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IU releases “Memories of the Sea” for ‘Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea’

On May 9th, the organizing committee of the ‘Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea‘ officially appointed singer IU as its honorary ambassador.

To commemorate the event, they have released the theme song sung by IU for this year’s Expo, “Memories of the Sea“. Since the Expo is an international affair that attracts tourists from around the world, IU delivered both a Korean and English version of the song.

“Memories of the Sea” was composed by Yoon Sang and lyrics were contributed by Park Chang Hak.

Check out both versions of the song below, and if you’re in the city of Yeosu this summer, be sure to check out the Expo from May 12th to August 12th!

Baby Faced Beauty

Details

* Title: 동안미녀 / Dongan Minyeo
* Also known as: Youthful Beauty / Pretty Young Woman
* Genre: Romance, comedy
* Episodes: 16
* Broadcast network: KBS2
* Broadcast period: 2011-May-02 to 2011-Jun-??
* Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

The story of Lee So Young, a 34-year-old woman who's saddled with family debt and only has a high school qualifications, but dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Her youthful appearance is her only advantage; she is mistaken for a 25-year-old university graduate and subsequently lands her dream job when she's hired by a fashion design company, where she meets Choi Jin Wook, a man who looks more mature than his young age.

Cast

* Jang Na Ra as Lee So Young
* Choi Daniel as Choi Jin Wook
* Ryu Jin as Ji Seung Il
* Kim Min Seo as Kang Yoon Seo
* Yoon Hee Suk as No Yong Joon
* Hyun Young as Ji Joo Hee
* Oh Yeon Seo as Lee So Jin

Design Team

* Hong Rok Gi (홍록기) as Manager Jang Ki Hong
* Son Hwa Ryung as Assistant Manager Jang Mi Soon
* Yoo Yun Ji as Park Na Ra
* Kim Mi Kyung as Director Baek
* Na Young Hee as Managing Director Hyun Ji Sook

Other people

* Ahn Seo Hyun as Ji Hyun Yi
* Kim Hye Ok as Jung Ok (So Young's mother)
* Kim Gyu Chul as So Young's father
* Kim Bo Yoon (김보윤) as Kwon Hye Jung
* Park Chul Min as Sun Nam
* Jung Joo Eun

Production Credits

* Chief Producer: Lee Gun Joon
* Producer: Hong Suk Goo
* Director: Lee Jin Suh, Lee So Yun
* Screenwriter: Jung Do Yoon (정도윤), Oh Sun Hyung (오선형)

Hanakimi Roles from SME

When news that SMent is going to film “Hana Kimi” started spreading, netizens have been making up their own dream-cast lists. Recently, SM officials have already released part of the cast list on their official site.

The current list had Shinee’s Minho as popular high-jump athlete, Izumi Sano, SNSD’s Yoona as the female lead Mizuki Ashiya, Super Junior’s Kim Heechul would act Shuichi Nakatsu as who fell for Mizuki Ashiya, causing him to be confused of his own sexuality. Leeteuk would be acting as a flirtatious senior . The current list might still under go changes.

Source: SJ Baidu翻译 Vogar
出处 TopNews
Trans to eng: fayeriELF

It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl

Title: 괜찮아, 아빠 딸 / Gwaenchanha, Appa Ttal / It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl
Chinese Title : 没关系, 爸爸的女儿
Also Known as : It’s Alright, Daddy’s Daughter
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 17
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-22 to 2011-Jan-18

Producer: Kim Young Sub (김영섭)
Director: Go Heung Shik (고흥식)
Screenwriter: Han Joon Young

Synopsis :

Eun Chae Ryung is a spoiled daughter who had always completely relied on her father. When he is involved in an accident one day, she finds herself rudely awakened from her sheltered life and forced to mature, encountering numerous hardships before she gradually becomes an independent person.

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2010-11-22	1	10.1 (8th)	10.9 (8th)
2010-11-29	2	8.6 (15th)	8.7 (16th)
2010-11-30	3	7.6 (18th)	7.9 (16th)
2010-12-06	4	(<7.8)	8.1 (18th)
2010-12-07	5	(<7.3)	(<7.3)
2010-12-13	6	8.1 (19th)	8.5 (16th)
2010-12-14	7	8.3 (17th)	8.6 (15th)
2010-12-20	8	7.9	(<7.6)
2010-12-21	9	7.4	7.8 (20th)
2010-12-27	10	7.2	(<7.6)
2010-12-28	11	7.3	(<7.8)
2011-01-03	12	6.9	(<9.5)
2011-01-04	13	8.1	9.6 (18th)
2011-01-10	14	8.0	(<10.3)
2011-01-11	15	8.0 (19th)	9.3 (17th)
2011-01-17	16	(<8.5)	9.2 (20th)
2011-01-18	17	9.1 (16th)	10.9 (11th)

Source: TNS Media Korea

(eng) Şecret Ǥarden Şpecial (5/5)

(eng) Şecret Ǥarden Şpecial (4/5)

(eng) Şecret Ǥarden Şpecial (3/5)

(eng) Şecret Ǥarden Şpecial (2/5)

(eng) Şecret Ǥarden Şpecial (1/5)

SECRET GARDEN

SBS weekend drama, Secret Garden additional revenue is close to 20 billion. South Korea Advertising Broadcast Corporation (KOBACO) representative to Newsen on a phone call stated that they got 1 to 20 times from previous ads revenue. Ads airtime typically were given 10% (8 minutes) from 80 minutes drama airtime.

On the other hand, Secret Garden OST until now is sold out around 30.000 copies while the concert 2000 tickets were sold out just in 5 minutes.

The appearance of fairytales of “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Little Mermaid” also gained popularity. A book publisher shared that currently “Alice in Wonderland” books sold 110.000 copies and “The Little Mermaid” so far 10.000 copies. And also exported to 13 countries.woowwww :)

Meanwhile, on Jan 16th, Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin) and Gil Ra-Im (Ha Ji won) was getting married and drew a happy ending in the final 20th episode hit 35,2% in TV rating (based on AGB Nielsen Media report).

Guang Liang - Tong Hua (Fairytale) [English Subtitles]

NO DOUBT

Movie: No Doubt
Revised romanization: Dolyigil Soo Eobtneun
Hangul: 돌이킬 수 없는 / 돌이킬 수 없는
Director: Park Soo-Young
Writer: Ahn Seung-Hwan
Producer: Ahn Chul-Ho, Kim Hyun-Chul
Cinematographer: Choi Yoon-Man
World Premiere: October 2010 (Pusan International Film Festival)
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Runtime: 90 min.
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis :

A family moves into the suburbs of Gyunggi-do. A while later a girl named Mi-rim goes missing and chaos takes over the village. Mi-rim’s father searches for his daughter and while visiting the police station he stumbles upon a criminal record from one of the family members that just moved. Mi-rim’s father and the villagers threaten and pacify Sejin and his family.
The film follows the genre conventions of a thriller yet it also contains people’s prejudices and oppression. (LEE Sang-yong)

Sinopsis :

Sebuah keluarga pindah ke daerah pinggiran Gyunggi-do. Beberapa saat kemudian seorang gadis bernama Mi-rim pergi menghilang dan kekacauan terjadi di desa. Ayah Mi-rim mencari putrinya dan saat mengunjungi kantor polisi ia menemukan sebuah catatan kriminal dari salah satu anggota keluarga yang baru saja pindah. Ayah Mi-rim dan warga desa mengancam dan menenangkan Sejin dan keluarganya.
Film ini mengikuti konvensi genre thriller namun juga berisi prasangka orang dan penindasan. (LEE Sang-yong)

呼叫大明星 Calling For Love #7 Trailer (Chen Zhi Kai, Charlene Choi, Mike He)

CALLING FOR STAR / CALLING BIG STAR

Calling For Love Cast and Starring:

Charlene Choi as Chen De Xing 陳德馨
Mike He as Bo Ye 柏野
Chen Zhi Kai as Zhong Wei Li 鍾威力
Zhou Cai Shi as Yang Wei Chen 楊惟晨

Year: May 2010

Episodes: 14

Synopsis:

Bo Ye, a famous star, his friend and manager are having difficult issues, economically speaking. Each of them needs a really large sum of money, whether it’s for a sister’s school fee (Bo Ye), debts (manager) or paying the house after his parent’s company has bankrupt (friend). However, Bo Ye bought a lottery ticket, more of desperation than actually believing in it, had won a lottery worth 30 million dollars. The only problem is that he lost the ticket, and the only person who could’ve had it was a taxi driver, Chen De Xin. So, the trio started hanging around her, such as booking her taxi for a whole day, hoping to get back their ticket somehow. Bo Ye, after seeing that she definitely didn’t have his ticket, tried to stop his friends from bugging her, but the money gave them determination.

De Xin, on the other hand, had come to Taiwan in order to find her lost dad all the way from Shanghai. His coworker, Ah Li, acts as her guardian angel. Therefore, it’s only natural for him to unlike Bo Ye from the first meet up.