Actress Kim So-yeon to Join 'Iris' as Sexy Agent

Actress Kim So-yeon will join the high profile cast of the upcoming spy action drama series Iris starring Lee Byeong-heon and Kim Tae-hee. She will play a sexy agent.

The drama's production agency Taewon Entertainment said, "Kim will turn into a provocative warrior playing Kim Seon-hwa, a North Korean agent. She is up for some intense action scenes."

Under the order of the team chief played by actor Lee Seung-woo, Kim Seon-hwa doggedly tails South Korean special agent Kim Hyeon-jun (Lee Byeong-heon). After being abandoned by the North regime, she fatefully falls in love with Lee. She creates an intense love triangle with Kim Tae-hee and Lee to the very end.

"Iris" is expected to air on KBS 2TV in the second half of the year. Filming will start next month in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

source: KBS Global

The Devil / Mawang

Genre: Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2007-Mar-21 to 2007-May-24
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Official site: http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/devil/

Cast:

Joo Ji Hoon as Oh Seung Ha
Shin Min Ah as Seo Hae In
Uhm Tae Woong as Kang Oh Soo

Synopsis:

“The Devil” is a story about two men who were predestined to confront each other over a tragic incident that happened when they were young, and a woman who has psychometric powers. Through the bitter fight of its main characters and their desperate attempts to uncover the truth, this drama attempts to find answers to such questions as what is good and what is evil, and how good and bad fortune are formed.

The murder case that begins with an afterimage of one girl is completely ignored and closed quickly because of the girl’s preposterous testimony. Twelve years later, detective Kang Oh-soo (played by Um Tae-woong) receives a taro card meaning “judgment” and a letter. A brutal game begins between the culprit and the victim of the case, which began as a trivial incident 12 years ago but has snowballed into a big tragedy, and a mysterious witness.
source: http://contents.kbs.co.kr

Jang Ja Yun Had Received ‘Death Threats’ From Kim

Jang Ja Yun’s incident takes a minor step forward with the phone call recordings of the deceased actress being released by MBC yesterday. The call recordings contained a part in which Jang Ja Yun told a good friend of her that her boss Kim wanted to kill her. This news shocked the Korean public and even forced a police clarification on the matter today (26th).

According to MBC NewsDesk on the 25th which reported the phone conversation in Jang Ja Yun’s cellphone: “In one of the phone conversation with her good friend before she committed suicide, Jang Ja Yun said ‘Kim wanted to terminate all my benefits and even reprimanded me. Kim said that he wanted to kill me and also proceeded to assert violence on me. He will really kill me’. The conversation shows her extreme fear towards her boss Kim.”

In another phone conversation, Jang Ja Yun said: “I have done according to my boss’s instruction… I do not want to spoil his reputation. Although I can expose him if I bring the sms that he had text me to the police, but I do not want to do so.” This conversation clearly hinted that she was indeed forced to have sex with others or something against her own will.

However, the South Korean police has today tried to clarify on the report made by MBC, by saying that Kim had indeed threatened Jang Ja Yun, but not in the way reported by MBC.

The police spokesperson said: “The ‘kill’ mentioned by Kim may not literally mean ‘killing someone’. It may likely mean killing off Jang Ja Yun’s actress career. However just based on this, Kim has already committed an offence and the police will continue the investigation through this clue.”

One phone conversation, two different interpretations. Which is the truth?

Kim Min Ji Next On ‘Boys Before Flowers’

As we edge towards the finale of “Boys Before Flowers” next week, there is just one last character to be introduced, and that is Jung Yoo Mi (Nakajima Umi in the manga), to be played by newcomer actress Kim Min Ji, who will form a triangle relationship with Goo Joon Pyo and Geum Jan Di in the final two episodes.

From the plot, Jung Yoo Mi appears after Joon Pyo had lost his memories and attempts to strain the relationship between Joon Pyo and Jan Di. In the original manga, Umi is a dual character who likes to tell lies. During Joon Pyo’s amnesia period, she lies to Joon Pyo that she is his girlfriend and thus creating a whole lot of mess out of it.

Kim Min Ji debuts through a CF with Jeon Ji Hyun and later followed up with a role in sitcom “That Person Is Coming”. She also played the role of young Lady Kim in the recent KBS “Empress Chun Chu”. Congratulations to her for winning this role. She will definitely see herself rise in popularity after the drama ends, but at the same time, I foresee she will be in the “Boys Before Flowers Public Enemy No.1″ list for being an evil 3rd party between Joon-Jan relationship, probably for a longtime to come.

7 Grade Civil Servant

One of the most anticipated Korean movies of the first half 2009, “7th Grade Civil Servant“, has released its first wave of promotional posters. This spy action romance comedy movie, casts popular actors Kim Ha Neul and Kang Ji Hwan where they will transform into agents from the National Intelligence Service.

The two posters showed each of them posing nervously with a gun against the wall. Since its initial announcement, it was often discussed and regarded by many that the plot is somewhat similar to “Mr and Mrs Smith” by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but likely a more comedic version.
The synopsis goes that Soo Ji (Kim Ha Neul) and Jae Joon (Kang Ji Hwan) were a couple but they subsequently discovered that the true identity of the other half is an agent. From a couple relationship, they are now colleagues as well, albeit in a dangerous situation.

By the way, I really loved the look of Kim Ha Neul in this poster. She is truly gorgeous and sexy. This movie seems to be under too many genre but it will likely be a success if nothing goes wrong, just based on the popularity on these two stars alone. The movie will premiere on the 23rd of April.

A Frozen Flower

* Movie: A Frozen Flower / Two Flowers Shop
* Revised romanization: Ssanghwajeom
* Hangul: 쌍화점
* Director: Ha Yu
* Writer: Ha Yu
* Producer: Tae-heon Lee, Kyeong-ho Shin
* Cinematographer: Hyeon-ki Choi
* Release Date: December 30, 2008
* Runtime: 133 min.
* Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
* Language: Korean
* Country: South Korea

Cast

In-seong Jo,
Jin-mo Ju ,
Ji-hyo Song,

Additional Cast Members:

* Ji-ho Shim
* Ju-hwan Im - Han Baek
* Min-woo No
* Wook-hwan Yeo
* Se-rang Lee
* Jung-ki Song

Rough Cut

Directed by Jang Hoon (장훈)

Screenplay by Kim Ki-duk (김기덕), Ok Jin-gon (옥진곤)

•Action •Drama
Release date in South Korea : 2008/09/11

Alternative title : "A Movie is a Movie"

Synopsis
Gang-pae, #2 in his organization, is swamped with routine violence, and his dream of becoming an actor never went away. Star actor Soo-ta lives behind a veil, away from public eyes. Over time his behavior becomes increasingly agitated, provoked by paparazzi wanting a piece of him wherever he go.