Movie on Late Korean Film Giant to Be Produced in Hollywood
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A movie on the Korean movie giant Director Shin Sang-ok, who recently passed away, will likely be produced, according to President Lee Joo-ik of Boram Films of Korea.
President Lee Made the remarks recently, saying, "The world's famous movie producer Barrie Osborne suggested to Director Shin at the end of 2004, when he was still alive, making a movie about his vicissitudious life and his passion for film".
Director Shin allowed a movie of his dramatic life to be made after reading a scenario for a movie on his life, Lee added.
The movie will be likely produced by Barrie M. Osborne. He is the world's renowned executive producer who has done many remarkable works such as "Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King" for which he won an Academy Award for "Best Picture".
Shin has been recognized as a movie director who has made significant contributions to the development of Korean film industry and establishing its identity, producing a number of remarkable films, including the movie "Houseguest and My Mother", in 1960s.
Lee reportedly remarked. "I am very sad that Shin suddenly died. However, I will make utmost to make a panoramic movie of his life and passion to making of movies as a director".
Those involved in movie industry from both Korea and the U.S. will start shooting the film on director Shin around the second half of 2007. The total cost of producing the film is estimated to reach 30 million dollars.
With respect to the making of a film about her late husband, his wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, stated, "If my husband had lived, he could have given many advices on the cinematographing of his life". A film on Shin's life full of ups and downs will be a present for him who recently passed away, Choi added.
Shin died at the age of 80 from a chronic liver disease at the Seoul National University Hospital on April 11 (Tuesday). The renowned director Kim lived his life in as dramatic terms as a movie.
Director Shin had been receiving medical treatment since he underwent a liver transplant in 2004.
Attended by his friends and a number of Korean movie stars, Shin's funeral took place on April 15 at the Seoul National University Hospital.
Recalling her husband Shin, actress Choi remarked, "My husband is a man who neither smoked nor drank, and often wanted to enjoy his remaining years, traveling across the world". She added that she was in deep grief because Shin died without doing what he wanted.
Shin was born in 1926 in Cheongjin, North Hamgyeong Province, which now under sovereignty of North Korea. In 1945, he graduated from the Tokyo Fine Arts School, predecessor to Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in Japan.
Shin started his dramatic movie career as an assistant production designer for Choi In-gyu's "Hurrah! For Freedom", the first Korean film made after the country achieved independence from Japan.
Shin made his debut as a director with "Akya" (The Evil Night) in 1952 in the midst of the Korean War. In 1953, he married to Choi, a popular movie actress.
Shin set up the movie production company "Shin Films" in 1963 and operated it until 1970. Shin directed about 70 movies during his entire life. Among those films is the movie "Houseguest and My Mother" which made him get a spotlight as a movie director.
The movie, which is set in the 1920s, draws the picture of a widow's role in Korean culture and shows an example of the definition of a woman's marriage in Korean society. It starts with three women living in the country under the same roof: a young widow, her daughter, and her mother-in-law.
One day, a painter from Seoul comes to stay with them, claiming to be a good friend of the widow's late husband. The widow's daughter quickly forms a strong bond with the painter. Warm feelings begin to grow between him and the widow, but her mother-in-law does not want to share these sentiments. The film suggests a critical view of her choice and the Confucian world-view encourages her to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of an antiquated custom.
Shin was kidnapped to North Korea from Hong Kong in July 1978, six months after his wife was reported missing in the same country. His wife was taken to the North from her hotel in January of the same year. The couple was forced to make movies in the North and tour Russia, East Germany, Czech, and Hungary, praising the greatness of the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung's family. However, the two escaped from North Korea, and came back to South Korea in 1986
His wife Choi used to be a popular actress in the old days. Choi, aged 76, has won numerous awards for her outstanding acting in the past. She was seen in a variety of Korean TV dramas and movies starting from the late 1950s. The married couple Shin and Choi constructed and currently operates Anyang Shin Institute in the Republic of Korea.
Before he was hospitalized, Shin was working on a film featuring the historic conqueror Genghis Khan, according to his wife. He had planned to produce the film since 1995, and its screenplay has been written. It would have been his last work.
By Sunny Park
President Lee Made the remarks recently, saying, "The world's famous movie producer Barrie Osborne suggested to Director Shin at the end of 2004, when he was still alive, making a movie about his vicissitudious life and his passion for film".
Director Shin allowed a movie of his dramatic life to be made after reading a scenario for a movie on his life, Lee added.
The movie will be likely produced by Barrie M. Osborne. He is the world's renowned executive producer who has done many remarkable works such as "Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King" for which he won an Academy Award for "Best Picture".
Shin has been recognized as a movie director who has made significant contributions to the development of Korean film industry and establishing its identity, producing a number of remarkable films, including the movie "Houseguest and My Mother", in 1960s.
Lee reportedly remarked. "I am very sad that Shin suddenly died. However, I will make utmost to make a panoramic movie of his life and passion to making of movies as a director".
Those involved in movie industry from both Korea and the U.S. will start shooting the film on director Shin around the second half of 2007. The total cost of producing the film is estimated to reach 30 million dollars.
With respect to the making of a film about her late husband, his wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, stated, "If my husband had lived, he could have given many advices on the cinematographing of his life". A film on Shin's life full of ups and downs will be a present for him who recently passed away, Choi added.
Shin died at the age of 80 from a chronic liver disease at the Seoul National University Hospital on April 11 (Tuesday). The renowned director Kim lived his life in as dramatic terms as a movie.
Director Shin had been receiving medical treatment since he underwent a liver transplant in 2004.
Attended by his friends and a number of Korean movie stars, Shin's funeral took place on April 15 at the Seoul National University Hospital.
Recalling her husband Shin, actress Choi remarked, "My husband is a man who neither smoked nor drank, and often wanted to enjoy his remaining years, traveling across the world". She added that she was in deep grief because Shin died without doing what he wanted.
Shin was born in 1926 in Cheongjin, North Hamgyeong Province, which now under sovereignty of North Korea. In 1945, he graduated from the Tokyo Fine Arts School, predecessor to Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in Japan.
Shin started his dramatic movie career as an assistant production designer for Choi In-gyu's "Hurrah! For Freedom", the first Korean film made after the country achieved independence from Japan.
Shin made his debut as a director with "Akya" (The Evil Night) in 1952 in the midst of the Korean War. In 1953, he married to Choi, a popular movie actress.
Shin set up the movie production company "Shin Films" in 1963 and operated it until 1970. Shin directed about 70 movies during his entire life. Among those films is the movie "Houseguest and My Mother" which made him get a spotlight as a movie director.
The movie, which is set in the 1920s, draws the picture of a widow's role in Korean culture and shows an example of the definition of a woman's marriage in Korean society. It starts with three women living in the country under the same roof: a young widow, her daughter, and her mother-in-law.
One day, a painter from Seoul comes to stay with them, claiming to be a good friend of the widow's late husband. The widow's daughter quickly forms a strong bond with the painter. Warm feelings begin to grow between him and the widow, but her mother-in-law does not want to share these sentiments. The film suggests a critical view of her choice and the Confucian world-view encourages her to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of an antiquated custom.
Shin was kidnapped to North Korea from Hong Kong in July 1978, six months after his wife was reported missing in the same country. His wife was taken to the North from her hotel in January of the same year. The couple was forced to make movies in the North and tour Russia, East Germany, Czech, and Hungary, praising the greatness of the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung's family. However, the two escaped from North Korea, and came back to South Korea in 1986
His wife Choi used to be a popular actress in the old days. Choi, aged 76, has won numerous awards for her outstanding acting in the past. She was seen in a variety of Korean TV dramas and movies starting from the late 1950s. The married couple Shin and Choi constructed and currently operates Anyang Shin Institute in the Republic of Korea.
Before he was hospitalized, Shin was working on a film featuring the historic conqueror Genghis Khan, according to his wife. He had planned to produce the film since 1995, and its screenplay has been written. It would have been his last work.
By Sunny Park
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