#Gang Dong-Won

[bimorgana]

“Goodwill… haven’t heard that word in a while.”

BROKER / 브로커 (2022) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

#filmedit #filmgifs #userrobin #userkd #moviegifs #broker #hirokazu koreeda #song kang ho #gang dong-won #bae doona #iu #lee ji eun #브로커 #*

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Broker (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2022)

#films watched in 2023 #Broker #Hirokazu Koreeda #Koreeda #2022 #seis #Hirokazu Kore-eda #Lee Ji-Eun #Song Kang-ho #Gang Dong-won #Bae Doona #Lee Joo-young #drama #childhood #family #Baby Box Broker #south korea #cars #hands #facepalm

[beingharsh]

Broker (2022), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

#broker #hirokazu kore-eda #IU #song kang-ho #gang dong-won #film #film stills #filmedit #movies #movie stills #cinema #cinematography #my posts

[oneuldo]

Film Review: Broker (2022)

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

I’ve been wanting to watch this movie because of IU (I’m a big fan— uaena here!).

This film definitely made it to my top-tier list. Everything was beautifully executed— the story line, the visuals (the visuals are so good), the characters’ stories and what makes them who they are and how circumstances drives them to make such decisions, down to the tiny details and conversations. Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker is a beautiful film.

I wouldn’t say the film was slow or fast paced. It was just the right amount of everything. The detours that the group had while searching for a buyer didn’t made the film boring at all.

The scene that I liked the most was Lee Ji-eun telling them “태어나줘서 고마워” (Thank you for being born). The fact that Dong-Soo (Gang Dong-Won) and Hae-Jin (Lim Seung-Soo) didn’t have a mother to thank them for being born and hearing it from the mother of the baby they were trying to sell was emotional enough. It made me sad. It was an intimate moment and it made me fall in love with the film.

Bae Doona’s character (Soo-Jin) also adds to the film’s goal of selling the baby. I read a review that her character was the most desperate one to sell the baby in order to catch Sang-Hyun (Song Kang-Ho) in the act and put him behind bars. I do empathize on Soo-Jin’s hatred to mothers who abandon their babies and her lack of empathy towards So-Young (Lee Ji-Eun) and the baby are understandable as it’s the reason why she’s tailing the brokers in the first place. But I’d like to know more as to where that hatred is coming from.

I think the character with the least impact on the film was Detective Lee (Lee Joo-Young). I loved her in Itaewon Class, but in this film there was not really much to say about her character except to question Soo-Jin’s way of thinking.

In the end, it made me question why a baby box is legal but abortion is not. I do understand its purpose but if I start to question all the whys, it will be a battle of one’s conscience between what is right and wrong. And Broker raised this question, but not as much as (it had)— at least in my opinion to move people and question their philosophy in life.

This is my first time watching one of Koreeda’s works. I’ll definitely keep tabs of his other films. I heard it was also good. I would say, though Broker doesn’t surpass the best films out there, it is definitely worth watching.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Film Review #Broker #IU #Lee Ji-Eun #Song Kang-Ho #Gang Dong-Won #Bae Doo-Na #Lee Joo-Young #Korean Film #브로커 #09052022 #Youtube

[cinemaronin]

Broker (2022)

브로커 Broker (2022) directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda cinematography by Hong Kyung-pyo

#브로커 #broker #hirokazu kore-eda #korean film #korean cinema #asian film #stills #song kang-ho #gang dong-won #bae doona #iu #lee joo-young

[adamwatchesmovies]

Peninsula (2020)

Peninsula isn’t as fresh, frightening, or memorable as Train to Busan. It also doesn’t quite follow through with its premise but makes up for it with something I bet you’d never see out of a zombie movie set in Korea: Mad Max-style action!

Four years after a zombie outbreak in South Korea, former Marine Corps Captain Jung-Seok (Gang Dong-won) and his widowed brother-in-law Chul-min (Kim Do-yoon) are offered a life-altering job. Inside the undead-riddled Peninsula is an abandoned truck filled with US$20 million. They've been hired to retrieve it as part of a team of four who will enter South Korea at night - when the darkness will hide them from the innumerable ghouls. Once inside, they're shocked to discover survivors in the ruins.

If you’re looking for a heist movie with zombies in it, you want Army of the Dead. Peninsula starts with the team going in to grab the money but within minutes, half of them are dead. Chul-min is taken captive by crazed militants who’ve established a society in the ruins of the city, while Jung-Seok is rescued by Min-Jung (Lee Jung-hyun), her father Kim (Kwon Hae-hyo), and her two daughters, Joon (Lee Re), and Yu-Jin (Lee Ye-won). Now, the ghouls are the least of everyone’s worries. Unit 631 roams the streets, looking for any strays to put in their arena. There, the people have to run away from hungry flesh-eaters while the soldiers bet on who will die. Chul-min needs a way out ASAP. Unfortunately, the satellite phone he would’ve used to call his Chinese mobster bosses has been confiscated. Now Jung-Seok needs to save his brother, get the phone, get the money and leave with the help of the family who rescued him… but things are on the verge of getting dicey. See, Jung-Seok’s met Min-Jung before. She asked him for help four years ago when the zombie plague began. He refused and left her behind. Oops.

As a zombie movie, Peninsula disappoints. They don’t really play a big part in the film except at the beginning and then at the end. Mostly, this is an apocalyptic film. People scrambling for food, cobbling together equipment, setting up dodgy institutions where might makes right, that kind of thing. And of course, there’s the driving. If you’re going to check out Peninsula, it should be for the movie’s best scene, a spectacular race in the city featuring dozens of vehicles with our heroes in the lead and everyone trying to turn them into roadkill. Whereas the rest of the film barely uses zombies, this part of Peninsula brings the two genres together. The dead are obstacles to be dodged, they’re also weapons to use against those pursuing you. It’s fast-paced, expertly coordinated and loads of fun.

Plenty is going on in the film, which makes the nearly two-hour running time go by plenty fast… except at the end. During the conclusion, Peninsula tries to do too much. It pours on the drama as people have to make heroic sacrifices, there are double-crosses that make escape impossible, hope is renewed, then dashed, then renewed again, and so on. Some of this should’ve been cut, not only so we could end on the high we got from the driving scenes but also so the cheese could be kept at a minimum. Still, it works more than it doesn’t.

Peninsula is not a memorable zombie film and when we examine Seoul Station (the prequel to Train to Busan) we see that the terrific 2016 picture that spawned this franchise was more of an anomaly than a revival of the genre. You can still enjoy this follow-up if you love zombies and you want a bit of something new but anything more than the price of a rental is too much. (Original Korean with English Subtitles, May 21, 2021)

#Peninsula #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #train to busan #yeon sang-ho #ryu yong-jae #gang dong-won #lee jung-hyun #kwon hae-hyo #kim min-jae #koo kyo-hwan #2020 movies #2020 films

[k-star-holic]

You Quiz on the Block' filmed on the same day as BTS V and Gang Dong-Won..."I'm mentally broken"

#You Quiz on the Block #Yoo Jae-Suk #Jo Se-ho #Gang Dong-Won #Narrative #Nanoblock #BTS

[rookie-critic]

Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: Honorable Mentions - Broker (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

If you've seen Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2018 film Shoplifters, the themes of found family and unconventional relationships explored in Broker won't be anything new. What Broker does boast, however, is a story that, in its own way separate from Shoplifters, is profoundly beautiful. The characters and overarching trajectory of the plot in Broker is slightly more straightforward in its positive message and uplifting spirit than Shoplifters was, and, of course, it's yet another great acting showcase for Korean powerhouse Song Kang-ho. It's also an incredible acting showcase for K-pop star Lee Ji-eun, who is probably better known by her stage name IU. I hope Broker is a launchpad to seeing her in more stuff, because she is wildly impressive in this.

Currently available to rent/purchase on digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, etc.) and on DVD & Blu-ray through Decal Releasing.

Read my full review of Broker here.

#The Top 25 Films of 2022 #Honorable Mentions #Broker #Hirokazu Kore-eda #Hirokazu Koreeda #Kore-eda Hirokazu #Koreeda Hirokazu #Song Kang-ho #Lee Ji-eun #IU #Gang Dong-won #Bae Doo-na #Bae Doona #Lee Joo-young #Park Ji-yong #Im Seung-soo #Kang Gil-woo #film review #movie review #2022 films

[moviemosaics]

Broker

directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2022

#Broker #Hirokazu Kore-eda #movie mosaics #Gang Dong-won #Song Kang-ho #Lee Ji-eun #Lee Joo-young #Bae Doona #Im Seung-soo

[tinyreviews]

I feel like the story misses several opportunities. To tug on the feels. To accentuate the conflicts. To elaborate on the character arcs.

Broker (Korean: 브로커) is a 2022 South Korean drama film directed and written by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young. 

#broker #song kang-ho #gang dong-won #bae doona #lee jieun #lee joo-young #south korea #drama #adoption #abortion #abandonment #2022

[2015mai24]

Gang Dong-won, actor

#gang dong-won #people #gq korea september 2022 #scans

[movienized-com]

Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman (2023)

Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman (2023) #KimSeongsik #GangDongwon #JoonhoHuh #Esom #DonghwiLee #YiHyunCho Mehr auf:

천박사 퇴마 연구소: 설경의 비밀The Lost Talisman – Die Geister, die ich riefJahr: 2023 (September) Genre: Mystery / Horror / Fantasy Regie: Kim Seong-sik Hauptrollen: Gang Dong-won, Joon-ho Huh, Esom, Dong-hwi Lee, Yi-Hyun Cho, Lee Jeong-eun, Kim Jong-soo, Park Myung-Hoon, Jeong Min Park, So-yi Park … Filmbeschreibung: Dr. Dong-Sik Cheon (Dong-Won Gang) ist als ausgebildeter Psychiater ein Mann der…

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#Dong-hwi Lee #Esom #Gang Dong-won #Joon-ho Huh #Kim Seong-sik #Yi-Hyun Cho

[cinemaronin]

Maundy Thursday (2006)

우리들의 행복한 시간  Maundy Thursday (2006)  directed by  Song Hae-sung cinematography by Kang Seung-gi

#우리들의 행복한 시간 #maundy thursday #song hae-sung #korean film #asian cinema #stills #lee na-young #gang dong-won #youn yuh-jung #korean movie

[entrehormigones]

#Broker #Baby Box Broker #movie #film #movie gif #Song Kang-ho #song kang ho #Gang Dong-won #gang dong won #hirokazu koreeda

[k-star-holic]

'broker' was a good grind..."IU Acting, Best Actress Impression" was a raging [this is Cannes]

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

#Gang Dong-Won #Kang-Ho Song #Cannes #IU #Film Festival #Lee Ji-eun #Baby Driver #Japan #Soyoung #Hot Summer Days #The Man from Nowhere

[otakunoculture]

In Search for Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman, A South Korean Horror Fantasy

Playing in select theatres Oct 6 is a fun thrill-ride from #SouthKorea! Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman makes searching for #supernatural artifacts dangerous, and it's based on a #comicbook series that should be looked at too! #moviereview at:

Well GO USA Release Date: Oct 6, 2023 In South Korea, the belief in ghosts is very real, and it’s best not to annoy them. In Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman (천박사 퇴마 연구소: 설경의 비밀), this spiritualist better be on his A-game if he’s to best them. But when he’s mostly a huckster, preying upon others’ fear of the unknown, what he discovers awakens memories he’d rather forget. That’s because this…

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#Action-Adventure #Based on Comic Book #Comedy #Esom #Gang Dong-Won #Horror #South Korea #Well GO USA