MBC’s new weekend drama A Thousand Kisses has added a couple more actors to its lineup, which is great for those of us who’ve been wanting to see more of rising actress Kim So-eun (Fine Windy Day, Boys Before Flowers).
The drama about a divorced woman’s rebound and success story has already cast Seo Young-hee (Bedevilled), Ji Hyun-woo (Birth of the Rich), and Ryu Jin (Baby-Faced Beauty) in lead roles.
Kim So-eun will play the younger sister to lead actress Seo Young-hee, who grew up with a bright attitude despite their mother running out on them at a young age. And — get this! — she also falls in love with gentlemanly Ryu Jin. Which is both Yay! and Uh, should I feel uneasy about the age difference? (Ryu Jin is 38, Kim So-eun 21.) I’m hoping the chemistry works there, and Kim is starting to play older than her age, so perchance it’ll be cute. I really hope so, since I like both actors.
Adding to the sibling rivalry motif is the fact that the two lead men, Ji Hyun-woo and Ryu Jin, are cousins. Why is this I’ll-fight-hyung-for-the-girl theme so prevalent in dramas? Beats me. I’ll give you a second to groan, perhaps recalling that botched brothers-centric-love-rectangle in Lie To Me. But since it’s one of those tropes that has been used time and time again, sometimes it’s depicted well (Sons of Sol Pharmacy).
Also cast is Cha Soo-yeon (Hot-Blooded Salesman, The World They Live In), who’ll take on an antagonistic role as a cold woman who stops at nothing in the name of love. She’ll be the one to love-and-leave our hero Ji Hyun-woo, gifting him with some painful scars along the way.
Scriptwriter Park Jung-nan is an industry veteran who most recently penned I Love You, Don’t Cry, while PD Yoon Jae-moon worked on Return of Iljimae, as well as Lawyers of Korea. A Thousand Kisses replaces All That Glitters on weekends, and premieres in August.
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It sound kind of cliche. Let’s see.
Yey I’m happy she is going to be in something else again! She needs to pick up a lead in a trendy though! I’ll look forward to that day XD
YAY, haven’t seen her in a while…thought she disappeared or something. We’ll see how this does. I’m still iffy on the plot o_0
Shin Se Kyung, Park Min Yound and Kim So Eun all look too similar. The plastic surgeons need more inspiration. I wonder who the original one is…
I think Kim So Eun looks the most natural. Park Min Young on the other hand has very obviously done some work. Maybe that’s why I can’t really warm up to her, she just doesn’t look natural.
Atleast Park Min Young admitted to plastic surgery so props to her for it
I think she did not have a choice. Her before PS photo looks very different. She had quite a bit of work done.
Oh I didn’t know that. Well that makes me respect her, cause atleast she is honest about it. I think every star should be honest about their plastic surgery.
if you look at their childhood photos, kim so eun and shin se kyung looks pretty much the same.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_13spFYJX6O0/SXNMoHX-noI/AAAAAAAAAsA/mrTaaYGYYeo/s1600-h/20090118_7.jpg
http://livekpop.com/2011/05/shin-se-kyung’s-childhood-modeling-pictures-revealed.html
park min young already admitted to getting work done(i think it was her eyes and nose) but i still think all three are beautiful. they have their own individual charms and seem like sweet girls.
shin sekyung and kim soeun are both natural.
Od course… Kim So Eun and Shin Se Kyung are natural beauty. They both once were child actress.
Child actress no need any plastic surgery to fix anything.
No comment for Park Min Young, I don’t care about her.
of course *typo* sigh…
Shin Se Kyung is natural.
She actually looked better when she was a kid.
For some seconds, I thought she is the same girl in City Hunter.
Agreed with the plastic stuff but I also think a lot of korean girls look like that.
I don’t think Kim So Eun has had plastic surgery.
http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/kim-so-euns-childhood-photos-revealed
She looks pretty much the same, even in her baby pictures!
I think part of what makes all these actresses look so much alike is the styling – hair, make up, clothes….all pretty much the same looks.
yeah, i agree. although i have not seen yet park min young, i knew that shin se kyung and kim so eun looks very much alike. i have my photos in them in my cellphone… Kim so eun’s beauty is natural but for shin se kyung…i don’t know yet……
I love Kim So-eun, and I hope she gets the chance to do a lead role soon. She’s got the acting chops to handle it, and a very charismatic screen presence on top of that. I’d love to see her do a weekday miniseries.
I wonder why are you following this one so closely while ignoring hooray for love completely the cast is cuter and it will be a comedy instead of the usual family drama style according to the first preview
http://www.viki.com/channels/3846-the-woman-who-never-loses/videos/45992-preview-1/1
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/06/hooray-for-love-loses-another-actor/
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/06/jae-hee-injured-drops-drama/
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/05/jae-hee-finally-back-with-new-drama/
versus
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/07/ryu-jins-thousand-kisses/
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/07/kim-so-eun-joins-a-thousand-kisses/
Er, what now?
Shall we say someone has just been javabeaned?
Javabeaned. HAH!
pwahhahahaha! Good one!
lol.
I think some readers have forgotten to be grateful and show their appreciation. Or just want to I pose their own preferences & fandoms on others.
So in behalf of others like me who love dramabeans & respect your choices: A BIG THANK YOU.
Even though javabeans already responded below, i wanna point anyway that it is her blog so she can pretty much post what she wants.
i know the age difference can be a bit squicky for some, but can ryu jin get the girl (ie kim so eun) in this drama?
UGH, yes please!!!!!
How cute is this girl?! KSE is a favorite for me.
Of course, I’ll be expecting Bummie to show up in a scene.
Hope springs eternal!
LOL, when I opened this post, I was also thinking the same thing, and the rotating header featured Kim Bum
I adore KSE and if and RJ are an OTP then I could care less about anyone else in this drama…YAY for cuteness!..now id be happier if shed gotten a lead role
kim soeun should’ve played nana! =’(
O__________O
You’re giving me weird Boys Over Flowers vibes.
somehow if kim so-eun really casted as nana in think i will be more interested to city hunter >_<
but then it will remind me BOF too much..
As much as I love KSE, I don’t think she’s fit for the role of Nana. Acting-wise, I’m sure she could pull it off, but in terms of her physical appearance, I think she’s too petite and fragile to play the role of a bodyguard. And for some reason, I just couldn’t imagine her throwing Lee Min Ho off her shoulder just like how Min Young does during their judo lessons. Lol.
I;m kinda sad to know this well be KSE drama this year,I actually wanted to see her lead a prime time drama,but at least she’s back on screen?
I like this young actress
I like her.I think she did fine with A Windy Day.I watched it raw and she’s improved with experience.
However,won’t she be calling Ryu Jin ajusshi off screen?That is too too weird to imagine.I can imagine a romantic interest calling the guy by name or oppa.But once the girl calls you ajusshi the age difference is too vast.
Anyway…thanks for the news.
LOL it kinda reminds me of how her character in A Good Day addressed Jin Yi Han as ahjussi. Yeah, I guess she’ll be calling hin ahjussi. Lol I heard Goo Hara calls Lee Min Ho ahjussi offscreen.
another drama in which she falls for the older guy >.< sigh, she needs to fall in love with someone around her age already! (a la BOF
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also, has she grown her hair back yet? i think the reason she's been MIA is cos she's not too comfortable with short/blonde hair? just a theory.
I’m going to be feeling so down after All That Glitters/Sparkling/Twinkle Twinkle ends. It’s been such an awesome drama: so well written, directed, performed and produced. Hopefully this drama will be just as good.
My BIAS finally joins, how can I am not happy with this news? I’ve been waiting her to comeback on screen again for how long? A year? yeah it’s been a year already since “A Windy Day”.
I fell in love with her acting in BOF, she should’ve given more chance to prove that she’s one of talented young actresses exist in Korea. I’m more amazed when I watched Empress Chun Chu as young Chae Si Ra, I feel sad because she seems being underrated. Hopefully she will get more limelight in the future.
I will watch this drama solely for her.
The premise doesn’t sound like it’d be too interesting to watch, especially with the whole family rivalry on both sides of the love square. Such a shame since I really do love Kim So Eun and would prefer to see her in something that’s more developed.
I’m gonna love it as long as this talented young actress is in it.
yay! Ji Hyun Woo & Ryu Jin are men that can’t be ignored to look at. Love them in Over the Rainbow and My Country Calls & Loving u a thousand times! KimSoEun? Everywhere she is, I love her!
Ooooh, wow……Kim So Eun is finally back on TV screen since she had been acting that drama “A Good Day for the Wind to Blow” last year.
Ahh, I am sure that it must be INTERESTING. =)
I love her and I hope she will be given a lead drama soon. I hope she will play sister with Jung Su Min….i really think they are both talented. Will watch this drama just for her…:))
Agree. Her and Jung Seo Min are very talented. It’s such a waste that they both are kind of underrated.
u wdn bliev t, wen PK cam, i tot jung so min shd’ve actd as jandi cos soeun & er wd’ve lukd mo natural as frens dan gu hyesun… & betr age-apropri8 actin, no exager8d cutesy stuf… den d jundi coupl cd’ve rly competd vt d soeul coupl 4 cutenes!
what’s wrong with your keyboard?
lol, that was my first thought.. but as you read the comment, you can actually make sense of it
i guess its the new slang these days…
How freaky !!! Earlier today I was watching random cuts of the Windy Day Daily drama she was in and thinking to myself when is she going to comeback and do a drama again and then this article appears lol. Dramabeans always seems to have the answer ^^
It’ll be cool to see KSE in a different role this time around, being the second lead actress I wonder if her character will go down the same path and be one of those evil/clingy types. Only time will tell
Aww, I was hoping her next project would be with Kim Bum
same here! I was actually kind of glad that both of them weren’t doing any drama, but lo and behold, this came up. I guess I just have to wait for a few more years before Bumsso reunites. Nonetheless, I’m curious as to how she’ll pull off her new character.
I still hope that this is not one of those long dramas so that she can reunite with Kim Bum already! Waahh I just can’t let them go.
Ah I love Kim so eun! It’s just too bad that she didn’t do so well in the long family drama, in terms of rAtings
Acting with any of the cast from BOF will always remind us of BOF. I do think Kim So Eun has the acting chops. She just need to expand that by being in a variety of roles and more confidence in herself.
i really wanna see kim so-eun play something of her age :L like in bof. oh well
I love kim so eun, and natural and likable. Glad to see more of her!
Oh noooo. Not another ahjussi pleaaassse. Aargh why can’t they just pair her off with Kim Bum??? or at least someone withing her age range?
Nevertheless, based on the synopsis, it seems that it’s a case of one-sided love on her part. I just wish that the older man doesn’t end up with her. And no kissing scenes for them please (Lol even though it comes with the title). Let’s just save those thousand kisses for the main couple.
Hey… If she’ll end up with Ryu Jin–Yahoo, I’ll lend him to her!!! Temporarily…
yepey! at last Ryu Jin is in lead now!..so pity on him in baby faced. because of him i watch that drama..now, i’m so happy! i hope the leading actress will end up with him.
h! Hello 1 million kisses so nace good so very sweet and think full .
I’m not going to lie, I am only watching it for Kim So-eun…