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Park Gok-ji
Park Gok-ji (born 28 February 1965) is a South Korean film editor. She is married to film director Park Heung-sik, with whom she has several children, and she used her influence within the local industry to aid the production of his second film, ''The Railroad''. Park and her colleague Jeong Jin-hee won Best Editor at the 5th Korean Film Awards for ''A Dirty Carnival'', and received a further nomination for Best Editor at the 1st Asian Film Awards.Yi Ch’ang-ho.Inaugural Asian Film Awards’ Korean Selections. ''Korean Film Council'', 31 January 2007. Retrieved on 14 May 2009. Filmography as editor * ''The Scent at the Edge of the World'' (1991) * ''General's Son II'' (1991) * ''Like Music, Like Rain'' (1992) * ''The Marriage Life'' (1992) * '' General's Son III'' (1992) * ''May Our Love Stay This Way'' (1992) * ''Seopyeonje'' (1993) * ''The 101st Proposition'' (1993) * ''The Woman and the Man'' (1993) * ''The Man with Breasts'' (1993) * ''No Emergency Exit'' (1993) * ''Deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Heung-sik (born 1962)
Park Heung-sik (born 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Park studied at the Free University of Berlin, where he received a master's degree in filmology. Having garnered favourable comments for his short films at various film festivals, he made the transition to features with his 2005 debut '' The Twins'', though it only received a lukewarm response from critics and audiences. For his second feature, '' The Railroad'', Park drew on his own experiences and set out to create a film with a story that he wanted to tell. ''The Railroad'' was co-produced and co-directed by his wife, film editor Park Gok-ji, and premiered at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival in October 2006. Paolo Bertolin of ''The Korea Times'' commented that while Park took his time in delivering the film's subdued climax, he "nevertheless displays an assured command of visual composition and emotional punctuation". Following a limited release in Korean cinemas in May 2007, ''The Railroad' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friend (2001 Film)
''Friend'' () is a 2001 South Korean action film written and directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Upon its release, it became the highest-grossing South Korean movie up to that time. Its record was surpassed in 2003 by '' Silmido''. This film is the director's experiences with his friends, a semi-autobiography set in his hometown, Busan, and the actors speak with a strongly accented Busan dialect. The film changed the public images of Jang Dong-gun and Yu Oh-seong; previously, Jang had been famous for romantic comedies and Yu had appeared in movies with mostly cult interest. Plot The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader of the group whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, who was an exemplary student. As children, they play together and sell sexually explicit pictures. In high school, they become smitten with the lead singer of a girl band their age. Joon-seok invites the band t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tube (2003 Film)
''Tube'' () is a 2003 South Korean action thriller film directed by Beak Woon-hak (or Baek Woon-hak). The film features police officer Jay (Kim Suk-hoon) who is a subway police officer who spends his days reminiscing over his lost lover. The pickpocket Kay (Bae Doona) becomes infatuated with Jay and tips him off about the government assassin Bishop ( Park Sang-min) hijacking a subway car. Both Jay and Kay find themselves in the target car when the Bishop makes his move. Plot Detective Jang Do-joon (Kim Suk-hoon) who does not know the meaning of giving up, is hot on the trail of Kang Gi-taek, a deadly terrorist. Kang Gi-taek ( Park Sang-min) was an elite secret agent for the government's intelligence agency before getting tossed out for assassinating a key figure. On the day of the new mayor's official visit to the subway, Kang Gi-taek hijacks the train and begins a full-scale act of terror. Pickpocket girl Song Yin-gyung (Bae Doona), who senses what is going on, quickly contacts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save The Green Planet!
''Save the Green Planet!'' (Korean title: 지구를 지켜라!, ''Jigureul Jikyeora!'') is a South Korean science fiction comedy film written and directed by Jang Joon-hwan, released on 4 April 2003. The basic story begins when the main character, Lee Byeong-gu, kidnaps another man, convinced that the latter is an alien. Plot The film's main character is Byeong-gu, a man who believes that aliens from Andromeda PK 45 are about to attack Earth and that he is the only one who can prevent them. With his childlike circus-performer girlfriend Su-ni, he kidnaps a powerful pharmaceutical executive Kang man shik whom he believes to be a top ranking extraterrestrial able to contact the Andromedan prince during the upcoming eclipse. After imprisoning the man in his basement workshop, Byeong-gu proceeds to torture him(he initially attempts to nullify the alien's transmitters using a korean liquid painkiller mulpas(물파스), which contains chlorpheniramine maleate and a " Italy towel" used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Of Heaven
''Garden of Heaven'' is a 2003 South Korean film starring Ahn Jae-wook and Lee Eun-ju.http://www.cine21.com/news/view/mag_id/18117/p/1 Plot Oh-sung, a doctor at a hospice facility, is emotionally scarred by the experience of losing his parents as a child. One night he meets Young-ju, a make-up artist who has been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. Despite having very little time together, the two start to develop feelings for each other. Cast * Ahn Jae-wook ... Choi Oh-sung * Lee Eun-ju ... Kim Young-ju * Son Jong-beom ... Jeong Jeol * Jeon Moo-song ... Choi * Oh Yoon-hong ... Kim Young-ja * Song Ok-sook Song Ok-sook (born August 14, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television dramas, including ''Winter Sonata'', ''Beethoven Virus'', ''More Charming by the Day'', and '' Missing You''. Song is al ... ... Moon References External links * * * 2003 films Medical-themed films 2000s Korean-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scent Of Love
''Scent of Love'' (국화꽃 향기 lit. ''Scent of Chrysanthemums'') is a 2003 South Korean film, and the directorial debut of Lee Jeong-wook. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kim Ha-in, and stars Jang Jin-young and Park Hae-il in the lead roles. Like her character, Jang Jin-young battled stomach cancer and died in 2009. The film received an around of 900,000 admissions nationwide and on May 16, 2003, the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Plot University student Seo In-ha meets a young woman on the subway and instantly falls in love. After joining a local book club, he is pleasantly surprised to find that the woman, Mun Hee-jae, is also a member. Although he makes a poor first impression, In-ha and Hee-jae eventually become friends, though he is left disappointed when she later rejects him, as she is more interested in another student, Kang Seong-ho. Several years pass, with In-ha and Hee-jae going their separate ways. While Hee-jae and Seong-ho pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine (2003 Film)
''Madeleine'' () is a 2003 South Korean romance film starring Jo In-sung and Shin Min-ah in lead roles. The film was released on January 10, 2003, in South Korean cinemas and drew a total of 146,482 admissions in the nation's capital of Seoul. ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 2013-01-09. Plot Ji-suk () is a Korean Language & Literature major who dreams of becoming a writer, and delivers newspapers part-time. When he goes to a hair salon to have his long hair cut, a charming woman calls him by name. She is none other than Hee-jin, his classmate in junior high school. Dreaming of becoming a hair designer, Hee ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardor (film)
''Ardor'' (), is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Byun Young-joo. It stars Yunjin Kim of ''Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography * Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...'' fame. It is based on the novel ''A Special Day That Comes Only Once In My Life'' () by Jeon Gyeong-rin. Plot A thirty-year-old housewife, Mi-heun, is visited by a woman in a red sweater. She smirks and tells Mi-heun that her husband is her lover. These few words take away and shatter Mi-heun's life as she knew it, a true terror on an unforgettable Christmas evening. Swept away by the peaceful, silent town of Butterfly Ville, Mi-heun and her family begin a new life as if nothing had happened. However, the aftermath of that night still haunts Mi-heun with headaches as she vexatiously tries to vent out her heartache, alone. But no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion (2002 Film)
''Champion'' () is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong. Background A biopic, ''Champion'' details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially. Cast *Yu Oh-seong - Kim Deuk-gu *Chae Min-seo - Lee Kyeong-mi *Yun Seung-won - Kim, Hyeon-ji *Jung Doo-hong - Lee Sang-bok *Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal *Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok *Shin Jung-geun - Kim Yun-gu *Kim Hyun-sook Kim Hyun-sook (born October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the title character in ''Ugly Miss Young-ae'', a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Rainbow (film)
''Over the Rainbow'' () is a 2002 South Korean film starring Lee Jung-jae and Jang Jin-young. Plot Weather presenter Jin-su is involved in a car accident, and though physically unhurt, he is left with a case of selective amnesia. Haunted by the memory of a woman he can't quite recall, he sets out to find her identity by revisiting some of his old college friends. The person giving him the most help is Jeong-hee, but as she helps him piece together his broken memories they start to develop feelings for one another, and Jin-su realizes that perhaps his forgotten past isn't worth chasing after all. Cast *Lee Jung-jae ... Lee Jin-su * Jang Jin-young ... Kang Jeong-hee * Jung Chan ... Choi Sang-in * Uhm Ji-won ... Kim Eun-song * Gong Hyung-jin ... Kim Young-min * Kim Seo-hyung Kim Seo-hyung (born October 28, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal as the evil mistress Shin Ae-ri in the SBS revenge drama '' Temptation of Wife'' (2008) and as Coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Is A Crazy Thing
''Marriage Is a Crazy Thing'' is a 2002 South Korean erotic film, and the second film directed by South Korean poet-turned-director Yoo Ha. Story Joon-young ( Kam Woo-sung) is a Korean professor of English literature and a perpetual bachelor. But when he meets Yeon-hee (Uhm Jung-hwa) on a blind date, his days of bachelorhood seem numbered. But because of the views both of them have on marriage, she marries someone else and the professor becomes her kept man, living with her only on weekends. But even this limited relationship brings up the conflicts that result in fights and jealousy. Cast * Kam Woo-sung - Joon-young *Uhm Jung-hwa - Yeon-hee *Park Won-sang - Kyu-jin *Kang So-jung - Se-eun *Yoon Ye-ri - Yoo-ri *Kim Ki-cheon - uncle *Lee Ju-sil - mother *Ryu Hyun-kyung - female student part-time worker Awards ;2002 Korean Film Awards [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
''My Beautiful Girl, Mari'' (; lit. "The Story of Mari") is a 2002 South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences. The English-language dub was directed and produced by Carl Macek and licensed by A.D. Vision. Plot Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing. Cast * Nam-woo—Ryu Deok-hwan (Korean), Alejandro Fallick (English) * Adult Nam-woo—Lee Byung-hun (Korean), Jay Hickman (English) * Jun-ho— Sung In-gyu (Korean), Clint Bickham (English) * Adult Jun-ho—Gong Hyung-jin (Korean), Chris Patton (English) * Nam-woo's Mom—Bae Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
