TCHA Sung-jai contributed greatly to the quantitative and qualitative growth of the Korean film industry and was responsible for changing its production system, while he ran Uno Films Production, Sidus, and SidusFNH. After learning film production at Shincine Communications during the mid-1990s, he established Uno Films Production and produced Millions in My Account by KIM Sang-jin as his first film. Through his acquired knowhow, TCHA was able to able to push forward his visi...More

TCHA Sung-jai contributed greatly to the quantitative and qualitative growth of the Korean film industry and was responsible for changing its production system, while he ran Uno Films Production, Sidus, and SidusFNH. After learning film production at Shincine Communications during the mid-1990s, he established Uno Films Production and produced Millions in My Account by KIM Sang-jin as his first film. Through his acquired knowhow, TCHA was able to able to push forward his vision and create a new trend in the industry. With his preference for films that have both popular appeal and literary sensitivity, he nurtured many creative directors, including HUR Jin-ho, IM Sang-soo, BONG Joon-ho, JANG Joon-hwan, CHOI Dong-hoon, YOO Ha, and YIM Pil-sung, who now represent the Korean film industry. He strategically expanded the scale of his production company in order to build a stable production capability, and made the box office hit <Memories of Murder>. In addition, he expanded his overseas network and induced investment from Japan and Hong Kong for <One Fine Spring Day>, jointly-produced <MUSA-The Warrior> with China, and tried joint production with Japan for Rikidozan: <A Here Extraordinary>. Amid the major telecom company KT’s foray into the content business, he merged his company with KIM Mi-hee’s Fun & Happiness Film to set up SidusFNH and turned it into the biggest production company in Korea. It was the only production house that could maintain a yearly lineup big enough to be continuously featured in the market. During the SidusFNH years, he put over CHOI Dong-hoon’s <Tazza: The High Rollers> and YOO Ha’s <A Dirty Carnival> among others. However, many films that he worked on at SidusFNH didn’t make a profit following the decline of the industry after 2006. He resigned from the company in 2009 and has worked as a professor for the Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents of Dongguk University. Then he founded Nomad Films in 2011 and presented several low budget films such as <Barbie> and <Code Name: Jackal> in 2012.Less