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Lee Beom-soo
Lee Beom-soo (born January 3, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is well known for his role in ''Singles'', ''Giant'', '' On Air'', ''Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, ''as well as in'' History of a Salaryman.'' Lee enrolled in the Department of Theater at Chung-ang University in Seoul in 1988. He made his acting debut in the 1990 film ''Kurae, Kakkumun Hanulul Boja'' (''Yes, Let’s Look Up At the Sky Now and Again''). Following his debut, he appeared in films including ''The Ginkgo Bed'', ''City of the Rising Sun'', ''The Anarchists'', ''Jungle Juice'' and '' Wet Dreams'', but it was the 2003 film ''Singles'' that made him rise to stardom. The Korean press has dubbed him "The Little Giant of Chungmuro" (Korean equivalent of Hollywood). He received a 2011 Seoul Art & Culture Award for best TV drama actor for his role in ''Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheongju
Cheongju () is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the one where Sangdang Sanseong is located, ruins dating from the Old Stone Age to the Bronze Age have been found. Settlements associated with the Paleolithic Age have also been discovered at Cheongju such as the Durubong Cave Site. After the unification of the kingdoms by Silla in 676, which caused various parts of Korea to adapt Buddhism including Cheongju, because the Silla culture was connected with the Silk Road, which brought the Buddhist religion from Nepal across Northern China to the Korean Peninsula. In the Goryeo era during the reign of Gwangjong, several monuments related to Buddhism were created, among them are Cheol Danggan, built during the year 962 in the center of the city near the remains of Yongdu Temple, which is a flagpole to hang the Dang flag, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Girl
''20th Century Girl'' () is a South Korean romance drama film written and directed by Bang Woo-ri in her feature film debut, starring Kim Yoo-jung, Byeon Woo-seok, Park Jung-woo, and Roh Yoon-seo. The film depicts the friendship and freshness of first love against the backdrop of 1999. It was released on October 21, 2022 on Netflix. Plot Set in 1999, the story revolves around Na Bo-ra (Kim Yoo-jung), a seventeen-year-old high school student with a bright personality. Bo-ra's best friend, Yeon-du ( Roh Yoon-seo), who has been preparing to visit the US for heart surgery, suddenly declares that she cannot leave as she has fallen in love with a boy from their school whose name she knows as Baek Hyun-jin (Park Jung-woo). Bo-ra promises that she will follow Baek Hyun-jin, find out everything about him, and email what she discovers. Reassured, Yeon-du departs. At school, Bo-ra starts to follow Hyun-jin. One day, she overhears that Hyun-jin and his best friend Poong Woon-ho ( Byeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Bell
''Death Bell'' () is a 2008 Korean horror film. The only Korean horror film released over the summer of 2008, it is the first feature by former music video director Chang, who also co-wrote the screenplay. ''Death Bell'' stars Lee Beom-soo in his first horror film role, and K-pop singer Nam Gyu-ri in her acting debut. Set in a Korean high school, the film's native title refers to ''gosa'', the important midterm exams that all students are required to sit. It is later followed by a stand-alone sequel '' Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp''. Plot A group of 20 high school students partake in an elite class to prepare for a college exam. Among them are the rebellious Kang I-na, her best friend Yoon Myong-heo, and the class clown Kang Hyun, who harbors an affection for I-na. A few days after incidents involving a student, Beom sees a ghost haunt his paper and class teacher Hwang Chang-wook discovers scars on his hand. The class is interrupted by a TV showing the top-ranking student, Min Hye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Than Blue
''More Than Blue'' () is a 2009 South Korean film. The directorial debut of poet Won Tae-yeon, it stars Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Bo-young and Lee Beom-soo in the lead roles. The film's Korean title translates as "A Story Sadder Than Sadness".Lee Hyo-won.`More Than Blue' Is Poetic, Luminous. ''The Korea Times'', 5 March 2009. Retrieved on 4 May 2009. In 2018, a Taiwanese remake of the same name was released. Later, in 2021 a Taiwanese remake was released on Netflix into a ten-episode series '' More than Blue: The Series''. Plot K and Cream first meet each other in high school & both are orphans; K was abandoned by his mother after his father died of cancer who nevertheless left him a sizeable sum of money, while Cream lost her entire family in a car accident. The two become soulmates and come to share a home. Knowing that Cream's biggest fear is to be left alone, K keeps the fact that he has leukemia ,and instead he urges her to marry a kind and healthy man. When Cream announces that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over My Dead Body (2012 South Korean Film)
''Over My Dead Body'' (; lit. "Return of the Corpse") is a 2012 South Korean comic heist film, starring Lee Beom-soo, Ryoo Seung-bum and Kim Ok-bin. The plot centers on a biotech researcher, a woman whose father was murdered, and a man attempting to commit insurance fraud whose lives get tied up in the case of a stolen semiconductor chip and a missing corpse. Released on March 29, 2012, the film sold 985,178 tickets in total. Plot Baek Hyun-chul (Lee Beom-soo) is a biotech scientist researching the cure for skin cancer. Deciding to shut the lab and sell Hyun-chul's work overseas, the head of the pharmaceutical conglomerate, Kim Taek-soo, sends Steve Jung and his gang to force the lab to shut down and take the research. Hyun-chul's colleague Han Jin-soo protests the decision, and is later involved in a hit-and-run accident and falls into a vegetative state. Taek-soo is also betrayed and murdered by Steve, little knowing the research is on a microchip planted inside his body. Driven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris 2
''Iris II: New Generation'' () is a 2013 South Korean espionage television series. Starring Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae, Lee Beom-soo, Oh Yeon-soo, Yoon Doo-joon, Im Soo-hyang, Lee Joon, and Kim Yeong-cheol, the sequel to 2009's ''Iris'' continues the story of National Security Service agents going up against the mysterious organization known as IRIS. It aired on KBS2 from February 13 to April 18, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 for 20 episodes. Synopsis Premise ''IRIS II: New Generation'' explores the aftermath events of ''IRIS'' as well as '' Athena: Goddess of War''. The story explores the origins of the former Director of the NSS and IRIS agent, Baek San ( Kim Yeong-cheol), and the protagonist Jung Yoo-gun (Jang Hyuk). After agent Kim Hyun-jun (Lee Byung-hun) was killed by a sniper shot from IRIS agent Ray ( David Lee McInnis), IRIS went into remission to recover and reconnoiter. Three years have since passed and NSS is no longer a secret black-ops division as it on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divine Move
''The Divine Move'' () is a 2014 South Korean action film directed by Jo Bum-gu. It stars Jung Woo-sung as a former baduk player, and revolves around his quest for revenge. The title refers to a particularly brilliant move, considered to be a "once in a lifetime" experience for only the best professionals, in the board game baduk (called Go in the West) which often turns what was a losing or close game into a winning effort at the most crucial moment. A prequel spin-off, '' The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful'', was released on November 7, 2019. Plot Professional baduk player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his seven-year sentence, he gets in touch with his brother's former associate "Tricks," hermit and blind master player "The Lord," and skillful junkyard owner Mok-su, "the Carpenter"; together, they begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Inside (2015 Film)
''The Beauty Inside'' (; lit. "Beauty Inside") is a 2015 South Korean romantic comedy film based on the 2012 American social film '' The Beauty Inside'', about a man who wakes up every day in a different body, starring Han Hyo Joo. It is Baik's feature film debut, after a career directing commercials. Plot One fateful day, on his eighteenth birthday, Woo-jin wakes up to see a face and body that is not his own. He is very shocked and confused, he confronts his mother with his new appearance, and she is also shocked but tearfully accepts him for who he is. With the help of his mother (Mun Suk) and his best friend (Song-beck), Woo-jin is able to cope with his strange condition. Ever since this day Woo-jin, now a furniture designer, wakes up in a different body every day, regardless of age, gender and nationality. Sometimes he's a man, a woman, old, young, or even a foreigner. He can even speak different languages, depending on who he is for the day. He's the same person on the inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Love (film)
''Pure Love'' (), released internationally as ''Unforgettable'', is a 2016 South Korean romance drama film starring Doh Kyung-soo and Kim So-hyun. Plot In 2014, a radio DJ gets a letter from his first love that brings up almost-forgotten memories of the past. 23 years ago in 1991, five friends spend the summer together. One of them, shy and innocent Beom-sil falls in love with Soo-ok. Beom-sil has a noticeable crush on Soo-ok and waits by the girl's window during the summer. Soo-ok suffers from a leg injury that renders her unable to walk properly so she is always carried by Beom-sil. The love blossoms and how he always sees her as the girl he had want to marry. Cast * Do Kyung-soo as Beom-sil ** Park Yong-woo as Hyung-joon / adult Beom-sil * Kim So-hyun as Soo-ok * Lee David as Gae-duk ** Lee Beom-soo as Yong-chul / adult Gae-duk * Joo Da-young as Gil-ja ** Kim Ji-ho as adult Gil-ja * Yeon Joon-seok as San-dol ** Park Hae-joon as Min-ho / adult San-dol * Lee Dae-yeon as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Chromite (film)
''Operation Chromite'' () is a 2016 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and based on the real-life events of the Battle of Inchon, although it presents a fictionalized version of the historical CIA/US military intelligence operation " Trudy Jackson", conducted before the actual landing operation. It was released on 27 July 2016 in South Korea. Plot In 1950, just a few months after North Korean forces have overrun most of South Korea, an American-led UN coalition is deployed to Korea to aid the struggling South Koreans. General Douglas MacArthur devises a secret plan to attack behind enemy lines at the port city of Incheon. The risky strategy is opposed by leaders of the other military branches, forcing MacArthur to devise a clandestine operation to gather essential information from within occupied Incheon by coordinating a weeklong South Korean intelligence operation known as "X-Ray". The linchpin of this top-secret incursion, Captain Jang Hak-Soo of the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foolish Plans
''Foolish Plans'' is a 2016 Chinese adventure comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ... directed by Jiang Tao and starring Wang Ning, Xiu Rui, Wang Zijian, Wang Ou, Liu Yase and Chen Yang. It was released in China by Beijing Juhe Yinglian Media and in North America by United Entertainment Partners on July 8, 2016. Plot Three down on their luck best friends search for love and good fortune. What began as an arranged marriage scheme with their boss's pregnant mistress spirals into a hilarious all-out caper involving a possible murder, money laundering and a missing $100 million check. Cast *Wang Ning *Xiu Rui *Wang Zijian *Wang Ou *Liu Yase *Chen Yang *Wang Yanhui References Chinese adventure comedy films 2010s adventure comedy films 2016 comedy films 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfinished (film)
''Unfinished'' (formerly known as ''In the Line of Fire'' and ''Departure'', ) is a 2018 South Korean drama thriller film directed by Noh Kyu-yeob. The film stars Lee Beom-soo, Yeon Woo-jin, Park Joo-mi and Lee Jong-hyuk. The film was released on November 14, 2018. It is based on the true story of Oh Kil-nam. Plot Set in Berlin in 1986, the story revolves around Oh Young-Min, who has become a wanted man due to a run-in with a North Korean spy. The spy convinces him to move to North Korea under the pretext of safety for himself and his family. As the story unfolds, he realizes that this was a bad decision and flees to West Germany where he is separated from his family. To make things worse, he is under surveillance by various countries, all wanting to exploit him for different purposes. Cast *Lee Beom-soo as Oh Young-min * Yeon Woo-jin as Choi Moo-hyuk * Park Joo-mi * Lee Jong-hyuk as Choi Gi-chul *Park Hyuk-kwon as Kim Cham-sa * Jin Seon-kyu as Kim Cham-sa's Bodyguard 3, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
