Beautiful Man (Bel Ami) - 예쁜남자

     Dokgo Ma Te (Jang Geun Seuk) is born with a pretty face and considered the most beautiful man alive.  Perfect in every aspect, he decided to use his good looks to achieve wealth and success.  When Hong Yoo Ra (Han Chae Young) meets Ma Te, she taught him how to success in life by challenging him to seduce 10 successful women from different career fields.  But it looks like Kim Bo Tong (IU) is getting Ma Te’s attention, a very ordinary girl who is willing to do all Ma Te’s request, just to please him.  Another man seeking for Bo Tong’s attention is David Choi (Lee Jan Woo).  Let’s see if a gorgeous man like Ma Te could fall for Bo Tong.

Genres: Comedy Romance

Broadcast Network: KBS 

Rating: PG-13

Watch it online at Viki.com

http://www.viki.com/tv/20416c-beautiful-man-aka-bel-ami

'Boys Over Flowers' Re-Run

     For those who wants to watch "Boys Over Flowers" again, KBS World channel is having a re-run of this drama every Saturday and Sunday, at 8:40 PM (Philippines time), starting on August 10, 2013.  Showing two episodes every night is not bad.  You can also watch it every Monday until Thursday at 3:20 PM.

     The story is all about fantasy, love, friendship and admiration.  Well, I don't know how many times I watched it, maybe twice or thrice, but still I wanna see this drama again. :)  

Synopsis:

Geum Jan Di whose family owns a dry cleaning store, saves a life of a suicidal student while delivering a dry cleaned clothes to a student of Shin Hwa High School.  Because of this incident, she became a hero and was awarded a full swimming scholarship to this prestigious school for the rich.  Later on, she encountered the Leader of F4, was terrorized and experienced love and friendship with the richest boys in school.

A Love to Kill

     A Love to Kill, will be airing again in KBS World starting on May 7, 2012.  It was originally broadcasted on October 31 to December 20, 2005 which has a total of 16 episodes. 

     Kang Bok-gu (Bi or Rain) is a skilled K-1 fighter who lives in the same house with Han Da-jung (Kim Sa-rang), who saved him from fire when they were teenagers.  Due to this incident, and knowing her love for him, he planned to marry her someday, even though he is not in love with her.  But he falls in love with the woman he hated most.  It was because of that woman that his estranged brother attempts suicide and ending in a vegetable state.

 

     The woman is Cha Eun-suk (Shin Min-a) an upcoming actress, who is forced to an engagement with Kim Joon-sung (Lee Ki-woo), heir to a large conglomerate in Korea.  Bok-gu incorrectly assumes that Eun-suk is a social climber who broke-up with his brother upon achieving success.  Bok-gu blames her for his brother’s current condition and vows for revenge.

     So Bok-gu got himself hired by Eun-suk as his bodyguard.  Using the same method how his brother wooed her (as detailed in Min-gu’s diary), Eun-suk fell in love wih Bok-gu.  But Bok-gu finds himself falling in love with Eun-suk as well.  On the day of her engagement, Bok-gu persuades her to run away with him, but Eun-suk’s family and Joon-sung announced that she was kidnapped.  When Bok-gu was arrested, Eun-suk acknowledged her relationship with Bok-gu, knowing how her career will be ruined by this scandal.

     Bok-gu completes his revenge by revealing his identity to her as Min-gu’s brother and telling her his true intention to ruin her.  Eun-suk was devastated by his revelations and even more when she saw Min-gu’s current vegetative state.  She then dedicated herself to take care of Min-gu.  Despite of Bok-gu’s protest she continues to visit and care for Min-gu.  Later on Bok-gu discovered the truth about their relationship and moved away to prevent Eun-suk from seeing them again.

     After a year, Eun-suk left the showbiz spotlight.  No longer an actress, she holds a regular job while her family runs a karaoke bar.  One day, when her car broke down, she went into the repair shop where she meets Bok-gu again.  She goes to Bok-gu’s house to find Min-gu awoken from his coma and won’t be able to speak, but recognizing Euns-suk he was overjoyed to see her.  Eun-suk decided to take Bok-gu away with her outside the city to take care of him.  Min-gu realizes Eun-suk and Bok-gu’s love for each other, so he tried to be difficult with her.  When his health relapses, before he dies he ask Bok-gu to love Eun-suk and take care of her.

     Bok-gu and Eun-suk agrees to part ways and forget about everything.  They promise to live well and to succeed in their future career.

     Joon-sung financed Eun-suk’s last movie, released it and made her back into the limelight.  Another year passes, her acting career has taken off again and rumors spread that she’ll be marrying Joon-sung soon.  Bok-gu too, earned fame after winning a championship fight and saved money to open his own auto shop. 

     As Eun-suk disappears, Joon-sung seeks Bok-gu’s help to find her.  Concerned and still in love with Eun-suk, Bok-gu goes to look for her at the place where they had spent their last day together.  Trekking through the snow and miles away from shelter, he finally finds Eun-suk.  Bok-gu tries to carry her to safety, but weighed down by her and hampered by heavy snow, he has to stop.  He hugs her tight to warm her but they both succumb to the cold and finally reunited in death.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Love_to_Kill

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Yuri’s ‘Fashion King’ beats Yoona’s ‘Love Rain’

     AGB Nielsen recently released TV ratings of SBS’s “Fashion King” and KBS’s “Love Rain” which both have casts from Girl’s Generation.  The result shows that “Fashion King” win over “Love Rain.” One of the factors behind might be the airing schedule difference of both dramas.  As we know, Fashion King was aired one week earlier than Love Rain.  Let’s watch how they will continue to earn viewers as the two dramas goes on.



Source: Allkpop

Love Rain [사랑비]

     “Love Rain” portrays a pure love from the 1970’s and from the present day at the same time.  It shows how the offspring of the previous generation, who met in the 1970’s, managed to meet and fall in love.

     Seo In Ha (Jang Keun-Suk) a fine art student devoted his love to a shy woman with elegant beauty Kim Yoon Hee (Yoona).  They met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was never fated to last.

     Now at 21st century, Seo In Ha’s son, Seo Joon (Jang Keun-Suk) a liberal photographer, meet and fall in love with Kim Yoon Hee’s daughter, Jung Ha Na (Yoona) a cheerful and energetic girl that has a different personality from her mother.

     Will their love have the same fate as their parents?  Or will it have a happy ending?

Love Rain Teaser Video

* First day of airing will start on April 9 at KBS Channel , every Monday and Tuesday, from 9PM to 10:30PM.

Source: Asianwiki

Dong-Yi (동이 )

     Dong Yi is a love story between King Sukjong and Choi Suk-Bin or “Dong Yi” during the Joseon dynasty.  Dong Yi is a slave maid before working in the Bureau of Music.  But her honesty, sincerity and exceptional intelligence help her solved difficult court intrigues.  She was promoted to Lady of the Court, then to Concubine, and to Consort Suk despite being born as a lowborn.

     While solving a case she meets King Sukjong, who disguised himself as Justice Officer of the Perfecture.  The King enjoys Dong Yi treating him a Justice Officer and suddenly falls in love with her.

      She also meets Jang Hee Bin, another concubine who was first an ally but later on became an enemy.

     Queen Inhyeon seeks her help to solve a certain issues in the palace and gained her favor.

     Among her allies are Cha Chun Soo (whom she called older brother but not blood related), Seo Yong Gi (Police Chief), Court Ladies Jung and Bong.

     Dong Yi earned the title of Sook-bin and bears a son named Geum or Yeongjo who later becomes the 21st king of Joseon (father of Prince Sado; grandfather of Yi San).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Yi_(TV_series)

Flight: Close to the Sun [Korean Movie - 2011]

Directed by Kim Dong-weon (김동원)

By NA Won-jung

     The film's story is related to the original "Red Muffler", directed by the legendary Korean director SHIN Sang-ok in 1964. The original film used the Korean War as its background, dealing with the passion and the love of F-86 Saver jet fighter pilots, and bringing in the most audiences in Seoul at the time and won countless domestic film awards in the process. The new version of Red Muffler reflects the changes in time and deals with the pilots of the new F-15K fighters, yet it still brings the nostalgia from 47 years ago.

     This is Korea's first-ever 'aerial action blockbuster', co-produced and exclusively distributed by CJ E&M Film Business Division. Director Kim Dong-weon, whose previous works include "My Boss, My Teacher" (2006), and "City of Damnation" (2009) proclaimed of displaying brilliant and detailed visuals, combining them with love and friendship of young couple, as well as aerial action scenes full of liveliness and realistic stunts. The leading character is Tae-hoon, an Air Force captain who's a member of 'Black Eagle', Korea's elite air force. He is transferred to combat force with F-15K and creates conflict on his first day with Cheon-hee, a top gun at F-15K squad who's also a deep believer in principle, and is disciplined. In midst of such, an aerial situation with North Korea promptly takes place as Tae-hoon and his colleagues board on the jet fighters and take off without the guarantee of returning safely.

     The film features an impressive cast, including Yoo Joon-sang of "Moss" fame playing Cheol-hee and solid supporting casts including JO Seong-ah ("The Yellow Sea"), Oh Dal-soo ("Detective K") among others. What's more, unlike the original "Red Muffler" with female leads playing bartenders at a nearby Air Force Camp bar, the new version features two of the 'blue chip' actresses in Korea today, Sin Se-kyeong ("Blue Salt") and Lee Ha-na ("The Fair Love") both playing talented Air Force serviceperson, making the film even more interesting.

Source:
http://cinematoday.korea.com

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Rain at Military Culture Magazine - Close to the Sun

Gorgeous Rain in military uniform.

비 상 태양 가까이 - Flight: Close to the Sun

So handsome! :)

Source: Rain Bi Facebook

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City Hunter

     Lee Yoon-Sung (Lee Min-Ho) was raised by his father comrade and good friend Lee Jin-Pyo (Kim Sang-Jung).  His father Park Moo-Yul (Park Sang-Min) and Lee Jin-Pyo worked before as bodyguards at the South Korean President’s home the Blue House. 

     While visiting Myanmar with the president and other high ranking officials, an explosion occurred.  To retaliate for the killing of other officials, the five high ranking officials plan a covert operation to go into North Korea and kill North Korean agents.  Without the president’s knowledge, bodyguard Park Moo-Yul and Lee Jin-Pyo were sent into dangerous mission to carry-out their assassinations to North Korean agents.  They were promised by Choi Eung-Chan (Cheong Ho-Jin) for a submarine to carry them back to South Korea.

     Meanwhile, the five high ranking officials, who initiated the covert operation, changed their mind while the operation is taking place.   

     After the special forces completed their mission, they spotted the waiting submarine and tried to board.  However, a sniper on the submarine killed all the special forces except for Lee Jin-Pyo who swam back to South Korea. 

     Lee Jin-Pyo, carrying out a promise from Park Moo-Yul snatched away Moo-Yuls baby and moved to Thailand.  He built a camp in the jungles of Thailand and trained Lee Yoon-Sung into elite soldier. 

     One day, when Lee Yoon-Sung went to a village in Thailand, he spotted a Korean man Bae Sik-Joong (Kim Sang-Ho) and saved him from Thai gang members.   He brought the man back to their camp.  He then saw a picture of Kim Na-Na from Bae Sik-Joong and took the photo with him and placed it next to his bed. 

     A few days later, Lee Jin-Pyo lost his foot after saving Yoon-Sung from a landmine.  While recovering, he told Yonn-Sung about his birth father and how he was killed by their government. 

     Prior to arriving to South Korea, Yoon-Soon studied first and graduated from M.I.T. in the U.S.  When he finally arrives in South Korea, he works at the Blue House for the National Communication Network Team planning to take a revenge for his father’s death.  He was warned then by Jin-Pyo not to fall in love.  When he met Kim Na-Na (Park Min-Young) who also work as a bodyguard in the Blue House, he can’t help but fall in love with her.

Source: Asian Media Wiki

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Marry Me Mary 매리는 외박중

     Wi Mary (Moon Geun-Young) is a stubborn and cheerful daughter of a failed businessman.  She stopped attending school because she can’t pay her tuition in college.  So she starts to have odd jobs.  

     Her father Wi Daehan is saved by his old friend Jung Suk from his debtors.  Jung Suk had secretly love Mary’s mother.  Since Mary looks exactly like her mom, Jung Suk arranged with Daehan to marry his son to his daughter.  

     Kang Mugyul (Jang Geun-Suk) is a free spirited indie singer.  He is the lead vocalist of a rock bank and lives in a carefree bohemian lifestyle.  He loves music and has talent composing a song.  He suffers trauma from his mother's way of life.  And because of this, he gets tired of the women he dates and left them after.  Then, he met Mary when she nearly ran him over in a car.  

     When Mary found out her father’s plan, she took a fake wedding pictures with her new friend Mugyul and sent it to her father’s mobile phone.  However, her father registered a marriage certificate on her behalf with Jung-In (Kim Jae-Wook) the president of JI Entertainment producing a music drama.  

     Jung-In a very loyal and obedient son followed his father’s request to marry Mary.  He then proposed to Mary to spend 100 days of marriage with him and Mugyul alternately, and it’s with her to decide who to choose after the 100 days deal.  

     Mugyul not knowing the meaning of family falls in love with Mary who taught him how a family is like.  Mugyul became a rival of Jung-In for Mary’s love.  He will also help Mugyul to make his dream in the music industry.  Then Seo Jun (Kim Hyo-Jin) a sexy, sophisticated, and Mugyul ex-girlfriend will come into picture.  A bizarre love triangle will happen to Mugyul, Mary, Jung-In and Seo Jun.  

    Marry Me Mary will soon air in ABS-CBN.