I did not expect to see director Lee Jeong-beom’s The Man From Nowhere to sit at the top in Korean Box Office admission since its release early this month, surprisingly the movie has been on number one spots for three consecutive weeks now surpassing four foreign made film; Step Up-3D, Toy Story 3, Salt starring Angelina Jolie and Inception who is doing pretty well here in the US.
This latest movie starring Won Bin who is also known for acting in movies such as Taegukgi, and Mother, Kim Tae-hoon, and ten years old actress Kim Sae-ron is about a man named Cha Tae-sik who was an ex-convict that is now leading a normal life. His only friend, a little girl named So-mi lives nearby. When So-mi’s mother entrust Cha tae some smuggled drugs, the trafficker kidnapped her. The gang promise to release So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them. However after complying with their request, things get messy, he is once again in prison and the little girl life is also in danger. Now he is determined to save So-mi even if it means breaking out from the police.
As of August 22, 2010 The Man from Nowhere (formerly known as Mi.st.er) have 6,884,408 in total admission in cinemas all over South Korea as reported on kobis.or.kr. Other local made movies that is included in the Top ten is I Saw The Devil and Desserted House. Check out the trailer after the break. Continue reading »
Cheol-soo’s debut feature film gets another trailer. This Korean slasher movie about a horrifying tale of a woman trapped in an island seeking a revenge on those people who harm her has been getting a lot of attention recently, it was featured at the 14th Puchon International Fantastic film festival last July.
Starring Seo Young-hee, Min-ho Hwang, Lee Ji-eun-I, Ji Sung-won, Park Jeong-hak, and Min Je. Another bloody cold horror at its best, this one will sure turn heads once it get its South Korean release next month.
Synopsis:
Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in the Seoul city. She leads a busy life until she becomes a witness to an attempted murder case, and at the same time, things get complicated at work. When things get out of hand she is forced to take a vacation so she heads for ‘Moodo’, a small undeveloped island, where she had once visited to see her grandparents. And where she had befriended a girl named Bok-nam who stills writes to Hae-won asking her to visit despite the fact that Hae-won never bothered to reply.
Upon arriving at the island, Hae-won is shocked to see everyone treating Bok-nam like a slave. As practically the only young woman on the island, she is a plaything for all the men and a free laborer for the women. Sick of all the inhumane treatment, Bok-nam had tried to escape the island several times in the past but had failed each time. She begs Hae-won to help her escape the place, but Hae-won remains indifferent not wanting to be involved in complicated situations. When Bok-nam realizes that her own daughter will follow her footsteps, she tries to escape the island with her daughter. But her daughter gets killed in the process. And when she loses the only thing that had kept her going because of Hae-won’s negligence, Bok-nam takes a sickle in her hand for revenge.
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If you have not seen Derek Yee’s hard action Hong Kong film Triple Tap, now is your chance to get it on shiny disc this month. The movie is a continuation of Double Tap which was released in 2000 starring Leslie Cheung and Alex Fong.
This one however feature a high profile cast such as Hong Kong heartthrob Daniel Woo with Louis Koo, and Charlene Choi. It is about a man named Ken, a competitive marksman who took matters in his own hand right after witnessing a robbery. But he was accused by Jerry Chang, a detective who with illegal use of firearms and top it up with murder. Although he was acquitted, Ken find himself being chased by the escaped robber. While their confrontation takes on a new level, the cat and mouse chase between Jerry and Ken change the whole story.
HK Distributor Vicol Entertainment Ltd. Will be releasing the Region 3 DVD on August 26, 2010 in a Mandarin and Cantonese language NTSC format with a selectable English subtitles.
A great 60′s horror movie directed by the late Masahi Kobayashi called Kwaidan will be featured at the JapanSociety in New York as part of their event this coming October 15, 2010.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1965, this film was adapted from the book by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (also known as Koizumi Yakumo after gaining his Japanese citizenhip) meaning ‘ghost story’. It contains four seperate stories with surprising ending: The Black Hair, The Woman of the Snow, Hoichi the Earless, and In a Cup of Tea. Some great cast can be seen in each of the chapter including Michiyo Aratama, Rentaro Mikuni (Harakiri, Vengeance is Mine), Keiko Kishi (The Twilight Samurai, Snow Prince) and Tatsuya Nakadai who became Akira Korusawa’s favorite leading man in his movies after a fallout with the legendary actor Toshiro Mifune.
So if you are in need of a break from the gory and bloodsoaked horror out there, this could be the one for you. Very haunting that rely on slow buildup of tension and quite suspense. More details about this Kobayashi masterpiece can be found as well as ticket sale at JS website by clicking here.
I did not expect to see director Lee Jeong-beom’s The Man From Nowhere to sit at the top in Korean Box Office admission since its release early this month, surprisingly the movie has been on number one spots for three consecutive weeks now surpassing four foreign made film; Step Up-3D, Toy Story 3, Salt starring Angelina Jolie and Inception who is doing pretty well here in the US.
