Movie review: When Romance Meets Destiny(a.k.a. Gwangsigi Dongsaeng Gwangtae)

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Gwangsigi Dongsaeng Gwangtae


Summary

Gwang-sik can't always confess his love for his lover and hides when a rival appears. He runs a photo studio and can't forget Yoon-gyeong, his unrequited love whom he met seven years ago, while at university and couldn't reveal his love for her. One day, he meets her again at his friend Myeong-chan's wedding ceremony and loses his head when she remembers his name and his class vividly. She just goes saying that if she's in the mood, she'll visit his photo studio. His heart begins to go pit-a-pat.
Gwang-tae, who is 7 years younger than Gwang-sik, has met 70 times as many girl friend as his elder brother. He's the playboy and has his own dating policies---"don't sleep with a woman more than 12 times," "when sleeping with a woman, don't reveal your innermost feelings," and "don't play with a woman who he knows." He sticks to his own free style about life and love. Intending to meet a slender woman, he participates in the marathon race and he falls for the sexy Gyeong-jae there. A few days later, he meets her again and begins a hot and cool love affair with her. He is tormented by his policy that he should break up with her before sleeping with her a 12th time, but Gyeong-jae first bids farewell. Though he should be happy about her farewell, his feelings about her are unusually serious.

Cast
Kim Ju-hyeok
Bong Tae-gyu
Lee Yo-won
Kim A-jung

Movie review: Legend Of Seven Cutter

The “Seven Cutter” is a legend around high schools across the country. His name is Han Su and he remains unbeaten throughout the school system. Whoever tries to fight him not only faces the indignity of losing but is left with Han-Su’s trademark 7cm scar to remind them of their loss.

When innocent new kid Han Su (An Jae Mo - Haan, Birdcage Inn) starts at Seong Ji High School, he is instantly mistaken for the “Seven Cutter”. He is blissfully unaware of why the other students are giving him such an icy reception, and so when the toughest boy at Seong Ji challenges Han Su to a fight, he has no choice but defend himself. And when he accidentally wins, things start getting really confusing for Han Su. Also starring comedian Jung June Ha and former Baby VOX member Yoon Eun Hye (Goong) in her big screen debut.


CAST
* Ahn Jae-Mo
* Yun Eun-Hye
* Lee Jeong(a)
* Jeong Jun-Ha
* Hyun Young(a)
* Park Seul-Gi
* Cheon Myeong-Hun
* Park Hyo-Jun
* Ju Ho-Seong
* Jang Jeong-Hee
* Kim Eul-Dong
* Yun Mun-Sik

Movie review: Casshern(a.k.a. Kyashān)

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Kyashān

Summary

In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted.

The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the government for his neo-cell treatment that he claims can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. The government leaders, guarding their own deeply entrenched powers, turn down the professor.

Driven to complete his work, Dr. Azuma accepts a secret offer from a sinister faction of the powerful military. After an incident occurs in Dr. Azuma's lab, a race of mutant humans known as the Shinzo Ningen are unleashed upon the world.

Now only the warrior known as Casshern, reincarnated with an invincible body, stands between the Shinzo Ningen and a world on the brink of annihilation.

Based on a 1973 Japanese animé, Shinzo Ningen Casshân.

Cast
Yusuke Iseya - Casshern/Tetsuya Azuma
Kumiko Aso - Luna Kozuki
Akira Terao - Kotaro Azuma-hakase
Kanako Higuchi - Midori Azuma
Fumiyo Kohinata - Kozuki-hakase
Hiroyuki Miyasako - Akubon
Jun Kaname - Barashin
Hidetoshi Nishijima - Lieutenant Colonel Kamijo
Mitsuhiro Oikawa - Kaoru Naito
Susumu Terajima - Sakamoto
Hideji Otaki - Kamijô-Sôsai
Tatsuya Mihashi - Furoi hakase
Toshiaki Karasawa - Burai
Mayumi Sada - Sagurê

Movie review: Volcano High(a.k.a. Hwasan High School)

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Hwasan'go
Hwasan High School
WaSanGo

Summary

It revolves around a troublemaking high school student named Kim Kyung-soo who finds himself transferred to the last school that will take him, the prestigious Volcano High.

It's an institution whose students display an incredible talent in martial arts, with a few demonstrating even more mysterious psychic powers, notably Jang Ryang and Song Hak-rim.

Kim is drawn into fights between different clubs, a Manual that is told to hold great power, and a group of teachers that will do whatever possible to keep the students in line.

Cast
Hyuk Jang - Kim, Kyeong-su
Min-a Shin - Yu, Chae-i
Su-ro Kim - Jang, Ryang
Sang-woo Kwone - Song Hak-Rim
Hyo-jin Kong - So, Yo-seon
Sang-hun Jeong - Golbangi
Hyeong-jong Kim - Shim, Ma
Shi-ah Chae - Yo-mi

Movie review: Art of fighting(a.k.a. Ssa-woom-eui Gi-sool)

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Ssa-woom-eui Gi-sool
Ssaum-ui gisul
Ssaumui Gisul
The Art of Fighting

Summary

Song Byeong-tae is a timid and weak high school student whose daily routine consists of being beaten by school bullies.

Dreaming of a peaceful life free from the beatings, he reads all kinds of books, but every day life is a series of hardships. Then, one day, he meets a strange man, named Oh Pan-su, staying in B, a special room, in Daemyeong reading room.

Waiting for the day to leave for the blue sea of Mexico, Pan-su was a legendary master of martial arts while secluding himself from the world with his own art of life. 15 years ago, he was the master of the masters, winning nationally with his legendary ability to fight.

Although he seems indifferent to everything, Byeong-tae's hidden ability stimulates his interest. However, it's not easy to break the fear of Byeong-tae, who has been beaten continuously.

Will Byeong-tae, who lacks practice and experience, be the true master in the world where life itself is a series of fights? What will Pan-su teach to Byeong-tae?
(Source: Unknown)

Cast

Yun-shik Baek - Oh Man-su
Yeo-jin Choi - Young-ae
Hae-Yeon Gil
Eung-su Kim - Hyung-ho
Hyun-kyoon Lee - Song Byung-tae (as Hee Jae)