Kisses and tears are two of the more memorable aspects of K-dramas because the early Hallyu dramas piled on romance and misery in equally measure to create the world of K-drama melodramas as we know it. Over the years the crying has gone from contrived parental disapproval and/or terminal illness to a plethora of reasons to milk those ducts dry. … Continue reading →
South Koreans love their culturally significant or historically proud events dramatized and coming to theaters next month in September 2018 will be a cinematic take on the famed Seige of Ansi Fortress in 645. The Siege of Ansi was part of the first Tang dynasty attack campaign to invade and conquer Goguryeo, but in this case Ansi held strong through … Continue reading →
Oooooh, me likey scruffy period attire Jo In Sung! The actor hasn’t been in the spotlight much this past year and turns out he’s been filming the period K-movie Ansi Fortress which has wrapped and is in post-production for a second half 2018 premiere in theaters. He plays General Yang Man Chun, a famed Gorguyeo commander of the titular Ansi … Continue reading →
The just held more elite Blue Dragon Awards this weekend in Seoul celebrated the cinematic achievements of South Korean cinema in 2017 and also memorialized the life and acting works of deceased actor Kim Joo Hyuk. There were basically three colors on the red carpet with black, white, and red, and no I don’t think it was due to somberness … Continue reading →
There was a whole lotta solid primary colors and not a whole lotta creativity at the fashion rundown of the 2017 Grand Bell Awards (Daejong). White was the predominate color of choice for the ladies gowns, and the non-white ones all went with black, blue, and even one red. I also noticed more than ever the glossy too much BB … Continue reading →
If the happens then I’m totally onboard, and will be yet another coup cast for famed screenwriter Kim Eun Sook. At this point she’s basically unmatched in her ability to deliver hit after drama hit, with even You From Another Star‘s Park Ji Eun unable to match her YFAS success with subsequent dramas Producer and Legend of the Blue Sea. … Continue reading →
If there’s too much of a good thing, and I’d argue there isn’t, then the doubling up of two A-list actors in Korea in the same mood may send me into sugar shock. Luckily my sugar intake is under control, not to mention I have plenty of digestive capacity to soak up the upcoming visuals in Jung Woo Sung and … Continue reading →
Another year and another glamorous selection to rep a thoroughly unglamorous thing. The Korean National Tax Service has selected as this year’s good tax payer tax goodwill ambassadors the A-list acting talent of Jo In Sung and Choi Ji Woo. Last year it was Ha Ji Won and Gong Yoo so clearly the agency has great taste and eye for visual … Continue reading →
It’s funny how even the normally hard to please and abrasive K-netizens are all shooting flowers and unicorns over the insanely handsome male leads casting of upcoming K-movie The King. Starring Jung Woo Sung and Jo In Sung, it’s basically the original flower boy with the second generation flower boy, and may just have needed a Lee Min Ho to … Continue reading →
Casting is complete for upcoming Korean movie The King, and it’s certainly a royal cast of established stars and latest It finds. The movie have two leading men in Jung Woo Sung and Jo In Sung, either of which can and has headlined plenty of movies on their own star power. But that seems to be the trend these days, … Continue reading →
Whenever there is a viewer poll on best looking K-movie star, A-list Korean actor Jung Woo Sung is invariably on it and in the top three ranking. He’s been the top visual in Korea for over twenty years ever since his Beat days, and being a rabid Jung Woo Sung fan (even if I don’t write about him all the time) … Continue reading →
Talk about a long awaited pairing of flower boy actors across a generation. The upcoming dramatic movie The King has finally finalized casting and landed two A-list actors to boot. Jung Woo Sung and Jo In Sung will be headlining the movie to start filming later this month. This movie has been in the works since middle of 2015, and … Continue reading →
This is such an unexpected pairing that works marvelously for me, and it’s not even in a drama OTP context. Sporty brand Black Yak paired up long time spokesperson Jo In Sung with newly added youthful brand model Yook Sung Jae for it’s fall/winter 2015 ad campaign and all I can say is awwwwwwwwww. They are so adorakable together! This … Continue reading →
