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Daytime Drinking screens at the KCC

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by Philip Gowman on 6 March, 2010

in Events news, KCC Film Club

News of next Thursday’s screening at the KCC. A Korean film expert at Cambridge tells me: “Daytime Drinking is very good. A young person’s film that even old geezers can appreciate, I found.”
Film title: Daytime Drinking, 116mins
Director: Noh Young-seok
Cast: Song Sam-dong
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, The Korean Cultural Centre, Grand Buildings, The Strand, London [...]

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Lifting King Kong at the KCC

22 February 2010 Events news
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News of the next screening at the Cultural Centre, continuing this month’s sporting theme: Lifting King Kong, also known as Bronze Medallist:
Film title: Lifting King Kong (Kingkongeul deulda), 2009, 120mins
Director: Park Geon-yong
Cast: Lee Beom-soo, Joan, Lee Seul-bi, Park Jun-geum
Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, The Korean Cultural Centre, Grand Buildings, The Strand, London WC2N 5BW
Time: Thursday, 25th Feb, [...]

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Take Off screens at the KCC

6 February 2010 Events news
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News of next Thursday’s screening at the KCC
The 37th Korean Film Night at The Korean Cultural Centre UK
Film title: Take Off (Gukgadaepyo), 2009, 137mins
Director: Kim Yong Hwa
Cast: Ha Jung-Woo
Venue: KCC, Multi-purpose Hall
Time: Thursday, 11th Feb, 7:00pm
In 1996 a small Korean town is undergoing a large-scale construction in preparation for the Winter Olympics bid. In [...]

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Films from the 30s at the KCC

9 December 2009 Events news
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Notice of this week’s screening at the KCC. Note that the start time is 6:00pm:
Thursday 10th December 2009
The Past Unearthed: A collection of films from the 1930s
On Thursday the 10th December at 6pm we hope you will join as at the Korean Cultural Centre where we will be screening a collection of films made in [...]

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Untold Scandal at the KCC

23 November 2009 EJ Yong
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Notice of the next screening at the Cultural Centre, on Thursday 26 November:

Title: Untold Scandal (2003)
Time and Date: 7 pm, 26 November 2009
Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, KCC
Director: E J-Yong
Runtime: 120 mins
Synopsis:
Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Untold Scandal is set in aristocratic 18th century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible [...]

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October is Park Chan-wook month

3 October 2009 Events news
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Director Park’s latest, Thirst, will have its official release on 16 October. But there’s a special preview on 5 October at the Curzon Soho, followed by Q&A with the director.
To celebrate Park’s presence in town, the KCC’s screenings this month are also by him: I’m a Cyborg on 8 October and Oldboy on 22 October, [...]

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Scarlet Letter at the KCC

21 September 2009 Events news
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The second of two films featuring the late actress Lee Eun-ju is The Scarlet Letter (주홍글씨, dir Byeon Hyeok, 2004). This was Lee’s last film, and it was said that the film contributed to the depression which led her to commit suicide. Also starring Han Suk-gyu.

Synopsis
Strong and confident detective Gi-hun is married to a refined [...]

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Bungee Jump at the KCC

7 September 2009 Events news
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The first of this month’s film screenings featuring the sadly missed Lee Eun-ju is Bungee Jumping of their own (번지점프를 하다) (Kim Dae-seung, 2001), also starring Lee Byung-hun.
Here’s a synopsis, in fluent Konglish, from KMDB.
The summer of 1983. SEO In-woo, majoring in Korean language & literature, has not believed in love and fate, but he [...]

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Son, My Enemy at the KCC

24 August 2009 Events news
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This Thursday’s film at the KCC is Oh Sang-hoon’s 파송송 계란탁 (2004), variously known as “Son, My Enemy” and “Cracked Eggs and Noodles”.
Synopsis
Although it may be a sham business, Dae-gyu struggles hard to succeed in the record industry. As for his personal life, he is busy trying to score with the ladies, but one [...]

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Shadows in the Palace at the KCC

11 August 2009 Events news
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This Thursday’s screening at the KCC is Shadows in the Palace (궁녀) (Kim Mee-jeung, 2007): part costume drama, part mysterty, part horror. “More than anything, it’s the conceptual energy and narrative momentum of Shadows in the Palace that makes it an exciting discovery among this year’s Korean films,” says Darcy Paquet at koreanfilm.org

Synopsis:
A maid-in-waiting hangs [...]

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Kick the Moon at the KCC

20 July 2009 Events news
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This Thursday’s screening is Kick the Moon by Attack the Gas Station director Kim Sang-jin. Here are the details from the KCC website:
Title : Kick the Moon (신라의달밤)
Director : Kim Sang-jin
Runtime : 114min
Venue : Multi-purpose Hall, KCC
Time : 23rd July, 7:00pm

Synopsis
Two old classmates reunite in a fight to the finish for the love of [...]

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Dasepo Naughty Girls at the KCC

8 July 2009 EJ Yong
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A fun film coming up at the KCC tomorrow:
Dasepo Naughty Girls, 2006 (다세포 소녀)
Director : E. J-Yong
Runtime : 111min
Venue : Multi-purpose Hall, KCC
Time : 9th July, 19:00p.m.
Synopsis
Based on the popular Internet novel, “Multi-Cell Girl”, the film takes place in “No-Use High School”, a school renowned for its sexual aberrations. The student body is comprised of [...]

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Fallen heroes – two contrasting Korean war films

2 July 2009 Film reviews and comment
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June last year at the KCC saw the screening of two contrasting Korean War films from the 21st century. This year we saw two contrasting films from the last century, with very different perspectives.
Lee Man-hee’s The Marines who Never returned takes a heroic look at the South Korean forces as the allied troops move north [...]

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The Marines who never returned

23 June 2009 Events news
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News of the screening at the Cultural Centre on 25 June, the anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Lee Man-hee’s classic war film – difficult to get to see. As usual, pre-registration is required.
Title: The Marines Who Never Returned
Time & Date: 7 pm, 25 June 2009
Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, KCC
Director: Lee Man-hee
Starring: Choi Mu-ryong, [...]

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Nambugun – the first of two Korean War films this month at the KCC

9 June 2009 Events news
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In the first of two films selected to mark the anniversary of the start of the Korean War on 25 June 1950, the KCC will be screening Jeong Ji-yeong’s Nambugun (North Korean Partisans in South Korea, 남부군) on Thursday 11 June, 7pm.
The 1990 film, with screenplay by director Jang Sun-woo, stars Ahn Sung-ki and the [...]

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