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Korean music video for Grown Ups by Sondia, it’s an OST for drama series My Mister. The show is my favourite Korean drama in recent years. The song goes well with the plot.
There’s very little information on the singer, Sondia. She works in a few OST but I don’t think she has released any album nor shown her face in public before. At first I thought it was IU, the lead actress, who sings the song as it actually sounds like her voice in many parts; apparently not.
Trailer for Korean drama The Three Musketeers, which is loosely based on the famous French novel by Alexandre Dumas. The cast includes Jung Yong-Hwa, Lee Jin-Wook, Yang Dong-Geun, Jung Hae-In and Seo Hyun-Jin etc.
The drama will air on cable channel tvN beginning August 17.
Teaser photos for Korean drama IRIS 2, sequel to a 2009 hit. The 2013 drama – starring Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae, Oh Yeon-soo, Lee Bum-soo, Im Soo-hyang, Yoon Doo-joon and Lee Joon etc. – will air its first episode on February 13.
Korean music video for Goodbye Day by boy band Ulala Session, an original soundtrack for Korean TV drama series Bridal Mask.
Starring Joo Won and Jin Se-yeon, the drama tells the story of a (fictional) masked hero who fought the Japanese occupation in 1930’s. The MV is mainly about the love-struggle in early episodes of the show. Nice song, decent drama so far.
Lives of Omission is a Hong Kong TVB drama series. It’s a spin-off of crime drama E.U. (2009) with Michael Tse reprising his role as Laughing Gor, an undercover cop. His co-stars includes Bosco Wong, Fala Chen, Kate Tsui and Damian Lau. Premiering in Malaysia and Hong Kong next week.
Laughing is an undercover officer who infiltrates a large triad in the original show. Gor literally means brother, a term for senior gang members. Laughing Gor becomes the right-hand man of the crime boss, and at some point it’s not certain whether he sees himself as a gangster or policeman.
His affiliation becomes clear when he sacrificed himself to save another cop late in the series. Despite not being THE main role, the character becomes so popular that TVB jointly produced a prequel/spin-off movie, Turning Point, shortly after the end of the show.
The film was a decent success and prompted TVB to revive the character in Lives of Omission. The loose sequel/spin-off follows Laughing after he completes his undercover mission. He joins the the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB) and becomes the handler for other undercover agents instead.
Laughing is the only notable character from E.U. in the new series. Fala Chen – who starred in Turning Point as Karen, Laughing’s girlfriend – plays a different role as senior inspector of CIB who resembles her character from the film. The actress will also appear as Karen in some flashbacks.
The supporting cast includes Cheung Kwok-Keung, Elena Kong, Ben Wong, Derek Kok, MC Jin, Mandy Wong, Mary Hon, Daniel Chow, Bella Lum, Law Kwan Moon, Candy Yuen, Adrian Chau, Yu Yang, Sammy Sum, Det Dik, Eddie Li, Shermon Tang, Matthew Ko, Jim Tang and Marcus Kwok etc.
Some promotion images for the show below. Updated with news and short review.
Life of Omission is the second highest rating drama series of 2011 in Hong Kong. It also won the Best Drama at the 2011 TVB Anniversary Awards, with Ben Wong named as the Best Supporting Actor.
It’s a great drama series. Good plot, nice action and great overall performance from the cast. To be frank the Laughing character is not as amusing after he becomes a real cop. The likes of Bosco Wong and Ben Wong steals the show instead, and this is probably the best performance of Fala Chen to date.
Not a fan of the ending though, it’s a bit rush and messy. Apparently it’s to pave way for a followup movie, Turning Point II, which aired in December 2011. Haven’t watched the film so I can’t tell much, hope it provides better closure than the TV series.
Korean drama Birdie Buddy, starring Uee of After School, is finally getting its airtime in Korea after much delay. Check out the trailer and teaser pics.
Birdie Buddie – also starring Lee Yong-woo and Lee Da-hee – is adapted from a Korean comic which tells the story of a female golf prodigy, whose hidden talent is discovered by a golf legend who went missing years ago for unknown reason.