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Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho (; born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Regarded as one of the most influential actors in Korean cinema, he has appeared in critically acclaimed films across various genres. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award, three Baeksang Arts Awards, four Blue Dragon Film Awards, and five Grand Bell Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Song first gained recognition with the crime thriller '' No. 3'' (1997), and later rose to prominence with Park Chan-wook's critically acclaimed film '' Joint Security Area'' (2000). He is known for his collaborations with filmmaker Bong Joon-ho in '' Memories of Murder'' (2003), '' The Host'' (2006), ''Snowpiercer'' (2013), and ''Parasite'' (2019). Song rose to international prominence for his performance in ''Parasite'', which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimhae
Gimhae (, ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, situated near the Nakdong River. It is the seat of the large Gimhae Kim clan, one of the largest Kim (Korean name), Kim clans in Korea, claiming descent from the ancient royal house of Geumgwan Gaya. Gimhae is also the birthplace of the late Roh Moo-hyun, former president of South Korea. The city has a K3 League football club called Gimhae FC. The largest foreign sports club in Gimhae is the Gimhae Semi-Athletic Club (G-SAC) located in the Nae-dong neighbourhood. Administrative divisions *Jinyeong-eup (13 ''ri'') *Daedong-myeon (10 ''ri'') *Hallim-myeon (12 ''ri'') *Jillye-myeon (10 ''ri'') *Juchon-myeon (8 ''ri'') *Saengnim-myeon (8 ''ri'') *Sangdong-myeon (6 ''ri'') *Bukbu-dong (3 legal ''dong'') *Buram-dong (2 legal ''dong'') *Buwon-dong *Chilsanseobu-dong (7 legal ''dong'') *Dongsang-dong *Hoehyeon-dong (Gimhae), Hoehyeon-dong (2 legal ''dong'') *Hwalcheon-dong (2 lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowpiercer
''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic action thriller film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon Ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. An international co-production, the film marks Bong's English-language debut; almost 85% of the film's dialogue is in English. The film stars Chris Evans (actor), Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris, with Park Chan-wook and Lee Tae-hun among the film's producers. It takes place aboard the ''Snowpiercer'' train as it travels a globe-encircling track, carrying the last remnants of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming has created a new Snowball Earth. Evans stars as Curtis Everett, leader of the lower-class tail-section passengers, as they rebel against the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Attorney (Film)
''The Attorney'' () is a 2013 South Korean legal drama film directed and co-written by Yang Woo-suk in his directorial debut. With 11,375,954 tickets sold and a revenue of , ''The Attorney'' became the 15th-best-selling Korean film of all time and the second-highest-grossing Korean film of 2013. It was inspired by the real-life "Burim case" of 1981 when, during the authoritarian Chun Doo-hwan regime, 22 students, teachers and office workers who belonged to a book club were arrested without warrants on fabricated charges that they were North Korea sympathizers. Roh Moo-hyun, then a tax lawyer from Busan, formed a legal team with his allies, including Moon Jae-in and Kim Kwang-il, to defend the arrested individuals against the government. After the case, Roh became an influential human rights lawyer throughout the 1980s; he later entered politics and became the 9th president of South Korea. Later, Moon Jae-in also became the 12th president of South Korea. Plot In 1978, a former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirst (2009 Film)
''Thirst'' (; literally "bat") is a 2009 South Korean Gothic dark comedy erotic romantic horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook. Based on the 1867 novel ''Thérèse Raquin'' by Émile Zola, the film stars Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who turns into a vampire as a result of a failed medical experiment, and falls in love with Tae-ju ( Kim Ok-vin), the wife of his childhood friend ( Shin Ha-kyun). An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, ''Thirst'' was released in South Korea on 30 April 2009, where it was a commercial success. It received generally positive reviews from critics and won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Palme d'Or. Plot Catholic priest Sang-hyun volunteers at a hospital, providing ministry to the patients. He eventually volunteers to participate in an experiment to find a vaccine for the deadly Emmanuel Virus (EV). The experiment fails, and Sang- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Sunshine
''Secret Sunshine'' () is a 2007 South Korean melodrama film directed by Lee Chang-dong. The screenplay based on the short story "The Abject" by Lee Cheong-jun that focuses on a woman as she wrestles with the questions of grief, madness and faith. The Korean title ''Miryang'' is named after the city where the film was set and filmed; "Secret Sunshine" is the literal translation. For her performance, Jeon Do-yeon won Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film also won Best Film at the Asian Film Awards and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The film sold 1,710,364 tickets in South Korea. Plot After her husband dies in a traffic accident, Lee Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) and her only child Jun move to Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, her husband's hometown, to start life anew. While entering the city, her car breaks down. A mechanic in Miryang, Kim Jong-chan (Song Kang-ho), fixes her car and assists Shin-ae as she opens a piano academy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sympathy For Mr
Sympathy is the perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another life form. According to philosopher David Hume, this sympathetic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need. Hume explained that this is the case because "the minds of all men are similar in their feelings and operations" and that "the motion of one communicates itself to the rest" so that as "affections readily pass from one person to another… they beget correspondent movements." Along with Hume, two other men, Adam Smith and Arthur Schopenhauer, worked to better define sympathy. Hume was mostly known for epistemology, Smith was known for his economic theory, and Schopenhauer for the philosophy of the will. American professor Brené Brown views sympathy as a way to stay out of touch with one's emotions. They attempt to make sense out of the situation and see it from the person receivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobweb (2023 South Korean Film)
''Cobweb'' () is a 2023 South Korean period black comedy-drama film directed by Kim Jee-woon starring Song Kang-ho, Im Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se, Jeon Yeo-been, and Krystal Jung. It premiered in the non-competitive section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released theatrically on September 27, 2023, coinciding with Korean Chuseok holidays. Premise In early 1970s Seoul, a film director Kim Ki-yeol is obsessed with the fact that the ending of his already wrapped film ''Cobweb'' would be better if remade. Two series of sequences alternate: scenes in colour depicting the events that happen while the crew is filming under constraints of time and censorship, with somehow reluctant actors, who have been asked to come back in emergency to the film studio for two days; and scenes in black-and-white, that are the results of these studio shooting scenes. Cast Main * Song Kang-ho as Kim-yeol : A movie director who is obsessed with the desire to make ''Cobweb'' into a masterpiece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Of Shadows
''The Age of Shadows'' (; lit. "Emissary") is a 2016 South Korean period action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Lee Ji-min and Park Jong-dae. The film is set in Shanghai and Seoul in the 1920s and stars Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the Best Picture award in the Action Features category at the 2016 Fantastic Fest held in Austin, Texas. Plot Kim Jang-ok and Joo Dong-sung, members of the Korean independence group Heroic Corps, visit the wealthy Kim Hwang-sub under the pretense of securing military funds, but it's a trap. Surrounded by Japanese forces, Kim Jang-ok fights valiantly in a gun battle but ultimately takes his own life when confronted by his former friend Lee Jung-chool, now working for the Japanese police. Lee, however, quietly releases Joo Dong-sung, arousing suspicion among fellow Heroic Corps mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' () is a 2008 South Korean Western action film directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung.' The film is inspired by the 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and had a limited release in the U.S. on 23 April 2010. It received positive reviews with critics praising the action, the cinematography and the direction. The film marks the second collaboration between actor Lee Byung-hun and director Kim Jee-woon, who had previously collaborated on the action drama '' A Bittersweet Life'' (2005) and would later do so again in Kim's '' I Saw the Devil'' (2010). Plot In the desert wilderness of Manchuria in 1939, months before the beginning of the Second World War. Park Chang-yi, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun)—a bandit and hitman—is hired to acquire a treasure map from a Japanese official traveling by train. Before he can get it however, Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foul King
''The Foul King'' () is a 2000 South Korean sports comedy film, written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It was Kim's second feature-length film after '' The Quiet Family''. Like the director's debut film, ''The Foul King'' also stars Song Kang-ho, this time as an incompetent bank clerk who takes up a career in professional wrestling, adopting the moniker "The Foul King" in the ring. Plot Bank teller Im Dae-ho leads a monotonous life at the bank counter, devoid of anything exciting. He frequently arrives late, has poor performance metrics, and is constantly scolded by the deputy manager, often falling victim to his headlock attacks. To make matters worse, the coworker he secretly admires doesn't even spare him a glance. Feeling dispirited, Dae-ho unexpectedly finds an escape in the Jang Chil-sam Pro Wrestling Gym. As a child, he admired the rule-breaking wrestler Ultra Tiger Mask, and now, desperate to find a way out of his boss's headlocks, he decides to learn wrestling. The gym ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quiet Family
''The Quiet Family'' () is a 1998 South Korean black comedy horror film directed by Kim Jee-woon. The story centers on a family who owns a hunting lodge in a remote area, whose customers always happen to end up dying. Among the film's main cast are pre-stardom Choi Min-sik and Song Kang-ho. The film was loosely remade in Japanese as ''The Happiness of the Katakuris'' by Takashi Miike, in Indian Tamil as ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'', in Kannada as '' Namo Bhootatma'' and in Telugu as ''Next Nuvve''. Plot An extended family has moved from the city (presumably Seoul) to live in a large house out in the mountains, which they convert into a lodge for hikers. Consisting of a middle aged father Kang Dae-goo, mother Jeong Soon-rye, Dae-goo's younger brother Kang Chang-goo, and their adult children Kang Young-min, Kang Mi-soo, and Kang Mina, they suffer a string of misfortunes as various patrons come to stay. Their first guest, a hiker, asks for a room and three beers. Left to himself, he spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon (; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, '' The Quiet Family'' in 1998. Kim has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in his films. He is currently one of the most recognized screenwriters/directors in the Korean film industry. His films '' A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003) and '' A Bittersweet Life'' (2005) were both critical and commercial successes. He is also known for the films '' The Foul King'' (2000), '' The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008) and '' I Saw the Devil'' (2010). Early life Kim Jee-woon was born on July 6, 1964, in Seoul, South Korea and is the youngest of six siblings. He grew up in Samgak-dong, a neighborhood between present day Jongno and Euljiro. His grandfather was a tailor. When he was young, Kim's father frequently took him to the cinema w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
