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Kim Su-hyeon (actor, Born 1970)
Kim Su-hyeon (born February 20, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Best known as a supporting actor (notably in films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan), Kim played his first feature film leading role in the indie ''Sleepless Night'' (2013). Filmography Film * ''Lament'' (1997) * ''The Old Miner's Song'' (1999) * ''The Happy Funeral Director'' (2000) * '' Die Bad'' (2000) * '' Failan'' (2001) * '' Take Care of My Cat'' (2001) * '' No Blood No Tears'' (2002) * ''Oh! LaLa Sisters'' (2002) * '' Saving My Hubby'' (2002) * ''Show Show Show'' (2003) * ''Tube'' (2003) * '' Oldboy'' (2003) * ''Family Picture'' (short film, 2003) * '' Arahan'' (2004) * ''Twentidentity'' (2004) (segment: "Sutda") * '' Crying Fist'' (2005) * ''Heaven's Soldiers'' (2005) * ''If You Were Me 2'' (2005) (segment: "Hey, Man~") * ''The City of Violence'' (2006) * ''Three Fellas'' (2006) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (2008) * ''Humming'' (2008) * ''Dachimawa Lee'' (2008) * ''Spare'' (2008) * ''Here I Am'' (short film, 2008) * ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...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] |
Set Me Free (2014 Film)
''Set Me Free'' () is a 2014 South Korean autobiographical coming-of-age film directed by Kim Tae-yong. Choi Woo-shik won Actor of the Year at the 19th Busan International Film Festival, where the film also received the Citizen Critics' Award. ''Set Me Free'' was released in theaters on November 13, 2014, and drew 23,979 admissions.In South Korea, an independent film that reaches 10,000 admissions is already considered a success. Plot Yeong-jae grew up at Isaac's Home, a group home where he was entrusted as a child by his immature and reckless father. Now a sixteen-year-old high school student, he is told that he is now too old to remain at the group home. Yeong-jae will do anything than return to his father, so to extend his stay, he lies that he wants to become a priest and enter a Catholic boarding school. In fact, Yeong-jae doesn't believe in God, having learned to rely only on himself, and even secretly steals then resells donated goods. To show his religious faith, he attends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' () is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper '' JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. Overview ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b .... See also * List of newspapers in South Korea References SlayypookieExtern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unjust
''The Unjust'' () is a 2010 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. It is a dark and bitter denunciation of corruption in the South Korean justice system. The film was a critical and commercial success, with 2.7 million admissions at the box office and winning several awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards. This is director Ryoo Seung-wan's fifth collaboration with his younger brother, actor Ryoo Seung-bum. Lead actors Hwang Jung-min and Ryoo Seung-bum previously worked together in ''Bloody Tie'' (2006). Plot After the rape and murder of 5 elementary schoolgirls, a crime which deeply upsets the entire country, a fleeing suspect is shot and killed by the police. This leads to negative publicity because the guilt of the suspect cannot be proven, and the real attacker may still be at large. Under pressure from the Blue House, a senior police official assigns Choi, a police captain, to a highly sensitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancinema
HanCinema () is an online South Korean movie and drama database created by Cédric Collemine during the summer of 2003 in Korea. It provides information related to Korean movies, television dramas, actors, and other related information. It is aimed at non–South Korean audiences. See also * Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... * Korean Movie Database References External links * South Korean film websites Internet properties established in 2003 Online film databases {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Herald
''The Korea Herald'' () is a South Korean English-language daily newspaper founded in August 1953 and published in Seoul. The editorial staff is composed of Korean and international writers and editors, with additional news coverage drawn from international news agencies such as the Associated Press. ''The Korea Herald'' is operated by Herald Corporation. Herald Corporation also publishes ''The Herald Business'', a Korean-language business daily, ''The Junior Herald'', an English weekly for teens, ''The Campus Herald'', a Korean-language weekly for university students. Herald Media is also active in the country's booming English as a foreign language sector, operating a chain of hagwon as well as an English village. ''The Korea Herald'' is a member of the Asia News Network. History ''The Korean Republic'' ''The Korea Herald'' was first published on August 13, 1953, as ''The Korean Republic''. It was a four-page, tabloid-sized, English-language daily. In 1958, ''The Korean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachimawa Lee
''Dachimawa Lee'' (;) is a 2008 South Korean period spy action comedy film. It has been released via online streaming in the United States with the title ''Dachimawa Lee: Gangnam Spy''. Plot The legendary Korean spy Dachimawa Lee is assigned to recover the fabled Golden Buddha statue, but his mission ends in failure. Lee discovers that his mission was sabotaged, and must confront against the shadowy figure behind the plot. Cast * Im Won-hee as Dachimawa Lee * Gong Hyo-jin as Keum Yeon-ja * Park Si-yeon as Ma-ri * Hwang Bo-ra as Weird girl * Kim Byeong-ok as Mr. Wang * Kim Su-hyeon as Dama Ne-gi * Ahn Gil-kang as Jin-sang 6 * Ryoo Seung-bum as National border wildcat * Oh Ji-hye as Madame Jang * Jo Deok-hyeon as Hoo Gga-shi * Lee Jeong-heon as Ya-shi * Gary (cameo) * Gil Seong-joon (cameo) * Kim Roi-ha as General Kim Release ''Dachimawa Lee'' was released in South Korea on August 13, 2008, and was ranked fourth at the box office in its opening weekend with 233,251 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humming (film)
''Humming'' () is a 2008 South Korean romance drama film starring Lee Chun-hee and Han Ji-hye. Plot Joon-seo (Lee Chun-hee), a talented young scientist, is bored with his relationship with diving instructor Mi-yeon (Han Ji-hye) and plans to go on a research trip to Antarctica in order to get away for a while. But one day tragedy strikes, and Mi-yeon becomes comatose after an accident. Cast * Lee Chun-hee as Joon-seo * Han Ji-hye as Mi-yeon * Jung Jae-jin as professor * Park Choong-seon as bodyguard * Kim Cheol-heung as laundromat man * Son Eun-seo as veterinarian * Lee Min-ki as Oh Chun-jae, Joon-seo's friend (cameo) * Lee Hwi-hyang Lee Hwi-hyang (; born October 1, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She joined the Miss MBC beauty pageant in 1981, and made her acting debut in 1982. Among Lee's notable television drama In film and television show, television, drama is ... as Mi-yeon's aunt (cameo) Box office It drew 104,850 admissions, grossing . References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time (2008 Film)
''Once Upon a Time'' () is a 2008 South Korean film, directed by Jeong Yong-ki and adapted from a screenplay by Cheon Seong-il. The film is a heist comedy film set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and a jazz singer, respectively, who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities. ''Once Upon a Time'' was the first major investment by SK Telecom's film division, established late 2007, and was released in South Korea on January 30, 2008, under the company's CH Entertainment banner. Plot The film is set in Seoul, 1945, during the final days of Japanese rule. Kanemura is a well-connected con artist who makes money by selling ancient Korean artifacts to wealthy Japanese collectors. His eyes are set on Haruko, a beautiful jazz singer in a downtown nightclub; unbeknownst to anyone, Haruko has been moonlighting as "Haedanghwa" ("Rugosa Rose"), a cat burglar who has carried out a succession of high-profile thefts. She is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Violence
''The City of Violence'' () is a 2006 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film, alongside Jung Doo-hong and Lee Beom-soo. Plot Wang-jae, an ex-gangster, chases a gang of punks into an alley and gets fatally stabbed to death. His four childhood friends reunite in nearly 20 years at Wang-jae's funeral. Up to then, each person has gone their own way: Tae-su became a Seoul police detective. Pil-ho has taken over his brother-in-law Wang-jae's business. Seok-hwan works as a debt collector while his older brother Dong-hwan struggles as a maths professor. After the funeral, Tae-su decides to investigate the murder within a week before he would return to his job in Seoul. Meanwhile, Seok-hwan decides to find and kill Wang-jae's murderers. While investigating, Tae-su is attacked by youth gangs, where he barely escapes with his life after Seok-hwan's unexpected arrival. They decide to work together. After hunting the gangs, they discover Wang-jae's death wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven's Soldiers
''Heaven's Soldiers'' () is a 2005 South Korean period action-comedy film directed by Min Joon-ki. It combines elements of several genres such as war films, time travel and historical drama. Plot The film begins with high-level military leaders from both North Korea, North and South Korea discussing the surrender of a North Korean 50 Mt nuclear warhead () in a secret underground development bunker near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, DMZ. The warhead was secretly jointly-designed, but international pressure has forced North and South Korea to hand over the device and close the facility. North Korean officer Major Kang Min-gil (Kim Seung-woo), displeased with the conciliation of the Koreas, steals the warhead with the help of several of his loyal soldiers. The leaders of both sides dispatch a Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla, South Korean Naval Special Forces platoon under the leadership of Major Park Jung-woo (Hwang Jung-min). The platoon intercepts the rebelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
