''Actresses'' () is a 2009 South Korean

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-style

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directed by

E J-yong E J-yong (; born September 5, 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His feature films include ''An Affair'' (1998), ''Untold Scandal'' (2003), ''Dasepo Naughty Girls'' (2006), and ''Actresses'' (2009). Early life E J-yong (his ...

Plot

Six actresses—

Youn Yuh-jung Youn Yuh-jung (, ; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Independent Spir ...

Lee Mi-sook Lee Mi-sook (born April 2, 1960) is a South Korean actress. One of the best-known actresses of 1980s Korean cinema, Lee's most famous films from this era include Bae Chang-ho's ''Whale Hunting'' and ''The Winter That Year Was Warm'', Lee Doo-yong ...

Go Hyun-jung Go Hyun-jung (; born March 2, 1971) is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the entertainment industry as a Miss Korea runner-up in 1989 and went on to star in '' Sandglass ''(1995), one of the highest-rated and critically acclaimed dramas in ...

Choi Ji-woo Choi Ji-woo (born Choi Mi-hyang on June 11, 1975) is a South Korean actress. Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful women, she has received critical acclaim for her work in a wide range of melodramas, most notably '' Beautiful Days'' (2 ...

, Kim Min-hee and

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, each portraying themselves—come together for a ''Vogue Korea'' magazine photo shoot at a studio in

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, resulting in a clash of egos between individuals not used to sharing the limelight.

Production

Director

was first inspired to make the film after going out for a drink with actresses

and

—both his close friends—and later recalled, "I wanted to create something unconventional. I wanted to show the public how charming actresses are in real life."Six Actresses Get Together for Film
. ''KBS Global''. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-20. Yoon and Go were cast in the film alongside

, Kim Min-hee and

, each of them agreeing to take part with no

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.Lee, Hyo-won (17 November 2009)
"Actresses to Present Off-Screen Personas Onscreen"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 2012-11-20. ''Actresses'' was made without a script, instead being filmed on a scene-by-scene basis with the actresses

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their performances according to the given situation. E noted: "I provided the basis for conflict and the actresses took it from there. The six women represent Korean actresses as a whole, and instead of creating something fictional I thought it would be interesting to feature each actress' charms and show something real." The film includes a real-life confrontation between Go and Choi, with each admitting that their on-set relationship was strained, and Go saying that she felt envious of Choi's looks.

Release

''Actresses'' was released in South Korea on December 10, 2009. The film pulled in 508,243 admissions."Theatrical Releases in 2009: Box-Office Admission Results"
''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Actresses 2009 films 2009 drama films South Korean drama films 2000s mockumentary films Films about actors Films set in Seoul Films directed by E J-yong 2000s Korean-language films Showbox films Sponge Entertainment films 2000s South Korean films