Roses and Bean Sprouts (Drama - 1999)

"Last Scandal" hits its highest ratings (19.2%) in its 4th week on air

Source | 2008/04/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Choi Jin-sil, Jeong Joon-ho, and Jeong Woong-in star together in "Last Scandal", a romantic comedy and special MBC weekend TV drama (Scriptwriter: Moon Hee-jeong, Director: Lee Tae-gon-I). The show reached its highest viewership rating of 19.2% in its 4th week on the air (TNS).

The first episode of "Last Scandal" garnered a viewership rating of 19.2% and every week, its ratings have rise by 1 to 2 percent, which is a solid performance considering that it is competing against dramas on other networks that premiered earlier than "Last Scandal.

The growing popularity of "Last Scandal" in the last four weeks was made possible by the brilliant acting performances given by Choi Jin-sil and Jeong Joon-ho along with an excellent script written by Moon Hee-jeong, whose previous works include "Rude Women". The talented Director Lee Tae-gon-I makes the characters come alive in a marvelous way.

When Sun-hee learned that her husband, Kim Yoo-shik, was getting engaged to Jung-sook (actress...| More

Go South

Source | 2006/04/27 | 0 comments | Permalink |

by Mun-Myung Huh

This movie ("South of the Border") being the first by director Ahn Pan-seok, who previously worked as PD and directed TV dramas such as "Roses and Bean Sprouts", uses humane paradoxical aesthetics to make modern people, who float in buoyant freedom and greed, ponder on the things they take for granted by portraying special people who have deserted their nation and family in order to survive. At a glance, the plot seems a bit flat. Pyongyang Mansoo Art Team horn player Sun-ho (played by Cha Seung-won) and War Memorial guide Yeon-hwa (played by Jo I-jin) are in love with each other. The two lovebirds are excited at the prospect of their upcoming marriage, but their fates are turned when Sun-ho's family is caught exchanging letters with their South Korean relatives and must flee the country.

After successfully fleeing from North Korea after a myriad of events, Sun-ho endeavors to also bring Yeon-hwa to the South, even by being cheated out of his settlement money, bu...| More

Actress Kim Hye-ja: the Audrey Hepburn of Korea

Source | 2005/05/18 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actress Kim Hye-ja took in her 51st child in Liberia, Africa, on May 5. Her latest child is an eight-month-old Liberian orphan named Kotati.

As a goodwill ambassador of the non-profit Christian relief organization World Vision, Kim has traveled to war and disaster stricken countries like Ethiopia, India and Sierra Leone and sponsored children suffering from hunger and disease. She makes donations every month and visits the children whenever she is available. Where does her boundless love come from?
Creating the Image of a Traditional Mother

Kim became an actress in 1962, signing a contract with KBS while still attending Ewha Women's University. Since then, she has appeared in 90 television dramas including "A Rural Diary", "What is Love", "Two Women", "The Sea of Mother", and "Roses and Bean Sprouts". She has also appeared in 13 plays including "Shirley Valentine", as well as various movies such as "In Late Fall" and "Mayonnaise".

Particularly, Kim created the image of a virt...| More