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''Sa-kwa'' () is the debut film of South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, although not released in South Korea until late 2008. This subtle, introspective drama of shifting moods—with acute observation of the dynamics of relationships. Plot Hyun-jung (Moon So-ri), dumped by her boyfriend of seven years, Min-seok ( Lee Sun-kyun), is broken and teetering on the brink of emotional collapse as she seeks a new suitor and get married as soon as possible since her biological clock keeps ticking away. Sang-hoon ( Kim Tae-woo) enters her life; Hyun-jung is attracted to his shy demeanor and marries him. But then Min-seok reconsiders and wants to return to her. Cast *Moon So-ri Moon So-ri (; born July 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her acclaimed leading roles in ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'' (2002), ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003), and ''When Life Gives You Tange ... as Hyun ...
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Moon So-ri
Moon So-ri (; born July 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her acclaimed leading roles in ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'' (2002), ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003), and ''When Life Gives You Tangerines'' (2025). Career After graduating with a degree in education from Sungkyunkwan University, Moon So-ri became part of the theater group ''Hangang'' ("Han River (Korea), Han River") from 1995 to 1997, and debuted in the play ''Classroom Idea'' (she also collaborated in its creation). She appeared in plays and Short subject, short films such as ''Black Cut'' and ''To the Spring Mountain'' before finding fame as a leading actress. Her first film role was in Lee Chang-dong's acclaimed ''Peppermint Candy'', however her acting skills were not really showcased until she appeared in her second film ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'', also by Lee Chang-dong. Her powerful portrayal of a woman with cerebral palsy earned her strong praise as well as ...
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2005 Toronto International Film Festival
The 30th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8–17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres. Awards At the Festival's closing event, the following prizes were awarded: * The People's Choice Award, presented to Gavin Hood's '' Tsotsi''. * The Discovery Award, presented to Sarah Watt's '' Look Both Ways''. * The Fipresci Prize, presented to South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan for ''Sa-kwa''. * A tie for the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature, presented to Louise Archambault's '' Familia'' and Michael Mabbott's '' The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico''. * The Toronto – City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented to '' C.R.A.Z.Y.'' directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. * The Bravo!FACT Short Cuts Canada Award, presented to Renuka Jeyapalan's '' Big Girl'' (Honourable mention to Andrea Dorfman's '' There's a Flower in My Pedal''). Because the vote for the People's Cho ...
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Kim Tae-woo (actor)
Kim Tae-woo (born 15 April 1971) is a South Korean actor. After his breakthrough in blockbuster war film ''Joint Security Area (film), Joint Security Area'', Kim became best known for his leading roles in arthouse films, such as those directed by Hong Sang-soo, namely ''Woman Is the Future of Man'', ''Woman on the Beach'', and ''Like You Know It All''. Filmography Film Television series Music video * "Seesaw" (Kim C, Hot Potato, 2010) * "Late Regrets" (Bobo, 2001) Theater *''The Blue Room (play), The Blue Room'' (2011) *''The Seagull'' (2008) Awards *2015 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama (''The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War'') *2006 Busan Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (''Woman on the Beach'') *2002 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama (''That Woman Catches People'') *2001 Golden Cinematography Awards: Best New Actor (''Joint Security Area (film), Joint Security Area'') *1998 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actor ...
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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 ...
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Kang Rae-yeon
Kang Rae-yeon (; born March 19, 1981) is a South Korean actress and model. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' The Time We Were Not in Love'' and '' Gogh, The Starry Night''. Early life Kang was born an only child and a third-generation South Korean; her family was originally from Shandong, China. She attended Seoul Chinese Primary School and Seoul Overseas Chinese High School, and graduated from Sejong University with a degree in hotel management. Career Kang started a modeling career posing for magazines. She made her acting debut in the 1998 film ''Zzang''. She went on to work on television series ''The Bean Chaff of My Life'', ''Forever Love'', and ''My Love Patzzi'', among others. Beginning in 2004, Kang took a three-year break from acting to go backpacking across several countries including the United States, Canada, India, and Egypt. She returned to acting in KBS1's '' Heaven & Earth''. Kang appeared in SBS dramas in On Air, A Thousand Days' Promise and Q ...
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Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts. The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts goin ...
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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 ...
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2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events Awards 2005 films By country/region * List of American films of 2005 * List of Argentine films of 2005 * List of Australian films of 2005 * List of Bangladeshi films of 2005 * List of Brazilian films of 2005 * List of British films of 2005 * List of Chinese films of 2005 * List of Canadian films of 2005 * List of Dutch films of 2005 * List of French films of 2005 * List of German films of the 2000s * List of Hong Kong films of 2005 * List of Indian films of 2005 ** List of Bengali films of 2005 ** List of Bollywood films of 2005 ** List of Kannada films of 2005 ** List of Malayalam films of 2005 ** List of Tamil films of 2005 ** List of Telugu films of 2005 * List ...
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2005 Romantic Drama Films
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South Korean Independent Films
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down- ...
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South Korean Romantic Drama Films
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-f ...
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