A Love To Kill

 

Cast:

 

Ranier Kang Bok Gu – Rain/Bi Jung Ji Hoon

He is a good-looking, hot-tempered guy who hates to attract women's attention. He lives with Han Da Jeong, a tough-minded woman who is solely preoccupied with making money and whom Bok-Gu follows everywhere. For money, he is determined to do anything including being a K1 fighter which later on ended up being the bodyguard for Cha Eun Seok, after being hired by the actress's fiance. One day he finds out that Eun Seok is the reason why his one and only older brother left him without any news for 10 years.

 

Kathleen Cha Eun Seok - Shin Min-ah

He is a top-class, well-known actress in Korea. She has it all -- wealth, fame and popularity. But on the inside she is an ordinary twenty-something woman. One day she falls in love with Bok-Gu, without knowing that he is actually the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend who left her without her knowing the reasons.

 

Han Da Jeong - Kim Sa-Rang

She is a friend of Bok-Gu's since orphanage; Da Jeong burns her face while trying to rescue Bok-Gu from fire. She takes care of Bok-Gu while engaging in all kinds of dangerous jobs to make money.

 

Andrew Kim Jun Sung - Lee Ki Woo

He is the scion of a family-owned conglomerate. He is an athletic and well-mannered guy who is forced to get engaged with Eun-suk after being accused of sexual harassment. Though he does not love her, he agrees to marry her to restore the reputation of his father's company. But later on, he falls in love with Eun Seok without even realizing.

 

 

 

Supporting Cast:

Kim Young Jae as Kang Min-joo (Bok-ku's older brother)
Na Yoon as Park Mi-sook (Bok-ku's roommate)
Kang Rae Yun as Choi Mi-sun
Park In Hwan as Eun-suk's dad
Yoo Hye Ri as Park Ja-kyung (Eun-suk's step-mother)
Lee Min Hyuk as Cha Jae-suk (Eun-suk's younger brother)
Kim Song Hee as Cha Yoo-na (Eun-suk's younger sister)
Ji Sang Ryul as Tae-choon
Yoo Jae Keun as Sung-jin (Eun-suk's road manager)

 

Summary:

 

"Determined to spend the rest of his life with Han Da-jung to pay her for saving his life, Bok-ku one day falls in love with Cha Eun-suk, a top actress and the ex-girlfriend of his older brother. Bok-ku becomes her bodyguard to avenge his brother, who falls off a building while watching Eun-suk announce her engagement with another guy on TV and ends up in a vegetative state. But, ironically, Bok-ku ends up falling in love with Eun-suk against his wish.

Eun-suk is engaged -- against her will -- with Kim Jun-sung, the scion of a family-owned conglomerate that she advertises. Jun-sung aspires to become a politician someday, but he is also the future successor of the Hankuk Group, a company with an impeccable reputation. Eun-suk and Jun-sung are forced to get engaged after they are caught being together one day." (J.Lee - Soompi.com)

 

credits: Soompi Thread

 

The story was about 2 young brothers Kang Bok-ku and Kang Min-joo, that have lost in touch for almost about 10years, and finally found by the younger brother Kang Bok-ku(Rain), but things wasn't happen as expected.

Tragedy happens once Bok-Ku met his brother Min-joo. Before meeting back Min-joo, Bok-Ku was a fighter in a black fight market and Min-joo was having a love relation with a actress Cha Eun-suk(Shin Min Ah), Min-joo and eun-suk love story wasn't goes well, as eun-suk getting more and more famous, min-joo keep staying away from eun-suk because Min-joo was looking down on himself as well as doesn't want to affected Eun-Suk Movie career, but Eun-Suk each and everyday, was thinking of Min-Joo.

There was one night where Min-joo and Bok-Ku reunion that day, was at night, both were having some chat on a rooftop where Min-Joo used to stay, suddenly Min-Joo saw a large TV-Screen opposite his building showing the news of his girlfriend Eun-Suk mentioning that she is having an secret affair with a very rich man's 2nd son, and was going to engage soon. That night was a shock for Min-Joo, without his own notice while looking on the big screen, he himself step over the roof top and fall down, at that moment that was a shock to Bok-Ku, as he doesn't know why and what really happen to Min-Joo, walking over the edge of the roof and fall down to the street.

Min-Joo was lucky enough to stay alive but all things wasn't go well for both brothers. And as for both of them love the actress very much.

 

credits: xblog.sysonline.com

 

 

 

Other Titles: Ijuksa, I Jukilnomui Sarang, This love I want to kill, The Love of Death, Detestable Love, Knock Out by Love

 

 

Series Details:

Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2005-10-31 to 2005-12-20

 

 

Official Site: http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/ijuksa/about/cast/cast.html

 

 

 

What I Think:

 

This is definitely the most depressing series I have seen this year. At first I did not want to watch it coz when I saw the trailers, they look horrid, and Rain looks well dirty; but after watching an episode, I figured I might endure watching this one. This is the third series of Rain that I have seen, Full House is my fave; the last time I saw Shin Mina was in the non-sensical movie, "Madeline" with Jo In Sung; this is the second gig of Lee Ki Woo that I have seen, he was wonderful in the movie, "The Classic" with Jo In Sung too and the second time I will be watching Kim Sa Rang, whom I have already seen in "Love Impossible" movie with Jo In Sung too and whom I have heard so much about.

 

I am really good when it comes to remembering names of characters, but in this series I was like "oh the girl with scars on her neck (I forgot her name) likes Rain who likes the actress girl (I guess I forgot her name) who is engaged to this tall dude (I forgot his name too)" Hehehe.

 

Before I start drilling the actors, I have to say that I love the song that's almost sung like a whisper. What's the title of that one? Was that sung by Lee Soo Young? She is such a great singer. I don't like the other main theme song; it looks like it is one of the songs from Phantom of the Opera. The local Philippine run uses the hit song 'Nobela' by Join the Club, which is quite fitting for the series.

 

Rain as Ranier Kang Bok Gu

The saving grace of this series and the probably the one thing that is good in this series is Rain's superb acting. His acting in this series is brilliant; he portrayed the bodyguard seeking revenge for his brother with great finesse. Rain's acting made up for all the flaws in this drama. I do not like sad endings but I would rather have sad than lousy endings. Another thing is chemistry, Rain and Shim Mina got little chemistry to work with!

 

 

Shim Mina as Kathleen Cha Eun Seok

She lacks depth in her acting. There were some shots of Shim Mina, where her skin looks horrible, she's suppose to be a rich, elegant, and sophisticated actress in this series, but fashion-wise, she does not look the part. The one thing that shines about her character is the fact that she can stand up against Andrew Kim Jun Sung when she wants too but then again she melts like thin ice when Rain starts pursuing her again. Aishhhh!

 

 

Lee Ki Woo as Andrew Kim Jun Sung

Well, Lee Ki Woo has quite redeemed himself in this series. Watching him act in 'The Classic" I was thinking, "Whoa this guy is very very tall!" I thought that directors would find it hard to find him leading ladies coz he is quite tall and all. But he looks okay when he stands next to Shim Mina. I guess they match in height. He looks great, clothes were okay, they put on glasses so LKW would look older than he seem to be. For his acting, aishhh he still lacks so much in this part.

 

 

Kim Sa-Rang as Han Da Jeong

I have few words to say about her I guess, I have not focused on her much. It took about I dunno, 8 episodes before I realized this was the girl who starred with Jo in Sung in "Love Impossible" – - what?? Just one question, was Kim Sa Rang a former Miss Korea or a former beauty queen?

 

 

 

 

 

Rating: 7 Korean Kimchis out of 10

 

 

 

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This Love I Want to kill – ijuska – Episode 2
This Love I Want to kill – ijuska – Episode 3

This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 4
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 5
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 6

This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 7
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 8
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 9

This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 10
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 11
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 12
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 13

This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 14
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 15
This Love I Want to Kill – ijuska – Episode 16 ( last episode)

 

 

 

 

NEWS ABOUT A LOVE TO KILL:
"A Love To Kill" or "This Love I Want To Kill" or "IJUSKA" gains popularity from pilot episode.

 

The pilot episode of the new Monday-Tuesday KBS TV2 miniseries "A Love To Kill" (written by Lee Kyung-hee and produced by Kim Kyu) kept viewers riveted to their TV screens when it aired yesterday.

According to viewership research firm TNS Media Korea on Nov. 1, the pilot episode of "A Love To Kill" recorded viewer ratings of 16.4 percent on Oct. 31, beating out two other series that aired in the same time slot on two other major channels. The viewership of "A Love To Kill" was 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the SBS series "Seodongyo," which has topped the Monday-Tuesday viewer ratings so far.

The series drew the spotlight even before it premiered on national television for starring the popular singer/actor Rain, who portrays a delinquent K-1 fighter. The series' pilot episode seems to have lived up to viewers' high expectations.

The first several episodes of the series depict the backgrounds of its four main characters—Rain ("Bok-ku"), Kim Sa-rang ("Da-jung"), Lee Ki-woo (Jun-sung) and Shin Min-ah (Eun-suk)—as well as their relationships, which begin as disguised love but progress into open attachment and result in ugly situations.

The series' writer, Lee Kung-hee, also wrote the series "Sorry, I Love You" and "Let's Go, Sangdoo," both portraying the "dreadful side of love." "A Love To Kill" is expected to continue that tradition by depicting an extreme love that is too hard to endure

source: KBS Global News

 

 

i dont like this picture of rain, so dirty: