Cheon Ho-jin (천호진)

(from left:) Ji Jin-hee, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Soo-yeon, Bae Soo-bin on set of "Dong-Yi" [MBC]

Actors Ji Jin-hee and Han Hyo-joo started shooting their 50-part historical drama titled "Dong Yi" on Thursday.

The first scenes that were shot were of the young Dong-yi, played by child actor Kim Yoo-jeong, in the North Gyeongsang Province, said the show's broadcaster MBC....More

Entire cast consisting of +60 members came together; including Han Hyo-joo, Ji Jin-hee, Jeong Jin-yeong, Bae Soo-bin, Lee So-yeon, Kim Yoo-seok, Jeong Dong-hwan, Lee Kye-in, Choi Ran, etc.

- Director Lee Byeong-hoon - "I hope people feel happier in 2010 due to 'Dong Yi'".
- Scriptwriter Kim I-yeong - "I will try to write characters that everyone will be glad to portray".

This is the saga of Royal consort Choi, who despite her lowly birth becomes the concubine of King Sukjong and mother of King Youngjo, the 21st king of Joseon. The first script writing for "Dong-yi" was held on the evening of the 4th.

Taking place on the 10th floor of the MBC station in Yeoido, the cast and crew for "Dong Yi" showed their passion for the drama by staying past midnight to finish the reading. Particularly Han Hyo-joo and Ji Jin-hee stayed the entire time studying the script though they don't come out in the first couple of episodes....More

From left, actor Ko Soo and actress Han Ye-seul pose during a photo session of a press conference for SBS TV series "Will It Snow for Christmas??" held at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on November 25, 2009. [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]

Written by Kang Myoung-seok
Not once in his life has he not been the smartest in his class. He is also good-looking and can fight well. He still misses the girl he loved when he was in his teens. And he is a man of integrity who will be straightforward to the daughter of his company's chairman. Kang-jin (played by Ko Soo) in SBS TV series "Will It Snow for Christmas??" is not a man. He is a mythical character in existence for the women and the drama is the alter for that myth. When Kang-jin reveals the muscles on his forearms to execute the miracle of driving a nail into Ji-wan's (played by Han Ye-seul) wall, people around him will give their testimony on their sighting. Even Tae-joon (played by Song Jong-ho), the top elite in the Bumseo Group, commits an irregularity out of fear of Kang-jin, the chairman's daughter Woo-sun (played by Sun Woo-sun) praises Kang-jin for his honesty and sturdiness while the owner of the cafe at which Ji-wan works says he would want Kang-jin to be his nephew-in-law.

Hence, it seems it will start snowing if Kang-jin says so, and everyone who exists within the world of "Will It Snow for Christmas??" is in love with him. It would not be an overstatement to say that Ji-wan and Kang-jin's role in the drama is to show that they have to break up although they love each other and Tae-jun is considered a cowardly man the moment he starts competing with Kang-jin. The balance between the characters crumble and when Kang-jin disappears from the screen, the remaining characters are busy confessing their emotions about him rather than moving the drama forward with their own stories....More

Actress Han Ye-seul is in a bright white wedding dress!

She is in the new drama, "Will It Snow for Christmas??" where she is wearing the wedding dress for an engagement ceremony.

Han is costarring with Ko Soo for the drama that is being released on December 2nd!...More

Costume drama meets violent film noir
Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)

The film opens in 19th century Korea, the late Joseon period. A small island off the coast of Seoul, known for the production of high-quality paper, it is commissioned by the court, is visited by the special prosecutor Won-kyu (Cha Seung-won) and his men, after a suspected arson burns down a freighter and its shipment of valuable papers.

Soon Won-kyu finds himself embroiled in an island-wide conspiracy and a murder investigation, as those rumored to be responsible for the frame-up and gruesome execution of Commissioner Kang (Cheon Ho-jin) several years ago are killed off in equally horrendous ways: boiled alive in a dyeing kettle, having his skull crushed by a rock, and so on.

Neither the old yangban owner of the paper mill (Oh Hyeon-kyeong) nor his cynical son Kim In-kwon (Park Yong-woo) seems happy to have an outsider like Won-kyu meddle in the affairs of the island.

Meanwhile, the beautiful local shaman (Choe Ji-na) predicts an even greater disaster looming ahead for the islanders.

"Blood Rain", written by Kim Seong-jae and Lee Won-jae ("The City of Violence"), is a well-structured, almost old-fashioned murder mystery transposed to th...More