Tuesday, May 27, 2008

My Tutor Friend Lesson 2

My Tutor Friend Lesson 2

Release Date: 2007
Director: Ji Kil Woong, Kim Ho Jung
Writer: In Eun Ah, Jo Jung Hoon

Cast:
Lee Cheong Ah
Park Ki Woong




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Sypnosis:

Junko, a Japanese of Korean ancestry, comes to Korea to find her sweetheart. She finds lodging at a guest house that provides room and board. Unfortunately, the room that she is supposed to stay in belongs to the owner’s son, Jong-man. On her first night in Seoul, Junko is forced to share the room with Jong-man. Junko wants to find another place, but the owner desires to keep Junko as a guest and offers Junko free Korean lessons from Jong-man. It is going to be some adventure for Junko in Seoul!


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M

M

Release Date: 2007
Director: Lee Myeong Se
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Cast:
Kang Dong Won
Gong Hyo Jin
Lee Yeon Hee




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Sypnosis:

A prominent up-and-coming author Min-woo readies his new much anticipated follow-up novel while suffering from frequent nightmares and hallucinations. This unexplainable condition affects both his personal and professional life. Soon he can’t differentiate reality from fantasy and continues to have feelings of being chased. His own paranoia leads him to a café in a dark, unassuming alley and encounters a charming young woman named Mimi. Min-woo starts to wonder how he and this girl in front of him are connected and traces long-forgotten memories of his first love.

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Punch Lady

Punch Lady

Release Date: 2007
Director: Kang Hyo Jin
Writer: Kang Hyo Jin

Cast:
Do Ji Won
Son Hyeon Joo



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Sypnosis:

“Punch Lady” is a tale of modern heroism where a battered housewife- turned-kickboxing queen fights her abusive husband in the ring.

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The Way Home

The Way Home (Jibeuro)

Release Date : 2002
Director: Lee Jeong Hyeong
Writer: Lee Jeong Hyeong

Cast:
Kim Eul Boon
Yu Seung Ho




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Sypnosis:

This is a touching story about a spoiled city boy, Sang Woo, whose single mom falls on hard times. The mom has no choice but to ship the boy off to the rural mountain town where his grandma lives. The grandmother is a hunchback lady with serious osteoporosis from bending over low stoves all her life. She’s also mute and illiterate.Despite the physical setbacks, she works diligently without complaining. Experience the world of humility with this emotional tear jerker which will tug at your heart strings to the very end.

Trivia :

Granmother Kim Eun Boon is a real villager with no prior experience in acting. Director Lee Jeong Hyeong scouted her among many rural villager.

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Evil Twin

Evil Twin

Release Date: 2006
Director: Kim Ji Hwan
Writer: Kim Ji Hwan

Cast:
Jae Hee
Park Sin Hye



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Sypnosis:

Set in Chosun Dynasty, Seo-rae village is enshrouded by a thick fog coming from the lake. While running from a group of village kids, Hyo-jin and his sister So-yeon fall into the lake. The mother of the twins tries hard to save them, both but manages only to save So-yeon, who is alive but comatose. Ten years later, CHOI is murdered mysteriously as he was heading home from a friends gathering. And at that precise moment, So-yeon wakes up from her coma, without any memories of her childhood or even of her sister Hyo-jin. . Not long after the So-yeon’s recovery, more former friends are killed and people suspect So-yeon.. Her lover Hyun-sik, in truth misses the dead sister, Hyo-jin. As So-yeon is driven into a corner, her jealousy of Hyo-jin returns.

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The Peter Pan Formula

The Peter Pan Formula

Release Date : 2005
Director: Jo Chang Ho
Writer: Jo Chang Ho

Cast:
On Joo Wan
Kim Ho Jeong
Ok Ji Yeong



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Sypnosis:

Han-soo lives alone with his mother in a small town by the sea. He is the star of the swim team, but just as they are preparing for a national competition that could earn him a college scholarship, Han-soo decides to quit. Then he hears the news of his mother's suicide attempt. He remains by her comatose body and falls into a bewildered state. Finding himself at a loss, he tries to face his problems and develop a solution to his dilemma.

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The Foul King

The Foul King (Ban Chik Hwang)

Release Date: 2000
Director: Kim Ji Woon
Writer: Kim Ji Woon, Kim Dae Woo

Cast:
Song Kang Ho
Jang Jin Yeong





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Sypnosis:

Dao-Ho a banker with no self confidence gets beaten down by his boss because he has poor performance and is sometimes late for work. He hopelessly try to sign up for some martial art lessons but gives up before he even starts. He notices a local wrestling gym on his way home and tries to sign up but the coach does not want to have anything to do with him. A few days later the coach of the gym is offered a contract for a fixed match, he needs to find a cheating wrestler and decides to take on Dao-Ho and train him…


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Cruel Winter Blues

Cruel Winter Blues (Yeol-hyeol-nam-a)

Release Date : 2006
Di
rector: Lee Jeong Beom
Writer: Lee Jeong Beom

Cast:

Seol Kyeong-gu
Jo Han-seon
Na Moon Hee



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Sypnosis:

A small-time crook, Jae-moon goes after the man who killed his mentor a few years earlier. Jae-moon meets Chi-gook, a retired taekwondo practitioner who becomes his partner and goes to the killer Dae-sik’s hometown. Chi-gook and Jae-moon devise a plan to kill Dae-sik, but as the day of reckoning approaches, Jae-moon meets Dae-sik’s mother, Jeom-sim, who reminds him of his hometown. As he sees Jeon-sim worrying over her son, he can’t proceed to kill him. However, the encounter of Dae-sik and Jae-moon takes places on the village’s field day.


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Lump Sugar

Lump Sugar

Release Date: 2006
Director: Lee Hwan Geong
Writer: Kim Yeong Seok, Lee Gwi Yong, Lee Hoon Min
Lee Hwan Gyeong, Lee Jeong Hak

Cast:
Im Soo Jeong
Park Eun Soo




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Sypnosis:

The daughter of a poor rancher, Si-eun’s only hope is to one day, become a jockey. With her mother passing away at her birth, her favorite horse, Chun-doong, has become not only her friend, but also a soul mate. She is devastated when Chun-doong is sold to another owner, but when they are reunited two years later they have a chance to create a miracle by teaming up in a race.


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A Petal

A Petal (Kkoch-ip)

*Note :M18 : For Mature Audiences Only

Release Date : 1996
Director: Jang Sun Woo
Writer: Jang Sun Woo, Jang Moon Il

Cast:
Lee Jung Hyun
Moon Sung Keun
Park Chol Min
Sul Kyung Gu





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Sypnosis:

The setting is May, 1980 during the Kwangju up-rising. A 15-year-old girl deserts her dying mother and runs away amid gunfire. Years late, the girl calls a construction site worker "Jang" and follows him everywhere. Jang knows that the girl has experienced something horrible. The girl never talks and always has a far-off gaze. Her mind seems to be torn into pieces which frustrates Jang. He becomes absorbed into the pain and sadness of the girl, and finds her one day in front of her mother's tomb. There, she retells her past when she had to abandon her mother to die alone. Meanwhile, friends of her older sister look for the young girl but in vain.

Trivia :
- A Petal was adapted from Choi Yun's Silently, a Petal Falls.
- The movie included documentary footage filmed during the actual Kwangju uprising.

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