HAPPINESS. Director Hur Jin-ho has been known for his distinctive melodramas ever since his acclaimed debut Christmas in August. However after the box office disappointments of One Fine Spring Day and April Snow (which did extremely well in Japan, but not in Korea), he is hoping to reach a somewhat wider audience with his fourth film Happiness. The film tells the story of a cirrhosis patient who goes to a rural sanitorium and falls in love with a fellow patient named Eun-hee. Taking the leading roles will be well-known actors Hwang Jeong-min (You Are My Sunshine, Bloody Tie) and Lim Soo-jung (I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, A Tale of Two Sisters). Produced by Zip Cinema, it will be released by Showbox in early fall.

Young-soo has enjoyed his life in Seoul before he finds himself suffering from cirrhosis.
Losing any desire to live, he decides to leave the city and go to a sanatorium in a
country.He meets in there a girl, Eun-hee who is also suffering from a critical disease.
They start to live together in an old house near the sanatorium. One day, his old
girlfriendappears in front of him, asking him to return to the life they once had before.
He leaves Eun-hee and restarts to live with his old girlfriend. But as time passes, he
missesEun-hee, and goes down to the house they used to live together. But he finds
the empty house and Eun-hee who is waiting for her last moment in the sanatorium.
http://eng.mediaplex.co.kr/Movie/LineUp/ma...?MovieCode=up08 MOVIE HAPPINESS

Hwang-Im's 'Happiness' Invited to Toronto Film Festival




The Korean film "Happiness" starring Hwang Jeong-min and Im Soo-jeong has officially been invited to the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival.

The Toronto festival, called the 'Cannes' of North America, is the largest regional film market and one of the four major global film festivals after the Cannes, Berlin and Venice.

An official of the movie said, "An invitation to the festival's Contemporary World Cinema category came simply through a preview of the film's edited version, as full editing and mixing has yet to be done. It's double the pleasure to have been invited along with the Cannes winning Korean film 'Secret Sunshine'."

The Contemporary World Cinema category, regarded a key section at Toronto, invites award winning films and new productions by up-and-coming directors.

'Happiness,' directed by Heo Jin-ho, depicts the ultimately cruel love story of a couple who first meet at a nursing home.

韓國電影'密陽'-'幸福',受邀參加多倫多電影節


李昌東導演的電影'密陽'和許秦浩導演的'幸福'正式被邀請參加第32屆多倫多國際電影節.坎城電影節上,由全度妍獲得最佳女演員獎的'密陽'和黃政民,林秀晶主演的'幸福'同時被邀參加加拿大多倫多電影節而受關注.

多倫多國際電影節是和坎城,柏林,威尼斯電影節被稱為世界4大電影節中的一個,被電影產業稱為'北美的坎城',在北美地區也是最大規模的電影市場.因此多倫多電影節展出作品,作品完成度受到保障同時也能成為進入北美市場的立足之處,展出作品競爭激烈.

特別是'幸福'還沒有完成編輯和Mixing,只帶著編輯篇就得到和'密陽'一起受邀參加Contemporary World Cinema部門的榮譽.Contemporary World Cinema是把世界優秀電影節的獲獎作品和受全世界關注的導演們的新作為展出的部門.

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Director:
Huh Jin Ho

Cast:
Hwang Jung Min
Im Soo Jung

Release Date: October 3, 2007

Synopsis
Young-soo has enjoyed his life in Seoul before he finds himself suffering from cirrhosis.
Losing any desire to live, he decides to leave the city and go to a sanatorium in a country.
He meets in there a girl, Eun-hee who is also suffering from a critical disease. They
start to live together in an old house near the sanatorium. One day, his old girlfriend
appears in front of him, asking him to return to the life they once had before. He leaves
Eun-hee and restarts to live with his old girlfriend. But as time passes, he misses
Eun-hee, and goes down to the house they used to live together. But he finds the empty
house and Eun-hee who is waiting for her last moment in the sanatorium.
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黃政民-林秀晶'幸福',公開了呈現愛情兩面性的海報


黃政民,林秀晶主演的電影'幸福'公開了正式海報.這次海報被製作成捕捉'愛情開始的甜蜜瞬間'和'殘忍的分手瞬間'2種.

黃政民,林秀晶明亮笑容吸引了視線的第一張海報是像電影中的愛情戲一樣,彼此擁抱在地上打滾,一對愉快戀人的樣子讓人們確認了愛情能讓多少人幸福.但是與視覺相反的'不變的紅色謊言'的標語暗示了兩人的愛情不會平坦,刺激了觀眾們的好奇心.

第二張海報是透過以溫柔表情抱著戀人的林秀晶和悲傷表情陷入煩惱的黃政民,帶來為預感到離別逼近的戀人的模樣.深深的刻劃了雖然愛情如火,但即將離別的戀人的悲傷愛情故事.

作為由'幸福','8月的耶誕節','春逝'的許秦浩導演,黃政民,林秀晶的合作而受到關注的作品,是講述受到身體痛苦的兩個男女在療養院裡相遇,雖然有著幸福的愛情,但在一人身體好了後,卻開始動搖的愛情故事.

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孔孝珍,在'幸福'裡演出林秀晶的情敵
孔孝珍將在電影'幸福'裡和黃政民,林秀晶呈現三角關係.孔孝珍飾演的'秀妍'是'榮洙'(黃政民)從前的戀人也時高級商店的經理,是個精幹華麗的人物.和作為療養院的工作人員和患者,非常樸素清純的'恩熙'(林秀晶)是個完全相反的類型.

看了分手的戀人榮洙變成了其他人一樣與恩熙生活之後,希望奪回他的秀妍想溶化榮洙的心,和恩熙展開愛情戰.由'8月的耶誕節'的許秦浩導演,黃政民,林秀晶合作成為話題的'幸福'是講述兩個受病痛糾纏的男女在療養院相遇,談著幸福的戀愛,當在其中一人好了之後發生的殘忍的愛情故事.該片將於10月3日在韓國上映.

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《幸福》预告片未过审查原于林秀晶裸露？

来源=体育朝鲜 (2007.09.04 15:25)
韩国导演许秦豪的新片《幸福》预告片未能通过审查。据悉，问题出在男女主角林秀晶和黄正民热辣的床戏上。问题预告片只在一些门户网站上公开，赤裸裸地展示了黄正民抚摸林秀晶大腿的场面。

林秀晶的独特魅力就在于瘦小的身体和一张永远也长不大的脸，期间一直以清纯形象为主。虽然在上一部作品《电子人也无所谓》的最后部分也与郑智薰上演了让人联想起激情床戏的场面，但都是由替身完成的。因此，《幸福》预告片因裸露问题而未通过审查多少让人感到惊讶。

而据悉，影片本身的暴露尺度没什么特别的，并不象粉丝期待的那样。制作方相关人士说：“其实影片描写暴露的场面还不如许导以前的作品《外出》。预告片未通过审查真让人感到意外。可能是林秀晶看起来年龄太小，更容易被判定有色情之嫌。”

影片《幸福》讲述了一对身体有病的男女在疗养院相遇并恋爱，后来男子身体康复后变心的故事。由执导过《八月照相馆》、《外出》等的许秦豪担任导演，最近接到了多伦多国际电影的正式邀请，非常受关注。影片将于10月3日首映。





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林秀晶在新片中裸露尺度成热门话题

来源=体育朝鲜 (2007.09.06 12:16) 电影《幸福》预告片成为了热门话题，该预告片因为林秀晶与黄正民的热辣床戏而未能通过审查。

该预告片中出现男女主角破格的床戏和让人心潮澎湃的剧情，本月1日在某门户网站公开之后，登上了搜索排行榜榜首，引起了网民的火爆反响。

林秀晶在电影《幸福》中展现了此前没有见过的成熟女性的魅力。预告片未能通过审查也是因为她与黄正民的床戏，其中有黄正民的手伸抚摸林秀晶的大腿深处的场面。

对此，负责制作的电影公司“家”在接受朝鲜日报网的电话采访时表示：“互联网上的正式预告片不会更改，但由于受到‘不适合所有年龄段观看’的评价，因此在影院放映的预告片中，林秀晶与黄正民的床戏将由吻戏来代替。”

《幸福》讲述了一对患病的男女在疗养院相识后开始谈起幸福的恋爱，但随着一人康复，爱情产生动摇的残忍的爱情故事。尤其是林秀晶上演的激情戏，极大地刺激了观众的期待感和好奇心。该片将于10月3日首映。

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'幸福',多伦多电影节火热反应
受到第32届多伦多国际电影节正式邀请的'幸福'得到加拿大当地的火热反应.与戛纳,柏林,威尼斯电影节一起世界屈指可数的多伦多电影节是炫耀了北美最高权威和最大规模的电影节.'幸福'受邀参加的Contemporary World Cinema单元是最先公开全世界导演新作,在多伦多电影节尤为关注的单元之一.

8日晚9点30分(当地时间)在多伦多Scotiabank Theater召开的'幸福'世界首映式转眼之间全部售完,没有购到票的许多人只能停留在剧场外,形成新奇的风景.另外,电影结束后Q&A时间里,对于许镇浩导演不断的问题攻势等都显示出当地的爆炸性关心.特别是观众大部分不是亚洲人而是当地人,9月10日预定的一般首映式也已全部售完.观看了电影的观众们尽管存在文化差异,但对剧情初期电影中两个男女的甜美爱情引发出爆笑和同感,剧情后半两个男女的痛苦爱情润湿了眼角.

多伦多电影节节目编制员Giovanna Fulvi表示"他们把不容易的爱情有趣地解释,带来有力量的感动非常吃惊.演员们完美诠释了角色"表示了对电影演员们的表演的满足.他特别关注黄政民的角色,说"通过'你是我的命运'知道了黄政民这个演员,很难相信和'幸福'的主角是同一个人.个人觉得,在这部电影中比起韩流明星裴勇俊他更性感更帅.有如此完美变声的演员在,非常吃惊""一定要亲眼见一下这么棒的演员".

10月3日在韩国上映的'幸福'是讲述受身体痛苦的两个男女在疗养院相遇,获得幸福的恋爱,但一人痊愈,使爱情动摇变成残忍的爱情故事.韩国代表爱情导演许镇浩执导,黄政民,林秀晶华丽出演,是下半年的期待作品.

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林秀晶金泰熙金秋时节要做成熟女人

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形象娇媚可爱的林秀晶和金泰熙今年秋天将试图改变戏路，变身为成熟女人。

“成熟女人”就是林秀晶和金泰熙在电影《幸福》和《战争》中的角色挑战。林秀晶将一改以往的可爱少女形象，饰演一位陷入激情热恋中的女人。金泰熙为了从靠脸蛋起家的花瓶式明星向真正的演员迈进，将挑战新角色，饰演一个处于婚姻倦怠期的已婚女人。

她们将在这两部爱情片中变身成熟女人，为她们做搭档的则是两位堪称完美无缺的实力派男演员——黄正民和薛景求。

将于10月13日上映的《幸福》讲述的是一个令人遗憾的爱情故事。一对身体有病的男女在疗养院相逢并恋爱，后来一方身体痊愈后爱情发生动摇，最终分手。

在《蔷花红莲》、《ING》、《电子人也无所谓》中一直是少女形象的林秀晶此次饰演的是对爱情十分主动的重症肺病患者“恩姬”。“恩姬”勇于追求爱情，她主动接近一见钟情的男子，为两人第一次接吻营造氛围以及提出“一起生活”的要求。

林秀晶饰演的“恩姬”与黄正民在电影中演绎了激动人心的爱情。他们的吻戏和床戏在预告片中亮相后，林秀晶的大转型一度成为热门话题。

另外，定于12月上映的《打架》描写了进入厌倦期的夫妇因琐事争吵，甚至大打出手成为冤家的故事。该片是一部“冷酷无情”的浪漫喜剧。凭借《中天》涉足电影界的金泰熙在《打架》中首次挑战已婚女性。

金泰熙饰演的玻璃工艺师“真儿”是一名爱憎分明的性情中人，与金泰熙以往出演的淑女型角色完全不同。

《幸福》是曾执导韩国言情剧佳作《八月照相馆》、《春逝》的导演许秦豪的新作。《打架》是曾在《恋爱年代》中展示了细腻描写手法的导演韩智承时隔多年重返银屏的作品。

银屏女星大转型 追求放荡不羁之爱

来源=体育朝鲜 (2007.09.14 16:25)
▲林秀晶主演《幸福》
“大胆追求‘放荡不羁’的恋爱和性。”

在性和恋爱方面，从来都很消极的银屏女性角色终于出现了变化。现在，主动“引诱”男性、对性欲不加掩饰的女性角色成了主流。

电影《幸福》中的林秀晶摆脱了以往清纯可人的形象，来了一个一百八十度大转型。她在片中对黄正民说：“为什么在接吻时，还渴望接吻呢？”、“男女一同走在这人迹罕至的山路，都会接吻啊，都会做些什么。”、“我们一起过日子吧。”她在示爱方面极其大胆。在该片即将于下月3日上映之际，影片的网站也得到了较人气。

该片的制作公司一位相关人士就现场气氛表示：“挑战传统言情片的林秀晶以黄正民为对象，毫无保留地展示了一直不为人知的成熟女人魅力。”

▲李美妍主演《肩膀后边的恋人》
李美妍则在预定于10月上映的影片《肩膀后边的恋人》中，坦率地对现代女性的工作、恋爱、性欲做了一番说教。

三次审议不合格后，最终通过的海报标语就极具刺激性。“那个……做吗？不做吗？”让人暇思无限。未能通过审议的标语是“这个男人是什么味道？”

预告片也曾被四次退回，每次都是李美妍的挑逗性台词过不了关。“性是营养剂。”、“帅得让人想睡他。”、(在通电话时)“现在想和你做爱。”这些台词出自编剧高润熙之手，其口才曾在电影《恋爱的目的》中得到认可。

韩国电影界的一位相关人士分析说：“看过美国电视剧《欲望都市》的一代人在男女关系上更加开放了。随着女性地位在社会上得到全面提高，电影中的女性也在向忠实于自身欲望的方向不断进化。”



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林秀晶：《幸福》让我脱胎换骨

来源=体育朝鲜 (2007.09.18 15:33) “恩姬是一个我所不敢接近的难度较大的角色。”

这是在电影《幸福》中饰演女主角恩姬的当红演员林秀晶的出演感言。

9月17日，电影《幸福》的记者见面会在首尔三成洞MegaBox举行。在见面会上林秀晶说：“恩姬的感性远远超过了我本人，她具有只能在古典电影中才能看到的那种强烈的母爱。通过此次表演，我作为女人变得更加成熟，作为演员也觉得像蜕了一层皮似的。”

林秀晶在该片中饰演的“恩姬”是身患重症肺病在疗养院生活了八年的患者。恩姬看似软弱，实则内心坚强，经常照顾身边的病友。她认为不要悲观的担心未知的将来，而是应当幸福地度过每一天每一秒，这才是最重要的。她对待爱情的态度也十分积极。恩姬对刚刚进入疗养院的英洙（黄正民饰）一见钟情，并主动接近展开热烈而甜蜜的爱情攻势。

林秀晶介绍说：“恩姬这个角色和我以前饰演过的那种清纯而比较简单的角色大不一样。恩姬是20多岁的成熟女性，是能够投射出丰富情感的人物。”

因此，林秀晶在这部影片中展示了比以往更加成熟而老练的演技。虽然外形依然稚嫩，但是，与比她大10岁的黄正民饰演一对情侣时，也没有太多的不自然感。影片中林秀晶饰演的“恩姬”的言行举止反而比黄正民饰演的“英洙”还要成熟稳重。

林秀晶说：“许振浩导演经常鼓励我要多投入感情，我也按照他的要求努力去表演，没想到不知不觉对人物产生了共鸣。”

该片在正式上映之前播出的预告片中，男女主人公林秀晶和黄正民的床上戏成为了热点话题。对此，林秀晶只是淡淡的表示说：“对我来说床上戏难免会成为负担，但剧本中原本就有，再说讲述的就是男女之间相知相爱的故事，所以没有想过要刻意回避。非常愉快的完成了拍摄。”

电影《幸福》将于10月3日上映。

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Lim Soo-jung Grows Up in New Tearjerker

Some thought she was going to be girl forever, but suddenly Lim Soo-jung has become a woman. Now she plays a victim of chronic lung disease over eight years in Director Heo Jin-ho’s latest film Happiness, to be released on Oct. 3. In the movie, Im's character Eun-hi falls in love with Yeong-su who comes to the rehab center for his own illness, but after she has given him everything, he throws her away. The Chosun Ilbo spoke to the actress.



People say you have a baby face and looking young is good, but it can also restrict the range of characters you play as an actress.

In the movie, Yeong-su and Eun-hi are seven to eight years apart. I was able to become completely absorbed in my character, and when I did that, these concerns just disappeared. I'm sure when audiences see the movie, they won't find it awkward at all.

Eun-hi is so feminine, one wonders whether such woman can actually exist in real life.

To be honest, I'm more like Su-yeon, the character played by Gong Hyo-jin, who is more contemporary and cool. Thats why when I first got the script, I couldnt fully understand my character. Eun-hi is on the extreme end of the spectrum with maximum femininity. She is almost a motherly character. But then when you think about it, all women have maternal love inside them.

While Eun-hi is feminine, she is not completely old-fashioned as she is very bold and doesnt shy away from expressing her affection.

Right. Eun-hi doesn’t pretend at all. She doesnt calculate. As long as she likes the person, she doesnt mind saying lets move in together.Shes honest because for her, being happy is what matters the most since she doesnt know how long she has left to live. In that sense, Im a bit like Eun-hi. Im not so bold, but Im honest with my feelings, and if there is a person I like, I express it.

Have you ever been in love?

Of course I have. I was in love in my early 20s. In the movie, it was literally heartbreaking to see Yeong-su change. I couldnt help but cry to see the frustrated Yeong-su who is getting tired of Eun-hi in the playground scene. In the script, Eun-hi is supposed to just look at Yeong-su, but I cried. The director later said he would have regretted if I hadnt cried (laughs).

What are you like in real life?

Before I made my break (in a sitcom called School I in 2001), I was a nobody for about three years, and during that time I probably have tried out at hundreds of different auditions. In the process, I changed a lot. I was really shy before, but now Im a bit like the bouncy Si-eun in Lump Of Sugar, a bit odd like Yeong-gun in Im a Cyborg, but Thats OK, and part of me is really closed-up and fragile like the sisters in A Tale Of Two Sisters. I feel like I take with me a bit of each character I've played and I dont want to throw away even one. Am I going to go develop a multiple personality disorder at this rate? (laughs).

Tell us your ultimate goal as an actress.

So far I've been mostly playing unrealistic characters. They were either physically or mentally sick. So in the future I hope I get to play characters that are more down-to-earth. Im also drawn to strong women characters. Maybe a businesswoman or a martial artist in a historical film? An evil character would be interesting too. If I can have one wish before I turn 40, that is to perform so well that everyone gives me two thumbs up.

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DATE 9-19-2007

釜山电影节林秀晶赵仁成携手走向世界

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第12届釜山国际电影节介绍亚洲演员的“亚洲顶级明星(Star Summit Asia)”中，将被介绍给全世界的演员已确定。

“亚洲顶级明星”是去年作为搞活亚洲电影的合作方案，为介绍其轴心演员而新设的单元。该单元由两个部门组成，一是评选代表亚洲各国的顶级演员，展示其竞争力和目标的“Curtain Call（谢幕）”和有望成为国际明星的各国新星的展示窗口“Casting Board（新人舞台）”组成。

这次参加“Curtain Call”的演员有韩国的林秀晶、赵仁成和泰国的阿南达、美国的约约翰周、中国的魏楠(音译)、日本的藤原龙也等亚洲各国代表级明星6人。

参加“Curtain Call”部门的有男子组合Super Junior的金基范、出演影片《马拉松》中赵承佑弟弟一角的白成贤和梁镇宇、金载升、谢姬、三浦春马(日本)、佟大伟(中国)等8名演员。

这些参加“亚洲顶级明星”单元的14名演员将通过正式记者会、重放电影、正式聚会、表演、记者讨论会及采访等活动，向电影产业相关人士充分展示自己的才能。他们还有机会参加今年新设的合作支援单元“Co-Production PRO”，通过投票在合作方面展示最好的才能和可能性的演员可被评选为“Co-production PRO Member's Choice”。
同时在当选“Casting Board”的演员中，将诞生一名“2007年银幕国际明星顶级亚洲新星”，有望提高对参加演员的国际关注。

同时，关注“亚洲项级明星”潜力的世界级电影刊物《国际银幕（Screen International）》将出版特刊，发表对参加演员的深度报道和对演员经纪公司的产业性作用进行分析的文章。




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[MOVIE REVIEW] 'Happiness' a moving tale of addiction, affection




Once people get stuck with the same fate, a bond can grow between them instantly; however, the relationship can fall apart fairly quickly if the common ground vanishes. Director Hur Jin-ho's "Happiness" portrays a heart-wrenching drama in which bonding and parting take place over some period of time, accentuating the emotional depth of a relationship that is torn apart due to the ruinous fusion of addiction and affection.
In the film to be released on Oct. 3, Young-su (Hwang Jung-min) symbolizes the precariousness of life in the fast lane. A serious alcoholic, he drinks, drinks, drinks to the point of going blank at the trendy nightclub he runs. But his super-fast life skids to a thumping halt when he is diagnosed with a debilitating disease, cirrhosis of the liver. Jilted by his girlfriend, an equally addicted individual -- in this case, to meaningless consumption and a wasteful lifestyle -- Young-su hands over his nightclub ownership to his close friend, and reluctantly heads for a sanitarium in the remote countryside, where there will be no more booze, no more gals.


In the sanitarium, Young-su encounters a calm, soft-spoken girl with a pale face. Eun-hee (Lim Soo-jung), who has stayed at the facility for the past eight years, is struggling with a rare and serious lung disease, yet she remains upbeat and gentle. And she walks slowly and moves her body cautiously as if a single misstep might break her life into pieces. Yet, in a cheerful way, she tells Young-su that she has already lost about 40 percent of her lung, and a doctor says she might die if she ventures out to run fast. Young-su and Eun-hee stand at the opposite end of the lifestyle spectrum. He is yet to shed his old habits of the city -- drinking, smoking and clubbing -- and she leads her quiet, disciplined life in this rural setting. When they fall for each other in an unlikely spot nestled deep inside a mountainous area, they seem to forget where they come from. And they develop a bond that is immediately addictive, something that Eun-hee has experienced before. After a passionate kiss with him, Eun-hee shares her feelings about endless, almost addictive desire: "When I was kissing you, though it may sound strange, I wanted to kiss you more, and even more."

Thanks to her dedicated efforts and great caring, Young-su's health steadily recovers. It's a 'happy' development for Eun-hee, because his improved health means their nature-friendly, vegetarian and substance-free lifestyle has paid off nicely. But the same development does not come as a happy one for Young-su, who suddenly feels that his lifestyle has changed too much. He misses the old days when he indulged in alcohol, cigarettes, junk food and easy sex.

Director Hur carefully achieves a cinematographic distance when he depicts Young-su's struggle with addictive habits. It's true that it takes a tremendous amount of energy, patience and willpower to quit drinking and stay sober. At the same time, it's also resoundingly true that old habits die hard. In a telling scene, Young-su finishes the day's farm labor and gets paid; then the farmer who has hired him gently pushes a cup of beer to Young-su. At this critical moment of temptation, Young-su hesitates for a moment, about 10 seconds, puts his hand on the beer and gulps it down quickly. With a knowing smile, the farmer delivers an illuminating line: "No drinking and no smoking is surely good for your health, but without them, there's no fun in life."

Happiness, after all, depends on one's perspective. For Young-su, happiness means hitting the fast track and indulging his pent-up desire at a night club amid heart-thumping rock music, even though his health and long-term welfare may go down the drain. For Eun-hee, happiness implies decency, self-sufficiency, frugality, modesty and caring for others, especially her loved one Young-su, even though she is staging an uphill battle to extend her life.

Their views on happiness are poles apart -- so much so that when the falling-for period switches jarringly into a falling-out, she goes out and runs. She doesn't care even if she may die running like that. Death is not her primary concern.

In "Happiness," award-winning actor Hwang Jung-min shows off his versatility to the point of sheer shock and repugnance. Toward the end of the film, Hwang's Young-su character is so realistically portrayed as a callous and ungrateful man that audiences might not have any sympathy left when he turns a critical corner in his tumultuous life.

Lim Soo-jung also tops expectations by playing a difficult character with a rare finesse that adds a counterbalancing comfort to the touching interplay between addiction and affection.

Director Hur's efforts to keep sentimentality to a minimum also deserve credit for making the film a thought-provoking tale that transcends the confines of a typical melodrama. For a gentle reminder of where he stands on the matter of the impenetrable human mind, he also clearly depicts the symbolic name of the sanitarium, "House of Hope."

By Yang Sung-jin

(insight@heraldm.com)




2007.09.20

女人'林秀晶,继沈银河-李英爱之后
清澈的脸庞,万年少女的林秀晶在今秋漂浮起成熟美.29岁依旧少女脸庞的代表性童颜演员林秀晶摆脱了之前孩子般的印象,变成了女人.新电影'幸福'中与演技派演员黄政民,爱情鬼才许镇浩导演合作.

引导出电影'8月的圣诞节'的沈银河和'春逝'的李英爱特别魅力的许镇浩导演的第四部爱情电影中,林秀晶带来清纯坚韧的一面.扮演因重度肺脓肿,在农村疗养院里生活了8年的'恩熙'的林秀晶带来了和看上去柔弱的外貌不同,健壮明亮的角色的两面魅力.

作为不知道什么时候生死,相反现在的爱情更重要.向一见钟情的'荣洙'(黄政民)告白也是恩熙先说的,一起生活也是她先开口.象永恒的幸福一样,但是林秀晶成熟的描绘了对于男人痊愈后心也改变了的爱情感到懊悔的女人心.

具备了外貌和表演力受到忠武路期待的林秀晶去年在'I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay'中扮演女主角带来破格的变身.和许镇浩导演的相遇,成为电影界大排演员的沈银河和李英爱,孙艺珍之后,林秀晶能否抓住爱情女王的头衔就聚集了期待.

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林秀晶"床上戏,没有负担"
"拍床戏没有感到很大的负担".电影演员林秀晶表示了对拍床上戏的感想.17日下午在首尔三成洞MEGA BOX召开的电影'幸福'的媒体首映式上,林秀晶表示"对床上戏没有大的负担".通过电影预告篇公开了和黄政民的床上戏而聚集了话题的林秀晶表示"比起没有关心,更多的关系反而更好".

"虽然床上戏不是没有负担,但剧本上原来就有,与导演和对手戏演员一直边议论边拍摄.包括细节部分,所以工作上想不到很容易就拍好了.感到满足,所以拍戏时没有感到很大的负担".对手戏演员黄政民也表示对床上戏没有负担,许镇浩导演表示"希望能拍出可爱感觉的床戏".

"作为女人更进一步成熟,感觉作为演员也感觉都摆脱了"表示了对电影感情的林秀晶主演的爱情电影'幸福'将于10月3日上映.

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林秀晶,'Monpe裤子'表演爱情
电影'幸福'的女主角林秀晶以不似爱情电影的女主角的身姿(?)登场而成话题.别名'Monpe'的裤子的农村服装和绑着头发,还有不化妆的脸,成为首次正统爱情电影的女主角的林秀晶的这种样子不能给期待一般爱情电影中美丽女主角的人们的新鲜感而感到吃惊.

在剧中,林秀晶扮演的'恩熙'是在疗养院生活了8年的农村女人,得了重病的患者.所以林秀晶在电影始终都是不被接受的穿着,就像得了重病的患者一样以被病魔折磨的干瘦身姿登场.

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09-27-2007 16:38

'Happiness' Measures Cost of Love



By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Love is pain, they say, and countless songs and stories croon about it time over time. Melodrama maestro Hur Jin-ho (``One Fine Spring Day,'' 2001, ``April Snow,'' 2005) does not disappoint in depicting love's fleeting pleasures and lasting sting with poignant tenderness in his fourth romance ``Happiness.''

Things can't get any worse for Yeong-jae (Hwang Jung-min), a heavy drinking, chain-smoking playboy: His nightclub goes bankrupt, his girlfriend deserts him and he might die from cirrhosis (point of interest: the club scene was shot in Apgujeong NB, which also closed its doors not too long ago).

He packs up everything and retreats to a rehabilitation center in the middle of nowhere, where he meets the most unexpected: true love. Eun-hi (Lim Soo-jung) suffers from fatally weak lungs, but despite her frail appearance she is stouthearted and takes care of the other patients. Yeong-jae and Eun-hi fall madly in love and move into a small house in the countryside. Each moment is filled with peace and Yeong-jae discovers a sweetness and profundity to life he never knew before.

Yet, ``for each ecstatic instant we must an anguish pay in keen and quivering ration to the ecstasy,'' as Emily Dickinson wrote: As Yeong-jae regains his strength, he grows bored with country life and feels suffocated by Eun-hi's devotion. Tempted by his friends and ex-girlfriend to return to the city, he leaves the woman that saved his life.

``Before, I couldn't live without you, but now, you're driving me crazy,'' he tells her bitterly.

Actor Hwang Jung-min completely casts off his much-loved image as a passionately devoted husband in ``You are My Sunshine'' (2005) as he trades in his boorish farmer clothes and potbelly for a dangerously sexy, chic urban look complete with a six-pack.

Although the film publicizes Hwang's deterioration into a bad guy, his character, though contemptible at times, is far from being completely loathsome like Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Woody Allen's ``Match Point'' (2005) or Cho Jae-hyun in Kim Ki-deok's ``Bad Guy'' (2001).

``Happiness'' is essentially a love story, but, at large, a realistic sketch of the human condition and a testimony of modern man's dilemma. Weak-willed and lacking self-restraint, Yeong-jae is simply ordinary -- an antihero with completely normal, human flaws. You actually feel sympathetic for the guy who falls prey to the dark seductions of our oversexed, consumption-driven society.

The film is almost biblical in the sense that Eun-hi creates the prefect Garden of Eden for Yeong-jae, who is doomed to escape only to meet his downfall.

Even Su-yeon (Kong Hyo-jin), who leaves her dying boyfriend but later wants him back when he is recovered and with another woman, speaks to the no-strings-attached romance of our generation.

Lim Soo-jung personifies her character with such tenderness that you can never imagine anyone else playing the part. Compared with her previous role as a dying schoolgirl in ``…ing'' (2003), the baby-faced actress makes a big step toward full-fledged ``womanhood,'' and the snippet of the film's love scene in its preview created quite a stir here.

Eun-hi is made of beauty in all its possible forms, with the tenderness of a guardian angel, devotion of a mother and the fervor of a passionate lover. Her almost too perfect character could have stopped short of being allegorical at best, but she becomes instantly terrestrial thanks to minute details that make all the difference. Any woman would be able relate to discreetly checking out one's face in front of the man she pretends not to fancy.

``Happiness'' is a memorable film that strikes both sense and sensibility -- leaving you to ruminate the nature of love while leaving a resonating vibe in your heart.

Coming to theaters Oct.3.

hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr

纯情佳人林秀晶孙艺珍金泰熙的惊天巨变

朝鲜日报记者 全祥喜 (2007.09.27 17:00) 年轻的韩国顶级女明星们纷纷亮出新花样吸引观众。三位在演技和票房号召力上都称得上首屈一指的顶级女明星一改使之星途坦荡的戏路，踏上一条冒险之路，其结果将是天壤之别。虽然成功时会达到顶峰，但反之也会令功成名就的她们输的一败涂地。如果没有相当的自信，是很难选择这条路的。

清纯可人的林秀晶▶以成熟魅力取胜

第一位勇士是下月3日上映的新片《幸福》中的林秀晶。该片讲述了一个残酷的爱情故事，林秀晶在片中一改原来的清纯形象，褪下少女的可爱，凭借浓郁醇厚的成熟魅力挑战银幕。林秀晶在《幸福》中饰演的“恩姬”是一个严重肺病患者，然而对爱情比任何人都积极大胆，无论是引诱自己一见钟情的人与自己初吻，还是提出同居的都是恩姬。

林秀晶是第一次饰演与自己年龄相仿的角色，因此倍受电影界的关注。尤其是，在正式上映前的预告片中亮相的陷入爱河中的她，更是激起了粉丝的关注。

清纯佳人孙艺珍▶散发撩人性感美

孙艺珍的情况则相反，曾经是清纯佳人代名词的她通过超刺激的性感美，为银幕增添一抹亮色。她实现颠覆性变身的舞台就是警匪动作片《无防备城市》，该片描述了韩国的FBI、广域调查队与企业化的国际扒窃组织间的残酷斗争。

一直是“清纯玉女”代名词的孙艺珍，此次将化身蛇蝎美人震撼大银幕。这部由她主演的电影《无防备都市》是一部讲述韩国联邦调查局（FBI）和广域搜查队联手与专业的国际扒手组织之间展开冷酷较量的动作影片。

孙艺珍在片中饰演的国际扒手组织头目“白蔷薇”是一个不惜利用性感魅力的典型蛇蝎美人。完全颠覆了她以往在《爱有天意》、《恋爱小说》、《外出》等影片中塑造的清纯而感性的人物形象。

为了塑造角色，她化了浓艳的烟熏妆、穿露乳沟的性感服装。

言情皇后金泰熙▶变身强悍主妇

另外，一直被誉为言情王后的金泰熙，则选择了成熟女人路线。金泰熙曾以影片《中天》初次踏入银幕。而她此次接拍的新片《打架》是一部描写进入厌倦期的一对夫妇经常因琐事大打出手的“无情的”浪漫喜剧。金泰熙将饰演玻璃工艺师“真儿”，首次饰演有夫之妇的成熟女性。这次她将蜕去以往给人留下的文静印象，挑战有过激行为的强硬的角色。

韩国电影界的一位相关人士展望说：“与戏路广的30多岁女演员相比，20多岁女演员确实在戏路上受到了一定限制。她们的成功转型将吸引更多的观众去观看。”






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沈银河-李英爱-林秀晶,遇见了许镇浩就变特别了
有着不经修饰清纯外貌和漂亮的印象,出众演技力的当代最榜的大牌演员经过许镇浩导演之手就变得更有魅力.沈银河,李英爱,还有林秀晶….他们的共同点就是出演了许镇浩导演电影里的女主角,而受到'重新发现'的评论界无上称赞,成为当代最棒的女演员.


受到观众和评论界评价为韩国最棒爱情电影导演的许镇浩导演经'8月的圣诞节'的沈银河-韩石圭,'春逝'的李英爱-刘智泰,'外出'的孙艺珍-裴勇俊以及'幸福'的林秀晶-黄政民都是和当代最棒的明星一起工作.

引发出演员魅力放光的许镇浩导演在他的电影中特别能引发出女演员不经装饰的质朴身姿和才能.出演的女演员在他们的作品中受到最高美丽赞词那样,能引发出其他的魅力和更成熟的演技力.

特别是这些前辈之后林秀晶在电影'幸福'里带来了更加成熟的魅力.如论在什么作品中都表现出美丽成熟的林秀晶出色诠释角色,继沈银河和李英爱之后正成为忠武路的招牌女演员.

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林秀晶"出道后一次也没能恋爱"
"现在如果有爱情将不再胆怯".银幕中的林秀晶如果握住就像要裂开,如果吹了就要飞起来,像玻璃一样的脸.可能因为瘦小的体格和白色皮肤,少女的样子常担任患者角色.新电影'幸福'里,林秀晶扮演8年农村疗养院治疗中的肺病患者'恩熙'.和多少看上去有点年龄差距的黄政民扮演多情的恋人,林秀晶由少女变成女人的成熟.

可能是出演正统爱情电影吧,上映之前林秀晶还第一次被卷进绯闻.但出道后表示一次恋爱也没有过的她代替了就绯闻的回答."根本就没什么恋爱经验.而且那还是做演员前的因缘.之后就没有过了.渐渐年龄大了希望再次恋爱.尽管没有过爱情伤痛,但相爱分手再开始却很可怕".

虽然疼痛但爱情有多棒,幸福在拍这部电影时感觉到了."既是痛和变化分手,这么好的感情是爱情,就不害怕要承受.现在想要恋爱的瞬间来了,如果有了爱人就不胆怯,努力真实的去爱".演员林秀晶成熟的身姿将从10月3日上映的电影'幸福'中见到.

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电影'幸福',预感卖座"网民41.6％
黄政民,林秀晶超过了成龙和斯嘉丽·约翰逊.黄政民,林秀晶主演的感动爱情'幸福'在线预售网站'InterPark'上进行的'预感票房大片的电影在线投票'上,超过了成龙的'尖峰时刻3'和斯嘉丽·约翰逊的'保姆日记'占据了第1位.

'幸福'是10月首周上映,在以各电影为对象的这次调查中占据了41.6％,成龙的'尖峰时刻3'为(27.7％),斯嘉丽·约翰逊的'保姆日记'为(15.7％).

中秋连休结束后在众多期待的外片陆续上映中,在和韩国电影激烈竞争的10月首周,打破预料以压倒性份额领先的国产电影'幸福'占据第1位就备受关注.正式进入10月,期待正统爱情电影的观众们的期待感将会起到作用.

中秋连休超过喜剧电影,'爱'占据了票房第1位等特别感性的电影在今秋特受关注,描写了甜美爱情令人心痛的离别故事的'幸福'是否能继续就值得注视了.

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10-02-2007 16:03

Actresses Gain Presence Onscreen


Actresses Kim Tae-ran, left, and Lee Mi-youn star in “Lovers Behind.”

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

While the female persona Korean entertainment remains largely reminiscent of Hollywood during the 1950~60s, a few in recently released or upcoming films are beginning to reflect, with some realism, Korean women today.

Women onscreen tend to be either innocent asexual Audrey Hepburns (think Lee Young-ae, Choi Ji-woo, Song Hye-kyo) or smoldering Marylin Monroes oozing with sex appeal (Kim Hye-soo, Uhm Jung-hwa). Then there exists a third, very minor group of eccentrics like Katherine Hepburn that fit into neither category, like actresses Kang Hae-jeong, Bae Doo-na and Kong Hyo-jin.

In other words, it is rather difficult to meet truly realistic female characters in movies. A most disappointing example is director Kwak Kyoung-taek's latest offering ``A Love.'' In this terribly old-fashioned story about a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, the heroine is but a mere caricature embodying romantic fantasies: the unforgettable first love, frail damsel in distress and untainted prostitute. She is but a superficial plot element that gives the male protagonist a story to tell.







Roles for sexual or even remotely sexually active women continue to be reserved for the more ``mature'' actresses. They tend to be over 30 and/or married. Sex icon Kim Hye-soo, for example, plays a string of femme fatale roles from ``Hypnotized'' (2004) to ``Tazza: The High Rollers'' (2005) and ``A Day for an Affair'' (2006).

Upcoming sex comedy ``Lovers Behind'' features two very different but equally sexy women. The film delightfully resembles ``Sex and the City,'' with two women speaking frankly about love and sex. Lee Mi-youn, the Nicole Kidman of Korea enjoying a newfound peak in her career following her divorce from actor Kim Seung-woo, plays the role of a photographer who wants romances with no strings attached. Lee Tae-ran, who enjoys steady popularity in her acting career, depicts a woman who marries one man after another to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. While these female characters provide much humor, they are over-sexualized in a sense that their sexuality is the only thing that defines them. The film will be released mid-October.






Another recent film, however, brings to screen a fresh new female persona. In Hur Jin-ho's ``Happiness,'' now playing in theaters, Lim Soo-jung's petite, slim and dewy-eyed character Eun-hi is at first glance another Audrey Hepburn. But Eun-hi is far from passive in her romantic relationship with Yeong-su (Hwang Jung-min), and does not hesitate to initiate sex _ without being a seductive temptress _ or propose to move in together.

``I wanted to show that when a woman is in love with a man, she too can be assertive,'' said director Hur during a press conference at a Seoul theater last month. For the baby-faced actress, this is a dramatic departure from her girlish roles as a high-school girl in ``…ing'' (200) or the fairytale-like character in ``I am a Cyborg but That's OK'' (200). She has finally grown up enough to play parts closer to her actual age.






Likewise, superstar Kim Tae-hee matures onscreen opposite award-winning actor Sul Kyoung-gu in ``Ssaum (Fight)'' coming to theaters December. The movie humorously portrays a couple who, once madly in love, are now fiercely battling each other. Kim casts off her sweet, angelic allure to personify an irritable woman who does not refrain from resorting to physical violence while arguing with her husband.

The fighting spirit in women does not stop with Kim Tae-hee. Audiences can look forward to Do Ji-won in her role in ``Punch Lady.'' Do plays a submissive housewife who one day decides not to put up with her abusive husband any longer. She begins training hard to master the art of fighting after publicly announcing a duel on the ring with her pro-wrestler husband.

Although this is a rather comical theatrical situation, it reflects how women in Korean cinema are beginning to show a bit of dimension and color. ``Punch Lady'' is due for release at the end of the month.

hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr

[照片]黑色的林秀晶,"在拍照时间入场"


9日下午，在釜山大酒店举行的釜山国际电影节明星高级会议谢幕记者见面会上林秀晶为了参加记者拍照时间而正在进入活动现场。

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A girl needs heartbreak to be a woman

October 10, 2007

Actress Lim Su-jung, 27, has decided it’s time she started to act her age. By Kang Jung-hyun
Perhaps Lim Su-jung has bid farewell to her girl years. It’s a disappointment, but the 27-year-old actress has made her choice. Now in her late 20s, she is only doing what is natural.
“Happiness” is a film about a young woman who falls in love with a bad boy (Hwang Jung-min) she meets in a rural nursing home. It’s a coming-of-age ritual for Lim. In the movie one of her lines is, “I am older than I look.”
“After starring in a movie about love between adults, rather than between teenagers,” Lim said, “I feel like I’ve grown up, like I’ve married someone.”
With a baby face on a petite frame, Lim has always taken the roles of precocious girls who suffer early tragedies.
In the hit KBS drama “Sorry, I Love You,” she fell in love with an adoptee; in the film “Ing,” she was a terminally ill high school girl who accepted her imminent death with grace.
But Lim has never been an object of sexual desire for older men. Some of her characters even had the power to heal, such as the 30-kilogram (66-pound) anorexic girl in “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK.”
Lim was such a perfect fit for the role that the award-winning director Park Chan-wook was amazed.
Happiness, which opened a week ago, is the latest film by Huh Jin-ho, who has previously worked with the hottest actresses of the day, such as Shim Eun-ha (“Christmas in August”) or Lee Young-ae (“One Fine Spring Day”).
Whereas Lee asks her man if he’d like to stay for a bowl of instant noodles, Lim’s character, suffering from a lung disease, wonders if the man would like to live with her. Of course, the love fades away, and the lovers suffer.
“It seems like I’ve just closed the first chapter of my acting career,” Lim said. Beneath her girl-next-door looks lay a strong seam of tenacity and perseverance.
Lim said the filming of Happiness began a week after she finished working on Cyborg. She admitted that she struggled to make the adjustment from the devil-may-care Young-goon character in Cyborg to become the Eun-hee character in Happiness, a much more complicated persona who makes sacrifices for her lover.
Also, she had to adjust to the contrasting styles of the directors: Park Chan-uk in Cyborg was a master at planning ahead, whereas Huh tended to improvise.
“I felt Eun-hee only had a small part in the movie,” Lim said. “But that only motivated me to tackle this role. It wasn’t easy, but once I relaxed, I had the character down.
“I was fairly content after finishing one film, and then the Eun-hee character emerged as another obstacle,” she continued. “That’s why acting is always so challenging. Every role brings out something in me that I didn’t know existed.”
Lim has mostly played young girls in TV dramas and films, and she said it is about time her roles reflected her real age.
“I wanted to be in Happiness because I could project my real sensibilities as a woman in her late 20s,” Lim said. “I couldn’t keep playing a teenage girl forever.”
However, she might have seemed like a girl to her co-star Hwang, who is 10 years her senior. Lim said she’d always wanted to work with Hwang, adding, “His mere presence was an inspiration. In the latter stage of the film, I had tears in my eyes, just looking at him.”
She likely needed all the inspiration she could get during the making of Happiness.
Director Huh left the ending scene wide open, just telling his stars to “sit down and look at each other.”
“He worked with the actors on the spot to add dialogue and other details,” Lim said of her director. “We would do 15, 20 takes for each cut. It was tiring, but as an actor, it was a great opportunity to think through each scene.”
After three films in a year (“Lump of Sugar,” about a girl’s love for horse riding, was the third), Lim said she wants to take a breather, hoping to take on “more outside-the-box” roles in the future.
“With my first chapter closed, I wonder what the next chapter will be like,” Lim said. “As far as acting is concerned, I’d like to be true to myself, and do things my way.
“I want to create a ‘Lim Su-jung’ style. Is that too much of a pipe dream?”


By Yang Sung-hee JoongAng Ilbo [jeeho@joongang.co.kr]

Asian Film Officials Rank Im Atop for Joint Film




Im Soo-jeong is the number one preferred actress to cast in a joint Asian film, having been chosen by foreign producers and casting directors participating in the Asian Film Market's co-Production PRO at the ongoing Pusan International Film Festival.

PIFF's Co-Production PRO is a program facilitating joint film production in Asia. Film industry officials in production, investment and distribution from Asia, the Americas and Europe are sharing information and holding talks on joint productions currently in Busan.

The program is linked to another PIFF side event, Curtain Call, which supports Asian star actors and their management.

Invited to this year's Curtain Call was Jo In-seon, Im Soo-jeong, Ananda Everingham of Thailand, Tatsuya Fujiwara of Japan and John Cho of the US.

In a vote of some 100 Co-Production PROs, Im ranked number one for the actor most wanted in a joint production.

In a news conference, Im said she would accept such a casting proposal at any time.

[img]林秀晶当选亚洲合拍电影最想启用明星

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韩国著名影星林秀晶在出席“亚洲顶级明星谢幕（Star summit Asia Curtain Call）”活动的明星中脱颖而出，当选为“最想启用的演员”。

以出席亚洲电影交易会的电影产业相关人士和制作人士为对象进行的问卷调查显示，林秀晶在参加“亚洲顶级明星谢幕”活动的明星中得票最多。

10日下午，“Co-Production PRO”组织会员聚会在釜山格兰特酒店举行。执行委员长朴光洙表示，Co-production PRO选出林秀晶为在亚洲合拍片中最想启用的演员。”

“亚洲顶级明星谢幕”这一单元的内容是，选出亚洲各国代表性的顶级明星，请他们亮相并展示他们的经历。

今年的入选者有，泰国的阿南达、日本的藤原龙也、美国的约翰-周、韩国的林秀晶、赵寅成和中国的余南。
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10-16-2007 17:02

Actor Hwang Jung-min Returns to Stage


Actor Hwang Jung-min, who recently starred in the movie“ Happiness,”is returning to his beginnings--the musical stage.
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter


Movie star and talented musical actor Hwang Jung-min will return to the stage next year, four years after his last musical, ``42nd Street.''

He is a household name on the big screen with successful performances in ``You Are My Sunshine,'' (2005) ``Psychopath,'' (2007) and ``Happiness'' (2007).

But the award-winning performer first began his acting career as a musical actor in ``Line 1'' (1995) and then starred in various musicals such as ``Jesus Christ Superstar'' and ``Cats.''

``I am very excited (to come back to the musical.) With `Nine' as my comeback piece, I will do my best,'' he said in a press release.

Based on an Italian play by Mario Fratti inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film ``8½,'' it focuses on the film director Guido Contini, which will be played by Hwang.

The musical deals with the famous director's approaching fortieth birthday, which thrusts him into an emotional tailspin that threatens to destroy his personal and professional life.

The role of Guido Contini is the only male cast member among 18 women.

With Hollywood star Antonio Banderas, as well as a number of other key players, performing in 2003's Broadway revival of ``Nine'', much of its reputation can attributed to Banderas, whose acting and singing talent along with his good looks made for an ideal Guido Contini.

Now the Korean production is placing much expectation on Hwang, who shines in films with his captivating acting.

Starring in various musicals and plays in Daehangno, Hwang's debut film was ``The Waikiki Brothers,'' in 2001. Then he appeared in prominent films like ``A Good Lawyer's Wife,'' ``You're My Sunshine,'' and ``Bloody Tie,'' in which he portrayed many diverse characters.

The Korean production will be directed by veteran director David Swan who worked in several Korean hit productions such as ``Man of La Mancha'' and ``All Shook Up.''

``Nine'' premiered in 1982 on Broadway and was nominated in 10 sections of Tony Awards and won five awards, including the best revival award.

The musical will be staged at LG Arts Center in southern Seoul on Jan. 22 and will run until March 2 next year.

Tickets cost from 30,000 won to 120,000 won. For more information, call 1588-5212.

chungay@koreatimes.co.kr

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/sports/index.asp ACTOR HWANG JUNG MIN RETURNS TO MUSICAL STAGE WITH NINE

01-01-2008 18:16

Hwang Grows Into Mature Role in Musical


A scene from musical “Nine” featuring actor Hwang Jung-min. The musical will be staged at LG Arts Center in southern Seoul Jan. 22 and will run through March 2.

/ Courtesy of OD Musical Company

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

Actor Hwang Jung-min has become one of the most sought-after actors among Korean film directors since his successful performances in ``You Are My Sunshine,'' (2005) ``Black House,'' (2007) and ``Happiness'' (2007).

But many musical fans might remember his stage performances as much as his on-screen ones. So his return to the musical, ``Nine'' is causing many musical buffs to have high expectations.

His comeback work is based on an Italian play by Mario Fratti inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film ``8 1/2,'' focusing on the film director Guido Contini, which will be played by Hwang.

Hwang said that the musical has a special meaning for him as the piece is about an ``adult coming-of-age'' in which the film director in his 40s wrestles with burnout in creativity and looks back on his career and life.

The musical deals with the famous director approaching his 40th birthday, which thrusts him into an emotional tailspin that threatens to destroy his personal and professional life.

``I can sympathize with the role, which is about growing up as an artist. Through Guido, the musical gives me the opportunity to look back at my acting career and my life,'' Hwang told reporters in the press conference.

Hwang said that he finds something in common between his role and his life in which he sometimes worries about how much he can do in his next work and how at times he is not honest with his feelings when he takes on a new role.

``My fans who liked my earlier performance as a musical actor might have waited for my return for a long time, and also, my movie fans might want to see my musical performance on stage as well. So I feel responsibility in satisfying both audiences with my comeback piece,'' said Hwang.

Hwang returns to the stage four years after his last musical, ``42nd Street.'' The actor debuted in the musical, ``Line 1'' (1995) and then starred in various musicals such as ``Jesus Christ Superstar'' and ``Cats.''

Starring in various musicals and plays in Daehangno, Hwang's debut film was ``The Waikiki Brothers,'' in 2001. Then he appeared in prominent films like ``A Good Lawyer's Wife,'' ``You Are My Sunshine,'' and ``Bloody Tie,'' in which he portrayed many diverse characters.

The role of Guido is the only male cast member among 15 women. Hollywood star Antonio Banderas took the role of Guido in 2003's Broadway revival of ``Nine.'' Much of its reputation attributed to Banderas, whose acting and singing talent along with his good looks made for an ideal Guido.

Shin Chun-soo, producer and president of the OD Musical Company, said that it took three years to cast Hwang as the leading role because he has found the right actor to rival Banderas' performance.

``The musical doesn't have much of a reputation compared to other Broadway musicals. But it scored big success both in commercial and critical aspects. I think Hwang is an actor who can surpass Banderas' reputation,'' said Shin.

The Korean production will be directed by veteran director David Swan who worked in several Korean hit productions such as ``Man of La Mancha'' and ``All Shook Up.''

Swan said that the musical focuses on the artistic life of Guido, who started exploring his career and discovers emptiness.

``The musical mixes reality and fantasy memory. But it is both entertaining and moving,'' said Swan.

``Nine'' premiered in 1982 on Broadway and was nominated in 10 categories of Tony Awards and won five of them, including the best revival award.

In the Korean production of the musical, award-winning actress Kim Sun-young will play the part of Luisa, Guido's wife. Kang Pil-suk will alternate playing the role of Guido with Hwang.

The musical will be staged at LG Arts Center in southern Seoul Jan. 22 and will run through March 2.

Tickets cost from 30,000 won to 120,000 won. For more information, call 1588-5212.

chungay@koreatimes.co.kr

2008/06/12
A robust, grisly horror film boosted by excellent performances

Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

A meek but kind insurance salesman Jeon Jun-O (Hwang Jeong-Min, "Happiness") is handpicked by a creepy metalworker, Park Choong-Bae (Kang Shin-Il, "Silmido"), for renewal of the policies on the his family. Visiting Park's spectacularly decrepit adobe, Jun-O ends up discovering the body of Park's young son, apparently a suicide.

Meeting Choong-Bae's wife Yi-Hwa (Yoo Seon, "The Wig" - "Scary Hair"), a pale beauty who has seemingly exhausted her capacity for grief, Jun-O begins to suspect that the boy's death was in fact a murder, and that she is next in line.

What Jun-O does not understand is that his small act of kindness (and breach of professional ethics) over a phone consultation has already ensnared him in a web of deceit, mutilation and murder, spun by a psychopath who makes Norman Bates in "Psycho" look like SpongeBob SquarePants.

A Japan-Korea coproduction, "Black House" is base...
A robust, grisly horror film boosted by excellent performances

Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

A meek but kind insurance salesman Jeon Jun-O (Hwang Jeong-min, "Happiness") is handpicked by a creepy metalworker, Park Choong-Bae (Kang Shin-il, "Silmido"), for renewal of the policies on the his family. Visiting Park's spectacularly decrepit adobe, Jun-O ends up discovering the body of Park's young son, apparently a suicide.

Meeting Choong-Bae's wife Yi-Hwa (Yoo Seon, "The Wig" - "Scary Hair"), a pale beauty who has seemingly exhausted her capacity for grief, Jun-O begins to suspect that the boy's death was in fact a murder, and that she is next in line.

What Jun-O does not understand is that his small act of kindness (and breach of professional ethics) over a phone consultation has already ensnared him in a web of deceit, mutilation and murder, spun by a psychopath who makes Norman Bates in "Psycho" look like SpongeBob SquarePants.

A Japan-Korea coproduction, "Black House" is based on Japanese writer Yûsuke Kishi's award-winning early novel, having been filmed once in 1999 by Morita Yoshimitsu ("Family Game"), also scheduled to debut this summer on Region 1 DVD. Unfortunately, it emulates the strategy of Hollywood remakes of the J-horror, by boosting up volume and scare tactics but largely abandons the kind of phlegmatic, deliberately paced terror expected in the high-end Japanese genre literature or film, not to mention the original's superb characterizations.

Lee Yeong-joong's screenplay invents a rather hackneyed childhood trauma for Jun-O, while reducing one of the novel's most fascinating and complex characters, the company "enforcer" Miyoshi, into a crude thug with a fondness for dental floss.

Helmer Shin Terra (Sin Tae-ra) is clearly an inventive filmmaker but has some way to go before mastering storytelling skills. Those who have not read the novel might be befuddled by the sequences that are in turn confusingly presented, inadequately explained or simply illogical. (Did Choong-Bae bite off his thumb or not? And all children who have dreams of flying off into the air in a swing are supposed to grow up to be psychos? Maybe that explains Ann Coulter.)

Despite these weaknesses, however, "Black House" works. Like, say, "Blood Rain", the movie's power is greatly enhanced by its colorful production design (supervised by Jo Hwa-Seong) and competent cinematography/lighting (Choe Joo-Young and Lee Sung-Jae). The psychopath's lair, with its makeshift abattoir-operating room ambience, smeared with blood and filth, is impressively frightening.

Hwang Jeong-min, one of the most reliable character actors working in Korea today, makes for a thoroughly believable and sympathetic hero. Yoo Seon, fragile-looking but strangely alluring, provides an interesting contrast to the Morita version's slightly whacky but memorable performance by Otake Shinobu, and admirably holds her own against Hwang.


It is a tribute to their chemistry and Hwang's superior acting ability that you completely believe that Jun-O could be so frightened of Yi-Hwa, when, if you stop to think for a moment after the movie, their confrontation should look in real life like a grizzly bear cowering in terror before a hissing mountain cat.

In one important aspect, the film happily does not follow a Hollywood cliche. It culminates in a series of rather preposterous but extremely suspenseful Grand Guignol confrontations, but the monster remains the monster to the bitter end. Neither sexual abuse during childhood, nor Freudian psychoanalysis nor the "unrequited desire to be loved" is dredged up to explain away why it became the way it did.

By honoring Kishi's open-ended conclusion and putting the utterly conscienceless (but not unattractive) monster at the center of the movie, "Black House" ultimately recovers much of the goodwill initially lost by the rather slapdash way the novel was adapted.

DVD Presentation:

Genius Entertainment. NTSC. Dual Layer. Region 1. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1. Audio: Korean Dolby Digital 5.0. Subtitles: English. Supplement: Making-of featurette, production design featurette, deleted scenes. Retail Price: $24.95. Release Date: April 22, 2008.

"Black House", a potentially appropriate title for the Tartan Extreme Asia label, is again directly released by Genius Entertainment. The transfer is good, if not outstanding. It retains a bit of the high-contrast, heavily filtered, edge-enhancement-spotted look familiar from Korean DVDs. Color scheme faithfully approximates the theatrical experience, not slipping too much into sickly yellow or brownish muck, and sporting nicely balanced cold blue and gray in key scenes.

Korean Dolby Digital 5.0 track is adequate to good, with some serious bang-up sound effects during the last 20 minutes.

English subs are high quality, providing translations of key texts as well as dialogues.

Cover design, however, is pretty hideous, and fails to sell the film's strength: it looks like one for an indifferently put-together haunted-house flick, which "Black House" most definitely is not. They should have used CJ Entertainment's composite poster that shows Hwang Jeong-min crouching in terror against an unseen assailant.

If US distributors are refusing to put Korean actor's faces in the posters because they are "unknowns" in the US, their logic is a total bunk. Do any of these people make the same argument for American posters for French films? (Quick, name the French actress seen through a keyhole in the poster for "With a Friend Like Harry"!)

The supplements are fairly generous, carried over from Region 3 DVD, with OK English subtitles. The making-of documentary is rather subdued, with director Shin, Hwang and Yu taking turns and discussing such topics as the difference between the novel and the screenplay. It clocks at around 20 minutes.

A shorter piece (seven minutes) on production design is more interesting, interspersed with full-blown architectural designs of the Black House itself and other onscreen sets. Designer Jo reveals, among interesting tidbits, that the design concept for the psychopath's lair was a public bathhouse from '70s, fallen into disuse for 30 years.

Deleted scenes are mostly character-expanding scenes for Jun-O working as an insurance agent. It does include a cameo appearance by the author Kishi as a Japanese customer.

"Black House" is a robust, muscular horror film, rather effective as a gut-wrenching, red-meat example of its type. While not entirely satisfactory as an adaptation of Kishi Yusuke's novel, it is nonetheless recommended to the horror and thriller fans.
☆☆☆★
©2008 OhmyNews

Source : english.ohmynews.com/... ( English Korean )

Varied Korean line-up at NYC fest
2008/06/13 |
This year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will feature: LEE Myeong-se's "M",KANG Woo-suk's "Public Enemy Returns" (Gangcheoljoong: Gonggongui jeok 1-1), HEO Jin-ho's "Happiness" (Haengbok), KIM Mi-jeong's "Shadows in the Palace" (Goongnyeo), JEONG Byeong-gil's "Action Boys" (Woori Aeksyeonbaewooda), and KIM Ji-won's "The Butcher" (Dosalja).

New York City will host the Asian festival from June 20 until July 6. Other main films include the Japanese films Then Summer Came, and Always: Sunset on Third Street and the Chinese Assembly. NYAFF also selected films from Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Thailand.

The seventh NYAFF is organized by Subway Cinema (http://www.subwaycinema.com/), a New York based organization for the increased exposure of Asian cinema through annual events. It was also involved in the establishment of the New York Korean Film Festival in 2001. NYAFF is covered by leading media in the U.S., Europe, and Korea's leading film magazine Cine21.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...
This year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will feature: Lee Myeong-se's "M",KANG Woo-suk's "Public Enemy Returns" (Gangcheoljoong: Gonggongui jeok 1-1), Heo Jin-ho's "Happiness" (Haengbok), Kim Mi-jeong's "Shadows in the Palace" (Goongnyeo), JEONG Byeong-gil's "Action Boys" (Woori Aeksyeonbaewooda), and KIM Ji-won's "The Butcher" (Dosalja).

New York City will host the Asian festival from June 20 until July 6. Other main films include the Japanese films Then Summer Came, and Always: Sunset on Third Street and the Chinese Assembly. NYAFF also selected films from Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Thailand.

The seventh NYAFF is organized by Subway Cinema (Open the link), a New York based organization for the increased exposure of Asian cinema through annual events. It was also involved in the establishment of the New York Korean Film Festival in 2001. NYAFF is covered by leading media in the U.S., Europe, and Korea's leading film magazine Cine21.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)

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因我来福娱乐讯 该化妆品牌方面表示：“林秀晶是继2004年金喜爱成为我们的模特之后时隔4年再次加入我们品牌的广告模特，她将和长时间担任我们品牌广告模特的金喜爱、张真英一起进行宣传活动”。

这名负责人还表示“林秀晶有着我们品牌所追求的晴朗透明的皮肤，和不断挑战新事物的热情，所以就邀请她担任我们的模特”。

林秀晶将从下个月开始以该品牌广告模特的身份进行宣传活动。


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