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Kang Hye-jung
Kang Hye-jung (; born January 4, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Making her film debut in arthouse film '' Nabi'' (2001), she rose to stardom and critical acclaim in Park Chan-wook's 2003 revenge thriller '' Oldboy''. A rising star early in her career, she gained acting awards for Han Jae-rim's relationship drama '' Rules of Dating'' (2005), and Park Kwang-hyun's Korean War comedy '' Welcome to Dongmakgol'' (2005). Following roles as a developmentally disabled daughter in ''Herb'' (2007), a suicidal woman in '' Kill Me'' (2009), as well as her marriage to Tablo in 2009, Kang began starring in more conventional melodramas in TV and film such as '' Girlfriends'' (2009), '' Miss Ripley'' (2011), '' The Wedding Scheme'' (2012), ''Lucid Dream'' (2017) and ''Jugglers'' (2017–2018). Her major theatre stints include Korean stage adaptations of ''Proof'' (2010) and '' Educating Rita'' (2014–2015). Career 1998–2009: Early rise, critical success Kang Hye-jung began worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding Scheme
''The Wedding Scheme'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kang Hye-jung and Lee Kyu-han. It aired on tvN from April 2 to May 22, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 16 episodes. Synopsis The widowed president of a kimchi factory decides to embark on a grand marriage scheme for her four daughters... by having them cohabitate with four eligible bachelors. Cast *Kang Hye-jung as Yoo Gun-hee :Gun-hee, a 32-year-old career woman with no interest in marrying is the second of four daughters whose mother runs a boarding house. She's ambitious, selfish, competitive, independent, the epitome of the "gold miss" — single and lovin' it. *Lee Kyu-han as Lee Kang-jae :A 32-year-old chaebol son to a food corporation president who happens to be one of Mom's lodgers. He's got some smarts and skills, but he refuses to do anything he doesn't want to do. A pampered rich boy, even if he really is a big softie underneath the sly exterior. *Cha Hwa-yeon as So Doo-ryun :Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Ripley
''Miss Ripley'' () is a 2011 South Korean television drama series, starring Lee Da-hae, Park Yoo-chun, Kim Seung-woo and Kang Hye-jung. Loosely based on Shin Jeong-ah's case, it aired on MBC from May 30 to July 19, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Plot The series follows Jang Mi-ri, whose troubled past causes her to use greed and manipulation in her rise to the top, including manipulating the two men who love her, which leads to her downfall. Cast * Lee Da-hae as Jang Mi-ri **Park Ha-young as young Mi-ri ** Jung Da-bin as teenage Mi-ri * Park Yoo-chun as Yutaka / Song Yoo-hyun *Kim Seung-woo as Jang Myung-hoon *Kang Hye-jung as Moon Hee-joo *Choi Myung-gil as Lee Hwa *Kim Jung-tae as Hirayama *Hwang Ji-hyun as Lee Gwi-yeon * Lee Sang-yeob as Ha Chul-jin * Song Jae-ho as President Lee *Jang Yong as Song In-soo *Kim Na-woon as Kang Shi-young *Kim Chang-wan as Director Choi * Baek Bong-ki as Deputy Manager Kim *Lee Bo-ram as Jo Eun-bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film organizations may use different definitions, however; the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, for example, currently defines a short film as 45 minutes or less in the case of documentaries, and 59 minutes or less in the case of scripted narrative films (it is not made clear whether this includes closing credits). In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, formerly known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Inaugurated in 1997, the festival focuses on South Korean and international horror, thriller, mystery and fantasy films, with particular attention to Asian cinema from East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a non-competitive international film festival, with partial competition, awarding a number of awards. History The inaugural festival was held in 1997. Until 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, or PiFan. The festival faced a boycott in 2005 to protest what was seen by critics as meddling by Bucheon mayor Hong Geon-pyo. A rival event called RealFanta was organized that year on the same dates as BiFan by former festival director Kim Hong-joon. The festival returned in 2006 without any dispute under the direction of veteran filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-fi Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestrial lifeforms, List of fictional spacecraft, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, Mutants in fiction, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on politics, political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed Special effect, trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthouse
An art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and containing "unconventional or highly symbolic content". Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing "formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films". These qualities can include (among other elements) a sense of social realism; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director; and a focus on the thoughts, dreams, or motivations of characters, as opposed to the unfolding of a clear, goal-driven story. Film scholars David Bordwell and Barry Keith Grant describe art cinema as "a film genre, with its own distinct conventions". Art film producers usually present their films at special theaters ( repert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonstop (South Korean TV Series)
''Nonstop'' () is a South Korean sitcom that broadcast its first season in 2000 on MBC. It continued with 5 more seasons. The series was popular for its cast of teen idols, many who debuted through the show gaining vast popularity. Cast (Nonstop) * Jennifer Lee * Lee Min-woo * Yang Dong-geun * Lee Jae-eun * Go Soo * Kim Jung-hyun * Kim Hyo-jin * Baek Il-seob * Kim Hyung-ja * Yeon Jung-hoon * Kim Ji-young (NEW Nonstop) Returning cast * Jennifer Lee (season 1) * Lee Min-woo (season 1) * Yang Dong-geun (season 1) New cast * Zo In-sung * Jeong Da-bin * Park Kyung-lim * Chun Jung-myung * Jang Na-ra * Kim Young-joon * Lee Do-eun * Yang Mi-ra * Lee Kyung-kyu * Kim Jung-hwa * Seo Kwon-soon * Kim Ki-hyun * g.o.d Special Guest * Kim Sung-eun (ep. 399 and 405) (Nonstop 3) Returning cast * Kim Hyo-jin (season 1) * Jeong Da-bin (season 2) * Kim Jung-hwa (season 2) New cast * Choi Min-yong * Jung Tae-woo * Ha Dong-hoon * Jo Han-sun * Yeo Wook-hwan * Lee Jin * Kim You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump (TV Series)
''Jump'' is a South Korean sitcom that aired on MBC in 1999. Cast ;Main cast * Seo Kyung-seok * Gu Bon-seung * Choi Bool-am * Chae Rim ;Supporting cast * Kim Sun-a * Go Soo * Zo In-sung * Yoon Tae-young * Park Gwang-hyun * Yang Mi-ra * Kwak Jung-wook * Hong Seok-cheon Hong Seok-cheon (born February 3, 1971) is a South Korean actor, television personality, restaurateur and member of the dissolved Democratic Labor Party. He caused considerable controversy in his home country when he came out as gay in 2000, ... * Park Si-eun * Kim Jung-kyoon * Yang Jung-kyoon * Moon Cheon-shik * Seo Beom-shik * Lee Kyung-shil * Choi Sang-hak * Hong Jin-kyung External links ''Jump''at MBC South Korean television sitcoms MBC TV television dramas {{SouthKorea-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Drama
Korean drama (), also known as K-drama or Koreanovela, refers to Korean language, Korean-language television shows made in South Korea. These shows began to be produced around the early 1960s, but were mostly consumed domestically until the rise of the Korean Wave in the 1990s. They have since achieved significant international popularity, with millions of viewers across the world. Beginning around the 1970s, more and more households in South Korea owned televisions. Programs were often produced on low budgets and were mostly consumed domestically. The industry significantly developed in the 1980s, after the spread of color television. Beginning in the early 1990s, several Korean dramas began achieving significant international popularity, primarily in China and Japan. In addition, South Korean popular music ("K-pop") and Cinema of South Korea, films began seeing similar successes, which gave rise to rapid international adoption of South Korean media in a phenomenon commonly calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Model (profession)
A model is a person with a role either to display commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an artist's model. Modelling ("modeling" in American English) entails using one's body to represent someone else's body or someone's artistic imagination of a body. For example, a woman modelling for shoes uses her foot to model the potential customers' feet. Modelling thus is different from posing for portrait photography, portrait painting, and distinct from other types of public performance, such as acting or dancing. Personal opinions are normally not expressed, and a model's reputation and image are considered critical. Types of modelling include: fine art, fashion, glamour, fitness, and body-part promotional modelling. Models are featured in various media formats, including books, magazines, films, newspapers, the Internet, and television. Fashion modelling is sometimes featured in reality TV shows (''America's Next Top Model''). Modell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educating Rita
''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The Warehouse, London, in June 1980 starring Julie Walters and Mark Kingston. The play was directed by Mike Ockrent. Plot summary The plays follows the relationship between a 26-year-old Liverpudlian working class hairdresser and Frank, a middle-aged university lecturer, during the course of a year. In the play Frank has no surname, but when the film was made he became Dr. Frank Bryant. Susan (who initially calls herself Rita), dissatisfied with the routine of her work and social life, seeks inner growth by signing up for and attending an Open University course in English Literature. The play opens as 'Rita' meets her tutor, Frank, for the first time. Frank is a middle-aged, alcoholic career academic who has taken on the tutorship to pay for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
