Indie-pop singer Yozoh, who recently put out a solo album, has collaborated with fellow Pastel labelmates Humming Urban Stereo and Sogyumo Acacia Band in the past, and is known as the “Hongdae uljjang” — Hongdae referring to the club scene and uljjang referring to her pretty face.
Yozoh is expanding her resumé further by branching into acting, in the debut directing effort by film critic Jung Sung-il, the tentatively titled The Sorrows of Young Werther. The lead goes to actor Shin Ha-kyun (Thirst, The Game) and, perhaps off-setting Yozoh’s inexperience, the supporting roles have been spread among a more seasoned cast: Moon Jung-hee (My Sweet Seoul), Kim Hye-na (Unstoppable Wedding), and Jung Yumi (Que Sera Sera).
The film takes its title from the 1774 novel by Goethe, but the plot seems only to be loosely based on the novel’s themes: the main character is a young man “addicted to intense, sad love,” with two women “desperately in love” with him (Moon Jung-hee, Kim Hye-na), with yet two others who have hurt him (Jung Yumi and Yozoh), whom he struggles to get over.
The film began filming this week and will open next year.
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Sounds depressing and, dare I say, cliche?
hmmmm.
interesting.
and kim hye na… i see her as such an old person after unstoppable wedding.
That title could become a heavy burden, because the empty boxes are usually very distressing.
“The film takes its title from the 1774 novel by Goethe, but the plot seems only to be loosely based on the novel’s themes”
Ah, kinda like how East of Eden is based on East of Eden, but not at all. Probably a good thing — the ending of Werthers is . . . well, uhhh . . .
Yozoh — Give Me Your Banana (title is hyorish yo!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7LEjupADwE
ohhhh God we’re taking the Sorrows of the Young Werther in our literature right now and seriously if they’re gonna base it from that novel, it’s not worth to watch! hahaha It’s boring and the guy is just too emo and far tooo crazyyy!!!
Yozoh is hardly indie. -_-;;
Yozoh indie XD
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t “The Sorrows of Young Werther” the novel that inspired an “epidemic” of suicides? Hope this doesn’t have the same effect in Korea LOL. I shouldn’t laugh, because suicide has been an issue lately, but it seems so weird to think of a book (and now a movie) starting something like that.