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TV Dramas Gear Up for Post-Olympics Race

2008/08/19 | Source | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

The Beijing Olympic Games will end Sunday, so what is worth seeing after the Olympic flame goes out? For TV fans, major networks are gearing up for a competition with their most anticipated dramas.

MBC will start the race off with "East of Eden" Monday. The drama has made headlines with its star-studded cast even before shooting, with big names like Song Seung-heon, Yeon Jeong-hoon, Lee Da-hae and Han Ji-Hye and veteran actors Yoo Dong-geon and Lee Mi-sook.

The drama is the first for Song and Yeon since they got out of the Army.

The 50-part series cost 25 billion won and tells of the brothers Dong-chul (Song) and Dong-wook (Yeon). Their fates diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.

Next is "Beethoven Virus", a treat for classical music lovers. The drama depicts the world of musicians, from a charismatic conductor to a stubborn trumpet player and a pretty vio...| More

Song Il-gook Wraps Shoot in China

2008/08/01 | Source | Permalink |

The team of KBS 2TV's drama, "Wind Country", finally wrapped up its shoot with Song Il-gook in China and returned to Korea on July 30th.

According to its production company, Chorokbaem Media, the Wind Country team left for Shanghai on June 16th and spent 45 days filming around China. Many of the scenes were shot in Wuxi, about one to two hours from Shanghai by car, Lanzhou and Zingtai, which is two hours from Beijing by plane.

"We had difficulty filming due to the monsoon", said Chorokbaem. "And toward the end, we were rushed and pressed for time".

After one day off, the filming crew will continue the Wind Country shoot as they travel through the countryside of Korea.

Set for a temporary September release, Wind Country is a 36-part drama based on the popular graphic novel series by Kim Jin. "Jumong", "All In", and "Heo Jun" writer Choi Wan-gyoo wrote the teleplay and Kang Il-soo of "Emperor of the Sea" fame is directing. ...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Song Il-gook in "Land of the Wind"

2008/07/03 | Source | Permalink |

Although he's having some trouble with a reporter suing him, he's still doing his job as an actor.

Our hero from "Jumong" has returned for "Land of the Wind" (바람의 나라) as Jumong's grandson, Moo-hyool....| More

Song Il-gook, comeback as "Jumong's grandson"

2008/05/29 | Source | Permalink |

Song Il-gook is returning to historical dramas after two years. He has been cast as Moo-hyul in KBS "The Kingdom of the Winds".

"The Kingdom of the Winds" is a remake of a comic by Kim Jin, and the role Song Il-gook plays is Jumong's grandson.

After last year's SBS "Lobbyist", he has been resting for marriage and personal matters. He had a hard time deciding his next drama.

He was deciding between "The Kingdom of the Winds" and a present-day drama, but he decided to comeback with a historical drama. A representative of the drama said, "It is fate that Song Il-gook gets to play Jumong's grandson as well. We went through many actors, but Song Il-gook is the right person for this role.

"The Kingdom of the Winds" will start filming in China in mid-June. ...| More

'Robot Taekwon V' writing a new history in Korea

2007/02/02 | Source | Permalink |

comeback in 31 years and set record for animation, with in 13days of release of film 500,000 audiences see the film.

On 31th 'All that Cinema' said "up to 30th total of 5,003,326 audiences record, breaking 's Korean animation record. For second place (400,000) and third place is (350,000).

The first weekend after release of movie 277,550 audiences saw the film, it is getting really popular and it is still on screen. We expect number of audience will go up.

Cause of popularity of Korea Culture & Content Agency' (KOCCA, General Manager: Kim Jin Kyu) said now those people who works for animation industry can find the worth of their sweat and passion". And including all of Korean animation can have hope.

CEO (Shin Chul) of 'Robot Taekwon V Company' was fighting with disintegration 10years ago and said "If Korea Animation can read the audience's mind like a Korean movie its market can reach 10,000,000 audiences.

The Source : Koreacontent News Team...| More