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

 

 

 

Other Stuff:

KBS VIDEO STREAMING LINKS: You must register first and it's free for 56K and 300k streaming service

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:

 

 

Timeless Beauty Awards

 

1. Choi Ji Woo

 

 

 

2. Kang Sung Yeon

 

 

 

3. Uhm Jung Hwa

 

 

 

4. Choi Kang Hee

 

 

5. Shim Min Ah

 

credits: popcornfor2

 

Korean star Eugene Kim thanks 'kapamilyas'

 

 

Korean actress Eugene Kim took time out Friday to thank her Filipino kapamilya with a visit to ABS-CBN, which aired two of her hit television drama series.

The actress, who gained popularity in the Philippines through Koreanovelas "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Wonderful Life", delighted fans when she appeared on top-rated noontime show "Wowowee."

Waving and smiling to everyone upon her arrival in Manila Thursday morning, Eugene said: "I think [the] people are very gentle and kind... that makes me happy."

The Department of Tourism (DOT) tapped Eugene as publicity envoy during a travel trade mission in Seoul, South Korea last June.

"Kim was picked because she fits the demographics of our target market: the honeymooners and young single people or those with families who are all looking for holiday destinations," Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano said during the event.

The DOT said Eugene's scheduled visits to tourist spots in the country will be covered by a Korean TV network and print media to further promote the Philippines in her country.

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=47772

 

 

 

 

Other stuff credits tsinoy forum:

Eugene was seen in glorietta 4 friday afternoon after her visit in abs-cbn

-accdg to soompi post, eugene had a pictorial at villa escudero last saturday and also visited the Fort

-she will be visiting cebu, bohol, boracay,davao, etc. to shoot for Wow Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Life

Cast:

 

 Kimura Takuya - Okishima Shuji

 

 

 

Tokiwa Takako - Machida Kyoko

 

Mizuno Miki - Tamura Sachie

 

Ikeuchi Hiroyuki - Okabe Takumi

Matoba Koji - Miyama Kouzou

 

Watabe Atsuro - Machida Masao

Hara Chiaki - Ozawa Mayumi

 Nishikawa Takanori - Kawamura Satoru

Koyuki
Kawarazaki Kenzo - Kyoko's father

Omori Akemi - Kyoko's mother
Morooka Moro - Tsuchiya (Hot Lip owner)

 

 

 

Summary:

Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko's protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together.

 

credits: www.jdorama.com

 

 

 

Official Site:

http://www.tbs.co.jp/b-life/

 

 

Other Sites:

http://www.sempai.org/~mwduncan/beautifullife.html

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Subway/6869/beautifullife.html

 

 

Program Details:

Telecast Run: 2000-01-16 to 2000-03-26

TV Station: TBS

Duration: 11 Episodes

 

 

 

 

What I Think:

This is the first Japanese series or jdorama that I have seen. In the first few episodes, I felt bored, I almost did not want to finish it but as the episodes progressed, the storyline became clearer. After watching k-dramas and growing up watching Chinese series, I realized j-dramas are a bit slow paced or what?

I found it rather difficult to rate this series. This drama is inspiring, pretty good, I did not find it fantastically out-of-this-world, but I can say for sure, yup it is pretty good but it is not a classic.

The very good dramas are the ones that give you that wonderful feeling that lingers and stays with you for days. The beginning of the drama was verrrrry slow, sluggish, then down in the middle, the more beautiful, real story begins, the storyline has an up and down trajectory, some dragging moments, and some interesting ones.

Overall it was good but didn't seem spectacular. I give this series 7 out of 10 because of the nice and now-famous final scene which is just wonderful and reassuring, Shuji finally got that feeling of healing and love and serenity

I think Okabe Takumi, Takuya's bestfriend, is a major hottie...

 

 

Some spoilers here!!

** Some Nice Scenes:

@ Kyoko giving Shuji-san a dream catcher, I wanted one for years. That's sweet!

@ Shuji moving Kyoko's wheelchair with the feet!! This one scene looks so romantic to me! Believe me!

@ Shuji's declarations of love for Kyoko.

@ Kyoko asking Shuji to make love to her.

@ Sachi telling Masao he' going to be a father.

@ Sachi and Masao's love story.

@ The ending: with Kyoko now dead, Shuji has his own salon now near the beach, he gave a little girl a nice haircut and Shuji just stared into the horizons, I can feel that he has found serenity and real happiness.

 

 

 

Kimura Takuya as Okishima Shuji
Shuji-san is such a wonderful person, he is honest, loving, sincere, and unselfish. Does this kind of a man still exist today?

This is the first jdorama of Takuya that I have seen and KimuTaku, (wow I like that nickname!) looks so much like Won Bin! Wow! J There were dragging and boring scenes where I just think oh this is Won Bin; I can finish watching this one. I saw his pictures in his other series and he looks like a young twenty-something but in this one, he looks like his age, just about 30-ish. Yup. Will his unsurpassed popularity maintain as age catches up with him? He dresses young though, I think I prefer his hair short than this long, shaggy 'do. He looks pretty bad in this series, looks tired, and shots of his face shows his skin is pretty bad too. As an actor, I think he is natural, funny, he is okay, nothing outstanding, and he was unconvincing in some sappy, sad scenes. Oh and the scenes where he smokes, man is that for real? This guy could chain-smoke or what?! I still like Takuya Kimura though.

 

 

Tokiwa Takako as Machida Kyoko

The first time I saw Kyoko, what with her hair curly and scattered all over the place, she looked well, not good, horrendous even; she was annoying too. I felt it was stupid how she keeps on saying you shouldn't love me or find someone "normal". I wanted to drag her out of her world of self pity and get her to see that the world was more than just disabilities. When he started changing for the better, I think that was when I started liking her too. Tokiwa is a very talented actress; I want to see more of her acting in another series.

 

 

Sachi and Masao

Miki Mizuno and Watabe Atsuro (Kyoko's brother) are so funny; I absolutely liked both of them. The storyline of this drama is verrrrry slow; I almost force myself to watch some episodes, that at one point I was more interested in the side story of Sachi and Masao.

I believe the most wonderful performance in this series comes from actor Watabe Atsuro, playing Kyoko's younger brother Masao.

 

 

 

Rating: 7 Japanese Tempura out of 10

 

 

 

Other Stuff:

Konya Tsuki no Mieru oka ni – by B'z

 

tatoeba dou ni kashite kimi no naka aa haitte itte
sono me kara boku o nozoitara ironna koto chotto wa wakaru kamo

aisureba aisuruhodo kiri no naka mayoikonde

te o tsunaidara ittemiyou
moeru you na tsuki no kagayaku oka ni
mukae ni yuku kara soko ni ite yo
kakera demo ii
kimi no kimochi shiru made konya boku wa nenai yo

itai koto kimochi ii koto sore wa minna hito sorezore de
chotto shita chigai ni tsumazuite mata shitemo boku wa hade ni koronda

kizutsuite yatto wakaru soredemo ii osoku wa nai

te o tsunaidara ittemiyou
ayashii hoshi no hisomu oka ni
shigemi no oku e to susundeyukou
kegashitemo ii
hajikeru you na egao no mukougawa o mitai yo

te o tsunaidara ittemiyou
mammarui tsuki no kagayaku oka ni
daremo ga minna terashidasarete
kokoro no moyou ga sora ni utsutteru
itsudemo sou yatte warattenaide
kakera demo ii
kimi no kimochi shiru made
konya wa issho ni itai yo

 

 

 

 

Download MIDI here, left click, let play, save media as:

http://www.jdorama.com/midi/konya_tsuki_no_mieru_oka_ni.mid

 

Download ring tone here, left click, let play, save media as:

http://www.jdorama.com/ringtone.42.htm

 

 

 

 

credits: www.jdorama.com

 

Lee Dong Wook in the Philippines!!

 

 

My Girl's Julian pays 'kapamilyas' a visit

Asianovela fans are in for the sweetest treat this year since Korea's TV and movie heartthrob Lee Dong-Wook, or better known as Julian of ABS-CBN Primetime Bida series My Girl, is here for a fun-filled, long weekend.

On July 22, catch Julian as he parties with Wowowee hosts Willie Revillame, Janelle Jamer and Mariel Rodriguez in the noontime show.

The following day, he will guest on The Buzz and share his thoughts with hosts Boy Abunda, Cristy Fermin and Kris Aquino.

This weekend, share the fun and welcome Kapamilya Julian. Don't miss ABS-CBN shows on Saturday to see Julian in an update segment covering his stay.

Source: THE PHILIPPINE STAR
Entertainment section
Thursday, July 20, 2006

 

 

Lee Da Hee already went Taiwan last june 26-28 for the promotion of My Girl.

Speaking of Lee Da Hee, I have read that she and Lee Dong Wook will be paired again for the series “Lovers in Bangkok” the third sequel to “Lovers in Paris and Lovers in Prague.

 

ldw's arrival @manila philippines
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