Yoo Oh-seong (유오성)

2008/04/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

It seems we will meet "Friend", which premiered in 2001 and drew 8 million viewers, on television.

The production company is planning to produce "Friend" as a drama, and director Kwak Kyung-taek will hold the megaphone once more. "Friend" drew a lot of popularity from the start, left many catchphrases, and allowed Jang Dong-gun to officially rise up in stardom.

Jang Dong-gun and Yoo Oh-seong starred with strong Pusan accents and captivated audiences with their acting. The drama will cast stars with other styles but the list, of course, includes top stars.

Who will be the actors who receive judgment for following in Jang Dong-gun and Yoo Oh-seong's footsteps?

We cannot exclude Jang Dong-gun, who has worked with Director Kwak Gyeong-tae in "Typhoon" and "Friend". However, it doesn't seem likely that Jang Dong-gun will star in the drama after starring in the movie.

Because many directors work with actors they've already worked with, there is a possibility of Joo Jin-mo, who...

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2007/09/19 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Director KWAK Gyeong-taek returns with "a LOVE", a dramatic love story about unrequited love. KWAK previously concentrated on masculinity in often violent settings. JOO Jin-mo plays the protagonist whose great love for PARK Si-yeon's character leads him to break the law for her. When he returns, she is in a relationship with another man.

KWAK helmed "Friend", one of Korea's most successful films. "Friend" portrayed a group of friends with at the heart of the group two boys who turn to a life of crime in different criminal organizations, ending in an unavoidable confrontation between the two youth friends. YOO Oh-seong and JANG Dong-gun played the lead roles. JANG and KWAK also worked together on "Typhoon", about a North Korean pirate threatening to strike South Korea.

JOO Jin-mo rose to fame with the hit comedy "200 Pounds Beauty", along with KIM Ah-joong. PARK Si-yeon also featured in a comedy last year, she acted in "The Fox Family"; together with JOO Hyeon who plays her love i...

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2007/03/26 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

What the film "200 pounds beauty", which drew 6.6 million viewers late last year, and MBC's recent hit drama "White Tower" have in common is that they were remakes of Japanese originals. The success of these and other Japanese works in Korea is raising concerns that Japanese pop culture could once again dominate Korea.

◆ Dependence on Japanese stories

Another drama based on a Japanese original is scheduled to air on SBS from March 30. "Lover - drama" stars Yoo Oh-seong and Yoon Son-ha and is the remake of the 1995 Japanese series written by Hisashi Nozawa. Nozawa is also the author of the novel that was the basis of last year's SBS drama "Alone in Love", which was very popular among viewers in their 20s and 30s.

Korean drama production companies are competing to secure the rights to Japanese novels and mangas. KimJongHak Production and JS Pictures each have already bought the rights of three Japanese works to turn them into dramas here. "We have taken a serious interest ...

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Korea is so conscious about its popularity in the Music Community... janiijaun 2007-03-29 04:50:44

2006/11/08 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

"There is nobody in this world who is inferior to me". That's the phrase that is hanging above Heo Yeong-man's desk as a constant reminder of his goal to improve and grow. Let's take a closer look at the life of cartoonist Heo Yeong-man, who has remained at the top of the cartoon world for over 30 years.

True-to-life characters

Heo's desk is blanketed with post-it notes containing all kinds of hand-written reminders. It was Heo's meticulous nature and professionalism that made him one of Korea's best cartoonists. Since debuting in the cartoon world in 1974, Heo has created a myriad of cartoons dealing with the subjects of society and culture, such as "Lonely Guitarist", "Beat", "Hole No. 19", "Asphalt Guy", "48＋1", "Hustler", "Morning Will Never Come If You Twist a Chicken's Neck" and "Horse Day". Heo's characters, most of which are true-to-life figures with numerous shortcomings, captured the spotlight in movies and dramas after the late 1990s when he produced his bigg...

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2006/08/10 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Last year actress Kim Seon-ah became a household name with her beguiling "girl (or woman)-next-door" character Kim Sam-soon in the phenomenal hit television drama "My Lovely Samsoon" ("My Name is Kim Sam-soon"). Besides her oh-so-real act, Kim bravely gained 8 kilograms for the role, earning the nickname of Korean Renee Zellweger.

More actresses are following in her footsteps on small screens, willingly taking on parts that are far from attractive, instead of playing typical, pretty faces.

One of the most notable is Park Jin-hee, who is starring in Seoul Broadcasting System's "Come Back, Soon Aae", opposite Shim Hye-jin.

Park is a 20-something flight attendant and has been having an affair with Shim's pilot husband. Their fates cross even more when the two women get into a car accident and find themselves in each other's body.

Park's performances as a married 40-year-old have impressed viewers; from blabbering with her friends and dancing at a sauna to making phone calls wh...

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I LIKE YOON EUN HYE AND KIM SUN AH! :D Euphoria 2006-10-04 06:39:12