Umm.. I loved Friends... I can't wait to see this. I hope its gets subbed!!

Why does he look like a giant in the last photo?

Oh ho ho, 2010 is definitely spoiling us. Another opportunity to see Im Joohwan on screen - good to see that Tamra the Island became a sort of bridge for him onto more projects. Go Team Park Kyu!!

this looks like fun! :)

the two of them standing next to each other is really cute.
I'm loving the height difference! :D

BAHAHAHA, I love how tall IJH is!

They look cute together, although the backgrounds make them look like bad school portraits. (Why does she get two outfits, though? Surely IJH is good-looking enough to warrant a wardrobe change, too. :P)

Friends was darling, even if Won Bin's Japanese made me cringe. (Apparently Kyoko's Korean had the same effect on my Korean friend, although I didn't know enough Korean at the time to be bothered by it.) It'd be nice to see a recap up here. :)

I hope this drama is a little meatier than Friends, though. IJH is so good at the angst (there's a reason there are so many members of Team Park Gyu!), I'd love to see him do something really serious. Or hilarious. He's good at comedy too, come to think of it..

@ Anonymous: I think he's standing closer to the camera.
@ Kender: It's difficult to explain, but for some reason I'm liking that bad school portrait concept a lot. And the way he's dressed makes him look a bit nerdy.. and I really like that too lol.

yay! i get too see more of ijh! :D

Nice! I watched Friends when it first came out, and I really really liked it. I was a freshman in high school, and the story was really cute without being too angsty. I'd love to see you do a short Friends recap, if you ever decide to write one up. But I'm always intrigued by joint Korea-Japan productions, so I might watch this when it comes out. (Is this Korea-Japan produced? Or just Korea? Kinda confused, since Rie was a Misuda panelist.)

TEAM PARK KYU from HKG....where's @langdon??

@7 nabi

Haha, he does look nerdy.. And can I just take this moment to say how much I dislike turtlenecks? Especially slouchy ones like his. Some people can pull it off decently, but I've never been enamoured of them. It makes him look like he has rolls of flab on his neck, and I know that's not true. :(

Oooh! Could this year get any better? So many Joo-hwan goodies for us members of Team Park Kyu :D

LOL im ju hwan looks huge in the last pic, the girl must be so short hahahaha! then again he's so tall...

She looks a lot older than him. There a lot more attractive japanese actresses that could have played this role. Too bad, I like Im.

I saw Rie's picture and I was like..."wait a minute...that looks like the MIsuda girl" lol.

And please feel free to do a Friends write up....I would love to read it :)

hahah how tall is Im Joo-Rwan bad photo shoot there.

Aw... I hope you write about Friends! It was my guilty pleasure... I remember it created a lot of buzz when it first air... there was a lot of comments that Kyoko-chan was fat! But she is still adorable... and ooh la la Won Bin... eye candy forever...

Like to see how this drama works out...

He is 1.86m tall !

Whoa!!!! another drooling moment for me to see Im Ju Hwan in a special drama. how exciting. i cant wait for this. I'll surely watch this.

Looks interesting! What language do joint-projects usually use?

Friends came out in 2004? Wow, time flies by. But I really liked friends. I became a huge fan of Won Bin after that but I hope this series won't be as similar. Though I am glad that Im Joo Hwan is getting another project! I'm so glad that he's finally getting more lead roles.

@6 kender, Now that you mention it, the title does sort of suggest that this could be a lot more angstier than Friends since you're right, IJH is very good at doing angst...though he's very good at being comedic too! lol! Must be my inner Team Park Kyu speaking!

@20 Molly,

Well since I don't see any other Japanese station working on this, just MBC, a majority of the dialogue might be in korean (though I could be wrong). Though in Friends, the scenes went back and forth from Japan to Korea so the Japanese and Korean were pretty balanced out there. But if this drama does have scenes of Japan or maybe scenes of Rie's family speaking, the dialogue will probably be in Japanese, just to keep the culture flow.

Im Joo-Hwan really does look like he could be Kim Bum's older brother! I thought that in his BOF cameo (does it count as a cameo if you're not famous yet?) and I think that every time I see a picture of him... it's uncanny... they should definitely get some kind of DNA test done on those boys.

Here I am! TEAM PARK KYU!

Sorry...I had to step away from the laptop for a bit. Hate when that happens! ;-)

I'll take a quickie (drama) with Im Joo-hwan...thanks JB! :-D

Yes javabeans do please do a write-up on 'Friends' (Won Bin + Fukada Kyoko). A few years back I'd loaned my 'Friends' DVD to my Japanese boss -- he told me he was so moved, he watched the whole thing in one single sitting even though his eyes were killing him. In his youth he'd married a Korean lady, sadly they later separated. I'll always remember what he told me afterwards: "Friends reminded me of why she is still, and probably will be forever, the one I love most." -- I know, right?

No offense. Im Joo-hwan looks way hotter...LOL

@7: I think he is really taller/ bigger than her. He is over 185 cm, she is under 165 cm, :D
Team Park Kyu here, too.

Friends is my all time favorite. Loved the lead couple................have to watch it again

i don't think rie is extremely beautiful. but no matters. it all works out with a hot main guy. :)

@langdon
I knew you wouldn't be toooo far from Team Park Kyu (I forgot that I'm ahead of you in term in time zone here in HKG ;) cingdoc

LOL! My cousin looks like Im Joo Hawn.