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Kim Ki-duk's New Work Sold to France
Director Kim Ki-duk's 14th film "Breath" has been sold to French distributor ARP before its domestic release.
Film marketer CineClick Asia said Tuesday that it sold "Breath" at the Hong Kong Film Market held from March 20 until 23. The French distributor is devoted to introducing Asian movies to the country. Kim's latest work had also been sold to other 10 nations including Spain, Italia, Mexico, Greece and Belgium.
The marketer also sold "Seducing Mr. Perfect" starring Daniel Henney and Uhm Jung-hwa to Japan's Geneon Entertainment. It is expected to be released in the island country late this year. "Oasis" and "Friends" were sold to Britain, "The Birth of a Family" to Greece, and "The Host" to Hungary.
Source : http://english.kbs.co.kr
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'Lost' Star Still Looking for Love
"We immigrated to the U.S. when I was 10, and my parents sold things from a trailer. We lived in it, too. These days stars ride and move in trailers. They rest, do their makeup and change their clothes in them. So when I got my first trailer, eve...
'Christmas in August' Is a Pleasure
This unpretentious film never resorts to melodrama to make its point A photographer in the small city of Gunsan, South Korea, learns that he has a terminal illness but downplays the seriousness of it to his family and friends. We never find out th...
Interview with Nicky Lee, winner of Mandarin Pop Music Awards
On the 16th in Taipei at the Mandarin Pop Music Awards, Nicky Lee was called forth to receive the Golden Melody Awards. It was the moment a Korean received the award for the first time in history. During a phone interview on the 19th, Nicky Lee (L...
Korean Films Attack the Big Apple
Korean cinema will take a big bite of the Big Apple as the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) begins Friday. The festival will feature more than 30 works from the East, of which almost a third are Korean. The event will take place at the I...
L.A. Newspaper Introduces Daniel Henney to America
The Los Angeles Times newspaper has written a feature story on Daniel Henney, introducing the Korean-American actor and telling his story in last Sunday's entertainment section. The paper gushed over Henney's good looks and told how he came to ...
'The Host' Sequel Planned For 2009
By Seo Dong-shin Staff Reporter Chungeorahm Film, the film production and distribution company of the blockbuster hit ``The Host,'' plans to release a sequel to the film in 2009. But director Bong Joon-ho, the driving force of the original, wi...
LA Times Spotlights Daniel Henney
The Los Angeles Times has carried a special story on half-Korean actor Daniel Henney, who has become a major star in Korea in just two years since his debut here. The U.S. daily called his immense popularity interesting because of Henney's con...
Chungeoram to produce sequel to film 'The Host' with different director
By Kim Hyun SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The producer of the South Korean monster movie "The Host" said Monday that it is now in preproduction on a sequel to the blockbuster hit, aiming for its release in 2008. Chungeoram Productions said shooting ...
[DVD Review] 'Ghost' aka 'Ryung'
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Soggy horror film more appropriate for TV drama fans Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim) Ji-won (Kim Ha-neul) is a college student stricken by selective amnesia due to a near-drowning experience. The missing memory seems to suggest that she was a close...
2 women travelling on their own
In a passage from her diary on her first day in New York from the book “38 Days and 107 hours in New York,” the singer-actress Um Jung-hwa gets in a yellow cab from Midtown to Chelsea, where she is mesmerized by an endless attraction of streets ado...
'Wonder' Explores Nostalgic Realm of Teen Years
By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter A small gem of a film with subdued charms, "The Wonder Years" portrays the peculiarities of adolescence with a keen eye. The family drama brings to life endearing characters as it intricately weaves together the mund...
Shadows of emotion, hidden deep inside
The pop singer Lee Hyeon-woo and the jazz pianist Kim Gwang-min have many things in common. They are both single, known for their love of alcoholic drinks, their disdain for marriage and their passion for music. The two are fondly remembered as the h...
"Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") Wins Top Prize at Home
The nation's oldest film awards ceremony, the Grand Bell Awards, gave its top prize to low-key hybrid-family-drama "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") , directed by Kim Tae-yong. The film, which has toured a number of international film festivals...
New York film festival showcases Korean shorts
Award-winning short films of various genres from Korea's Mise-en-scene's Genre Film Festival (MGFF) will be invited to the 6th annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) from June 22 to July 8 in New York City. Launched by the Subway Cinema in 20...
Comedian Yoo Jae-seok rises as Hallyu MC
Comedian Yoo Jae-seok is about to become the country's first 'Hallyu MC', as his hit entertainment show which ended in March in Korea is garnering explosive popularity in China. Since airing on Sichuan TV from early this year, "X-Man" has topped the ...
'Peppermint Candy' the Loss of Innocence in Korea
Director Lee Chang-dong charts the story of a man corrupted by military dictatorship Howard Schumann (howard16) South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's achingly poignant "Peppermint Candy" chronicles the loss of innocence of a young man, Yong-ho (...
The ephemeral life of a new trend
Where is the most happening place in town? In any major capital city that's the first question on many visitors' lips. But answers are not easy to find because trends move quickly and only the insiders who work in the "trend industry" know how to pin...
44th Grand Bell Award Nominations
One of South Korea's top two annual film awards ceremonies will take place June 8th in the city of Daejeon. The 44th Grand Bell Awards, which is televised nationally, will be accompanied by the week long Daejeon Film Festival which will showcase 66 d...
Oh Ji-ho's Approachable Demeanor
Oh Ji-ho left Taiwan joyfully yesterday upon the completion of his promotional tour for the Korean drama series 'Fantasy Couple'. During his 2 night 3 day tour, he had the opportunity to try various Taiwanese delicacies and played baseball on a machi...
Addicted to American Dramas
Chris Shin, a 34-year-old graduate student in Seoul, watches "Grey's Anatomy" on her personal media player, every morning while riding the subway to go to school. "I'm really Addicted to the show. Sometimes, I get so caught up in the show that I a...
Jeon wins Cannes best actress prize
CANNES, France -- Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon, who stars in a tragic movie on death and faith, "Secret Sunshine", won the Cannes film fest's best actress award Sunday. The 34-year-old actress was acclaimed for her brave performance as a grieving w...
Shanghai Selects Radio Star for Its Competition
"Radio Star" has entered the Jin Jue Awards competition section of the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival. Shanghai will host the festival from June 16th until the 24th. "Radio Star" is directed by Lee Joon-ik, and stars Park Joong-hoon an...
[Talk of the town] Cut to the vows
Harisu, a celebrity transexual singer and actress, had tears in her eyes last Saturday when she walked down the aisle. It was a dream-come-true day for Ha, who chose to change her sex in 1995. She asked her surgeon, Kim Seok-gwon, who was in charge o...
Korea in the Grip of U.S. Soap Fever
Korean viewers are gripped by U.S. soap fever. Cable and terrestrial channels are broadcasting more than 30 American soap operas. One soju commercial is modeled after US drama "C.S.I", and Wentworth Miller (35), the star of the drama "Prison Break", ...
Int'l Animation Festival Fuels Cartoon Fervor
Eat your heart out, animation enthusiasts in Seoul. The 2007 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF) will hype up the local cartoon craze as it opens tomorrow until May 27 in theaters in uptown Seoul. Forget the old stereotype tha...
Voice of Korean Soul to Go to US
Jang Sa-ik is certainly no Rain or Boa. Both musically and in his personal background, Jang stakes out a position at the opposite end of the spectrum from these idols. But the three, from their respective positions, add their particular dynamic to ha...