Thriller sageuk Mandate of Heaven adds to its cast

by javabeans

More cast additions have been named for Lee Dong-wook's sageuk thriller Mandate of Heaven, co-starring Song Ji-hyo. It's a drama that sounds promising based on its premise, which takes a...

Tags: Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Philip Choi, Song Jong-ho

Answer Me 1997: Episodes 1-2

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This show is so adorable. It's perfectly nostalgic, all about looking back on being eighteen with all its attendant highs and lows. It's like a cross between Freaks and Geeks (...

Tags: Answer Me 1997, Eun Ji-won, featured, first episodes, Hoya, Jung Eun-ji, Lee Shi-un, Seo In-gook, Shin So-yool, Song Jong-ho

Answer Me 1997

Tags: comedy, Hoya, Im Shi-wan, Jung Eun-ji, Lee Il-hwa, Lee Joo-yeon, Lee Shi-un, romance, Seo In-gook, Shin So-yool, Song Jong-ho, Sung Dong-il, youth

The Princess’s Man: Series review

by javabeans

Epic, moving, suspenseful, and superbly paced. If I were limited to only a handful of words, that's how I'd describe The Princess's Man, KBS's romantic melodrama and premium sageuk from...

Tags: featured, Hong Soo-hyun, Lee Soon-jae, Moon Chae-won, Park Shi-hoo, Song Jong-ho, The Princess's Man

The Princess’s Man

Tags: Choi Moo-sung, Eom Hyo-seob, Hong Soo-hyun, Jung Dong-hwan, Lee El, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Soon-jae, Moon Chae-won, Park Shi-hoo, romance, sageuk, Song Jong-ho

Teasers and more stills for The Princess’s Man

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Looks like The Princess's Man is really going for the epic romance angle, which is fitting given the whole Romeo & Juliet premise that the story's built upon, starring Park Shi-hoo (...

Tags: Hong Soo-hyun, Moon Chae-won, Park Shi-hoo, Song Jong-ho, The Princess's Man

Cast stills from sageuk romance Princess’s Man

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"Sageuk Romeo & Juliet" is the in-a-nutshell description of Princess's Man, the upcoming KBS drama that stars Park Shi-hoo (Queen of Reversals) and Moon Chae-won (It's Okay, Daddy's Girl) as Joseon-era...

Tags: Hong Soo-hyun, Moon Chae-won, Park Shi-hoo, Song Jong-ho, The Princess's Man

Myung Se-bin, Song Jong-ho cast in Three Sisters

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SBS's current daily drama Wife Returns will be wrapping up its run soon, and taking over its slot is the new series Three Sisters, which stars Myung Se-bin in her...

Tags: Jo Ahn, Myung Se-bin, Song Jong-ho, Three Sisters

Christmas snowfall results in Christmas date

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Will It Snow For Christmas hasn't (yet?) incorporated a snow motif into the drama proper, but the producers have been hosting a tie-in event for the drama's fans. They had...

Tags: Go Soo, Han Ye-seul, Song Jong-ho, Song Joong-ki, Sunwoo Sun, Will It Snow For Christmas

Will It Snow For Christmas: Episodes 1-2

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I have said many a time that I dislike melodrama -- as a genre, as a plot device, as a storytelling crutch. Excessive melodrama is what makes makjang dramas popular,...

Tags: first episodes, Go Soo, Han Ye-seul, Kim Soo-hyun, Nam Ji-hyun, Song Jong-ho, Song Joong-ki, Sunwoo Sun, Will It Snow For Christmas