So Ji-sub confirms crime drama Ghost
by javabeans
The new drama Ghost is a go for So Ji-sub, which brings him back to television after two years away. It’s no surprise that he’s once again playing an intense character in a dramatic thriller, since that’s his bread and butter (Road No. 1, Only You, Rough Cut, I’m Sorry I Love You, What Happened In Bali…); what I’d really love is to see him give his furrowed brows a rest and laugh up a storm in a comedy. Hasn’t he earned the laughs after all those tortured romances and tragic deaths?
In Ghost, So Ji-sub stars as a cold detective in a cyber crimes investigation unit. It’s not a fantasy drama but the setting is described as “a cyber world different from the world we live in” — one where cyber investigators find out people’s secrets that are hidden in their ultramodern techie gadgets, “solving puzzles with suspense and thrills.”
So’s character, Kim Woo-hyun, is the son to a high-ranking official of the police department, and has progressed with top marks through academy, training, and now as an elite officer himself. He’s got a strong sense of duty, a perfectionist attitude toward his work, and is one of his department’s top brains. His leadership skills are excellent but also believes that harboring friendships can be detrimental to his work. Naturally, the one person who can open his hart is someone with whom he has “a conflicting fate,” a former friend and rival. So… basically he’s the police version of Park Shin-yang genius coroner counterpart from Sign, which was the PD’s last drama.
Still no word on why this drama is called Ghost. Are there traces of ghosts in his case? Or maybe our perfect asshole of a hero (’cause he sounds a little like an asshole, let’s be honest) is haunted by the memory of his rival? You’d think that in a drama that sounds like such a standard, run-of-the-mill procedural (cold guy + smart brain + crimes to solve) you would lead with the unique angle.
Ghost will be a Wednesday-Thursday drama that premieres in May.
Via TV Daily
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1 craziluver
March 12, 2012 at 8:24 PM
doesn't matter if its typical procedural crime drama as long as its So Ji Sub!!
I gladly agree with you, this guy needs to find a good laugh comedy, I have not seen him in any comedy drama.
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2 Nadia
March 12, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Maybe the villain is hard to detect(or see) like ghost.
I'll watch it bec. i loved Sign last year.
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3 HeadsNo2
March 12, 2012 at 8:33 PM
I'm waiting for the police procedural/medical drama where the lead is a good, well-rounded, warmhearted guy. Are nice detectives just not dramatic enough?
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4 gerimis
March 12, 2012 at 8:36 PM
that expression of him in the pic is the same as mine when i'm reading this post..no kidding..
erm...cyber crime ....weird.. its my dream to be in a cyber crime department...maybe i'm in or maybe i'm not
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5 jomo143
March 12, 2012 at 8:37 PM
Ahh! I will prolly not watch this!
They say "ghost" a lot, it seems when someone is mysteriously good at something.
Maybe equal to our "whisperer," which has gone from making sense with "Horse whisperer" to not making sense with "bra whisperer"
I mean, who talks to lingerie?
I expect YY will answer that.
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6 Cynthia
March 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM
Omg. Not this again.
I'm still laughing from the last SJS post.
:)
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7 Kiara
March 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM
I'm so sick of him in serious roles. Try something different please.
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8 ililaa
March 12, 2012 at 9:18 PM
So Ji Sub is good looking and but he sucks at playing almost every character he takes on.
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9 Toya
March 12, 2012 at 9:58 PM
From the description given above it makes it sound like the police version of Ghost in the Shell's Section 9.
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10 Linh
March 12, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Yes. Why can't he just be in a simple rom-com for once and also, get the girl at the end? Such a simple wish, is it too much to ask?
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11 Geneva
March 12, 2012 at 10:54 PM
I'd be more interested were he literally haunted by the ghost of his rival, not just the memory. *snort* How's that for crime scene hijinks? Or if the ghosts of the victims helped him solve the crimes... via interwebz? Ghosts can send emails. According to several horror movies I've seen.
In other news, I've had about enough of the "cold" surgeon/detective/chaebol character. Not every successful professional in the world is a raging asshole. <.<
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12 Mini Roo
March 12, 2012 at 11:13 PM
oooo, a futuristic, technological crime world. interesting~
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13 Niki
March 12, 2012 at 11:20 PM
Hmm...strangely Ghost in the Shell comes to mind.
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14 anna
March 12, 2012 at 11:36 PM
Woo! Crime shows! I love it already. I wish the lead has more of a Sherlock Holmes-like quality. I enjoy an asshole if he can actually make that likable.
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15 evebay39
March 12, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Ditto to The WIre comment above, I'd guess it's a reference to 'ghost in the machine' - which, if you ignore the original psych gubbins, is again a common reference around hacking and cyber crime. It seems a very English title for the show.
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16 john
March 13, 2012 at 4:01 AM
Are there any Korean or Asian film noir / Sam Spade type detective shows or movies?
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17 antonia
March 13, 2012 at 5:07 AM
yayyyyyyy
i can't tell how excited i am... cause the drama seems good and interesting and cause it's SJS!!!!!! i really can't wait for this, just don't kill him and i'll be forever happy <3333333
seriously best news ever!!!!
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18 Mama J
March 13, 2012 at 5:08 AM
His hair looks really good in this one.
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19 ilovekpopwg
March 13, 2012 at 5:16 AM
is he a good actor and its this drama that shin min ah was going to be in
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20 cherkell
March 13, 2012 at 5:23 AM
Bring in Yoo Seung Ho as the child version of SJS's character, have the (purported) ghost chant "UuuunnnnAAAAHHHH" instead, and I will die a thousand happy deaths. :)
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21 jen
March 13, 2012 at 6:08 AM
I just hope Lee Yeon Hee doesn't get the female lead. She is just horrible at acting. Case in Point: everything she's been in.
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22 Cam
March 13, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Whooo! I am glad that SO JI SUB confirmed his new crime drama ~ YAY! \^o^/ I will be looking forward to this! Ah, I've noticed that some people (from comments) desire to see SO JI SUB would be act so funny in an romance-comedy dramas, of course. Also, I've watched that movie "Sophie's Revenge" but it was great and fun, hehe! I am sure that SO JI SUB probably have his "first-time" movie w/ genre (romance-comedy), yups! I really would like to see him with my top favorite actress KIM SUN AH in a romance-comedy drama sooooomeday ~ *crossing fingers* ^_^
FIGHTINGGGG SO JI SUB ! ! ! !
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23 Nheony
March 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Okay JB I will get all geeky and just share a hunch here. I think maybe they are playing with the technological term "GHOST" which is an acronym for "General Hardware-Oriented System Transfer". It's a software that copies data from hard disks and generally used for backing up or cloning drives.
So cyber investigators, peoples secrets hidden in tech gadgets... kinda fits the bill.
I'm hoping this will be an interesting ride.
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24 arinkorin
March 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Read a news that Lee Yeon Hee was offered the female lead role for this one.
If she accepts the offer, means that it will be the 2nd time that they will be working together! I do agree that LYH has still got to improve on her acting skill, but I kind of like seeing them together in U-Turn, too bad that it was too short though.
We'll see. Can't wait for the rest of the casts to be announced too!
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25 fab
March 13, 2012 at 1:10 PM
He was in a rom(com, not sure)-drama with Chae Rim back in 2002...
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26 yanginggrid
March 13, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Swear to god i don't understand what this drama about.
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27 true.bawaka
March 14, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Reading all the comments was more entertaining and interesting than reading the drama-description...but maybe the drama will turn good.
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28 ella
May 9, 2012 at 6:06 AM
Hi!
Please see me a beautiful series.
Su Ji Sub have good luck to you. FIGHTING*
and We love you forever.
SARANGHE*
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29 lala
March 6, 2013 at 10:07 PM
WOO HYUN-AAH Y U SO HANDSOME???
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