Jang Jin

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Jang Jin
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Born (1971-02-24) February 24, 1971 (age 53)
Education Seoul Institute of the Arts
Theater
Occupation(s) Film director, Theatre director, Playwright, Screenwriter, Film producer, Actor
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Cha Young-eun
(m. 2007)
Children2 sons
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Jang Jin
McCune–Reischauer Chang Chin
Website http://www.filmitsuda.com/

Jang Jin (born February 24, 1971) is a South Korean film director, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, film producer, actor and TV personality. [1]

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Career

Jang Jin dreamed of becoming a musician in middle school, but his ambition changed when he saw his first theater play in his freshman year of high school. As a high school student, he acted in more than 40 plays, receiving good reviews and a few awards for his performances. After majoring in theater studies at Seoul Institute of the Arts, he joined the writing team for the SBS variety show Good Friends in the mid 1990s. He created his own portion Hollywood Message, which he wrote and edited by himself, where he would take famous scenes from some of the most popular Hollywood films showing in theaters, and make parodies, add silly popups, mix scenes from different films together to form a bizarre, unique collage of images. Because of his contribution, ratings for the show surged to unexpected heights. [2]

In January 1995, Jang entered newspaper daily The Chosun Ilbo's annual literary contest with Cheonho-dong Crossroad, his first full-fledged script. Using three characters which would feature in most of his theater plays and early films (Hwa-yi, Dal-soo and Deok-bae), his new and creative brand of storytelling won over the judges, who awarded him the top prize. He wrote his first stage play Heotang ("labor in vain") at the age of 21 while serving his military duty, [3] and his followup Clumsy People, [4] [5] [6] not only granted him much praise, but was also a big success, and allowed actress Song Chae-hwan to win the Best Actress Award at the Seoul Theater Festival. At the same time, he was helping adapt Song Jae-hee's original into what became A Hot Roof, a feminist comedy where a group of women from all walks of life protest their position in society from the roof of a building, while their husbands and the rest of the city try to cope with all that in the midst of one of the hottest summers Korea had ever seen. [2]

It would take another few years before Jang could start working full-time in Chungmuro, but during that time, he built a reputation as one of the most brilliant theater directors in the country, with unique scripts and characters who came across as real even in the most surreal of situations. His 1997 play Taxi Driver was a huge success, displaying his wit and talent for snappy dialogue. The original starred Choi Min-sik as Deok-bae, a taxi driver from the countryside who decides to come to the city, buys a private taxi after his mother sold some land, and hopes to finally make a change in his miserable life. [2]

The success of his theater plays raised his profile in the industry. Veteran TV drama director Kim Jong-hak commissioned Jang for a script, but the project was delayed. Jang decided to shop around his script, which led to his debut feature 1998 comedy The Happenings (though only half of what he shot ended up in the final cut). [2]

In 1999 Jang founded the theater troupe Suda, and among his regulars were Jung Gyu-soo, Shin Ha-kyun, Jung Jae-young and Jang Young-nam. After working on the play Magic Time, he then shot his second film The Spy, a comedy starring Yoo Oh-sung as a North Korean spy trying to steal the magic formula of the South's "super pig" to combat the famine. [2]

The rest of Jang's career brought him to the top of Korea's A-list directors, with the same brand of "Jang Jin style" crowd pleasers, such as Guns & Talks , a black comedy about four talkative assassins. In 2000 Jang established his own film production outfit Film It Suda, hiring his "family" of fellow writers, producers and directors. Their first production was the three-part omnibus No Comment in 2002. [2] [7]

With his theater and film successes, Jang was finally able to move on to producing and his real passion, writing. But the huge flop of the 2003 melodrama A Man Who Went to Mars (also known as A Letter from Mars, which Jang wrote) brought the company's future to a serious crossroad: either focus on hot items or risk losing everything. Though the aftermath of the film's failure was felt even in 2004, romantic comedy Someone Special had a decent box office performance despite the film's low budget, as well as glowing reviews for its stars Lee Na-young and Jung Jae-young. [8] [9] Jang then focused on adapting his successful 2000 theater play Leave When They're Applauding into the big screen. The result was 2005's Murder, Take One, about a homicide case being broadcast live for 48 hours, a whodunit with a campy take on the ratings-obsessed media and the viewers' craze for reality TV. [2] [10] [11] [12] [13]

But it would be another of the company's films that became one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of 2005. Adapted by Jang from his same-titled 2002 play, [14] Welcome to Dongmakgol is the story of a remote mountain village where North and South Korean soldiers as well as an American soldier are stranded during the Korean War. The fantasy dramedy was the debut feature of Park Kwang-hyun, one of several of Jang's colleagues from his theater days who joined Film It Suda. [11]

In August 2005 Jang served as theatre director for the first time on a play he didn't write himself. He directed his fellow Seoul Institute of the Arts alumni in a staging of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman . The play commemorated the 43rd anniversary for Dongnang Arts Center affiliated to the institute and the 100th birthday of the late Yu Chi-jin, founder of the institute and the nation's first amphitheater. [15]

After his doing his takes on the gangster genre (2006's Righteous Ties [16] [17] ) and the melodrama genre (2007's father-centered My Son [18] [19] ), Jang wrote the witty script for Ra Hee-chan's Going by the Book , about a mock bank robbery drill that turns embarrassingly real. [1] [20] He also injected an enhanced comic effect into the screenplay of Public Enemy Returns , the third installment in Kang Woo-suk's series on tough detective Kang Cheol-jung (played by Sol Kyung-gu). [21]

His feel-good political satire Good Morning President was the opening film of the 2009 Busan International Film Festival. [22] [23] [24] [25] At the MBC Drama Awards that year, Jang won a Special Award for his 2008 radio show segment Radio Book Club on MBC Standard FM.

His next films, 2010 ensemble comedy The Quiz Show Scandal [26] [27] and 2011 melodrama Romantic Heaven , [28] [29] [30] though well-reviewed, were less successful at the box office.

Besides being the CEO of Film It Suda, [31] he is also co-founder of the film production company KnJ Entertainment Inc. alongside friend Kang Woo-suk.

Jang was a judge on the first and second seasons of Korea's Got Talent . [32] He wrote and directed the first three seasons of sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live Korea and anchored SNL Korea's version of Weekend Update . [33] [34] [35] [36] Jang says he believes satirical comedies can change society for the better. [37] [38]

Filmmaking

Considered one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from the 1990s Korean cinema renaissance, Jang's unique filmmaking style mixes unconventional storylines, quirky characters, dry and subversive humor, comic twists, sharp puns, stagy presentation, a keen observation of society, and humanism. Jang's films do not sell millions of tickets but he has nurtured a faithful fan base that appreciates his "Jang Jin-ish" style. [39]

Jang has built up an informal "repertory company" of actors who have appeared in many roles in his films. Most notable of these is Jung Jae-young, who has appeared in ten films directed or written by Jang and whom Jang has described as his "muse" . Other frequent collaborators include Shin Ha-kyun, who has been featured in eleven films. Other actors who have appeared in several films by Jang include Ryu Seung-ryong, Jang Young-nam, Im Won-hee, and Cha Seung-won.

Jang usually has a quick cameo in his films.

Personal life

Jang was back from his military enlistment in Winter 1993. [40]

In May 2007, he married then-grad student Cha Young-eun. They have two sons, Jang Cha-in and Jang Cha-yoon. [41]

Filmography

Short film

Short films work of Jang Jin
YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKorean Director Writer Producer
2000A Terrible Day극단적 하루NoYesYes
2002No Comment 묻지마 패밀리 NoYesNo
Without My Father아버지 몰래NoNoYes
2004Has the Shower Ended?소나기는 그쳤나요?NoNoYesShort film from 1.3.6 [42]
2005Someone Grateful고마운 사람NoNoYesShort film from If You Were Me 2
(다섯 개의 시선) [43] [44]
2008U-Turn유턴NoYesYesShort film for SsangYong Actyon (OCN) [45]
2016If Tomorrow is The Future내일도 미래라면YesYesNoShort film for Sister's Slam Dunk

Film

Feature films works of Jang Jin
YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKorean Director Writer Producer
1995A Hot Roof 개같은 날의 오후 NoYesNo Cameo
1996Do You Believe in Jazz 너희가 재즈를 믿느냐? NoYesNo
1997Trio삼인조NoYesNo
1998The Happenings 기막힌 사내들 YesYesNo
1999The Spy 간첩 리철진 YesYesNo
2000 Ditto 동감 NoYesNo
2001 Guns & Talks 킬러들의 수다 YesYesNo Cameo
2002No Comment 묻지마 패밀리NoYesYes
2003A Man Who Went to Mars 화성으로 간 사나이 NoYesNo
2004 Someone Special 아는 여자 YesYesYes Cameo
2005Murder, Take One 박수칠 때 떠나라 YesYesNo
Welcome to Dongmakgol 웰컴 투 동막골 NoYesYes
2006 Righteous Ties 거룩한 계보 YesYesNo Cameo
2007 My Son 아들YesYesNo
Going by the Book 바르게 살자NoYesYes
2008 Public Enemy Returns 강철중: 공공의 적 1-1 NoYesNo
2009 Good Morning, President 굿모닝 프레지던트 YesYesNo
2010 The Quiz Show Scandal 퀴즈 왕YesYesNo Cameo
The Recipe 된장NoYesYes
2011 Romantic Heaven 로맨틱 헤븐YesYesNo
2014 Man on High Heels 하이힐YesYesNo
We Are Brothers 우리는 형제입니다YesYesNo
2015The Sea I Wished for바라던 바다YesYesNo

Television

Television works of Jang Jin
YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKoreanScript Editor Writer Director Producer
1994Good Friends — Hollywood Message [lower-alpha 1] 좋은 친구들 — 헐리웃통신YesYesNoNo
2011–2012 Saturday Night Live Korea SNL코리아 NoYesYesYes tvN Sketch comedy show (season 1-3)


Television appearances of Jang Jin
YearTitleRoleRef.
EnglishKorean
1998Soonpoong Clinic순풍산부인과Actor SBS Sitcom
2003Nursery Story한뼘드라마Actor MBC One-episode drama
2006The Golden Fishery Kneeling Guru황금어장무릎팍도사 63회Featured MBC Variety Show (Episode 63)
2011–2012 Korea's Got Talent 코리아 갓 탤런트 Judge tvN Reality talent show (season 1-2)
2015–2017 Crime Scene 크라임씬Cast member JTBC Crime investigation show
(season 2-3)
2016Dream player드림 플레이어Cast member
2017Maltul club말술클럽Cast member
2021While You're Having a Hard Time 당신이 혹하는 사이 Storyteller SBS Crime Thriller Crime Documentary
2022–2023Black 블랙 Cast memberChannel A Crime Thriller Crime Documentary (Season 1–2) [46] [47]

Stage

Theater

Theater works of Jang Jin
YearTitleCredited asRestageRef.
EnglishKorean Director Playwright
1995Heotang허탕YesYes1999, 2012
Clumsy People서툰 사람들YesYes2004, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2012
2022–2023
[48]
1997Taxi Driver택시드리벌YesYes2000, 2004, 2015
1999Magic Time매직타임YesYes2007
2000Leave When They're Applauding박수칠 때 떠나라YesYesAdapted into 2005 film
Murder, Take One
2002Welcome to Dongmakgol웰컴 투 동막골YesYesAdapted into 2005 film
Welcome to Dongmakgol
2004Return to Hamlet리턴 투 햄릿YesYes2011, 2012
2005 Death of a Salesman 세일즈맨의 죽음YesNo2012
2011Romeo Landing on Earth로미오 지구 착륙기YesYes
2016Flower of Secret꽃의 비밀YesYes2019
Ice얼음YesYes2021

Musical

Musical play(s) credits
YearTitleCredited asRestageRef.
EnglishKorean Director Playwright
1999Beautiful autographs - delightful chatter of women who committed suicide!아름다운 사인(死因) - 자살한 여인들의 유쾌한 수다!YesYes [49]
2013December: Unfinished Song디셈버: 끝나지 않은 노래YesYes2014

Scriptbook

Published scriptbook
YearTitleAuthorPublisherPublished DateISBN
EnglishKorean
2008Jangjin's collection of plays장진 희곡집Jang JinYeoeumsa2008.01.15 978-8-9742-7231-9
Jangjin Scenario Book장진 시나리오집2008.07.10 978-8-9742-7232-6
2012Welcome to Dongmakgol웰컴 투 동막골Jang JinCommunication Books2012.12.21 978-8-9668-0115-2
Knowledgable Woman아는 여자2012.12.31 978-8-9668-0130-5

Recurring cast members

Jang frequently re-casts actors whom he has worked with on previous films.

Recurring cast members in Jang Jin's works
Actor
Work
Cha Seung-won
Theater
Taxi DriverYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Welcome to DongmakgolYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Clumsy PeopleYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Leave When They're ApplaudingYes check.svg
Short film
No Comment Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Film
The Happening Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
The Spy Yes check.svg
Guns & Talks Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
A Man Who Went to Mars Yes check.svg
Someone Special Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Murder, Take One Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Welcome to Dongmakgol Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Righteous Ties Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
My Son Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Going by the Book Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Public Enemy Returns Yes check.svg
Good Morning, President Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
The Quiz Show Scandal Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
The Recipe Yes check.svg
Romantic Heaven Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Man on High Heels Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg

Other

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations of Jang Jin
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
1995Chosun Ilbo New Year's Literary ContestBest Screenplay TheaterCheonho-dong Gusa StreetWon
200036th Baeksang Arts Awards Best ScreenplayThe SpyWon
20045th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Screenplay Someone Special Won
2005 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Welcome to Dongmakgol Nominated
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular FilmWon
Best ScreenplayNominated [lower-alpha 2]
4th Korean Film Awards Best FilmWon [50]
Best ScreenplayWon [lower-alpha 2]
2006 43rd Grand Bell Awards Best FilmNominated [51]
Best ScreenplayNominated [lower-alpha 2]
Best PlanningNominated [lower-alpha 3]
3rd Max Movie AwardsBest FilmWon
2009 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Screenplay Public Enemy Returns Nominated
2009 MBC Drama Awards Special Award for Radio Show SegmentStandard FM Radio Book ClubWon
5th Korea Green Foundation's People Who Brightened Our WorldPerson of the YearJang JinWon
2012 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Good Morning President Nominated
Best DirectorNominated
30th Fajr International Film Festival International Cinema Competition (Eastern Vista, Asian Cinema)Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay Romantic Heaven Won [52] [53]
2014Seoul Institute of the Arts Alumni AssociationLight of Life AwardJang JinWon [54]
20168th Festival International Du Film Policier Du BeauneGrand Prix Man on High Heels Won [55]
Critics' AwardWon

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
PublisherYearListiclePlacementRef.
Cine21 2006Chungmuro 50 Power Filmmaker25th [56]
200750th [57] [58]

See also

Notes

  1. Portion of SBS variety show Good Friends
  2. 1 2 3 Jang Jin, Park Kwang-hyun, Kim Joong
  3. Film Suda

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