‘Paju’ Examines Forbidden Love, Social Disorder

A girl is convinced her brother-in-law killed her sister. While halfheartedly investigating the mysterious death, she comes upon an unexpected realization: That she is in love with him.
Through this simple narrative, “Paju” examines a girl’s maturation and contradicting emotions, drawing a realistic picture of modern femininity free of the stereotypes often found in South Korean [...]

Popularity: 28% [?]

Kim Ha-neul: From Vietnam, With Love

Actress Kim Ha-neul, who visited Vietnam to promote her movie “7 Grade Civil Servant,” said, “One of my fans at the airport came up to me and asked me to embrace her. I was trembling with excitement and I even had tears in my eyes.”
Prior to the opening ceremony of a Korean film festival that [...]

Popularity: 29% [?]

Lee Seon-kyun Stars in Park Chan-ok’s Paju

Actor Lee Seon-kyun, who plays Jung-shik in Park Chan-ok’s movie “Paju,” was never known as a romantic guy. Jung-shik is a man who has to live with his deep wounds and sense of guilt. Lee describes his character as a “big person” who he didn’t want to approach in an emotional way.
To Lee, “Paju” is [...]

Popularity: 14% [?]

Breathless Showing at Toronto’s Reel Asian Film Festival

Breathless’ international momentum is taking it to the Reel Asian International Film Festival in Toronto. Yang Ik-joon’s low budget HD feature which has played at film festivals all over the globe including the Barcelona Asian Film Festival, the Deauville Asian Film festival and won awards at the Vladivostok International Film Festival, the Fantastic Fest 2009 [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

Was Ha Ji-won Snubbed at Daejong Film Award?

Singer-turned-actress Jang Nara’s nomination for Best Actress at the upcoming Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Festival, the country’s most prestigious film awards, has sparked a stormy debate.
The festival’s nomination of Jang for Korea’s equivalent of the Oscars was met with surprise by many as her film “The Sky and the Sea,” in which she plays the [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

Japanese College Holds Film Festival Dedicated to Kim Hye-su

The Korea Research Center of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University of Japan will hold the 4th Korean Film Festival on October 23-25. This year, the festival is dedicated to Korean actress Kim Hye-su, who is considered a symbol of independent women.
The festival is aimed at shedding light on Korean cinematography, history and culture through movies that [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

Soo-ae on Playing Empress Myeongseong

The recently released film “The Sword with No Name” is the story of the last queen of the Chosun Dynasty, Empress Myeongseong, and a bodyguard who loved her to the extent that he would give up his life for her.
Soo-ae, who plays the empress, said the role “was something I had always wanted to do [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

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