Lee Jae-gyoo (이재규)

"Success power" Return of star directors (PDs)

2008/04/17 | Source | Permalink |

Lee Jae-gyoo, Lee Yoon-jeong drama comeback

There is great interest for the works of star producers, which will be coming out at the end of this year.

They say dramas are works of the writers but the power of the producers is also noticeable. Either they work with famous writers such as Kim Su-hyun and Noh Hee-kyeong, or they excel in one genre, such as Director Lee Byeong-hoon of MBC "Yi San".

The first work is Director Lee Jae-gyu's "Beethoven Virus".

This work, starring Kim Myeong-min and Lee Ji-ah, dreams of being the Korean "Nodame Cantabile". Director Lee has shown his skill through MBC "Damo" and SBS "Fashion 70s". For the past three years, he had been preparing various dramas but they did not work well and eventually chose "Beethoven Virus". Director Lee plans to tell the story of musicians who struggle after forming an orchestra.

Director Lee Yoon-jeong of MBC "Coffee Prince" also is preparing for a drama to release this year. Director Lee's "Triple" is the firs...| More

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Prescription for Melodramatized TV

2007/01/15 | Source | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

If you suffer from an "imbalance" because of watching the same-old soaps with same-old love triangles and affairs, dramas about medical doctors may be just the prescription you need.

This year, four new medical dramas will air, attracting viewers who want to see something new and unconventional.

They are "Hayan Kotab" ("White Big Tower"), "Oegwauisa Bong Dang-hui" ("Surgeon Bong Dal-hee"), "Ibalsadul" ("Barbers") and "Chonghappyongwon 2" ("General Hospital 2").

These dramas are not the first to center on lives of doctors at hospitals. In the mid-1990s, "Chonghappyongwon" (General Hospital), "Haebaragi" ("Sunflower - drama") and "Uigahyongje" (Doctor Brothers) were huge successes.

Although they were set in hospitals, their main stories dealt with romance between doctors. But the emphasis of these new dramas is on portraying the work and the lives of doctors as realistically as possible.

These dramas have whopping production budgets, an a...| More

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