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By Jae-Ha Kim Substack January 30, 2024 ☆☆☆☆ Jo Yong-pil (played by Ji Chang-wook) Cho Sam-dal (played by Shin Hye-sun) ↑Note: Korean names denote the surname followed by the given name. tags: include star rating ADD […]
Playing undercover police officer Jun-mo — who hopes that his gig will lead to a promotion — Ji Chang-wook is in his element as an eager cop who infiltrates a drug cartel with ties to China and Japan.
Set in a hospice, the point of “If You Wish Upon Me” isn’t that the dying can only leave this world if they have a wish fulfilled. Rather, sometimes they need peace of mind before they’ll allow themselves to go.
Seung-Gyu is an upper middle class bank manager who’s driving his children to school. While the kids bicker in the backseat, he answers a phone he doesn’t recognize. At first, he assumes it’s his wife’s phone and that the caller is trolling. But when the calls don’t stop, he worries about the what ifs. What if the caller isn’t lying? What if a bomb really will explode if he gets out of his car? What if?
Seok-Bong and Joo-Bong are estranged brothers who reunite for their father’s funeral. Neither one remembers having a close relationship with anyone in their family and dread the thought of spending time with them.
Most of the characters in “Lovestruck in the City” would’ve benefited with some therapy to work things through and move on from unhealthy relationships that should’ve been severed early on.
Did you know that it has become customary for Korean celebrities to send each other coffee (or food) trucks to celebrate a friend or colleague’s new project?
Kim Soo-Hyun, Ji Chang-Wook and Lee Joon-Gi are all accomplished actors. Did you know they can also sing?
BTS speak at the United Nations (again!); Shin Min-A talks about female empowerment; and Ji Chang-Wook and Kim Ji-Won will co-star in a new K-Drama!
