16th Chunsa Film Festival
by javabeans
Another film festival, another red carpet.
On September 6, the city of Icheon was host to the 16th Chunsa Film Festival, which found its red carpet walked by film and TV stars and capped off the night with an awards ceremony. Honors were handed out actors including Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser, a big winner that night) and Lee Mi-yeon (Love Exposure).
The red carpet wasn’t as star-studded as the recent Chungmuro Film Festival and its fashions were a bit more subdued (there was a LOT of black), but it had its share of name actors in attendance, such as Kim Ah-joong (above) and Daniel Henney.
Someone mentioned in the last red-carpet thread that it was difficult keeping all the names straight, so I’ve noted a few of their movie or drama roles to help identify them.
Lee Mi-yeon (Crazy in Love, Addicted) took the award for best actress for Love Exposure:
Ha Jung-woo (rightmost in the first pic), Kim Yoon-seok (middle), and Jung Kyung-ho strut, pose, and receive awards (Ha and Kim received acting awards for their roles in The Chaser):
Shin Hyun-joon (Last Present, Stairway to Heaven) received the “Hallyu Culture” award, and while I don’t love brown shoes with black suits, I dig the pinstripe; I think it works because Shin carries himself with a lot of presence.
The film Crossing took a few awards, for its director Kim Tae-kyun and a special child-actor award for Shin Myung-chul (does anyone else think the award plate he’s clutching looks like a toilet seat?). Another big winner was The Chaser, whose director Na Hong-jin won for best new director — The Chaser was his debut feature film.
Forever the Moment‘s Kim Ji-young (mommy-to-be on the left) accepted her supporting actress award from Eom Ji-won (The Good, the Bad, the Ugly). Eom sure is looking great these days, isn’t she?
Normally, I’d write off this dress as some odd bastard child of Big Bird and the Cookie Monster, but somehow Kim Ah-joong (200 Pound Beauty) works it, even despite the hooker heels. The color really pops. (Except against the identically colored backdrop. I bet she saw that background and thought, “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.”)
Daniel Henney walked the red carpet with his My Father co-star Kim Young-chul, who played his father in the film. Both went on to accept acting awards, Henney for New Actor and Kim for Supporting.
(Daniel Henney must be the most-decorated bad actor out there. Or worst-qualified Best Actor winner ever.)
Model-actress Lee Hwa-seon (Seducing Mr. Perfect, Quiz King), in red, shared her best new actress award for the movie Sex is Zero 2 with Jo Eun-ji, in black (Forever the Moment):
Jo Han-seon (My New Partner, April Kiss) walks the red carpet; Cha Seung-won (Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth; My Son) presents:
Oh Joo-eun (My Boss My Lady, S Diary), meh:
Im Hyo-seon (Scales of Providence, That Woman is Scary), double meh:
Lee Sae-eun (Sky High, Yeon Gae Somun) reminds me of Emmy Rossum in this dress:
I was almost okay with this look on Lee Seung-min (Beastie Boys, White Tower), until she walked and showed off that lacy underskirt, which turns this into an overgrown negligee:
Tags: Daniel Henney, Eom Ji-won, film festivals, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Ah-joong, Lee Mi-yeon, Shin Hyun-joon
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1 Airajuliafor
September 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I actually like Lee Sae-eun's dress....
True enough, Javaneabs, about what you said about Daniel. Other than acting, I wish the guy would speak more Korean. (He probably has enough money for tutor by now, right? :P
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2 etsy
September 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM
kim ah joong looks remarklably like sung yuri in those photos. same cosmetic surgeon?
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3 Sue
September 6, 2008 at 1:33 PM
what's happened to jo hansun since his nonstop days T___T
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4 yetti
September 6, 2008 at 1:54 PM
haha Kim Ah-joong looks photoshopped...check out the hand on the out of focus dress. strange!
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5 choram
September 6, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Thank you for listing the movies with the actors javabeans! They do help a lot....
I always wanted to suggest to you (if you had the time) to do some kind of Star Spotlight feature that introduces new (or even veteran!) actors and actresses to us. I've noticed that I'm always constantly trying to find more information on Soompi or other sites about the actors that you talk about on this site. If they are well-known, usually that's not a problem but younger actors or more low-key ones (like Kim Ji Hoon!!) are hard to find.
Anyhow, just something to keep in mind and I wasn't thinking anything elaborate. Maybe a quick bio and some of your own thoughts? I just like the way you introduce underground Korean singers and bands on your site and thought that maybe you can do something similar for emerging actors and actresses. :)
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6 jo
September 6, 2008 at 3:01 PM
wtf is Lee Mi-yeon holding? Is that the award? lmao. so useful, considering it can be a vase too.
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7 Ange
September 6, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Daniel Henney won an award for his acting? This is not Korea's equivalent of Razzie award, is it? Does. not. compute.
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8 ar_arguably romantic
September 6, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Jo Han-seon...what happened? he was so hot in the Temptation of the Wolves/Wolf's Attraction movie. I loved his sharp manly jawline and now you can't see it much. He looks really old and getting a bit round. Is the ahjussi image for a new role or something?
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9 ed
September 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM
that vase they give out as an award...ridiculously large & heavy! it's almost like going into calloway's for garden supply:D LOL @ your comment on kim ah-joong's dress matching background. her look is better for mardi gras or drag queen pageant tho...it's too...not classy for a semi-formal awards? (not that the almost-naked breasts hanging out are classy either, even if some think so - like kim so-yeon @ PIFF a few years back!) and don't these awards have rules? yeah the rational mind would scoff at henney winning yet another award, but when he graces any even with his bootylicious presence...hard to think straight :P
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10 zero2303
September 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
This unusual award comes in plate and jar?
KAJ face clearly shown many major plastic surgeries overhaul to look like now.
All the fake look clone looking korean actresses, their future children will definitely looked diffrent from them having the original not so good looking gene from them.
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11 Sonam
September 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Shin Hyun -Joon is very suave! He always stands out with his natural elegance..
Woah..the blue ruffled over the top dress is perfect for the red carpet. She rules the red carpet! Some dresses are meant to be worn only on the red carpet and this in one of them. I do wish she had worn stud earring instead of dangling ones...there's too much happening around the neck already.
Love Lee Mi -Yeon's balloon edged dress and the statement necklace. Perfect dress for the winner of best actress.
Eom looks great. I love strapless shoulder baring dresses on Asian women. (Asian women have the most delicate beautiful shoulders)
Jo Eun-ji dress is my favorite. Deceptively simple yet very chic and modern.
The model's red fuschia dress has a funny length. It could have looked better a few inches shorter ( awesome shoes) You'd think a model would wear an edgier dress. This one makes her look like a hostess helping out at the awards ceremony.
Lee seung mun looks tacky.
It's depressing to read that Daniel Henney is getting all these awards. Since I don't want to be depressed I will end my raving and ranting to say how great the Korean Child actors are. There should be an awards ceremony devoted only them. Also very happy for the Chaser gang especially the lead actor ...he was awesome.
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12 anna
September 6, 2008 at 6:10 PM
I never take awards ceremony seriously anymore, especially the New Actor/ess awards. They'll give that to anyone ..anyone popular that is. Kim Tae Hee, Daniel, Han Se Yeul to name a few.
Hooker's heels? Really? I quite love her heels.
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13 Sere
September 6, 2008 at 7:15 PM
If Daniel Henney won, someone must've really liked his acting. Granted, I have yet to watch My father (and it sounds promising on paper...I liked the trailer), so I really didn't know how much he improved, but...maybe it's the effort that counts? Hmm
He's gorgeous, though. Must.Not.Forget.That. ;)
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14 eve
September 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Eom Ji Won looks gorgeous!
Daniel Henney is getting a lot of attention. I guess he was alright in My Father, nothing particularly amazing about his acting. He looks kinda weird here, though.
Oh God, Kim Ah Joong's dress is so ... ugh...
And btw, wouldn't this be in Icheon? The blue background thing says Icheon
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15 charitee
September 7, 2008 at 12:20 AM
on a slightly random, but not really off topic note, oh my goodness, that ha jung woo...i find him so attractive and he's such a great actor imo. i truly believe that the amount of attention and praise that "the chaser" got was warranted. it was so spine-chilling, the acting was superb and it was, overall, a well-made movie.
and omg, total LOL @ your comment about daniel henney, but it's so true. hahahaha. it's because he's just so attractive and regardless of whether he can act or not, he's ridiculously charming.
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16 vanessa a.l.
September 7, 2008 at 2:04 AM
That's some award! Looks like they were caught midway shopping in Pier 1 and accidentally walked on a podium :D I will say that that is a pretty good alternative to the typical trophy, all sorts of green possibilities.
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17 Sonam
September 7, 2008 at 10:18 AM
I have nothing against Daniel Henney but it's painful, just painful to watch him act.
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18 visitor
September 7, 2008 at 11:59 PM
I agree about Daniel Henney. He even gets to speak English but his acting is still bad. No doubt that he's good looking but that can only hold your attention for so long.
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19 Rory
September 14, 2008 at 1:37 PM
ehh that Kim Ah Joong dress IS the bastard child of big bird and cookie monster (as you said). I actually like her heels better than the dress.
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