February 10, 2006

Park Chan-Wook Finds His Cyborg Girl

(Posted In Asia Drama Film News )

cyborgim.jpgWe reported a while ago about Kang Hye-Jung's decision to drop out of Park Chan-Wook's new film, 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 (Cyborg Girl), and even speculated a little about who would be cast as her replacement.

People in the Korean Media made wild speculations, possibly suggesting that producers Moho Films and Director Park were going to choose a new face, to star as Rain's partner in the 2.5 Billion Won HD film. But the choice was a little more predictable, although by no means bad news. Most people's first choice as replacement for Kang would have been Im Soo-Jung or Bae Doo-Na, but as I wrote back then, both seemed to be very busy. Bae just wrapped up shooting on Bong Joon-Ho's 괴물 (The Host), so it looked very unlikely she would go right back into another project; similarly, Im was working on 각설탕 (Lump Sugar), which should wrap up in a couple of weeks.

Well, now it's official: Im Soo-Jung -- of 장화, 홍련 (A Tale of Two Sisters) and 미안하다 사랑한다 (I'm Sorry, I Love You) fame -- will play the 'Cyborg Girl' of the film, which will start shooting in March, for a Fall 2006 release. Seems like she'll be pretty active in the next few months, between promotion for 'Lump Sugar' and shooting Park's film, but I couldn't agree more with their choice. Im is perfect for the role, and is a big enough star, which combined with Rain's star power should make this a surefire hit. And it's a Park Chan-Wook film... need I say more?

[Source: nKino]

» Posted by X at February 10, 2006 03:05 PM
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Reader Comments

Yesss!!! I love Im Soo Jung. She was amazing in "...ing".

» Posted by the rocketboy at February 10, 2006 03:37 PM

u mention "HD Film." that means digital film i assume?

» Posted by me at February 10, 2006 05:21 PM

Shot with High Definition cameras, like the Panasonic one used on 패션 70s (Fashion Seventies), 다모 (Damo) and 부활 (Rebirth).

» Posted by x at February 10, 2006 05:31 PM

Is this the same person that IMDb calls Su-jeong Lim?

» Posted by JT at February 10, 2006 05:37 PM

It's quite impressive that Park can churn out a quality film with a good story to tell and plenty of style to spare on a fraction of the cost it takes to make a turdy Hollywood blockbuster...in a mere six months!

» Posted by Marten at February 10, 2006 05:49 PM

same person.

» Posted by x at February 10, 2006 06:00 PM

Woot! That's awesome news. This role should give Im Soo-Jung even greater international exposure, since Park Chan-Wook is so popular outside of Korea. I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't seen any of Park Chan-Wook's films yet, though I've only seen about a dozen Korean films so far. Im Soo-Jung was excellent in A Tale Of Two Sisters and pretty good in ...ing. I have her next release Sad Movie preordered already, so hopefully that'll be an enjoyable film.

To the person asking about her name, yes, she is the same person.
Her name seems to have a lot of different spellings.
Im/Lim So/Su/Soo-Jung/Jeong
Im Soo-Jeong is the most popular according to Google, but her fan site has it listed as Lim Soo-Jung.

» Posted by GoldLeader at February 10, 2006 06:12 PM

Great choice! I love the largely heavy-handed tone of his revenge movies, but I won't mind a bit more comedy.

» Posted by evergreen at February 11, 2006 05:12 PM

She's indeed a great choice. She was perfect in A Tale of Two Sisters.

» Posted by Starks at February 12, 2006 01:32 AM

My girlfriends last name is Lim but when she writes it in korean you say Im. The L is lost in translation.

» Posted by justin at February 21, 2006 12:30 PM

added in translation. ^_^

like 이 which is written Lee but pronounced Yi, 임 is written Lim or Im and pronounced Yim.

» Posted by x at February 21, 2006 08:20 PM

My last name is Lim, I pronouce it Im not Yim

» Posted by lim gi yeun at February 21, 2006 08:32 PM

yeah, 'Im' is closer to the Korean, but if you think adding an 'm' to the way you pronounce 이, for English speakers not familiar with Korean, 'Yim (Yi+m)' will sound better. I've heard some people pronounce 임 like 'I'm' or 'Him', so Im doesn't always work.

» Posted by x at February 21, 2006 09:01 PM

HanCinema has posted some news on initial meeting between Park, Rain, and Im for the upcoming Cyborg movie.

Source: HanCinema
Original Source: KBS

» Posted by GoldLeader at March 21, 2006 06:42 PM

Apparently Park Chan-wook started filming the Cyborg movie in Busan, according to an article at HanCinema dated March 29th. The article contains a publicity photo showing Im Soo-jeong with who I believe are Rain and Park Chan-wook. There are larger versions of the photo available at Im Soo-jeong's Website in the News section.

» Posted by GoldLeader at March 30, 2006 06:21 PM

yep, it started. Type 박찬욱 비 임수정 on any Korean portal and you'll find plenty of those publicity photos.

» Posted by x at March 30, 2006 06:25 PM

i m im soo jung fans, acn u help me 2 get infoo about her?

» Posted by blue_piano at April 13, 2006 12:11 PM

lim soo jung...^___^ u're the best artist in korean. ur act makes me proud as a girl hehe..!! good luck 4 u ^___^

» Posted by santi at May 28, 2006 09:54 PM

she so pretty her lipsike a river flows into my vain her faceis likke a sun wholights my life i hope she willgo2 pilipines someday

» Posted by jp at September 27, 2006 09:08 AM

ilove you im soo jung i will wait 4yu in another life

» Posted by jp at September 27, 2006 09:11 AM

im soo jung my nme is john paul i cardenas i real do lab yu

» Posted by jp at September 27, 2006 09:14 AM

Annyong haseyo....
Hi, I'm Lia! I'm Indonesian person. I love Im Su Jeong so much......
I'm so sure and I know, Cyborg girl film has good story.....
I like Korea too...
Aja aja hwaiting! Arasso.....

» Posted by Amalia Ikhwanti at November 4, 2006 12:51 AM

Anoysaeyo....oO seems awesome mangs. I can't wait to watch it! haha ha..

» Posted by Pachae at May 19, 2007 07:33 PM

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