Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Gingko Bed

The Gingko Bed

Release Date : 1995
Director: Kang Je Gyu
Writer: Kang Je Gyu

Cast:
Han Seok Kyu
Shim Hye Jin





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In our modern time, a College art instructor named Su-Hyeon lives an ordinary and happy life with his girl friend Seon-Young, who is a professional surgeon. One day, this ordinary life change to a more supernatural adventure when Su-Hyeon begins to have some visions and dreams of a beautiful woman from the old century. One night, wondering in confusion and thinking about the woman of his dreams, Su-Hyeon finds in an open air market, an antique wood gingko bed that is anything but ordinary. Not so long after he got his new acquisition in his apartment, he gets the unexpected visit of two spirits. The first one is Midan, the women he see in his dream, she has come to warn him that his life his in endangered by general Hwang, the second spirit.

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Release Date: 2007
Director: Lim Pil Seong
Writer: Lim Pil Seong, Kim Min Sook

Cast:
Cheon Jeong Myeong
Eun Won Jae
Sim Eun Kyeong
Jin Ji Hee




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Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 (end)

Sypnosis:

A reckless youngster Eun-soo drives to his mother’s, and has a car accident. When Eun-soo wakes up, he meets a mysterious girl and is led to her fairytale-like house in the middle of the forest. There, Eun-soo is trapped with the girl and her siblings who never age. Soon he learns all the adults who visited or stayed in the house have met mysterious yet terrible ends. More shockingly, their cruel deaths are drawn in details and made into a fairytale book by the children. Scared Eun-soo tries to find the way out, but the house is secluded in the forest with no way out. And then, Eun-soo discovers a book which tells a brutal end of none other than himself!

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Restless

Restless (Joongcheon)
Release Date : 2006
Director: Jo Dong Oh
Writer: Choi Hee Dae, Jo Dong Oh

Cast :
Jung Woo Sung ... Yi Kwak
Kim Tae Hee ... Yon Hwa/So Hwa





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It is AD 924, at the end of the United Shilla Dynasty. Continuous riots sweep the land ruled by a corrupted government. Evil forces are rampant and malicious demons roam the land. YI Kwak, born with the powers to see spirits, joins the royal demon hunting squad, ‘Chuh-yong-dae’ after losing his fiancée, Yon-hwa to evil demons. YI Kwak excels as the most talented warrior of Chuh-yong-dae and the royal squad seems to gain momentum as powerful fighters against the forces of darkness. Then one day, YI Kwak drifts into Joongcheon, the world of the dead through a strange shrine. Joongcheon, the intermediate world between Heaven and Earth, a place souls remain for 49 days, preparing for reincarnation.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl

Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl
(Sungnyangpali Sonyeoui Jaerim)

Release Date: 2002
Director: Jang Sun Woo
Writer: In Jin Mi, Jang Sun Woo

Cast:
Lim Eun Kyeong ... Little Match Girl/Hui Mi
Kim Hyun Sung ... Ju





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Part 2

Part 3
Part 4

Part 5
Part 6

Part 7
Part 8 : FINAL

Sypnosis:

A matchstick girl who was frozen after death 200 years ago (for failing to sell any matchsticks), becomes reborn in this movie which pays homage to computer games. Working at a Chinese restaurant, Ju (played by Kim Hyeonseong) is a game maniac who suffers from unrequited love with Hui-mi (Im Eungkyeong), who works part-time at a game room next door. One day, he meets a little matchstick girl of the same countenance as Hui-mi, and buys from her a gas lighter where he finds a phone number.

When he calls the number, he comes upon the question: "Will you please log in the game 'Resurrection of the Little Match Girl?'" From that time on, Ju enters into the world of virtual reality with a view to save the girl and win her love, which is by no means an easy job. He has to fight against gangsters, secret agents, and commandos, sometimes with the help of a lesbian warrior named Lara (modeled after Lara Croft in "Tomb Raider").

His final destination is the heart of the central computer operation system which gets rid of anyone who attains access to it. Indefatigable, Ju finally encounters an Orwellian "Big Brother" type boss who controls the whole computer system. The Matrix-like movie adroitly mixes the state-of-the-art techno game with Buddhist references, by sometimes presenting portions of Buddhist texts and mantra-like music.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Boy, Goes To Heaven

Boy, Goes To Heaven (So Nyeon, Cheon Gook E Gada)

Release Date : 2005
Director: Yoon Tae Yoong
Writer: Choi Dong Hoon, Lee Moo Cheong, Park Chan Wook, Park Seong Keong, Yoon Tae Yook

Cast:
Yeom Jeong Ah ... Bu Ja
Park Hae Il ... Ne Mo



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Ne-mo, born of an unwed mother, dreams of marrying an unwed mother. After the sudden death of his mother, a comic book rental shop replaces his mother's watch shop. Bu-ja, the shop's owner, is an unmarried mother living with Gi-cheol, her young son. Ne-mo has a crush on Bu-ja and proposes marriage to her. One day, when he goes to the movie theater with Bu-ja and Gi-cheol, a fire breaks out at the theater and he rushes into the fiery theater to save Gi-cheol. Although Gi-cheol is rescued, Ne-mo awakes after 20 days. However, Ne-mo is no longer 13 years old but has suddenly become a 33-year-old man. He had gone to heaven because of the fire, but he did a deal with the messenger who brings dead souls to the next world--Ne-mo would grow one year older for every passing day. Now he has only 60 days to live 60 years. Ne-mo, who can live only to Christmas, begins a hot and short love affair with Bu-ja...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Chulsoo & Younghee

Chulsoo and Younghee

Release Date: 2005
Director : Hwang Gyu Deok
Writer: Hwang Gyu Deok

Cast:
Jeong Ha Eun ... Younghee
Park Tae Young ... Chulsoo




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Sypnosis:

What happens when a naughty boy meets a cute, sophisticated girl and falls in love? When it comes to mischievous behavior, Chulsoo is second to none though he has the lowest academic record at school. The only two who greet him are his mother, who is completely engrossed in investing money on the cyber stock market, and a parrot, which repeatedly mimics the phrase, "Chulsoo, you fool."

Chulsoo changes completely after Younghee transfers to his school. With both of her parents dead, Younghee, who lives with her grandmother who runs a flower shop, is grief-stricken but so excels in academics and conduct that her other male peers fall in love with her. Chulsoo gradually approaches her but she rarely opens her heart. Finally, Chulsoo prepares a gift for her, but that is just the beginning.

It may have been the intent of director Hwang Gyudeok to give the two main characters such typical names - Chulsoo and Younghee - that you can hear everywhere in Korea and which even appear regularly in Korean elementary textbooks (i.e., the equivalent of "Dick and Jane"). This movie is like a children's tale written for adults. Nevertheless, all episodes in the movie are shown through the eyes of children.

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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Save The Green Planet

Save The Green Planet (Jigureul Jikyeora!)

Release Date: 2003
Director: Jang Joon Hwan
Writer: Jang Joon Hwan

Cast:
Shin Hak Kyun ... Byeong Gu
Baek Yun Shik ... Man Shik




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Sypnosis:

Byung-Gu believes that Aliens live among human beings and that these extra-terrestrial life forms are the main reason behind society’s many problems as well as the misfortune in his personal life. Being the only one aware of the problem that humanity is facing, the situation puts the fate of all human lives in his hand. The only way to stop the aliens is to speak with the Alien Prince of Andromeda before the next lunar eclipse.

However, finding the Aliens is quite a task since they look just like human beings. The most logical suspect at the moment is Kang Man-Shik, the president and CEO of a big chemical company. With the help of his beloved girlfriend, Byung-Gu they will kidnap the business man and try to make him confess that he is, in fact, an alien and then will try to convince him to let him contact the Prince. Meanwhile, a police inspector is on the case of Mr. Kang’s kidnapping and is becoming closer and closer to finding out what really happened to Kang. Will Byung-Gu have time to save humanity before the cops get to him?


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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Calla

Calla (Ka La)

Release Date : 1999
Director: Song Hae Seong
Writer: Song Hae Seong

Cast:
Song Seung Hun ... Seon Woo
Kim Hee Seon ... Ji Hee




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Sypnosis:

Seon-woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to a nearby florist's where he meets Ji-hee. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is sending him flowers. Seon-woo asks Ji-hee to go on a date and she agrees. He arrives at the rendenvous only to find that Ji-hee is held hostage and, to his horror, killed before his eyes.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

2009 Lost Memories

2009 Lost Memories

Release Date : 2002
Director: Lee Si Myung
Writer: Lee Si Myung

Cast:
Jang Dong Gun ... Sakamoto Masayuki
Nakamura Toru ... Sojiro Saigo




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There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course... In 1909, an assassination attempt to a Japanese governor fails - the assassin was shot by a soldier. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of the Japan Empire and Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group called Hureisenjin is formed to fight for liberty and independence. Two cops, a Japan and a Korean (who denied his heritage) are investigating the actions of this "terrorist" group. And their work lead them to an artifact of the ancient Korean religion of "Sun and Moon".

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Il Mare

Il Mare (Siwore)

Release Date : 2005
Director: Lee Hyun Sung
Writer: Kim Eun Jung

Cast:
Jeon Ji Hyun ... Eun Joo
Lee Jeong Jae ... Sung Hyun



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Sypnosis:

From director Lee Hyun Seung comes Il Mare, the 2000 time-travel romance featuring My Sassy Girl's Jeon Ji Hyun in a starring role! This touching sci-fi love story centers on Han Seong Hyun (Lee Jung Jae, from Typhoon and Last Present), an accomplished architect who moves into his father's beach house, only to find himself put in the most extraordinary of circumstances. After dubbing the place "Il Mare" ("The Sea" in Italian), Seong Hyun receives a mysterious letter from a woman named Kim Eun Joo (Jeon Ji Hyun).

Strangely, the letter is addressed to the person who will live in Il Mare after Eun Joo leaves, a puzzling statement considering the fact that Seong Hyun is the very first person to ever live in the house! Believing it to be some sort of a prank o
r perhaps just a misunderstanding, Seong Hyun initially disregards the anomaly, only to find himself drawn into correspondence with Eun Joo.

But as the two begin conversing through exchanged letters, they eventually discover that their situation is as remarkable as it is downright unbelievable. It seems that Eun Joo is actually living in 1999, a full two years ahead of the time in which Seong Hyun resides! Disbelief gives way to amusement and intrigue as the two continue their correspondence, eventually falling for one another. But when these two strangers decide to meet up, they soon di
scover something that neither quite expected. Will there be a happy ending for these two? Can love cross the boundary of time?

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Heaven's Soldier aka General Of Heaven (Cheon Gun)

Release Date: 2005
Director: Min Jun Ki
Writer: Min Jun Ki

Cast:
Hwang Jeong Min ... Park Jun Woo
Kim Seung Woo ... Kang Min Gil
Kong Hyo Jin ... Kin Su Yeon
Park Joon Hoon ... Admiral Yi Sun Shin



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Sypnosis:

From director Min Jun Gi comes the 2005 film Heaven's Soldiers, a nationalistic, military-themed time travel adventure filled with equal parts action and comedy! The story centers on a group of North and South Korean soldiers who find themselves flung back in time just as their respective countries are locked in a tense standoff with the United States over the status of a jointly produced nuclear warhead. The film kicks off with stock footage of the historic meeting between the two Korean leaders in June 2000, using this real life moment as a springboard for the film's fictional premise that North and South Korea secretly formed an alliance, agreeing to co-produce their very own weapon of mass destruction!

But when the two Koreas decide to hand over the warhead to the United States, North Korean military officer Kang Min Gil (Kim Seung Woo) decides to take matters into his own hands and not only steal the weapon with the help of a band of private soldiers but kidnap the female South Korean scientist (Kong Hyo Jin) who helped create it as well! Things get even more difficult for Kang as South Korean Navy Officer Park Jeong Woo (Hwang Jung Min) is sent by his superiors to capture the rogue soldier and reclaim the weapon. In the midst of a battle on the DMZ, the soldiers are suddenly transported through time thanks to the appearance of a mysterious comet.


In a blink of the eye, the soldiers find themselves trapped in the 16th century, a dark time in Korean history, which saw its countrymen spending most of their time battling off the advances of foreign invaders. After defeating a band of looters with their high-powered machine guns, the time displaced soldiers are hailed as conquering heroes by the locals. Dubbed "Heaven's Soldiers," the group ends up meeting Yi Sun Shin (Park Joong Hoon), the real life admiral who led Korea to victory against the Japanese. However, the legendary Yi isn't quite what the soldiers expected. Rather than the mythical hero of legend he's thought to be in the present day, the Yi the soldiers encounter is actually a thief and a rascal, one who can't even pass the officer's exam! Shocked that their hero could be so lax in his studies, the soldiers give Yi a crash course in military education, all in the hopes he'll fulfill his destiny! But will Yi discover his true calling in time or will he doom both himself and his beloved country? Find out in Heaven's Soldiers, a crowd-pleasing time travel epic!


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