A Thousand Kisses releases its first stills
by javabeans
Y’know, I wasn’t sold on the noona-dongsaeng pairing of Ji Hyun-woo (Birth of the Rich) and Seo Young-hee (Bedevilled), but they’re looking cute and comfy with each other in these first stills from MBC’s upcoming weekend drama A Thousand Kisses.
It looks like the drama’s playing with the question of age differences in romance, and promo descriptions state that it’ll explore a variety of love relationships. The main pairing, above, explores the younger-man-older-woman dynamic, with Ji romancing a divorced single mom. Seo Young-hee’s character is the hard-working type who’s faced a lot of bitterness in her life, while Ji Hyun-woo plays a former national soccer player who’s now a sports agent. And if anyone can do the doting dongsaeng role, it’s Ji, who combines leading-man status with boyish charm.
But main couple aside, I’m more interested in some of the side characters — namely, Ryu Jin (Baby-Faced Beauty) and Kim So-eun (Fine Windy Day). Furthermore, cranky grandpa Lee Soon-jae (My Princess, High Kick Through the Roof) even gets his own loveline with a May-December romance, featuring “80s flower heroine” Cha Hwa-yeon (Love and Ambition, Thorn Birds).
The older couple boasts a 25-year age gap; Lee Soon-jae is 75, while Cha Hwa-yeon is 50. In the drama, he plays the chaebol head of a resort group who falls in love with his caregiver, and they marry. The drama touts theirs as a moving love story showcasing “beautiful melo acting.”
Meanwhile, the chaebol’s son also has a May-December-ish (March-August?) relationship with a much younger woman as well; in real life, 17 years separate Ryu Jin and Kim So-eun. When I first heard about their pairing, I wasn’t sure whether I ought to feel a little uneasy about the matchup of a 21-year-old with a 38-year-old (especially since, in Korea, 20 is barely legal), but now that I see that age play is a theme here, I’m ready to go with it.
Ryu Jin plays the cold and haughty planning manager at his father’s resort, who has a strained relationship with his father marked by lingering resentment — he feels Dad showed little kindness to his mother, who died of a hereditary illness.
Kim So-eun melts that icy exterior with her optimistic, affectionate nature. She’s a guest reporter for a magazine who doesn’t remember her own mother’s face, having been raised by her older sister (Seo Young-hee) and grandmother. My favorite part about her description: She falls for him at first glance and, thanks to her proactive personality, tackles her crush head-on. Rather than suffering from lovesickness on her own, she goes after him assertively, and wins him over. Yay for K-drama ladies who act, rather than mope!
A Thousand Kisses replaces weekend drama All That Glitters and premieres on August 20.
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51 mihinikki
August 4, 2011 at 8:01 PM
Kim So-eun has such an adorable baby-face that I'm a little icked by the match with Ryu Jin. I really like Ryu Jin, just not with women who look like minors.
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SD
August 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM
I totally agree! I guess we're in the minority here since it seems that most of them are looking forward to seeing this couple together. Although KSE can pull off a mature character, I still think her baby face kind of ruins it. It's like they're trying to make her look older. TBH, I'm not a fan of huge age gaps. I just hope that there won't be any kissing scenes for this couple. PLEASE. That would just make me cringe.
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mihinikki
August 4, 2011 at 8:54 PM
Agreed on the no kissing!
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Jessie
August 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Hahahaha... I think you both are just jealous :p~
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Uca
August 4, 2011 at 9:32 PM
LOL just inform, If there's someone says yes for some hot kissing scenes.
Count me in! ;p
52 M. Dee
August 4, 2011 at 8:07 PM
I'm not surprised how most of ppl here are more interested into side characters loveline, Kim So Eun-Ryu Jin couple to be exact. And so do I. I'm more into older man-younger woman relationship coz we've seen a lot of noona-dongsaeng stories almost everywhere now, so that kind of story is not too appealing for me anymore.
And what makes it more interesting it's the huge age gap difference is 17 years! make that 20 yrs anyway. It's like romancing your own daughter XD. I've always been wondering how some women could fall in love with much much more older men IRL, when in fact there are a lot of much more appropriate younger/same age guys that are more good looking in term of looks and more productive in terms of wealth and physic. :p So RJ-KSE couple is on my top priority for now.
and I've also been a huge Kim So Eun's fan since BOF. I can't wait to see her comeback, and hopefully this kind of role will give her more into spotlight. She's a talented actress I'm a bit sad because she seems underrated in Korea. Crossing my fingers for this drama :)
anyway, congratz to Seo Young Hee for her wedding recently :)
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53 DB5K
August 4, 2011 at 8:41 PM
The upcoming couples I'm most excited about are Uee+Joowon in Ojakkyo Brothers and Kim So Eun+Ryujin in A Thousand Kisses~~~~
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shirubang
August 4, 2011 at 11:34 PM
i totally agree! C:
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54 shirubang
August 4, 2011 at 11:31 PM
i really can't wait! i'm excited to see kim so eun and ryu jin together~ i feel that they would have natural chemistry. C:
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55 Madita
August 5, 2011 at 1:31 AM
Looks like page has become a RYU JIN fansite :)
Love him so much and will watch this drama just because of him. But again he is in 2nd lead. Dear Drama-Gods when will he get the main lead in a drama, I hope asap please.
Then interesting, normally there is second-male lead syndrome. For the first time I witness 2n-Couple syndrom, and that when even the drama has not started to be airing.
Hey PD's if you read this comments here, wont you change your script for our sweet RYU JIN - still time for it, you know :)
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56 rochelle
August 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM
how many eps is this drama anyone knows? thanks!
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57 Celest
August 5, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Ryu Jin gets a girl?! And it's Kim So Eun?! Thank the Lord! I was starting to think it was gonna be one of *those* dramas again.
I'm not really into the older woman/younger man story line as much as I used to be (back when MNIKSS came out actually) but I think the premise sounds interesting and fresh just because it's tackling huge age gaps for all the couplings. I don't read any crazy love triangles either (hopefully). This sounds interesting. Definitely gonna tune in.
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58 Yoo_R
August 6, 2011 at 4:51 AM
Love it. Seems so interesting. The actors n actresses are my favorite too. Hope the best 4 the series. Good Luck!
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59 21
August 7, 2011 at 8:51 AM
hey, first time to your site and looks like i'll be hanging most likely everyday. :D
Anticipating this drama. they got a pretty good actors and actresses.
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60 drama king
August 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Check out guys all episodes of this drama Ep 1 is available
http://dramakingone.blogspot.com/2011/08/thousand-kisses-ep-1-englisg-sub-full.html
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61 rainyrain
August 22, 2011 at 2:07 PM
I'm interrested in the second couple , eventhough the age gape is huge but I didn't frrl so when I saw them both , they look cute :)
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62 Leigh
September 3, 2011 at 5:54 AM
Can't miss...Ep. 1 and 2 were so good...I want to see KSE melt RJ's heart....
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63 hLiwOo
January 30, 2012 at 6:38 PM
*SIGH*
I wonder who is capping this drama. It's such an emotional roller coaster. I gave it a try and BAM! I'm totally heart over head for this drama. I am loving the drama and the relationships and the secrets!
Sadly it's coming to an end :( But I totally fell in love with Ji HyunWoo's character. He protrayed his character very well, that man who just fights for what he believes in pulls my heart strings. I'm freaken in love!
Glad I finally caught up after months of not giving it a try. Now just waiting for subbers to sub up to eps 48 and I'll gladly send my love and support to the fansubbers with A THOUSAND KISSES.
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64 shun wai ei
April 26, 2013 at 12:51 AM
l love this drama and ji hyun woo.hope to see him.
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