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Ryoo Seung-wan
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsThe Unjust (2010) Director Troubleshooter (2010) Screenwriter Dachimawa Lee (2008) Director The City of Violence (2006) Director Crying Fist (2005) Director Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005) Actor Arahan (2004) Director Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002) Actor Oasis (2002) Actor No Blood No Tears (2002) Director Die Bad (2000) Director -
Festival News from Mayfair, First Impressions & a Salute to Curatorial Ambition
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No CommentsA warm September evening at the May Fair hotel. This is, apparently, a good place to stay if you want to get next to whoever and whatever is hip now in the fashion world, but more appropriately for us it is traditionally London W1’s luxury rest stop for overseas filmmakers... -
Review: The Unjust (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2010)
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 1 CommentA police investigation into a serial killer targeting school children is proving fruitless and the situation worsens when the prime suspect is shot dead, leaving little evidence and a dead end. In order to resolve the situation Police Chief Kang enlists the help of Captain Choi in a deal that... -
KOFFIA 2011: The Films… Part 1
Posted on August 11, 2011 | No CommentsFollowing our introduction to KOFFIA 2011, we take a look at the films that will be screening at this years festival… The Unjust (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2010) One of the most talked about films on this years festival circuit and the opening film for this years KOFFIA, The Unjust is... -
KOFFIA 2011: Korean Film Festival In Australia
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsTheeeeey’re baaack!… Following last years hugely successful launch of the Korean Film Festival In Australia (KOFFIA), the organizers have recently announced the full details the second year of the event, and they’ve taken things up another notch – or three. Not only will the festival be back at Dendy Cinemas in Circular... -
Book Review: Korean Film Directors – Ryoo Seung-wan (Kim Yeong-jin, 2008)
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsThe Korean Film Directors series is a project set up by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) with the intention of providing information and analysis on Korean directors for international audiences. Each book in the series provides a commentary on the films of the director, along with interview material and a... -
Review: No Blood No Tears (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2002)
Posted on July 3, 2010 | No CommentsSu-ji is an ex-criminal who drives a taxi to make a living. When the girlfriend of a local gangster crashes into her car, Su-ji finds herself dragged into dealing with both people from her past life and that the young girlfriend – Kyeong-seon – won’t leave her alone… Review After... -
Review: Crying Fist (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2005)
Posted on October 6, 2009 | No CommentsKang Tae-shik is an aging boxer with his glory days behind him. Although a silver medallist in the Asian Games in 1990, he’s now a poor man chased by debt-collectors and with little to offer his increasingly distant wife and son. He spends his days on the streets letting passers-by... -
Review: The City of Violence (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2006)
Posted on September 26, 2009 | No CommentsA group of old friends are reunited when Wang-jae – one of their old school friends – is murdered. City cop Tae-su and occassional thug Seok-hwan (who is Wang-jaes brother) start their own individual investigations into just who is responsible – and manage to find a whole heap of trouble... -
Review: Arahan (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2004)
Posted on September 10, 2009 | No CommentsARAHAN – 2004 –South Korea– 116 MIN. – ACTION COMEDY DIRECTOR RYOO SEUNG-WAN (*1973) SCREENPLAY RYOO SEUNG-WAN, EUN JI-HEE, YU SEON-DONG DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY LEE JOON-GYU EDITING NAM NA-YOUNG MUSIC HAN JAE-GWON PRODUCTION DESIGN JANG GEUN-YOUNG, KIM GYEONG-HEE SOUND CHOI MIN-HO VISUAL EFFECTS JUNG DO-AN, KIM TAE-UI MARTIAL ARTS DIRECTOR JUNGDOO-HONG. STARRING RYOO...