Best Korea Movie

I will put in this posting a synopsis and review about the Best Korea Movie 2008. I hope you can understand this posting. And dont forget link that you can download free:

1. Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
This is a fresh romantic comedy based on real life. Kim Ho-sik wrote an Internet journal about his crazy ex-girlfriend as a way to get over her. It caught the attention of a movie studio and they contacted him to develop the script. I wanted to give up on “My Sassy Girl” half-way through. Funny as the situations and characters were, I wanted to tell him to run from her as fast as he could. Thankfully, the last third of the film took some unexpected turns and won me over. There will be an American remake released sometime this year. Do yourself a favor and watch the original first.

2. Jibeuro (The Way Home)
This film is a tribute to love, family, and grandmothers everywhere. Director Lee Jeong-hyang tells a simple, quiet story that will win your heart. “The Way Home” shows a very different side of Korea from the sprawling, frenetic metropolis of Seoul. A struggling single mother takes her seven-year-old son to live temporarily with his grandmother who is mute. Her home is in a tiny mountain village without running water or electricity. The young boy has never been to the countryside or met his grandmother before. Two different generations from two different worlds must find a way to understand each other. One reason this movie feels so natural is that Lee Jeong-hyang did not cast an actress. He found a woman, Kim Eul-boon, from a rural village to play the role. She had never even seen a film before.

3. Chihwaseon (Strokes of Fire)
This movie is a historical drama based on famous 19th century Korean painter, Jang Seung-up. He was a non-conformist in a very politically pressurized time in Korean history. Choi Min-sik gives a blustery performance as the rebellious, alcoholic, womanizing
artist. The wildness and political tension are sharply contrasted in this movie by the poetic beauty of the Korean countryside and tranquil watercolor paintings of wildlife and natural scenes.

4. 2009: Lost Memories
This movie highlights the adversarial feelings still present toward Japan. The historical relationship between the two countries is long and full of conflict. There are people alive today who lived during the Japanese colonization, which ended in 1945. The premise of this sci-fi action thriller is that Japanese agents have created an alternate future. In this new reality Korea is still a colony. When the hero learns the truth he joins the underground resistance fighting to restore the original timeline and regain Korean independence.

5. JSA (Joint Security Area)
This movie is a tense investigative drama about a shooting at the DMZ (demilitarized zone) between North and South Korea. While there have been several incidents of violence there over the decades, the events in this film are entirely fictional. “JSA” resounds with deeper truths about the tragedy and complicated realities of all that divides the two Koreas. The highlight of this movie is the outstanding performance of Song Kang-ho as a North Korean Sergeant.

6. Chingu (Friend)
This dark, violent, Korean gangster movie follows a group of friends growing up in the rough environment of a blue-collar neighborhood in the southern port city of Pusan. One, Jeong-suk, is the son of a gangster and another, Dong-su, is a misfit. As an adult, Dong-su finds his place as an enforcer in Jeong-suk’s organization. Events and competing loyalties conspire to test the limits and meaning of friendship for all four friends. Director and writer Kwak Kyung-taek based the movie on himself and several friends he grew up with.

Film is a fun way to experience other cultures, not to mention more affordable than a plane ticket. Watching these Korean movies, you will hopefully gain an appreciation for the resilience, energy, humor and heart of the people. Perhaps they will lead to further exploration to find more great Korean films.
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The area of Kyoto known as Nanzenji has the honor of being home to the famous Zen temple that gives it its name,
as well as to the graceful brick aqueducts that carry water from Lake Biwa into the city.
Before it was designated a temple in 1291, Nanzenji had been the site of the villa of the retired emperor Kameyama (1249?1304).
Nestled in the shade of Hidashi-yama (the Eastern Hills), the temple and its environs are lush with greenery, private estates and several notable gardens, of which Murin'an is one?
a place of politics past and gracious early-twentieth-century living.
And tucked into the hills behind the Nanzenji temple complex is one of Kyoto's most charming shrines, Himukai Daijingu.

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Seoul

Seoul IPA: [sʌ.ul]) is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest metropolitan area. Almost half of South Korea's population live in the Seoul National Capital Area, and nearly one quarter in Seoul itself, making it the country's chief economic, political and cultural center. As a Special City, Seoul is administered directly by the national government and is divided into 25 major districts.

The city is located on the basin of the Han River in the country's northwest. The North Korean border lies about 50 km to the north. Seoul first appears in history in 18 BC, when the Baekje, one of the Three Korean Kingdoms, established its capital Wirye-seong in what is now south-east Seoul. Modern Seoul descends from the Goryeo-era city of Namgyeong, which then became the capital of Korea during the Joseon dynasty. The Seoul National Capital Area includes three World Heritage sites: Changdeokgung, hwaseong Fortress and the Jongmyo Shrine.

The city has hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Seoul's influence as a leading Business and cultural center contributes to it's status as a major global city, and is one of the world's top ten financial and commercial cities. It is also the fifth most expensive city in the world and the second most expensive city in Asia. In recent years, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has undertaken major environmental projects, including the nearly $1 billion restoration of Cheonggyecheon. At the same time, the city has promoted the Seoul Digital Media City, the world's first complex for high-tech digital technologies in IT, multimedia and entertainment.

NAME

The city has been known in the past by the names Wirye-seong (위례성; 慰禮城, Baekje era), Hanju (한주;漢州, Silla era), Namgyeong (남경; 南京, Goryeo era), Hanseong (한성; 漢城, Baekje and Joseon era), Hanyang (한양; 漢陽, Joseon era), Gyeongseong (경성;京城, Joseon and Japanese Occuapation era). Its current name originated from the Korean word meaning "capital city," which is believed to be derived Seorabeol (서라벌; 徐羅伐), which originally referred to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla.^[9]

Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" has no corresponding hanja (Chinese characters used in the Korean language). The recently-chosen Chinese name for Seoul is 首尔 (simplified), 首爾 (traditional) (Shǒuěr), which sounds somewhat similar to "Seoul" when pronounced in Mandarin Chinese.^[10]

History

The history of Seoul can be traced back as far as 18 BC, when it was established as a settlement in Baekje, Wirye-seong. It's believed that the Wirye-seong site is in the boundaries of modern day Seoul and Present Pungnap Toseong or Mongchon Toseong remains believed as the site. It has thereafter been the capital of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul as a capital of Korea, has a history of more 600 years since 1394 the year it was designate as a capital of Joseon Dynasty. In the Japanese colonization period in the early 20th century, many historical and traditional parts of Seoul were changed. The city was almost entirely destroyed in the Korean War, but an aggressive economic policy in the 1960s and 1970s helped to rebuild the city very rapidly. In the 1990s, some important historical buildings were restored, including Gyeongbokgung, one of the royal palaces of the Joseon dynasty.

Geography

Seoul is in northwest South Korea. Seoul proper comprises 605.39 km² of area, roughly bisected into northern and southern halves by the Han River. The Han River and its surrounding area played an important role in Korean history. The Three Kingdoms of Korea strove to take control of this land, where the river was used as a trade route to China (via the Yellow Sea). However, the river is no longer actively used for navigation, because its estuary is located at the borders of the two Koreas, barred for entrance by any civilian. The city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.

Three Kingdom

The Three Kingdoms

In the last stages of the bronze culture of the Karasuk affinity, the impact of the iron culture was experienced by ancient Koreans as a consequence of the rise of Chinese state power. The rise of Puyo was seen in Manchuria along with China's developing centralized power. In the southern part of Korea, tribal leagues of the Three Han gradually developed to the stage of state building. Paekche and Shilla were prominent in the south, Koguryo in the north.

By the first century, Koguryo was firmly established as a state power and destroyed the Chinese colony Lolang (Nangnang) in 313. In 342, however, Koguryo's capital fell to the Chinese Yen. Paekche amassed power while Koguryo was fighting against the Chinese, and came into conflict with Koguryo in the late fourth century. Then came the growth of Shilla with a more fully organized state power.

Koguryo was the first to adopt Buddhism as the royal creed in 372; Paekche, the second in 384; and Shilla, the last in 528. Buddhist scriptures in Chinese translation were also adopted. Koguryo established an academy to educate the nobility and compiled a state history consisting of 100 volumes before the introduction of Buddhism.. Paekche also compiled its history in the early fourth century prior to 384. Only Shilla undertood compilation of its history immediately following the adoption of Buddhism.

Thus, all Three Kingdoms developed highly sophisticated state organizations on the Korean Peninsula, adopting Confucian and Buddhist hierarchical structures with the king at the pinnacle. State codes were promulgated to initiate a legal system to rule the people. In this process, Koguryo annexed Puyo, and Shilla conquered Kaya. The Three Kingdoms were competing with each other in strengthening Buddhist-Confucian state power, in effort toward serious territorial expansion.

At this juncture, Shilla developed its Hwarang (Flower of Youth Corps), a voluntary military organization. The Hwarang members were trained as a group in the arts of war, literary taste and community life, partly through pilgrimages. The educational objectives were: 1) loyalty to the monarch, 2) filial piety to parents, 3) amicability among friends, 4) no retreat in war, and 5) aversion to unnecessary killing. These objectives were postulated by the famous monk Won-gwang, who consolidated Buddhist-Confucian virtues in the education of Shilla youths. This movement became popular and the corps contributed to the strength of the Shilla Kingdom.

With the youth corps, Shilla was able to amass state power in the cultural sphere as well. With the aid of a Paekche architect, it erected a huge temple, Hwangnyongsa ("Temple of the Illustrious Dragon"), and a towering pagoda famous even in China. The 70 meter high pagoda of Hwangnyongsa stood from 645 until the Mongol invasion of the 13th century. Shilla was ready to learn from Koguryo and Paekche and also dispatched monks to China to learn about China's culture, especially Chinese Buddhist doctrine, architecture and Chinese classics.

While Shilla was building amicable relations with Tang China, Koguryo was in fierce conflict with Sui and Tang. Sui Emperor Yang-ti, after successful campaigns against the northern nomadic tribes, invaded Koguryo with more than one million troops. In 612, Koguryo General Ulchi Mundok held the fortresses agains Tang0ti's army and navy for several months and destroyed the Sui troops in retreat. An ambush at Salsu (Ch'oongch'don'gang) river allowed only 2,700 Sui troops out of 300,000 men to escape. Sui fell from power partly as a result of the defeat by Koguryo.

After the rise of Tang, Tai-tsung contemplated revenge while protecting against invasion by building fortifications and walls along the Liao River. In 644, 648 and 655, Tai-tsung attempted unsuccessful invasions. Tang then turned to Shilla for assistance.

Shilla also persuaded Tang China to come to its aid in the conquest of Paekche and Koguryo. Koguryo had earlier defeated Sui Yang-ti, and Tai-tsung's hostile relationship drove Tang Kao-tsung to ally itself with Shilla in the campaign against Paekche and then Koguryo.

A late-comer to statehood, Shilla was finally able to defeat the other two kingdoms, but was unable to control the whole territory of Koguryo which extended to Manchuria. Tang's intention toward Shilla was made clear in the aftermath of the unification by Shilla. The Paekche king and his family were taken to Tang in 660 and a Tang general appointed a military governor to rule the Paekche territory. Koguryo's last king, his officials and 200,000 prisoners were also taken to China in 668 and Koguryo's territory was administered by Tang generals. Tang Kao-tsung's desires were now evident, and Shilla was determined to fight against Tang. The determination of Kim Yu-shin, Shilla's foremost general who led and marshaled Shilla's campaigns, counteracted the Chinese instigation of Paekche and Koguryo to rebel against Shilla. Shilla commenced active resistance against Chinese domination in Tang-controlled territory. In 671, Shilla started its own operations against Chinese rule and took the Chinese administrative headquarters, thereby retaking all of the Paekche territory. China invaded again in 674 against Shilla, who had succeeded in quelling the Tang army at Maech'o Fortress near Yanggu and the Ch'ionsong fortress at the Yesonggang river near Kaesong. Shilla's army also successfully drove out the Tang army from P'yongtang. Nevertheless, the Chinese army persistently claimed the territories of Paekche and Koguryo until 676 when they gave in to Shilla's claim of territory south of the Taedonggang river. Shilla became a unique state covering most of the Korean Peninsula and the majority of the people of the former three states.

One Koguryo warrior, Ko Sagye, who was taken by a Tang general, joined the Tang army. His son Ko Son-ji had a successful military career in Tang and conquered Tashkent in the mid-eighth century, transmitting paper-making technology to the Arabian countries. The Shilla monk Hyech'o in 727 visited India for pilgrimages to historic Buddhist sites in five Indian kingdoms, an account of which is preserved as an important historical record about eighth century India.

History of Korea

The history of Korea stretches from Lower Paleolithic times to the present.^[1] The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000 BC, and the Neolithic period began before 6000 BC, followed by the Bronze Age around 2500 BC. The Gojoseon (Old Joseon) kingdom was founded in 2333 BC, eventually stretching from the peninsula to much of Manchuria.^[2] By 3rd Century BC, it disintegrated into many successor states.

In the early Common Era, the Three Kingdoms (Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje) conquered other successor states of Gojoseon and came to dominate the peninsula and much of Manchuria. The three kingdoms competed with each other both economically and militarily. Goguryeo and Baekje were more powerful for much of the era, especially Goguryeo, which defeated massive Chinese invasions. Silla's power gradually extended across Korea and it eventually established the first unified state to cover most of Korean peninsula by 676, while former Goguryeo general Dae Jo-yeong founded Balhae as the successor to Goguryeo.

Unified Silla itself fell apart in the late 9th century, giving way to the tumultuous Later Three Kingdoms period (892-936), which ended with the establishment of the Goryeo Dynasty. After the fall of Balhae in 926 to Khitan, much of its people led by the Crown Prince Dae Gwang-hyeon were absorbed into Goryeo.

During the Goryeo period, laws were codified, a civil service system was introduced, and Buddhism flourished. In 993 - 1019 Khitan Liao Dynasty invaded Goryeo and were repelled. In 1238, the Mongolian Empire invaded and after nearly thirty years of war, the two sides signed a peace treaty.

In 1392, the general Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) after a coup. King Sejong the Great (1418-1450) promulgated hangul, the Korean alphabet. Between 1592-1598, Japan invaded Korea, but was eventually repelled with the efforts by the Navy led by Admiral Yi Sun-shin, resistance armies. In the 1620s and 1630s, Joseon suffered invasions by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Beginning in the 1870s, Japan began to force Korea out of China's sphere of influence into its own. In 1895, Empress Myeongseong of Korea was assassinated by Japanese agents.^[3] In 1905, Japan forced Korea to sign the Eulsa Treaty making Korea a protectorate, and in 1910 annexed Korea, although neither is considered to be legally valid.^[4] Korean resistance to the Japanese occupation was manifested in the massive nonviolent March 1st Movement of 1919. Thereafter the Korean liberation movement, coordinated by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile, was largely active in neighboring Manchuria, China and Siberia.

With the defeat of Japan in 1945, the United Nations developed plans for a trusteeship administration by the Soviet Union and the United States, but the plan was soon abandoned. In 1948, new governments were established, the democratic South Korea and Communist North Korea divided at the 38th parallel. The unresolved tensions of the division surfaced in the Korean war of 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea.