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How to Keep My Love (2004)
Director: Je-hyeon Park
Writers: Seon-mi Kim, Seok-jun Lee,
Stars: Jeong-eun Kim, Sang-kyung Kim, Yu-jin Lee
Summary:
Hyun-joo is an average girl, with seven years of her life invested in her boyfriend So-hoon, an employee at an extermination company. Sure, he can be a bit boring, but he has a warm and caring heart. He's someone Hyun-joo can rely on. Or he was. One day So-hoon finds filmself stuck in an elevator with Eun Da-young, the hottest actress in Korea. She becomes intrigued with him when, despite the close quarters, he shows no interest in her (instead, he is fascinated by a cockroach he finds in the elevator). It has been so long since Da-young has been treated like a normal person that she soon finds herself getting feelings for him. So Da-young puts a plan into action to get this man to fall in love with her. She gets him to spray her house, and even makes him co-star in an advertisement with her - all the while unconcerned about So-hoon's longtime girlfriend Hyun-joo. Hyun-joo gets a rude surprise when she reads the over-imaginative tabloids one day and discovers that her boring boyfriend is supposedly dating the top actress in the land. Even worse, she soon finds out that Da-young is determined to steal her man. How can an ordinary girl like Hyun-joo compete with a superstar, gorgeous actress? How can she stop Da-young from taking away seven years of her life?
Lovers in Paris (Korean Drama - 2004)
Title: 파리의연인 / Pa-ri-eh yun-in
Also known as: Des amoureux á Paris / My Sweetheart In Paris / Romance in Paris
Producer: Kim Yang
Director: Shin Woo Chul
Writer: Kim Eun Sook, Kang Eun Jung
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Synopsis:
Tae Young lives in Paris and is working on a screenplay. She meets Gi Ju while working at a friend's stall and Soo Hyuk, when her bicycle breaks down. Soo Hyuk and Tae young become friends. Gi Ju asks her to act as his fiance for work reasons. Things go badly and everyone returns to Korea.
Back in Korea Tae Young, Gi Ju and Soo Hyuk begin to develop friendships with Tae Young and end up feeling more feelings towards her than they initially thought. However, Gi Ju is Soo Hyuk's uncle and they had grown up like best friends since they were only about 7 years apart. Their feelings towards her slowly begin to be revealed causing heartache for all the people around them.
[Korean Movie] The Classic (2004)
Directed by: Kwak Jae-yong
Produced by: Jee Yeong-joon, Lee Jae-soon
Written by: Kwak Jae-yong
Starring: Son Ye-jin,
Jo Seung-woo,
Zo In Sung
Summary:
Ji-hye and Su-gyeong, both love for Sang-min, the senior of the theater club of their university. Su-gyeong asks Ji-hye to write a love letter for her, and Ji-hye starts writing her feelings under Su-gyeong’s name. Seeing Ji-hye and Sang-min who are getting closer thanks to her letter, Ji-hye tries to avoid Sang-min but they bump into each other often. Ji-hye lives with her mother who often travels overseas as her father died when she was young. When she is cleaning the attic, Ji-hye when she is cleaning the attic finds her mother’s private memory box. Ji-hye finds the first love of her mother there.
[Korean Drama] Full House (2004)
Title: 풀하우스 / Pool Ha-woo-seu
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Bi as Lee Young Jae
Song Hye Kyo as Han Ji Eun
Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won
Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk
Jang Yong as Mr. Lee (Young-jae's Father)
Sun Woo Eun Sook as Ms. Kim (Young-jae's Mother)
Kim Ji Young as Young-jae's Grandmother
Do Han as Dong Wook
Lee Young Eun as Hee Jin
Kang Do Han as Lee Dong Wook (Hee Jin boyfriend)
Im Ye Jin as Dae Pyo
Summary:
Han Ji Eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young Jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young Jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji Eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other. Based on a popular manhwa of the same title.
[Singapore Movie] Beautiful Boxer (2004)
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Writers: Desmond Sim, Ekachai Uekrongtham
Stars: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree and Orn-Anong Panyawong
Genre: Action | Drama | Sport
Summary:
Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman. The movie chronicles her life from a young boy who likes to wear lipstick and wear flowers to her sensational career as kickboxer whose specialty is ancient Muaythai boxing moves which she can execute expertly with grace and finally her confrontation with her own sexuality which led to her sex change operation.
[Thai Movie] Maid (2004)
Title : Maid
Dated Released : 23 December 2004 (Thailand)
Director : Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Writers : Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Sommai Lertulan
Stars : Pornchita Na Songkhla, Thienchai Jayasvasti Jr. and Jarupus Pattamasiri
Genre : Comedy
Summary :
A light-hearted Thai action comedy about a band of female super-spies who carry no guns nor whips, for their weapons are brooms, mops and buckets of dirty water. The four maids in this movie are hired by the police to perform a secret mission, because as maids, they gain the unusual privilege in accessing all the rooms in the house of a rogue millionaire who is s believed to be a mastermind of a bribery scheme. A playful look at the role of house maids and their unheralded contribution to the peace of society.
Naruto the Movie 1: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
Director: Tensai Okamura
Writers: Masashi Kishimoto (manga series), Katsuyuki Sumizawa (screenplay)
Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura and Noriaki Sugiyama
Summary:
Naruto Uzumaki the ninja-in-training knuckle-headed and his team are sent on a mission to guard Yukie Fujikaze, a popular actress starring the hit movie "The Adventures of Princess Gale." The crew is heading toward the Land of Snow, a land forever covered in snow, to shoot the final scenes of the film. When Yukie refuses to go and escapes from the set, she is brought back by force by Naruto and his teammates. But little do they know there are three rouge Snow Ninja lying in wait with a sinister purpose that forces Yukie to make a crucial decision and face her hidden past.
[K-Movie] 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (2004)
Director: Dong-yeob Shin
Writer: Dong-yeob Shin
Stars: Jae-Won Kim, Ji-won Ha and Tae-hyeon Kim
Summary:
Ha-yeong is dumped by her boyfriend on the 100th day of their relationship, an important milestone for every couple. Hyeong-jun is a wealthy and handsome man who melts women wherever he goes, but is not interested in dating. One day, as the later is driving his luxury car, the two will meet. Disgruntled by her recent rejection, Ha-yeong kicks a soda can out of frustration, which finds its way onto Hyeong-jun’s head. Startled by the impact, he loses control of his car and scratches it against a wall. When Ha-yeong is unable to pay for the damages, he persuades her to repay him by signing a contract that binds her to his service for 100 days. What happens next is strictly by the (silly) book and inevitably, they both start having feelings for one another.
[Korean Movie] My Little Bride (2004)
Director : Ho-joon Kim
Writer : Sun-il Yu
Stars : Rae-won Kim, Geun-Young Moon and Sun-yeong Ahn
Summary :
Boeun is an innocent 15 year old high school girl and Sangmin is a playboy who comes back to Seoul during his last year of University to complete an internship. The unlikely pair get forced into an arranged marriage because of a promise that Boeun’s grandfather made to Sangmin’s grandfather when they were in the military together. The problem is, the two of them have known each other since childhood and they really only think of each other like brother and sister. On top of that, neither one of them is mature enough to be married. Boeun’s grandfather pretends he’s dying in order to manipulate the reluctant pair to get married. They finally do it to please the family but, they want to keep it a secret from everyone else. They move into an apartment together, but until Boeun gets into University, the parents don’t want them to sleep in the same room.The mom tells them no kids till graduation, but what she means is don’t do the wild thing. Excluding the sex part, Boeun is still expected to play the role of a wife by cooking and doing her husband’s bidding. (It’s somehow unsettling to see a little girl trying to play this role.) Things get even more complicated when Boeun falls for the local high school hunk and her husband, Sangmin, gets hisinternship assignment at Boeun’s high school!
[J-Movie] Breath in Breath out (2004)
Title : Breathe In Breathe Out (Movie)
Alternative Title(s) : shinkokyuu no hitsuyou
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2004
Alternative Title(s) : shinkokyuu no hitsuyou
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2004
Summary: The film begins with five getting off a boat together at a tiny port, but barely speaking to each other, even after they realize they are all there to cut cane for the same old couple, Granny (Taeko Yoshida) and Grandpa (Sabu Kitamura) Taira. Outgoing Hinami (Karina) has been temping in Tokyo and looking for a new direction (and, as it soon seems obvious, a new man); moody, sharp-tongued Daisuke (Hiroki Narimiya) is a college boy on vacation; tall, thirtyish, sagely smiling Shuichi (Shosuke Tanihara) doesn’t seem to belong (but is Hinami’s idea of Mr. Right); ditzy Etsuko (Sayaka Kaneko) arrives dolled up for a resort vacation, right down to her long, painted nails; shy Kanako (Masami Nagasawa) looks like a squelched virgin and says nothing beyond her name. Their foreman is the brisk, bronzed Yutaka (Nao Omori), who helps the Tairas every year and makes a living going from harvest to harvest, something like an educated migrant worker, with options. None of the five newbies quite realized what they were getting into: 35 days of back-breaking labor. If they fail to cut the cane, their kindly hosts, the Tairas, will face ruin. Yutaka, camp-counselor-like, tries cajoling them into something resembling enthusiasm and competence, but the work goes slowly as resentment builds. They are free spirits and privileged children of the middle class — not slaves! Finally Etsuko and Daisuke, the two most disgruntled of the lot, make their escape. Will anyone but Yutaka and the Tairas be left when the 35 days are up?
[Korean Movie] Ghost House (2004)
Director: Sang-Jin Kim
Writers: Hang-jun Jang, Jae-yeong Jang
Stars: Seung-won Cha, Seo-hee Jang and Hang-Seon Jang
With hard work finally Pil-gi (Seung-won Cha) has saved enough money to make the last wish of his deceased father come true. He can buy his own House. But as soon he moves in he is attacked by another inhabitant of the house. It is a ghost, who claims the house for its own and is trying to frighten him out. But Pil-gi doesn’t want to give up his dream so easy. He calls the police, invites friends to stay for the night with him and tries exorcism rituals. None of it works. During an attack by the ghost he is hit by lightning and awakes in a hospital. First his decision is to sell the house now, but then he discovers that he can see the ghost from now on. It is the young woman Win-ha (Seo-hee Jang). Less frightened as he can see her and talk to her he decides to stay but then take an offer from a speculator who wants to build up a hotel on his ground. Now it is time for the ghost to be afraid. She is begging him not to sell the house and is telling him her life story and from now on he is trying to help her.
[Korean movie] 3 Iron (2004)
Aka: Bin-jip
Year: 2004
Directed: Kim Ki-Duk
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Runtime: 01:27:55
Country: Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English [.srt]
Cast: Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-Hun, Song Kang-ho
3-Iron (or Bin-jip meaning Empty Houses in Korean) is a 2004 Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. The plot revolves around the relationship between a young drifter and a battered housewife. The film is notable for the lack of dialogue between its two main characters.
The film stars Jae Hee as Tae-suk, a loner who drives around on his motorbike delivering takeout menus, which he tapes over peoples’ front-door keyholes. He later returns to break into the apartments that haven’t removed the menus, presuming them to be empty. He lives in each flat while the owners are away, even washing their clothes and mending broken appliances for them. When he breaks into a large home, he is unaware that he is being watched by battered housewife Sun-hwa (played by Lee Seung-yeon). Tae-suk leaves after he makes eye contact with Sun-wha but returns after silently contemplating on the roadside. He witnesses Sunwha’s husband abusing her and proceeds to catch his attention by practicing golf in the yard. He hits Sunwha’s husband with golf balls and Tae-suk and Sunwha leave together. The couple begin a silent relationship, and the two begin moving from one flat to another. At one home they are caught sleeping in bed after drinking alcohol, wearing the pajamas of the apartment’s resident.
[J-Movie] Deathrow Girls(2004)
Also Known As: Kûga no shiro: Joshû 1316
Directed by: Sadaaki Haginiwa
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 2004
Genre: Action
CAST
Aki Hoshino, Momo Iizawa, David Ito, Emi Kitagawa, Junko Maru, Ami Natsui, Ren Suzuki
SYNOPSIS
Inmate 1316 is sent to the Island, Japan’s toughest prison for the most notorious female prisoners, and realizes the place is even worse than its reputation — nobody except the guards ever leaves alive. As she uncovers one terrible secret after another, including graveyards and unauthorized executions, she decides to fight back with every weapon she can find in this Japanese action thriller by Sadaaki Haginiwa.
[Korean Movie] A Moment to Remember (2004)
| Directed by | Lee Jae-han |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Cha Seoung-jae |
| Written by | Lee Jae-Han Kim Yeong-ha |
| Starring | Jung Woo-sung Son Ye-jin Baek Jong-hak |
| Music by | Kim Tae-won |
| Cinematography | Lee Jun-gyu |
| Editing by | Steve M. Choe Ham Sung-won |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | November 5, 2004 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 144 min. (director's cut) |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 2,554,466 |
A Moment to Remember (내 머리 속의 지우개 literally Eraser in My Head) is a 2004 South Korean film based on a 2001 Japanese television drama Pure Soul broadcast by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Woo-sung. A Moment to Remember follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens of loss caused by Alzheimer's disease. The movie was officially released on November 5, 2004 in South Korea.
A heartbreaking yet hopeful tale of a man who never stops loving his wife, even as she gradually loses her memory to Alzheimer's disease.
The first segment of the film, staged in romantic comedy style, introduces the protagonists, a woman named Su Jin and a man named Chul Soo. The movie highlights their accidental meeting in a convenience store and confusion over a can of soda, followed by their subsequent courting despite the social standings that should have kept them apart.
The second segment follows the couple now settling into married life. Su-Jin learns to be a housewife as her husband cares for her. But as the segment progresses, Su-jin begins to display forgetfulness, including an incident in which a fire breaks out because of a forgotten stove. While Chul Soo caught the fire in time, the seriousness of the incident and others draw them to seek medical help.
