Windstruck

Plot summary

Director: Gwak Jae Yong
Cast: Jeon Ji Hyeon, Jang Hyeok
Genre: Melodrama
Rating: 12+
Running Time: 118 min.

The film stars Jun Ji-hyun as Officer Kyung-jin Yeo, an ambitious young female police officer serving on the Seoul police department. One day while chasing a purse snatcher, she accidentally captures Myung-woo Ko (played by Jang Hyeok), a physics teacher at an all-girls school, who was actually trying to catch the thief. Later, Myung-woo discovers the stolen purse, but just as he picks it up, Kyung-jin spots him and tries to arrest him again. Kyung-jin is then given the job of escorting Myung-woo through a dangerous district, only to be distracted when she tries to break up a meeting between Russian Mafia and Korean gangsters. With Myung-woo handcuffed to her, Kyung-jin almost single-handedly brings down the two rival gangs (although she is helped when she accidentally causes the groups to start shooting at each other).

The first half of the film, told from Myung-woo's point of view, details the couple's growing attraction and love for each other, which climaxes with a trip to the countryside where Myung-woo tells Kyung-jin that if he were to ever to die, he wanted to come back to earth as the wind. Soon after, he is almost killed in a freak automobile accident, but Kyung-jin saves his life.

The film takes a turn into the fantasy genre in its second half, after Myung-woo is accidentally shot by another officer, which Kyung-jin thinks that it was her shot, to death as Kyung-jin chases an insane criminal. Kyung-jin falls into a suicidal depression over his death and attempts to kill herself several times, finally almost succeeding when she throws herself off a building, only to be saved when a giant balloon floats under her. Soon after, she experiences visitations from Myung-woo, who appears as the wind, sending her messages and, at one point, he even appears in her dreams in order to give her the will to live after she is nearly shot to death by a criminal.

Ultimately the film follows a similar path set out by the American film Ghost with Myung-woo and Kyung-jin communicating and sharing one final gesture of love before he moves on to the afterlife. Myung-woo said that he will whisper, when she hear him whisper in the wind, she will meet someone with a soul like him. Myung-woo told Kyung-jin that he always beside her, which a book and a photo left by Myung-woo in the restaurant before he rushed to meet Kyung-jin who was chasing the insane criminal.

Next thing you know, Gyeong-jin and Myung-woo are a joined at the hip doing the sort of cute coupleIn the first half of the film, Myung-woo told that his only memory was his high school trip. The book and the photo is found and returned to Kyung-jin in the police station. The photo show that Myung-woo trip and nearby was Kyung-jin. This proved Myung-woo "I always beside you." to Kyung-jin. Kyung-jin rush out to find the finder, till in the train station, where she is saved by Cha Tae-Hyun (credited as The Guy) in the train station, Myung-woo whispered that The Guy is the one that with the soul like him. Kyung-jin whisper that "He always beside her.".

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A Moment to Remember

Cast Kim Su-Jin: Son Ye-Jin (The Classic, LoverÂ’s Concerto) Choi Chul-Soo: Jung Woo-Sung (Musa)

Synopsis

Divided into four segments, A Moment to Remember follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens of loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.

The first segment of the film, staged in romantic comedy style, introduces the protagonists, a woman named Su Jin and a man named Chul Soo. The movie highlights their accidental meeting in a convenience store and confusion over a can of soda, followed by their subsequent courting despite the social standings that should have kept them apart.

The second segment follows the couple now settling into married life. Su-Jin learns to be a housewife as her husband cares for her. But as the segment progresses, Su-jin begins to display forgetfulness, including an incident in which a fire breaks out because of a forgotten stove. While Chul Soo caught the fire in time, the seriousness of the incident and others draw them to seek medical help.

The third segment involves the revelation of Alzheimer's disease and the couple's consequent response to it. Su Jin is heavily burdened by the knowledge that she will forget her husband and hides it from him at first until he seeks advice from the doctor himself. Despite the disease, they make the commitment to stay together and as the disease progresses, the trials the couple go through increase because of Su Jin's forgetfulness.

The fourth segment reveals Su-jin in the final stages of the disease and the grief Chul Soo experiences because of it. Yet he remains beside her, despite her lost memory, hiding his eyes behind sunglasses when he visits her so she can't see his tears.

The end of the movie finishes off with Chul Soo replaying the first time they met in the convenience store with all her friends and family in the store. Chul Soo takes her back to the retirement home as they are driving off he finally tells her he loves her.

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Coffe Prince

'Coffee Prince' Gong Yoo, Looking Good Even When Trying to Avoid the Heat

Gong Yoo, star of the MBC Monday-Tuesday drama 'Coffee Prince', was caught on camera trying to avoid the hot weather.

The pictures from the drama’s filming location of Gong Yoo trying to avoid the heat is displayed on his fanclub site, ‘YOO & I’ (http://cafe.daum.net/gongyoo).

In order to avoid the hot summer, Gong Yoo was seen blocking the sun with a large umbrella and using a fan while reading lines. He was also seen using a mini electric fan during breaks and having a cold glass of ice coffee, worthy of being named ‘Coffee Prince’.

During the last filming of ‘Coffee Prince', the drama’s actors and crew were seen full of laughter, working in harmony and showing great teamwork even in the hot summer weather.

A drama representative stated, "The paper fan, mini electric fan, drinks, and ice cream that Gong Yoo’s fans sent were of great help.”
As 'Coffee Prince' comes to an end, the love story of Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun-Hye is receiving explosive popularity

Gong Yoo is being named as Korea’s most complete and well-rounded man (Wansonam) after filming the drama ‘Coffee Prince’. The clothes and accessories he wore in the drama is also receiving much attention and growing in popularity.

The Classic

The Classic (2003)
Also Known As: The Classic Romance
Starring: Son Ye-Jin, Jo Seung-Woo, Jo In-Seong
Director: Gwak Jae-Yong
Genre: Romance, Drama
Production: Egg Films
Distribution: Cinema Service
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea


Sypnosis

The talented Son Ye-jin stars in a double role as college student Chi-hye and her mother Chu-hui. After charming Chi-hye browses through a box that store the secret documents, she discovers the romantic past of her mother. Besides being swept away by the nostalgic tale of her parent 's earlier days, Chy-hye suddenly finds herself caught inside her own romantic tale with the attractive playwright Sang-min (Jo In Seong) who is nobody else than the boy friend of her best friend Su-kyong (Lee Sang-in)!

The Lobbyist

Details

• Title: The Lobbyist
• Previously known as: 엔젤 / Angel
• Genre: Action, Romance
• Episodes: 24
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 20 07-Oct-03 to 2007

  

  

  

Synopsis

This drama is about a female lobbyist dealing with international arms traders. Han Jae Suk is a successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He is a young businessman with perfect appearance using a refined phraseology. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia.

Cast

• Song Il Gook as Harry
• Jang Jin Young as Maria
• Han Jae Suk as Kang Tae Hyuk
• Yoo Sun as Eva

Extended Cast

• Hu Joon Ho as James Lee (Maria's teacher / trainer)
• Kim Mi Sook as Madame Chae
• Kim Seo Ra
• Lee Mi Young as Jung Soon (Harry's mother)
• Seong Ji Roo as Sung Shik (Maria and Eva's father)
• Kim Joon Sung as Michael
• Choi Ja Hye as Soo Ji (Harry's sister)
• Kim Da Hyun as Andy

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Jumong

The Book of Three Han: The Chapter of Jumong

Details

• Title: 삼한지-주몽 편 (三韓志-朱蒙篇) / Samhanji-Jumong Pyeon
• Title (English): The Book of Three Han: The Chapter of Joo Mong
• Episodes: 81
• Genre: Historical
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2006-May-15 to 2007-Mar-06
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

Ju-Mong was the founder of Goguryeo in 37 BC. He was the son of General Hae Mo Su and Lady Yoo Hwa and was raised by King Geum Wa who took him and his mother in when Hae Mo Su was believed to have been killed in an ambush by the Han Dynasty. Soh Suh No was a merchant's daughter who helped Ju Mong in realizing his dream to build a new country and later became his second wife.

Cast

• Song Il Gook as Ju-Mong
• Han Hye Jin as Soh Suh No
• Kim Seung Soo as Prince Dae-So
• Hu Joon Ho as Hae Mo-Su
• Oh Yun Soo as Lady Yoo-Hwa
• Kyun Mi Ri (견미리) as Queen
• Jun Kwang Ryul as King Geum-Wa
• Song Ji Hyo as Ye So Ya (Jumong's wife)
• Park Tam Hee as Yang Seol Ran

The Host

The Host (괴물, Goemul - "Monster")

Cast

• Park Hee-bong - Byeon Hee-bong
• Park Gang-du - Song Kang-ho
• Park Nam-il - Park Hae-il
• Park Nam-joo - Bae Doona
• Park Hyun-seo - Ko Ah-seong

The Host is a 2006 South Korean

monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who also co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun. Starring in the film as members of an unremarkable family thrust into the middle of extraordinary events were Song Kang-ho, Byeon Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Ko Ah-seong.

Following the success of the director's previous work, Memories of Murder, The Host was heavily anticipated

and hyped. It was released on a record number of screens in its home country on July 27, 2006 and broke box-office records throughout its domestic run. By the end of its run on November 8th, the film had been seen over 13 million times, making it the highest grossing South Korean film of all time, beating the previous leader The King and the Clown, which had attracted 12.3 million people. The film was released in the United States on DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats on July 24, 2007.

Plot

The movie opens with an American military pathologist commanding a Korean assistant to dispose of over 100 formaldehyde bottles down the drain. Some time later, two fishermen find and catch some kind of mutated fish (which is never seen) that they release once it bites one of them. Much later, a man commits suicide by jumping off a bridge, but not before noticing that there's "something underwater"

The plot shifts to the present, focusing on a small family. Park Gang-du is a slow-witted man who runs a snack-bar with his father, Hee-bong. Hyun-seo is Gang-du's only daughter, a schoolgirl. Nam-joo is Gang-du's sister, and a national medalist archer. Nam-il is Gang-du's brother, an alcoholic who has not made much of himself since graduating from college.

Gang-du is sent to serve a customer and notices that a crowd has gathered along the edge of the Han River, pointing at something hanging off the Wonhyo Bridge. This turns out to be a large creature that drops into the water. The crowd throw food into the river, to see what will happen, but as the creature emerges, it attacks and devours people whole. Gang-du and an American man try to combat the creature. As Gang-du runs away from the monster, he sees Hyun-seo, recently emerged from the snack bar, unaware of the danger. Gang-du grabs her hand and tries to lead her to safety, but stumbles and grabs the hand of another girl instead. Realizing his error too late, he sees the monster grab Hyun-seo and drag her into the river.

The family grieves at the loss of the young girl. Nam-il blames Gang-du for Hyun-seo's death. Government representatives in biohazard suits arrive and demand to know who has had direct contact with the creature, to which Gang-du raises his hand, as he has had some of the monster's blood on his face. The family is dragged away to a hospital for quarantine. The Korean government announces that the monster is not only a direct risk, but also the host of a virus. While quarantined at the hospital, Gang-du receives a phone call from Hyun-seo, who is not dead, but trapped in a sewer. She is cut off as the cellphone battery runs out. No-one believes Gang-du except his family. They escape the hospital, determined to rescue Hyun-seo. In a confrontation with the creature, Hee-bong is killed. Gang-du is captured by soldiers, and Nam-il and Nam-joo separate.

Nam-il goes to a former college friend for help, and is able to trace Hyun-seo's phone call. He is betrayed and barely escapes capture. He manages to send a text message to Nam-joo with the information. Nam-joo meets the creature outside its lair, but she is knocked unconscious. Gang-du, trapped in the hospital, overhears that there is no virus, but the government is going through the motions anyway to save face (including attempting to extract Gang-du's brain to perform tests on it). After they take a sample of his brain tissue, he takes a hostage and escapes from the hospital.

Meanwhile, Hyun-seo survives in the sewer by hiding in a pipe, but she cannot escape. The creature drops the bodies of its victims nearby, saving them for later. Hyun-seo finds them dead or mortally wounded, except for one young orphan boy. She devises a plan to climb out of the sewer using the victims' clothes as a rope. The plan fails and the creature swallows the two children.

Gang-du arrives and realizes that his daughter is inside the beast. He chases it as it swims into the river. The three siblings converge on the monster, just as it is coming up on the riverbank where demonstrators are gathering to protest the use of Agent Yellow, a chemical that will be released by the government in order to combat the fictional virus. Chaos ensues as the creature comes on shore and is shot at. Agent Yellow is released, and it causes the creature to collapse temporarily. Gang-du manages to open its jaws and pull out the bodies of the two children. The creature then revives and tries to return to the river. Nam-il throws molotov cocktails at the creature, but none of them strike it. Then the homeless man who arrived with Nam-il pours gasoline on it and after Nami-il drops his last molotov cocktail on the floor, Nam-joo lights an arrow from the resulting flames and shoots it into its eye, setting it on fire. The creature runs towards the river, but Gang-du blocks its way, impaling it on a broken street sign and thus killing it. Gang-du tries to revive the children but only the orphan boy survives, who is adopted/befriended by Gang-du.