chases after new customers, Gyung-hee and Soo-in, as they leave the cafe where he works. Soo-in feels uncomfortable when Ji-hwan declares his love for her on the street. He leaves and quickly returns holding a clock over his face with a note saying he has wound back time so his declaration of love never happened. Sometime later the women return. The trio bond and both women appear to be developing romantic feelings for him. All three quote from a film they saw together (Il Postino): "I'm in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break Out (film)
''Break Out'' (; lit. "Spark the Lighter") is a List of South Korean films of 2002, 2002 South Korean film. Plot A loser, Bong-gu (Kim Seung-woo), attends a high school reunion, where he is ridiculed for his lack of accomplishments. The next day he goes to the country for army reserve training, where he encounters further humiliation and failure. With his last few South Korean won, won he purchases a cheap cigarette lighter. With no other way home, he shares a taxi to Seoul train station with a fellow reservist and malcontent named Bum-soo (Kang Sung-jin). While at the station, Bong-gu leaves his lighter in a bathroom stall, where it is purloined by a gangster, Yang Chul-gon (Cha Seung-won). Enraged beyond endurance, Bong-gu demands the lighter back, provoking a beating from the gangster's underlings. Undeterred, he follows Chul-gon onto a train. There, Chul-gon has more important business to attend to, waylaying a senator (Park Yeong-gyu) whom he had helped into office but who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make It Big (film)
''Make It Big'' () is a 2002 South Korean comedy film. Song Seung-heon, Kim Young-jun and Kwon Sang-woo play three high school students who are startled when a bagful of money and a dead man fall on top of their car. Once they realize just how much money is in the bag, they give up any thought of calling the police. Plot Three high school boys seem to have little in common, but one day they happen to sit next to each other at the back of the classroom. They soon become good friends, though they are always arguing or teasing each other. One day as they're jumping over the school wall, a thief falls out of nowhere and passes out right in front of them. He is holding a bag full of dollars. Not knowing what to do, they decide to take the bag first and think things out later. Meanwhile, Ji-hyeong is a rookie detective on his 100th day at the station, and is always busy trying to catch criminals ranging from drug dealers to petty thieves. Hearing that a usurer’s house had been robbed, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Blood No Tears
''No Blood No Tears'' () is a 2002 South Korean pulp noir film from director Ryoo Seung-wan. Plot The ill-treated mistress of a gang boss becomes friendly with an older woman who drives a taxi. Eventually the two hatch a plan to steal a bagful of money, taking some revenge in the process. Cast *Jeon Do-yeon ... Soo-jin * Lee Hye-young ... Gyung-sun *Jung Jae-young ... Dok-bul *Ryoo Seung-bum ... Chae Min-su *Shin Goo ... Kim Geum-bok *Jung Doo-hong ... Silent Man *Baek Il-seob ... Bol-gom *Kim Young-in ... Baek-gol *Baek Chan-ki *Lee Young-hoo * Kim Su-hyeon ... Ssek Ssek Yi *Lee Mu-yeong *Im Won-hee *Ahn Gil-kang * Lee Moon-sik Lee Moon-sik (born November 13, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Lee Moon-sik debuted in Jang Jin films of the late 1990s after an illustrious career in Daehak-ro (considered the "Korean Broadway"), where he learned great comic timing, ad-lib pr ... ... middle-aged drunk *Ku Hye-ryeong *Kim Il-woong *Cheon Seong-hun *Kim Jong-eon *Lee Hong-pyo - tracksu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Enemy (2002 Film)
''Public Enemy'' () is a 2002 South Korean action film directed by Kang Woo-suk. The film was well received by audiences and critics alike, being seen by almost 3 million people in South Korea,"The Best Selling Films of 2002" ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 2008-04-19. while winning Best Actor at the and for his lead role. The success of the film led to the making of the sequel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi! Dharma!
''Hi! Dharma!'' (; literally "Hey Dharma Let's Play") is a 2001 South Korean comedy about gangsters who hide out in a monastery. With 3,746,000 admissions, it was the fifth highest-grossing Korean film of 2001. A sequel titled '' Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul'' was released in 2004. Plot Five gangsters escape in a van after a bloody confrontation with the rival Chunno gang. They realize that they have a snitch in their own gang and that they can't get out of the country because the police will be looking for them. So they go to the mountains and hide in a Buddhist monastery. But the monks there don't want the gangsters as their guests. They decide that if the gangsters can win three out of five contests, the gangsters can stay, but if they lose, they must leave immediately. The gangsters win enough contests, the last of them being suggested by the eldest monk: a challenge to fill up a broken water pot without plugging up the hole. The gangsters come up with the idea of putt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
