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Im Kwon-taek is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards, as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.
Chunhyang is a 2000 South Korean period romantic drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek, with a screenplay by Kang Hye-yeon and Kim Myung-gon. Distributed by CJ Entertainment, the film was released on January 29, 2000 in South Korea. Lee Hyo-jeong plays Chunhyang and Cho Seung-woo plays Mongryong.
Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); and the television series Iris (2009) and Mr. Sunshine (2018). His critically acclaimed film Inside Men (2015) won him the Best Actor prize at the three most prestigious South Korean award ceremonies: 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards, 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 53rd Grand Bell Awards. Lee has seven films—Joint Security Area, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Masquerade, Inside Men, Master, Ashfall and The Man Standing Next—on the list of the highest-grossing films in South Korea. Lee was Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year in the Film division in 2012 and in the Television division in 2018. In 2021, he appeared in a recurring role as the Front Man in the Netflix hit survival series Squid Game.
Kwon Sang-woo is a South Korean actor. He rose to stardom in 2003 with the romantic comedy film My Tutor Friend and the melodrama series Stairway to Heaven.
Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do is a 2004 South Korean action drama film. The background of the film is set in a high school in South Korea, 1978. The original Korean title literally means "cruel history of Maljuk street" and one of the filming locations was the present neighborhood of Yangjae-dong, Seocho District in Seoul.
Mandala (Korean: 만다라) is a 1981 South Korean film about Buddhist monks in Korea. This is considered by many critics to be director Im Kwon-taek's breakthrough film as a cinematic artist.
Festival (Korean: 축제) is a 1996 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek, and based on the novel of the same title by Lee Cheong-jun.
Adada (Korean: 아다다) is a 1987 South Korean film directed by Im Kwon-taek, based on a story by Kye Yong-mook.
Kwon Yu-ri, better known by her mononym Yuri, is a South Korean singer, actress and songwriter. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most popular girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, she has acted in several television dramas such as Fashion King (2012), Local Hero (2016), Innocent Defendant (2017), Dae Jang Geum Is Watching (2018), Bossam: Steal the Fate (2021), and Good Job (2022). In 2013, she made her film debut in No Breathing. In 2018, she made her debut as a soloist with her first extended play The First Scene.
Gilsoddeum is a 1986 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Kim In-kwon is a South Korean actor. Known for playing memorable supporting characters, he starred in his first leading role in the sleeper hit He's on Duty (2010), followed by Almost Che (2012), Born to Sing (2013), and Apostle (2014).
Kwon Se-in, better known by the stage name Kwon Yul, is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut with a leading role in the 2007 high school sitcom Mackerel Run. Kwon is best known for his roles as Seo Ji-seok on the daily soap opera Angel's Revenge (2014), Yi Hoe in the blockbuster period film The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), and as Lee Sang-woo in the hit romantic comedy series Let's Eat 2 (2015).
Kwon Hae-hyo is a South Korean television, film and stage actor. He is also an activist, involved in the Unite Our People Movement Headquarters, the Abolish the Family Registry and Create Family Equality Organization, the Cultural Alliance for Peace at Daechuri, the Minkahyup Human Rights Group, among various other political and social justice causes.
Park Hyuk-kwon is a South Korean actor. Park began his acting career in 1993 as a member of the theater troupe Sanulrim. He later became a well-regarded supporting actor in films such as Chaw (2009) and Secret Reunion (2010), as well as the television series Behind the White Tower (2007), Secret Love Affair (2014) and The Producers (2015). Park also frequently stars in short films and independent films, notably in Milky Way Liberation Front (2007) and other works by Yoon Seong-ho.
Kwon So-hyun is a South Korean actress.
Kwon Eun-bi is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of the short-lived girl group Ye-A under the stage name Kazoo in 2014, before leaving the group and signing a contract with Woollim Entertainment. In 2018, she participated on the survival show Produce 48, finishing in seventh place, which allowed her to debut as a member and the leader of the show's girl group Iz*One.
Tazza: One Eyed Jack is a 2019 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kwon Oh-kwang, starring Park Jeong-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Choi Yu-hwa, Yoon Je-moon, Woo Hyun and Lee Kwang-soo.
Kwon Eun-bin, known simply as Eunbin or Eunbean, is a South Korean singer and actress. She participated in the first season of Produce 101 (2016), before being eliminated in the penultimate episode. She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group CLC in February 2016 with the release of the group's third EP Refresh. She made her acting debut in the television series Bad Papa (2018) and has since appeared in series including Top Management (2018), At a Distance, Spring Is Green (2021), Dear. M (2022) and Duty After School (2023).
A Superior Day is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Jo Nam-hyeong and starring Jin Goo, Ha Do-kwon, and Lee Won-keun. Based on webtoon by Team Getname, this series depicts 24-hour runaway thriller in which only the most superior survives, in which the most ordinary man must kill the serial killer who lives next door to save his kidnapped daughter. It premiered on OCN on March 13, 2022, and aired every Sunday at 22:30 (KST).
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