Kim Myung-min plays Joseon's Great (mustachioed) Detective

33 December 1, 2010December 1, 2010

Kim Myung-min plays Joseon’s Great (mustachioed) Detective

by javabeans

The first poster is out for Kim Myung-min‘s upcoming mystery historical movie, which has undergone a slight title change to Joseon’s Great Detective: Secret of the Wolfsbane. And while I’m not a fan of the mustache on my leading men — or its tawdry cousin, the pornstache — you’ve gotta give them credit for going for the comic factor. Lulz.

This project isn’t described as a comedy (it’s a suspense mystery), but this gives me hope that we can expect a dash of humor, which is an idea I can get fully behind. Although Kim is known for his powerful, commanding roles — whether playing a cold, ambitious doctor in White Tower, a sneering orchestra conductor in Beethoven’s Virus, or a man dying of ALS in My Love By My Side — he also has a wonderful sense of humor and comic timing. (If you haven’t seen him playing a hilarious, dense, brawns-before-brains type of ex-gangster in Bad Family, I highly recommend it.)

The movie takes place in the 17th year of Joseon’s King Jeong-jo, and brings in Kim, playing the top detective of the day, to investigate a series of murders. Although his character had initially been a version of Jung Yak-yong, a real-life historical figure who was the subject of a mystery-sageuk cable drama two years ago, the description has been changed and he now plays a character named simply Kim Jin.

The film, which is based on a historical novel titled Secret of the Gate of Virtue, is set for a January 27 release. It co-stars Han Ji-min (Cain and Abel) and Oh Dal-soo (The Good, The Bad, The Weird).

Via Seoul.co.kr

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1 pbjtimeee

December 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM

Maybe he'll shave it off since Mo-vember is over. Or maybe not, seeing as how they don't have that in Korea.

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2 all4movies

December 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM

WIth that devilish grin, he reminds me of Hercule Poirot, the famous french detective of Agatha Christie's novels.

I don't know what to expect here, but it will certainly be intriguing if Kim Myung-min is involved.

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December 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM

agree...

just wondering whether he will bring Poirot's character also...snobbish and very proud with his grey cells & mustache...haha

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m a r a

December 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the 'stache, but he doesn't have the egg-shaped head and the rotund body-shape ;)

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chace

December 1, 2010 at 7:23 PM

Belgian, my dear. ^^
Hercule Poirot is very adamant about not being mistaken for being French.

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mskololia

December 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM

Belgian in deed....lol. Love the character/actor who plays him.

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bambi

December 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM

LOL all this is making me want to go and watch some good ol' Hercule Poirot episodes...

Ahh back to the accent I can't understand~~

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Hanjae

December 1, 2010 at 7:24 PM

I was actually wondering whether they were deliberately going for the Hercule Poirot look as a kind of LOL factor. It's been a while since I've seen a character sporting a moustache *that* pronounced and... well, fake-looking :P

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chace

December 1, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Hercule Poirot insists most adamantly that he is Belgian! ^^

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Selli

December 2, 2010 at 1:44 AM

But Poirot takes better care of his moustaches, and they're always called enormous XD He also likes to twirl them in the books ^^ But still, I can see where you're coming from XD

And as chace said, he's Belgian, although everyone always assumes he's French!!! XD He doesn't like that at all XD

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jojo

December 2, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Agree. Definitely a dandy like Poirot, but gotta twirl up the ends of the mustache a bit. However, if he says:"Mon Ami" the movie is in trouble.

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3 Kender

December 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM

I hope there are lots of scenes of him twirling this mustache when deep in thought. That would make me giggle.

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4 Autumn

December 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM

he looks like mario...

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wwtg

December 1, 2010 at 4:51 PM

LOL. But, I kind of see it...

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Viola

December 1, 2010 at 5:55 PM

Rofl!

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Haru

December 1, 2010 at 6:39 PM

LMAO that was the first thing that popped into my head...
We all know Mario is famous caus of his pornstache ;D

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a-a-a

December 1, 2010 at 9:15 PM

LOL that's hilarious

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5 mookie

December 1, 2010 at 4:54 PM

I find him very swoony hot in the poster and realized I'm conditioned to love the stache now *le sigh*

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6 obivia

December 1, 2010 at 4:55 PM

KMM totally won me over in 'Bad Family.' It's hi-larious and so endearing. The entire cast totally reeled me in w/ their quirky and lovable ways.

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lovepark

December 1, 2010 at 5:28 PM

I totally agree. Bad Family is my favorite comedy-family drama.

I think the poster looks cute. Plus Kim Myung-min is adorable and leaves me in a pile of gobbly-goop when he's on screen. The man can act and oozes charisma!! I can't even capture his awesome in words!

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gala

December 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM

im actually rewatching it right now. probably the 5th time i'm watching it. i just love everyone in the cast. heck, i dont even mind Mr. Toad. ha ha ha.

Narim was just tooo adorable for words. and everytime i see KMM, the 1st two things that come to mind: Oh Dal Gun-ssi [in Hyun Young's voice] and "Do you wanna smell dirt?" lol.

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December 2, 2010 at 6:36 AM

Hahaha. I've rewatched it a bunch, too. The cast was great (probably my second favorite next to Evasive Inquiry Agency). I loved how everyone started to use Dal-gun's catchphrase: "Do you want to smell dirt?" I think even Narim used it!

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obivia

December 2, 2010 at 6:22 PM

Oh great. Look what you guys went and did. Guess what I'll be re-watching the next holiday?

And the "you wanna smell dirt?" is way up there w/ Han Ye Seul's "look at is this crap" from Couple of Trouble/Fantasy.

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7 Auntiemame

December 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM

hahaha ... I'm envisioning a duel of mustaches between Hercule Poirot and Kim Jin.

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8 momosan

December 1, 2010 at 5:07 PM

Snidely Whiplash. LOL! Love the threatening fan as well.

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9 lessaofpern

December 1, 2010 at 5:29 PM

LOL where is the beard to go with this tash? Just from the picture alone, I would have guessed this to be more of a comedy drama than anything else :D

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10 Ani

December 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM

I hope we get to see his funny side in this. X)

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11 Lovely Heretic

December 1, 2010 at 6:24 PM

HOLY CRAP!

I totally didn't recognize KMM! Wowie wow. The name didn't even register until Bad Family was mentioned.

Now I'm all interested. =)

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12 nycgrl

December 1, 2010 at 9:23 PM

Looking forward to this. Love KMM. I also thought Hercule Poirot.

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13 KorFilmFan

December 1, 2010 at 9:44 PM

I believe in 김명민!! Is he ditching the tv series all together? I'd like to see him again on tv drama~

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14 cathy

December 2, 2010 at 6:58 AM

For me he is a great actor , i like him in Admiral Yi Sun Shin
which i watched several times .

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15 michi

December 3, 2010 at 11:31 AM

The teaser trailer was released today!
http://mmi.myungmininternational.com/node/2084

It's really cool and I'm so looking forward to another great performance of KMM! <3

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16 helena

December 25, 2010 at 5:10 AM

i'm sure kim myung min would play this amazingly

though i'm not that happy seeing him with a mustache
but still amazing

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