The movie is often called "Nom-nom-nom" (놈놈놈) in Korean.
Synopsis
With the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule in 1930s, many Koreans flock to Manchuria for refuge. Some become bandits, some train robbers and yet others bounty hunters. While the Weird, a notorious train robber, is stealing from a Japanese train crossing the Manchurian plains, he discovers a treasure map. But the map is also sought after by the Bad, a merciless gang leader. Coincidentally, the Good, a bounty hunter, is on the train, and he is after the Bad. The three engage in a spectacular chase with the Japanese Army, the Korean independence fighters, and the Chinese bandits all looking to get their hands on the prized map.
International Film Festivals
2008 Cannes International Film Festival , Out of Competition
Revamped official Lee Byeong-heon homepage brought down by too many users
There's now a way you can send a text message to actor Lee Byeong-heon.
His management agency BH Entertainment said, "The feature is included on Lee's official homepage, newly revamped as of last Friday. People can type in their messages which will be delivered to Lee".
On the day of the renewed launch, the Web site went down due to excessive access by too many users.
BH said, "The server was rebooted but the site was up again less than another hour. Fan interest is high. The firm administering the server is still on vacation so the homepage operation will resume early next month".
Lee begins his overseas activity in full swing this year. The Korean blockbuster "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (in which Lee played "The Bad") opens in Europe, the Americas and the UK on Feb. 6. He also appears with Josh Hartnett and Takuya Kimura the joint U.S.-French film "I Come With The Rain", which will also hit th...| More
No gun, but a double sided sword is what Lee Byeong-heon is holding in this poster.
He has been popular through "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" where he was the bad guy. However, for the new Hollywood film, "G.I. Joe" Lee is Storm Shadow who is excellent with his double sided sword.!
For this Paramount Pictures Film, Storm Shadow character poster was released as well as other 5 characters who are in this film....| More
That special time of the year has come around, when South Korea's top filmmakers and actors turn into film festival programmers. The 4th Cinematheque Friends Film Festival will take place Jan. 29-March 1 in Seoul, and director Park Chan-wook and some 20 other cineastes will meet with the audience to show and discuss 26 movies they have personally selected.
"I don't think there is a film festival like the Cinematheque Friends Film Festival anywhere else in the world", Park told reporters last week in Seoul. "Where else can you see all the representative cineastes ― directors, critics and stars ― gather in one place to introduce, watch and discuss old movies with fans?"
"Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" (1927) by F.W. Murnau will open the festival. Actors Kwon Hae-hyo and Ye Ji-won will host the opening event at Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema in Jongno.
The country's singular "cinema library" will transform into "The Cinematheque of Ha...| More
Iran's major annual film event, the 27th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), held in Tehran, will showcase a retrospective of contemporary Korean films. 13 features produced from the years 2000 through 2008 will screen in the Persian capital, January 30 to February 10, 2009.
Along with the retrospective, JEON Soo-il's "With a Girl of Black Soil" (2007) was selected in the line-up of the Asian Cinema competition section. It will vie alongside North Korean film "A School Girl's Diary" by JAN In-hak and 11 other features from across Asia.
Among selections in the retrospective are titles such as PARK Chan-wook's "JSA - Joint Security Area" (2000), BAEK Woon-Hak's "Tube" (2003), KIM Ji-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (2008), JOO Kyeong-joong's "A Little Monk" (2002), and SHIM Hyung-rae's "D-War" (2007).
In previous year's a number of Korean films have won awards at FIFF, including YOON Jong-chan's "Blue Swallow", which won the Best Screenplay award for Asian Cinema ...| More
"Doom and gloom" would be the right words to describe the culture scene in Korea last year ravaged by the global economic crisis that has affected practically every corner of the country.
The effects of the economic downturn were especially apparent in the Korean film industry.
There was little incentive to invest in new movies while video and DVD sales fared poorly.
And the so-called "screen quotas" were drastically lowered meaning theaters operators were required to show Korean movies for fewer days of the year than previously required.
The slowdown was evident in more than just empty theater seats but also market share.
The share of the 800-million-US-dollar market held by Korean films plummeted from around 60 percent in 2006 to 42 percent in 2008.
That's the lowest market share since 2001. Despite the release of more than 100 Korean films this year only SEVEN of them were able to make a profit OR attract an audience of two million. The biggest Korean box-office hit this y...| More
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