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The Man Who Cried
It’s sort of ironic that, while the Hallyu bubble’s explosion hit sageuk stronger than any other genre (over half a dozen projects vanished into thin air), period dramas are starting to flourish. Maybe It’s even understandable, if you consider the infrastructure is more or less there (plenty of sets able to reenact the Korean Peninsula from the 20s to the pre-war), and the historical liberties granted by the sub-genre give much more freedom to directors. Perhaps for those reasons and more, we’ll see plenty of period dramas in the coming months. Song Il-Gon is preparing an adaptation of lovely theater play 다리퐁 모단걸 (Telephone Modern Girl), about the first telephone used in Korea at the beginning of the 20th Century, while a monster cast highlights Park Dae-Min 공중곡예사 (Public Circus), a serial murder thriller set in the late Joseon Dynasty, starring Hwang Jung-Min, Eom Ji-Won, Ryu Deok-Hwan, Oh Dal-Soo and Yoon Je-Moon (Mama~). But the first to launch will be Jung Ji-Woo’s 모던보이 (Modern Boy).
At first sight, it might sound similar to that mess called 원스 어폰 어 타임 (Once Upon a Time). But, then again, this is Jung Ji-Woo of 해피엔드 (Happy End) and 사랑니 (Blossom Again) we’re talking about. Looking at the newly released trailer, it actually sounds a lot more like a more energetic and stylish version of last year’s TV Drama 경성 스캔들 (Scandal in Old Seoul), Japanese involvement et all. But, what the hell. With that director, Park Hae-Il and Kim Hye-Soo, I think that’s a pretty safe bet. Release is set for October. Check the trailer below the break.
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Dahee 08/20/2008 @ 9:03pm
Park Hae Il and Kim Hye Soo, in one movie? How can I possibly resist?
(Although quite honestly, I am not a fan of that trailer.)