the silenced
added new stills for the upcoming korean movie
the silenced
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like the handmaiden, the silenced is a gothic story about female oppression and how its protagonists struggle and fight against it. it all starts with the title. its english language title “ the silenced ” literally implies that the girls at the centre of this story are the “silenced” ones, a reflection of how females are always the ones whose voices are silenced in society .
added new trailer and posters for the upcoming korean movie
the silenced
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all cell phones and electronic devices must be silenced or turned off during all performances .
added new trailer, poster and stills for the upcoming korean movie
the silenced
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added new stills, press photos and updated cast for the upcoming korean movie
the silenced
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korean movie
the silenced
is available to order on dvd with english subtitles from yesasia, ...
they aren' t angry about being silenced. they' re angry that fewer people are listening .
based on the novel dogani by cong jee - young, silenced is based on real - life events at a school for the deaf .
poor, silenced conservatives. it must be dreadfully hard to experience the kind of oppression that involves people disagreeing with your ideas .
the silenced
is available to preorder on a first press limited edition dvd with english subtitles from yesasia, ...
eager to build on the momentum of
the silenced ,
park already has another film in the works, with two more coming to theaters this summer .
korean movies opening today 2015 / 06 / 18 in korea :
the classified file
,
the silenced
, and
angry painter
, ...
with lush green mountains, pretty schoolgirls dressed in uniforms, a beautiful boarding school and an impeccably styled uhm ji - won, “the silenced” offers many visual delights .
park bo - young and uhm ji - won talked about many things on set. the production premiere of
the silenced
was held in lotte cinema at gundae university on the 21st, ...
the good that
silenced
has done certainly outweighs its flaws, but there are certainly some of those: character and plot tropes that pad out the story but have little to do with it .
zac efron’s dj drama “ we are your friends ” is being silenced by the faith - based film “ war room ” at the u. s. box office, according to early friday estimates .
the reveal to the mystery at the start of the final act admittedly falls a little flat considering the gothic nature of the film. but the story pushes forward to ultimately deliver a mostly satisfying final act. the creations — these doll - like teenage girls that have been abandoned, manipulated and silenced all their lives — eventually revolt in a violent and haunting manner against their oppressors. what makes the silenced even more eerie and tragic though is that much of the horror inflicted on the teenage girls are at the hands of women, whose strings are being pulled by men .
money silenced the truth. but we all know justice doesn' t always prevail. thank you gong yoo for making this movie happen. it makes people open their eyes more into the reality of it all .
actresses park bo - young, uhm ji - won and park so - dam' s movie
the silenced
vip premiere was held on the 15th. son ye - jin appeared to the event and posed at the photo zone, ...
“the silenced” ultimately fails in its overambitious attempt to combine box office - friendly action and thrills with picturesque emotion, but it remains engaging thanks to its excellent cast. the film opens in local theaters on june 18 .
after sharpening her acting skills in a dozen shorts and independent films, she recently made her first appearance in a commercial film, the mystery - thriller
the silenced ,
which was released in mid - june .
silenced
has already brought in a lot of people into the theatres in south korea and also opened a lot of eyes to the injustices that occurred in south korea just a few years ago (2005). i think
silenced
is a film that will likely leave you in a state that only a few others films probably can. be prepare to be moved when you watch it .
“the silenced, ” starring park bo - young and uhm ji - won, is set to open nationwide on june 18. it trails a mysterious occurrence in a dormitory where the school girls who live there start disappearing one by one .
on october 2nd, 2015 ,
the silenced
aired as part of the 2015 busan international film festival in busan' s haeundae megabox theaters. as part of kofice' s korea joa 2015 project, hancinema attended the screening and would like to thank kofice for the opportunity .
the silenced
is a film whose plot can be dissected into two contrasting parts: the first two - thirds that is alluring and full of promise, and the last third that quickly declines into disappointing predictability. the two parts are decorated with gifted actors, insightful filming, and very marked themes of friendship, sacrifice, and evil. set in japanese - occupied korea ,
the silenced
focuses on a girls' boarding house and sanitorium where strange things happen to its sickly students, ...
i have seen this movie silenced
. it is the best story. they learned from you and do change their better life. india has same way. i spread this movie to all deaf associations in mumbai. - arti
in her latest film, the mystery - thriller
the silenced ,
which was released last week, park plays a girl in poor health who is dragged to a sanitarium - style boarding school by her stepmother in 1938, with korea still under japanese colonial rule .
usually the south korean cinema makes very great movies and quite often memorable horror movies. however, it would be impossible to keep making such movies. and
the silenced
( aka
gyeongseonghakyoo: sarajin sonyeodeul
) was a deviant from the usual impressive line of horror movies to make it out of south korea. i hadn' t heard about
the silenced
before i stumbled upon it while browsing the horror selection on netflix. being a fan of the horror genre and being particular fond of asian movies, then of course i would give
the silenced
a go. however, it turned out to be a less than mediocre experience. the story is about a girl who is sent to a remote boarding school where things seem quite out of place. and in order to survive, the new student must uncover the secrets stored within the walls of the school .
the silenced
wasn' t scary at all, it was not even a thriller; it was, a best a mystery laced with supernatural elements. as such, then it was a major disappointment, because i had expected it to be more within the typical horror genre; a genre that south korean cinema does so well. it should be said that the acting in the movie was quite good, and that is what kept me sticking with the movie to the very end. even after that preposterous turn of events after the reveal of what was actually going on. the story in
the silenced
just wasn' t particularly riveting, nor was it particularly memorable. i have seen the movie to the end, but i am sure that the movie will soon fade from memory, because it just didn' t manage to find any foothold .
the silenced
was a disappointing movie to me, and as such i am rating it a mere 4 out of 10 stars. if you enjoy a good south korean horror movie, then there are far better choices available .
park bo - young got angry at the fact that yeo jin - goo kissed someone. she was interviewed by news n on the 10th to promote her new movie
the silenced
and mentioned yeo jin - goo, who she chose as an actor that she would like to work with, ...
watched
silenced
here in korea on its opening day. didn' t really know what to expect from the film before going in, but came out shaken, angered and left with the feeling of having seen a powerful film that can bring about positive change. the basis for the movie is purported to be based on a true story which makes things all the more striking. having not watched
children ...
a korean movie that came out earlier this year also based on a true story, my closest point of reference is bong joon - ho' s by now classic film
memories of murder
.
silenced
doesn' t possess the master of cinema feel that
memories of murder
has, nor does it have the first mover advantage in its story, but
silenced
is able to deliver the same (if not more) type of jolt to the viewer which is really saying something .
“with lush green mountains, pretty schoolgirls dressed in uniforms, a beautiful boarding school and an impeccably styled uhm ji - won, the silenced offers many visual delights. the plot, however, is a messy hodgepodge, the result of overreaching on the part of screenwriter and director lee hae - young. ” won ho - jung, korea herald
the most surprising performance was probably from park so - dam, who made a fantastic feature - length debut in “the silenced. ” mature, collected, and determined, park so - dam’s portrayal of yeon - deok provides a steady anchor grounding the film between the extremes of park bo - young’s timid ju - ran and uhm ji - won’s steely headmistress .
after the screening of
the silenced
that i had the pleasure of watching at the 2015 busan international film festival, kofice secured the korea joa 2015 members places in the q & a session following the film with director lee hae - yeong and leading actresses park bo - young and park so - dam. it was held in an adjacent theater where a small number of press was invited to ask question in an open forum, ...
the third day of korea joa 2015 allowed the members a choice of films that they wanted to view as part of the 2015 busan international film festival :
ode to my father
, or
the silenced
. i, as you know from my previous articles, chose park bo - young' s film
the silenced
. my trusty companions (jenny from soompi, freya from united k - pop, mish from pkci, and germaine from (x) clusive !) joined me for what we hoped wouldn' t be a totally terrifying experience. we' d heard the film was a bit scary and were not sure if we were up for the thrills, ...
the day after the verdict was handed down, bolt appeared on the cover of the herald sun under a gigantic headline screaming ,
i was silenced .
he was not only defended in the newspaper' s editorial but also given a double page spread to dissect his feelings about what it meant to be denied a voice. no doubt he expanded on those feelings throughout the course of the week during both his regular appearance spot on 2gb and on his eponymous television show, the bolt report .
“despite never really offering anything really new, the silenced is nevertheless a very enjoyable piece of genre filmmaking, and another interesting offering from lee hae - yeong. while not at the level of the classic a tale of two sisters, it’s definitely one of the better films of its type from korea in recent times, and even those understandably tired of the form should enjoy its well - judged menace. ” eastern kicks
as a result, the outcome can lack coherence, a tight plot and the power to keep the tension until the end .
it' s a line the queensland senator and founder of one nation has trotted out on numerous occasions, usually in appearances on television, in newspaper interviews and on the radio spots that deliver a steady deluge of hanson into the public eye. for someone so horrendously
silenced
, she has certainly been given ample access to a microphone to air her grievances .
actress park so - dam, whose name may not be familiar to many moviegoers yet, looks to be one of the promising starlets. after sharpening her acting skills in a dozen shorts and independent films, she recently made her first appearance in a commercial film, the mystery - thriller
the silenced
, which was released in mid - june, ...
zac efron’s dj drama “we are your friends” is being silenced by the faith - based film “war room” at the u. s. box office, according to early friday estimates. “we are your friends” would appear to have few friends heading into the weekend, and will likely finish with a dismal $ 2. 6 million. projections were as high as [ … ]
“with its sterling production values and potent atmosphere, the silenced is an effective chiller that unabashedly seeks to entertain rather than surprise. modest ambitions may dampen the staying power of this slick production, yet with a colonial era setting that turns out to be more than just set dressing, it transcends mere escapism. ” pierce conran, screen anarchy
i was hesitant to call this a review, since i never watch the movie fully. i was thinking of calling this piece a spoiler, but then i wasn’t sure how much i’m going to spoil this. so yes, time to hit that return button if you don’t want to be spoiled for the new park bo young movie, the silenced, aka kyungseong high school: missing girls .
“ the silenced isn’t a flawless experience, but it’s satisfying nonetheless. the performances are strong, the script has a working brain, and hae - young does a fine job of generating plenty of satisfying moments between the young, charismatic leads. that said, it’s definitely a dreary and moody affair, one that probably won’t appeal to those looking for an uplifting story that moves along at a jaunty speed. ” todd rigney, electric bento
sunny and silenced are two korean films i have watched in 2012 and both are excellent. silenced is a poignant and depressing movie based on a true event that happened in a special school where the deaf children are abused by the principal and teachers. in the first half of the movie, the horrible abuses are unveiled one by one. the second half is a courtroom drama. the movie is an emotional ride which tugs at your heartstrings. at the scene in which the teacher is on the verge of tears and the boy cries his eyes out and struggles to express his overwhelming pent - up emotions upon knowing that his grandmother has forgiven the culprit, some members of the audience will be moved to tears. where might is master, justice is servant, which is cruel, but real. it is also uplifting to see the teacher remain steadfast in his determination to bring the culprits to justice, despite his daughter' s plight. as for the setting, the misty mountains and creepy campus create an eerie atmosphere. i also love the montage at the beginning of the movie. the kid is just like the deer, innocent and pure. the perversion of justice prevails when christians are blinded by their unquestionable faith, teachers are heartless, policemen, lawyers, the judge and the security guard are corrupted by money, civil servants shirk their responsibility and shift the work onto others and others remain silent. martin luther king is right. in the end, we remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. amid those humans who are evil but influential in society, justice is shrouded in a thick gray mist .
please have a photo i. d. ready when picking up tickets at the box office. will call is located at the box office on the 3rd floor of the pullo center. the box office is open 2 hours prior to the performance, and remains open through the start of the show .
similarly, those australians who freely denounce the rights and dignity of first nations people cry foul the moment someone dares to level the accusation of racism at them. australian media will still proudly host televised debates inviting all - white panels to debate whether or not it' s appropriate to maintain statues of men who slaughtered aboriginal inhabitants. poor ,
silenced
bolt opines regularly on what he calls the' myth' of the stolen generations, but sure - you just can' t say anything anymore without being attacked .
who is going to be the face of baeksang? the 52nd baeksang arts awards is being held on the 3rd of june at the seoul kyeonghee university. the baeksang arts awards brings tv and movies together and picks the most popular stars to take home the trophy, ...
korean movie the silenced english main trailer ▶ genre: mystery, horror ▶ director: lee hae - young ▶ cast: park bo - young, uhm ji - won, park so - dam ▶ synopsis: in 1938, a girl, joo - ran, is transferred to a boarding school in keijyo. joo - ran learns of another student with the same name and she tries to figure out the hidden secret of the boarding school. ▶ release date in korea: 2015 / 06 / 18
what does the i - handshape on the chin means? see the picture of gong yoo as he use that sign .
audiences who go in wanting a truly freaky, ringu - esque horror are not going to get that as the story here is far more old - fashioned and more akin to victorian ghost stories where the spookiness is more atmospheric. that’s why while the mystery reveal was necessary to explain the story, it feels jarring and something more out of sci - fi. still, something can be said about the never - ending folly of humans trying to play god. the silenced is a strange, tragic, haunting and well - made film. the final act may leave something to be desired but it is still one of the more original mystery - horrors to come out in recent years .
hanson and her cohorts are not being
silenced
. if they were, they wouldn' t be lined up in the dozens to flog their cooked opinions across a variety of media platforms. what they' re actually advocating for is an australia where they can say whatever ludicrous, offensive and downright incorrect thing they want without having anyone publicly call them out on it or even fiercely disagree .
check out highlights from some of the best recent trailers including mandy, the predator, zoe, and the king of thieves .
unsettlingly graphic but important exposé of the abuse of hearing - impaired children in korea stirs the emotions in the most elemental way .
the silenced
genres: drama and mystery running time: 99 min. directed by: lee hae - yeong starring: park bo - young, uhm ji - won synopsis: ju - ran with chronic health issues moves to a sanitorium boarding school. in the new environment, she regains health thanks to the principal' s special treatment program. but soon, her classmates begin to disappear one by one and she notices abnormal changes to her body. she suspects the school is responsible for what' s happening and begins to uncover the truth, ...
korean movie of the week
the silenced
( 2015) directed by lee hae - yeong with park bo - young, uhm ji - won, park so - dam, kong ye - ji, joo bo - bi, shim hee - seop, ... formerly known as
gyeongseong school: the lost girls
and
girl
( 소녀, so - nyeo) synopsis during the year 1938 in gyeongseong, a story of mystery unfolds in a school which existence itself is a secret, ...
i' ve recently just started to watch korean movies after i' ve subscribe to netflix, and i love it. from actions, to dramas, and comedies, the stories have depth and meaning. silenced is one of the those film that left me in tears and speechless. what' s worse is it' s base on a true account and i can' t believe they get away with it. does anyone know if the boy min - soo really die? i was so hoping that he' ll jump off the train track at the last second and leave that teacher pin to the track .
the silenced ‘s central mystery, that of the disappearing students, only furthers the overarching theme of female oppression. we get hints as to what may be happening when we see several students seizing up before disappearing the next day, as well as ju - ran’s display of inexplicable and explosive strength. it is then revealed that girls are being experimented on by the headmistress and her team to become genetically modified super soldiers. teenage girls apparently make for the best test subjects as their bodies are still developing, the film explains. here, the story draws attention to how teenage girls already have little to no control over their developing bodies by nature and as females in general, they will have no end to the lack of agency they have over their bodies .
betrayed and on the run, a north korean agent tries to uncover the volatile secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man .
horror movies were at their peak when “whispering corridors” (1998), bottom left, achieved box office success. but because of repetitive themes and implausible plotlines, films from the genre such as “the wicked” (2013), bottom right, and “black hand” (2015), top right, have failed to draw in audiences. however, “the silenced, ” top left, with a competent cast and an appealing plot, is hoping for a horror revival. it opens nationwide on june 18. provided by each distributor
to put it simply, the silenced is like a non - werewolf version of park’s movie a few years ago, the werewolf boy. yep, nothing scary, despite alot of blood here and there in the movie, but ultimately it’s a kinda sci - fi movie, with anti - japanese nationalism sentiments weaved in, and if you would, perhaps also some hints of lesbianism were also thrown in. the overall feel of the first - half of the movie was effectively creepy (which i skipped parts to watch because yeah, i have no guts like that), but the final 20 minutes or so became an outright sci - fi wannabe movie with zombie - like girls, or girls with superhuman strength, fighting against the japanese authorities .
the plot, however, is a messy hodgepodge, the result of overreaching on the part of screenwriter and director lee hae - young .
the film’s plot twists come in the form of abrupt changes that cause more confusion than excitement and become increasingly unrealistic as the movie progresses .
the silenced or it' s korean title translated gyeongseong high school: the disappearance of the girls made me dive into the story right from the start. the story, i believe took place sometime during the japan colonization in korea. and the mysterious disappearance of the girls happened in this boarding school. joo ran (park bo young) as the centre point in this whole story shoulders her own weight. i couldn' t help but sympathize her for the treatment she received. a mysterious incident took place one by one and it makes me wonder what' s the deal with this shady boarding school who only has a very few students and was built way too deep into the forest. it' s easy to lay suspicion as to whom is the one behind the disappearance but the real question is why this has to happened. i' m just a little bit disappointing near the ends because i was expecting some historical reference to be the reason of the disappearance but surely the story take it' s own twist. i' ve watched too many movies, i started developing an expectation on a certain pattern that a movie with this genre should have. not really the ending that i want but it' s worthwhile for anyone who loves mystery / thriller / crime movies. happy watching. sorry for this kinda crappy review. i haven' t written in a while .
“the horror movie is all about the thrill, ” said culture critic ha jae - keun .
uhm ji - won claimed that she wants the best supporting actress award. the actress was interviewed by news n on the 10th and she claimed she wants the award this year, ...
time really does fly, and actress park bo - young - - whom many filmgoers no doubt still think of as the young girl of her early performances - - has now been acting for 10 years. for park, it has been a decade spent carefully building her career. in her latest film, the mystery - thriller
the silenced
, which was released last week, park plays a girl in poor health who is dragged to a sanitarium - style boarding school by her stepmother in 1938, with korea still under japanese colonial rule, ...
but that is no longer the case. the genre, which enjoyed much popularity in the early 2000s, is now waning at korean box offices .
still wondering, why law exist in our daily life. who hold the power of justice, who seeks the justice, who needs the justice .
because the time is in the middle of the japanese occupation era, the main purpose of the school is educating its girls as model japanese citizens while improving their health. every girl in the school has each own japanese name while japanese is frequently spoken in the classroom, and we also see the girls working on a big white sheet with the figure of the korean peninsula filled with cherry blossoms. the headmaster is about to pick two best students who will be sent to tokyo for their better future, and yeon - deok (park so - dam) and yuka (kong ye - ji) have been the front runners in the competition .
director hwang dong - hyuk takes the helm for this emotionally charged drama based on a shocking true story of the vulnerable young students at a school for the hearing impaired who were sexually molested by the people they trusted most. over the course of four terrible years, the principal and some key faculty members at the school took advantage of their special - needs students in the worst way imaginable. this is the story of the students who suffered, and difficult quest to bring their abusers to justice .
the first local summer blockbuster of 2018 represented over 77% of the total box office last week .
a year before that “the conjuring” also swept the north american box office, debuting at first place .
not gay enough but just spooky enough for my tastes, although the resolution does leave some plot threads dangling and the finale loses some of the momentum built up by the film' s deliciously gothic atmosphere .
kim hye - soo and kim go - eun managed to be successful with
china town
although it' s an adult rated thriller and based on women. it recorded 1. 3 million audiences until the 13th. it competed well alongside
the avengers: age of ultron
. there' s going to be more movies with actresses in the lead .
the silenced
is coming this june starring uhm ji - won and park bo - young. this movie is like
china town
in many ways. it revolves around women and uhm ji - won is expected to change just like kim hye - soo did, ...
the only balm in this film is the friendship between ju - ran and yeon - deok (park so - dam). yeon - deok takes ju - ran under her wing immediately after seeing how she is easily bullied by the other girls. she shows her the secret basement, sneaks her out of the school to the river and gives her a diary to replace the one that was confiscated. park bo - young and park so - dam have a genuine chemistry and rapport that helps make their relationship the backbone of the film. the scenes that ju - ran and yeon - duk share by the river are beautifully lensed and lit, a complete opposite to the dreary interiors of the school .
clearly influenced from notable south korean horror films such as “whispering corridors” (1998) and “a tale of two sisters” (2003), “the silenced” tries to do something else within its familiar ground, though its attempts are not always successful. many elements in the story do not make sense well together when you look back at them in the whole picture, and its third act is not very satisfying in my opinion. despite such weak points, the movie is still an interesting horror film depending on atmosphere and character we can hold onto, and i think that is a good news, considering that we have not often come across a solid south korean horror movie during recent years .
desire is the theme of the fantastical planck constant, which weaves together a series of stories about a man (kim jae - wook) who visits the same hair salon every day in order to see the assistant about whom he fantasises. cho sung - kyu’s credits include the winter of the year was warm and santa barbara .
added the upcoming korean movie
girl on the edge
' s page to hancinema database, ...
choi dong - hoon’s much - anticipated follow - up to the thieves is an action drama set during the japanese occupation of korea in the 1930s. assassination follows a band of korean resistance fighters who escape from prison in shanghai on a covert mission to kill a japanese army commander. in post - production, the film stars gianna jun, aka jun ji - hyun (the berlin file, the thieves), lee jung - jae (the face reader, the thieves), ha jung - woo (the terror, live, the berlin file), oh dal - soo (the attorney, the thieves) and cho jin - woong (roaring currents, a hard day) .
the woman that played min - soo' s grandmother is the actual grandmother of movie director hwang dong - hyuk .
the director lee hye - yeong, who previously directed a delightful coming - of - age / transgender comedy drama “like a virgin” (2006), steadily builds tension on the screen along with considerable attention to visuals. the color scheme in the film is often accentuated by the appearance of red color, and the drab interior environment of the school makes a striking visual contrast with the headmaster’s sumptuous office which looks like a production designer’s wet dream. the relationship development between joo - ran and yeon - deok is convincingly depicted with tender sensitivity, and it eventually becomes the emotional anchor to hold for us even when the story takes an unexpected turn later .
south korean film “the silenced”, which was released in south korea as “gyeongseong school: the lost girls” in last weekend, looks like a typical genre piece at first. its main background is a girl’s dormitory school, its story revolves around a sick, beautiful girl who has to adjust herself to this strict, isolated environment, and, not so surprisingly, there is a sinister mystery hovering around every dark corner of this seemingly ordinary place. these are indeed familiar stuffs reminiscent of many other similar horror films, but the movie establishes mood and suspense well in its stylish period setting, and it also has some surprises for you although it stumbles a bit during its third act .
i just now only watched the trailer, and i got chills down my back. it looks very intense. i' ll definitely watch the movie when i have the time !
get all the exclusives, reviews, features and screening times from the hong kong international film tv market (filmart) .
one nation senator pauline hanson takes off the burqa. the stunt would likely not have been allowed under old senate rules .
go won - hee is starring in the new drama
the best time to quit a company
, ...
added the upcoming korean movie
gyeongseong school: the lost girls
' s page to hancinema database, ...
starring gong yoo and song kang ho, “age of shadows” is a tale of reconciliation, deceit, and betrayal during the japanese occupation of korea in the 1920s, when korean independence fighters smuggling bombs in the country clash with the japanese military .
has this case been pushed further upward by anyone? by the end of the credits, i got the impression that it was left unresolved, or still open, but not closed .
based on real events, this film depicts the story of a school for the hearing - impaired where young deaf students were sexually assaulted by the faculty members over a long period of time .
it' s persecution envy. and [ tom ] switzer suggests there' s the usual rage of the snubbed intellectual :
from the read of credits, gong yoo was active in the pursuit of such exposure; and, i am interested in finding out if he has followed up on the children, the school, the current situation of things, and if will explore reaching out for whatever it takes to put an end to such an atrocity that was simply dusted under the carpet because powerful monsters exist .
like every good gothic story, the setting is its own character. the school is a work of outstanding production design. the headmistress’ (uhm ji - won) office is perversely baroque, while the rest of the school is worn out and fittingly gothic. there’s even a hidden secret basement overgrown with red flowers that looks like something out of the secret garden crossed with a del toro film. the dimly lit corners in every corridor threatens to swallow its students and is used to great effect in the spookier scenes .
i' m really happy that gong yoo took the initiative to ask a writer to make a script out of the novel. the school finally shut down because the film has awakened many people. huge respect to him for using his influence to help people .
perhaps you’ve heard the name before, or by the previous alias style (or tony tone not to be confused with any of the other people to go by that name). [ … ]
after attracting a large audience during the chuseok holidays, “age of shadows” has been maintaining its top spot at the box office for 11 days, with the six million viewer mark just within reach .
the movie
girl
has completed filming. three months of filming is over and the movie is cranking up, ...
one of the skeletons that fell out of the closet. not a gripping tell - tale here, but not excessively boring either .
the 36th blue dragon film awards will hold a free screening event playing the nominated films from november 12th to 20th in hall two of cgv yeouido. this event has been organized for movie fans to enjoy the nominated films for free prior to the main award ceremony. this is a special opportunity for the public to be able to enjoy the best korean films in 2015 at one spot, ...
i saw this movie on netflix and decided to give it a try. to summarize, an ill girl moves to an all girls boarding school which helps sick children. however, all is not as it seems - supernatural displays of strength, disappearing girls, and many death. the idea behind it seemed quite good but unfortunately it was not a great film. the first half hour seemed interesting enough, however after that it all got too samey. there were millions of flashbacks which got pretty tiring, but the most overused scene was the main character staring at blood on her hands. honestly, i lost count of the times she just stood there staring at her bloody hands after she beat people up or whatever. it' s as if they didn' t know how to lead on to the next thing so they were just like ,
let' s add another hands with blood scene in here !
it was so ridiculous and random, but boring for the watcher. this was just something that irked me as it seemed pretty lazy. my next point - the characters. shoddy writing to say the least. none of the characters get a proper background or even a glance into what their motives are. each character is there to serve their purpose to the plot, but the watcher can really feel that and so it is hard to care about any of the characters. the main character is rather bland and boring with not much personality, just looking shocked or scared the whole time. another thing i considered to be lazy was the ending. they probably thought they were tying all the ends up nicely, but it was so predictable, also the fact that the headmistress keeps' treating' the girls when all of her attempts get botched up and people literally die, she keeps going. how desperate is she to find the right' treatment'? and what do they tell the parents of the kid who dies? because it is a school for sick children they probably try to pass it off as them dying of illness, but if this were the case wouldn' t the parents want the children' s body back? i' m sure they wouldn' t just be cool with letting the school keep their child' s corpse and complaints must have been made, but hey, it' s just another technicality that the movie skims over. overall, the silenced is rather lazily written, rushing to get to the anticlimactic end scene. maybe if you have nothing else to do give it a watch but don' t set your hopes too high .
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a comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in hongseong, chungcheong namdo in the 1980' s .
the 52nd daejong awards is here. rookies from chungmuro anticipate the award that they might get for once and only once in their lives. looking at the candidates of this year' s rookies, there' s lee min - ho, yeo jin - goo and others while it seems very likely that park so - dam will be walking home with the best rookie actress prize. the candidates are; lee min - ho (
gangnam blues
), park seo - joon (
chronicles of evil
), lee hyun - woo (
northern limit line
), yeo jin - goo (
shoot me in the heart
), kang ha - neul (
twenty
), seolhyun (
gangnam blues
), park so - dam (
the silenced
), lee re (
a perfect way to steal a dog
), lee yoo - young (
late spring
), jang yoon - ju (
veteran
) and hong ah - reum (
makgeolli girls
), ...
it was so heart wrenching and gut writhing whilst crying most of the time during the graphic depictions of such obscene violations that i found it humiliating that we can call ourselves a civil human race in charge and order of the nature of this planet, our home, the earth .
it has a very predictable plot. i was expecting a twist but there is none. the story line was not congruent. # spoiler alert # don' t read beyond this if you don' t want to know the spoiler basically this movie is about a drug trial that is conducted to some of these girls without them knowing. so there is no icf nor assent form signed. those that experienced the side effect (aka serious adverse event) would disappear. the drug would give them a super - human power, but might cause some adverse event such as seizure? death? well, they only show the first subject as suddenly having a seizure and then she was taken away by the school. if that was not cliché enough, at the end of the movie, the heroin used her super power to annihilate the school. the rest of the girls was being sedated with their gas drugs and they suddenly awaken and kill the principal in the most gruesome way .
as soon as i know park bo young acted in this movie, i downloaded it and with the reviews i read i wasn' t expecting a horror movie or sth like that. the movie itself started with a slow rhythm and the first half of it was quite interesting but the second half... it was just so much fast! i think that it dint allow watchers to relate themselves with the movie and to understand the mysterious happenings in school... . unlike other reviews i read, the main character
park bo young
done her job! i mean what do we expect from a girl who her mom dies recently and her dad and his new wife take her to an unknowing school in the deep forest... . of course she should be scared and most of the time quite! however i liked her acting... . but i think the main weakness of the movie is the script! sorry but it seems to me that the writer wrote it in just a weak... the backgrounds of the characters are all unproven for the watcher... and that' s the main reason which i cant relate myself much with the movie is the poor script... if you are bored and need a movie to fill your boring afternoon it is a good choice !
a documentary on the rise and stumble of troy duffy, the bartender - cum - filmmaker who was swept up by miramax' s harvey weinstein to turn his script for the boondock saints into a feature film .
during the argument between the japanese officer and the headmistress, the officer' s haircut is very casual by japanese military standards of that era. it looks more like a contemporary style. it' s doubtful that a japanese officer, or enlisted soldier, would have been allowed to wear his hair in such a way, as the style would more likely have been either closely cropped or very closely trimmed along the edges .
there shouldn' t be anything complicated about that premise, yet we are still forced to listen as homophobic people claim the mantle of victimhood because they don' t like the fact that their homophobia has been identified and named. the lyle sheltons of this world have no problem sharing their view that homosexual people pose a threat to the foundation of the nuclear family, but seem affronted when the people they attack respond in kind .
once you do figure out what' s happening this movie is great. the acting was good and the satisfying yet heartbreaking ending was amazing .
a brief synopsis to the movie: set in 1938, park bo young takes on the role of joo - ran, a young girl who gets transferred to a secluded all - girls boarding school, in the name of recuperating from ill - health. the school’s head - mistress (uhm ji won) is a daggers - in - the - smiles kind of lady, who seems to be involved in the missing girls in her school. it doesn’t help that the trailer was edited in such a way that the whole school is like a bubbling hotpot of nefarious activities .
the fidelity of the props to the setting of japanese empire in korea during the late 1930' s is actually quite impressive. however, one detail kept cropping up over and over, and that is the intravenous (iv) equipment. what i see are spiked drip chambers using clear plastic and topped by white plastic spikes. plus, the fluid runs through clear iv tubing regulated by white plastic roller - type flow regulators. these did not exist in the' 30' s. the standards of the time utilized rubber
surgical
tubing, metal thumb clamps, and rate controlled by eyeballing fluid volume administered over a given time, such as 4 ounces per hour. this would be read off of a scale printed or cast molded onto the side of the bottle. see more »
there was a time when watching a horror movie during summer was considered by koreans an effective way to escape from the sizzling weather. posters for scary films hung up at cinemas signaled the arrival of the summer season .
in 1938, a girl, joo - ran (park bo - young), is transferred to a boarding school in keijyo (the former name of seoul). joo - ran learns of another student with the same name and tries to figure out the hidden secret of the boarding school…
during the argument between the japanese officer and the headmistress, the officer' s haircut is very casual by japanese military standards of that era. it looks more like a contemporary style. it' s doubtful that a japanese officer, or enlisted soldier, would have been allowed to wear his hair in such a way, as the style would more likely have been either closely cropped or very closely trimmed along the edges. see more »
a movie based on the original novel by lee hye - rin about a young female reporter who struggles to survive in the war of entertainment news .
“we are your friends, ” which expanded to 2, 333 locations on friday, has been aimed at younger women and the electronic music community. it’s a small risk for warner bros. given that the studio paid an extremely modest $ 2 million for the movie at the american film market .
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while teaching the hearing - impaired students, in - ho feels something strange about the kid' s distant appearances. on his way home, in - ho notices one of his students yoo - ri sitting on the ledge of her dorm room window, which is several stories above ground. he rushes into the dorm building and makes it into yoo - ri' s room to pull her away from the window. yoo - ri then leads in - ho to a door down the hall and stops. in - ho goes into the room and sees the superintendent of the dormitory beating a male student named yeon - doo. in - ho is shocked by the brutality and eventually takes yeon - doo to the hospital. in - ho also makes a phone call to yoo - jin, the lady from the huma rights center who bumped into him earlier, and asks her to come to the hospital. soon, in - ho and yoo - jin uncover unfathomable actions committed by the school' s faculty against the students. their work to break the children' s silence is only beginning. meanwhile, in - ho feels his own pressures to stay silent as his new job already cost his family their home' s deposit money and medical bills are piling up for his daughter.
the silenced ( hangul : 경성학교 : 사라진 소녀들 ; rr : gyeongseong hakgyo : sarajin sonyeodeul ; lit . " gyeongseong school : the lost girls " ) is a 2015 south korean mystery-thriller film written and directed by lee hae-young , starring park bo-young and uhm ji-won . 
the silenced (hangul: 경성학교: 사라진 소녀들; rr: gyeongseong hakgyo: sarajin sonyeodeul; lit. " gyeongseong school: the lost girls ") is a 2015 south korean mystery-thriller film written and directed by lee hae-young, starring park bo-young and uhm ji-won.
the silenced (hangul: 경성학교: 사라진 소녀들; rr: gyeongseong hakgyo: sarajin sonyeodeul; lit. " gyeongseong school: the lost girls ") is a 2015 south korean mystery-thriller film written and directed by lee hae-young, starring park bo-young and uhm ji-won.