28th Blue Dragon Film Awards

WINNERS at The 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards*

(November 23rd, 2007, National Theater of Korea)
*Films released between November 2006 and October 2007.

BEST FILM and BEST DIRECTOR:
Voice of a Murderer, Park Jin-pyo
200 Pounds Beauty, Kim Yong-hwa
The Show Must Go on, Han Jae-rim
Happiness, Hur Jin-ho
May 18, Kim Ji-hoon

BEST ACTRESS:
Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine)
Kim Ah-jung (200 Pounds Beauty)
Lim Soo-jung (Happiness)
Lee Yo-won (May 18)
Song Hye-kyo (Hwang Jin Yi)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Na Moon-hee (Cruel Winter Blues)
Park Sol-mi (Paradise Murdered)
Park Si-yeon (Love)
Yoo Seon (Black House)
Lim Jeong-eun (Shadows in the Palace)

BEST ACTOR:
Sol Kyung-gu (Voice of a Murderer)
Song Kang-ho (The Show Must Go On)
Hwang Jung-min (Happiness)
Kim Sang-kyung (May 18)
Joo Jin-mo (Sarang / Love)

BEST NEW ACTRESS:
Kim Tae-hee (The Restless)
Lee Tae-ran (Love Exposure)
Jung Ryeo-won (2 Faces of My Girlfriend)
Han Ji-min (The Cut)
Hwang Bo-ra (Shim's Family)

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pounds Beauty)
Han Jae-rim (The Show Must Go on)
Hur Jin-ho, Lee Soo-yeon, Seo Yoo-min, Sin Joon-ho (Happiness)
Nah Hyun (May 18)
Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Park Chul-min (May 18)
Jo Han-sun (Cruel Winter Blues)
Kim Min-joon (Love)
Kim Sang-ho (The Happy Life)
Kim Young-cheol (My Father
Sung Ji-ru (Paradise Murdered)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR:
Lee Jeong-beom (Cruel Winter Blues)
Jung Brothers (Epitath)
Kim Mi-jung (Shadows in the Palace)
Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)
Hwang Dong-hyeuk (My Father)

BEST NEW ACTOR:
Daniel Henney (My Father)
Rain (I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay)
Yoo Ah-in (Shim's Family)
Lee Min-ki (A Day for an Affair)
Jang Geun-seok (The Happy Life)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Happiness
May 18
Epitath
Hwang Jin Yi
Paradise Murdered

BEST SOUND:
200 Pounds
Epitath
D-WAR
Hwang Jin Yi
The Restless

BEST ART DIRECTION:
May 18
The Restless
Hwang Jin Yi
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Epitath

Jjakpae / The City of Violence (filme, 2006)

The City of Violence (South Korea)

Sinopse

Um detetive de polícia de Seul volta para sua cidade natal para o funeral de um antigo amigo de escola, assassinado por uma gangue local. Ao reencontrar os amigos de infância e relembrar o passado, sente-se na obrigação de investigar o crime, com ou sem a ajuda dos colegas.

Gangues escolares, grupos mafiosos, negócios ilícitos envolvendo as autoridades locais, se mesclam numa trama um tanto confusa e inverossímel, mas que serve de desculpa para as cenas de ação desenfreada. E é o que basta para os fãs de coreografias de luta bem elaboradas. O carismático Jeong Du-Hong (ator, mestre diretor de coreografia de luta da Seoul Action School) e seu amigo de longa data, o jovem ator-diretor Ryu Seung-Wan, formam uma dupla inesquecível.

O filme anterior de Ryu Seung-Wan lançado em dvd, Arahan (2004), também é estrelado por Jeong Du-Hong, além do irmão do diretor, o o talentoso jovem ator Ryu Seung-bum. O que chama a atenção é que o acabamento de fotografia e edição de Arahan faz com que essa produção pareça mais nova que A Cidade da Violência. De qualquer modo, são dois filmes imperdíveis do celebrado cinema coreano, tão pouco visto por aqui. Esperamos que chegue logo outro ótimo filme de Ryu Seung-Wan, Crying Fist (2005), estrelado por Choi Min-sik (Oldboy).

Como de costume, mais um filme asiático que chega ao país direto em dvd.

A Cidade da Violência (Jjakpae / The City of Violence)
DVD, Ação, Coréia do Sul, 2006, 92 min.
Idiomas: Coreano 2.0 e 5.1, Português 2.0
Legendas: Português, Inglês
Extras: Slide Show, Entrevistas, Making Of, Trailer.
Site Oficial: http://www.zzakpai.com/
Distribuidora: http://www.flashstar.com.br/

Arahan
DVD, Ação, Coréia do Sul, 2004, 113 min.
Idiomas: Coreano 2.0 e 5.1, Português 2.0
Legendas: Português.
Extras: Making Of, Versão MP4.
WEB SITE : http://www.arahan.co.kr/
Distribuidora: http://www.europafilmes.com.br/

The 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards

The 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards* (November 23rd, 2007, National Theater of Korea)*Films released between November 2006 and October 2007.

BEST FILM and BEST DIRECTOR
Voice of a Murderer, Park Jin-pyo
200 Pounds Beauty, Kim Yong-hwa
The Show Must Go on, Han Jae-rim
Happiness, Hur Jin-ho
May 18, Kim Ji-hoon

 

BEST ACTRESS
Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine)
Kim Ah-jung (200 Pounds Beauty)
Lim Soo-jung (Happiness)
Lee Yo-won (May 18)
Song Hye-kyo (Hwang Jin Yi)



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Na Moon-hee (Cruel Winter Blues)
Park Sol-mi (Paradise Murdered)
Park Si-yeon (Love)
Yoo Seon (Black House)
Lim Jeong-eun (Shadows in the Palace)

BEST ACTOR
Sol Kyung-gu (Voice of a Murderer)
Song Kang-ho (The Show Must Go On)
Hwang Jung-min (Happiness)
Kim Sang-kyung (May 18)
Joo Jin-mo (Sarang / Love)



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Park Chul-min (May 18)
Jo Han-sun (Cruel Winter Blues)
Kim Min-joon (Love)
Kim Sang-ho (The Happy Life)
Kim Young-cheol (My Father
Sung Ji-ru (Paradise Murdered)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Lee Jeong-beom (Cruel Winter Blues)
Jung Brothers (Epitath)
Kim Mi-jung (Shadows in the Palace)
Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)
Hwang Dong-hyeuk (My Father)

BEST NEW ACTOR
Daniel Henney (My Father)
Rain (I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay)
Yoo Ah-in (Shim's Family)
Lee Min-ki (A Day for an Affair)
Jang Geun-seok (The Happy Life)

BEST NEW ACTRESS
Kim Tae-hee (The Restless)
Lee Tae-ran (Love Exposure)
Jung Ryeo-won (2 Faces of My Girlfriend)
Han Ji-min (The Cut)
Hwang Bo-ra (Shim's Family)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pounds Beauty)
Han Jae-rim (The Show Must Go on)
Hur Jin-ho, Lee Soo-yeon, Seo Yoo-min, Sin Joon-ho (Happiness)
Nah Hyun (May 18)
Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHy
- Happiness
- May 18
- Epitath
- Hwang Jin Yi
- Paradise Murdered

BEST LIGHTING
- Happiness
- Epitaph
- Shadows in the Palace
- Black House
- Hwang Jin Yi

BEST SOUND
- 200 Pounds Beauty
- The Show Must Go on
- Happiness
- The Happy Life
- Shim's Family

BEST TECHNOLOGY
- Epitath
- D-WAR
- Hwang Jin Yi
- The Restless

BEST ART DIRECTION
- May 18
- The Restless
- Hwang Jin Yi
- I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
- Epitath
posted by Sam.

Fantastic Parasuicides (South Korea)

Korean Cine News

The Korean film Fantastic Parasuicides has been invited to the 2008 Sydney International Film Festival in Australia.

The Fantastic Parasuicides, which was also invited to the Pusan International Film Festival's Wide Angle category, is an omnibus film which consists of three short films that come together under the common theme "suicide." The three short films include Three People in the Dark directed by Park Soo-yeong, Fly Chicken! directed by Jo Chang-ho and Happy Birthday directed by Kim Seong-ho.

Fantastic Ja-sal So-dong, South Korea, 92min.
Directors: Park Soo-yeong, Jo Chang-ho, Kim Seong-ho.
Actors: Han Yeo-reum, Tablo, Kim Ga-yeon, Park Hwi-soon, Kim Nam-jin, Jeong Jae-jin.
homepage: http://www.fantastic2007.com/

The Golden Rooster Awards

The Golden Rooster Awards and the Hundred Flowers Awards, founded in 1981 and 1962 respectively, have long been the top honours among China's film industry. In 1992, the two combined into the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, an annual celebration known as China's Oscars.

WINNERS: The 16th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival (Suzhou, China)

Best Film: The Knot

Best Director: Yin Li (The Knot) and Qi Jian (The Forest Ranger)
Screenplay: Zhang Sitao, Tang Hao, Zhang Chi. Hu Kun (Tokyo Trial)Cinematography: Zeng Nianping (The Door)
Art Direction: Yi Zhenzhou (A Battle of Wits)
Best Actress: Carina Lau (Curiosity Kills the Cat), and Yan Bingyan (Teeth of Love)

Best Actor: Fu Dalong (Tian Gou, The Forest Ranger)

Supporting Actor: Wang Ying (My Long March)Supporting Actress: Xiangyu Junior (One Foot Off the Ground)Sound: Zheng Chunyu (The Knot)
Music: Shu Nan (A Postman of Paradise)
Special Award: My Long March
Best Animation: The Warrior

Children’s Film: The Magic Gourd
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Zhang Ruifang (actress) and Lu Zhuguo (screenwriter)Intl. film: The White Silk Dress (Ao lua ha dong)
UNESCO Special Culture Contribution Prize: Liu Cheng
Documentary: A Great Master Recaptured
Science and Educational Film: Yuan Ming Yuan
Digital Film: The King of Chess and His Song

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"The Hidden Fortress" Remake

JAPAN Cine News
Remake of the film that "inspired" George Lucas´s Star Wars.

Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film The Hidden Fortress ("Kakushi Toride no San Akunin") is getting a remake, directed by special effects specialist Shinji Higuchi. This version will star Arashi member Jun Matsumoto in his first jidaigeki role, with popular actress Masami Nagasawa as the princess.

The original film starred Toshiro Mifune as the defeated general Rokurota, now played by Hiroshi Abe. Along the way, he is joined in the journey by two peasants. In Higuchi's version, the story's protagonist is the peasant Takezo (played by Matsumoto), rather than the general. Guest starring, comedian Daisuke Miyagawa.

Film: Kakushi Toride no San Akunin
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Screenwriter: Kazuki Nakashima
Actors: Jun Matsumoto, Masami Nagasawa, Hiroshi Abe, Daisuke Miyagawa
Budget: 1.5 billion yen
Theatrical release: May 10, 2008.