If its films and dramas are to be believed, South Korea is a land teeming with vigilantes. They are typically brooding, sharply dressed and very attractive characters with dark pasts who mete out justice with brute strength or elaborate schemes, but Deok-hee, the earthy protagonist of Park Yong-ju's invigorating vigilante film Citizen of a Kind, is nothing of the sort, and what a refreshing change that is. Played with dowdy intensity by Ra Mi-ran (Miss & Mrs. Cops), Deok-hee is an ordinary laundress who is in desperate need of a cash injection following an accident at work. A great weight lifts off of her when she receives a call from the bank informing her that she has qualified for a special loan. She quickly follows...
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- 4/26/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Action dramedy “Citizen of a Kind” is the story of an ordinary woman who takes matters into her own hands after losing all her money over a voice phishing scam. Directed by Park Young-ju, it is her commercial film debut, and indeed a successful one, considering that “Citizen” topped the South Korean box office on its opening weekend with a cumulative of $3.58 million.
Citizen of a Kind is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2024
Deok-Hee (Ra Mi-ran) is an ordinary ajumma (a middle-aged woman) whose laundry business and home have just gone up in flames, leaving her and her kids homeless and almost penniless. However, she is not the kind of woman who stops and feels sorry for herself; in fact, she is working for a laundry company and frantically trying to borrow some money and start her business afresh. Unfortunately, her positive and energetic attitude borders with naivety...
Citizen of a Kind is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2024
Deok-Hee (Ra Mi-ran) is an ordinary ajumma (a middle-aged woman) whose laundry business and home have just gone up in flames, leaving her and her kids homeless and almost penniless. However, she is not the kind of woman who stops and feels sorry for herself; in fact, she is working for a laundry company and frantically trying to borrow some money and start her business afresh. Unfortunately, her positive and energetic attitude borders with naivety...
- 4/25/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
International K-Drama Day: From The Glory 2 To Moving Top 10 Must-Watch Korean Shows Of 2023 ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Korean dramas have provided a safe and comforting space to the audience over the years. Contrary to popular belief, K-dramas are not just about cliched romantic comedies, though there is nothing wrong with that, but also teach us many life lessons along the way. If K-fanatics are to be believed, 2023 has proved to be one fruitful year, with many heartwarming shows providing a feeling of contentment this year.
While K-dramas have been around for quite some time now, it wasn’t until a few years ago that Netflix, Viki, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Videos, among other streaming spaces, began streaming Korean shows, opening up a new dimension for global viewers. In 2023, all of these Ott giants have done a commendable job of delivering some top-notch K-dramas that have managed to swoon every drama lover out there.
Korean dramas have provided a safe and comforting space to the audience over the years. Contrary to popular belief, K-dramas are not just about cliched romantic comedies, though there is nothing wrong with that, but also teach us many life lessons along the way. If K-fanatics are to be believed, 2023 has proved to be one fruitful year, with many heartwarming shows providing a feeling of contentment this year.
While K-dramas have been around for quite some time now, it wasn’t until a few years ago that Netflix, Viki, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Videos, among other streaming spaces, began streaming Korean shows, opening up a new dimension for global viewers. In 2023, all of these Ott giants have done a commendable job of delivering some top-notch K-dramas that have managed to swoon every drama lover out there.
- 11/28/2023
- by Shivani Negi
- KoiMoi
Ra Mi-Ran is on fire this year with the highly successful The Good Bad Mother, and now this show so soon after. The veteran actress proves again her versatility between her unique roles in these two largely different shows. Cold Blooded Intern, as the name suggests, is a workplace drama, with each episode lasting about 35 minutes, half of the usual run time for Korean dramas. The show also stars Uhm Ji-Won, another veteran actress who previously worked with Ra Mi-Ran back in 2013 on a movie titled “Hope.” The two actresses look fantastic, and the show is refreshing with its themes revolving around older women and motherhood in the workplace.
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In Episode 1?
Go Hae-Ra hasn’t worked in about 7 years, but the stress of a homemaker’s life has made her realize she wants to go back to being a working mom. Now, she has started to...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In Episode 1?
Go Hae-Ra hasn’t worked in about 7 years, but the stress of a homemaker’s life has made her realize she wants to go back to being a working mom. Now, she has started to...
- 8/22/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
The Good Bad Mother is a series directed by Shim Na-yeon and written by Bae Se Young. It stars Ra Mi-ran and Lee Do-hyun.
The Good Bad Mother is a South Korean comedy quite funny and, above all, different, which comes to show us that the country’s industry is going through one of its best moments in this unstoppable boom of series and movies that, we must admit, has its seal of authenticity.
This time we are given a rural comedy, nothing to do with Squid Game or others, a dramatic comedy about a possessive mother who, after his son’s accident… behaves rather oddly. Will they come to understand each other? A prosecutor, affected by an accident and with diminished capacities, will have to deal with his peculiar mother in this environment far from the big crowds.
Another different proposal that, for sure, will find its followers, maybe not among the regular audience,...
The Good Bad Mother is a South Korean comedy quite funny and, above all, different, which comes to show us that the country’s industry is going through one of its best moments in this unstoppable boom of series and movies that, we must admit, has its seal of authenticity.
This time we are given a rural comedy, nothing to do with Squid Game or others, a dramatic comedy about a possessive mother who, after his son’s accident… behaves rather oddly. Will they come to understand each other? A prosecutor, affected by an accident and with diminished capacities, will have to deal with his peculiar mother in this environment far from the big crowds.
Another different proposal that, for sure, will find its followers, maybe not among the regular audience,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid - TV
The greatest thing about the body-swap movies is that nobody expects anything else from them than being entertaining. Unless they aspire to bring some big message across (bad idea), they are designed to make the audience either laugh or shudder. That said, not everyone has Carl Rainer's ability to make a screwball comedy like “All of Me” (1984), blessed with hilarious dialogues and unforgettable performances by Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, nor the creepy vision of a body swap penned by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary for John Woo's “Face Off”, with John Travolta in his scariest role so far. It is clear that all of them, be it good or bad use the proved recipes with the same basic ingredients, because what else can you do in a body swap movie, then swapping people in each other's bodies? The opposites always qualify for the plot, and fine seasoning is needed to make it work,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Ordinary Person Review Ordinary Person (2015) Film Review from the 16th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, a movie directed by Kim Bong-Han, starring Hyeon Ju-Son, Sang-Ho Kim, Hyuk Jang, Dal-Hwan Jo, Seung-Hyeon Ji, Man-Sik Jeong, Yoon-So Choi, Ji-il Park, and Mi-ran Ra. Ordinary Person was a creeping political thriller, that may lull some viewers into not recognizing it as such, at first. [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: Ordinary Person: The Slow Blade that Cuts Deep [Nyaff 2017]...
- 7/15/2017
- by Sam Joseph
- Film-Book
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