K Pop The Ultimate Auditon

As I read the summary of this Kdrama the plot is similar with “You’re Beautiful”.  I’ve seen other Kdramas and Jdramas who pretended to look and acts like a boy but Go Eun Ah who played as Ji Seung Yun is really cute.  She could pass up as a tomboy but never a real guy.  Oh! And because of this drama I’ve known that Go Eun Ah is Mir’s (MBLAQ) older sister and Park Yoo Hwan is actually Micky Yoochun’s younger brother.  Oh my! What era I’m living for not knowing this?!  I was amazed every time I looked at Park Yoo Hwan that he reminds me of Micky Yoochun.  His smile, his dimple and his cheekbones all resembles Micky Yoochun.  I even asked myself if they’re twins.  Hehehe…. How fortunate of their mother to have sons like them.  Talented and good looking.  J

Alright, back to the drama.  On my opinion, this is one of the nicest dramas I’ve seen although it has similarity with “You’re Beautiful” if not for the rushed ending. Gee! I was left hanging after the last episode.  Kang Woo Hyun (Park Yoo Hwan) and Ji Seung Yun (Go Eun Ah) looked good together.  They’re chemistry is really good.  They’re funny with their scenes in the drama.  But why oh why the ending is like that?  I was really engaged in watching from the first to the thirteenth episode not until the fourteenth which happened to be the last episode. It felt that they just narrated what will be the ending instead of showing it.  The viewers will just make used of their common sense and imagination to have a better ending. Urgh! It left me with so many questions.  What happened when Ji Seung Yun’s photo as a girl was posted in the internet?  What happened to the press conference that Kang Woo Hyun will tell the world that he pressured Ji Seung Yun to be in a boy band?  What happened to M2?  How about the M2 Junior?  Who was chosen to be the next M2?  What happened with Kim Eun Jung who will take responsibility with the scandals? How about the love story between President Jang Hyun Suk and Team Leader Han?  Does Team Leader Han really left Sunny Entertainment?  Ohhh…there’s a lot more questions.

Well, though I may have tons of unanswerable questions... I enjoyed watching it.  But it could have been better if there’s a good ending.

Park Yoo Hwan as Kang Woo Hyun
 

Go Eun Ah as Ji Seung Yun

  
Title: K Pop The Ultimate Audition (2012)
Genre: Music,Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 14
Cast: Park Yoo Hwan as Kang Woo Hyun
         Go Eun Ah as Ji Seung Yun
         Kwak Yong Hwan as Kwon Ji Woo

M2 Junior members Song Se Hyun as Kim Hyun Seung
Tagoon as Park Ki Bum
Maeng Se Chang as Jang Tae Kwon
Jo Yoon Woo as Han Dong Woo
Jin Hyuk as Yoon Jae Ah
Kevin as Kang Chang Min

Sunny Entertainment
Hong Kyung Min as CEO Jang Hyun Suk
Park Hyo Joo as team leader Han
Lee Sang Joon as Jang Suk
Ali as Teacher Park
Shin Seo Kyung  as Lee Soon Yeon

Other cast Kim Eun Jung as Ri Ah / Oh In Young
Kim Young Ok as Ji Woo’s grandmother
Kan Mi Yun (cameo)

Synopsis:
An auditioned was announced to replace members of M2, a popular idol group who will be graduating.  Ji Seung Yun is a talented pianist who dreams to become a famous hip-hop singer.  Together with Kwon Ji Woo her best friend they auditioned and passed.  But M2 is an all male band group.  Ji Seung Yun, desperately wanted to reach her dream ends up pretending as a boy in order to join the popular idol group.  She didn’t get along with the group’s leader Kang Woo Hyun who has a nasty attitude.  Series of events made them closer and ends up falling in love with each other.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ma Boy

This was the shortest but cute Korean drama I’ve ever seen.  3 episodes and that’s it.  Funny me! I was still waiting for episode 4 and just then I’ve read that it’s only a mini-series. 

This drama was a reverse role of the typical girl acting as a guy.  The guy acted as a girl to get into the school he wanted to attend to.  He dressed up as a girl.  And I was amazed with the guy acting as a girl; he indeed looks like a girl and a pretty one.  Then there’s a girl who’s a transferee in that school and she became his roommate. 

One night this guy acting as a girl got sick and that was the time she discovered that he’s not really a girl. Since then the girl helped him to conceal his secret.  So, as I expected they fell in love with each other.  Then, the time has come for the guy to stop acting as a girl.  Unfortunately, the guy hasn’t got a chance to explain to the girl that he’ll be gone for a while.  So, the girl thought he abandoned her.  Then, after a year she saw him in t.v. promoting an album and he was a guy.  Surprisingly, he came back to attend in the same school as before. There they meet again and got a chance to explain to her why he was gone.

It was cute, sweet and romantic drama.  I just hope it was longer that 3 episodes.  Both lead actor and actress are good.  They look good together.

 

Title: Ma Boy (2012)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 3
Cast:  Sun Kim So Hyun as Geu Rim
            Sun Woong as Hyun Woo/Irene
            Kang Hyeon Joong as Lee Eok Man
            Kim Ha Yeon as Ji Soo
            Min Hoo as Tae Joon
            Park Hee Gon as Hoon nam
Synopsis: Geu Rim is a transfer student at an arts high school.  She dreams of becoming a pop singer.  She and Irene are roommates in which Irene is a pretty female CF star.  But Irene is actually a boy and his actual name is Hyun Woo.

 

Here's a music video of the kdrama Ma Boy:

 

 

 

Sun Kim So Hyun as Geu Rim

Sun Woong as Hyun Woo/Irene

 

Geu Rim and Irene

 

Source photos: http://www.mykdrama.net 

Super Junior’s Leeteuk to Leave “Star King” and “Strong Heart”

 

 

Super Junior's Leeteuk is preparing for his impending mandatory militay enlistment.  As expected, he will be leaving popular SBS variety shows "Star King" and "Strong Heart".  The singer has already left MBC's "We Got Married", which he starred as Kang Sora's virtual husband.

 

A source within SBS stated, "Leeteuk will be withdrawing from his following shows sometime this October."  The exact date of his departure will depend on the date of his enlistment, which has yet to be announced.  According to the production team of "Star King;, they have already filmed enough footage to air until early October.  Following Kang Ho Dong's departure from the show, Leeteuk, along with Boom and Park Mi Sun, took over as hosts for "Star King".  Additionally, Leeteuk has been part of the fixed panel on "Strong Heart" since the show's inception in 2009.

 

During a press conference earler this year, Leeteuk revealed that he will be joining the military sometime before the end of this year.

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Soompi 
by: hotshotlover

Rurouni Kenshin the Movie 2012

Oh yes! I’m back…it’s been more than a year since my last post.  Why? Well, geographical change of location.  My family and I moved back to our home country and since then I was a busy body.  Relocating isn’t easy…lots of stuff to do. Whew!   But it didn’t stop me from watching Asian dramasand movies.  In fact, I’ve seen a lot of good and worth watching Asian dramas.  I don’t even know which of those I shall post here first.  But I guess I have to do it one by one.

So, here is my first coming back post.  Enjoy!

 

Rurouni Kenshin 2012

Since I’ve read the news that Samurai X will be made into a movie I was so excited to know who will be portraying Rurouni Kenshin.  And I got really, really excited when they announced that it will be Takeru Sato who will play the role of Rurouni Kenshin. 

I’ve read and heard a lot of positive feedback for this movie.  A friend of mine who have seen this movie in Japan said that it was indeed a very good live-action adaptation of the said manga.  Unlike other manga adaptation, Rurouni Kenshin the movie told the correct story. They said that it has an amazing sword fight and interesting fight scenes.  There are funny scenes that also showed in the manga.  Now, that’s get me more thrilled to watch this.  Unfortunately, there’s no news if it will be aired in our country.  Hopefully, it will…

For now here’s the Rurouni Kenshin trailer.

 

Some Rurouni Kenshin movie stills:

 

 

                                     

 

Lee Yeon Hee and Jo In Sung to Star in Sci-Fi Movie

Jo In Sung

Lee Yeon Hee

Lee Yeon Hee joins the cast of Jo In Sung’s first post-military service project, a sci-fi movie set in the future. The actress will play Jo’s love interest, whose village he works to save. Jo will play a righteous high school student who cannot stand injustice.

The movie is titled “Kwon Bup,” and will be under the direction of Park Kwang Hyun. With the cast in place, the movie is expected to begin shooting in September.

Lee was most recently seen in endorsements with Big Bang’s TOP and on TV in “Paradise Ranch” with DBSK’s Changmin. Famous for his roles in TV’s “What Happened in Bali” and films “A Dirty Carnival” and “A Frozen Flower,” Jo was discharged from military duty in early May 2011. 

Previously, the two have starred together in an endorsement campaign for Fuji Film.

 

Source: Soompi
by: hazelnutthursdays