Cho Jung-rae
Cho Jung-rae (born October 15, 1973) is a South Korean film director. Cho has made two feature films: Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012), and the documentary Foulball (also known as Wonders, 2015).[1][2][3][4][5][6] He has also directed about 200 commercials, television documentaries, music videos and short films.[7]
Cho Jung-rae | |
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Born | |
Education | Chung-Ang University - Film Studies |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 2000-present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Jo Jeong-rae |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Chŏng-rae |
Cho is currently working on a new film Spirits' Homecoming, which tells the story of two Korean girls who are kidnapped by Japanese soldiers and forced to work in a so-called comfort station.[8] After one of the girls dies, the two friends have a spiritual meeting years later with the help of a shaman.[7] He originally planned to release it by August 15, 2015, in time for the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.[9] But the theatrical release had to be delayed because the film had trouble finding a distributor.[10]
Filmography
- The Boil (short film, 2000) - director
- Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012) - director, executive producer, script editor, actor
- Where Are to Go? (2013) - actor
- Foulball aka Wonders (documentary, 2015) - director
- Spirits' Homecoming (2016) - director, screenwriter, producer
- Spirits' Homecoming, Unfinished Story (2017) - director
- A Long Way Around (2019) - producer
- Sorikkun (2020) - director
Awards
- 2016 53rd Grand Bell Awards: Best New Director (Spirits' Homecoming)[11]
References
- "조정래" [Cho Jung-rae]. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- "Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012)". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- "Seoul International Youth Film Festival's top prize goes to Bit by Bit". Korean Film Biz Zone. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- "Foulball (2015)". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- Baek, Byung-yeul (17 March 2015). "Foul Ball likens baseball to life". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- Yoon, Ina (7 April 2015). "Documentary WONDERS Hit 2nd Place within Two Days of Release". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- Qin, Amy (24 March 2015). "From Cho Junglae, a Film on Japanese Wartime Brothels". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- Hong, Ju-hee (25 May 2015). "Comfort women film hopes to highlight historical issue". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- Qin, Amy (11 April 2015). "The Story of Comfort Women Is Getting Closer to the Screen". Today. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- "Distributors Shy of Film About WWII Sex Slaves". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
- Kang, E. (27 December 2016). "Winners Of The 53rd Grand Bell Awards Revealed". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
External links
- Cho Jung-rae at the Korean Movie Database
- Cho Jung-rae on IMDb
- Cho Jung-rae at HanCinema