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Bi

2006-08-07T18:54:26Z

Kdrama:

[[File:Rain.jpg|frame|Rain]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' 비 / Bi
*'''Real Name:''' 정지훈 / Jung Ji-hoon (Jeong Ji-hoon)
*'''Also known as:''' Rain
*'''Profession:''' Actor, Singer, Dancer
*'''Birthdate:''' 1982-Jun-25
*'''Birthplace:''' Seoul
*'''Height:''' 184cm
*'''Weight:''' 75kg
*'''Blood type:''' RH+O

==Details==
Rain, born Jeong Ji-hun on 25 June 1982 in Seoul is a male Korean R&B and pop singer. He is well-known in East Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Thailand as a leading star of the Korean wave. He has been called the "Asian Michael Jackson" or the "Asian Usher". Rain is becoming more and more popular, and is now at the level of an international star. He has played to a full house at Madison Square Gardens in New York! In May 2006, Rain was honored as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People ''([http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/index.html TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World]),'' the first Korean entertainer to be included in the list [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1187264,00.html].

==TV Series==
*[[A Love to Kill]] (KBS2, 2005)
*[[Full House]] (KBS2, 2004)
*[[Sang Doo, Let's Go To School]] (KBS2, 2003)
*[http://tv.sbs.co.kr/orange/ Orange / 오렌지] (SBS, 2002) ''sitcom''

==Movies==
*I'm a Cyborg, but It's Ok (Directed by Park Chan-wook) (Scheduled to Start Shooting in March/April 2006)

==Awards==
*'''2005 MTV China-CCTV Mandarin Music:''' Honors Award
*'''2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan:''' Best Buzz Asia Award
*'''2005 MTV Korea Channel [V]:''' Best Single Award
*'''2005 MTV Asia Awards:''' Favorite Artist - Korea
*'''2004 KBS Acting Awards:''' Excellence Award ([[Full House]])
*'''2004 KBS Acting Awards:''' Best Couple (with [[Song Hye Kyo]])
*'''2004 KBS Acting Awards:''' Popularity Award
*'''2004 KBS Acting Awards:''' Netizen Actor Award
*'''2003 KBS Acting Awards:''' New Actor Award ([[Sang Doo, Let's Go To School]])
*'''2003 KBS Acting Awards:''' Netizen Award ([[Sang Doo, Let's Go To School]])
*'''2003 KBS Acting Awards:''' Best Couple (together with [[Gong Hyo Jin]])

==Trivia==
*'''Education:''' Kyung Hee University (Post Modern Music Department)
*'''Favorite Maxim:''' Endless Efforts, Endless endurance, Endless modesty
*'''Specialities:''' Music, Dance & Peformance are everything in my life
*'''Favorite Genre:''' R & B, Hip hop, Punky
*'''Favorite Color:''' White & Black
*'''Close Stars:''' [[Gong Hyo Jin]] (actress), [[Kim Tae Woo]] of god (boy band), Lee gi-chan (singer)
*'''10 Years from Now:''' Fashion design or Music producer

==External Links==
*[http://rain.jype.com/ Official Website (Korea)]
*[http://www.rain-official-club-japan.jp/ Official Website (Japan)]
*[[Wikipedia:Rain (singer)|Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.akademifantasia.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3996 "How Bi Became a Star"]
*[http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004070976588 Article: ''"Singing, Acting—I Want to Do Both!"'' (Dong-A Ilbo, 2004-07-08)]
*[http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405230034.html Article: '''Rain' Has a Stunning Thai Experience'' (Chosun Ilbo, 2004-05-23)]
*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/27/news/rain.php?rss Article: '' A strong forecast for Korean pop's Rain'' (International Herald Tribune 2006-01-27)]
*[http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20060426/610000000020060426175452E5.html Article: ''S. Korean singer ranked world's second most influential entertainer: Time'' (Yonhap News, 2006-05-26)]

[[Category:KActor]][[Category:KSinger]]

Wonderful Life (MBC)

2006-08-07T18:50:25Z

Kdrama:

[[File:Wonderfullife.jpg|thumb|200px|Han Seung-wan and Jung Se-jin]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 원더풀 라이프 / Wondeopeul Laipeu
*'''Genre:''' Drama, Comedy, Romance
*'''Episodes:''' 16
*'''Broadcast network:''' MBC
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-03-07 to 2005-04-26
*'''Air time:''' Monday & Tuesday 21:55

==Synopsis==
Han Seung-wan ([[Kim Jae Won]]) leaves for Singapore to surprise his girlfried on her birthday. Jung Se-jin ([[Eugene]]) is on the same flight - she has worked hard to save money for her trip to Singapore to say farewell to her deceased "first love" who died saving a tourist in Singapore. Due to a series of incidences at the airport, they mistakenly take each other's passports. They meet again at the police station when Se-Jin is arrested for attempting to break into his girlfriend's apartment wearing a spiderman suit! Seung-wan and Se-jin end up spending the day together comforting each other - Se-jin sights his girlfriend with another and Seung-wan when she thinks of her lost love. They inadvertently spend the night together.

Back in Korea, Seung-wan discovers she is pregnant. She tries to tell Se-jin but he is too engrossed with getting back with his girlfriend that she changes her mind. She leaves to have the baby alone.

A series of events leads to Seung-wan discovering that he has fathered a child with Se-jin and that Se-jin has "died". Seung-wan's life is thrown into array as he is now forced to face fatherhood and the anger of his girlfriend - Lee Chae-young [Han Eun Jung]]-who vows never to see him again. Se-jin reappears and the couple is forced to get married by their respective families. The rest of the story revolves around the couple journey in learning to take responsibility, and learning to love each other.

==Cast==
*[[Kim Jae Won]] as Han Seung-wan
*[[Eugene]] as Jung Se-jin
*[[Lee Ji Hoon]] as Min Do-hyun
*[[Han Eun Jung]] as Lee Chae-young
*[[Joo Hyun]] as Han Bum-soo (Seung-wan's father)
*[[Sun Woo Yong Nyeo]] as Yoon Tae-hee (Seung-wan's mother)
*[[Kim Hye Ok]] as Pyo Jae-kyung (Se-jin's mother)
*[[Choi Joon Yong]] as Han Seung-pil (Seung-wan's older brother)
*[[Yoon Hyun Sook]] as Baek Hyun-joo (Seung-pil's wife)
*[[Kim Hyo Jin]] as Jung Il-jin (Se-jin's older sister)
*[[Kim Seung Min]] as So Chang-myung (Seung-wan & Do-hyun's flying academy classmate)
*[[Jung Da Bin (2000)|Jung Da Bin]] as Han Shin-bi (Seung-wan and Se-jin's daughter)

==Production Credits==
*'''Director:''' [[Lee Chang Han]], [[Jo Soo Won]]
*'''Writer:''' [[Jin Soo Wan]]
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/wonderfullife/staff/ more]

==External Links==
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/wonderfullife/ MBC Homepage]
*[http://content.mbc.co.kr/e_mbc/drama.asp?idx=107 MBC Global Media]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-wonderfullife.html KoreanWiz]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2005]][[Category:MBC]]

My Lovely Sam-Soon

2006-08-07T18:41:40Z

Kdrama:

[[File:My Name is KSS.jpg|thumb|My Name is Kim Sam Soon]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 내 이름은 김삼순 / Nae I-reum-eun Kim Sam-soon
*'''Also known as:''' My Name is Kim Sam-Soon / My Lovely Sam Soon (KBFD-TV)
*'''Genre:''' Romance, Comedy
*'''Episodes:''' 16
*'''Broadcast network:''' MBC
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-Jun-01 to 2005-Jul-21
*'''Air time:''' Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
*'''Soundtrack:''' [[My Lovely Sam-Soon OST]]
==Synopsis==
This is one drama worth watching as it tells the Cinderella story of a 29 year old who eventually fulfils her dreams and finds her prince.

Kim Sam-soon (Kim Sun-ah), a plain and chubby girl with a tendency to eat food when she becomes stressed is dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday! She meets Hyun Jin-heon (Hyun Bin) who owns a restaurant and ends up working for him. A series of events leads Sam-soon to agree to pretend to be Jin-heon's girlfriend. Unfortunately, Sam-soon really falls for Jin-heon and when Jin-heon's ex-girlfriend returns to rekindle their relationship, Sam-soon finds herself fighting for his heart.....

==Cast==
*[[Kim Sun Ah]] as Kim Sam-soon
*[[Hyun Bin]] as Hyun Jin-heon
*[[Jung Ryu Won]] as Yoo Hee-jin
*[[Daniel Henney]] as Dr. Henry Kim
*[[Kim Ja Ok]] as Park Bong-sook (Sam-soon's mom)
*[[Lee Ah Hyun]] as Kim Yi-young (Sam-soon's sister)
*[[Na Moon Hee]] as Na Hyun-sook (Jin-heon's mom)
*[[Seo Ji Hee]] as Hyun Mi-joo (Jin-heon's niece)
*[[Yoon Ye Hee]] as Yoon Hyun-sook
*[[Lee Kyu Han]] as Min Hyun-woo
*[[Lee Yoon Mi]] as Jang Chae-ri
*[[Yeo Woon Kye]] as Ms. Oh
*[[Kwon Hae Hyo]] as Lee Hyun Moo (chef)
*[[Han Yeo Woon]] as Lee In-hye
*[[Kim Hyun Jung]] as Jang Young-ja

==Production Credits==
*'''Producer:''' [[Kim Sa Hyun]]
*'''Director:''' [[Kim Yoon Chul]]
*'''Writer:''' [[Kim Do Woo]]
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/samsoon/staff/index.html more]

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | date
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | nationwide
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | seoul area
|- align=center
| 2005-06-01 || ep. 1 || 18.3% || 19.2%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-02 || ep. 2 || 21.3% || 23.1%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-08 || ep. 3 || 27.8% || 29.6%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-09 || ep. 4 || 32.7% || 30.8%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-15 || ep. 5 || 35.4% || 38.9%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-16 || ep. 6 || 35.1% || 38.2%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-22 || ep. 7 || 35.6% || 38.0%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-23 || ep. 8 || 37.7% || 39.8%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-29 || ep. 9 || 40.7% || 43.8%
|- align=center
| 2005-06-30 || ep.10 || 41.7% || 43.5%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-06 || ep.11 || 44.2% || 46.2%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-07 || ep.12 || 44.6% || 46.5%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-13 || ep.13 || 44.7% || 46.9%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-14 || ep.14 || 44.1% || 46.9%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-20 || ep.15 || 47.9% || 50.2%
|- align=center
| 2005-07-21 || ep.16 || 50.5% || 53.4%
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! colspan=2 | average || 37.6% || 39.6%
|}
Source: [http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/ TNS Media Korea]

==External Links==
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/samsoon/index.html MBC Homepage]
*[http://content.mbc.co.kr/e_mbc/drama.asp?idx=144 MBC Global Media]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-kimsamsoon.html KoreanWiz]
*[http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003893.html Twitch Drama Review]
*[http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200507/kt2005072519282510220.htm Article: ''Popular TV Drama Helps Free Women From Stereotypes'' (The Korea Times, 2005-12-27)]
*[http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507200032.html Article: ''Kim Sun-a Gains Weight to Win Hearts'' (Chosun Ilbo, 2005-07-20)]

[[Category:KDrama]] [[Category:KDrama2005]] [[Category:MBC]]

Wonderful Life (MBC)

2006-08-05T15:01:46Z

Kdrama:

[[File:Wonderfullife.jpg|thumb|200px|Han Seung-wan and Jung Se-jin]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 원더풀 라이프 / Wondeopeul Laipeu
*'''Genre:''' Drama, Comedy, Romance
*'''Episodes:''' 16
*'''Broadcast network:''' MBC
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-03-07 to 2005-04-26
*'''Air time:''' Monday & Tuesday 21:55

==Synopsis==
Han Seung-wan ([[Kim Jae Won]]) leaves for Singapore to surprise his girlfried on her birthday. Jung Se-jin ([[Eugene]]) is on the same flight - she has saved all this time to visit Singapore to say farewell to her deceased "first love" who died saving a tourist in Singapore. Due to a series of incidences at the airport, they mistakenly take each other's passports. They meet again at the police station when Se-Jin is arrested for attempting to break into his girlfriend's apartment wearing a spiderman suit! Seung-wan and Se-jin end up spending the day together comforting each other - Se-jin sights his girlfriend with another and Seung-wan when she thinks of her lost love. They inadvertently spend the night together.

Back in Korea, Seung-wan discovers she is pregnant. She tries to tell Se-jin but he is too engrossed with getting back with his girlfriend that she changes her mind. She leaves to have the baby alone.

A series of events leads to Seung-wan discovering that he has fathered a child with Se-jin and that Se-jin has "died". Se-jin reappear and the couple is forced to get married by their respective families. The rest of the story revolves around the couple's life together and how they eventually learn to love each other through the tragedy, mistrust and eventually understanding.

==Cast==
*[[Kim Jae Won]] as Han Seung-wan
*[[Eugene]] as Jung Se-jin
*[[Lee Ji Hoon]] as Min Do-hyun
*[[Han Eun Jung]] as Lee Chae-young
*[[Joo Hyun]] as Han Bum-soo (Seung-wan's father)
*[[Sun Woo Yong Nyeo]] as Yoon Tae-hee (Seung-wan's mother)
*[[Kim Hye Ok]] as Pyo Jae-kyung (Se-jin's mother)
*[[Choi Joon Yong]] as Han Seung-pil (Seung-wan's older brother)
*[[Yoon Hyun Sook]] as Baek Hyun-joo (Seung-pil's wife)
*[[Kim Hyo Jin]] as Jung Il-jin (Se-jin's older sister)
*[[Kim Seung Min]] as So Chang-myung (Seung-wan & Do-hyun's flying academy classmate)
*[[Jung Da Bin (2000)|Jung Da Bin]] as Han Shin-bi (Seung-wan and Se-jin's daughter)

==Production Credits==
*'''Director:''' [[Lee Chang Han]], [[Jo Soo Won]]
*'''Writer:''' [[Jin Soo Wan]]
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/wonderfullife/staff/ more]

==External Links==
*[http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/wonderfullife/ MBC Homepage]
*[http://content.mbc.co.kr/e_mbc/drama.asp?idx=107 MBC Global Media]
*[http://www.koreanwiz.org/at/drama-wonderfullife.html KoreanWiz]

[[Category:KDrama]][[Category:KDrama2005]][[Category:MBC]]