Highway Star (2007) (Korean)
Film fans recognize Cha Tae Hyun as the lead of romantic favorites like My Sassy Girl and My Girl and I, but the popular actor has also dabbled in music and has two albums under his belt. Merging his acting and singing careers, Cha Tae Hyun gives his vocal cords a stretch in Highway Star, and in the most unlikely of ways - trot! Considered pop music for the middle-aged, trot is a melodramatic folk-style music genre akin to Japanese enka or country music. The genre has been making a popular resurgence in recent years with the crossover success of younger trot singers like Jang Yoon Jeong and boy band Super Junior jumping into the fray, and now it’s even getting the big screen treatment - complete with flashy suits, slicked-down hair, and dramatic stage postures. Based on a Saito Hiroshi novel, the film is co-directed by first-timers Kim Hyun Soo and Kim Sang Chan, who fill the movie with just enough humor and zest. With Cha Tae Hyun starring as a rocker-turned-trotter and support from comic veteran Lim Chae Moo and actress Lee So Yeon (Untold Scandal), Highway Star makes for a hilarious, foot-tapping journey.
Stuck in a small town, aspiring rocker Dal Ho (Cha Tae Hyun) makes a living reluctantly playing trot at local clubs. When small-time recording company head Jang (Lim Chae Moo) offers Dal Ho a contract, he eagerly grabs the opportunity, believing that his time has finally come. After he signs, however, Dal Ho discovers that he won’t be rocking after all. Instead, he will be singing trot. Unable to back out of his contract, Dal Ho takes to the stage behind a mask to hide his embarrassment, and ends up an overnight sensation. The wannabe rocker seems to have found his true calling, but doing music he dislikes. With the help of Jang and a certain cute trot singer (Lee So Yeon), maybe he’ll actually learn the passion of trot.
Release Date:2007
Directed:Hyun-su Kim,Sang-chan Kim
Genre:Comedy
Cast:Tae-hyun Cha,Chae-mu Lim,So-yeon Lee
Runtime:South Korea:114 min
Also Known As:Bokmyeon dalho
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Subtitles:Eng Subs
IMDb link:http://imdb.com/title/tt0984009/
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Radio Star (2006) (Korean)
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While Radio Star wasn’t a smash-hit here in Korea, it had a surprising long run. Being a big fan of Park Joong Hoon and Ahn Sung Kee, I went to see the movie without getting my hopes up about the storyline. Little did I know that I was to be proved wrong. Radio Star is a story about a washed-out singer Choi Gon and his agent Park Min Soo. Choi Gon was a superstar in the 80s, yet in the present year 2006, his only job is singing at a second rate cafe. His manager Min Soo spends his hours covering up for all the drunk driving and illegal drug cases that Choi Gon blew. When he runs out of ideas to borrow money, the only solution for Choi Gon is to become a radio DJ in the small town of YongWol. Gon whines and complains, still thinking of himself as the star that he was in the 80s, unfit for a low job as a radio DJ. But surprisingly, his radio program becomes a legend in the city of YongWol. I’ll say this, it’s not a movie that you’ll come out of the theater thinking that you had the time of your life. Radio Star isn’t like that. It’s the kind of story that will never get a wide release in Hollywood. But if you want to see a movie that will teach you about the real friendship that is lost in the present world, I suggest that you see this movie.
Date Released: 2006
Director:Jun-ik Lee
Writer:Seok-Hwan Choi
Genre:Comedy / Drama
Cast: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-kee Ahn, Jeong-yun Choi
Runtime:South Korea:112 min
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Subtitles: English hardsubbed.
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0891577/
(7.3 rating out of 10)
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Hold-up Down (2005) (Japanese)
A robbery gone wrong… leading to a wild goose chase… anything goes! Love, religion, wacky lines, it’s all there. Wacky Japanese humor with a touch of cult, worth your 95min of wasted time. A item for the SABU fans.
Release Date:2005
Director:Hiroyuki Tanaka
Writer:Hiroyuki Tanaka (screenplay)
Genre: Comedy
Also Known As:Hôrudo appu daun
Runtime:96 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Subtitles: English sub.
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461523/
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Daddy Long-Legs (2005) (Korean)
The widely read original story of the same title by Jean Webster portrays a girl named Young Mi (Ha Ji Won) who is always longing for an encounter with a perfect man and writing letters to her mysterious gentleman sponsor, Daddy-Long-Legs. Thanks to the help of this gentleman, she gets a job as a script writer at a radio station. She finds there her ideal man, young and handsome Prince Charming named Kim Joon-ho (Yeon Jeong Hoon). One day, while in her new home nearby the broadcasting station, she turns on a computer left by the former owner of the room and finds an unsent e-mail in which the sender has written a sad love story. Now, she has a new mission of finding a love for the sender.
Year Released: 2005
Director: Gong Jeong-Sik
Writer:Jean Webster (story)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Running Time: 98 minutes
Country: South Korea
Also known as: Kidari ajeossi
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English, Korean
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453125/
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Teacher Kim Bong-du (2003) (Korean)
Kim Bong-Due is a young but already slightly bitter elementary school teacher. Cynical about the whole education system, Kim lives for taking bribes from the parents, euphemistically called “white envelopes,” because of the way they’re usually given. For Kim, the envelopes completely dictate his treatment of the students. It can mean absolute loving affection, or his never-ending wrath, which includes special “drills” in P.E. class. One day, during a particularly grueling drill, a student collapses and lands in the hospital. In order to quell the mess, the principal orders Kim to volunteer himself for a transfer to a small, rundown school in the country. Though reluctant to give up his envelopes, Kim accepts the position and soon finds himself in a single-class school, with only five students, surrounded by naive but well-meaning country folks.
Release Date:2003
Director:Gyu-seong Jang
Genre:Comedy / Drama
Also Known As:Seonsaeng Kim Bong-du
Runtime:117 min
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Subtitles: English hardsubbed.
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358691/
(6.6 rating out of 10)
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My Little Bride (2004) (Korean)
Boeun (Moon Geun young) is an ordinary high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school’s baseball team ace, named Jungwoo. One day, Boeun’s grandfather orders her to marry Sangmin (Kim Rae won). When they were young, during the Korean War, Boeun’s and Sangmin’s grandfathers had promised that they would become in-laws. Despite the grandchildren’s opposition, they are forced to marry because of the strong influence of Boeun’s grandfather. Boeun’s undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn’t have a husband and starts dating Jungwoo. Boeun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sangmin visits Boeun’s school as a student teacher.
Directed: Ho-joon Kim
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Cast: Rae-won Kim, Geun-yeong Mun, Sun-yeong Ahn, Bo-kyeong Kim
Runtime:115 min
Also Known As: Eorin Shinbu
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Subtitles:Eng Subs (Hard Sub)
IMDb link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395140/
(7.1 rating out of 10!)
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