Lee Junki My Favourite Actor

Name : Lee Jun Ki (Jun-gi Lee)

Birthday : April 17, 1982

Birth Place : Busan, South Korea

Family: Parents, Younger sister

Education: Seoul Arts University (acting major)

Debut: Model for clothing brand “So Basic” (2001)

Management Agency: Mentor Entertainment

A LOVELY JUN JI HYUN

Jun Ji Hyun or Jeon Ji Hyun( ÀüÁöÇö)

Name: Jun Ji Hyun (ÀüÁöÇö) or Jeon Ji Hyun
Date of Birth: October 30, 1981
Occupation: Actress, Singer
Country: South Korea
Gender: Female
Film highlights: My Sassy Girl,

This lovely lady starred in the hit Korean film, My Sassy Girl, that managed to successfully export itself (and its soundtrack) to the rest of Asia. The love interest was Jun Ji Hyun ÀüÁöÇö whose sex appeal comes more from here onscreen presence rather than her photogenic qualities. Don't get me wrong, she looks good in the pictures but she really comes to life when she's on screen.
With a fruitful plot and many unforgettable moments, My Sassy Girl is definitely the best Korean film made in 2001. It is a film that requires multiple viewings. The more you see, the more fun you can retrieve from it.The story of this film is adapted from a Korean novel published on the internet. The plotline is quite simple and direct indeed. Cha Tae-Hyun plays a benevolent college student who has a strange encounter with the drunken Jeon Ji-Hyun ÀüÁöÇö . They soon become friends. Because of Jeon's unique personality, they have a hard time getting together. Later, Cha discovers that...
Jun debuted her career as a model, and later took up acting as well. She first starred in White Valentine (1999) as an actress and was later noted for her role in the movie Il Mare. The handsomely shot scenes at Ganghwa was one of several factors to attract many of her fans. Her biggest breakthrough comes from My Sassy Girl (2001), a hit romance/comedy movie that spawned an American remake which will be released in 2006. Jun studied at Dongguk University and made her debut as a model for Echo, and since then has modelled many clothing lines and more recently, mobile phones and iPod. Some of her more popular product endorsements include Giordano, KFC, Samsung. She was voted as having the "Best Butt in Asia", polling 41% of the total votes, beating Lee Hyo-ri who polled 30%. The romance/comedy movie Windstruck, which was filmed in 2004 together with Jang Hyuk, romantically reunited her with the young director, Kwak Jae Young of My Sassy Girl.




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My Precious Child

After their parents' divorce, Jang In Ho took care of her younger brother, Shin Ho. In Ho is a radio PD who meets a man with the same first name as her. Lee In Ho is talented singer and composer and is also divorced. He has a dark past as his father committed suicide after his business failure. When they first meet, they don't get along with each other but as time passes, they begin to fall for each other.

DBSK Moment

1. Yoochun is the lazy one in the group.
2. Junsu wakes everybody up in the morning with his video games.
3. Changmin is a crybaby.
4. Junsu is an uncle.
5. Yoochun is from the U.S. but was born in Korea.
6. Jaejoong is the "mom"; he cooks.
7. Yunho is the leader.
8. The house in "Ocean's 12" is the house in Miduyo.
9. Yoochun's family currently lives in Virginia.
10. Yoochun has had a lot of girlfriends.
11. They watch Korean dramas when they can/have time.
12. Junsu, Yunho, and Yoochun are all ambidextrous.
13. Jaejoong and Yoochun both dropped out of high school.
14. They both used to smoke.
15. Jaejoong wants to marry a fan- he believes that he`ll end up marrying a fan anyway.
16. Junsu wants a bright girl with a positive outlook of the world. Yoochun thinks it`s because Junsu is a negative person.
17. Yoochun doesn`t want to get married. (Junsu disagrees...he thinks that he MUST get married...)
18. Jaejoong wants 2 daughters and 1 son while Junsu wants 2 sons and 1 daughter. Yunho wants 5 sons and 20 daughters - Junsu says "Think of your wife!" and Jaejoong says "Are you trying to kill somebody?"
19. Yunho wants a girl who is assertive and has senses - someone who can guide him.
20. Changmin wants to marry someone who is girly and who will attach herself easily because he is shy and quiet.
21. Yunho`s message to his future son is "I love you".
22. Junsu thinks that dating and marriage are the same thing because he sees the girl he`s dating as his future wife. He has to like the girl that much (enough to see her as a hopefully Mrs. Kim Junsu) in order for him to date her - he doesn`t want to date just anyone. He`ll date her to a point where he wants to marry her. (Changmin agrees with him.)
23. Junsu likes to use his hand as a pillow.
24. Jaejoong made Changmin show off his body in their Hiyaya single.
25. Yunho sleeps diagonally on his bed.
26. Jaejoong was laughed at because of his puberty stage--his voice would crack and his friends would laugh at him each time he sang.
27. Yunho got rejected by a friend that he came to like. He asked her out and lit 100 candles. She told him she only wanted to be friends.
28. Junsu was suppose to debut earlier, but due to puberty...he lost his voice. He would always go and scream hoping his voice would come back.
29 Before debut, Max would make up excuses as to why he missed class. Each time it was always a relative's funeral and when he couldn't make that up he'd say something else. No one was curious because Max has a wide range of relatives.
30. Micky likes to sleep listening to music on his walkman. He tends to drop it, so at nighttime Junsu might get hit with a walkman or book or something. (That was when they had bunkbeds...)

Lee Junki in Iljimae

Iljimae Drama Review

Iljimae was one of this year’s three big “fusion sageuk” (it’ll be four once MBC’s version of Iljimae starring Jung Il Woo begins its run).
There was KBS’s Hong Gil Dong before it, and a little later, KBS’s insanely insane (and strangely, inexplicably, very watchable)
Strongest Chil Woo came along as well. Iljimae was SBS’s shot at the trend, and while it turned out to be something that I would actually start watching (miracle!), there were so many problems with it, it was almost as mind-boggling to see as the fake horses in Strongest Chil Woo.
First of all, let’s get this out into the open: I do not like this recent trend of “hero” fusion sageuk.
Maybe if I hadn’t seen the 2007-2008 sageuk The King and I (which starred Oh Man Seok and Goo Hye Sun), I wouldn’t have minded as much.
But as it is, for me personally, this was a bad time for them to come along.
Because I’ve suddenly become a sageuk fan, and I do not enjoy seeing the genre being bastardized like this.
I mean, what’s the point in portraying a past if you’re not going to say anything about it?
Why not just move the time period to modern Seoul, for Pete’s sake, if you’re going to have the characters refrain from speaking in proper Joseon-era speech?
What the hell makes a drama deserving of even distantly referring to the term “sageuk” if it doesn’t even resemble sageuk’s left butt cheek?
If you’re trying to do new things with the genre (like the heartbreaking Damo did back in 2003), fine.
I don’t mind that. But how can people like the Hong sisters, who obviously don’t know the first thing about sageuk, even attempt to do new things with it?
It’s like watching Britney Spears trying to sing a traditional pansori song. It just doesn’t work.
Still, I gave Iljimae a chance (or several). Mostly, I admit, because I really like some of the cast - Lee Jun Ki for one, and the ever-wonderful Lee Moon Shik for another.
Yes, this was another case of fangirliness gone horribly wrong. I admit it: I’m warm for Junki’s form.
Not only is he a pretty good actor, especially for his age (and he’s improving!), but he also possesses some rather delectable facial features that, I admit, I have swooned over in the past.
Which may or may not have been all that long ago.

Virgin Snow

Virgin Snow
Year: 2007
Country: Korea
Type: Movie
Genre: Romance
Cast: Lee Jun Ki as Min
Aoi Miyazaki as Nanae

Virgin Snow Review

Virgin Snow stars Lee Jun Ki as Min, a foreign-exchange student from Korea trying desperately to fit in to a school in Japan.
He has to overcome some social stigmas about Korean boys, face bullies, and deal with a language barrier, all while trying to woo Nanae (Aoi Miyazaki).
This movie seemed like a gimmick to just fuse two of the biggest stars from different countries into one film.
Unfortunately, the film's language barrier proved too much for the two stars, causing the dialogue between the two leads to be a bit too concise.
Much of the communication between Min and Nanae relies on body language, and scenes where the two "connect" are scenes where one character is teaching another character a new word.
The climax is a very stereotypical Korean drama situation where a misunderstanding ruins the relationship between the two lead characters.
The resolution was also stereotypical. What I did think was interesting about the flick was the cultural distinction that the movie highlighted, namely, the social conservativeness of Japanese girls versus the flirty nature of Korean boys.
Lee Jun Ki's character of Min exemplifies the director's view of Korean men in general. Aggressive, goofy, and extremely flirty.
In one scene he is shown wooing Nanae by jumping outside her classroom window, causing her to be extremely uncomfortable.
Yet despite being a great actor, I felt that he didn't really get to show off his acting skills in this movie.
His character was one-dimensional and at sometimes frustrating.
Aoi Miyazaki plays the shy Nanae, perhaps she also embodied the director's perception of Japanese women.
Although conservative, she somehow falls in love with Lee Jun Ki's assertive character.
She plays a girl with a troubled past and a somewhat sheltered life.
It didn't seem like she had a lot of personality in this film, which was even worsened by the fact that there wasn't a lot of dialogue in the movie anyways.
Virgin Snow is only a mediocre movie. I believe it was an interesting concept, but with flat acting and a few plot devices that didn't work well.
It was also very stereotypical, and while I'm not hating on Korean movies in general, I'm finding it harder to like Korean movies because they seem to be rehashing the same storylines.

A Moment to Remember

A Moment to Remember
Year: 2004
Country: Korea
Type: Movie
Genre: Drama
Cast: Woo-sung Jung as Cheol-su
Ye-jin Son as Su-jin
Jong-hak Baek as Seo Yeong-min

A Moment to Remember Review

After being dumped by her boyfriend, Kim Su Jin meets Choi Chul Su accidentally in a convenience store due to confusion over a can of soda.
Falling head over heels for one another, the two have to overcome the problems that come with every relationship including parents discouraging their courtship.
Chul Su, who has a troubled childhood, isn't about to commit to a serious relationship because he feels he's "below" Su Jin.
Su Jin's father doesn't approve of him either because of his social standing.
But none of these problems will ever come close to match what they are about to face, something that will prove to be the ultimate test for their relationship.
So Koreans have done it again! Another melodramatic tearjerker about people with terminal illnesses.
However, A Moment to Remember might be a little too much and too over the top in their ingredients for tears.
The movie seems very formulaic and very predictable but it is still nicely put together.
The fatal disease in this film affects the female lover, Su Jin. She has Alzheimer's Disease which slowly degenerates her mind and memories.
Soon the memories of her love and their time spent start to get erased from her mind.
This is when the crying and sobbing comes in. Son Ye-Jin and Jung Woo-Sung sell and carry the film to the extreme.
Son Ye-Jin is a fabulously pretty actress who does a splendid job at conveying the emotions of her role without over-doing it.
Jung Woo-Sung plays her husband who is sensitive and super loving as he tries to help her recall her memories. They are a perfect on screen couple.
This film has a bittersweet but heartfelt ending, something that many Korean films have in common.
The film takes its time to thoughtfully and carefully develop the characters and foreshadow what is to come.
However, it is still a "generic" tear-filled Korean romance drama, not that anyone minds those.
The audiences' knowledge of what's going to happen to the couple is what makes this movie engaging enough to watch till the end.
That being said, A Moment to Remember is one of the best tearjerkers of recent years regardless of whether the situations are believable or not.
I would highly recommend this movie, and it is not a long watch at all.
Even though the story progresses slowly throughout the film, it is still a powerful romantic film that questions true love without memories.