Seong Yoo-ri (성유리)

2008/04/24 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean TV and film stars gathered together for The 44th PaekSang Arts Awards Thursday evening in Seoul. The Awards honors filmmakers, TV actors and actresses, producers and programs that made distinguishing marks in the field of visual media arts.

In the film category, the grand prize went to "The Chaser" directed by Na Hong-jin, who also won the best new director award. "The Chaser" has attracted over 5 million filmgoers so far, winning the top-grossing film title for the first half of 2008. The best director award went to Lee Chang-dong of "Secret Sunshine" and the best picture award to "Forever the Moment", based on a true story of the Korean women's handball team. Im Chang-jeong of "Scout" was named the best actor and Kim Min-hee of "Hellcats" the best actress. Also hunky superstar Kwon Sang-woo and lovely Kim Jeong-eun won the popularity vote.

The grand prize in the TV category was given to Kang Ho-dong for his leadership in the "One Night Two Days" segment of the entertainm...

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2008/01/24 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The kiss scenes are essential in a drama in describing the romantic relationships between the characters. Recently, the Wed-Thu dramas, "New Heart", "Robber" and "Hong Gil Dong" have shown interesting kiss scenes which doubled the shows' enjoyment. These kiss scenes are uniquely different in everyway as these dramas are, however the one common ground exists throughout is that they are all "Calmi Cuori Appassionati".

On 10th, in 9th episode of MBC "New Heart", the icy princess Hye-seok (Kim Min-jeong) and warm-hearted Eun-sung (Ji Seong) share a kiss. Hye-seok was in danger of being infected by an AIDS positive patient during a surgery. She became dispirited in fear of losing everything she have worked for and showed her tender mind to Eun-sung saying, "If I knew this was going happen (being infected by AIDS virus) I would have kissed a lot". Hereupon, Eun-sung boldly drew her to his arms and kissed her. The 'sweet bitter kiss' between the two people who represent "coldness" and "pa...

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lol.i watch that part(hong gil dong)^^) ~chixgykmaniac~ 2008-03-07 08:27:05 blanca 2008-03-04 08:38:01 i can't wait to see you in this new series Ji Seong -- I liked you in Save the Last Dance! aja

2008/01/07 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actor Jang Geun-seok, 20, captured the essence of KBS's newest drama "Hong Gil Dong" when he said, "I think 'Hong Gil Dong' truly is a fusion drama".

Playing a troubled crown prince on the run in this new drama, Jang added, "It's got a very young and energetic storyline".

Young and fresh are the right words to use when referring to "Hong Gil Dong", which started last Wednesday night on KBS 2. This new take on the traditional historical drama presents the most unlikely mix of global pop culture references to ever hit TV screens.

From Hong Kong action stunts to Bollywood belly dancing to a touch of Shakespearean stage humor, this drama gives the classic story of one of Korea's most popular heroes, Hong Gil-dong, a radical makeover.

The original Hong Gil-dong, upon which this drama is based, was a heroic character from an old Korean novel written in the Joseon Dynasty. A Korean Robin Hood, the original Hong was depicted as a model hero. Morally upright, intelligent and driven ...

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2008/01/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

On 2nd January, the first episode of a comic historical drama 'Hong Gil Dong' was televised, starring Kang Ji-hwan and Seong Yoo-ri.

The baton is now handed over to the Hong Sisters, Hong Jeong-eun and Hong Mi-ran. The KBS miniseries department, which fall into a slump last year hold their hopes to KBS miniseries hit script writers, Hong Mi-ran and Hong Jung-eun sisters. The Wed-Thu miniseries 'Hong Gil Dong' (Directed by Lee Jung-seob) is a fusion drama, which adopted a comic historical drama. The first episode was televised on 2nd January and is captivating the viewers with a unique script written by the Hong Sisters and the appearance of top stars including Kang Ji-hwan and Seong Yoo-ri.

From their first miniseries, 'Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang',, to 'My girl' and 'Fantastic Couple', the Hong Sisters wrote unique trendy dramas, achieving both quality and popularity. Last year, the KBS miniseries department spend a dark period of slump between its two rival broadcasting stations....

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2008/01/01 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

KBS starts the New Year with two new epic dramas, "Hong Gil Dong", a Korean Robin Hood story and "The Great King Sejong", another drama portraying the king of Joseon.

Both dramas are set back in the time of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910). "Hong Gil Dong" is a comical remake of novel of the same name written by Heo Gyun under King Gwanghaegun's reign (1575-1641).

The rather young director Lee Jung-sub, 36, defines the soap opera as being a "totally new epic drama". He prepared for this drama for about a year with writers Hong Jeong-eun and Hong Mi-ran, also known as the "Hong Sisters" of "Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang" (2005) and "Fantastic Couple" (2006).

Scenes from the preview were rather shocking. The protagonist, Hong Gil-dong (played by actor Kang Ji-hwan) has curly hair and wears sunglasses while Heo I-nok (Seong Yoo-ri), the heroine, looks like Chun-li, the tomboy character from the popular game "Street Fighter".

Lee Chang-hui (Jang Geun-s...

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