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Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16 , 1987 to December 8 , 1990 , for a total of 75 episodes over four seasons . The series was produced by Stephen J . Cannell and was filmed in Vancouver , ___MASK64___ Columbia , to avoid the higher studio costs associated with filming in Los Angeles . South Korea , officially the Republic of Korea ( ROK ), is a sovereign state in East ___MASK40___ , constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula . The ___MASK8___ Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Neo - noir ( English : " New - black "; from the ___MASK22___ " neo ", new ; and the French " noir ", black ) is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently use elements of " film noir ", but with updated themes , content , style , visual elements or media that were absent in " film noir " of the 1940s and 1950s . Rome is a city and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in ___MASK76___ . Rome is the capital of ___MASK76___ and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the ___MASK8___ Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states . Seoul (  )  officially the Seoul Special City  is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea ( commonly known as South Korea ), forming the heart of the Seoul Capital Area , which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province , the world ' s 16th largest city . It is home to over half of all South ___MASK49___ along with 678 , 102 international residents . Once Upon a Time in High School : The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do is a 2004 South Korean drama film . The background of the film is set in a high school in South Korea , . The original Korean title literally means " cruel history of Maljuk street " and one of the filming locations was the present neighborhood of Yangjae - dong , Seocho District in Seoul . A screenplay writer , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting , writing screenplays on which mass media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . Poetry ( the term derives from a variant of the ___MASK22___ term , " poiesis ", " making ") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language  such as phonaesthetics , sound symbolism , and metre  to evoke meanings in addition to , or in place of , the prosaic ostensible meaning . A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film ' s artistic and dramatic aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under ___MASK8___ Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non - fiction book " Wiseguy " by Nicholas Pileggi , who co - wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill ( the first - person narrator in the film ) and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 . Yoo Ha ( Hangul :  ; or spelled Yu Ha ; born February 9 , 1963 ) is a South Korean film director , screenwriter and a contemporary poet . He directed the critically acclaimed films Marriage Is a Crazy Thing ( 2002 ) , Once Upon a Time in High School ( 2004 ) , and A Dirty Carnival ( 2006 ) . The latter is a gangster movie with allusions to Martin Scorsese films like Gangs of New York , Mean Streets and Goodfellas . The history of comics has followed different paths in different cultures . Scholars have posited a pre - history as far back as the Lascaux cave paintings . By the mid - 20th century , comics flourished particularly in the United States , western ___MASK36___ ( especially in ___MASK81___ and Belgium ), and ___MASK47___ . The history of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Töpffer ' s cartoon strips of the 1830s , and became popular following the success in the 1930s of strips and books such as " The Adventures of Tintin ". American comics emerged as a mass medium in the early 20th century with the advent of newspaper comic strips ; magazine - style comic books followed in the 1930s , in which the superhero genre became prominent after Superman appeared in 1938 . Histories of Japanese comics and cartooning ("") propose origins as early as the 12th century . Modern comic strips emerged in ___MASK47___ in the early 20th century , and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post - World War II era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka . had a lowbrow reputation for much of its history , but towards the end of the 20th century began to find greater acceptance with the public and in academia . A poet is a person who writes poetry . Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others . A poet may simply be a writer of poetry , or may perform their art to an audience . A Dirty Carnival is a South Korean neo - noir mob film directed by Yoo Ha . It is Yoo Ha ' s fourth feature film , his previous work being the 2004 drama , " Once Upon a Time in High School ". Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic period drama film set in the mid - 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City . It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks , Kenneth Lonergan , and Steven Zaillian . The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury ' s 1927 nonfiction book , " The Gangs of New York ". It was made in Cinecittà , Rome , distributed by Miramax Films and nominated for numerous awards , including the Academy Award for Best Picture .