Oh Ji-ho to headline mysterious international drama
by girlfriday
So MBC’s got this extra-super-secret drama planned, called Strangers 6 (I’m not going to get into how I wish it were called 6 Strangers, or…I guess I just did.) Anyway, it’s an international co-production between China, Japan, and Korea, and nobody, even the PD or writer, has been named, supposedly due to its TOP SECRET status. What, is it a front for an Asian plot to take over the world?
But now the first name has been attached to the project, and Oh Ji-ho (Chuno, Sector 7) has been cast as the lead. I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s a step up from selling man kimchi, mostly because I can’t say “man kimchi” without feeling a little dirty.
He’ll be playing an intelligence agent, one of a group of international specialists who come together to form ‘Strangers 6.’ So using my highly developed math skills, probably two from China, two from Japan, two from Korea? What I can gather from the TOP SECRET plot: there will be international crises, and the heroic averting of said crises. So, it’s Runaway-meets-Athena-meets-IRIS-meets-Ocean’s Eleven-meets-The Avengers? Will Stephen Colbert be in it?
Oh Ji-ho said, “It’s such an honor to be able to work on a project with the best staff and actors from Korea, China, and Japan. I’m anticipating a meaningful project with the best representative actors and staff from all three countries. I’ll do my best for this drama.”
Strangers 6 plans to air on MBC sometime this year. Everything else…is a mystery.
Via Osen
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1 reese
February 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
I hope Takeshi Kaneshiro is in this. If he is, I will die of happiness...but that's probably too much to ask (and I'm going with him coming from China regardless of the Japanese name, but you only need to Google to understand why...if you don't already know him).
I hope this super secret drama isn't going to fail miserably. I feel like if something is hyped so much then it just never seems as good as it should be...unless we're talking "Lord of the Rings", my no-so-secret obsession.
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2 maez
February 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Strangers 6.......hmmmm. Maybe it has some hidden code.
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3 ilikehim
February 27, 2011 at 8:24 PM
Will Tony Leung Chiu Wai be in it to rep China?! Or Andy Lau?!
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4 estel
February 27, 2011 at 8:24 PM
"Everything else...is a mystery."
Hahahahaha! Ah, girlfriday...your humor makes my day. ^_^
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5 Celexa
February 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Ahhh! Takashi Kaneshiro... If only *sighs*
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6 snow
February 27, 2011 at 8:33 PM
maybe it'd be 6 actors who look good but... can't really act? that could be a novel theme...
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7 Sonam
February 27, 2011 at 8:46 PM
I want the impossibly cool Tony Leung too. Takeshi and OJH are incredibly handsome but I find them both a little vanilla.
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8 Birdie
February 27, 2011 at 8:49 PM
Stars do not make the story. Wonder why would he sign on without knowing the script,who the other stars and pd are.
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9 xiaoSxin
February 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM
What language will they use for this drama???? Korean... Chinese... Japanese?????
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10 danna
February 27, 2011 at 9:02 PM
i'm getting a little tired of all the big budget spy-action-crime-thriller dramas I feel tlike there's more glitz and glam going than actual story telling....arent there other ideas for a pan asian drama?...that said i am curious to see how this turns out...also since this is a co production will we be have a mixed set of writers and PD's...now that i'd like to see
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11 carmz
February 27, 2011 at 9:20 PM
I'm trying really hard to not state the obvious, but what weird language combo are they going to pull? Is everyone in the drama miraculously going to be able to understand Korean, Chinese and Japanese, and probably English as well??
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12 Carinne
February 27, 2011 at 9:32 PM
Too bad Fantastic Four was taken. How about "Stupendous 6" instead?
(blup-blup... close jaw... stops drooling at pic)
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13 sirocco
February 27, 2011 at 9:36 PM
I've love to have Tony Leung and Takashi Kaneshiro too.
But this is impossible as they not acted in a drama for more than 10 years.
Anyway, Tony should filming WKW movie now?
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14 pipit
February 27, 2011 at 9:36 PM
OH JI HOO!!
I don't really care for dramas with secret intellegence's themes hence I'm not watching Athena, Iris, Sector 7, Alia, etc. The reason being: they're all pale in comparison to La Femme Nikita. Nothing compare to La Femme Nikita! It's just perfect!
But this one I will see. How could I not see it when my man is the lead in it?
Looking forward for the big secret to unveil!
*Already giddy with happiness*
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15 ajewell
February 27, 2011 at 9:55 PM
omg, I laughed so hard at your Stephen Colbert reference. SOO funny.
Honestly, the drama sounds kind of stupid, so I probably won't check it out unless you and JB do recaps and insist it's worth our time... ;)
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16 yeohweping
February 27, 2011 at 10:08 PM
http://media.daum.net/entertain/enews/view?newsid=20110228145115296
Han Chae Young is added to the cast of Strangers 6 as the female lead.
Official press conf.will be on 3rd March
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17 bd
February 27, 2011 at 10:47 PM
If they added Kim Sung soo, Korea would be really well-represented in the 'beefcake' dept.
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18 ed
February 27, 2011 at 10:48 PM
as long as they all take on missions in speedos, while moonlighting as chefs of their indigenous signature dish. then yes please!
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19 'dalia
February 27, 2011 at 11:03 PM
KimuTaku, please!
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20 Nhu
February 27, 2011 at 11:11 PM
I've seen each character speak in their separate languages and the voice of the actors dubbed afterwards, or have subs tailored to the region it's airing (so, say China would sub/dub the parts in Korean/Japanese but leave the Mandarin). Or they could all BE spies from their respective region and have some sort of interpreter or subs (OMG, bonding scenes over language differences ala Kim Sam Soon would totally rock!).
I don't know, they may even decide to use English, depending on the fluency of the actors... The dub/subs thing might work best, though.
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21 Auntiemame
February 27, 2011 at 11:27 PM
girlfriday, This post by you is the best yet! I was laughing so loud that I woke up the rest of the house.
I agree with the other comment about big-budget, super-hyped blockbusters that fizzles out. It's like the production spends more effort on the build-up than on the actual production.
To be honest, I hope that Kaneshiro, Lau and Leung are not in it because each of them are too fine of an actor to be saddled with a disappointing drama.
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22 hitsugaya
February 28, 2011 at 12:22 AM
i want daniel wu! evnthough he was the bad guy, i loved him to bits in the new police story with jackie chan
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23 omo
February 28, 2011 at 12:32 AM
Oooo, I want Sexy 6 or 6 Sexy whatever.
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24 chajjye
February 28, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Erm. No. If you want to do it, do it properly MBC. This suspense is just too...lame, honestly.
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25 nara
February 28, 2011 at 12:49 AM
no..no.. han chae young..she is too pretty but..her acting is flat..no expression...
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26 sandy80
February 28, 2011 at 3:50 AM
Strangers 6,” which will air in the latter half the year, tells the story of six individuals from Korea, Japan and China assigned by the highest level authorities of their respective countries to protect the three countries’ joint economic area from being interfered by an organization.
this is the story some other blog called it a joint headache and I do agree
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27 D
February 28, 2011 at 5:36 AM
imma be shallow and say - thank you GF for the delicious photo
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28 malta
February 28, 2011 at 6:25 AM
It would be interesting and really great if a couple of the strangers were women! I'm tired of women as accessories in these types of shows. Women can save the world too! :)
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29 clichique
February 28, 2011 at 6:30 AM
I really don't feel like big names like Tony Leung or at least those with international fame (by this I mean... Hollywood) are probably going to be in this. As much as we would like that, but reality speaking... probs not.
Also, I too am sick of the spy genre. Why the infatuation with that genre?? It's almost like they just discovered it. My problem is the lack of real, tight suspense. Like the adrenaline rush I get from just watching 24. Looks like another project I'm not-so-looking-forward-to..
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30 Ladymoonstone143
February 28, 2011 at 10:42 AM
My happiness will be complete if they will add Ah In to the drama....lol
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31 brookeeve
February 28, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Stephen Colbert would definitely make me see this movie.... otherwise... eh.
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32 Kiwi
February 28, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Haha ASIANS TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! XD
Looking forward to it ^^
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33 janna
February 28, 2011 at 3:42 PM
The bad guys are in... enhance... enhance... enhance... AUSTRALIA! Lets go international spy team! To the jet!(coughs)(secretly hopes there's a jet that flies out of a mountain or something)
I'd be more amazed if Japan got someone like Okada Junichi or Hiroshi Abe over Kimutaku. Kimura is just too much of a given in this situation...boring.
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34 naquia
February 28, 2011 at 9:17 PM
if only Joe Odagiri is in..i'm dead..Oh JiHo is making me delirious already...
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35 Dara
February 28, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Another spy drama? I was so disappointed with the maga project in the past that I don't really have good feeling about this.
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36 im_eve
March 1, 2011 at 6:48 AM
Everything else…is a mystery.
haha
and...colbert ftw!
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37 Tippy
March 2, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Omo...Omo...
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