Chang-min Choo

South Korea, 1966

South Korean director and screenwriter started his career as an assistant director on films Taeyangeun eobda (City of the Rising Sun, 1999) by Sung-su Kim and Haengbokhan jangeuisa (Happy Funeral Director, 2000) by Mun-il Jang. He directed his first short film The End of April in 2000, and five years later he made his debut with the feature comedy Mapado. After that came the melodrama Sarang-eul nochida (Lost in Love, 2006), the romantic drama Geu-dae-leul Sa-rang-hab-ni-da (Late Blossom, 2011) and the historical Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja (Masquerade, 2012) which was a great success, both commercially and with the critics.

Filmography

Films by this director

Late Blossom

(Geu-dae-leul Sa-rang-hab-ni-da, 2011.)

Directed by: Chang-min Choo

PHOTOGRAPHY: Choi Yun-man

Synopsis:

The film follows the story of two couples from the same neighborhood. Kim Man-seok is the local milkman who runs deliveries every dawn on his motorcycle. On his usual route he meets Mrs. Song I-ppoon who makes a living by collecting old paper from the waste disposal next to which Jang Goon-bong works as a parking lot guard. Being late for work one day, the guard asks Song I-ppoon to lock his door…

35 mm, color, 118 min

Masquerade

(Gwanhae: Wangyidoen namja, Južna Koreja, 2012)

Directed by: Chang-min Choo

PHOTOGRAPHY: Tae-yun Lee

Synopsis:

Godine 1616. tadašnjom korejskom državom Joseon vlada kralj Gwanghae, petnaesti vladar iz dinastije Joseon. On je paranoik koji nikomu ne vjeruje, a nakon što savjetniku Heo Gyunu naloži da pronađe njegova dvojnika, kralj ubrzo bude otrovan. Njegov dvojnik je dvorska luda Ha-seon, plemenit i dobrodušan čovjek koji će na 15 dana na tronu zamijeniti kralja. Tijekom tog razdoblja sve će se u državi promijeniti nabolje, od odnosa na dvoru do državne politike, a dvorska luda u ul...

color, 131'

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