A Millionaire’s First Love

 

 

 

 

Cast:

Hyun Bin – as Kang Jae-kyung

He plays as the heir of a millionaire grandpa whose will is to give all the inheritance to Jae-kyung once he turns 18 and after he graduates from high school. Being the grandson of a millionaire makes him very spoiled. He skips school; he beats up people and asks the lawyer to bail him out every time. Once he turns 18, his grandpa's right-hand person tells him that in order to get the inheritance; he needs to transfer to this small city outside of Seoul and to graduate from that high school. To his nightmare, he tends to fire the lawyer but he can't do it if he wants to keep the great inheritance. In that small village, he meets with the girl whom he never realized to have known since he was just a little boy. His past enfolds. He used to live in an orphanage also and his foster parents died in an accident. From then on, he forgets all his past including the orphanage and his little girlfriend, his first love, Choi Eun-hwan

 

 

Lee Yeon Hee – as Choi Eun-han

She is an orphan who lived all her life in a small village. She was abandoned by her mom, who can't recognize her when she came up to see her again. Being rejected by her mom, and ridiculed to be the girl who 'screw' her son's life (she thought Eun-hwan was pregnant when she met her), Eun-hwan goes up to Seoul to meet her old friend, her first love, Kang Jae-kyung. When they finally meet up again, she keeps quite and didn't tell him who she is. Will their love reacquaint again after that many years? And what happen to her terminal heart disease in which bring all the tragedy in this movie....

 

 

 

 

Summary: 

From its title, the film "A Millionaire’s First Love" poses the ridiculous premise that somehow a story of A Millionaire’s First Love will be different from anyone else's. In the movie, at least, it is. Jae-gyung (Played by Hyeon Bin), a saucy high school drop-out who has no purpose in life than to inherit a huge sum in real estate from his wealthy grandfather, learns that his money can't buy love.
That fact comes across as a shock to a boy who hasn't had to worry about little things like a cash settlement for punching his classmate in the face, because he always has a personal lawyer who can run down to the police station to pay a fine.
Before he can inherit his grandfather's bequest, however, Jae-gyung is forced to go to a tiny school in a rural village to obtain a diploma. There he meets a clever young girl who is dying from a heart disease, Eun-hwan (Lee Yeon-hee).
That's as far as the story's outline goes.
And as simple as its plot might sound, the story's character development is even simpler.
He is rich. She's poor. He's healthy; she's dying. He's from the city. She's from the countryside. The film juxtaposes classic elements of "pure" and "tainted". In the end, of course, it's the girl who's dying, who's poor, who was raised in the pure land of the countryside who converts a tainted spoiled city boy.
The film leaves a bad taste in the mouth because it doesn't even try to add a twist of any kind. But hey, the film is a teenage fantasy. No one should expect social realism.
But considering the limits of a teenage romance starring Hyeon Bin, the Korean heartthrob from the popular TV drama "My Lovely Samsoon" ("My Name is Kim Sam-soon") the film also has its own irresistible charms.
The images in the opening credits of flashing numbers on screen as Jae-gyeong, in his loosely-worn school uniform, waits for an elevator in a decadent pose is as good a depiction as any of the budding teenage actor who is undoubtly an up-and-coming movie superstar in Korea.
Kim Tae-gyoon, the film's director, seemed to admit this when he said, "What kind of Korean film director could resist Hyeon Bin?"
He was more correct than he knew ¯ journalists, distributors and audience members can't resist the star, either.
The film, which opened its set to the press in December ahead of the film's release, had one of the busiest crowds of reporters for local productions.
It drew over 400,000 viewers in theaters across the nation when it opened earlier this year. Overseas, the film was sold to a Japanese distributor for a minimum guarantee of $1.5 million, funded by a company affiliated with Digital Adventure.
In the end, that's what A Millionaire's First Love does to you ¯ gets you a kiss from other millionaires.
Credits: joongangdaily.joins.com

 

 

What I Think:

This is the move debut for both the Hyun Bin and Lee Yeon Hee, and they pretty much did really good. I noticed the backdrop setting of the movie, very rural side of Korea that I have not seen before, but down the middle of the movie it made me want to live there because life is so simple and laid back and happy.

 

Hyun Bin is a good actor, his hairstyle though bothered me a lot, quite long but then it had to go with his image, he was a good-for-nothing bum grandson of a millionaire so yeah the hair did it, I just did not dig his hair here.  He can emote in sad scenes, he can make fun of himself and he is looking so good doing it all. I am not a very big fan of his, but in here he impressed me.

 

Lee Yeon Hee – this is the first time I noticed her and the first time I saw her act. I thought she has a long hair because that was what I saw in their pictures but she is short-haired and man she looks so much like Im Soo Jung! Like they are twins! She looks like her but she does not have half the charisma and that innocent look that Soo Jung has.

 

To-watch-out-for notes: ^_^

@ The way the Eun-hwan just starts to pop out everywhere...so creepy! She was everywhere! I swear!

@ Im Jo Hwan, talk about 2 hot best friends! He was in the movie for a few minutes and he was looking so good! I love him! He was Hyun Bin’s friend here whom he called for money.

@ Jae-kyung running to get Eun-hwan into the hospital,  that was a bit funny…he ran so fast carrying her but he cannot do the laps in his gym class!

@ When Jae-kyung gave Eun-hwan those nice white wool gloves.

@ The part where Eun-hwan was hospitalized and he was lying in the bed next to her, and they were staring at each other; she looks at him when he is asleep and he looks at her when she is asleep too…so sweet!

@ Jae-kyung said “I am here on behalf of flowers...coz they would not allow flowers, so I am here on behalf of flowers.”

@ Father to Eun-hwan: “Don’t be afraid to be happy. He is taking you from me…”

@ Hero of TVXQ sang “Insa/ Greeting” the ost that is a really nice sad song, another nice song is the piano piece with a humming part playing when he kissed her by the rain

@ When they were lying in bed together

@ Hyun-bin playing as the maid! So Hilarious!

 

 

 

 

Rating: 9 Korean Kimchis out of 10

 

 

My favorite rain scene, I love the background piano song here...

 

credits: hancinema

Gangster High

 

Cast:

Jeong Kyung-ho – Lee Sanghoo

Lee Tae-seong -   Kim Jaegu

Jang Hei-jin - Suhee

Yeon Je-wook – Han Jong-suk of East High

Kim Hye-seong – Kyung-chul

Lee Heng-seok – Chang-bae

Jo Jin-woong - Hong Gyu

 

 

 

Summary:

Story is book ended by sequences in spring 1991, the opening one showing the wild-eyed Sang-ho (Jeong Gyeong-ho) being interrogated for three murders. Flashback then starts four weeks earlier, with Sang-ho standing up for a bullied friend at school and taking on the much bigger Hong-gyu (Jo Jin-woong) in a fight in a gymnasium.

The punch-up is interrupted by the entrance of Jae-gu (Lee Tae-seong) who calms the proceedings. Jae-gu, Sang-ho, Hong-gyu and the mild-looking Chang-bae (Lee Heng-seok) end up forming a school gang called the Tigers. When they come across a rival gang, East High, slapping around pretty student Su-heui (Jang Heui-jin), the two groups start to rumble.

Things aren't helped by the fact that Sang-ho starts to take a liking to Su-heui and the leader of East High, a cocky young psycho called Jong-seok (Yeon Je-wook), considers her his ex. Even though Su-heui makes it quite plain to Jong-seok that he never came on her radar, latter uses it an excuse to declare war on the Tigers.

Events escalate when Chang-bae has his leg viciously broken by Jong-seok in one brawl. After one of the Tigers is accidentally killed during a subsequent set-to, Sang-ho plans a do-or-die assault on the East Highers in a pool hall one night.

Credits: variety.com

 

 

What I Think:

When I started watching this movie, I was thinking that this might be another one of those high-school brawling kind but I was so wrong. This movie is definitely great but not at par with let’s says, “Arahan” but definitely as good as “Once Upon A Time in High School.” (Starred Kwon Sang Woo and Lee Jung Jin). The music background in some fight scenes was awesome. I have to look for some of the songs. The whole Tiger group were great. The fight scenes were awesome but the one near the end, man that was a blood bath! That was so horrible, the knives, the axes, the blood oozing! And the leg-breaking part, that was eerie!! If you like blood baths, and gut-wrenching fight scenes, this movie is 99% of that, so you will like it.

 

Jung Kyung Ho – When I first saw him in MISA, I felt he was so good, he cannot just play second fiddle, he should be a lead star in a good movie. His face is very distinguished, he has this aura than can really hold your attention; plus it does help that he looks mighty fine. In fact most of the guys in his peer group are might fine! In MISA, Jung Kyung Ho was frail, demanding, and a bit spoiled; in Sweet18, he was funny and almost unnoticeable, in Gangster High he has a commanding presence and he delivered. I like the fact that he stood up for his friends no matter what.

 

Lee Tae-seong -   as Kim Jaegu god, what was this boy thinking. He was just damn too late…that I have to say, and I don’t know what he was thinking when he did that. Jaegu is an all-around nice boy I guess, he does not like brawls and fist fights. He does not look that bad too.

 

Jang Hei-jin – as Suhee, wow this is the first time I saw her and she definitely looked so much like Jeon Ji Yeon! Her hair, her height (though I figured she just used really high heels), her lips, god! She looks so much like Jeon! Yeah definitely the lips! She looks so pretty but then again this is a male-dominated movie, she was okay in there. I figured when these handsome oppas start liking these girls, problems start to arise. I hate to admit it but it is always the women. But then again she looks especially pretty here.

 

The supporting cast, fast notes, Kim Hye Seung looks so grown up here already, okay well almost grown up. He has a few flab and he looks shorter compared with the rest of the boys but he still looks cute. No more Jenny Juno drama here folks! He starts axing people here are you kidding me?! Then Lee Haeng Seok, oh my god, he looks absolutely handsome! He is my latest ulzzang find!! He is like the younger Lee Ki Woo(The Classic, A Love To Kill) ! I have to get over him, he made me forget that I was suppose to be watching this movie and look for Yu-gun (Hello God) oppa! Yu-gun, as I have realized, is not in this movie after all.

 

 

 

Rating: 9 Korean Kimchis out of 10

 

Jang Hee Jin - She looks a lot like Jeon Ji Yeon i told yah

 

 

Lee Haeng Seok - He is in my newest ulzzang list!! He is so tall and hella cute!

 

The whole group, Kim hye seung looks so short here..

 

The guy 2nd from right, he looks like won bin crossed with lee jung jin here...

 

credits; hancinema, official site of gangster high

 

For More Pictures: Gangster High folder, Hancinema

 

 

 

M-NET 2007 MUST HAVE BOYS

 

1 BI/ Rain

 

2 Song SungHun

 

3 Jang Geunsuk

 

 

4 Yoon Kyesang

 

5 Jo Insung

 

6 So jisub

 

7 Seven

 

8 Daniel Henney

 

9 Hang Jungwoo

 

 

10 Bae Yoongjoon

 

11 Kim Kibum

 

12 Wonbin

 

13 Im Joohan

 

 

14 Hyunbin

 

15 Kang Dongwan

 

16 Oh Jiho

 

17 Choi Siwon

 

18 Chun Jungmyoung

 

19 Ji Hyunwoo

 

 

20 Kwon Jiyong

 

 

21 Jo Sungwoo

 

22 Jang Woohyuk

 

23 Lee Seungki

 

 

24 Ha sukjin

 

 

25 Jung jaeyoong

 

 

26 Xiah Junsu

 

27 Song Illgook

 

28 Lee Dongwook

 

29 Lee jinwook

 

30 Son Hoyoung

 

31 Jingu

 

32 Yoo Seungho

 

 

33 Shin Sungreuk

 

34 Kyuhyun

 

35 Joo Jihoon

 

36 Jo Jinmo

 

37 Kim Jinho

 

 

38 Yoo jitae

 

39 Leewan

 

40 Jung Kyoungho

 

 

41 TOP

 

42 Jung Illwoo

 

 

43 Park Haejin

 

 

44 Cha Taehyun

 

45 Kim Jisuk

 

 

46 Lee Dongkun

 

 

47 Oh Sangjin

 

 

48 Yoon jihoo

 

 

49 Lee Minki

 

 

50 Changmin

 

51 Jang Donggun

 

52 Brian Joo

 

53 Park Gunill

 

54 Wheesung

 

55 Lee Junki

 

56 Kimbum

 

57 Jung woosung

 

58 Kim Jonghwan

 

59 Kim Kyoungwook

 

60 Lee Kiwoo

 

 

61 Baek Jihoon

 

 

62 Kangin

 

63 Shin Dongwook

 

 

64 Junjin

 

65 Park Kiyong

 

 

66 Seo Jisuk

 

67 Hang Jungmin

 

68 Moon Sungmin (volleyball)

 

 

69 Kim Junghoon

 

70 Yoo Minho

 

 

71 Ryoo Mukhwan

 

72 Baek Sunghyun

 

73 Leehwan

 

 

74 Jung Joonha

 

 

75 Kim Jaewook

 

76 Park Taehwang (swimmer)

 

 

77 Hankyung

 

78 Ryoo Taejoon

 

79 Gongyoo

 

80 Kim Yongjoon

Prince Hours: Goong – S

 

Cast:

Se7en as Lee Hoo
His blood flows in a Royal family, but Lee Hoo doesn't know it. Not knowing that he's a prince, he works at a Chinese Restaurant as a delivery boy…delivering food in the palace. He looks at everything in a positive aspect and is an optimist by nature. Though he's in poverty (poor), he lives every day freely…but one day, something happens and it's the start of his life as a royal.

Hyo Yi Jae as Yang Soon-yi
Everyone in the neighborhood knows Soon-Yi is an impracticable girl. She thinks preciously of her fraternal twin. But one day, she finds out that Lee Hoo is the boy that she grew up with as a child, and they start their life's together in the palace.

Park Shin Hye as Shin Sae-Ryung
Honor and power, Sae-Ryung grew up in a wealthy family. She has never lost first place/spot at school (meaning she's very smart)…she has skills and the looks of becoming prince's wife. She always had the ambition of becoming a royal princess. However, the prince that she has always imagined of is completely different when she sees Lee Hoo's sudden appearance. A change comes to her way.

Kang Doo as Lee Joon
To become a prince, he received training as mastery elite. He's a great candidate. Lee Hoo's appearance makes Lee Joon get farther away from becoming a prince. He's a perfectionist.

 

Summary:

The Queen (played by Myung se bin) is in her early 30s but still unmarried. Because of this, in a condition where there cannot be a reduction in the number of successors to the throne, the present prince (the 1st successor) suddenly leaves the world and leaves a vacancy in the line of successors. So they go out to find the secret prince and finally find Lee Hoo (played by Se7en), who has been living outside the palace. Lee Hoo is the son of a prince and his mother who died early, had departed with his father and left the palace, hiding the fact that she was already pregnant. He does not know that he possesses royal blood and has lived, working as a delivery boy at a Chinese restaurant. Although usually, he has wang ja byung (prince disease), he had never dream of entering the palace and receiving royal lessons. Lee Hoo, the unbelievable no 1 successor to the throne and the perfect Lee Joon (played by Doo) will bring tension to the drama as they fight over the position. After Lee Hoo enters the palace, an important place will be the royal academy. It is a place for members of the royal family as well as descendants of wealthy families. The drama will also be about the romance between the characters.

Credit: Cecilia at Soompi

 

What I Think:

Se7en as Lee Hoo – For a newbie in acting, he was good enough, now like Rain, se7en is a two-edged sword already, this guy can sing & dance and act! When I first heard of Prince Hours I was so sad because the original tandem of Joo Ji Hoon and Eun Yoon Hye will not be back, but everything turned out fine when I heard se7en is in it! He can act okay, he looks the part and he has lots of chemistry with Hyo Yi Jae! In the first parts they don't have it much going in the romance department but in the middle- latter parts, holy smokes, I realized se7en can kiss well! He holds her hand, he is jealous when she is with Joon, he makes her sit on his lap and hugs her, he kisses her—aish I am turning into puddle here! Se7en looks good in anything he wears too, prince-ly in any way, I like him best when he wears long sleeves and folds it to his arms, so debonaire-loooking! By the looks of this description, you can tell I am a big se7en fan; he is after all my site header! J

 

Hyo Yi Jae as Soon-yi – First time I have seen her, I did not like her, but after a few episodes I started to warm up to her. She is pretty, she can act, and she has oozing chemistry with se7en that I cannot imagine. She was not afraid to hold his hand, hug him tight and kiss him. They were better together than se7en and Park Shin Hye. She looks a lot like the lead girl in Spring Waltz! I like her character because she was intelligent, she's strong and beautiful. I like her because she trusts se7en so much, nothing can stop her from doing so, not even Sae-ryung's constant down putting. Her clothes are comfy, oversized and very girly.

 

Kang Doo as Lee Joon – He is nothing compared to Kim Jung Hoon of Princess Hours, he is not as charming or as good-looking as KJH. Plus I really did not dig his character, he cannot seem to decide whether he likes Soon-yi or not or whether he can let her go or not. But in the last episodes he seemed to redeem himself when he told Soon-yi that he is letting her go now and he wants her to find her happiness.

 

Park Shin Hye as Sae-ryung – I have never been a big fan of hers in "Stairways to Heaven" but when I saw how pretty she is here, I kinda liked her at first to end up with se7en, then I figured Hoo and Soon-yi should be together, so there goes. She is a fairly good actress you can tell, she has potential. Out of the four, she has the strogest work resume, and one of the best acting.

 

Watch this series if you are a major se7en fan! The soundtrack too is good, se7en's song "Promise" is wonderful but is not in the ost but was played in the episode 6 closing credits. Howl's "Miracle" is wonderful and J's track sets the romantic and sad moods in the series.

Must watch scenes:

@ When Hoo meets Soon-yi for the first time, the looks of shock in his face.

@ When Soon-yi kisses Joon, very wacky scene

@ The queen's love story

@ When Hoo got electricuted and was bedridden, Soonyi took care of him

@ Hoo kissing Soonyi the first time

@ Hoo kissing Soonyi the second time

@ Hoo giving Soonyi his mother's necklace

@ Hoo hugging Soonyi from the back

@ Soonyi working in another palace.

@ Hoo and Soonyi talking as she was sitting on his lap. So Sweet!

@ A drunk Joon sleeping over at Soonyi's

@ Dating scenes of Hoo and Soonyi

@ As redundant as it was, yes the ending is worth waiting.

 

 

 

Rating:

9 Korean Kimchis out of 10

 

 

Other Stuff:

* For a complete episode summary of Goong-S go here: http://fantasim.livejournal.com/

 

* MBC Official site: http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gungs/

* Group 8 Official site: http://www.group8tv.com

 

* Did you know that 3 of the 4 main cast of Goong-s were born on February? Park Shin Hye born on Feb 18, Hyo Yi Jae born Feb 19, and Kang Doo born on Feb 27. Se7en is the only one born on November.

 

* Kang Doo is actually a part of a group named, The Jadu.

 

* If you are a true blue YG Family fan, you would notice that hip-hop group and se7en's label-mate, 1tym's Song Baek Kyung is actually part of this series, playing one of se7en's close friends. Yeah 1tym for your mind! I suddenly miss Teddy Park!

 

* Goong – S OST track List: My fave songs are J's songs and se7en's Promise, which is not part of the ost cd.

01. 궁S/ Goong S opening song
02. Miracle – HowL (하울)
03. Jun ha ji mot hal ma/ 전하지 못할 말 – J (제이)
04. Na Moo/ 나무 – A&P
05. Remember (Drama Ver.) - TVXQ
06. Nuh wa ham gge/ 너와 함께 - Vanilla Unity (바닐라 유니티)
07. Super bike (Drama Ver.) - Yellow tail (옐로우테일)
08. Sarangbaragi/ 사랑바라기 - SOREA (소리아)
09. Choha choha/ 좋아좋아 (Drama Ver.) - Vanilla Unity (바닐라 유니티)
10. Miracle Ballad (Orc. Version) THIS ONE IS NICE J
11. Hwain/ 化仁 (화인)
12. Who?
13. Jig (gyungboggoong Jig)/ 경복궁 jig
14. Secret Waltz
15. Poong rae goon sang uk - 2nd Moon (풍래군상억)
16. Goong ee ya gi - 2nd Moon/ 궁 이야기
17. Secret Waltz (With Strings)
18. Bakkuro Dadhin Chang/ 밖으로 닫힌 창
19. Goo reum gat eun se sang - 2nd Moon/ 구름 같은 세상
20. Miracle Happy Run Version – 2nd Moon

 

 

Credits: goong-s.com, popcornfor2, imbc

The wallpaper:

 

 

The kiss:

 

The Goong - S poster:

 

 

The Manito Bear: I have found a bear which looks exactly like this one in Simple Joys Store!! I got to have that!!

 

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