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Lim Chang-jung
Lim Chang-jung (; born November 30, 1973) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is often referred by Koreans as "the original multi-entertainer" for being active in all three fields: music, film and entertainment. He made his acting debut in 1990 and his singing debut in 1995. Im has since released 17 full-length albums and is known for his hit songs that are vocally challenging to sing. He is the only artist in South Korea who has songs that reached number one on the local music charts in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. He was selected as Singer of the Year and his song "The Love I Committed" was selected as Song of the Year in the surveys conducted by Gallup Korea in 2016. Personal life Im married professional golfer Kim Hyun-joo in 2006. The couple, who have three sons together, divorced in 2013. Im married a woman named Seo Ha-yan in 2017. The couple have 2 children together. On November 9, 2021 it was confirmed that Im had tested positive for COVID-19 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icheon
Icheon (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a Creative Cities Network, UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Local institutions of higher learning include Korea Tourism College and Chungkang College of Cultural Industries. The city is also home to Hynix, SK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker. Fires Major building fires occurred 2008 Icheon fire, on 7 January 2008 and 2020 Icheon fire, on 29 April 2020. Geography Neighboring districts include Yeoju, Gwangju, Gyeonggi, Gwangju, Yongin, and Anseong within Gyeonggi Province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong Province. The Yeongdong Expressway and Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon. In 2016, the city will connect into the Seoul Metropolitan Subway via Yeoju Line's Icheon Station. Administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat (1997 Film)
''Beat'' () is 1997 South Korean action crime film directed by Kim Sung-su and written by Sam Shin about a high school dropout who is forced into gang life. Jung Woo-sung played the lead Min and Ko So-young his love interest Romy. The plot is based on a bestselling graphic novel by Huh Young-man. The role solidified Jung as a leading Korean actor and was also based on his real-life experience as a high school dropout. Plot Three friends in Korea drop out of high school. Min is a feared brawler whose mother is a widowed drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as his best friend Tae-soo introduces him to life in the mob. Hwan-gyu is their other friend who seems unable to hold down a job. Further complicating Min's life is the volatile Romy, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college. Cast * Jung Woo-sung as Min * Ko So-young as Romy * Yoo Oh-sung as Tae-soo * Im Chang-jung as Hwan-gyu *Sa Hyeon-jin *Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracked Eggs And Noodles
''Cracked Eggs and Noodles'' () is a 2005 South Korean comedy film. It received 1,193,150 admissions nationwide during its theatrical release. It was also one of four Korean movies that screened at the 2006 International Fajr Film Festival in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Plot Dae-gyu is a working man living a stress-free dating life until one day a young boy claiming to be his son pays him an unexpected visit. After much wavering and struggle to make his son go away, Dae-gyu makes a compromise to go on a road trip after which he would return the boy to his mother. References External links * * * 2005 films 2000s Korean-language films South Korean comedy-drama films 2000s South Korean films 2005 comedy-drama films {{2000s-SouthKorea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Catch A Virgin Ghost
''Sisily 2 km'' (), released internationally as ''To Catch a Virgin Ghost'', is a 2004 South Korean horror-comedy film about a gang that steals a large diamond and escapes to a small town named Sisily, where they encounter deceitful villagers with dark pasts. It was the directorial debut of Shin Jung-won. References External links * * * * 2004 films 2000s ghost films 2004 comedy horror films Showbox films South Korean ghost films 2004 directorial debut films South Korean comedy horror films 2000s South Korean films 2000s Korean-language films {{2000s-SouthKorea-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greatest Expectation
''The Greatest Expectation'' () is a 2003 South Korean romantic comedy film. Plot Chang-sik (Im Chang-jung) lives strictly by the freeloader's handbook, doing the rounds of free samples in department store food sections and sponging off of his older brother. Mi-young (Kim Sun-a Kim Sun-a (; born October 1, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her title role as Kim Sam-soon in the popular television series ''My Lovely Sam Soon'' (2005). Other notable series include ''City Hall'' (2009), '' Scent of a Wo ...) nurtures grandiose dreams of becoming a TV actress but has failed every audition because she just cannot act. Because the two are unemployed, live in the same neighborhood, and have similar schedules, they are bound to run into each other, and they do. One day, Chang-sik and Mi-young are walking around distractedly when they collide. Chang-sik's coins spill out from his hands and scatter all over the ground. He chases after every single one but ends up 10 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reversal Of Fortune (2003 Film)
''Reversal of Fortune'' () is a 2003 South Korean sports romantic comedy film directed by Park Yong-woon, and starring Kim Seung-woo and Ha Ji-won. The film features several songs from Ha Ji-won's debut album, ''Homerun''. Plot Having turned his back on a promising career as a professional golfer, Kang Seung-wan is now a down on his luck stock exchange worker, and in debt to local gangster Ma Kang-sung. After crashing his car while driving through a tunnel, Seung-wan wakes up to find himself in an alternate reality where he fulfilled his sporting ambitions, and is now a famous golf champion. But things aren't as perfect as they first seem; he now has a wife who wants a divorce, and must compete in a major golf tournament despite not having played for over ten years. Cast * Kim Seung-woo as Kang Seung-wan * Ha Ji-won as Han Ji-yeong * Kang Sung-jin as Dae-shik * Lee Moon-sik as Ma Kang-sung * Ko Ho-kyeong as Seon-joo * Im Chang-jung Lim Chang-jung (; born November 30, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Is Zero
''Sex Is Zero'' () is a 2002 South Korean film written and directed by Yoon Je-kyoon, starring Im Chang-jung and Ha Ji-won. In the style of American gross-out comedies like '' American Pie'', it follows the exploits of a group of college students, which eventually takes a serious turn. ''Sex Is Zero'' sold 4,089,900 tickets in South Korea, making it the fifth most popular film of 2002. ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 19 April 2007. A sequel, '' Sex Is Zero 2'', was released in December 2007, starring most of the original cast. Plot The plot follows the story of college student Eun-shik and his efforts to impress a Junior, Eun-hyo. Eun-shik has a habit of finding himself in awkward situations that ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Boss, My Hero
''My Boss, My Hero'' () is a 2001 South Korean action comedy film. It is the first of a trilogy with ''My Boss, My Teacher'' in 2006 and '' The Mafia, The Salesman'' in 2007. Synopsis This gangster comedy tells of Du-shik, a successful young mobster who is rising up the ranks in a gang. He is due for a promotion to take over the Myeongdong district of Seoul, but many of the gang's upper brass feel he is not well-educated enough to take on such an important territory as many of the underlings have graduated high-school and even college. Du-shik is promised the territory as long as he achieves a high-school diploma and is enrolled in a private school as a 19-year-old. His right-hand man Sang-du, a college graduate, and Ga-ri, a goofball meathead, are his primary support throughout Du-shik's high-school experience and aid him in keeping his true identity hidden. On his first day of school, Du-shik encounters Yun-ju while they are running to school to avoid getting punished for tard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If The Sun Rises In The West
''If the Sun Rises in the West'' () is a 1998 South Korean film, and was the commercial directorial debut of Lee Eun. Plot Beom-soo is a traffic control officer who aspires to become a baseball umpire. By chance he meets Hyun-joo, a theatre major who crashes her car into a tree while he is on duty. Instead of fining her, Beom-soo gives her driving lessons and they soon become friends, exchanging letters with each other when Hyun-joo returns to university. When they next meet in person Beom-soo declares his love for her, only for Hyun-joo to reject him as she plans to go overseas to study. Three years later, Beom-soo is making his debut as a professional baseball umpire, and his feelings of love are reignited when he realises that up-and-coming actress Yoo Ha-rin is none other than Hyun-joo. The two are eventually reunited via the baseball field and resume their relationship, though Hyun-joo's affections are also pursued by Ji-min, the president of an advertising company for wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nambugun
''Nambugun: North Korean Partisan in South Korea'' () is a 1990 South Korean war drama film directed by Chung Ji-young. It is based upon the experiences of Lee Tae, a war correspondent and pro-North Korean Partisan during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Lee Tae * Choi Jin-sil ... Park Min-ja * Choi Min-soo Choi Min-soo (; born March 27, 1962) is a South Korean actor. One of the leading actors in Korean film and television in the 1990s, he has received numerous accolades throughout the span of his career, including five Baeksang Art Awards, six Bl ... ... Kim Young * Lee Hye-young ... Kim Hee-suk See also * The Taebaek Mountains References External links * 1990 films 1990 drama films South Korean biographical films South Korean war drama films Korean War films Biographical films about journalists Films about war correspondents Films based on biographies Films based on Korean novels Films based on military novels Films directed by Chung Ji-young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In Life
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups. It is generally characterized by widespread violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. ''Warfare'' refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. Etymology The English word ''war'' derives from the 11th-century Old English words and , from Old French ( as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish , ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic . The word is related to the Old Saxon , Old High German , and the modern German , meaning . History Anthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
