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28th Busan International Film Festival
The 28th Busan International Film Festival () opened on October 4 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea. Song Kang-ho of ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'' fame welcomed filmmakers as host of the festival, while Park Eun-bin acted as the moderator of the ceremony, which was broadcast live on YouTube channel and Naver TV. Opening with South Korean film ''Because I Hate Korea'' by Jang Kun-jae, 269 films were screened, including 209 officially invited films from 69 countries and 60 community beef screenings. Jung Sung-il (director), Jung Sung-il, South Korean film critic, director and screenwriter served as chairman of the jury for its main competition section. BIFF this year opened special program, ‘Renaissance of Indonesian Cinema’ paying attention to Indonesia with 7 feature films and 5 short films, including a series to be released on Netflix. Chow Yun-fat, a Hong Kong star, received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award, whereas Yoon Jeong-hee posthumously recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Because I Hate Korea
''Because I Hate Korea'' () is a 2023 South Korean drama film directed by Jang Kun-jae and starring Go Ah-sung and Joo Jong-hyuk. Based on novel of the same name by Chang Kang-myoung, it follows a woman in her late 20s who suddenly leaves her job, family, and boyfriend behind to go to New Zealand alone in search of her own happiness. It premiered at 28th Busan International Film Festival as opening film on October 4, 2023. It was released theatrically on August 28, 2024 in South Korea. Premise The film tells the story of Gye-na, a woman in her late 20s, who one day suddenly leaves her job, family, and boyfriend behind and heads to New Zealand alone in search of her own happiness. Cast * Go Ah-sung as Gye-na * Joo Jong-hyuk as Jae-in * Kim Woo-gyeom as Ji-myeong * Oh Min-ae as Min-ae * Bang Jae-min * Kim Ji-young as Kim Tae-eun, the director of the study abroad center * Morgan Oey as Ricky Production Produced by Mocushura in association with Cinematic Moment, Indiestory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
29th Busan International Film Festival
The 29th Busan International Film Festival () opened on October 2 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, with South Korean film ''Uprising (2024 film), Uprising'' by Kim Sang-man, and screened 278 films from 63 countries, including 224 officially invited films and 54 community beef screenings. Park Bo-young and Ahn Jae-hong (actor), Ahn Jae-hong hosted the opening ceremony. Mohammad Rasoulof, an Iranian film director was chosen as president of the competitive section 'New Currents' jury. The festival this year announced a Special Program in Focus, 'In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun' who died on December 27, 2023, and was known for his role in the Oscar winning film ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite''. He will also posthumously receive the Korean Film Achievement Award. The festival closed with the ceremony hosted by Gong Myung and Choi Soo-young. ''Spirit World (film), Spirit World'', a fantasy-drama film directed by Singapore's Eric Khoo and starring French actress Catherine Deneuve was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Han Jin-won
Han Jin-won (, born 1985) is a South Korean screenwriter. He is best known for his work on ''Parasite'' as writer, which earned him critical appraisal and recognition including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 92nd Academy Awards The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 ... in 2020. He shared this award with Bong Joon-ho, and this made the two of them the first Asian writers to win any screenwriting Academy Award. Filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners South Korean screenwriters Writers Guild of America Award winners {{SouthKorea-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1923 Great Kantō Earthquake
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (, or ) was a major earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its epicenter located southwest of the capital Tokyo. The earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. Fires, exacerbated by strong winds from a nearby typhoon, spread rapidly through the densely populated urban areas, accounting for the majority of the devastation and casualties. The death toll is estimated to have been between 105,000 and 142,000 people, including tens of thousands who went missing and were presumed dead. Over half of Tokyo and nearly all of Yokohama were destroyed, leaving approximately 2.5 million people homeless. The disaster triggered widespread social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves different grappling-type techniques, such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds. Many different wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports, and military systems. Wrestling comes in different forms, the most popular being professional wrestling, which is a form of athletic theatre. Other legitimateThe term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to predetermined professional wrestling, which is very different from the legitimate (or real-life) wrestling combat predominantly detailed in this article. competitive forms include Greco-Roman, freestyle, judo, sambo, folkstyle, catch, shoot, luta livre, submission, sumo, pehl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hong Kyung
Hong Kyung (born February 14, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the film '' Innocence'' (2020), as well as the television series '' Weak Hero Class 1'' (2022) and ''Revenant'' (2023). Career After graduating from Hanyang University, Hong made his acting debut with a minor role in the television series ''Queen of Mystery'' (2017) and subsequently appeared in '' School 2017'' (2017), '' While You Were Sleeping'' (2017), and ''Jugglers'' (2017–2018). He continued to act in television series such as '' My Lawyer, Mr. Jo 2: Crime and Punishment'' (2019), '' D.P.'' (2021), and '' Lovers of the Red Sky'' (2021). Hong made his feature film debut in '' Innocence'' (2020), for which he received critical acclaim and won a Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor – Film. In February 2022, Hong moved to Management MMM after his contract with J-Wide expired. The same year he starred in the drama '' Weak Hero Class 1'' based on the popular Naver webtoon Weak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Go Min-si
Go Min-si (; born February 15, 1995) is a South Korean actress, model and director managed by Mystic Story Entertainment. She is known for her prominent roles in television series such as ''Love Alarm'' (2019–2021), Sweet Home (TV series), ''Sweet Home'' (2020–2023), ''Youth of May'' (2021), as well as the films ''The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion'' (2018) and ''Smugglers (2023 film), Smugglers'' (2023). Career Go Min-si made her directorial debut in the 2016 film ''Parallel Novel'' in which she co-starred and for which she won the Grand Prize during the Three Minutes Film Festival. The same year, she gained popularity after appearing in the third season of the web series ''72 Seconds''. She also appeared in the music video of "Sign" by Thunder (singer), Thunder. In 2017, Go was cast in the web series ''Absolutely Perfect Man''. She also made her television debut in the historical drama ''My Sassy Girl (TV series), My Sassy Girl'', before appearing in the youth drama ''Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jung Sung-il (director)
Jung Sung-il (born July 4, 1959) is a South Korean Film criticism, film critic, film director, director and screenwriter. A well regarded film critic-turned-director, Jung debuted with the romance melodrama film ''Cafe Noir'' (2009). His next two works document two well-known directors: ''Night and Fog in Zona'' (2015) on Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing (director), Wang Bing, and ''Cloud, Encore'' (2018) on Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-taek. Career One of the most well-known film critics in Korea, Jung has worked as the chief editor for film magazines Road Show and Kino, a programmer and jury in many festivals, a former adjunct professor of Korea National University of Arts' School of Film, TV and Multimedia, and a guest professor at Korean Academy of Film Arts. He has also written books about Im Kwon-taek and Kim Ki-duk. In 2009, he debuted as a filmmaker with the critically acclaimed romance melodrama film ''Cafe Noir'' which is based largely on the literary works by Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Naver
Naver (; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. The company's products include a search engine, email hosting, blogs, maps, and mobile payment. History Naver was the first Korean web provider to develop its own search engine. The company was founded on June 2, 1999, and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea. Naver is a combination of 'navigate', which means to navigate the Internet, and the suffix '-er', which means person, which means a person who navigates the vast ocean of information on the Internet. The Naver provides community services including blogs and cafes, other convenient services such as knowledge, shopping, maps, books, e-mail and naver tool bar. In August 2000, Naver launched its 'comprehensive search' service, which allows users to get a variety of results from a single search query on one page, organized by type, including blogs, websites, images, and web communities. Naver became an early pioneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Naver TV
Naver TV (; formerly Naver TV Cast) is a South Korean Streaming service, online video streaming and Online video platform, video sharing service developed and operated by Naver. The service primarily distributes web dramas and entertainment shows. Their mobile app has been rebranded to NOW with the intention of promoting K-Culture. The website updates are expected to be rolled out in the near future. Original programming Dramas 2013 * ''After School : Lucky Or Not'' * ''Someday'' * ''The Craving'' 2014 * ''Aftermath'' * ''Aftermath 2'' * ''About Love'' * ''Vampire Flower'' * ''Prominent Woman'' * ''Momo Salon'' * ''A Better Tomorrow'' * ''Longing For Spring'' * ''Dreaming CEO'' * ''Missing Korea'' * ''Love Cells'' * ''Doll's House'' * ''After School : Lucky Or Not 2'' * ''One Sunny Day'' * ''6 Person Of Room'' 2015 * ''Dream Knight'' * ''Dr. Ian'' * ''Exo Next Door'' * ''Midnight's Girl'' * ''My Love Eun-Dong: The Beginning'' * ''Prince of Prince'' * ''We Broke U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Park Eun-bin
Park Eun-bin (; born September 4, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child model in 1996, and made her small screen debut as a child actor, child actress in 1998's ''White Nights 3.98''. Park received international recognition for her performance as the titular character in ''Extraordinary Attorney Woo'', for which she won the Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television, Grand Prize at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards. Park was named Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year, Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year, ''Sisa Journal''s Cultural Person of the Year, and Cultura's Drama Icon of 2022. She also made her first entry into Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40, ''Forbes'' Korea Power Celebrity in 2023, placing 11th. Career 1996–2017: Debut as a child actress and transition to lead roles Park Eun-bin debuted as a child model in 1996, and since starting acting at the age of five, has starred in numerous Korean drama, television series, playing the younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Parasite (2019 Film)
''Parasite'' () is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon Ho, who co-wrote the film with Han Jin-won. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin (actress), Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun (actress), Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who infiltrate the life of a wealthy family. The script is based on a play Bong wrote in 2013. He later adapted it into a 15-page film draft, and Han split it into three different drafts. Bong said he was inspired by the 1960 Korean film ''The Housemaid (1960 film), The Housemaid'' and by the Christine and Léa Papin incident in the 1930s. Filming began in May 2018 and finished that September. The project included cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, film editor Yang Jin-mo, and composer Jung Jae-il. ''Parasite'' premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2019, where it became the first Korean film to win its top prize, the Palme d'Or. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
