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The Korean Movie-The King and the Clown

The King and the Clown (Korean: 왕의 남자; Wang-ui Namja) is a 2005 South Korean film, adapted from the 2000 Korean play titled Yi ("You") about Yeonsangun of Joseon, a Joseon dynasty king who falls in love with a court clown who mocks him. The movie is based on a small passage from the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty that briefly mentions the king's favorite clown. Production costs were relatively modest for a Korean film, approximately $4.5 million dollars. With box office receipts of $85 million, it was the highest-grossing Korean film from 2005.

The movie is referred to by various names. It is sometimes known as The King's Men or The King's Man (the literal translation of the Korean title to English) and All the King's Men (working title). In Chinese, the title is "王的男人" or "王和小丑", and in Japanese, it is known as "王の男". It is also known as "The Royal Jester" in English, as the movie's English translator found it more fitting than the original title. This film was chosen by Korea as its submission for the Oscars in the best foreign film category.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_the_Clown

I remember this movie totally because this movie was big sensation and famous before the movies is opened and I watched the first day which open the movie. The story was the new type of concept and very colourful. The movie actors also shown professional playing.

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The Korean Movie-Welcome to Dongmakgol

Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean: 웰컴 투 동막골) is a 2005 South Korean film. Based on the same-titled long-running stage play by filmmaker/playwright Jang Jin, it was the debut film of director Park Kwang-hyun and stars Jung Jae-young, Shin Ha-kyun and Kang Hye-jung.

The story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded village, its residents largely unaware of the outside world, including the war. It was South Korea's official entry for the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards in 2005 and at the time the fourth highest grossing South Korean film of all time (as of August 2012 it ranks as eleventh).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Dongmakgol

This movie opposed to Shi ri story. This is based on Korean War and the two Korean solider meet in the mountain village and then they realize friend. I watched it, when I was high school during class. I was laugh so much but I was cried either because I thought this movie is consisted very well. Especially, the movie sound track is very famous as it.

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The Korean Movie-  Shiri (film)

Shiri (Hangul: 쉬리; Swiri) is a 1999 South Korean action film, written and directed by Kang Je-gyu. Shiri was the first Hollywood-style big-budget blockbuster to be produced in the "new" Korean film industry (i.e. after Korea's major economic boom in late 1990s). Created as a deliberate homage to the "high-octane" action film made popular by Hollywood through 1980s, it also contained a story that draws on strong Korean national sentiment to fuel its drama.^[1] Much of the film's visual style shares that of the Asian action cinema, and particularly Hong Kong action cinema, of John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and the relentless pace of the second unit directors, like Vic Armstrong and Guy Hamilton, in the James Bond films.

The movie was released under the name Shiri outside of South Korea; inside Korea, the title was spelled Swiri. The name refers to Coreoleuciscus splendidus, a fish found in Korean fresh-water streams. At one point Park has a monologue wherein he describes how the waters from both North and South Korea flow freely together, and how the fish can be found in either water without knowing which it belongs to. This ties into the film's ambitions to be the first major-release film to directly address the still-thorny issue of Korean reunification. The film would later serve as the basis for the successful drama series Iris, starring Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-hee.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri_(film)

 I watched this movie, when I was 9 years old. I did not understood some part of movie scenes because I was so young but it was really impressed to me because the movie is consisted of the North and South Korean story and love. I remember the main actor scene which he agonizes between his nation and his girl but he chooses his nation and kills his girl. I thought the part was made good and was impressively.

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The Korean Movie- Taegukgi (film)

Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (Hangul: 태극기 휘날리며) is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It tells the story about the effect of the Korean War on two brothers. The film's title is the name of the pre-war Flag of People's Republic of Korea, Flag of Provisional People's Committee for North Korea as well as the postwar Flag of South Korea. It was released in the United Kingdom as Brotherhood: Taegukgi and the United States as Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War.

Kang Je-gyu made a name for him directing Shiri and was able to attract top talent and capital to his new project, eventually spending US $12.8 million on production. The film became one of the biggest successes in Korean film history up to that time, attracting 11.74 million people to the theatre, beating the previous record holder Silmido.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_(film)

 I have watched this movie when I was 14 years old. I was cried so much during watching movie because this movie is based on Korean sad history. Before I watched it, I have prejudged about the both main actors playing but they act very well their parts on movie. Thus this movie is very excellent.