Strongest Chil Woo: Episode 5

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Ooh, Episode 5 is good. And with Strongest Chil Woo, "good" really means "bad," but you probably already guessed that. This series isn't just funny. It's hysterical. I'm pretty hard to...

Tags: Eric, Gu Hye-sun, Strongest Chil Woo

Strongest Chil Woo: Episode 4

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Omg. Strongest Chil Woo is AWESOME (-ly bad). But still, awesome! It is SO corny, and that makes it so, so good. I never thought I’d say this, but...

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Strongest Chil Woo: Episode 3

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Kind of a boring episode. What I enjoyed about Strongest Chil Woo last week was its absurdity -- the over-the-top action and goofy tone. Today we got an attempt at...

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Strongest Chil Woo: Episodes 1 & 2

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As I briefly mentioned, when I saw the premiere of Strongest Chil Woo, I thought it was pretty bad. Not mediocre or a little uneven, but god-awful. Episode 1 was a...

Tags: Eric, first episodes, Gu Hye-sun, Oh Man-seok, Park Bo-young, Strongest Chil Woo, Yoo Ah-in

Strongest Chil Woo

Tags: action, Eric, Gu Hye-sun, Jeon No-min, Kim Ji-suk, Kim Young-ok, Park Bo-young, romance, sageuk, Song Ha-yoon, Yoo Ah-in

Promoting his drama with a come-hither stare

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Is it just me, or does the cast of Strongest Chil Woo look like they just stepped out of the pages of a Sears catalog (come see the softer side!)?...

Tags: Eric, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Byul, Lee Eon, press conferences, Strongest Chil Woo

From uljjang to actress to writer-director

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Gu Hye Sun joins actors like Yoo Ji Tae in expanding her resume to film directing. Her debut project is the short film Gaze [시선], which starts filming on June 2 in...

Tags: directors, Gu Hye-sun, scriptwriters, short films

A few more points for Chil Woo…

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Hmm, they're slowly winning me over with their cast… KBS's new fusion sageuk Strongest Chil Woo (or Choi Kang Chil Woo) seemed a little like another attempt at what they'd...

Tags: Eric, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Byul, Lee Eon, Strongest Chil Woo

Minwoo makes a bad first impression

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  Actor Gu Hye Sun and singer-actor Lee Minwoo (or just "M") first worked together in the sitcom Nonstop 5, but they had their first meeting some time before that. And,...

Tags: Gu Hye-sun, Lee Min-woo, Nonstop 5

Where have all the uljjangs gone?

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The "uljjang" phenomenon is one that is fascinating, odd, borderline disturbing (or at least perplexing), uniquely Korean -- and now, it appears, waning. The word uljjang comes from a mashup...

Tags: Gu Hye-sun, Kim Ok-bin, Nam Sang-mi, netizens, Park Han-byul, uljjangs