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}} Jung Woo-sung (born March 20, 1973) is a South Korean actor. == Career == After first finding work as a model, Jung Woo-sung made his film debut in the 1994 movie ''The Fox with Nine Tails'', together with Ko So-young. He and Ko would go on to act in two more films together.〔("Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Jung Woo-sung" ). ''Koreanfilm.org.'' Retrieved 2012-08-13.〕 Jung found widespread fame in Kim Sung-su's 1997 film ''Beat'', in which he played a high school student who becomes caught up in gang life against his will. Since this film, he became known as one of Korea's top commercial stars. In the subsequent years he portrayed a young boxer in ''City of the Rising Sun'', a naval lieutenant in ''Phantom: The Submarine'', and a marathoner in ''Love''.〔 In 2001, Jung took on one of his most high-profile roles in Kim Sung-su's epic blockbuster ''Musa''. Playing a long-haired slave, he acted opposite Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi and received wide exposure abroad as well as in Korea. After spending time in 2002 directing a series of music videos and appearing in a large number of commercials, Jung took on the eccentric lead role in ''Mutt Boy'', the fifth film by director Kwak Kyung-taek.〔 Jung's next roles would be in highly romantic roles that played off his established screen image. In the box office hit ''A Moment to Remember'' he plays an architect whose wife (played by Son Ye-jin) is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and in the Netherlands-set ''Daisy'', he plays a hired assassin who falls in love with a street artist played by Jun Ji-hyun.〔 He portrays a happily committed fireman in ''Sad Movie'', and rekindles a romance with an old friend in ''A Good Rain Knows''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arirangtv.com/TV2/Star_Focus.asp?code=Ki3&F_KEY=636&sys_lang=Eng )〕 His big-budget martial arts films ''The Restless'' and ''Reign of Assassins'' would also have romantic elements. Kim Jee-woon's "kimchi western" ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' would give Jung one of his most iconic roles, using his physicality to great effect as the Clint Eastwood counterpart in ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. Shortly after he would work again with the director in a short film for W Korea. Given the hype regarding his return to the small screen after 15 years, Jung's spy genre drama ''Athena: Goddess of War'' (spin-off to 2009's ''IRIS'')〔Kang, Hye-ran (January 4, 2011). ("Jung Woo-sung is one cool character, at work and in life" ). ''Korea JoongAng Daily''.〕 was a disappointment, failing to duplicate its predecessor's ratings. He made his Japanese drama debut with a guest appearance in episodes 6 and 7 of ''Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara~''.〔Kim, Jessica (April 5, 2011). ("Jung Woo-sung to appear in Japanese drama" ). ''10Asia''.〕 He followed that with another TV series ''Padam Padam... The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats'' which marked the establishment of new cable broadcasting station jTBC. Jung said he "decided on this drama because (he) was drawn to the way Noh Hee-kyung writes 'family drama.' Whether mother-son or father-son, the love and pain experienced by families is something (he)’d like to try portraying in a realistic way."〔Hong, Lucia (August 9, 2011). ("Jung Woo-sung to play male lead in new mini-series" ). ''10Asia''.〕 He played a man who has recently been released from jail after serving a 16-year sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.〔Oh, Jean (December 1, 2011). ("Jung Woo-sung opens up about first Korean drama after scandal" ). ''The Korea Herald''.〕〔Kim, Hyo-eun (December 14, 2011). ("Actor Jung trades dashing for dirty" ). ''Korea JoongAng Daily''.〕 Jung was cast in the English-language 3D remake of John Woo's ''The Killer''.〔McNary, Dave (January 31, 2011). ("John Woo to remake his own ''Killer''" ). ''Variety''.〕 The film will be shot in Los Angeles, and reunites him with ''A Moment to Remember'' director John H. Lee and ''Reign of Assassins'' director John Woo who will be producing.〔Yoon, Hee-seong (July 11, 2011). ("Jung Woo-sung nails Hong Kong pic ''The Killer'' remake" ). ''10Asia''.〕 In 2012, he directed and starred in the commercial for cable channel XTM. And a year later, Jung was among four celebrities who directed a short film using smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4 with the theme "Meet a Life Companion." His short ''Love'' explored the feelings of first love, and recorded 1.8 million views on YouTube. Jung drew praise in his first villain role in ''Cold Eyes'', an action thriller that became a box office hit in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/06/29/2013062900299.html )〕 He then directed another short film for Samsung Galaxy S4, this time for the project "Story of Me and S4." In Jung's short ''Beginning of a Dream'', Choi Jin-hyuk starred as an ordinary office worker who dreams of leaving his mundane existence and entering a world of fantasy; he is approached by a blue fish, rides a sports car at supersonic speed, sees a boy floating past holding a balloon, hangs out with a hippie band in their van, and meets himself as a young boy at a bus stop. In 2014, Jung along with Chinese actors Francis Ng and Chang Chen, directed three short films for ''Three Charmed Lives'', an omnibus commissioned by the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Critics praised Jung's short ''The Killer Behind the Old Man'' as the strongest and most stylish entry; in it, an ultra-methodical hitman (played by Andy Choi) is hired to assassinate an elderly man, but finds himself transfixed by the man's slow-moving and ordered life, and thus hesitates to carry through with his mission. Jung next played a baduk player out for revenge in ''The Divine Move'', followed by an adulterous university professor gradually losing his eyesight in ''Scarlet Innocence''. He is set to star in and produce the ''Memento''-esque indie feature ''Don't Forget Me'', and has been cast in the Joseon-era monster movie ''Jakseoui Byeon - Attack of the Water Monster'' and the thriller ''Asura'' (the latter is his fourth collaboration with Kim Sung-su). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jung Woo-sung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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