First, Happy Birthday to Kim Younghwa (director of Take Off). Speaking of Take Off... On Friday, September 17, in Japan started 3rd Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival, and this move was an opener. The movie itself will have the premiere in Japan October 23.
Another Film Festival in New York: http://koreanfilmfestival.org
Featured movies:
"The Housemaid - 2010" (하녀)2010. 106 min
Director: Lim Sang-soo
"Good Morning President" (굿모닝 프레지던트)
2009. 132 min
Director: Jang Jin
"A Frozen Flower" (쌍화점)
2008. 133 min
Director: Yoo Ha.
"JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" (전우치)
2009. 135 min
Director: Choi Dong-hoon.
"Sisters on the Road" (지금, 이대로가 좋아요)
2008. 91 min
Director: Boo Ji-young.
"Eighteen" (회오리 바람)
2010. 95 min
Director: Jang Kun-jae.
"Bestseller" (베스트셀러)
2010. 117 min
Director: Lee Jeong-ho.
"Land of Scarecrows" (허수아비들의 땅)
2008. 90 min
Director: Noh Kyeong-tae.
New movies:
Murder River:
Release date in South Korea : 2010/09/30
Formerly known as "The Age of Innocence" (순수의 시대)
A movie of a family that faces a horrible fate due to a tragic incident and a man that is deeply related to the family.
Trailer:
Why oh why the cello upstairs plays so loud??
OK, back to the upcoming movies.
A story about a man and three women. Jong-hun is in his mid-30s, and works as a curator at a gallery in Seoul. He visits Busan several times to meet a woman named Eun-ju. His feelings towards her change constantly every time he goes to Busan. His several visits to Busan show every aspect of love in a compressed way, from the first encounter to the final break-up. What makes Jong-hun’s feeling all the more complicated is the entrance into his life of his ex-girlfriend, Seon-young, and later, new, attractive woman, Seon-hee. (hancinema)
The Uninvited:
The fight of the unemployed to return to earth!
Jin-sik is in a slump before his employment exam. Kang-yeong and Eung-il live in a basement room with Jin-sik, and they are wasting their lives only sleeping and studying. One day, there is an explosion sound and a package falls. Jin-sik opens the box and Point Man, from a lonely star in the galaxy. Through his powers, he takes the three people and their house into the universe. They fight Point Man to return to home to earth...(hancinema)
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