The Yoo Seung-ho movie 4교시 추리영역 (Fourth Period Murder Mystery) has weathered director changes and an actor dropout (Kim So-eun), and is set to open in theaters in two weeks. In this recently released still, Yoo shares a screen kiss with his co-star Kang So-ra, who was brought in to replace Kim So-eun.

In the film, Yoo plays “Han Jung-hoon,” a top high school student who’s also popular with the girls. Fourth period at school is gym class, but when he stumbles across a dead body in an empty classroom, he becomes the main suspect. Thus the race is on to find the real culprit before the period ends and the situation grows more dire.

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First of all, much thanks to Javabeans for letting me commandeer her site so I could post these recaps and putting up with all my questions. Second, I have to say that I’m really enjoying this show much more than I expected. I am watching the show ahead of where I’m writing my recaps, so I’m a few episode past the first one right now, and I will tell you that this show seems to be getting better with each episode, so even if you found the first episode lackluster, you should definitely continue.

Anyways, on to the Ji Jin Hee eyecandy!

Disclaimer: In the interest of full disclosure, I think I should warn everyone right now that I’m a kpop aficionado, and thus, kpop references and comparisons will almost definitely be popping up in my recaps, though I promise to try and keep it only to the really relevant stuff. I also take no responsibility for any harm caused by any pondering I may engage in on certain men and their relative eyecandy-ness.

THE MAN WHO CAN’T GET MARRIED Episode One >>

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I was interested in seeing Kim So-eun (Boys Before Flowers) acting alongside Yoo Seung-ho (Legend) in their school-set murder thriller movie Fourth Period Murder Mystery [4교시 추리영역], but it’s been announced that Kim So-eun has dropped out mid-project. The reason cited is that her schedule is too packed with filming for her currently airing drama, the Korean remake of The Man Who Can’t Get Married, which also stars Ji Jin-hee and Uhm Jung-hwa.

She’s not the only one bowing out; the director has also undergone a change as the original director Shin Dong-yub (writer of 100 Days With Mr. Arrogant) has left to be replaced by Lee Sang-yong, who got his start filming CFs. In Kim’s absence, new actress Kang So-ra will be stepping in as the new female lead.

That’s too bad, but with Yoo Seung-ho still attached, the movie still has my interest; its story unfolds in real time after a murder occurs at a high school, and students race to find the culprit within an hour. Although it was initially set for a July premiere, with the last-minute changes, the new release date is not yet decided.

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Kim So-eun trades her usual long, straight locks for a curly mop and a smoky eye in the July issue of Singles.

Inside the magazine, the interview with Kim talks of the roles she’s taken on as a child actor, as well as her breakout role playing Chae Shi-ra’s younger character in the historical series Iron Empress and, of course, by her popularity as Ga-eul in Boys Before Flowers. In the few months since the latter wrapped, Kim So-eun has picked up numerous endorsement deals for brands like Clean and Clear, Pocari Sweat, and Anycall.

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Ji Jin-hee, Kim So-eun

The Man Who Can’t Get Married [결혼 못하는 남자] is a new KBS series that will replace Story of a Man come June. You may already know that it is based on the popular Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (which means “man who can’t get married”), which aired in 2006

The drama held a script reading–cum–press conference on May 6 at the Yongpyong Selra Resort in Kyeonggi province, attended by its main stars Ji Jin-hee (of Spotlight; isn’t he looking adorable?), Uhm Jung-hwa (Insadong Scandal), and Kim So-eun (Boys Before Flowers).

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