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Post by HappyFan on Mar 17, 2021 11:24:29 GMT
KOFIC, the organization responsible for marketing Korean cinema to the world, has come up with a new honor. They have chosen what they consider the 200 most significant active Korean actors (100 men and 100 women), and have started releasing the list of these actors a few at a time with accompanying videos. The list is called 'The Actor is Present'. The first batch of 20 has been named, and among them are my all time favorite Korean actress, Moon So Ri, as well as Oscar nominee Youn Yuh Jung and Minari co-star Yeri Han. Here's the main webpageHaven't seen Moon's video yet, but here are the other actress' videos: Twitter Post about Moon So Ri |
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Post by HappyFan on Apr 6, 2021 16:46:51 GMT
They posted Moon So Ri's video. Weirdly, they left out two of her best films: Oasis and A Good Lawyer's Wife. She won awards at international film festivals for both films. Forever the Moment is cool, though: the only women's team handball movie I've ever seen!
For those who liked the show Lost, Yunjin Kim also made the list:
And here is Claudia Kim, who has been in a number of western films including the Avengers: Age of Ultron and Fantastic Beasts:
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Post by HappyFan on May 26, 2021 17:44:30 GMT
They posted a whole bunch of top Korean actors in the past week. Still haven't seen Song Kang Ho or Doona Bae, but they may be leaving them for last?
From Parasite:
Cho Yeojeong
Park So Dam
Ahn Sung Ki, the Korean Robert De Niro (he's shown up occasionally at KLPGA pro-ams!)
Choi Min Sik - best known in the West for Oldboy
Jeon Do Yeon - along with Moon Sori the most decorated Korean actress in the West. She won Best Actress at Cannes, first Korean to achieve that.
Sol Kyung Gyu -- another actor who has been in a bajillion amazing movies. Oasis to name one.
Jang Dong Gun - the biggest star in Korea in the noughts. I recall him making an appearance with Se Ri back around 2005 or so.
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Post by rlspore on Jun 15, 2021 9:47:06 GMT
Oh man, why haven't I seen this thread till now! I've been trying to bone up on Korean movies recently (and watch a lot of kdramas already), so happy to learn of this. And Moon So Ri - yes, so good. I watched her first, Peppermint Candy, a while ago. Will have to check this out.
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Post by rlspore on Jun 15, 2021 10:27:31 GMT
A few from the KPOP world, I see - Kim Yoona and Choi Sooyoung from Girls Generation (SNSD) and Krystal (Jung Soojung) of F(x), sister of ex-SNSD Jessica. All are ok actresses, nothing special. But if they don't put Bae Suzy (ex-Miss A) and IU (solo, singer-songwriter, my personal fav) in there, this thing is rigged! Yoona - a bit stiff usually www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaMFo_Q9UoYSooyoung - great in the recent Run-On kdrama www.youtube.com/watch?v=sljG_4iDv10ok, and one boy-band guy - Oh Taec-yeon (2PM) - this guy is good. Fluent in English, spent some of his school years in Bedford, MA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkDdk8sIiNYKrystal - smoldering...not sure if she's actually a good actress, but don't really care www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGEITdDNwoProbably more than you all wanted to know - ㅋㅋㅋ |
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 15, 2021 16:06:44 GMT
Glad you're enjoying this! It seems like they are done naming these, although one place I looked suggested that there would be another campaign next year and that some of the actors missed this time might appear then. Still, it makes zero sense to exclude arguably the biggest star in Korea, at least in terms of his exposure to the West, Song Kang Ho. And Doona Bae has been in movies with Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant and Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, but she was ignored. There were other omissions, but those two seem hardest to justify... Below: Song (center) and Bae (right) in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, one of their three films together. The other two I can think of were The Host and The Drug King from a few years ago.  Both will also star in a new film by the acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore'eda: Bae had previously worked with him in the film Air Doll. |
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Post by rlspore on Jun 17, 2021 0:09:04 GMT
I didn't see Kong Hyo-jin either - surely one of the biggest stars in Korea, and a personal fav.
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