Posts Tagged ‘Bae Jong-ok’

Chungmuro/Film News
48th Grand Bell Awards
by | October 17, 2011 | 102 Comments
October 17 was the night of the 48th Grand Bell Awards (or, per its Korean name, Daejong Awards), and it was a big event for a few films in particular. And while the Joseon-era David-versus-Goliath action sageuk Bow: The Ultimate Weapon didn’t sweep the categories, it did take home a nice chunk of them. But... More »


Drama Casting & News
Weekend drama Hooray For Love’s promo stills
by | July 9, 2011 | 54 Comments
MBC’s about to premiere a new weekend drama, Hooray For Love, which looks pretty cute if we’re going solely on the stills and promo shots that have been released. This is the drama Jae Hee (Three Dads, One Mom) and Jung Seok-won (Dr. Champ) had both dropped out of, and stepping in to replace them... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Character stills from Most Beautiful Goodbye
by | January 2, 2011 | 16 Comments
Screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung‘s (Red Candy, The World They Live In, Goodbye Solo) first project, and her most personal story, The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World, is being re-adapted for the big screen, and has rounded out its cast. Character stills have been released for the members of the family who will each have to... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Noh Hee-kyung adapts beloved drama for the big screen
by | November 14, 2010 | 23 Comments
Seo Young-hee (Queen Seon-deok, Dal-ja’s Spring) has just been cast in the upcoming film by acclaimed screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung (above, right), an adaptation of her beloved 1996 drama, The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World, about a family’s loss, inspired by her own. Noh Hee-kyung (Red Candy, The World They Live In, Goodbye Solo) is... More »


Drama Casting & News
She’s too young to play your mom: Age gaps in casting
by | July 31, 2010 | 46 Comments
There’s an interesting phenomenon these days where actresses are being cast in the role of Mom younger and younger. Not only that, but sometimes the age gap between Mom and Child is quite ridiculous, if you think about it. Jung Hye-young is no stranger to playing a mom, as she knocked it out of the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Main character posters out for Kim Suro
by | May 18, 2010 | 58 Comments
The character posters are out for the 7 main characters of MBC’s upcoming historical drama Kim Suro, who are played by the following: Ji Sung as the title character Kim Suro, Bae Jong-ok as his mother, Yoo Oh-sung as Suro’s ambitious rival, Seo Ji-hye as Suro’s queen, Go Joo-won as another rival, Kang Byul as... More »


Drama Casting & News
Additional Kim Suro drama stills
by | May 11, 2010 | 13 Comments
The historical epic series Kim Suro is in the thick of filming as it nears its May 29 premiere (to replace MBC’s weekend drama series The Man Called God), and we’ve got more stills to show for it. Such as Seo Ji-hye, above, dressed as the part of King Suro’s bride, Heo Hwang-ok, who becomes... More »


Drama Casting & News
MBC’s Kim Suro begins filming
by | April 4, 2010 | 14 Comments
MBC has a weekend sageuk in the works, a drama called Kim Suro (after the king, not the actor), which began its first shoots the last week of March with a large-scale battle scene. The drama stars Ji Sung in the role of King Kim Suro; his Swallow the Sun co-star Yoo Oh-sung has also... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Ogamdo features love five ways
by | April 20, 2009 | 27 Comments
The upcoming omnibus film Ogamdo [오감도] has a provocative new poster out, and the first question — given its star-studded cast — is which of its leading ladies is featured in the nude photo. The answer: none. The production explained that the poster — which conveys the movie’s primary motif of “eros” — used a... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Ogamdo’s hot new faces
by | February 11, 2009 | 21 Comments
Top: Jung Eui-chul, Kim Dong-wook, Song Joong-ki. Bottom: Lee Shi-young, Shin Se-kyung, Lee Sung-min There’s a new omnibus film coming out, Ogamdo (not sure yet if it’ll get an English title), which is the next project for Happiness director Heo Jin-ho. While it stars some marquee names (Jang Hyuk, Kim Min-sun), the announcement of its... More »