Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, is one of the biggest names in the world of K-pop, which commands a huge following in South Korea, across much of Asia and beyond.
After tabloid pictures of his dates with Kim emerged, the defence ministry's website was bombarded with messages calling for him to be disciplined.
As a rule, a traditional Korean woman carried a small silver knife.
Git centers around a film director who, in the middle of starting his next screenplay, remembers a promise he'd made ten years earlier.
While staying on a remote southern island off Jeju-do, he and his girlfriend of the time agreed to come back and meet at the same motel exactly ten years in the future.
This is director Han Jae-rim’s first film, and I liked it a lot.
It shows that even though things are changing in Korea, it is still a more male dominated society than most western European countries.
When it comes down to it she seems slightly interested in a passive kind of way.
He seems very immature about women and their feelings, he just seems to care about his own needs – in a typical male fashion? They start to talk, and we learn why Hong acts as she does. Actions, reactions, feelings and we’re off to the races.
Maybe because I thought it was just another romantic comedy.
The cover on the DVD looks that way, most of the blurbs I’ve seen say that it is – but it is not.
These are some reviews of the features released in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and/or the general public. Sometimes small-scale, informal projects can liberate a director.
Without the pressure and weighty expectations involved in producing a major work, inspiration flows freely and the result is an even more accomplished piece of art.
As I briefly scanned over in my previous post “What to Expect when Dating a Korean Guy,” it’s normal for Korean couples to get couple rings as early as 3 months into the relationship.