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 Painter of the Wind (바람의 화원 - 2008) As : Kim Hong-do (김홍도)
|  Action Boys (우린 액션배우다 - 2008) As : Uncredited, himslef (본인)
|  War of Money (쩐의 전쟁 - 2007) |  Shiny Day (눈부신 날에 - 2006) |
 Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (달마야, 서울가자 - 2004) As : Cameo
|  Lovers in Paris (파리의 연인 - 2004) |  The Big Swindle (범죄의 재구성 - 2003) |  The Uninvited (4인용 식탁 - 2003) |
 Hi, Dharma (달마야 놀자 - 2001) |  Indian Summer (인디안 썸머 - 2001) As : Lee Sin-yeong (이신영)
|  White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인 - 1999) |  A Promise (약속 - 1998) As : Kong Sang-doo (공상두)
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 Steal my Heart (내 마음을 뺏어봐 - 1998) |  Poison (쁘아종 - 1997) |
 Controversy is building over news that actor Lee Byeong-heon is being paid W100 million per episode for appearing in the KBS drama "Iris" (US$1=W1,158).A newspaper reported on Wednesday that Lee was guaranteed at least W100 million for each episode of the spy thriller, considering a W25 million per episode performance fee and a W1.5 billion advance. The figure is well above the W15 million per episode guideline set by the Corea Drama Production Association (CODA), and the third highest in the industry history. The record is a whopping W250 million per episode paid to actor Bae Yong-joon for the MBC drama "The Legend" (The Four Guardian Gods of the King), followed by W100 million per episode promised to Park Shin-yang for four extra episodes of "War of Money". "In Lee's case the amount includes a combination of things, such as proceeds from sales of domestic and overseas broadcast rights, so it's not clear that his fee exceeds the guideline", said CODA head Shin Hyun-taik. ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 Actor Lee Byeong-heon is being paid 100 million won ($US100,000) per episode for his starring role in "Iris", a smash-hit drama now being broadcast on KBS2-TV.Lee, a hallyu (Korean wave) star who is playing the role of Kim Hyun-jun, an intelligence agent, was guaranteed 25 million won per episode plus a 1.5 billion won guaranty in recognition of his contribution to attracting investment from a Japanese broadcaster to produce the 20-episode drama. The 100-million-won performance fee was the third highest in the country's drama history. Bae Yong-joon, another hallyu star, topped the list of drama fees with 250 million won per episode for his appearance in the MBC drama "The Legend" in 2007. Park Shin-yang came in second. An association of drama producers has a rule to keep an actor's performance fee per episode below 15 million won. However, the association said it had no problem with Lee's high performance fee because it involves an overseas copyright. Meanwhile, Kim Tae-he...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 Top actor Park Shin-yang Monday won a legal victory in his efforts to get the production firm for "War of Money", which he starred in, to pay him a guaranteed fee.The Seoul High Court upheld a lower court ruling and ordered the production firm to pay 380 million won it had promised for extra appearances Park made in the popular television series. "Although the guarantees promised in the extra contract were three times that paid for Park's appearances in the original contract, the signing of the contract didn't involve anything that was seen as being illegal", the court said. Park appeared in the television series at the end of 2006 based on a contract that promised him 45 million won for each of 16 installments. When the SBS series was a success, the production company and Park agreed on four extra episodes in which Park appeared for 600 million won in total. Park took legal action when the production firm failed to pay him as promised....| More | |||||||||||||||||
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 While back in spring it was the "Gu Jun-pyo syndrome" that took the TV scene by storm, with the arrival of summer it was Tae-bong who received the baton. When "Boys Over Flowers" was in full swing, its dashing characters seemed to be invincible. But that turned out to be wrong. While the "Gu Jun-pyo syndrome" was powerful and intense, the "Tae-bong syndrome" took longer to take off but in no time it spread all over. Tae-bong's sweet voice also added to his popularity. We met with actor Yoon Sang-hyeon, who rose to stardom by portraying Tae-bong in the MBC TV drama "My Wife is a Superwoman", which ended on May 19. Though the drama has ended, Yoon still exudes Tae-bong's charm. During the interview he would say, "Eh?" just like Tae-bong did in the drama.Here's the interview. -How have you been recently? Your life must have changed. I can't go outside as freely as I want. I went hiking last Saturday, forgetting that it was a weekend, and I almost got into trouble. (Laughs.) I li...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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He hasn't been in public for 6 months because of the issues regarding his salary for being in a drama. Park was an hour and thirty minutes late because of the press being on his way from getting to the meeting....| More | |||||||||||||||||
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