An Entrapment -- Triangle

I have watched a Korean movie named "Triangle" which starred Ahn Jae-wook with Kang hye-jeong and Lee Soo-kyung. Ahn Jae-wook is the first Korean actor that I known. He is one of my favourite of the K-actors too. "Triangle" is the movie in Year 2009 and it is a story of conflicts among a man and two girls who are entangled in a bank robbery.

Ahn jae-wook plays the role of a president of art exhibition company and a prime suspect for the bank robbery, Kang hye-jeong is the detective pursing Ahn, and Lee soo-kyung is act as a widow who inherited a large amount of money and art collections. The length of this movie is 92 minutes and directed by Ji Yeong-soo. This is a comedy cum a bit romance movie. "Triangle" opened #15 at the South Korean box office in limited release. The movie sold 1,517 tickets on only 50 screens.
 

Ji-yeong han (Lee Su-Kyeong) is an extremely rich widow. She then meets Sang-woo Ryu (Ahn Jae-Wook) at a ski resort. Sang-woo seems different from other men and passes himself off as the CEO of an art exhibition company. Ji-yeong becomes attracted to Sang-woo, partially because he is rich enough to not want her for her money and he also seems to have a gentle nature. In actuality Sang-woo is a con man and he has only $4 dollars in his wallet.
Sang-woo is actually after a painting named "갈라테아의 눈물" (Galrateaui Nunmul)) and purposely approached Ji-yeong. It quickly becomes apparent to Sang-woo that a lady named Seong-hye Oh (Kang Hye-Jeong) is an obstacle to his plans. Whenever he approaches the rich widow, Seong-hye appears as well. Seong-hye tells the rich widow that she graduated from the same high school, but the widow can't remember her. Because of this, Sang-woo starts to tail Seong-hye. Meanwhile, Seong-hye is aware that Sang-woo is following her. Seong-hye then discovers that Sang-woo is a con man targeting the valuable painting. Seong-hye then propositions Sang-woo that she will keep his secret if he brings her into his plans ...

 

I am quite enjoying this movie as it is a comedy and the ending is a surprised for me. :P Ahn Jae-woo still looks good when he dresses in suit. He looks smart on it. 

So, if you are interested to catch this movie, please click into "Triangle".  Enjoy watching!!! 

Am I Lying?! -- Lie to Me

I am currently watching a 16 episodes TV series Korean TV drama called "Lie to Me" starring one of my favourite K-actress, Yoon Eun Hye (My Fair Lady, Coffee Prince). This is a light-hearted romance cum comedy drama. This series is showing on Astro S One Channel (channel 393) on every Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm until 10.10pm. "Lie to Me" is a romantic comedy about a woman in her mid 20s lying that she was forced into marriage and then thing that happen after that.

Title          : Lie to Me
Genre       : Comedy, Romance, Drama
Episodes  : 16
Story        :
A woman in her late 20's is always asked "when are you going to get married?" On a whim, the woman then lies that she did get married.
Kong Ah-Jung (Yoon Eun-Hye) is an administrative official for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. She then co-ordinates a meeting for government officials. The meeting appears to flow smoothly and she is even praised by the minister. Disaster soon strikes when bees attack the meeting place and the meeting turns into chaos. Taking responsibility for meeting, Ah-Jung is ordered to submit a written apology. That evening Kong Ah-Jung goes to a club and drinks away her sorrows.
Meanwhile, Hyun Ki-Joon (Kang Ji-Hwan) is the president for conglomerate "World Group." He is handsome, smart and from a rich family. But, in his teen years due to an accident he lost both of his parents. Since that time, Ki-Joon and his younger brother were raised by his aunt. Ki-Joon has a responsible character as an older brother but his younger brother Sang-Hee (Sung Joon) is more carefree. The younger brother Sang-Hee then comes back to Korea and meets Ah-Jung at the club, while she is drinking away her sorrows. Ah-Jung and Sang-Hee start to chat and Ki-Joon shows up to looking for Sang-Hee. He misses Sang-Hee. in front of the club Ah-Jung passes out and Ki-Joon takes her to the hospital. In order to ask Ah-Jung about Sang-Hee's whereabouts, Ki-Joon stays next to Ah-Jung's bed all through the night. The next day, they go their separate ways.
On the following day, Ah-Jung meets So-Ran (Hong Soo-Hyun) who stole away her first love Jae-Beom (Ryu Seung-Soo). So-Ran and Jae-Beom eventually married. After So-Ran and Jae-Beom became a couple, Ah-Jung studied hard and passed her government official exam to impress Jae-Beom. At the hair salon, Ah-Jung on a whim lies to the couple and tells them that she is married. Ah-Jung then goes to a hotel to pay Ki-Joon for the other night's hospital bill. An accident occurs and she spills tomato juice all over her sweater. Ah-Jung is so embarrassed she pretends to pass out. Ki-Joon picks her up and takes her to his hotel room. During this time, Ah-Jung's friends watches and a rumor soon spreads that Ah-Jung and Ki-Joon are married ....

I am catching this drama on TV every Wednesday and Thursday night. This drama can also be watched online. Thus, if you are interested to catch it, please click into Lie to Me.
Well, enjoy watching! ^.^

Whom shall I Marry?! -- Marry Me, Mary!

I am watching a Korean TV drama lately. It is called "Marry Me, Mary!" The actors who
starred Moon Geun Young (from Autumn of My Heart, Cinderella's Sister) and Jang Geun Suk (You're Beautiful and Beethoven Virus). This is a drama series which adapted from the manhwa "Mary Stayed Out All Night" by Won So Yeon and she is also the manhwa author of "FullHouse". The story is about a girl named Wi Mae Ri who enters 100-day fake marriages with two men: Kang Mu Gyul, the wedding ceremony guy who will fall in love to Mae ri as time goes by, and Byun Jung In: the Marriage Registry guy.

Title          : Marry Me, Marry / Mary Stayed Out All Night
Genre       : Drama, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Episode    : 16
Air Time  :  Every Saturday @ 6:30pm to 8pm on Channel 8TV (channel 708)
Story        :
Mary (Moon Geun-Young) is a young woman with the energy of the sun. She looks like her late mother, but her hot temper comes straight from her deadbeat father (Park Sang-Myeon). Her father always makes troubles as a failed businessman, but Mary also loves him the most. Because Mary can't afford to pay her college tuition fees, she temporarily stops attending school. Without having any special skills, Mary starts to work odd jobs. One day, Mary's father proposes that Mary marries a man named Jung-In to pay off their debts. When Mary hears of her father's plan she devise her own plan. Mary takes fake wedding pictures with her new friend Mu-Gyul (Jang Geun-Suk), whom she has just met over the last couple of days. She sends the pictures to her father's cellphone with the message that this is the man she loves and will marry. Unfortunately for Mary, her deadbeat father has already registered a marriage certificate on her behalf with Jung-In! Jung-In then proposes that Marry spend 100 days of marriage with both men and decide whom she wants to live with.
Mu-Gyul (Jang Geun-Suk) is the lead vocalist and guitarist for a rock band. He is chic and lives a carefree bohemian lifestyle. He doesn't talk much and only wants to make music. Mu-Gyul doesn't care about success. He also suffers trauma with his mother and, because of this, becomes tired of the women he dates and leaves them. Mu-Gyul is a bad guy to women. When it appears Mu-Gyul will never get married a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes about. He meets Mary, money becomes involved and a 100 days of marriage ensues. During this time, Mu-Gyul not knowing the meaning of family, surprisingly falls in love with Mary who is combative, loyal, and spunky. Mu-Gyul finds himself becoming a rival of Jung-In for Mary's love.
Jung-In (Kim Jae-Wook) is the president of music company JI Entertainment producing a music drama. Jung-In was born into a wealthy family and has never lacked money. Jung-In is also good looking and has good manners. Because of this, Jung-In appears to be highly eligible bachelor for marriage. But, Jung-In also has a cold side - he doesn't like becoming too close to people. His weakest point is that he can never say no to his father. He enters into a 100 day fake marriage with Mary and soon falls in love with Mary. Jung-In also comes across Mu-Gyul who will help fulfill Jung-In's dream in the music world. Mu-Gyul will also become a rival for Jung-In over Marry. Then Seo-Jun enters the picture.
Seo-Jun (Kim Hyo-Jin) is a sexy and sophisticated woman. She also comes from a rich family. Seo-Jun works as an actress, preferring to make movies rather than dramas. Seo-Jun broke up with Mu-Gyul about a year ago, but still occasionally attends his performances without his knowledge. She also has the same care-free spirit as Mu-Gyul. Seo-Jun then meets Mu-Gyul once again and makes a contract for a drama produced by Jung-In. Seo-Jun starts to develop feelings for Jung-In in a bizarre love triangle.

In this drama, I think Jang Geun-Suk is look much better than "You're Beautiful" and the actress Moon Geun-Yeong is very cute. I think they make a good couple in this series.

"Marry Me, Mary!" has won few awards from the 2010 KBS Drama Awards. The recognitions are as below :-
2010 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Moon Geun Young)
2010 KBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award (Jang Geun Suk)
2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Moon Geun Young and Jang Geun Suk)

OK, let us take a peep for scenes of this drama.

Like I mentioned, this TV series is based on the internet comic "Maerineun Uibakjoong" by Won Su-Yeon. Thus let us also take a look of some scenes of the manhwa.

So, if you are interested to catch or read the manhwa of "Marry Me, Mary!" Please click on the respective links below.

Marry Me, Mary! TV Series
Mary Stayed Out All Night Manhwa Series

Enjoy watching and/or reading!!! ^.^