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★★★★★ "The Attorney": A civil rights lawyer takes up a controversial and historical case that tests his character. (12/10)

★★★★ "Catch Me": A detective on the trail of a hit-and-run witness finds troublesome love for his efforts and has to make a tough call. (12/19)

★★★★★ "SHIVA, Throw Your Life": The last film from the late documentary filmmaker Lee Seong-gyou. (12/19)

 Title: "The Attorney"         

Genre: Drama

Length: 127 min

Release Date: 2013/12/19

Director: Yang Woo-seok*

Screenplay: Yang Woo-seok, Yoon Hyeon-ho

Stars: Song Kang-ho, Oh Dal-soo, Kim Young-ae, Kwak Do-won 

The Short and Sweet: A civil rights lawyer takes up a controversial and historical case that tests his character.

"The Attorney" is one of the most anticipated films of this last quarter and boasts some serious acting talents in Song Kang-ho ("Snowpiercer", "The Face Reader"), Kwak Do-won ("The Berlin File", "An Ethics Lesson"), and Oh Dal-soo ("The Thieves"). The film has Song play civil rights lawyer Song Woo-suk who, despite only having a high school degree, manages to get into the business - but only really for the cash. Set in Busan during the 1980s, Song heads up a historical and controversial case prompted when a young son of a widow is arrested out of the blue; the counsellor for the case was the late president Roh Moo-hyeon. Despite its historical influence the film is said not to be explicit in its politicising of the event, instead it focuses on the main character as a man who wants to hold on to common sense and justice. 

★★★★★

Title: "Catch Me" (aka "Steal My  Heart")

Genre: Melodrama, Romance, Comedy

Length: 115 min

Release Date: 2013/12/19

Director: Lee Hyun-jong*

Stars: Kim Ah-joong, Joo Won

The Short and Sweet: A detective on the trail of a hit-and-run witness finds troublesome love for his efforts and has to make a tough call.

The beautiful Kim Ah-joong and the handsome Joo Woon star in Lee Hyun-jong's debut feature "Catch Me", a romantic comedy that has these two heartthrobs tripping all over each other. Joo's character (Lee Ho-tae) is a elite detective looking for a witness in a hit-and-run case, but gets a surprise when he stumbles into Kim's saucy character Yoon Jin-seok. The two get close and soon enough Lee will have to make call between his heart and his duty.

★★★★

Title: "SHIVA, Throw Your Life"

Genre: Drama

Length: 98 min

Release Date: 2013/12/19

Director: Lee Seong-gyou ("My Barefoot Friend")

Stars: Park Ki-duk, Cho Jae-hyun

The Short and Sweet: The last film from the late documentary filmmaker Lee Seong-gyou.

This is the last film by documentary filmmaker Lee Seong-gyou who passed away last year. Lee was well-known for his 2010 film "My Barefoot Friend", which was the first documentary feature to be shot on Canon's 5D Mark II. It followed a rickshaw driver in Calcutta. Lee reportedly died during the production of "SHIVA, Throw Your Life", which comes out in Korea this Thursday and will hopefully be well-support by all.

★★★★★

Also Coming Soon:

"The Doctor And His Brother" (2011); "He-Man" (2011); "21 and Over" (2013); "Get the Gringo" (2012); "Love Actually" (2003); "Swordsman 2" (1992); "Like Father, Like Son" (2013); "Forbidden Reality" (2009); "Grabbers" (2012); "Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens" (2006); "Saving Santa" (2013); "Walking with Dinosaurs 3D" (2013); 미녀전쟁 (2013); "Fobos" (2010); "Laurence Anyways" (2012); "In the Attic Who Has a Birthday Today" (2009); "White Swan" (2012); "Planes" (2013); "Wild Bill" (2011);

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/The_Attorney_(Korean_Movie)

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Catch_Me.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_SHIVA_v__Throw_Your_Life.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Attorney.php; http://www.hancinema.net/lee-oi-soo-and-heo-ji-woong-mourn-over-the-passing-of-lee-seong-gyou-63785.html

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20139981; http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134803 ;

 

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com@KoreaOnTheCouch)

 

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