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“The Servant” released on June 2 is in many ways significant for the actress Jo Yeo-jeong. It is her first box office success since her debut in 1997, having drawn more than a million spectators in just a week since its release, and it includes the first serious bed scenes of her acting career.

“The Servant” is a modern interpretation with a satirical twist of the classic Korean folktale of Chun-hyang. It tells the story of Bang-ja, the servant of a young nobleman Mong-ryong, who becomes enamoured of a traditional entertainer or gisaeng being pursued by his master.

Jo plays Chun-hyang, the object of both men’s attention. In the film she falls in love with Bang-ja, although she tries to capture Mong-ryong’s heart to climb up the social ladder.

The daring scenes did not disturb her much. “I don’t think the level of nudity in the film was all that excessive because it depicts a secretive love that could never come out,” she says. “I looked a lot prettier than I do in reality.” She adds she maintains her shape with yoga and that contributes to the scenes’ success.

Jo says she learned something new and felt she was being reborn as an actress. She had perfect partnership with her university senior Kim Ju-hyeok, who plays Bang-ja.

Jo feels she is only at the start of her serious career. “It seems to me that the audience just started paying attention to me as an actress,” she says.

source : Chosun Ilbo

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Korean actress Lee Da-hae will be making her big screen debut in an upcoming historical movie, according to the movie’s producer Sang Sang Entertainment on Thursday.

A press release from Sang Sang announced that Lee will play the female lead named Ara in the film “Song of Springs,” based on the novel of the same name written by novelist Kim Hoon, opposite Lee Sung-jae and Ahn Sung-ki.

“Springs” will be helmed by famed director Joo Kyeong-joong, who won best director at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for “A Little Monk.”

“Springs” has already been sold to Japan and China after garnering attention for Japanese producer Satoru Iseki taking part in the overseas distribution and marketing for the film.

Lee has appeared in several dramas since her debut in 2001. Her most notable works include her role in “Lotus Flower Fairy” and rose to stardom in Korea and throughout Asia with “My Girl.”

She recently played the lead female role alongside Korean actors Jang Hyuk and in the hit KBS historical drama “ Oh Ji-hoThe Slave Hunters” which recorded viewership ratings in the high 30 percent range.

Filming for “Song of Springs” will begin in the summer and the premiere date has been set for around the summer of next year.

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October may have ended, but rest assured that all the memories will haunt us for a very long time–guess it’s a good thing that all the memories we create here on Ningin are good ones! Not only did we get to attend X-Japan’s amazing final leg of their first ever …
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Fate

Release Date: 2008
Director: Kim Hae Gon
Writer: Kim Hae Gon

Cast:
Song Seong Heon
Kwon Sang Woo

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Sypnosis:

Four friends plot their last heist together to steal money from the rival gang. Their bold plan follows through and they succeed in taking the money – until one friend(KWON Sang-woo) betrays the others for a bigger piece of the pie. They are handed over to the mob boss who takes revenge on them. Kang-sup’s leg gets messed up leaving him crippled and Woo-min(SONG Seung-hun) is made to take the blame for the crime and goes to jail. After two years, Woo-min gets an early release. Woo-min wants to put the past behind him but fate wouldn’t let him move on. The more he tries to escape the more it chokes in on him and he is forced to jump back into the dark world to save the ones he loves. Once again, the betrayal and revenge surrounding these men get tangled in a turn.

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An anthology of stories, poems, essays and letters by young (ages 15-22) Asian-American women who write about coming of age, identity, sexuality, stereotypes, school, culture, isolation and interracial dating.
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The savior of CPOP, G.E.M. Tang, has just recently released her highly anticipated album, MySecret! With strong vocals and a definite swagger to her performance, I was excited to sit down and give the album a thorough listening. Keep reading to see what I thought!
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Hellcats aka Some Like It Hot

Release Date : 2007
Director: Kwon Chil In
Writer: Kim Hyeon Soo, Kim Soon Ah, Park Hye Ryeon

Cast:
Lee Mi Sook … Kim Yeong Mi
Kim Min Hee … Kim Ah Mi
Ahn So Hee … Kim Kang Ae

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Ah-mi has been a freelance screenwriter for 2 years, but things don’t seem to work out for her. She lives with her bigger sister, Young-mi, because she can’t afford to live on her own. Ah-mi dreams of success and independence, but these seem far-off. She has a boyfriend named Won-suk, a member of an unsuccessful rock band, who is mostly broke. Then one day, she goes out on a blind date and a new guy, Seung-won, enters her life. A guy different from her boyfriend, Won-suk. While this is going on, Young-mi, the collected and sexy interior designer, meets an actor named Kyoung-soo. She gets a good feeling for the guy, but even her confident self gets jumbled up about love when she learns she has menopause. There is also Young-mi’s daughter, Kang-ae. She is a hard-headed high school student, whose current task in life is to figure out a way to get a kiss from her boyfriend, Ho-jae. Kang-ae’s best friend, Mi-ran, a self-proclaimed dating expert, coaches Kang-ae about love. Mi-ran helps Kang-ae plan a strategy for her first kiss, but their scheme goes haywire, and Kang-ae’s first kiss ends up being with Mi-ran. Although different in age, attitude about life, and dating preferences, the three women each learn to find their own unique way to happiness.

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Na’s second novel (YA) addresses the notions about Asian beauty and the prevalent eye surgery that make Asian eyes “more Western.” Joyce has to decide if she wants to have the eye surgery offered to her by her plastic-surgery-addicted aunt. Often compared as lesser than her beautiful older sister, Joyce didn’t even think about her appearance until she met the most handsome boy in her school.
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From Rekuru: Forget sitting a whole hour in detention, mess up in class at Ogi Elementary in Japan and you’ll get either a kiss, covered in snot, hug or if you’re lucky, forgiven. A 59-year-old teacher has developed a triplet of self proclaimed ‘sexual harassment dice’ that is used …
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