I love this shot.
The camera sharpens just a moment after this to focus on the couple in the background, but I like the imagery of leaving them blurred. It's...
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....
Ha, can I just say how odd it is to have a conversation with my mother about how adorable Jung Il-woo is? She knows him mostly from High Kick, although...
After such a beautiful, refined depiction of Iljimae's maturation, it's interesting to see him -- and the series -- take a darker turn. While I wouldn't say that the series...
This episode is an example of why I find dramas so much more enjoyable without spoilers, because I'd known what the big moment was going to be and was therefore...
Aw, look at that smile. It's what made Jung Il-woo famous, but we haven't seen much cause for it lately. (I remember reading in an old interview -- before his...
I'm sorry, Return of Iljimae. It's like you were the good kid, doing everything right, being perfect and thoughtful and all-around delightful, and yet your troublemaking, problematic, charismatic kid brother...
Not only was this a great episode, I could feel the tension building for the future, promising a whole slew of great episodes to follow this one. It's a wonderful (...
Even if you're familiar with actress Yoon Jin-seo, perhaps you might not immediately recognize her from her newest photo shoot as a femme fatale.
Yoon has shown a clean and...
Another reliably solid episode, and some signs of shifting relationship dynamics. What this drama does well (among so many other things) is knowing just when to change things up --...
Return of Iljimae: Episode 19
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I love this shot. The camera sharpens just a moment after this to focus on the couple in the background, but I like the imagery of leaving them blurred. It's...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Jin-seo’s fateful love triangle
by javabeans
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....
Tags: Yoo Ji-tae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 18
by javabeans
Ha, can I just say how odd it is to have a conversation with my mother about how adorable Jung Il-woo is? She knows him mostly from High Kick, although...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 17
by javabeans
After such a beautiful, refined depiction of Iljimae's maturation, it's interesting to see him -- and the series -- take a darker turn. While I wouldn't say that the series...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 16
by javabeans
This episode is an example of why I find dramas so much more enjoyable without spoilers, because I'd known what the big moment was going to be and was therefore...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 15
by javabeans
Aw, look at that smile. It's what made Jung Il-woo famous, but we haven't seen much cause for it lately. (I remember reading in an old interview -- before his...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 14
by javabeans
I'm sorry, Return of Iljimae. It's like you were the good kid, doing everything right, being perfect and thoughtful and all-around delightful, and yet your troublemaking, problematic, charismatic kid brother...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 13
by javabeans
Not only was this a great episode, I could feel the tension building for the future, promising a whole slew of great episodes to follow this one. It's a wonderful (...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Femme fatale Yoon Jin-seo
by javabeans
Even if you're familiar with actress Yoon Jin-seo, perhaps you might not immediately recognize her from her newest photo shoot as a femme fatale. Yoon has shown a clean and...
Tags: photo shoots, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 12
by javabeans
Another reliably solid episode, and some signs of shifting relationship dynamics. What this drama does well (among so many other things) is knowing just when to change things up --...
Tags: Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo