Posts Tagged ‘Ryu Seung-ryong’

Chungmuro/Film
Lee Yo-won and Lee Dong-wook in The Recipe
by | October 8, 2010 | 45 Comments
A female director, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Yo-won, AND Ryu Seung-ryong? Consider my interest piqued. The Recipe, also translated directly as ‘Bean Paste’ [된장], is about a murderer on death row, played by Ryu Seung-ryong (Personal Taste), whose last request is to have the bean paste soup he had just before he was captured. Lee Yo-won... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Jung Jin-young and Ryu Seung-ryong in historical comedy
by | August 8, 2010 | 10 Comments
Lee Jun-ik, director of The King and the Clown, is re-teaming with veteran actor Jung Jin-young (left) for a sequel to his hit 2003 film Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, (Hwangsanbul). Also starring is Ryu Seung-ryong (right), whom some of you may remember as Choi Do-bin in this year’s Personal Taste, and Lee... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Jang Jin’s comedy Quiz King releases teaser
by | July 29, 2010 | 14 Comments
Director Jang Jin (Good Morning President) has a new movie coming out with a robust cast, called Quiz King. The teaser was released this week and, in conjunction with the high-concept comedy plot, it sounds like a lot of fun. At the center of the film is a television quiz show that has never had... More »


Drama Recaps
Personal Taste: Episode 16 (Final)
by | May 24, 2010 | 214 Comments
Dear Show, I really, really wanted to love this finale. So much. But sadly, you ended up being all foreplay, no finish. It was sweet, and fun while it lasted, but I’m not going to call you in the morning. I want to say “It’s not you, it’s me”…but I can’t. ‘Cause it was you.... More »


Drama Recaps
Personal Taste: Episode 14
by | May 16, 2010 | 102 Comments
This episode entitled “Taming My Woman”…Oh No You Di’n't, Show. I almost turned you off after the title sequence. But given that this is a topic of discussion and debate between the characters rather than a straight-up account of events, I won’t launch into a diatribe. Unless provoked. All of our roads converge in this... More »


Drama Recaps
Personal Taste: Episode 8
by | April 26, 2010 | 157 Comments
What a difference a week makes. Everyone comes flying out of the closet, and the ensuing angst isn’t even the half of it. The comedy, the sincerity, the confluence of events—all hit a high this week as our characters discover that their hearts are doing things separate from their minds. In this episode, entitled “Kae-in’s... More »


Drama Recaps
Personal Taste: Episode 7
by | April 24, 2010 | 122 Comments
This was it! This was the episode that made me love Personal Taste. All of a sudden it went from merely entertaining to heart-tugging, and I credit the great performances. I love Kae-in, I love Jin-ho, I love Sang-jun and Young-sun, I love Do-bin, I love to hate In-hee — pretty solid lineup, really. The... More »


Drama Casting & News
Ryu Seung-ryong joins Personal Taste
by | February 15, 2010 | 16 Comments
This may not attract as much excitement as the hot younger cast, but I’m stoked that Ryu Seung-ryong will be joining MBC’s Personal Taste. He’ll join Lee Min-ho and Kim Ji-suk as their professional rival when the men, who all work as architects, compete for bids on building projects. (Meanwhile, Sohn Ye-jin is the daughter... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Lee Yo-won doubles her filming workload
by | August 14, 2009 | 49 Comments
Actress Lee Yo-won‘s schedule has just kicked into double-time as she adds a project to her schedule, even though she is currently busy acting in the hit MBC sageuk Queen Seon-deok as its title character. Filming on the movie Bean Paste [된장] began this week (August 11), which comes after a delay to accommodate Lee... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Nam Sang-mi’s supernatural horror thriller
by | July 12, 2009 | 15 Comments
Nam Sang-mi‘s newest is a mystery horror film, which is literally translated to Faithless Hell [불신지옥, Bulshin Jiok] (which may not be the eventual English title it takes on). It has now fixed upon a release date in the prime summer horror season: August 13. The film had initially been named Scream [비명], but I... More »