Im Yoo-jin (임유진)

Actors Yoon, Im Wed

Source | 2007/02/14 | Permalink |

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

Actor Yoon Tae-yeong, 32, the only son of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Yoon Jong-yong, and actress Im Yoo-jin, 26, married yesterday, Valentine's Day.

The wedding ceremony took place at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul and was not open to the public.

Entertainer Kim Je-dong was the host of the ceremony, and singer Park Jung-hyun sang a song.

The wedding attracted the public's attention because it involved both celebrities and business.

Some 2,000 guests, including celebrities and businesspeople, attended the ceremony.

The couple met while costarring in the KBS drama "Above Green Field" in 2003.

In the drama, Yoon and Im played brother and sister. They became lovers in 2005 with the intention of getting married.

Yoon graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a degree in business administration. He acted in various dramas including "Beautiful She" (1996), "Wangcho" (1999) and "Pearl Necklace" (2003).

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An Old Man Turned Director?

Source | 2004/11/24 | Permalink |

by Gab-Sik Kim (dunanworld@donga.com)


"Excuse me. Can you just watch for one? Yes? You don't want to see? Eh. Just watch it for one".

Director and main actor Oh Ji-myeong (65, picture) gives an introduction like above in the trailer of his movie, "Quit Dinking Around" ("None of Your Cheek") that releases on December 3. With his hair styled like the famous soccer star "Ronaldo", with all the hair shaved except the middle part and his trademark stuttering, a chuckling noise spread through the audience.


After 45 years of acting, he has just debuted as film director at the age of 65. I met him at a café on Sejongno in Seoul for an interview.


The movie is an action drama of three aged gangsters' life stories. Gaetok (Oh Ji-myeong) and Byeokdol (Choi Bool-am) served 15 years in prison because of their friend Dongpal (Kim Hak-cheol)'s betrayal, and another friend, Sambok (Roh Joo-hyun), took care of them while they were in prison. The three dream of taking vengeance, bu...| More