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Winter Sonata stars promote animation

Webmaster — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:03:46 +0000

Korean stars Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo were in Japan to promote the animated version of popular Korean drama Winter Sonata. The duo is lending their voice for the anime project.

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Bae Yong-joon to release travel photobook

Webmaster — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:08:30 +0000

Korean actor Bae Yong-joon is releasing a travel photobook, titled Journey In Search of Korea’s Beauty.

The photobook recorded the Bae’s travel journal and pics in Korea. The star took a year to travel across the country to explore Korean culture and beautiful sceneries of his homeland.

The photobook will be released in Japan and Korea in late September.

[Image credits to Chosun.com]

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Winter Sonata voted Japan NHK’s favorite program

Webmaster — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:27:33 +0000

Korean drama Winter Sonata, starred Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, is voted the best TV program shown on Japan NHK satellite channel in the past 20 years.

The Japanese TV station held a poll to pick the top 30 TV programs in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their satellite channels. The 2002 Korean drama got 20,750 out of the total 160,533 votes.

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Bae Yong-jun voice-act for anime

Webmaster — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:06:04 +0000

Korean star Bae Yong-jun will voice act in the animated version of popular drama series Winter Sonata.

The actor will take on the role of Jun-sang in the animated series jointly being produced with Japan, which will go into joint production in late March.

The preview of the animated series as well as a video message from Bae will be screened during a press conference in Tokyo on March 28.

Winter Sonata, which aired in 2002 on KBS, became a phenomenal hit in both Korea and Japan. The series was aired in Japan on NHK in 2004, and the huge success of the drama series made Bae one of Asia’s biggest stars.

[KBS]

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TV drama starring Kwon Sang-woo big hit in Japan

Webmaster — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:52:23 +0000

Top hallyu actor Kwon Sang-woo has drawn contrasting responses in Korea and abroad recently for his role in a new TV drama after a two-year hiatus.

The drama, entitled Bad Love, recorded domestic viewer ratings of just 6.1 percent on Dec 3, when its pilot episode aired.

But its exports to Japan and Taiwan have been anything but sluggish, posting export revenues of three billion won in Japan alone. In fact, Bad Love and the epic drama The Four Guardian Gods of the King, starring actor Bae Yong-jun have been paving the way for a revival of the hallyu boom.

A person from the production crew of Bad Love said Asian fans have been looking forward to Kwon’s acting after his long hiatus and that some 100 foreign fans visit the drama’s filming sites every day.

[KBS]

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Bae Yong-joon’s latest drama to premiere in September

Webmaster — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:21:27 +0000

Legend of the First King’s Four Gods, the latest Korean drama from popular actor Bae Yong-joon, is set to premiere on September 10.

After continous delay (original schedule was on June 25), MBC has finally announced the date for the anticipated series to start showing.

The drama is based on the epic story of the first emperor in Korea; it is Bae’s first TV drama since 2002.

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Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo still popular in Japan

Webmaster — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:33:12 +0000

Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo are voted the most popular Korean stars in a recent Japanese poll.

Bae and Choi are made famous with TV drama Winter Sonata a few years ago, and still remain popular.

Lee Byung-hun and Kwon Sang-woo are ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively at the male’s poll; where as Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Young-ae are 2nd and 3rd in the female’s poll.

[Tom]

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Yon-sama latest drama airing soon

Webmaster — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:28:24 +0000

Legend of First King’s Four Gods, the latest TV drama from popular Korean actor Bae Yong-joon is scheduled to air in Korea and Japan on June 25.

This is Yon-sama (Bae’s nickname) first TV drama since the popular hit Winter Sonata in 2002, and is one of the most anticipated Korean drama in 2007.

The 24-episodes drama is based on the legend of the first emperor of Korea. Moon So-ri plays the leading actress; and newcomer Lee Ji-ah is set to make her acting debut.

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