Jumon on AZN started last week
So when I was visiting YuJin in Korea, she told me one of the top dramas of South Korea that year was "Jumong" with Song Il Gook 송일국 (bday 10/1/71) as the lead. I had the pleasure of seeing him win the "Daesang Award" at the MBC Drama Awards right before I left Seoul on the 30th of December in 2006.
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang Award
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award
2005 KBS Acting Awards: Best Actor
2002 KBS Acting Awards: Best New Actor
I caught him for the first time in "Emperor of the Sea" *(Hae shin) the drama which was his first big role. He is from an acting family. He also starred in a movie "Art of Seduction" (KR-2005)작업의 정석 (Jak-eob-eui Jeong-seok) playing a handsome playboy who meets his match in his female counterpart.
Song Il Gook plays the man in a historical drama about the first Emperor who united all of Korea! Of course there is alot of embellishments to the story to add more drama. One actress how always plays a villianess is back such as she (Kyeon Mi-Ri 견미리) was in "Dae Jang Geum."
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Song Il-gook Voted TV Performer of the Year
The Broadcasting Producer Association of Korea announced Thursday that it had chosen Song Il-gook of “Jumong” as the best TV actor of the year for the 19th Korean Broadcasting Producers Award.The Award has categories for the best producer, best program, best performer, experimental spirit, and best production. Last year the best TV performer award was shared by actor Kim Myung-min of “Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-shin” and actress Kim Sun-ah of “My Name is Kim Sam-soon.” (http://www.kbs.com.kr/)
I really enjoy him in this drama and I am up to episode 8 (tonight). I read that this drama is so wildly popular that it was stretched from 60 to 80 episodes (at hour and a half with commercials) it is not short. In fact, this drama is still playing in Korea and slated to end March 5th (per the Korean TV schedule I read online).
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( http://en.wikipedia.org/) source:
Jumong (Korean: 주몽, Hanja: 朱蒙) is a historical drama currently airing on South Korea's MBC television network as a 45th Anniversary Special Drama. Originally set to be 60, MBC has decided to extend it to 80 episodes due to its popularity. It portrays the life of Jumong (later King Dongmyeongseong, founder of the Goguryeo Kingdom). Because few details are found in the historical records on Jumong, much artistic license is taken.
Summary
Gojoseon has fallen to the Han Empire of China. All that is left are separate city-states that have no choice but to appease the Han Empire. The Han are cruel, taking refugees prisoner and demonstrating their new iron weapons on them.
Hae Mo-su a legendary soldier joins hands with Geumwa the crown prince of Buyeo, in order to counter Han savagery, creating the Da-Mul Gun, a band of soldiers who defended Gojoseon refugees. Hae Mo-su gets injured after a skirmish against Han soldiers, and floats down a river, half alive. The princess of the Haebaek tribe finds him and nurses him back to health. The two start a relationship. However, the Han are looking for Hae Mo-su, and discovering that the man the princess was sheltering looked like (and was) Hae Mo-su, and they raze the tribe to the ground. Hae Mo-su escapes just in time and travels until he meets a caravan from the tribe of Gyeh-Ru. The head merchant, who is also the ruler of the Gyeh-Ru tribe, offers Hae Mo-su a job within the caravan, not knowing who the man is. The ruler, Yeon Ta-Bal, tells Hae Mo-su to join him in his tent, and they introduce each other and share a conversation. News of the Habaek tribe pops up in the middle of the conversation, and seeing the shocked look on his guest's face, Yeon Ta-Bal begins to suspect the guest of being Haemosu himself. The next day, the caravan travels but stops when they hear that Yeon's wife has gone into labor. They set up camp and So Seo-No is born and protected, as Hae Mosu defends the trade caravan against a band of thieves, reinforcing Yeon's assumption. Yeon's caravan has trading rights with the Han Dynasty itself. Yeon knows of Hae Mosu's escape, and a great reward for his capture. At this point, he is fully convinced that his guest is Hae Mosu. Yeon decides not to turn Hae Mosu in, because of his deed of defending his caravan and his daughter from harm.
Hae Mo-su returns to Geumwa, and they resume the skirmishes. However, as the Damulgun progress in their obejective to free all refugees, the Han disguise Han soldiers as fake refugees, whom the Damulgun attempt to rescue. Ambushed by the fake refugees and "ironclad cavalry," the Damulgun with him are killed, and he is captured. Hae Mosu is subsequently tortured and blinded by the Han.
Geum-wa, attempts and succeeds in freeing Hae Mo-su, who, though blind, is able to ride a horse. Geum-wa ultimately fails in his task to save Hae Mo-su, who Geumwa sees, trapped upon a chateau, shot with arrows and presumably dead in the river.
Haebaek princess has Hae Mosu's child. She goes to the Crown Prince of Buyeo. After bearing her son, Jumong, he becomes a prince of Buyeo (after the enthronement of the Crown Prince) and she a Royal Concubine upon the new Emperor's insistence. Jumong will learn of his father, his violent rivalry among him and his half-brothers, his love for Soseuno, and finally, a revival of the Da-mul Gun and the founding of Goguryeo.
Cast:
Song Il-gook(송일국) as Prince Jumong(주몽)
Han Hye-jin(한혜진) as Lady Soseono(소서노)
Kim Seung-soo(김성수) as Prince Daeso(대소)
Jeon Gwang-ryeol(전광렬) as King Geumwa(금와)
Oh Yeon-soo(오연수) as Lady Yoohwa(유화)
Kyeon Mi-ri(견미리) as Queen Wonhu(원후)
Kim Byeong-ki (김병기) as Yeontabal(연타발)
Jin Hee-kyeong(진희경) as Sorceress Yeomieul(여미을)
Lee Jae-yong(이재용) as Prime Minister Budeukbul(부득불)
Heo Joon-ho(허준호) as General Haemosu(해모수)
Song Ji-hyo(송지효) as Lady Yesoya(예소야)
Won Ki-joon(원기준) as Prince Yeongpo (영포)
Bae Soo-bin(배수빈) as Sayong (사용)
Park Tam-hee(박탐희) as Lady Yangseolran (양설란)
Lim So-yeong(임소영) as Buyeong (부영)
Yoon Dong-hwan(윤동환) as Yangjeong (양정)
Ahn Jeong-hoon(안정훈) as Mari (마리)
Lim Dae-ho(임대호) as Hyeopbo (협보)
Yeo Ho-min(여호민) as Oyi (오이)
Jeong Ho-bin(정호빈) as Wootae (우태)
An Young Jun as Yuri
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Such a great drama potential just SOOOO long plus it is too early to have quality English subtitles when it is still being shown in Korea. I have to just sit tight and wait. *sigh
So when I was visiting YuJin in Korea, she told me one of the top dramas of South Korea that year was "Jumong" with Song Il Gook 송일국 (bday 10/1/71) as the lead. I had the pleasure of seeing him win the "Daesang Award" at the MBC Drama Awards right before I left Seoul on the 30th of December in 2006.
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang Award
2006 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award
2005 KBS Acting Awards: Best Actor
2002 KBS Acting Awards: Best New Actor
I caught him for the first time in "Emperor of the Sea" *(Hae shin) the drama which was his first big role. He is from an acting family. He also starred in a movie "Art of Seduction" (KR-2005)작업의 정석 (Jak-eob-eui Jeong-seok) playing a handsome playboy who meets his match in his female counterpart.
Song Il Gook plays the man in a historical drama about the first Emperor who united all of Korea! Of course there is alot of embellishments to the story to add more drama. One actress how always plays a villianess is back such as she (Kyeon Mi-Ri 견미리) was in "Dae Jang Geum."
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Song Il-gook Voted TV Performer of the Year
The Broadcasting Producer Association of Korea announced Thursday that it had chosen Song Il-gook of “Jumong” as the best TV actor of the year for the 19th Korean Broadcasting Producers Award.The Award has categories for the best producer, best program, best performer, experimental spirit, and best production. Last year the best TV performer award was shared by actor Kim Myung-min of “Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-shin” and actress Kim Sun-ah of “My Name is Kim Sam-soon.” (http://www.kbs.com.kr/)
I really enjoy him in this drama and I am up to episode 8 (tonight). I read that this drama is so wildly popular that it was stretched from 60 to 80 episodes (at hour and a half with commercials) it is not short. In fact, this drama is still playing in Korea and slated to end March 5th (per the Korean TV schedule I read online).
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( http://en.wikipedia.org/) source:
Jumong (Korean: 주몽, Hanja: 朱蒙) is a historical drama currently airing on South Korea's MBC television network as a 45th Anniversary Special Drama. Originally set to be 60, MBC has decided to extend it to 80 episodes due to its popularity. It portrays the life of Jumong (later King Dongmyeongseong, founder of the Goguryeo Kingdom). Because few details are found in the historical records on Jumong, much artistic license is taken.
Summary
Gojoseon has fallen to the Han Empire of China. All that is left are separate city-states that have no choice but to appease the Han Empire. The Han are cruel, taking refugees prisoner and demonstrating their new iron weapons on them.
Hae Mo-su a legendary soldier joins hands with Geumwa the crown prince of Buyeo, in order to counter Han savagery, creating the Da-Mul Gun, a band of soldiers who defended Gojoseon refugees. Hae Mo-su gets injured after a skirmish against Han soldiers, and floats down a river, half alive. The princess of the Haebaek tribe finds him and nurses him back to health. The two start a relationship. However, the Han are looking for Hae Mo-su, and discovering that the man the princess was sheltering looked like (and was) Hae Mo-su, and they raze the tribe to the ground. Hae Mo-su escapes just in time and travels until he meets a caravan from the tribe of Gyeh-Ru. The head merchant, who is also the ruler of the Gyeh-Ru tribe, offers Hae Mo-su a job within the caravan, not knowing who the man is. The ruler, Yeon Ta-Bal, tells Hae Mo-su to join him in his tent, and they introduce each other and share a conversation. News of the Habaek tribe pops up in the middle of the conversation, and seeing the shocked look on his guest's face, Yeon Ta-Bal begins to suspect the guest of being Haemosu himself. The next day, the caravan travels but stops when they hear that Yeon's wife has gone into labor. They set up camp and So Seo-No is born and protected, as Hae Mosu defends the trade caravan against a band of thieves, reinforcing Yeon's assumption. Yeon's caravan has trading rights with the Han Dynasty itself. Yeon knows of Hae Mosu's escape, and a great reward for his capture. At this point, he is fully convinced that his guest is Hae Mosu. Yeon decides not to turn Hae Mosu in, because of his deed of defending his caravan and his daughter from harm.
Hae Mo-su returns to Geumwa, and they resume the skirmishes. However, as the Damulgun progress in their obejective to free all refugees, the Han disguise Han soldiers as fake refugees, whom the Damulgun attempt to rescue. Ambushed by the fake refugees and "ironclad cavalry," the Damulgun with him are killed, and he is captured. Hae Mosu is subsequently tortured and blinded by the Han.
Geum-wa, attempts and succeeds in freeing Hae Mo-su, who, though blind, is able to ride a horse. Geum-wa ultimately fails in his task to save Hae Mo-su, who Geumwa sees, trapped upon a chateau, shot with arrows and presumably dead in the river.
Haebaek princess has Hae Mosu's child. She goes to the Crown Prince of Buyeo. After bearing her son, Jumong, he becomes a prince of Buyeo (after the enthronement of the Crown Prince) and she a Royal Concubine upon the new Emperor's insistence. Jumong will learn of his father, his violent rivalry among him and his half-brothers, his love for Soseuno, and finally, a revival of the Da-mul Gun and the founding of Goguryeo.
Cast:
Song Il-gook(송일국) as Prince Jumong(주몽)
Han Hye-jin(한혜진) as Lady Soseono(소서노)
Kim Seung-soo(김성수) as Prince Daeso(대소)
Jeon Gwang-ryeol(전광렬) as King Geumwa(금와)
Oh Yeon-soo(오연수) as Lady Yoohwa(유화)
Kyeon Mi-ri(견미리) as Queen Wonhu(원후)
Kim Byeong-ki (김병기) as Yeontabal(연타발)
Jin Hee-kyeong(진희경) as Sorceress Yeomieul(여미을)
Lee Jae-yong(이재용) as Prime Minister Budeukbul(부득불)
Heo Joon-ho(허준호) as General Haemosu(해모수)
Song Ji-hyo(송지효) as Lady Yesoya(예소야)
Won Ki-joon(원기준) as Prince Yeongpo (영포)
Bae Soo-bin(배수빈) as Sayong (사용)
Park Tam-hee(박탐희) as Lady Yangseolran (양설란)
Lim So-yeong(임소영) as Buyeong (부영)
Yoon Dong-hwan(윤동환) as Yangjeong (양정)
Ahn Jeong-hoon(안정훈) as Mari (마리)
Lim Dae-ho(임대호) as Hyeopbo (협보)
Yeo Ho-min(여호민) as Oyi (오이)
Jeong Ho-bin(정호빈) as Wootae (우태)
An Young Jun as Yuri
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Such a great drama potential just SOOOO long plus it is too early to have quality English subtitles when it is still being shown in Korea. I have to just sit tight and wait. *sigh
