KBS Releases Boys Before Flowers Posters

 

Cast :
Jeon In Hwas as Goo Joon Pyo's mother / Kang Hee Sook °­Èñ¼÷
Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) as Hanazawa Rui / Yoon Ji Hoo À±ÁöÈÄ
Lee Min Ho as Domyouji Tsukasa / Goo Joon Pyo ±¸ÁØÇ¥
Kim Bum as Sojiroh Nishikado / So Yi Jung ¼ÒÀÌÁ¤
Kim Joon (T-Max) as Akira Mimasaka / Song Woo Bin ¼Û¿ìºó
Goo Hye Sun as Makino Tsukushi / Yeon Woo ¿¬¿ì
Han Chae Young as Yoon Ji Hoo's first love
Kim Hyun Joo as Goo Joon Pyo's sister / Goo Joon Hee ±¸ÁØÈñ
Kim So Eun as Goo Hye Sun's bosom pal /
Kim Ki Bang as / Kam Cho °¨ÃÊ
Lee Hye Young as Chairman Kang Hee Soo

 

KBS continues to drum up the hype by releasing individual posters of the main characters in the highly-anticipated idol drama Boys Before Flowers.

Nice color coded posters for each character. Boys Before Flowers replaces The World That They Live In in the Mon-Tues timeslot on 5th January 2009.

Boys Before Flowers is produced by Group Eight, the same company which produced Goong S in 2007. Directed by Jun Ki Sang whose previous works include Witch Amusement, My Girl, Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, etc.

Oh Kim Bum what would I do with you you are such a cutie!!

credits: soompi, yahoo

Happy Holidays!

Happy New Year to you All!

This has been a wonderful year for kpop, and I will always love anything asian. I will be lying low this holiday season and will be back with a vengance next year. Happy Holidays to you all!

Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young's wedding

 

Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young's wedding ceremony is held at Shilla Hotel on 9/28.

Congratulations and best Wishes to the couple!

Kwon Sang Woo looks so happy, I have never seen him so happy before…but their kiss looks so awkward. They need practice…hehe!

They got A-list guests to boot, Choi Ji Woo looks stunning! I love her dress!

 

 

 

 

Their London Honeymoon:

 

The All-star Guests:

 

Lee Byung Hun, Soh Ji Sup

 

Song Seung Hun, Jang Dong Gun

 

Lee Dong Gun – he looks so dapper!

 

Yoo Ji Tae, Kim Hyo Jin – another great couple!

 

Lee Bum Soo

 

Cha Seung Won

 

Yoon Hye Young, Park Shi Yun

 

Park Yong Ha - holy crap! where has he been?

 

Lee Jung Jin- this one needs to get married too!

 

Choi Ji Woo – runaway fave! Pretty!

 

Lee Mi Yun

 

Ha Ji Won

 

Ji Sung

 

Kim Sung Soo, Oh Ji Ho

 

Kim Seung Woo, Kim Nam Joo

 

Yun Jung Hoon, Han Ga In – look so good together!

 

 

CHOI JIN SHIL FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE

 

From the Associated Press
8:12 AM PDT, October 2, 2008

SEOUL, South Korea -- A movie star whose enduring popularity earned her the
nickname "The Nation's Actress" was found dead today -- apparently
taking her own life a month after the suicide of a fellow actor she was
rumored to have pressured about a loan, police said.

Choi Jin-sil, 39, had been depressed following her divorce in 2004 and
worried about how to care for her two children, friends told the
police. Recent rumors linking her to the actor's death -- allegations
she strenuously denied -- also left her distraught, family members said.

She is believed to have hanged herself in the bathroom of her Seoul
home, said Yang Jae-ho, chief investigator at Seocho Police Station.

"Given the results of an examination showing no trace of physical
trauma on her body, we concluded that it was a suicide," Yang told
reporters. He said a formal autopsy and an investigation were under way.

No suicide note was found but Choi sent an assistant two cell phone
text messages Wednesday night asking her to "take care of my children
no matter what happens" and telling her that "I'm sorry," the
investigator said.

Choi's mother told police that the actress returned home drunk around
midnight Wednesday, crying and denying the recent rumors, before going
into the bathroom, Yang said. Choi was found dead the next morning.

The news shocked her fans as well as stars and film directors attending
the Pusan International Film Festival, which opened Thursday in the
southern beach town of Busan. A moment of silence was observed in
Choi's honor at the opening ceremony.

Choi was one of South Korea's most famous actresses. She made her debut
in the late 1980s, quickly becoming the nation's sweetheart and earned
a reputation as a box-office draw as the star of films including "My
Love, My Bride," "How to Top My Wife" and "The Letter." She also was
featured in prime time TV dramas, including "Jealousy," "My Rosy Life"
and last year's "Bad Woman, Good Woman."

The actress was preparing for the second season of the TV drama "The
Last Scandal of My Life," in which she played a woman who finds love
with a top actor after a painful divorce.

Choi herself had gone through a difficult divorce. She had married
baseball star Cho Sung-min in 2000, then a pitcher for the Japanese pro
baseball team Yomiuri Giants, but they split in 2002 and divorced two
years later.

The deterioration of their relationship became tabloid fodder,
culminating in Cho's arrest for physically attacking her. They had two
children younger than 7.

A friend said Choi worried constantly about raising the children and
about her future as an actress, and repeatedly expressed her wish to
die, Yang said.

Her mother also told investigators Choi was depressed after the divorce and had been taking a sedative, Yang said.

Rumors that she had lent money to actor and longtime friend Ahn
Jae-hwan, who was found dead in his car in early September, upset the
actress, friends and family said.

Choi denied loaning Ahn money and asked police to find out who was
circulating the claims that Ahn killed himself after Choi pressured him
to repay a large debt.

A securities firm employee and another suspect are under investigation for defamation in that case, Yang said.

 

Dalja Spring

 

Cast:

Chae Rim - Oh Dal-ja:
33-year-old promising home shopping channel managing director. She owns a house and a car thanks to a career driven life. She’s interested in men but is a disaster on real dates. She’s a professional in work but a novice in love. She begins a dreamy love affair with flirtatious coworker Shin Sedo but is enraged to find out about his infidelity. She hires a boyfriend by contract, Taebong, to seek revenge on Sedo.

Lee Min-ki - Kang Tae-bong:
27-year-old freelancer for a proxy dating agency. He begins to pretend as Dalja’s boyfriend. It takes people time to discover his warm heart due to his outspoken character. He develops feelings for Dalja.

Lee Hyeon-woo - Yeom Gi-joong:
36-year-old prospering businessman who heads an importing firm of foreign brand goods. He is polite and humble with reputable character. But he’s very possessive and hates to lose. He asks Dalja to start a relationship with him as he thought she would be comfortable and not have high expectations on love. He is aghast at her elementary dating experience but grows attracted to her more and more.

Lee Hye-young - Wi Seon-joo:
33-year-old home shopping network show host. A former hot model, she disappeared from the public eye when she married at 29. She returns three years later as a divorcee. The talented show host, who can be fussy and particular, gets on Dalja’s nerves. She is a dating genius who knows all dating rules there are and what not. Her skills shine in making Shin Sedo as her man.

Other Title: Spring Dalja, Dal Ja Spring

 

Synopsis:

‘Dalja’s Spring’ is the story of Dalja, a 33-year old single at a crossroad of whether to remain single or get married before she gets older. The drama aims to comically and candidly portray the reality and undying pursuit of romance of a thirty something single woman.

The love triangle of Dalja, Taebong and Gijoong brews conflicts over love versus marriage. Taebong, a hunk six years younger than Dalja, works as substitute dates and becomes Dalja’s fake boyfriend. Gijoong is the type who dreams of an ideal and rational courtship. The drama also highlights the life and work of women in their thirties through Dalja who is a talented managing director at a home shopping channel.

Actress Chae Rim plays 'Oh Dalja' while actor Lee Min-gi is 'Taebong,' who freelances as a substitute date and develops feelings for his last client Dalja. Lee Hyeon-woo will play 'Yeom Gijoong' and Gong Hyeong-jin is cast for 'Shin Sedo,' a free romantist and Dalja's ex. Actress Lee Hye-young plays ‘Wi Seon-joo,’ a 33-year-old home shopping show host with a brilliant sense in dating.

 

Source http://contents.kbs.co.kr

 

 

What I Think:

This series has fantastic casting with actors who have solid acting talents!

What a better way to start posting reviews again!

Chae Rim – The first time I saw her act, I was not the least fascinated with her acting skills or beauty. She proved me all wrong in this series. She was so beautiful in this series with her spunky personality and her pretty curls! Oh but I did not dig the make-up here, it was too much to stomach! She looks like a freaking clown in that crappy makeup tone it down people! But then I got used to it coz she gets prettier every time too. Acting was superb in this series that she won the 2007 KBS Acting Awards: Top Excellence in Acting for this. She kicked back to high spirits again in this series after she went thru a real life divorce. I cannot help but love Dalja she is so spunky and happy happy joy joy and always in an aja-mode when she is at her lowest moments.

 

Lee Minki- I think this would be the first time that I have ever seen Minki act. Isn’t he the cutest? I kinda like him! He grows on you, he has adorable eyes and he was not lost in the acting department with Chae Rim. Minki sshi you are dreamboat! He was only 22 when he acted in this series, and he acted the part well. He has lots of chemistry going on with Chae Rim!

Lee Hyun Woo – why does this guy never ever get to star in his own series or movie where he gets to be the lead guy? But then again I have a hard time remembering this guy’s name every time! I always forget his name, I always do a “Oh he is the guy who had a thing for Jung Dabin in Attic Cat, and the guy who had a thing for Jjang Nara in the wedding!”

 

 

^The girl on the left was the bad ass girl from Save the Last Dance; I cannot seem to stand her face, she looks so doctored with every tinge of her nose aigooo!! And don’t fret people the urrghh-looking ajusshi will not end up with Dalja. Haha! Okay breathe a sigh of relief! He’s more like a friend and comic relief in this one.

 

This movie tackles the topic what most women in their late 20s to 30s think about and get bugged all the time! Coz it is the time of your life when the nice guys you like are already married or just too young, where your girl friends are raising kids and getting married already…that’s why this series just rocked in the ratings department. I love the romantic scenes and especially love the last romantic scene shared by Dalja and Taebong at the end! People who loved episode 12 please raise your hands and feet?! Hehehe! And yes my heart skipped a freakin beat when this line was dished: “So what? Should I hold you tighter?” Holy smoking shrimps! I pray it was not just me who had that wussy feeling. 

And the ending where Dalja’s postcards with the words…

“If it’s fate…maybe”

“If it’s fate…must be”

Oh how I love that to pieces!!

 

Another fabulous part of the movie is the soundtrack! I love it love it love it.

I especially like track 11 Lively Breeze, it is so what’s the word? Lively! Haha it is so going to be cell phone ring tone. I got I am posting the track list of Dalja Spring.

 

Dalja Spring OST

01. Gi Juk Gat Eun Sarang - Lee Kyung Hwa
02. Sweet Lover - Park Hye Kyung
03. To You Mine - Pearl's Day
04. Choo Uk Eul Yul Da - So Yun
05. Nae Son Eul Jab Ah Jwuh - K-Jun
06. Na Bbeun Sarang - M.R.J (Kang Jae Hyuk)
07. Shim Jang - Eun Young
08 Impression
09 Ya-Ya-Ya
10. Choo Uk Eul Yul Da (Inst.)
11 Lively Breeze
12 Surprise
13 To You Mine (Funky Ver.)
14. Gi Juk Gat Eun Sarang (Orchestra Ver.)
15. Nuh Eh Gi Uk
16. Gi Juk Gat Eun Sarang (Original Ver.)

 

 

Rating: 10 Korean Kimchis out of 10

 

 

^ Dalja's over the top makeup, Minki looks horrendous here hahah!

 

credits: hancinema