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Miss Gold Digger [KMovie] (Han Ye Seul, Kwon O-joong, In-kwon Kim, Lee Jong-hyuk)

Cast:

Han Ye Seul
Kwon O-joong
In-kwon Kim
Lee Jong-hyuk

Synopsis

Finally, a must-have handbook for finding Mr. Right! Dedicated to love-craving moaners and disgruntled whiners, Miss Gold Digger is a one-stop guide to weeding out the bad apples from the goodies. In his first feature film, director Park Yong Jib hires the bubbly, effervescent Han Ye Seul (Fantastic Couple) as his leading lady along with Lee Jong Hyuk (A Day For An Affair), Kwon Oh Joong (His Last Gift), and g.o.d’s Son Ho Young, to provide some new insight into the age-old mystery of locating one’s soul mate. Just as an avid shopper would know which stores to target before stepping out of the house, Han’s character suggests that women too should go on a massive shopping spree for men. Her candid philosophy of “experience brings wisdom” offers some tips to those still trying to figure out the Mr. Rights from the Mr. Wrongs.

According to Mi Soo (Han Ye Seul), a “love expert” who’s got all the 3 b’s a woman can possibly possess (beauty, body, and brain), the first step to achieving success in finding Mr. Right is open-mindedness. Whether it be a filthy rich hunk or a total loser, Mi Soo recommends that you keep them all on your shopping list. Like the saying “if you don’t try, you’ll never know”, Mi Soo’s next step suggests a little taste of everything that’s on your list. Sound agreeable? Unfortunately, there seems to be a little glitch in the handbook as our Ms. Know-It-All is about to face a major crisis in her own love fest. Take a brisk walk down the path of wisdom with our quirky heroine as she hunts for her Mr. Right!

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Seven Days [Kmovie] (Kim Yun-Jin , Park Hee-Shun)

Seven Days (세븐 데이즈) is a South Korean feature film released in 2007.

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Synopsis

Ji-yeon is a successful lawyer and single mother to a seven-year-old girl. On her daughter’s field day, Ji-yeon competes with other parents in a running race and almost comes in the first place. However, nowhere could she find the girl who’s been watching and rooting for her mother to win. Later that day, Ji-yeon’s receives a phone call from an anonymous man, who tells her he has her daughter in custody and proposes a deal. To see her daughter alive, Ji-yeon needs to prove a convicted murderer not guilty on his second trial, only within a week. Ji-yeon tries to convince herself the murderer should be innocent, but the encounter with the victim’s mother makes her understand what drove crime-to-crime.

Starring: Kim Yun-Jin , Park Hee-Shun
Director: Won Shin-Yun
Studio: KD Media (Korea)
Rating: 18 +
Genre: Mystery Thriller
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Scout [Kmovie] (Im Chang-Jeong)

In the midst of the political crisis marked by the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, the country was in an absolute craze over a new baseball phenom, Sun Dong Yeol. Known as a ghost pitcher at the time, Sun topped the list of every scouting agent, both nationwide and overseas. Director Kim Hyun Seok (When Romance Meets Destiny) presents Scout, a touching comedy which takes the audience behind the scenes to the world of Korean baseball and reveals intriguing antics surrounding the scouting of real-life legendary baseball pitcher Sun Dong Yeol. Lim Chang Jung (Miracle On 1st Street, Underground Rendezvous) stars as a talent scout who takes on the impossible mission of searching for the most wanted baseball player in the nation. First conceived by director Kim when he read Sun Dong Yeol’s autobiography, Scout also stars Uhm Ji Won (Traces Of Love, Mutt Boy) as Lim’s first love. Lightly demonstrating the strange correlation that exists between politics and sports in our society, Scout also offers its audience the opportunity to witness the beauty of one man’s transformation as he gives up his most prized possession.

Ex-baseball pitcher Ho Chang (Lim Chang Jung) now works as a staff member at a university baseball team. He is given the difficult task of scouting a ghost pitcher named Sun Dong Yeol from a Gwangju high school. While roaming through the city, Ho Chang runs into his first love Sae Young (Uhm Ji Won) who broke up with him seven years ago. Sure enough, Sae Young appears quite uneasy around him and to make matters worse, Gon Tae, a street gangster who fancies Sae Young, is more than eager to get rid of Ho Chang. Suddenly the city of Seoul turns upside down when a rumor sparks that Sun Dong Yeol is being scouted by a rival university. With his reputation hanging by a thread, Ho Chang must look for a way to seal the deal with Sun whom he has yet to find.

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Open City [Kmovie] (Son Ye Jin, Kim Myung Min)

Son Ye Jin (A Moment To Remember, April Snow) masters the art of seduction in Open City, an erotic crime thriller penned and directed by Lee Sang Ki in his first feature film. The chameleon actress is enchantingly breathtaking as the sexy, manipulative femme fatale who leads an organized pickpocket ring. The first Korean film to reveal the intricate inner workings of what is considered Korea’s equivalent of the FBI, Open City also offers a riveting first-hand look at the various methods of pickpocketing that will have the audience think twice before leaving the house. Completely smitten by Son’s beauty is Kim Myung Min (Return) who breathes much charisma into his complex role as a criminal investigator. As he finds himself caught in the deadly predicament of falling for his investigation’s prime target, the onscreen chemistry between the two leads explodes to a new high. Tightly coiled with sexual tension throughout the film, Open City shows all the right moves in all the right places.

The leader of an international pickpocket organization, sexy siren Baek Jang Mi (Son Ye Jin) returns to Korea after blowing her cover in Japan. Keeping a low profile by running a small tattoo parlor, she soon organizes a new ring which quickly gains power across the country. Top-notch criminal investigator Jo Dae Young (Kim Myung Min) is called in to handle the massive pickpocket crime that is spreading like wildfire. Besieged by a dark family secret, Dae Young reluctantly takes on the case. A fatal attraction ignites when the detective saves Jang Mi from the hands of her rival ring members. Ensnared by her brazenly sexual advances, Dae Young is shocked when he later learns that she is his investigation’s prime target. With so much riding on the outcome, he trails her right into her tattoo parlor. But once again, he finds himself gambling away his basic instincts in the name of passion.

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Going by the Book [Kmovie] (Jeong Jae-yeong, Son Byeong-ho, Lee Young-eun)

AKA
바르게 살자
Ba-leu-ge Sal-ja

Summary
Recent rises in the number of bank robbery cases are driving the citizens of Sampo into panic. A newly appointed police chief (Son Byung Ho) is brought in to shed some light into the matter. Hoping to boost the unit’s public image, but more so his own, the greedy chief conducts field training aimed at fighting crime. But he is in for the biggest ridicule of his life! Taking the role of a mock bank robber is Jung Do Man (Jung Jae Young), a low-ranked traffic officer who believes in putting out his best on any given task, be it directing traffic or playing a robber for the in-house drill. While most of the team are looking to skate over the dreadful training, Do Man takes his role to a professional level - so much so that a SWAT team has to be called in to bring the training to its end. While the entire nation cheers on this pretend criminal through a national broadcast, Do Man continues to perfect his role. After all, he’s just Going By the Book!

Cast
Jeong Jae-yeong
Son Byeong-ho
Lee Young-eun
Go Chang-seock
Lee Cheol-min
Ju Jin-mo
Lee Han-wi
You Min-Seok
Jo Deok-hyeon
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Hatsuyuki no koi (Virgin snow) [K-J-Movie] [NEW, FIXED VERSION] (Lee Jun Ki, Miyazaki Aoi, Shioya Shun) (highly recommended !!!)

Directed by: Han Sang-hee
Starring: Lee Jun Ki, Miyazaki Aoi, Shioya Shun, Morita Ayaka, Yagyuu Miyu, Otoha, Yoki Miko, etc.
Jointly produced by: CJ Entertainment, Kadokawa Herald Pictures and GuardTec

Hatsuyuki no Koi is a Korea-Japan joint production movie, starring two of the hottest young stars from Asia, Lee and Miyazaki.

King and The Clown’s Lee Jun Ki and NANA’s Miyazaki Aoi star in the highly anticipated romance Virgin Snow (a.k.a. Hatsuyuki no Koi). Directed by Han Sang Hee, this glossy joint production provides the rare chance to see two of Japan and Korea’s top young stars together in a pure love story that transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries. With location shooting in Kyoto and Icheon, the film is backdropped by beautiful scenery, providing the perfect setting and atmosphere for a brief yet everlasting love. Virgin Snow also features Shioya Shun (Pacchigi!) and Morita Ayaka (Way of Blue Sky).

Korean college student Kim Min (Lee Jun Ki) moves to Kyoto with his father, a renowned professor and artist. Young and energetic, everything is new and exciting for Min as he explores his new home. On a fine spring day, he encounters Sasaki Nanae (Miyazaki Aoi) at a shrine, and falls in love at first sight. When he discovers that Nanae attends the same university as him, Min tries hard to win her heart. Though she is aloof at first, Nanae is touched by Min’s sincerity and they soon develop a close bond despite the language difficulties. They make a pact to go to Seoul together and stroll under winter’s first snowfall. But one day, Nanae suddenly disappears…

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Ditto [K-movies] (Kim Ha-neul, Ha Ji-won)

Ditto is a 2000 South Korean science fiction and romance film directed by Kim Jeong-gwon. The plot of the film is similar to that of another movie released in 2000, Frequency, in that two people separated in time are somehow able to talk to each other using amateur radio. In Ditto, the people in question are two students in the same school, one in 1979, the other in 2000.

Main cast

  • Yoo Ji-tae … Ji In
  • Kim Ha-neul … Yoon So-eun
  • Ha Ji-won … Seo Hyeon-ji
  • Park Yong-woo … Dong-hee
  • Kim Min-joo

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Muoi [K-V Movie] (Anh Thu)

Director: Hyung-tae Kim
Writer: Tae-kyeong Kim
Release Date: 26 July 2007 (South Korea)
Genre: Horror
Plot Outline:
“Muoi” charts the path of a Korean writer who travels to Vietnam in search of stories for her second novel. There she learns about a mystery centered around a century-old vengeful spirit.
Plot Synopsis:
Director Kim Tae Kyeong, who scared the Korean movie scene with his 2004 horror work The Ghost, brings terror back to the silver screen in 2007 with Muoi : The Legend of a Portrait. Starring Jo An, the film revolves around mysterious happenings in Vietnam that are said to have started over 100 years ago.

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Hwang Jin Yi [K-Movie] (Song Hyo Gyo)

Hwang Jin Yi (2007)
황진이

Also Known As: Hwang Jini

Starring: Song Hye-Gyo, Yu Ji-Tae, Ryu Seung-Ryong
Director: Jang Yun-Hyeon
Genre: Traditional, Drama, Romance
Production: Ciz Entertainment, Cine2000
Distribution: Cinema Service
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Hwang Jin Yi, a famous 16th century Gisaeng, is the most legendary courtesan of the Joseon Dynasty. She was noted for her exceptional beauty, charming quick-wit and extraordinary intellect.

The movie sheds new light on the life of Hwang Jin Yi, who made her art blossom even when her love was put to test. It also depicts the tragic life of Hwang who faces hardship due to her social status…

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