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Directed by Kim Yoon-cheol (김윤철)
Screenplay by Kim Do-woo (김도우)
MBC | Airing dates : 2005/06/01~2005/07/2116 episodes
Synopsis
For all average girls in the world...
According to a research, 73% of Korean women believe that they are fat. That's seven out of ten. Our lead character Kim Sam-Soon is not an exception. She just gained 7kg after having her heart broken.
She is a 29-year-old single who has an average life. She didn't go to college. She... More







Actor Hyeon Bin's long hair and baggy jacket do not make him look any different from what he looked like before. But the way he appears in the movie "I Am Happy" is anything but the same. The look in his eyes and his whole body say that he is a different person. His character definitely stands apart from his characters in the TV dramas "My Name is Kim Sam-soon" and "Worlds Within".To Hyeon Bin, the movie "I Am Happy" was like his graduation. Though the actor is currently preparing for his next production in the U.S.--the remake of the movie "Late Autumn"--he squeezed time from his busy schedule to attend the screening of "I Am Happy". We met with him on November 16 at a cafe in southern Seoul. "I Am Happy" was screened at last year's Pusan International Film Festival as the closing film. It finally opened more than a year later. Hyeon Bin said, "I wasn't worried about the late opening and about how many viewers would come to see it. It was quality time for me because I thought a...| More | |||||||||||||||||
Three Foreigners Will Co-Host 'K-Pop Connection' on 2nd Anniversary
By Han Sang-hee Staff Reporter For foreigners living outside the country, finding Korean entertainment content can be tricky. To help quench their thirst, the KBS World launched English radio show "K-Pop Connection" two years ago and it is now celebrating its 2nd anniversary along with special guests. "The program first started out as 'K-Pop Interactive', and then we changed the show to 'K-Pop Connection' with extended minutes following fans' demands", Sophia Hong, the producer of the show, told The Korea Times. KBS World invited three foreigners to co-host the show through Nov. 15 with the DJs ― Sarah Jun and DJ Young ― and the trio was thrilled to have the chance to talk about K-pop on air. Cheyenne Dorsey and James Lockett, who currently live in Korea, were given the chance to design their own shows, and although it took time for them to get used to speaking over a microphone, they were ...| More | |||||||||||||||||
Simultaneous production of drama and its theatrical version increases efficiency
Generalization of digital shooting breaks down barriers of human resources & technology Respect of different ways of producing broadcast programs and movies brings higher efficiency Combination of movie & TV drama continues to evolve. Exchange between Chungmuro, Korean equivalent to Hollywood, and Yeo-ui-do, hub of broadcasting networks, was born as filmmakers produced TV dramas and drama PDs made movies. The exchange has brought the boom of 'Cross Over' such as 'TV Movie' and 'Theatrical Version'. Recently, there is an increasing number of works whose two versions as TV drama and movie were simultaneously made even in the stage of planning. The film and broadcasting industries expect this kind of 'format convergence' to be a chance to increase efficiency and quality in each genre and call for thorough preparedness based on understanding of features that each medium has. ◇'IRIS' ◆S...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter South Korean actor Hyeon Bin and Chinese screen beauty Tang Wei-wei are set to appear in "Manchu" (working title), which will go into production at the end of the month in the United States, Boram Entertainment and M&FC announced Friday. The "My Name is Kim Sam-soon" star will play the role of a man on the run who falls in love with a woman who is on special leave from prison, to be played by Tang, who is best-known as the heroine of Ang Lee's epic romance "Lust, Caution". The Korea-U.S. joint project ― Korea's Boram Entertainment and M&FC and the Unites States' North by Northwest ― is a remake of the 1966 masterpiece "Full Autumn" (Manchu) by Lee Man-hee. Kim Tae-yong, the award-winning director of "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family") will helm the project. The movie will be "a modern interpretation" of the classic movie and will be set in the United States, said the producers in a statement. It is slated for theatrical relea...| More | |||||||||||||||||
Whenever Chu Heon-gon, a member of the Korean pop group Clazziquai who goes by the name Alex, hears the word nakji-bokeum, it reminds him of the time he broke up with his girlfriend.
The 31-year-old can still vividly recall the tears streaming down his face while he finished the spicy dish of pan-broiled octopus and red pepper. However, the word castella, a type of sponge cake, will always remind him of his mother, as he often ate the sweet and moist cake as a child while waiting for her to come home from work. The singer details these and other past experiences and memories associated with food in his recently published book, "Alex's Spoon". While he's usually known for crooning to his fans on the stage, he's no stranger to the kitchen. Fans had a chance to see a new side of Alex when he cooked on the celebrity reality show "We Got Married". His relationship with food and cooking started much earlier on, though. After his family emigrated from Korea to Canada, he trained part...| More | |||||||||||||||||
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