Park Shi-hoo experienced some star treatment as he arrived at Japan’s Haneda Airport on July 4 to a waiting crowd of approximately 500 Japanese fans. He had flown in for his “2009 First Story of Park Shi-hoo” event on July 5, which marks his first fanmeeting event in Japan.
Park Shi-hoo is coming off back-to-back roles in two successful dramas, Famly Honor and Iljimae, which earned him much popularity in his homeland; now that both series have been recently broadcast on Japanese television, that’s led to a sharp rise in his popularity there as well.
Park Shi-hoo, currently acting in the SBS weekend drama Family Honor, was injured on the job on February 1 (perhaps “assaulted” might be the more accurate term?).
The crew had been prepping for an outdoor shoot outside a university hospital in Seoul at around 1 am. Park had been standing by to film when a motorcycle rider (part of a gang of approximately 10 bikers) drove toward the crew and threw a stone at the actor, which struck Park at the edge of the right eye and tore the skin from the eye to around the ear area. He was taken to the emergency room where it was determined that there was no bone damage, but because of the injury, Park has canceled filming for the present.
Okay, I know this sucks for the actor, but since he’s fine, I can say: Does anyone else picture him clutching his eye and crying, “Not the face, no, not the face!!“? I can’t be the only one.
Are you watching SBS’s Family Honor? No? Will this shower scene from an upcoming episode featuring Park Shi-hoo (Iljimae) change your mind?
The weekend drama is enjoying healthy ratings (its last episode on the 23rd garnered a 21.1% rating, according to AGB Nielsen Media). This particular episode showcasing Park Shi-hoo’s hard body airs on November 29.
(Shower scenes will also seem more creepy than sexy to me — thanks, Psycho! — but I presume a half-naked Park Shi-hoo will be reason enough for many a viewer to tune in. Enjoy.)
[I’m happy to feature another review from guest blogger and kdrama watcher extraordinare, Dahee Fanel! Hope you enjoy as well. --javabeans]
Have you ever felt the urge to throw something at your T.V. screen? Something heavy, but that can still fit fairly comfortably in your hand? Something like, oh, say…A brick?
I have. Numerous times. In fact, I felt that urge just the other day, as I was watching Beethoven Virus (on my laptop though, as I unfortunately do not currently own a T.V.). Luckily, I stopped watching after about fifteen minutes, so that desire didn’t manage to overwhelm me, not quite. I really do like my laptop, after all, and I’d prefer if it didn’t get overly damaged.
But with some dramas, I manage to get hoodwinked long enough to sit through them until the bitter, bitter end. That metaphorical brick is always in my hand, mind you, scratching at my palm, but I’ve been blinded by something – an actor’s admirably well-developed abs, per se, or some lovely cinematography – and it’s that something that keeps my eyes focused. Well, focused enough, anyway.
Iljimae was a lot of things to a lot of different people. But to me, it was one of those dramas that conned me into watching it, and thus caused me an awful lot of (stomach) pain. Oh, and incidentally? I’m ready to throw that brick now.
SONG OF THE DAY
Iljimae OST – “hwa shin” by Park Hyo-shin [ Download ]
Fashion designer Andre Kim must be feeling secure in his “veteran” status as an old eccentric, because he keeps trotting out the exact same show, year after year. He may swap out his main models but not his actual clothing.
Each show has his leading lady (this time “Barbie Doll” Han Chae-young) dressed up in voluminous dresses of similar silhouette and varying shades of color, with a teardrop-headdress reminiscent of nothing so much as a Bedazzled hairnet. The male (Park Shi-hoo) is decked out in stiff multilayers in a cross between a business suit and a suit of armor, except for the purple outfit where he looks like a woodland fairy nymph. Both look like they come from a Star Wars acid dream.
And you can’t forget the piece de resistance: In the middle of the stage, there’s always a pose with the lady running — with anguish! and emotion! — into her man’s arms, and the man dropping a kiss on her forehead.
Yup. Sums it up for the “new” Andre Kim Fashion Art Collection which showed in Bali on August 25 for the International Bali Fashion Week ‘08.
