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November 14, 2017

 

Kim Joo-hyuk’s posthumous film ‘Heungbu’ to be released on time

Film industry insiders confirmed Monday that the film “Heungbu,” starring the late Kim Joo-hyuk, will be released in early 2018 amid concerns that it would be delayed due to the actor’s unexpected death on Oct. 30. 

 

“Heungbu” deals with the power struggle between “yangban,” or civil bureaucrats and military officers with semi-hereditary nobility, under King Heonjong’s rule during the Joseon era. Amid societal pressures, a group of ‘yanban’ dream of changing the world. 

 

Industry insiders revealed that shooting for the latter half of the film is currently under way. 

 

Deceased actor Kim Joo-hyuk (2nd from L) on "Heungbu" filming set (Yonhap)

 

For “Heungbu,” director Cho Geun-hyun, who was behind “26 Years” (2012) and “Spring” (2014), worked with screenwriter Baek Mi-kyung of the popular drama series “Strong Woman Do Bong Soon” and “Woman of Dignity.” 

 

In the film, Kim takes on the role of a wise yangban, Jo-hyuk, who looks after the local people, while actor Jung Woo plays the Joseon era’s finest public novelist. 

 

Concerns had originally surfaced over whether the film would be released on schedule. However, film industry insiders reassured the public that “Heungbu” would not be delayed. 

 

Kim was laid to rest at his family’s columbarium in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. Along with “Heungbu,” Kim’s other posthumous film “Dokjeon” is scheduled for release in 2018. 

 

By Catherine Chung (cec82@heraldcorp.com)

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November 15, 2017

 

Cause of Actor's Fatal Accident Remains a Mystery

 

Source: The Chosun Ilbo

An autopsy of actor Kim Joo-hyuk has found no signs of a stroke or heart attack that might have led to his fatal car accident last month.

 

There was also no evidence that Kim was drunk or had taken drugs. The only lead police have that something unusual happened just before his Mercedes-Benz SUV careened into the sidewalk and down a flight of stairs is the testimony of a witness, who said the actor was leaning on his steering wheel and appeared to be in pain.

 

Police in Gangnam said Tuesday, "As an initial autopsy report showed, the direct cause of Kim's death was massive head injury."

 

According to forensics experts who conducted the second autopsy, only a small trace of antihistamines was found in Kim's body, but no traces of alcohol.

 

"It looks like the medicine was taken at least a few days before his death and does not appear to have played a role in the accident," a police spokesman said.

 

The antihistamines were apparently intended to treat skin problems and can cause heart problems. But police said the amount found in Kim's body was too small to lead to such side effects.

 

Kim's SUV collided twice with a sedan on Oct. 30 before careening on the sidewalk on a busy boulevard near COEX in southern Seoul. The SUV then crashed down some steps and into the side of an apartment complex about 150 m away.

 

Police said they cannot completely rule out the possibility that Kim suffered some sort of physical problem just before the accident. Lee Yoon-sung, a forensics expert at Seoul National University, said, "A person can suddenly lose consciousness due to angina or arrhythmia, and that can be difficult to detect in an autopsy."

 

Police are now focusing their investigation on the car. It has been hauled off to the National Institute of Scientific Investigation and the final results of analysis are expected in about a month. There was a black box inside, but it only contained footage of the street in front of the vehicle and no audio recordings.

 

"Kim appears to have turned the audio recording function off," the police spokesman said.

 

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November 15, 2017

 

[Video] Police release black box footage from late actor's car

 

By Lim Jeong-yeo The Korea Herald

     

 

Gangnam Police Station on Tuesday released black box footage from actor Kim Joo-hyuk’s car showing the moments leading up to the crash that killed him.

 

The police discovered the black box beneath the passenger seat of Kim’s Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. 

 

The video shows Kim’s car suddenly slowing, then steering erratically. It hits another car while attempting to change lanes, before suddenly veering off the road, across the sidewalk and into a building. 

 

The video has no audio recording, lending little help to finding the exact cause of Kim’s accident.

 

Kim died on Oct. 30, shocking those who knew him both personally and through his filmography.

 

(Image captured from the black box footage)

Only three days prior to his unexpected death, Kim had received an award for best supporting actor at the first Seoul Awards for his role in the film “Confidential Assignment.”

 

The actor’s most recent work was TV series “Argon.” Two posthumous films, “Heungbu” and “Dokjeon” are scheduled for release in 2018. 

 

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

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November 24, 2017

 

November Movie Actor Brand Reputation Rankings Revealed

 

Source: Soompi by D. Kim

 

 

The Korean Business Research Institute has published November’s results for brand reputation rankings among movie actors.

 

The institute analyzed 201,094,994 sources of data from October 23 to November 24 in the categories of participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness.

 

The late Kim Joo Hyuk topped this month’s brand reputation rankings with a total score of 25,800,007. Song Joong Ki followed up in second place with a total score of 15,868,634, while Gong Yoo came in third place with a score of 7,991,328.

 

The top 25 rankings are as follows:

 

1. Kim Joo Hyuk
2. Song Joong Ki
3. Gong Yoo
4. Lee Jong Suk
5. Kim Sung Kyun
6. Jo In Sung
7. Kim Soo Hyun
8. Ma Dong Seok
9. Yoo Ji Tae
10. Ryu Jun Yeol
11. Hyun Bin
12. Kim Moo Yeol
13. Park Seo Joon
14. Choi Hee Seo
15. Jung Woo Sung
16. Yoo Ah In
17. Kang Dong Won
18. Im Siwan
19. Ha Jung Woo
20. Kim Hye Soo
21. Lee Jung Hyun
22. Jung Woo
23. Ahn Jae Hong
24. Choi Min Sik
25. Park Sung Woong

 

Source (1)

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Source: CINE21

 

 

 

Excerpt from KoBiz

 

Korea Cinema’s Top Trends and Stories of 2017

Shocking loss of beloved actor KIM Joo-hyuk

 

 

The year’s biggest shock came on October 30, when the country learned of the unexpected passing of beloved actor KIM Joo-hyuk, after he was involved in a late afternoon traffic collision in the Gangnam area. A major star in the country for almost two decades, many felt that he had reached a peak in his career in recent years, drawing acclaim for works such as Hong Sangsoo’s Yourself and Yours and LEE Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Beneath. He appeared in the action-drama Confidential Assignment and the period noir The Tooth and the Nail earlier this year and completed two films prior to his death which will premiere next year: CHO Geun-hyun’s period drama Age of Rebellion and LEE Hae-young’s Dokjeon, a remake of Johnny TO’s Chinese thriller Drug War.

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January 3, 2018

 

Late Kim Joo-hyuk’s ‘Heungbu’ to be released on Lunar New Year

Lotte Entertainment on Wednesday announced its plan to release a posthumous work of the late actor Kim Joo-Hyuk, “Heungbu” during the coming Lunar New Year holidays, which fall on Feb. 15-17.

 

The movie “Heungbu” is a historical period film which mainly focuses on the experience of a brilliant writer Heungbu with a virtuous Joseon Kingdom classical scholar Jo Hyeok and his older brother Jo Hang-ri, on his journey to find his own brother Nolbu.

(Yonhap)

“Heungbu” revisits a Korean classic novel “Heungbu-jeon,” suggesting the piece to be the vehicle for Heungbu to reunite with his brother Nolbu after their separation from Hong Kyung-rae’s rebellion.

 

Jung Woo from the celebrated Korean show “Reply 1994” plays the lead role of the ingenious writer Heungbu, while Kim Ju-hyuk takes on the role of the classical scholar Jo Hyeok and Jung Jin-young plays his older brother Jo Hang-ri.

 

Soon after the shooting for the movie finished in October, Kim died in a car accident. 

 

By Ahn Sangyool (koolsangon@heraldcorp.com)

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January 3, 2018

 

Fans of veteran actor killed in crash have two films to look forward to 

 

"Heung Bu," starring the late South Korean veteran actor Kim Joo-hyuk (left), opens in theaters in the Lunar New Year holiday season in early February.

 

By Ko Dong-hwan The Korea Times

 

Two movies starring a popular actor killed in a car accident in October will be released this year.

 

In February, period drama "Heung Bu," starring the late Kim Joo-hyuk, opens in South Korean theaters. The movie is based on popular Korean folklore novel "Heungbu and Nolbu," a story promoting virtue and reproaching vice. It features embittered younger brother Heungbu and greedy older brother Nolbu. 

 

The film, set during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), follows a prodigal author named Heung Bu (played by Jung Woo) who writes a novel, "Heungbu and Nolbu." Kim plays Heungbu in the novel, a debonair man who pities people of low social class. Nolbu is an opportunist with a constant desire for money and power. 

 

 
Kim Joo-hyuk played the leader of a North Korean criminal ring in "Confidential Assignment" (2017).

 

Fans remember Kim in real life as not so different from Heungbu. In the KBS reality comedy show "2 Days & 1 Night", the actor was gentle, full of joy and caring. 

 

"Kim's actual character has a large common denominator with his role in the movie, which will make the movie doubly reminiscent of him," a netizen said about the film that opens close to the Lunar New Year holiday season in early February.

Kim Joo-hyuk at a script reading for "Drug War," a crime-action film that opens this year.

 

Crime-action movie "Drug War," starring Kim, also opens in theaters this year, but a release date has not been set. The actor, who portrayed various heroes and villains over almost 20 years of acting, plays a drug dealer in China.

 

Kim, 45, died in October after his Mercedes SUV hit the rear of a Grandeur sedan, crashed into the wall of an I-Park apartment in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, rolled down steps to the apartment block and overturned. He was taken to Konkuk University Hospital but died.

 

Police said the National Forensic Service found no trace of alcohol or drugs in the veteran actor's body. The state crime lab said it found nothing other than a small amount of antihistamine in the toxicology test. 

 

The investigation reaffirmed the preliminary conclusion that Kim died of a severe head injury inflicted in the accident.

aoshima11@ktimes.com

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January 4, 2018

 

Kim Joo-hyuk's Posthumous Film Set for Release Next Month

 

By Sung Jin-hee The ChosunIlbo

 

Actor Kim Joo-hyuk's posthumous film will be released next month. Kim died in a fatal car accident in November last year.

 

The film called "Heungbu" is slated for release in time for the Lunar New Year in February. 

Inspired by a Korean classic fable of good versus evil among brothers, the film mixes elements of historical fiction and faction.