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Secret Love unveils provocative poster and release date

javabeans — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:07:59 +0000

Yoo Ji-tae’s new movie Secret Love (finally!) has a premiere date: It’ll hit movie theaters on March 25. The film has also released a rather eye-catching new poster featuring Yoo with his co-star, Yoon Jin-seo.

I think this round of promotional images captures the theme of “cruel and secret love” a lot more vividly than the previous round, where the couple was shown in a rather innocent light. (Another example: the initial wedding photos released last summer.) This dualism fits with the movie’s plot, which casts Yoo Ji-tae in two roles; he portrays brothers with vastly disparate personalities who fall for the same woman.

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Yoo Ji-tae’s dual role in Secret Love

javabeans — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:27:12 +0000

One thing better than Yoo Ji-tae playing an intense romantic lead: Yoo Ji-tae playing TWO intense romantic leads. His next film, Secret Love [비밀애], stars him playing brothers. The younger character falls in love with his older brother’s wife (Yoon Jin-seo), but suffers an an accident and falls into a coma. When he awakens miraculously, the older brother discovers the truth of their goings-on, which causes the relationships to crumble.

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Thriller casts Yoo Ji-tae as a psycho killer

javabeans — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:37 +0000

Yoo Ji-tae takes on a psychopathic villain for his next role, starring as the kidnapper-killer in the upcoming thriller film Late Night FM, which has cast Su Ae as the female lead. In it, she plays a perfectionist DJ of a nighttime live radio program who receives a call from the kidnapper of her relatives.

Yoo Ji-tae is the villian who has taken her family hostage, and orders her to continue with the program according to his demands; if she doesn’t, he threatens to kill them all. The film will begin shooting at the end of January.

The plot doesn’t sound all that novel — it sounds pretty garden-variety crime thriller to me — but I do like both Yoo Ji-tae and Su Ae, who are very solid actors. He’s has a lot of good-guy roles under his belt in recent years (A Star’s Lover, Hello Schoolgirl, Ditto, Hwang Jini), but then again, there’s Oldboy. I’d love to see his innocent face portraying a psycho.

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A Star’s Lover is a hit in Japan

javabeans — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:13:28 +0000

SBS’s drama A Star’s Lover was not a hit in Korea, but (as expected) it’s doing well in Japan, thanks in no small part to Choi Ji-woo’s immense popularity there.

A Star’s Lover was broadcast on Japanese satellite and cable channel WOWOW TV starting in May, and will follow that with a run on a major broadcast station beginning August 25, airing as a Monday-Tuesday series.

Such is the reaction among buyers and Japanese retail and DVD production outlets that A Star’s Lover is being called “a second Winter Sonata” — strong words, given how incredibly strong (and lasting) the impression was from that drama. In June, a concert was held featuring the series’ soundtrack and earned such huge response that additional promotional materials are in the pipeline, from novelizations of the drama, guidebooks, the soundtrack album, and even chocolates.

CEO Go Dae-hwa of the production company Olive Nine said, “Even we at the production company did not know that the drama would cause such a tremendous response in Japan.”

I admit I still haven’t finished the drama, and even with only two episodes left, I have no desire to see the ending (so… painfully… slow). However, I will agree that Choi Ji-woo and Yoo Ji-tae were gorgeous and had intense chemistry (amidst all the crying and wailing), the scenery was beautiful, and the first four episodes were touched with a little extra magic that I wished carried through to the end. But in any case, I’m happy to hear it’s doing so well; all underperforming dramas should get second chances elsewhere.

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A movie marriage for Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Jin-seo

javabeans — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:01:56 +0000

No, not another star romance — these are wedding stills from the upcoming movie Bimilae [비밀애, or Secret Love], starring Yoo Ji-tae (A Star’s Lover) and Yoon Jin-seo (Return of Iljimae, Beastie Boys). The two actors are reuniting after first working together six years ago in the Park Chan-wook film Oldboy.

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Yoo Ji-tae sets up a kindergarten

javabeans — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:37:14 +0000

Actor (and director) Yoo Ji-tae is opening up a kindergarten in Nepal.

Last April, Yoo had participated with members of his online gallery at the popular internet community DC Inside to raise money to help the needy; those funds will provide the basis for setting up the school. A rep from Yoo’s side said, “He’s been preparing to go to Nepal for a long time. He will travel in October with fans who contributed to donations for the groundbreaking ceremony and plans to participate in various volunteer activities before returning.”

Yoo Ji-tae was last seen acting in the melodrama A Star’s Lover, which ended a few months ago. He is currently gearing up for the release of his fourth directorial effort, the short film Invitation (releases on June 9), which will screen in the competitive category at the 6th Short Shorts Film Festival. He’ll fly to Japan next month for the festival, and is also working on his next movie role in Bimilae with Return of Iljimae actress Yoon Jin-seo.

Phew. No rest for the weary, eh?

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Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Jin-seo’s fateful love triangle

javabeans — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:34:14 +0000

Yoo Ji-tae, Yoon Jin-seo

After acting together in Oldboy six years ago, Yoo Ji-tae (A Star’s Lover) and Yoon Jin-seo (Return of Iljimae) are teaming up for a new movie.

The film is called Bimilae or Secret Love [비밀애], and paints the couple in a “secretive, sad love” when Yoon Jin-seo’s character falls into a love triangle with twin brothers — both played by Yoo Ji-tae. One brother is gentle while the other is cool and sharp; the woman who comes between them is both mysterious and provocative, and what unfolds is a “fatal, fateful love.”

The director is a relatively new Kwon Ji-yeon of the film Shiny Day, backed by a strong team that includes veteran director of photography Kim Hyung-gu (Happiness, The Host, Memories of Murder) and music director Lee Jae-jin (Forever the Moment, Failan).

Doesn’t sound like my thing (at all), but on the other hand, I do like both actors quite a lot. And the production team looks solid. We’ll have to see about this one.

The movie will start shooting mid-May, and release in late fall.

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