In past years, Korean audiences continued to be loyal to domestic films at the box office. The thriving domestic film industry registered the year’s biggest hits, attracting audiences to family centric films.
Speedy Scandal, The family comedy was one of the top grossing Korean films in 2008.
Cha Tae-hyun–who played the hero in 2001 smash My Sassy Girl–plays Nam Hyeon-su, the caring, sympathetic presenter of a popular call-in/music radio show, who is in fact the solipsistic egomaniac and lives a well-ordered life in a luxury bachelor pad. His self-indulgent life is capsized when his regular caller, 22-year-old single mom Hwang Jeong-nam (Park Bo-young) turns up at his door with her young son, Ki-dong (Wang Seok-hyeon) in tow.
In the film Park Bo-young has the makings of a real star and little Wang Seok-hyeon steals the show; his delivery of one running joke–“He’s my dad’s grandpa...
Speedy Scandal, The family comedy was one of the top grossing Korean films in 2008.
Cha Tae-hyun–who played the hero in 2001 smash My Sassy Girl–plays Nam Hyeon-su, the caring, sympathetic presenter of a popular call-in/music radio show, who is in fact the solipsistic egomaniac and lives a well-ordered life in a luxury bachelor pad. His self-indulgent life is capsized when his regular caller, 22-year-old single mom Hwang Jeong-nam (Park Bo-young) turns up at his door with her young son, Ki-dong (Wang Seok-hyeon) in tow.
In the film Park Bo-young has the makings of a real star and little Wang Seok-hyeon steals the show; his delivery of one running joke–“He’s my dad’s grandpa...
- 2/16/2014
- by Jane Youm
- AsianMoviePulse
The Korean Film Industry has become over the past years one of the most important in the world. In the last decade it has been growing at a fast paste but it wasn’t a lucky thing. The Korean Government has made some important chances so that the industry could grow and remain competitive against the foreigner productions. By law the distributors have the right to import one foreign film for every four Korean movies they produced. Also there are big economical incentives so filmmakers can film their own movies. Despite this the industry is pretty much monopolized by a small group of companies as I talked about them in my last article “Unity makes strength!”.
This year the film industry made history as it reached 200 million admissions representing an increase of 2.6% compared to last year, which was 194.89 million admissions. For us to have an idea of how much people...
This year the film industry made history as it reached 200 million admissions representing an increase of 2.6% compared to last year, which was 194.89 million admissions. For us to have an idea of how much people...
- 12/30/2013
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
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