Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chinjeolhan geumjassi; literally translated, Kind-Hearted Ms. Geum-Ja) is a 2005 South Korean film by director Park Chan-wook, and is the third installment in The Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003).

The film debuted on July 29, 2005 in South Korea, and competed for the Golden Lion at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival in September 2005. While it failed to win in competition, it did walk away with Cinema of The Future, the Young Lion Award and the Best Innovated Film Award in the non-competition section. The film had its U.S. premiere on September 30 at the New York Film Festival. It began its limited release in North American theatres on May 5, 2006.

In the UK and North America, the film has been screened under the title Lady Vengeance. 

One Fine Spring Day (2001)

Love Hurts. This simple statement expresses everything there is to know about Jin-ho Hur’s One Fine Spring Day, a movie that is about the awkwardness of attraction and the pain of a burning passion suddenly doused. It is about love found, love enthralled, and finally love lost.

Sang-woo lives with his father, his stepmother, and grandmother in the South Korean countryside. They’re out in the country, although you wouldn’t know it by Sang-woo’s many electronics, including a cellphone and his job as a sound engineer dubbing voices for TV shows. Sang-woo and his family is caring for his elderly grandmother, who is suffering from the loss of her husband.

Last Present (2001)

Last Present (aka Last Gift, Korean title: 선물) is a Korean feature film released by Fun & Happiness Films in 2001. Directed by Oh Gi-hwan, it tells the tale of Yong-ki (Lee Jung Jae), a struggling comedian who continues to see parallels between his disintegrating relationship with his wife, Jung-yun (Lee Young Ae), and the characters he's playing on the stage. 

Plot
Last Present traces the romance, marriage and estrangement of a down-and-out comedian, Yong-ki (Lee Jung Jae) and his long-suffering wife, Jung-yun (Lee Young Ae). Both of them defied his parents to get married but it seems his parents fears that things will never work out are coming true.

Joint Security Area (2000)

Joint Security Area (2000) is a South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook. Its plot revolves around efforts to unravel the truth behind an illegal shooting at the politically and militarily sensitive North-South Korean border. 

Plot
The film begins when two North Korean soldiers are killed in the DMZ at a North Korean border house. Alarms sound on both sides, and North and South Korean soldiers are quickly deployed at the scene, resulting in an exchange of gunfire. Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok (Lee Byung-Hun) despite an injured leg runs from the North Korean side and attempts to reach the South Korean side. He is shortly rescued while the gunfire continues.

First Kiss (1998)

First Kiss (1998)

키스할까요

Starring: Choi Ji-Woo, Ahn Jae-Wook, Lee Kyung-Young

Director: Kim Tae-Gyun

Genre: Romance, Drama

Production: Taewon Entertainment

Distribution: Taewon Entertainment

Language: Korean

Song Yeon-Hwa, a reporter of a weekly entertainment magazine, is 27 years old. Though she is almost kissed by her boy friend several times, she has refused without particular reasons. Then she lost her boy friend. Now knowing her shilly-shally is the reason of her lost love, Song Yeon-Hwa loses daily rhythm all in a furry.

One day Han Kyeong-Hyeon, who seems to be a playboy, came to work with her as a photographer. Seating next seat Kyeong-Hyeon nags her chattering all kinds of things and wedging in every occasion.

Inch'Allah (1997)

Inshallah (1997)
인샬라

Starring: Choi Min-Su, Lee Young-Ae
Director: Lee Min-Yong
Genre: Drama
Production: J Com
Distribution: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean

Hyang, a student abroad in the States, remained in Algeria which doesn't have diplomatic relationship with Korea because she is falsely charged for smuggling when she was travelling the Sahara. When she called upon the police, Hyang meets an oriental man who she encountered in the hotel by chance.

Autobiography “A Most Special Love” English Translation

In 2001, Lee Young-Ae published her autobiography “A Most Special Love” 《最特別的愛》 and donated all the income from the sale of the book to charity. A Hong Kong fan, Alice, translated some of content from a Chinese book. I only corrected the obvious spelling and grammatical errors in order to keep the originality of the translation.
P.18-20 Beginning OKSU CHILDHOOD I grew up in the district of Oksu; however Oksu is now covering by modern apartment buildings and high-rise buildings as the result of city development. I can only reminisce my childhood district by the underground railway and bus stations' name, it looks very different. The scene belonged to my childhood was gone. This feeling is like the feeling between people and their home town, Oksu is the home of my feeling. * Oksu is a district name of Seoul, on the north shore of Han River. My apartment was located on the slope, behind it, there were little mountains and trees, these places provided me a natural playground. After school, we rushed home to dump our schoolbags then ran to gather over there. We played with insects after climbing on the trees. There was a big project for us; we were looking for the unknown caves. Oh! We were excited by these unknown and mystic caves. My brother told me there were caves on the mountain. I answered,"Cave?" My brother said, "Yup, a cave." I was wondering what the cave is like. My best childhood buddy told me,” Yes, just like the stomach of a whale, a humid and dark place. Pinocchio was fallen into whale's stomach, it's like a cave." It sounded mystic yet amazing for me. End up, we could find the cave but it's not dark and mystic. My buddies were so happy but I was very disappointed, it's far from my imagination. In my reminiscence, a group of kids in the same neighborhood discovered and played until evening, this simple pleasure is very treasurable.

Awards

2006 Baeksang Award: Best Actress for "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance"
26th Blue Dragon Awards: Best Actress Award for Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
2005 International Film Festival of Catalunya: Best Actress for "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance"
2003 MBC Drama Awards, Grand Prize
2001 Pusan Film Critics Awards: Best Actress for "One Fine Spring Day"
2001 Korea Movie & Music Awards: Photogenic Prize for Actress
1999 KBS Drama Awards: Most Popular Actress Award
1998 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress Award
1997 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actress Award
1996 MBC Drama Awards: Best Actress Award
1995 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Prize
1994 SBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress

Profile of Lee Young-Ae

Name: Lee Young Ae
B-day: January 31, 1971
Hobbies: Swimming, Horse riding, Playing Piano
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Blood Type: AB
Academic Status: Master - Chung-Ang University
(중앙대학교/中央大學校);
Bachelor - Hanyang University(한양대학/漢陽大學校).
(한양대학/漢陽大學校).
First Scene on TV: 1991-Chocolate
Advertisement with Andy Lau
Languages: Korean, English, German.
Knownas: 'Oxygen Lady' and
'Asia Sweetheart'
Family: Parents and 2 Elder Brothers 
Place of Birth: Seoul    
Lee Young-Ae is a famous South Korean actress who has a fan base in numerous countries, particularly in East and Southeast Asian countries including Australia which have been hit by the Korean wave. Recently, her fan base has expanded further into South Asia and the Middle East, particularly Iran.
She first earned the title of 'Oxygen Lady' when she made her debut as a TV model in 1991. After her success in TV commercials, she started gaining stardom in TV dramas and movies with her beauty and acting skills. Her upbringing and career were fully documented in an NHK documentary show.
Her popularity has grown in an exponential manner due to her poignant performance in the popular Korean drama Dae Jang Geum. The drama was such a success that several countries had re-runs of the drama shortly after the last episode had ended. In Hong Kong, the last episode had almost half of the Hong Kong population staying at home just to watch it. In China, hundreds of million viewers watched the drama even if it was shown late at night. Dae Jang Geum, sometimes known as The Great Jang Geum, or Jewel In The Palace, is a 2003 TV series produced by South Korean TV channel MBC. Based loosely on the historical figure depicted in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, the show focuses on Jang-geum played by Lee Young-Ae.
Since then, Lee Young-Ae has been invited to visit Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan. The fan crowds were phenomenal; in the first time in 12 years, NHK had to use the NHK Hall to host the show.

Movies

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

One Fine Spring Day (2001)

Last Present aka The Gift (2001)

Joint Security Area (2000)

First Kiss (1998)

Inch'Allah (1997)

Tv Series

 

Dae Jang Geum (MBC, 2003)
Mighty Waves (SBS, 2000)
Fireworks (SBS, 2000)
Invitation (KBS, 1999)
Food Table of Contents (MBC, 1998)
Advocate (MBC, 1998)
I Survive Reason (내가 사는 이유) (MBC, 1997)
Medical Brothers (MBC, 1997)
Papa (KBS, 1996)
Love And Marriage (MBC, 1995)
Western Palace (KBS, 1995)
Asphalt Man (SBS, 1995)
How Is Your Husband? SBS, (1993)