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★★★★ "Veil": A married man notices his wife acting strangely and seeks answers from the man she was seeing when she turns up dead. (12/05)
★★★ "Fancy Walk": A scandalous love story between a female songwriter and a young student. (12/05)
★★ "Queer Movie 20": A short story about a young homosexual young man named Candy (12/06)
Title: "Veil"
Genre: Mystery
Length: 72 min
Release Date: 2013/12/05
Director: Jeong Chang-hyeon*
Screenplay: Jeong Chang-hyeon
Stars: Kim Kyeong-mi-I, Yoo Sang-jae, Lee Yang-hee, Kim Joo-hoo, Jung Chan-sung
The Short and Sweet: A married man notices his wife acting strangely and seeks answers from the man she was seeing when she turns up dead.
Jeong Chang-hyeon's debut film "Veil" tells the tale of a married man whose wife is found dead. Before which Yeong-sik (Yoo Sang-jae) noticed his wife acting strangely and meeting up with a strange new man. He tails her but sees nothing out of the unusual, but now that his partner is dead he seeks answer from the mysterious man she was seen with.
★★★★
Title: "Fancy Walk" (aka "Love Lesson")
Genre: Drama
Length: 80 min
Release Date: 2013/12/05
Director: Ko Kyeong-ah*
Stars: Kim Sun-young-IV, Byun Joon-suk, Oh Cho-hee, Min Hi-hyeok, Kim Da-bin
The Short and Sweet: A scandalous love story between a female songwriter and a young student.
Marketed as the Korean "Private Lessons" (1981), "Fancy Walk" (aka "Love Lesson") is another debut feature coming out this week. Ko Yeong-ah has been involved in a number of smaller productions as an assistant director but this is his first directing credit. The film is a sexy drama that follows an older music writer (Kim Sun-young-IV) and nineteen-year-old young man named Seung-ho (Byeong Joon-seok). The two meet serendipitously in the elevator and a steamy relationship develops while Hee-soo teaches him about music and love.
★★★
Title: "Queer Movie 20"
Genre: Drama
Length: 20 min
Release Date: 2013/12/06
Director: Baek In-gyoo*
Stars: Jeong Hyo-rak
The Short and Sweet: A short story about a young homosexual young man named Candy
★★
Also Coming Soon:
"Shark Week" (2012), "Pusher" (2012), "About Time" (2013), "Leaving" (2009), "Farewell My Queen" (2012), "Steins;Gate" (2012), "Young & Beautiful" (2013), "Oshin" (2013), "Spike" (2012), "Brilliant Love" (2010), "The Company You Keep" (2012), "Escape Plan" (2013), "Gloria" (2013), "Psychic School Wars" (2012), "Khan Kluay 2" (2007), "Insidious: Chapter 2" (2013)
- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)
Sources:
Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently
HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_X.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Did_You_Hear_She_Sings_i_.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Third_Chapel.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Apostle.php; Veil.php">http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Veil.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Fancy_Walk.php;
KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20122782; http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20136043 ; http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20125318