Source : Ha JW Cyworld, Korea Japan Co Production Story

 

July 22 2008, http://bukkie01.livedoor.biz/

日韓合作映画、ようやく製作発表！

製作発表 on July 24

July 21 2008, kyonkyon @ Daum fan cafe

Extra Report from Japan

July 15 2008, Korea Japan Co Production Story

Subtitle of Boat is No Boys, No Cry.

July 14 2008, Donga

Boat will be released in Korea and Japan simultaneously in early 2009.

July 09 2008, http://bukkie01.livedoor.biz/

国境を越える友情の妻夫木くん ( Cross-border friendship Tsumabuki )

. . . . . Jung Woo drunk with Tsumabuki to deepen friendship. According to Fan club newsletter, Tsumabuki seems to be a heavy drinker. ( As we’ve already known, ) Jung Woo is heavy drinker, either. That drinking made them intimate very much. . . . .

July 2 2008, Donga

. . . . . Ha Jung Woo went to Japan on June 26 and started filming after Korean traditional ceremony praying for success of film with Korean and Japan staffs, director Kim Young Nam and Satoshi on July 1. . . . .

June 25 2008, Joongang Daily

[Talk of the Town]

. . . . . Actress Cha Soo-yeon was selected as the main actressin a Korea-Japan joint production, “Boat,” directed by Kim Young-nam.

. . . . . It is the story of two smugglers, one Korean (Ha) and one Japanese (Tsumabuki), trying to kidnap a Korean girl (Cha) from either side of the East Sea. Cha has previously starred in “For Eternal Hearts” (2007) and “Beautiful” (2007).

ariran_ : Cha SY, Lead in Korean-Japan Film

June 19 2008, Niigata-nippo

本県が日韓合作映画ロケ地に

. . .  . Japan actress, Shihori Kanjiya is casted in Boat. Filming is mainly located in Niigata including both Korea’s city scene and Japan’s fishing village scene. . . . .

June 6 2008, VarietyJapan

妻夫木＆ハ・ジョンウ日韓合作『ボート』で共演

June 5 2008, KOFIC News

HA Jung-woo in Korea-Japan co-production

June 4 2008, Varietyasiaonline

Kraze, IMJ float “Boat”

Written by Han Sunhee   

. . . . . Ha takes the role of a warm-hearted man who struggles to make a living, while Tsumabuki plays a Japanese man who helps him. . . . . .

Kraze’s Lee Jun-ho and IMJ’s Osamu Kubota are credited as producers . . . . .

Each company will be responsible providing its half of the $2 million production cost. In Korea, an investment company Michigan Venture Capital is attached as a main investor. The firm has recently plunged into film industry through a partnership with Showbox in “The Chaser” and “GP506.” The Korean Film Council is also partly supporting the co-production.

Local distribution and international sales companies are not yet confirmed, butShowbox holds a priority right over distribution . . . . . 

June 3 2008, Screendaily

Ha to set sail on Korea-Japan co-production Boat 

. . . . . Boat is $1.9mfilm and IMJ and Kraze are both making a 50:50 equity investment. . . . .

. . . . . Money, family, and friendships weigh them down but their lives are further entwined when they are ordered to kidnap a young Korean woman . . . . .

 

June 3 2008, Koreatimes

Korean, Japanese Actors to Star in Joint Movie

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Two top actors, Korean Ha Jeong-woo and Japanese Satoshi Tsumabuki, will join forces to star in a joint Korean-Japanese movie “Boat” (working title).

The Korean movie production company Kraze Pictures announced that the movie will start filming June 28with Japanese production IMJ Entertainment in Niigata, Japan.

“The movie will be filmed completely in Japan but Ha will speak Korean (in the film). It is scheduled to be in theaters next year“, Byun Bong-hyun, the film manager at Kraze Pictures told The Korea Times.

“Boat” depicts the story of two young Korean and Japanese smugglers who try to kidnap a Korean woman. The Korean actress has not been confirmed yet.

Korean director Kim Young-nam, who won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award for “Don’t Look Back” (2006) at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival, will produce the film, while Japanese writer Aya Watanabe will work on the script.

Watanabe became popular among Japanese and Korean movie fans through movies such as “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish” (2003) and “Mezon Do Himiko” (2005).

The 30-year-old Ha has appeared in several films and dramas but stepped up as one of Korea’s most talented actors with his performance in the hit movie “The Chaser” (2008).Tsumabuki gained stardom in Japan and Korea with his performance in movies such as “Josee” and “Tears for You” (2006).

 

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