Posts Tagged ‘Kim So-eun’

Drama Casting & News
2009 KBS Drama Awards
by | December 31, 2009 | 227 Comments
Last one! The 2009 KBS Drama Awards were also held on December 31, and as with the other two station awards ceremonies, there weren’t a lot of surprises, particularly with the Daesang, which went to Lee Byung-heon. (Lee was outstanding in IRIS, but I think he practically had the Daesang in the bag even before... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Murder mystery pauses for a kiss scene
by | July 30, 2009 | 17 Comments
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... More »


Drama Recaps
The Man Who Can’t Get Married: Episode 1
by | July 7, 2009 | 65 Comments
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... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Kim So-eun quits murder mystery movie
by | June 30, 2009 | 20 Comments
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,... More »


Celebrity News
Kim So-eun in Singles and a new drama
by | June 16, 2009 | 47 Comments
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... More »


Drama Casting & News
The Man Who Can’t Get Married script reading and press day
by | May 6, 2009 | 74 Comments
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... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Yoo and Kim team up to solve a real-time murder mystery
by | April 5, 2009 | 14 Comments
Yoo Seung-ho, Kim So-eun Wow, Yoo Seung-ho sure is keeping busy lately. First he has the war movie with Kim Bum and Seung-ri, 71, as well as the currently filming Busan, as well as a role playing the younger counterpart to the king character in upcoming historical drama Queen Seon-deok. Now, he teams with Boys... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim So-eun earns praise for double duty
by | January 18, 2009 | 20 Comments
Actress Kim So-eun is currently pulling double duty with roles in two different KBS productions: On Mondays and Tuesdays, she’s the sassy best friend in the trendy drama Boys Before Flowers, and on weekends she plays the childhood counterpart to Chae Shi-ra‘s grown-up warrior leader in historical series Empress Cheon-chu. The latter has given her... More »


Drama Recaps
Boys Before Flowers: Episode 1 [Korean Hana Yori Dango]
by | January 5, 2009 | 223 Comments
Word of warning: Lower those expectations, folks. Episode 1 of Boys Before Flowers was not a home run. I’d say it got off to a choppy start, with good and bad points and a couple nice surprises. I’m not terribly disappointed, but I also wasn’t expecting gold, either. On the other hand, I think I’m... More »


Drama Casting & News
Rounding out the Boys Before Flowers cast
by | November 14, 2008 | 100 Comments
Kim So-eun (Yuki), Lee Shi-young (Sakurako) Yeah, I know I’m posting a lot about Boys Before Flowers, but nothing else is getting me all that excited these days. Plus, it goes to show just how anticipated this drama is when we get news reporting not just on the leading actors, but even the very peripheral... More »