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R-Point
''R-Point'' () is a 2004 South Korean psychological horror war film written and directed by Kong Su-chang. Set in Vietnam in 1972, during the Vietnam War, it stars Kam Woo-sung and Son Byong-ho as members of the South Korean Army in Vietnam. Most of the movie was shot in Cambodia. Bokor Hill Station plays a prominent part of the movie, in this case doubling as a French colonial plantation. In 2011, Palisades Tartan re-released this film on DVD under the title ''Ghosts of War''. Plot In January 1972, at a South Korean base in Nha Trang, Vietnam, a missing platoon sent a radio transmission from R-Point, a strategic island near Saigon. Lieutenant Choi receives orders to lead a squad, including Sergeant Jin Chang-rok, on a mission to extract the missing soldiers within a week. In return, they will receive an early honorable discharge and a clean record for Choi, who had previously shown insubordination. Upon arrival at R-Point, the squad is ambushed by a Vietnamese woman and discov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong Su-chang
Kong Su-chang (born 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kong started as a screenwriter and is behind hits such as ''White Badge'' (1992), ''The Ring Virus'' (1999) and ''Tell Me Something'' (1999). He debuted with the military-themed ''R-Point'' (2004), and then ''The Guard Post'' in 2008. Career Born in 1961, Kong Su-chang graduated from the Korean Literature Department at Hanyang University. Upon graduating, he joined 'Jang San Got Mae', an independent film union and wrote screenplays, such as ''O Dreamland'' (1989) and ''The Night Before the Strike'' (1990). Kong is known as a talented screenwriter of thriller and war movies, such ''White Badge'' (1992), ''The Ring Virus'' (1999) and ''Tell Me Something'' (1999). His adaptation of the novel ''White Badge: A Novel of Korea'' by Ahn Jung-hyo into the screenplay for ''White Badge'' was acclaimed as the best Vietnam War film in Korea. His directorial feature debut is the military-themed ''R-Point'' (2004), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Byong-ho
Son Byong-ho (; born August 25, 1962) is a South Korean actor. Son is known for his role in action films, notably, '' R-Point'' (2004), '' Running Wild'' (2006), '' The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008) and '' Insu, The Queen Mother'' (2011). Filmography Film Television series Theater Awards and nominations References External links Son Byong-hoat Cicada I Remember Co. Ltd * * * 1962 births Living people Actors from Andong Male actors from North Gyeongsang Province 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male stage actors South Korean male television actors Long stubs with short prose {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kam Woo-sung
Kam Woo-sung (born October 1, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his portrayal of a court jester serving a despotic king in the hit period film '' The King and the Clown''. Career Kam Woo-sung majored in Oriental painting at the Seoul National University, then made his acting debut in the 1991 television drama ''Our Paradise''. Through his roles on TV in the following decade, Kam became known for playing gentle and intellectual upper-middle-class men, notably in ''Hyun-jung, I Love You''. Then in 2002, he successfully subverted this image in his first film, the critically acclaimed '' Marriage Is a Crazy Thing'', in which he played a commitment-phobic professor having a passionate affair. More characters followed in a variety of genres: a man trapped in a confusing and haunting sequence of events in Song Il-gon's mystery film ''Spider Forest''; the PTSD-afflicted leader of a South Korean squadron in Vietnam who looks into the mysterious disappearance of 18 soldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Grand Bell Awards
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The 42nd Grand Bell Awards ceremony was held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on July 8, 2005. Nominations and winners (Winners denoted in bold) References External links * Grand Bell Awards Grand Bell Awards Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military History Of South Korea During The Vietnam War
South Korea, which was at the time an hybrid regime under its right-wing president Park Chung Hee, took a major active role in the Vietnam War. The Korean War just a decade prior was still fresh on the minds of the South Korean people, and the threat from North Korea was still very real. South Korea's decision to join resulted from various underlying causes. This included the climate of the Cold War, to further develop of South Korea–United States relations for economic and military support and political exigencies like anti-communism. Under the wartime alliance, the South Korean economy flourished, receiving tens of billions of dollars in grants, loans, subsidies, technology transfers, and preferential economic treatment. From September 1964 to March 1973, South Korea sent some 350,000 troops to South Vietnam. The South Korean Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force all participated as an ally of the United States. The number of troops from South Korea was much greater than th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, including 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''). Recognit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gi Ju-bong
Gi Ju-bong (born September 3, 1955) is a South Korean actor. Career Gi began acting in 1977 and is notable for ''Offending the Audience ''Offending the Audience'' is a play by Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is sometimes called an ''anti-play'' because of its renouncements of theatricality. It was originally published in German under the title ''Publikumsbeschimpfung'' (which bet ...'', '' Sorum'' (2001), '' Viva! Love'' (2008) and '' The Spy Gone North'' (2018). Filmography Film Television series Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gi, Ju-bong 1955 births Living people 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors South Korean male stage actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokor Hill Station
Bokor Hill Station (, ; ) refers to a collection of French colonial buildings constructed as a temperate mountain luxury resort and retreat for colonial residents in the early 1920s atop Bokor Mountain in Preah Monivong National Park, about west of Kampot in southern Cambodia. Abandoned for long periods of time, modern infrastructure has made the location easily accessible as re-development is taking place. It was used as the location for the final showdown of the movie '' City of Ghosts'' (2002) and the 2004 film '' R-Point''. To the north-east are the Povokvil Waterfalls. History The Damrei Mountains have long been considered sacred and venerated by the Cambodians. The hill station was built as a resort by colonial French to help the French military who were stationed in that region. They were desperate for some relief from the oppressive heat that is characteristic to this part of the world. So in the early 1920's, Bokor Hill, a small resort town was built especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Yoon-hyun
Chang Yoon-hyun (born July 11, 1967) is a South Korean film director. Chang's directorial debut, the Romance film, romance film ''The Contact (1997 South Korean film), The Contact'' (1997), was the second best selling film of 1997. It also catapulted actress Jeon Do-yeon to stardom in her film debut. His second feature ''Tell Me Something'' (1999) - billed as a "hard-core thriller", was one of 1999's biggest hits. Filmography As director *''Oh! Country of Dreams'' (1989) *''The Night Before the Strike'' (1990) *''The Contact (1997 South Korean film), The Contact'' (1997) *''Tell Me Something'' (1999) *''Some (film), Some'' (2004) *''Hwang Jin Yi (film), Hwang Jin Yi'' (2007) *''Gabi (film), Gabi'' (2012) *''Peaceful Island'' (2015) As screenwriter *''The Contact (1997 South Korean film), The Contact'' (1997) *''Tell Me Something'' (1999) As producer *''Love Wind Love Song'' (1999) (also credited for music) *''Tell Me Something'' (1999) As executive producer *''Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bell Awards
The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest continuous film awards held in South Korea, and has been called the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards. History The ceremony has been hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Information since 1962. The awards ceased for a couple years beginning in 1969, but were revived in 1972 after the establishment of the Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association, in an effort to stimulate the then-stagnant film industry. The 59th edition of the award ceremony was co-hosted with the Gyeonggi Arts Center for the first time at the Gyeonggi Arts Center Grand Theater and Convention Hall on 15 November 2023. Cha In-pyo and Jang Do-yeon were master of ceremonies for the award night. In December 2023, the Federation of Korean Filmmakers, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalpalan
Dalpalan (born Kang Ki-young on July 16, 1966) is a South Korean film score composer and music director. He was a first-generation Korean heavy metal and electronic musician and a former member of the bands Sinawe, H2O and Pipi Band. He began making film music in 1997 with the film "Bad Movie" and made his full-fledged debut two years later with the film "Lies" (1999). In 2002, Dalparan, Jang Young-gyu, Bang Jun-seok, and Lee Byeong-hoon established the film music group "Pitch Present." Dalparan frequently collaborates with musician Jang Young-gyu, a fellow member of Pitch Present, on several film scores, including '' A Bittersweet Life'' (2005), ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008), '' The Front Line'' (2011), '' The Thieves'' (2012), ''Assassination'' (2015), and '' The Wailing'' (2016). As music director he is also known for his work in the film '' Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned'' (2017), '' Believer'' (2018), '' Samjin Company English Class'' (2019), and ''Phantom'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sun-kyun
Lee Sun-kyun (; March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023) was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film ''Parasite'' (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. He received several other awards, including a nomination for an International Emmy Award. Lee debuted as an actor in 2000 and starred in TV dramas and musical theatre. The dramas '' Behind the White Tower'' and '' Coffee Prince'' (both 2007) brought Lee mainstream popularity, which he followed with ''Pasta'' (2010), '' Golden Time'' (2012), and '' My Mister'' (2018). On the big screen, he was known for his collaborations with director Hong Sang-soo in the arthouse films '' Oki's Movie'' (2010) and '' Nobody's Daughter Haewon'' (2013). His other high-profile films include mystery thriller '' Helpless'' (2012), romantic comedy '' All About My Wife'' (2012), and action thriller '' A Hard Day'' (2014), the latter of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
