Posts Tagged ‘Jejoongwon’

Drama Casting & News
Promo photos for Jejoongwon
by | November 30, 2009 | 50 Comments
My interest in SBS’s medical period drama Jejoongwon just shot up from zero to sixty (okay, maybe zero to forty) with these new promo photos. I knew in my head that with this cast and this writer (Lee Ki-won of White Tower, one of the best kdramas in the contemporary medical genre), the drama was... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Ji-hoon returns with another lawyer role
by | November 26, 2009 | 19 Comments
Kim Ji-hoon played a smart lawyer in the fluffy romantic comedy Love & Marriage, and now he’s been cast as another lawyer in the upcoming SBS drama Pick the Stars [별을 따다줘], opposite Han Ji-hye. The drama draws a love story between two co-workers at an insurance company, with Kim playing the company’s whip-smart lawyer.... More »


Drama Casting & News
Jejoongwon’s production team at prayer ceremony
by | October 14, 2009 | 18 Comments
Is that not a beautiful photo? Jejoongwon [제중원], the drama also called the “Joseon-era White Tower,” held its customary opening prayer ceremony on the afternoon of October 14 as the series heads into filming. Jejoongwon has been steadily preparing its production over the past year and is the follow-up for writer Lee Ki-won, who wrote... More »


Drama Casting & News
Filming set to begin on Jejoongwon
by | September 12, 2009 | 5 Comments
Of the new drama series still to come this year, SBS’s Jejoongwon [제중원] hasn’t been buzzed about much, but I think it has the potential to be pretty interesting. Starring Yeon Jung-hoon (East of Eden), Han Hye-jin (Terroir), and Park Yong-woo (Cell Phone), the drama is set in the late Joseon era (late 19th century)... More »


Drama Casting & News
Yeon Jung-hoon leads Joseon-era White Tower
by | August 4, 2009 | 6 Comments
Actor Yeon Jung-hoon of East of Eden (and husband to Han Ga-in) is coming back with a new series, Jejoongwon [제중원], a historical drama set in the world of early modern medicine in Korea. He’ll be acting alongside Terroir‘s Han Hye-jin, who has already been cast as a doctor. Jejoongwon is the name of a... More »


Drama Casting & News
SBS lines up new medical sageuk
by | June 11, 2009 | 13 Comments
SBS has another historical drama planned for Mondays and Tuesdays, which brings Han Hye-jin (Terroir) back to the sageuk genre following her turn in Jumong two years ago. The drama is Jejoongwon [제중원], which is the first modern hospital in Korea established in the Joseon era in the year 1886. Han takes the lead role... More »