Movie Nights

Are you interestd in learning Korean in Palo Alto or Mountain View? Do you know someone who is? We are currently recruiting students who want to learn Korean language either in Palo Alto or Mountain View. Advanced Beginning 1 (KOR 201) classes will be held on Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m starting January 7th with a minimum of 4 students enrolled.

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December 15, 2007 (Saturday) 7:30 p.m.Adroit College, Conference Room
1851 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035

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May 18, 1980 is a date etched in Korean history, the date of the Gwangju Uprising. From May 18 to 27, the southern city of Gwangju became the battleground for a democracy movement against the Chun Doo Hwan military regime, a protest that was brutally suppressed and is now remembered as one of the most important events of modern Korean history. Sketching characters based on real people, director Kim Ji Hoon takes the viewer to those fateful ten days, detailing the motivations and emotional bonds that inspired and empowered ordinary people to take to the streets. The film assembles an extraordinary cast consisting of Ahn Sung Ki, Lee Jun Ki, Kim Sang Kyung, Lee Yo Won, Park Cheol Min, and Na Moon Hee. May 18 is a powerful and emotionally wrenching ode to the legacy of the Gwangju Uprising, and moviegoers have answered its call, making it one of the highest grossing films of 2007.

October 27, 2007 (Saturday) 7:00 p.m.
Adroit College, Conference Room
1851 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035

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Based on the novel by North Korean writer Hong Suk Joong, Hwang Jin Yi tells the story of a 16th-century geisha with the mindset of a modern 21st-century woman. Raised as an aristocrat in an era when class status dictated one's destiny, Jin Yi (Song Hye Kyo) discovers a shocking secret about her birth: she was born in the lower class. After much thought, she gives up her aristocratic status and becomes a geisha. She spends her first night with a man named Nom Yi (Yoo Ji Tae, Old Boy), and gradually falls for him. Though she is constantly surrounded by an entourage of aristocratic men showering her with gifts and admiration, Jin Yi lives a solitary life of tragic isolation. She finds herself traveling a bumpy road, faced with a dilemma that will alter her destiny forever.

July 28, 2007 (Saturday) 7:30 p.m.
Adroit College, Conference Room
1851 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035

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2006 was an important year for Gam Woo Sung and Kim Su Ro. Though Lee Jun Ki may have acquired more screaming fans, it was Gam Woo Sung who went home with the Best Actor statuette at the 43rd Daejong Awards for his jester role in King and The Clown. Kim Su Ro, meanwhile, finally found leading man status and box office success with the quirky hit comedy Vampire Copy Ricky. These two versatile actors, following their previous collaboration in the 2005 comedy A Bold Family, team up again in 2007 for Big Bang. At the helm is Park Jeong Woo, director of Dance with the Wind and screenwriter of Attack the Gas Station and Break Out. With such a talented trio of names, expectations are high, and the film delivers with a Big Bang. A kinetic action comedy of errors, Big Bang is filled with chaotic energy, high-speed chases and shootouts, and the kind of sharp, biting social satire that Park Jeong Woo has become known for. Sealing the package is of course Gam Woo Sung and Kim Su Ro, whose screen chemistry and dynamic performances alone place the film a cut above the rest.

April 28, 2007 (Saturday) 7:00 p.m.
Adroit College, Conference Room
1851 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035

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Lighthearted, witty, and bitingly funny, surprise box office hit 200 Pounds Beauty has become one of the top ten grossing films of all time and the highest grossing romantic comedy ever. Based on a Japanese comic by Suzuki Yumiko, the film revolves on a topic all too familiar in Korea: plastic surgery. Kim Ki Duk previously covered plastic surgery in Time, but director Kim Yong Hwa takes a decidedly different spin with the scalpel in the crowd-pleasing 200 Pounds Beauty. Poking fun at society's obsession with appearances and, ironically, disdain for plastic beauty, the film made an overnight star out of lead Kim Ah Jung (When Romance Meets Destiny), whose sassy, yet vulnerable performance opposite Ju Jin Mo (Musa) endeared her to both male and female moviegoers alike. Even the film's soundtrack has become a big hit, particularly Kim Ah Jung's rendition of Maria. Is beauty more than skin deep? Find out in Korea's newest comedy sensation 200 Pounds Beauty!