Moorim School with Lee Hyun Woo Holds Script Reading and Starts Filming for Early 2016 Premiere

Filming is underway for early 2016 KBS drama Moorim School, with Moorim the Korean version for the Chinese phrase Wu Lin (武林) which means the world of martial arts and chivalry used in the wuxia stories. Moorim School aims to be pre-produced and international in casting scope, with the students of this fictional Moorim High School coming from many countries and all gathered together to learn not just academic success but personal growth, i.e. how to be a good person.

Directing is the PD of Prime Minister and I, Baby-faced Beauty, and Ad Genius Lee Tae Bak, and writing is the screenwriter of the daily drama The Tale of Two Sisters. All I know from the cast is leads Lee Hyun Woo and Seo Ye Ji as well as veteran actor Shin Hyun Joon, but I think the cast must consist of idols and such have fun trying to spot familiar faces from music and variety trying their hands at dramas. Moorim School airs on KBS in January 2016 after Oh My Venus. Continue reading

Lee Min Ho and Moon Chae Won Lead the K-stars Attending the 19th Annual Bucheon Film Festival

This is one of the smaller film festivals in Korea but the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) actually celebrated it’s 19th year holding the event this week. Not bad for a film festival held in one of the smaller … Continue reading