A strong episode for our good guys, who finally get a leg up in this whole murder-conspiracy-intrigue business after letting the baddies run around them in circles for a while...
As I said, I love the lighter moments in this show, and with Won on the run, we get more breathing room, which is great because it's refreshing to expand...
I like that the characters in Mandate of Heaven are smart—they see clues, put them together, and are more or less shrewd about how to interpret motive and intent....
The Baeksang Arts Awards really snuck up on me this year. This awards ceremony is the lone wolf being held in the springtime rather than toward the end of the...
This is a particularly gorgeous episode. Perhaps that's because it contained scenes to be used as the drama's opening sequence, or perhaps the change of scenery offers up a whole...
Better and better. The story moves quickly, the characters are developing nicely, and puzzle pieces are dropped and pieced together in a nicely suspenseful way.
We're still maneuvering the plot...
Here's another peek at KBS's new Wednesday-Thursday show to follow IRIS 2, the fugitive sageuk thriller Mandate of Heaven starring Lee Dong-wook and Song Ji-hyo. It's now carrying the full title...
We've had vague, noncommittal rumblings of these casting possibilities, but now the production of sageuk drama Mandate of Heaven is swinging into action with a bevy of official press releases....
MBC's over, KBS is to come (on this site, I mean; the actual awards were held concurrently with this one), so now we turn to the 2012 SBS Drama Awards.
Y'know,...
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 7
by javabeans
A strong episode for our good guys, who finally get a leg up in this whole murder-conspiracy-intrigue business after letting the baddies run around them in circles for a while...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 6
by javabeans
As I said, I love the lighter moments in this show, and with Won on the run, we get more breathing room, which is great because it's refreshing to expand...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 5
by javabeans
I like that the characters in Mandate of Heaven are smart—they see clues, put them together, and are more or less shrewd about how to interpret motive and intent....
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
49th Baeksang Arts Awards
by javabeans
The Baeksang Arts Awards really snuck up on me this year. This awards ceremony is the lone wolf being held in the springtime rather than toward the end of the...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, awards, Chae Jung-ahn, Han Hyo-joo, Hong Su-ah, Im Seul-ong, Jo Eun-ji, Joo-won, Jung Eun-ji, Kim Ah-joong, Kim Bum, Kim Dong-wan, Kim Go-eun, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Min-hee, Kim Woo-bin, Lee Sang-yoon, Nam Bora, Park Eun-ji, Park Ha-sun, Park Se-young, Park Shin-hye, Ryu Seung-ryong, Shin So-yool, Sohn Hyun-joo, Song Joong-ki, Suzy, UEE, Uhm Jung-hwa, Yoo Jae-suk, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 4
by javabeans
This is a particularly gorgeous episode. Perhaps that's because it contained scenes to be used as the drama's opening sequence, or perhaps the change of scenery offers up a whole...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 3
by javabeans
Better and better. The story moves quickly, the characters are developing nicely, and puzzle pieces are dropped and pieced together in a nicely suspenseful way. We're still maneuvering the plot...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven
Tags: Im Seul-ong, Kim Dong-joon, Kim Mi-kyung, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Won-jong, medical, romance, sageuk, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, thriller, Yoon Jin-yi
Second teaser and character posters for Mandate of Heaven
by girlfriday
Here's another peek at KBS's new Wednesday-Thursday show to follow IRIS 2, the fugitive sageuk thriller Mandate of Heaven starring Lee Dong-wook and Song Ji-hyo. It's now carrying the full title...
Tags: Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Lee Dong-wook up for fugitive-thriller sageuk drama
by javabeans
We've had vague, noncommittal rumblings of these casting possibilities, but now the production of sageuk drama Mandate of Heaven is swinging into action with a bevy of official press releases....
Tags: Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Yoon Jin-yi
2012 SBS Drama Awards
by javabeans
MBC's over, KBS is to come (on this site, I mean; the actual awards were held concurrently with this one), so now we turn to the 2012 SBS Drama Awards. Y'know,...
Tags: awards, Chae Shi-ra, Go Jun-hee, Han Ji-min, Jang Shin-young, Jung Ryeo-won, Jung Yumi (2), Kim Haneul, Kim Min-jong, Kim Sang-joong, Kim Su-ro, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Hyun-woo (2), Lee Jin, Lee Jong-hyuk, Lee Min-ho, Micky Yoochun, Min-ho, Park Hyo-joo, Park Se-young, Park Shi-eun, Shin Eun-kyung, So Ji-sub, Sohn Hyun-joo, Sulli, Yoon Jin-yi, Yuri