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Lee Bong-ryun
Lee Bong-ryun (; born Lee Jeong-eun, February 7, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in various films and television dramas, and worked as a stage and musical actress. Early life Lee Bong-ryun was born as Lee Jeong-eun on February 7, 1981, in Pohang, North Gyeongsang. Lee dropped out of high school after a month. After she moved to Daegu, Lee enter an academy for eighth months and passed GED. Lee then enrolled in Daegu Arts University, majoring in photography at the age of 17 Years old. Then she went to a graduate school in Seoul to pursue Master's Degree in Photography at Chung-Ang University. Lee finished graduate school in Seoul at the age of 24. Her stage name used to be Zhuge Bong-ryeon, she originally used for her alias as a photographer in photography exhibitions. Career Around 2003, Lee saw a musical called 'Sing in the Rain'. She enjoyed Park Dong-ha's performance and applied for the musical department in social education center in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pohang
Pohang () is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into two wards ( ''gu''), Buk-gu or Northern Ward () and Nam-gu or Southern Ward (). This city has the largest population of North Gyeongsang Province and it has the third-largest land area of any city ( ''si'') in South Korea. History The earliest evidence of human occupation in the Pohang area is from the Mumun Pottery Period (1500–300 BC). Archaeologists have unearthed small villages and megalithic burials ( dolmen) from this period. Still a small fishing village at the dawn of the 20th century, the earliest steps toward developing Pohang into a place of greater significance were taken in 1930 with the construction of a modern harbour. Pohang grew rapidly afterward, attaining the designation of town ( ''eup'') in 1931 and then earning the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the black comedy ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' (2000), before achieving both critical and commercial success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller ''Memories of Murder'' (2003), the monster film '' The Host'' (2006), the science fiction action film ''Snowpiercer'' (2013), and the black comedy thriller ''Parasite'' (2019), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea, with ''Parasite'' also being the highest-grossing South Korean film in history. All of Bong's films have been South Korean productions, although both ''Snowpiercer'' and ''Okja'' (2017) are mostly in the English language. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
''Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha'' () is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho and Lee Sang-yi. It is a remake of 2004 South Korean film '' Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong''. It aired from August 28 to October 17, 2021, on tvN's Saturdays and Sundays at 21:00 ( KST) time slot. It is also available for streaming on Netflix. The series was a commercial hit and became one of the highest-rated series on cable television history. It ranked first place during its entire run for eight weeks, and the last episode achieved 12.665% nationwide rating, with over 3.2 million views. It also became one of Netflix's most-watched non-English television shows, and one of its longest-running hits as it spent 16 weeks in global top ten rankings. Synopsis After her life goes awry, Yoon Hye-jin, an accomplished dentist from Seoul, goes to the idyllic seaside village of Gongjin on her mother's birthday, where she spontaneously decides to open up a dental clinic, and gets to know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rom-com
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run On (TV Series)
''Run On'' () is a South Korean television series starring Im Si-wan, Shin Se-kyung, Choi Soo-young, and Kang Tae-oh. It aired on JTBC from December 16, 2020, to February 4, 2021, and is available for streaming worldwide on Netflix. Synopsis ''Run On'' tells the love story of Ki Seon-gyeom, a former sprinter who is working to become a sports agent, and Oh Mi-joo, a subtitle translator. Cast Main * Im Si-wan as Ki Seon-gyeom. Innocent but caring, Seon-gyeom was a national Track and Field athlete who always got second place. Seon-gyeom's parents were both very busy and his only sibling was not a companion. As a result, he grew up largely without social interaction. Oh Mi-joo is his first real friend. Despite his lonely existence, he grew up in a privileged environment. He considers the world as friendly. * Shin Se-kyung as Oh Mi-joo. Oh Mi-joo works as a film translator who loves movies and thinks that every movie has a deep message if you watch it thoroughly. She grew up an orp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC is a generalist channel, with programming consisting of television series, variety shows, and news broadcasting; its news division is held in similar regard to the three main terrestrial networks in South Korea. JTBC was one of four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks alongside Dong-A Ilbo's Channel A, Chosun Ilbo's TV Chosun and Maeil Kyungje's MBN launch in 2011, to serve as supplementary networks to the existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990. History The JoongAng Ilbo, which used to be a part of the Samsung, had owned a TV station before. In 1964 it founded the Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. ''Hamlet'' is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". There are many works that have been pointed to as possible sources for Shakespeare's play—from ancient Greek tragedies to Elizabethan plays. The editors of the Arden Shakespeare question the idea of "source hunting", pointing out that it presupposes that authors always require ideas from other works for their own, and suggests that no author can have an original idea or be an originator. When S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theater Company Of Korea
The National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK, Korean:국립극단) is a South Korean theatre company founded in 1950 as an affiliate of the National Theater of Korea. In 2010, in its 60th anniversary year, NTCK separated from the National Theater of Korea and began to operate independently with two studio theater spaces in Seogye-dong, Seoul. NTCK resumed the use of Myeongdong Theater in 2015 which was its previous home venue for performances from 1957 to 1975. Productions Since 1986, the ‘World Classic Stage’ has planned to introduce a series of classics and has performed 20 plays including ''Uncle Vanya'', ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'', ''The Robbers'', ''Hamlet'' and the ''Terrorist''. In 2004, the NTCK launched the ‘Restoration of the Representative Repertoires & Re-creation Series’ project and has performed ''Thunderstorm'', ''Attachment of Life'', ''Wildfire'', ''Spray'', ''Merchant of Venice'', ''Celebration at the Maeng Jin Sa''. Performance venues * Myeong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeon Jong-seo
Jeon Jong-seo (born July 5, 1994), also known as Rachel Jun, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame with the role of Hae-mi in the 2018 acclaimed South Korean thriller '' Burning'', and has won Best Actress at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards for her performance in the thriller '' The Call'' (2020). Internationally, she is best known for her role as Tokyo in '' Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area'' (2022). Early life Jeon Jong-seo was born in Seoul, the only child in the family. Jeon and her family moved to Canada when she was a child. She attended a middle school in Canada, then returned to Korea and graduated from Anyang Arts High School. After high school, she attended Sejong University majoring in film. Later, she unenrolled from university to pursue her acting career more freely. Career Jeon Jong-seo started her acting career after she joined a management agency and attended her first audition in August 2017, for director Lee Chang-dong's mystery flick ''Burning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning (2018 Film)
''Burning'' () is a 2018 South Korean-Japanese psychological thriller film co-written, produced, and directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film is based on the short story "Barn Burning" from ''The Elephant Vanishes'' by Haruki Murakami, with elements inspired by William Faulkner's story of the same name. It stars Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo. The plot depicts a young deliveryman, Jong-su (Yoo), who runs into his childhood friend, Hae-mi (Jeon). They soon meet an enigmatic young man named Ben (Yeun), whom Jong-su becomes suspicious of and begins to believe Hae-mi is in danger. The first film by Lee after a hiatus of eight years, the film premiered on May 16, 2018, at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or; it ended up receiving the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the festival. It was released the following day in South Korea and on October 26, 2018, in the United States. It received almost universal critical acclaim, particularly f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
