KIM Kang-wu – Heroic Cinema https://www.heroic-cinema.com The guide to Asian movies in Australia Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:32:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 18894642 The Beast And The Beauty (2005) https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/beast-and-the-beauty-the-2005/ Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:36:37 +0000 http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/beast-and-the-beauty-the-2005/ I like Ryoo Seung-bom – he’s a very talented actor, and he has an engaging charm in the right role. In Arahan, for example, his gormlessly likeable character made it clear he wasn’t the standard Saviour Of The World, regardless of his special skills. And in Crying Fist, he gave a damn fine showing as a bundle of unresolved tensions always on the verge of exploding.

But you’d never call him handsome. True, he’s not a beast, but … (read more)

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