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Insadong Scandal (Korean: 인사동 스캔들; RR: Insadong Seukaendeul) is a 2009 South Korean heist film directed by Park Hee-gon, starring Kim Rae-won and Uhm Jung-hwa. This film is about a cold-hearted mogul who hires a group of art restoration experts to steal a Joseon dynasty masterpiece.
Insa-dong (Korean: 인사동) is a dong, or neighborhood, in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea.Its main street is Insadong-gil, which is connected to a number of alleys that lead deeper into the district, [1] with modern galleries and tea shops. [2]
An early source could potentially attest to jumak in 1097 during King Sukjong's reign in the Goryeo Dynasty. [3] According to the text Samguk yusa, a general of Silla, Kim Yu-sin, frequented the establishment when he was young. The Namhaeng Ilgi (남행일기), or "Diary of a Journey to the South", details jumak encounters by Kim Seong-il.
Tidal Wave (Korean: 해운대; RR: Haeundae) is a 2009 South Korean disaster film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon and Uhm Jung-hwa. Billed as South Korea's first disaster film, [ 1 ] the film released theatrically on 22 July 2009 and received more than 11 million admissions nationwide.
The film is set in Incheon in South Korea. A murder is committed, and the cops search for the killer. Opening up in monochrome but with occasional flashes of colour, the first action scene is a disorientating strobe-like affair. From there the movie proceeds in color, with many innovative editing techniques, including slow-motion, jump cut, step-printed slow motion, "jump dissolve
Early in the Korean War in 1950, as the North is rolling through South Korea, South Korean army privates Kang Eun-pyo (Shin Ha-kyun) and Kim Soo-hyeok are captured in a battle and brought to Korean People's Army captain Jung-yoon. Jung-yoon declares to the prisoners that the war will be over in a week and that he knows exactly why they are ...
The film flashes back and forth between the singer's presentation and scenes of Mongryong. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [3] The film is the first Korean film which was presented at the 2000 Telluride Film Festival. [4] At the 2000 Asia Pacific Film Festival, it won a Special Jury Award. [5]
Film Business Asia praised it as "the best played and most gripping Korean gangster movie since Yoo Ha's A Dirty Carnival. [...] not only showcases three of South Korea's best actors at the top of their game but also manages to sustain its 2 and a half-hour running time on sheer character drama rather than action or violence." [17]