"The Old Garden", Im Sang-soo's new movie is a novel Adaptation from acclaimed writer Hwang Suk-young's book of the same title. The film is set in the 80's and will be released in Korean on Jan. 4th 2007.The story of a doomed love between a democracy activist (Ji Jin-hee) and a teacher (Yeom Jung-ah) against the gloomy backdrop of the 1980s isn’t overly sentimental and sometimes sounds even cheerful, recalling the couple’s six-month affair and separation in the era of suppression.
Moon tries a sexy approach.
In a recent article on Chosun, Korean talent Moon Geung-Young breaks her innocent image for sexy music star in a new commercial for KTF music portal site Dosirak. Appearing opposite Kim Joo-hyuk in the romantic film “Love Me Not” Moon has already shown a mature side of herself with her role as a closed-off blind woman. The film, released on Nov. 9, however, failed to perform well at the box office.
Sassy Kwak Jae-Yong goes to Japan.
Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong, best known for his hit movie "My Sassy Girl", will apply his talents in Japan. The director will start shooting a sci-fi film he wrote himself there early next year. Japan's major production and talent agency Amuse will fund the movie while hiring an all-Japanese cast and crew. Other than the production costs of over US$8 million, details have yet to be released.
Anatomy Class for Han Ji Min.
Han Ji Min will costar with Jo Min Gi and Ohn Joo Wan (조민기, 온주완) in the movie “Anatomy Classroom (해부학교실)”. She plays a student with mysterious background studying in a medical college. The setting of the movie is at an anatomy and dissection training room in a hospital and a homicide case is revealed during the dissection. A hidden event happened in the past of her character is the key to the resoluctionof the homicide case.
Robot Taekwon V coming back!
The domestic animated film "Robot Taekwon V" will return to Korean theaters on January 18th.Released in 1976, the popular old-time film is known to have been lost in its original version but a copy was found at the Korean Film Council storehousein 2003. Next month's showing is the film's first theatrical engagement in 31 years. During its first release, it attracted 180-thousand moviegoers in Seoul, becoming the second-biggest hit of 1976.-Reported by KBS WORLD Radio
