Park Hong-gyoon (박홍균)

"New Heart" Ji Seong Feels the Love

2008/04/24 | Source | Permalink |

Actor Ji Seong is planning an official trip to Japan for the first time after his mandatory military service.

He became very popular in Japan after his part in the TV drama, "All In". After his 2-year military service, he made a successful comeback into the spotlight with the MBC drama "New Heart" (Teleplay by Hwang Eun-kyeong, Directed by Park Hong-gyoon). Next month, Ji Seong will be holding a large-scale event with fans at the JCB Hall of Tokyo Dome City.

"New Heart" was a huge success and brought Ji Seong significant attention along with various requests for commercial deals.

Re-runs of "New Heart" have been airing at the primetime hour of 9:00 pm (Mondays and Tuesdays) on the Hallyu entertainment cable channel Mnet since last month. The number of re-runs has increased due to the show's immense popularity in Japan....| More

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New Medial Drama `New Heart' to Hit TV

2007/12/05 | Source | Permalink |

By Kwon Mee-yoo, Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporters

The year 2007 was one of hit medical dramas like "White Tower" (MBC) and "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee" (SBS). Yet another medical drama, "New Heart", now brings the hospital back to the TV screens.

Director Park Hong-gyoon, who previously directed the hit drama "The Age of Heroes" (2004) and "So In Love" (2006), admitted some unease about adding another medical series to the list, but that he was taking slightly different approach, during a press conference Tuesday at a hospital in Seoul.

"While `Behind the White Tower' is about hospital politics and `Surgeon Bong Dal-hee' traces the emotional and professional growth of young doctors, `New Heart' will mainly focus on the medical field", he said. Park added that they avoided using the tripod in order to fully capture the realism of the surgery and characters in action.

"New Heart" differentiates itself from other medical dramas by focusing on heart surgeons. The drama captures the pa...| More

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