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LA Film Festival 2009: My Dear Enemy
. . . . . Jo could be simply characterised as a buffoon, but Ha plays him with such ease, nuance and charisma that it is hard to resist. . . . .
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2009
The Chaser ( Official Selection )
Screening : 10:00 on March 1 @ Yubari City Hall ( Japan Premiere )
Credit : yun
Feb 10 2009, KOFIC News
Yubari invites Dachimawa Lee and The Chaser
Yi Ch’ang-ho (KOFIC)
The 20th Yubari International Film Festival selected the Korean films Dachimawa Lee, The Chaser, and the short film Mister Bending Meosin. . . . .
NA Hong-jin’s The Chaser features in the Official program. . . . .
Yubari 2009 will open on 26 February and close on 2 March.
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REVIEW
Feb 10 2009, Vareity
Review : My Dear Enemy
Feb 09 2009, berlinonline.de
Review : My Dear Enemy
. . . . . Serene is in “My Dear Enemy” too, thanks to the leading actor Ha Jung-woo. Chaser”. Ha is one of the most versatile young actors in Korea, last year he shocked as serial killer in the hit movie “The Chaser”. . . . . .
Unfortunately, Best Actor Award went to Japanese actor, Motoki Masahiro for Departures.
March 22 2009, Intertational Herald Tribune
Korean Western top contender at Asian Film Awards
Oct 15 2008, Variety Asia
Korea’s Fine Cut sells pics to Japan
Written by Han Sunhee
SEOUL — Korean sales company Fine Cut sold two films to Japanese distributors.
In deals inked as a result of the recent market in Pusan, Fine Cut licensed Ha Jung-woo starrer “Beastie Boys,” by helmer Yoon Jong-bin, to SPO, and licensed comedy “Our School’s E.T.,” starring Kim Soo-ro, to Fine Films.
Separately, hit “The Chaser” was licensed to Hwa Yea Multimedia for Malaysia and Sky Digi Entertainment for Taiwan.
Oct 15 2008, Screen Daily
Korea’s Fine Cut sells ET, Beastie Boys to Japan
Jean Noh in Seoul
South Korea’s Fine Cut has closed a slew of deals in the aftermath of Pusan’s Asian Film Market, led by recently-released comedy Our School’s E.T., directed by K.C. Park (She’s On Duty), which sold to Fine Films for Japan. The company also closed on the few remaining territories for serial murder thriller The Chaser, directed by Na Hong-jin: Hwa Yea Multimedia bought the film for Malaysia and Sky Digi Entertainment took it for Taiwan.
Aside from screening in Cannes and Pusan, the film recently won the Casa Asia Award for Best Motion Picture in the Orient Express section at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival.
Gigolo bar drama Beastie Boys also sold to SPO for Japan. The Cannes Un Certain Regard film was Yoon Jong-bin’s sophomore outing as a director. . . . .
October 6 Nielsen Impact Award + The Chaser GV ( Guest Visit )
Oct 2008, Variety
My Dear Enemy
. . . . . Best described as a Seoul road movie, in which two ex-partners reacquaint themselves while driving around the city on a personal mission, pic rides smoothly on the chemistry between its two leads, Cannes laureate Jeon Do-yeon (“Secret Sunshine”) and Ha Jeong-woo (“The Chaser”). Though local biz was poor in late September, this is classy fest fare with theatrical potential among upscale Western auds. . . . . .
Ha, so creepy as the wily killer in “The Chaser,” is almost unrecognizable here as the devil-may-care Byeong-woo, but does manage to hint at layers beneath the surface. . . . .
Reviewed at Pusan Film Festival (market), Oct. 5, 2008.
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