...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....
11.3.10
[News] Jung Woo-sung's pic "Reign of Assassins" Korea release confirmed
[News] Jung Woo-sung's pic "Reign of Assassins" Korea release confirmed
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Hallyu Star Jung Woo-sung's international debut film "Reign of Assassins" has been confirmed to open in Korea, according to the film's distributor Sungwon I Communications on Wednesday.
Sungwon announced in a press release that the action flick, which stars the Korean actor and Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", will be released in Korea in August.
In the martial arts blockbuster, Jung plays an ordinary postman with extraordinary martial arts skills while Yeoh portrays a top-notch female assassin. The two team up to fight and obtain the 800-year-old ashes of Dalma.
"Reign of AssassinsAssassins" was directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Chao-Bin Su and produced by world-renowned director John Woo of "Mission: Impossible II" and "Face/Off", as well as his long-time movie-making partner Terence Chang.
Jung, 36, has starred in numerous Korean films including 1997 hit flick "Beat" with Korean actress Ko So-young and the critically acclaimed "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" alongside Song Kang-ho and Lee Byung-Hun.
Jung made his first English-speaking feature film appearance through "Season of Good Rain" last year, which was directed by South Korean filmmaker Heo Jin-ho and co-starred Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan.
Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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