Film Facts:My Tutor Friend
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| PRODUCTION NOTES: The filming Nose-bleeding, fried chicken delivering and wild dancing? "Come on! I can do it." A surprise dance performance by KIM Ha-nuel starts a party on campus! Everyone thought she was the quiet pretty girl with an angelic innocence. But here she comes shattering that picturesque image as she nosebleeds, delivers fried chicken, and desperately tries to dance.The dance scene was shot on the campus of Kyunghee University, where a crowd of fans of KWON Sang-woo and KIM Ha-nuel joined some 100 professional extras. It was evident that the star actress was embarrassed at first, but as the music played on she completely lost herself. In no time, the whole campus was partying. It is said that her revealing outfit and excellently horrible dancing entranced the staff, the extras and the crowd of spectators all through the night. NO stuntmen! KWON Sang-woo proves himself an expert on wire action but a novice on smoking? And you all thought he was the typical tough guy... From his film debut "Volcano High" and "Deus Machina (God of Machine)", which he is currently filming, KWON has done a wide range of action scenes from the very beginning of his acting career. Especially, his excellent high wire action had stuntmen packing up to go home. But there was one thing he could not do: smoking. Ji-hoon in the movie is a chain smoker, who does not part with his cigarette during his after-school lessons. To play this character, Kwon Sang-woo learned the art of smoking from director Kim Kyung-hyung. For this beginner smoker, the prop team had to supply the special low-nicotine cigarettes. |
| PRODUCTION NOTES: The prelude to filming
An unusual title and screenplay.... smelling like a blockbuster... The origin of this movie was the Internet episode series
The legend of a perfect cast
One of the biggest burdens on today's filmmakers is casting. Securing a star cast is a sheer battle indeed. But the launch of "My Tutor Friend" was easier than people had anticipated as a great cast was found and fixed without much trouble. In fact, all the first choice actors that the staff had in mind eagerly accepted the offer. This included the lead roles KIM Ha-nuel and KWON Sang-woo, as well as KIM Jah-oak, Su-wan's knife wielding mother, and BAEK Il-sub as Ji-hoon's father. |
ABOUT THE CAST:
GONG Yoo: playing Jong-su, the ex-lord of the school.
"Love, honor and my own turf... I lost it all!"
He lost his throne to Ji-hoon, who returned to school for another year. In an attempt to regain his crown Jong-su tries it all: staging a coup with juvenile delinquents in the vicinity, reporting to the police... you name it. He debuted on the cable channel M-NET as a VJ. After a number of commercial films and appearances on TV, GONG finally debuts on screen with "My Tutor Friend". He appeals to his fans with his cute face, tall build, and comical acting. He gave this film all that he's got. The result -- superb action and comedy mixed in one. His role as Jong-su in the movie is diabolically motivated by the desire for revenge against Ji-hoon and a crush on Ho-kyung.
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| ABOUT THE CAST: KIM Ji-woo: playing Ho-kyung, a sucker for luxury goods. "How come they don't make razors at Chanel?" Ho-kyung, the foxiest and the most extravagant girl in town, has her eyes on Ji-hoon. Her hottest passion used to be shopping, but now it is all about Ji-hoon... "That creature fresh off the boat is his new tutor?" says she in astonishment. KIM Ji-woo is a new face who made her TV debut in 2001. She's also a student of Broadcasting and Media Arts at Dongduk Women's University. Boasting a truly diverse musical talent, Ji-woo can play the cello, flute and some traditional Korean instruments. "My Tutor Friend" is her first movie. She has won over all the staff on the sets as a daring and hard-working rookie. The character Ho-kyung is a high school student whose primary occupation is dressing up and going clubbing. She faces an unexpected competition in the unattractive college student Su-wan over her love Ji-hoon. |
ABOUT THE CAST:
BAEK Il-sub: Ji-hoon's father. He firmly believes that extra lessons can strengthen the nation's competitiveness, and that one needs to be strong in educating his child.
He's an upstart who has shot up to the top in both political and economic spheres. He has a dark past behind him as a prominent figure in a ring of organized crimes; which is why he is so strongly determined to bring up his son with proper education.
Since his debut in 1965 on KBS, BAEK has been loved by all for his kind, next-door neighbor image. His more comical appearances began in the 1990s. In 2002, he made a long-awaited comeback to the movies in "No Blood, No Tears". In "My Tutor Friend", he plays the one figure that his incorrigible son fears, and he's extremely funny at it.
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| ABOUT THE CAST: KIM Jah-oak: Su-wan's Mom. She was the ex-leader of a naughty female quintet in her schooldays. Now she runs a fried chicken restaurant with her husband. She was not the average schoolgirl. In the good old days, she was the charismatic leader of a band of five improperly behaving girls. What does she do now? She fries chicken. And since her husband got laid off during Korea's foreign exchange crisis, she's used her knife for a purpose other than chopping off chicken heads -- threatening Su-wan to take tutoring jobs or die. Debuted in 1970 on MBC, Kim Jah-oak captured the 1970's TV viewers with her appearance in 'The Queen of Tears.' Twenty years later she tried her hands at the comic genre as well as a singing career and found extreme success. She made a big hit of her intentionally silly song 'A Princess is Lonely' and started a princess syndrome that gripped the audience with uncontrollable laughter. It's been a long time since she last did a movie, and yet she is fabulous as Su-wan's energetic and aggressive mother, who threatens her daughter to tutor no matter what. |
| ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: KIM Kyung-Hyung "This film is funny and not very serious, but I tried to portray the figures realistically. I avoided exaggerating the characters and focused on making them appear natural. I hope that my work will help viewers take a look at the world from a more innocent perspective." - excerpt from an interview with KIM Kyung-hyung. The first movie of a well-prepared director - KIM Kyung-hyung
It was in his freshman year in college that he found himself watching and re-watching the movie "The Godfather" dozens of times. Since then he has bred a dream to become a director. Even after he found employment in a broadcasting company his heart longed for filmmaking, until he finally quit a promising job to pursue his one real dream. His first major involvement in filmmaking was as assistant director in
His film debut opportunity came while he was simultaneously working as a freelancer and touring productions companies with his own screenplays. He was asked to make a movie based on a series of short episodes titled |
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