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Nam Na-yeong
Nam Na-yeong (; born 1970) is a South Korean film editor and negative cutter. She has edited films with directors Ryoo Seung-wan ('' Arahan'', '' The City of Violence'', and '' Crying Fist''), Kim Jee-woon ('' The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' and ''I Saw the Devil''), and Kang Hyeong-cheol ('' Scandal Makers'', '' Sunny'', and '' Tazza: The Hidden Card''). As of 2020, Nam has edited more than 60 films. Early life and career Nam was born in 1970, in Busan, South Korea. She graduated from Kyungsung University's Department of Theater and Film. Nam began her career as a negative cutter in 1997. Her career as a film editor began with the 2002 film '' Wet Dreams'', and went on to work with established South Korean film directors. She has edited with directors Ryoo Seung-wan ('' Arahan'', '' The City of Violence'', and '' Crying Fist''), Kim Jee-woon ('' The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' and ''I Saw the Devil''), and Kang Hyeong-cheol ('' Scandal Makers'', '' Sunny'', and '' Tazza: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and some of North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification . Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wet Dreams (film)
''Wet Dreams'' () is a 2002 South Korean film. Inspired partly by United States, American gross-out comedies like ''American Pie (film), American Pie'', it follows the sexual misadventures of four boys through middle and high school. While ''American Pie'' had been a flop in Korea, ''Wet Dreams'' was a surprise box office hit and led to a sequel, ''Wet Dreams 2''. Production and investments The company Kangjekyu film originally tried to make the film, aiming for a July release. The film was distributed by company A-Line, which was a distributing company co founded by Samsung venture, KTB entertainment, Egg film, and Kangjekyu film. On April 28, 2002, the casting of actor Lee Beom soo and actress Kim Sun-a was confirmed, with crank in starting around May and an expected filming period of two months, aiming for an August release of the movie. Company HumanCom funded 300 million won out of estimated budget of 1.8 billion won for the film. References External links * * 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Friends?
''Just Friends?'' () is a 2009 South Korean short film directed and written by Kim Jho Kwang-soo. It is the second installment in a series of gay-themed short films directed by Kim, following the 2008 film '' Boy Meets Boy''. The film stars Yeon Woo-jin and Lee Je-hoon, who together play a couple that must deal with the issue of coming out. It premiered at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival on October 10, 2009."영화 [친구사이?] 가 제14회 부산국제영화제에 공식 초청되었습니다." . ''Chingusai''. Chingusai, 6 Oct. 2009. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. Two months later on December 17, ''Just Friends?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Reunion
''Secret Reunion'' (; lit. "Sworn Brothers" or "Blood Brothers") is a 2010 South Korean action film directed by Jang Hoon, and one of the highest grossing Korean films of 2010. The story follows Song Kang-ho as Agent Lee Han-gyoo of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) who falls from grace after failing to stop the assassination of a North Korean dissident. The sleeper cell responsible includes relative newcomer Ji-won played by Kang Dong-won, who gets marked as a traitor when the mission goes south. Six years later both men are working different jobs when they bump into each other and quickly form a bond. This is the second film by director Jang Hoon, who completed ''Rough Cut'' two years prior. Plot Ji-won is one of numerous North Korean undercover spies living in South Korea as ordinary citizens, until he's called to fulfill his mission: the assassination of Kim Jong-il's second cousin who wrote a book that the North Korean government deems as a great betrayal to the Fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxy Festival
''Foxy Festival'' (; "Festival") is a 2010 South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...n film with an all-star ensemble cast. It is a character-driven comedy of manners about the discreet sexual lives of a group of interconnected people in an upper-middle class district of Seoul. Plot Loose cannon Kwak Jang-bae (Shin Ha-kyun), a neighborhood policeman, is obsessed with his sexual prowess and continually wants to have sex with his live-in girlfriend, Ji-su (Uhm Ji-won), an English teacher at a private school who is bored with his macho behavior. Forthright high-school student Ju Ja-hye (Baek Jin-hee) sells her sweat-stained panties on the internet and wants to lose her virginity to scruffy Kamaboko#South Korea, fish-sausage seller Choi-kang Sang-du (Ryoo Seung-bum); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petty Romance
''Petty Romance'' () is a 2010 South Korean 18-rated romantic comedy film about the fiery relationship between an adult cartoonist and a former sex columnist. The film was a moderate hit, selling 2,048,296 tickets nationwide. Lead actors Lee Sun-kyun and Choi Kang-hee had previously starred together in the 2008 SBS TV series ''My Sweet Seoul''. Plot Seoul, the present day. In need of money to redeem a treasured family portrait, struggling manhwa artist Jeong Bae takes part in a publishing company's competition for an adult manga with a prize of ₩130 million (US$100,000). Advised that his big weakness is his story-writing, Jeong Bae advertises for a professional writer and ends up hiring the self-important Han Da-rim, with whom he agrees to split the prize money 50-50 if they win. Unknown to Jeong Bae, Da-rim recently lost her job as a sex columnist at magazine Hot Girl — edited by her friend Ma Kyung-sun — where she compensated for her lack of experience with men by copyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flu (film)
''Flu'' (; alternatively titled ''The Flu'') is a 2013 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Kim Sung-su, about an outbreak of a deadly strain of H5N1 that kills its victims within 36 hours, throwing the district of Bundang in Seongnam, which has a population of nearly half a million people, into chaos. It stars Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae and Ma Dong Seok. Plot Brothers Ju Byung-woo and Ju Byung-ki are smugglers in Seoul who find that illegal immigrants have died in a shipping container from an unknown illness. They take sole survivor Monssai and cellphone video of the bodies to show their boss in Bundang, but Byung-woo becomes sick and Monssai escapes. The brothers go to a clinic where the contagion is passed on to others who spread it throughout the city. At the Contagion Center in Bundang, Dr. Kim In-hae is reprimanded for losing important data when her car fell down a mine shaft the previous day. Her bag is retrieved from the shaft by ERT members Oh Ji-goo and Bae Kyun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Tears For The Dead
''No Tears for the Dead'' (; literally ''Crying Man'') is a 2014 South Korean action film written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. The film revolves around a professional hitman (Jang Dong-gun) who is conflicted about killing his last target ( Kim Min-hee). Plot At a restaurant in America, professional hitman Gon quietly interacts with a little girl sitting alone at her table. He then leaves and makes his way to the warehouse behind the restaurant where a man named Ha Yun-guk is making a deal with a group of Russian thugs. Gon kills them all and retrieves Yun-guk's laptop. Hearing a sound behind the door, he shoots through it, only to realize it is the little girl who had followed him. The girl dies, traumatizing Gon who gets himself drunk to forget the incident. Gon's close friend, Chaoz, and his two Colombian teammates, Alvaro and Juan, take Gon back to their boss, a Chinese-American Triad named Dai-Ban. Alvaro punches Gon awake from his drunken stupor. Gon is to go to South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess And The Matchmaker
''The Princess and the Matchmaker'' is a 2018 South Korean period romantic comedy-drama film directed by Hong Chang-pyo. The film stars Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Seung-gi, Kim Sang-kyung, Yeon Woo-jin, Kang Min-hyuk, Choi Woo-shik and Jo Bok-rae. The film tells story of a ''saju'' expert, Seo Do-yoon, who received an order from the King to help him pick a husband for his daughter, Princess Song-hwa, based on their fortune. It is the second installment of Jupiter Film's three-part film project on the Korean fortune-telling traditions, following '' The Face Reader'' which was released in 2013 and followed by '' Feng Shui'' later in 2018. Plot Princess Songhwa of the Joseon era refuses her fate to marry one of four suitors deemed to have good marital compatibility with her. She then escapes from the palace to find the man she truly loves. Cast Main *Shim Eun-kyung as Princess Songhwa **Lee Han-seo as Young Princess Songhwa *Lee Seung-gi as Seo Do-yoon :The fortune-teller *Yeon Woo-jin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawning Rage
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Without Love
''Nothing Serious'' () is a 2021 South Korean romantic film, written and directed by Jeong Ga-young for CJ ENM. Starring Jeon Jong-seo and Son Seok-ku, the film revolves around 32 years old Woo-ri (Son Seok-gu) and 28 years old Ja-young (Jeon Jong-seo), who hate being alone but have anxieties when it comes to dating. They meet with each other through a dating app. It was theatrically released on November 24, 2021. On box office it is at 9th place among all the Korean films released in 2021 with 604,672 admission and US$5.15 million gross. Synopsis The film is about relationships in the digital age, fuses elements of traditional rom-coms with modern-day technology. The story follows two people of opposite sex who hate dating but feel lonely. It depicts their meeting with each other through a dating app. Cast * Jeon Jong-seo as Ham Ja-young * Son Suk-ku as Park Woo-ri * Gong Min-jeung as Seon-bin * Kim Seul-gi as Seon-bin's friend * Kim Young-ok as Ja-young's grandmother * Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Dragon Film Awards
The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by '' Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popular movies of high artistic value released during the previous year. During the selection process, about forty movies that have made it to the final list are screened to the public for free. After the screening of each selection, the awards ceremony opens. The Blue Dragon Film Awards and Grand Bell Awards are the most popular film awards in South Korea. History It was created in 1963 by '' The Chosun Ilbo'' newspaper and discontinued in 1973. '' Sports Chosun'', a Korean sports daily also owned by ''The Chosun Ilbo'', resurrected the ceremony in 1990 and it has been held annually since then. The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 26, 2021 at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. In this edition, 18 categories were awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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