Kim has a history of successfully tackling a wide range of film genres, garnering a cult following among fans of asian cinema. It was originally supposed to have three directors as it has three chapters but the two collaborated on one together when the other director dropped out. Kim jeewoonstateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a navbar, a sidebar, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. In 1998, kim directed and wrote his first feature film, the quiet family 1998. Doomsday book 2012, kim jiwoon and yim pilsung the. The film won best international film at the fantasia festival and a. Win the korean scifi anthology doomsday book on bluray. Through the course of three, fortyfive minute segments we are pulled through the final moments leading to possible apocalyptic events.
Doomsday book, which is the official english title of the anthology, is full of rich, nuanced ideas. But unfortunately, they come with a heavy helping and a large sense of incompleteness. Doomsday book 2012 jiwoon kim, pilsung yim, kim jee. Now kim jeewoon is going back to the anthology, as he is a producer and director on doomsday book, a threepart anthology about the end.
The chapter 2, the heavenly creature, a robot reaches enlightenment on its own while working at a temple. In fact, none of the three shorts in the anthology have the faintest thing to do with literature of any kind. In brave new world, the city becomes plagued with zombies after a rotten apple contaminates a sensitive food chain. A change of pace for two directors whose previous works were horrorrelated and especially violent, in the case of kims i saw the devil that remains as intelligent, astutely orchestrated and vibrant as anything one has come to expect from the two south korean directors, doomsday book plays once on july 27 th at 18h45. With doona bae, jihee jin, yunhie jo, bong joon ho. Kim, kangwoo kim, junhee ko, seungjoon lee, dongseok ma, haeil park, seungbum ryoo, jiyong kim, sungmin ha, jeewoon kim, pilsung yim, junghwa kim, youngmo kang, jeewoon kim, pilsung yim. Koh joonhee, park haeil, ryoo seungbum, kim kangwoo, kim gyuri, kim jeewoon, kim jiwoon, yim pilsung, choi hyunmuk. To see his vision of the future on screen would make us expect great things. Doona bae, joonho bong, jihee jin, yunhie jo, gyuri kim, john d. Doomsday book is a 2012 south korean sciencefiction anthology film directed by kim jeewoon and yim pilsung. Literally translated to english the title reads report on the destruction of mankind. Korean filmmakers yim pilsung hansel and gretel and kim jeewoon a tale of two sisters team up for this mindbending scifi triptych examining the impact of technology and disaster on. Find kim jiwoon movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets.
Doomsday book is a south korean anthology film from directors and cowriters kim jiwoon and yim pilsung. Jeewoon kim was born on may 27, 1964 in seoul, south korea. The ending, which is as seriously profound as doomsday gets, is excellent. Doomsday book is a anthology style movie directed by kim jiwoon and yim pilsung. Celebrities attend vip premiere for upcoming scifi film. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
Balance is key, and as such, doomsday book is well worth the long wait. Its foundation is rooted in 3 separate stories that detail different aspects of. Koh joonhee, park haeil, ryoo seungbum, kim kangwoo, kim gyuri, kim jeewoon, kim ji woon, yim pilsung, choi hyunmuk. Doomsday book is a korean anthology film from directors kim jiwoon and yim pilsung. The format could be a main reason for many of these problems. Doomsday book cleveland international film festival april 15. As a protagonist, kim kangwoo is indistinct but it serves the piece. Kim jeewoon and yim pilsung are filmmakers from south korea. Ryu seungbeom, kim kangwoo, song saebyok, song youngchang, kim gyuri running time.
He is the youngest of three boys and three girls, six siblings, and one of her sisters is kim ji sook, a theater actor. The heavenly creature, the second segment, is a tale of a. Kim gyuri plays one of the robots friends and director kim jiwoon beautifully juxtaposes the two characters experiences in a small span of time. It works out to basically be three short films with the common link between them being the theme of the end of the world. Doomsday book is the collaborative work between directors kim ji woon and lim pil sung. Named best international film at the 2012 fantasia film festival, doomsday book presents three apocalyptic tales by internationally renowned directors kim jiwoon i saw the devil. Kim jeewoon the age of shadows, the celebrated filmmaker behind i saw the devil and a bittersweet life, has released his next film, illang. Doomsday book by kim jeewoon, kim jiwoon, yim pilsung. In 2012, kim directed and wrote the segment known as the heavenly creature about a robot who achieves enlightenment in a buddhist temple, in 2012 omnibus filmdoomsday book yim pilsung directed the other two segments. Kim jeewoon celebrity profile check out the latest kim jeewoon photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
In the first tale, one mans waste triggers a zombie uprising, leaving. Conceived as a trio of films by kim ji woon the good, the bad, the weird, a bittersweet life, a tale of two sisters, yim pilsung hansel and gretel, antarctic journal and han jaerim the show must go on, rules of dating, the face reader, the first two. Kim jeewoon participated in the third segment happy birthday as a guest director. Kim ji woon is a south korean film director and screenwriter.
Currently showing in the cult sidebar of the london film festival, doomsday book is uneven in both tone and quality, but has a readymade audience among aficionados of asian horror and scifi. The first chapter of the anthology film in a brave new world, a mysterious virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of seoul. Directors kim ji woon and yim pilsung present three visions for the end of mankind doomsday book very nearly didnt happen. Fantasia 2012 doomsday book kim jeewoon working with director kim jiwoon on the last stand a bittersweet life 2005 trailer kim jiwoon, lee byunghun i saw the devil 210 movie clip ball buster 2010 hd the last stand 610 movie clip put the hurt on them 20 hd. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. In 2012, kim directed and wrote the segment known as the heavenly creature about a robot who achieves enlightenment in a buddhist temple, in 2012 omnibus film doomsday book yim pilsung directed the other two segments. As word spread that kim, who recently was talked about a lot because of his movies i saw the devil and the good, the bad, the weird, would contribute a science fiction movie to doomsday book everyone was really excited. Doomsday book in 2012, kim directed and wrote the segment known as the heavenly creature about a robot who achieves enlightenment in a buddhist temple, in 2012 omnibus film doomsday book yim pilsung directed the other two segments. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The first chapter of the anthology film in a brave new world. Even though it is laced with a hint of compassion, doomsday book is a threesegment film about the destruction of mankind.
Korean filmmakers yim pilsung hansel and gretel and kim jeewoon a tale of two sisters team up for this mindbending scifi triptych examining the impact. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Conceived as a trio of films by kim jiwoon the good, the bad, the weird, a bittersweet life, a tale of two sisters, yim pilsung hansel and gretel, antarctic journal and han jaerim the show must go on, rules of dating, the face reader, the first two. Doomsday book aka inryumyulmang bogoseo, or report on the destruction of mankind was originally conceived as an anthology of three shorts about humanitys end time, to be directed respectively by yim pilsung hansel and gretel, kim jiwoon a tale of two sisters, the memories segment of three and han jaerim. The site provides information about the 1086 domesday survey, the domesday book, background information on life in england at the time, links.
Well, to a certain extent, doomsday book gives it a fair shot. The second short, kim jiwoons the heavenly creature is about a. The movie is a liveaction take on the popular 90s anime feature jinroh the original jinroh was noted for its fluid animation, stylish action, and. The good, the bad, the weird, with the former tackling two tales and the latter one, doomsday book presents. Kim ji woon directed numerous hits such as a tale of two sisters, a bittersweet life. The good, the bad, the weird, with the former tackling two tales and the latter one, doomsday book presents three. Directors kim jiwoon and yim pilsung present three visions for the end of mankind doomsday book very nearly didnt happen. Korean filmmakers yim pilsung hansel and gretel and kim jeewoon a tale of two sisters team up for this mindbending scifi triptych examining the impact of technology and disaster on contemporary society.
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