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I recently finally caught the 24 episode GOONG that was popular winter 2006 in Korea. I really enjoyed it alot. Yoon Eun Hye (윤은혜 尹恩惠,) is a singer/actress/model who started out back in 1999 of the girl group Baby V.O.X and gained much popularity as the lead in Goong as Shin Chae Kyung. Joo Ji Hoon is the crown prince Lee Shin (주지훈 朱智勛). Both leads did a great job! As Chae Kyung, she brought a great energy and vivaciousness and Ji Hoon played the tall, handsome silent Prince well.
What really I thought was cute were the teddy bears. I thought they were the show stealers! I also loved Chae Kyung's Prince Punching dummy! My sister thought it funny but that is what I enjoyed. When the two leads finally go past their differences and miscommunications, their kiss is one of the BEST I have seen in any Kdrama to date! WOW! (Much better than the wooden kisses I see in HK/Chinese dramas. Or better than other dramas where the leads press their lips to touch and then you get many angles of the same (no movement) kiss. Um, Hello this is a not a real kiss but more of a peck!. But one of the charms of Korean dramas is not the IN your face phyisical demonstrations of affection but more sweet, subtle and conservative (in dramas). In films it is a different world entirely!
I heard that Goong-S (totally new cast and story line) did not have as much success as Goong. I can see why Goong was popular but I need to watch it again with English subtitles. I got the gist but I think I would rather have it more clearer with the English subtitles. I did find the music very well chosen (as I do find with other Japanese, Chinese and Korean OST)! The power of music!!!!
(source: wiki.d-addicts)
Goong (궁) is based on the same titled manhwa by Park So Hee.
Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin (Joo Ji Hoon), is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae-kyung (Yoon Eun Hye) that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae-kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather.
After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul (Kim Jeong Hoon) appears all of a sudden. He is Shin's cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae-kyung's optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae-kyung's relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?
Goong S is a drama produced by a separate production company, Group Eight (http://www.group8tv.com), and is not an official sequel of Goong (궁). Both cast and storyline for Goong S are totally different from Goong (궁).
Main cast
Yoon Eun Hye 윤은혜 as Shin Chae-kyung
Joo Ji Hoon 주지훈 as Lee Shin
Kim Jeong Hoon 김정훈 John Hoon as Lee Yul
Song Ji Hyo 송지효 as Min Hyo-rin
Chae-Kyung's family
Im Ye Jin as Chae-kyung's mother
Kang Nam Gil as Chae-kyung's father
Kim Suk as Shin Chae-joon (younger brother)
Shin's friends
Choi Sung Joon as Kang In
Lee Yong Joo as Jang Kyung
Uhm Sung Mo as Ryu Wan
Chae-kyung's friends
Jun Ji Ae as Lee Kang-hyun
Nah Eun Kyeong as Kim Soon-young
Dan Ji as Yoon Hee-soong
Palace
Kim Hye Ja as the Queen Mother
Yoon Yoo Sun as the Queen
Park Chan Hwan as the King
Lee Yoon Ji as Princess Hye-myung (Shin's sister)
Shim Hye Jin as Lady Hwa-Yong (Yul's mother)
more (http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gung/cast/index.html)
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