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}} Yoo Ji-tae (born April 13, 1976) is a South Korean actor and director. After a stint as a fashion model, Yoo launched his acting career in 1998 then rose to fame through the films ''Attack the Gas Station'' (1999) and ''Ditto'' (2000). In the succeeding years, he gained acting recognition by working with acclaimed directors such as Hur Jin-ho in ''One Fine Spring Day'' (2001), Park Chan-wook in ''Oldboy'' (2003), and Hong Sang-soo in ''Woman is the Future of Man'' (2004). Yoo began directing short films in 2003, which were well received in the film festival circuit. His feature directorial debut ''Mai Ratima'' was released in 2013. == Career == Yoo Ji-tae began his career as a fashion model, and he walked the runway for the Seoul Fashion Artist Association collections in 1995. Then in 2000, with a series of hit films and widely seen TV appearances, Yoo was more constantly in the limelight than any other actor, and in a very short time, rose to become a major actor in Korean film.〔("Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Yoo Ji-tae" ). ''Koreanfilm.org.'' Retrieved 2012-09-25.〕 His first brush with fame came in the role of "Paint" in his second feature, the 1999 hit ''Attack the Gas Station''. His sensitive and artistic image in this film and the warm character he displayed as a guest on TV talk shows helped to propel him to stardom. With the surprise success of his third film ''Ditto'' in spring 2000, Yoo's star status was secured. He also appeared in the successful firefighting film ''Libera Me''. In this early part of his career, he was known particularly for the wild colors that he would dye his hair (white in ''Attack the Gas Station'', blue in ''Ditto'', blonde in ''Libera Me'').〔 In 2001, however, he dyed his hair black and took on a more subdued, serious role in Hur Jin-ho's ''One Fine Spring Day''. Although it wasn't a big hit with audiences, his performance in this film opened many critics' eyes and drew widespread praise, while officially launching the second stage of his career.〔 For the next two years, Yoo didn't appear in any new films, because ''Natural City'' took an unusually long time to progress from shooting to a commercial release. He then appeared in three works in 2003: ''Natural City'' (which bombed, despite its big budget and special effects), the horror/suspense film ''Into the Mirror'', and Park Chan-wook's acclaimed ''Oldboy''. Yoo's memorable role in the latter film as a wealthy eccentric fixated on revenge would make his face well known to international audiences.〔 As Yoo's career established itself he began to appear in many high-profile projects, such as in well-known arthouse director Hong Sang-soo's ''Woman is the Future of Man'' (which, like ''Oldboy'', screened at Cannes in 2004); Yim Pil-sung's big-budget ''Antarctic Journal'', shot in New Zealand; and the action/noir ''Running Wild'' with Kwon Sang-woo.〔〔("야수 (Running Wild) Press Screening Report" ). ''Twitch Film''. 4 January 2006.〕 He also established his own production company Yoo Movie in 2005. As soon as he finished shooting the 2007 period film ''Hwang Jin-yi'' about a Joseon-era gisaeng, Yoo chose to act in the play ''Come to the Ghost House''. A graduate of Dankook University with a major in Theater and Film, he also established a theater to put on one play a year. Almost all the money for the theatrical productions comes from his own wallet. "I work on stage because it's there that I find the challenge and the stimulus an actor needs through continuous creative work," he said.〔("Screen Star Yoo Ji-tae Finds Creative Challenge in Theater" ). ''The Chosun Ilbo''. 9 April 2007.〕 In 2009 he lent his voice as narrator for the track "I’m Sorry" (미안해) in K-pop singer Jinju's album ''Pearlfect''. Yoo then returned to the melodrama genre, starring in his first TV drama ''Star's Lover'' opposite Choi Ji-woo, as well as a couple of romance-themed films, notably ''Secret Love'' which reunited him with ''Oldboy'' costar Yoon Jin-seo.〔Sung, So-young (26 February 2010). ("Korea’s forbidden lovers of film return" ). ''Korea JoongAng Daily.''〕 Afterwards he played another villain in the real-time suspense thriller ''Midnight FM''.〔Han, Sun-hee (10 August 2010). ("MIDNIGHT FM, A Speedy Real Time Thriller" ). ''Korean Cinema Today''.〕〔("Soo Ae: ‘I Felt Relieved After Filming Scenes Heaping Insults’" ). ''KBS Global''. 20 September 2010.〕 After getting his master's degree in 2008 from Chung-Ang University's Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film, in recent years Yoo has focused more on his passion for directing. To him, "Making films is like taking drugs. Actors feel a pleasure when they deliver well but directors feel they have poured out everything they have in the sole fact that they have completed a movie. It's impossible to compare the pleasure you get from it."〔Lee, Ji-hye (7 April 2010). ("Yoo Ji-tae's Movie Picks" ). ''10Asia''.〕 He has helmed a number of award-winning short films that have screened in festivals around the world.〔(Yoo Ji Tae Collection 2010 ). ''YesAsia.'' 27 July 2010.〕 In addition to directing his fourth short film ''Invitation'', Yoo wrote the script and plays the main character alongside leading lady Uhm Ji-won.〔Lee, Hae-joo (29 May 2009). ("Yoo Ji-tae's ''Invitation'' gets a premiere" ). ''Korea JoongAng Daily''.〕 In 2012, Yoo directed his first feature film ''Mai Ratima'', based on a synopsis he wrote 15 years ago in college. It portrays the unlikely love affair of a Korean man in his 30s living on the bottom rung of society and a mail-order bride from Thailand in her 20s. Shooting began in Gyeonggi Province on January 26, 2012,〔("''Oldboy'' Villain Yoo Ji-tae to Direct First Feature" ). ''The Chosun Ilbo''. 9 November 2011.〕〔Kim, Jessica (30 January 2012). ("Yoo Ji-tae first feature cranks in" ). ''10Asia''.〕 and it premiered at the Busan International Film Festival on October 5, 2012. Yoo said he plans to continue producing or directing movies based on strong social issues as he is interested in the plight of the less privileged.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/10/15/2012101500965.html )〕 ''Mai Ratima'' won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Deauville Asian Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/11/2013031100784.html )〕 He then co-starred with Kōichi Satō and Vincent Gallo in Junji Sakamoto's 2013 suspense thriller ''Human Trust''. For the biopic ''The Tenor - Lirico Spinto'', Yoo practiced singing for four hours everyday for more than a year, and took private English and Japanese lessons to portray Bae Jae-chul, an internationally acclaimed tenor who loses his voice to thyroid cancer. Afterwards, he starred in another TV series ''Healer'', written by Song Ji-na. 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「Yoo Ji-tae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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