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Crossdressing

21 Wednesday May 2014

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Crossdressing is one the most used themes in K-dramas. The dramaland is filled with mostly the following varieties of TV shows: rom-coms, melodrama, family, sageuks and thrillers. Romantic comedy is one of the most loved genres, be it locally or internationally and Korean TV industry makes rom-coms like nobody’s business. And that makes crossdressing a very suitable and sure-shot topic to use as it is accompanied by lots of options to further encapsulate various arcs in the plot: comedy and funny shenanigans, romance, angst, melo. Of course, the setting of a girl dressed as a boy (which is in most of the Continue reading →

2013: The year of comebacks

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

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As we are moving towards the tail end of 2013, I was thinking about the striking features of the year and thus realised that this year saw an occasion as rare as the stars on a cloudy night and that was the comeback of many actors to dramaland. Every year there are one or two shows which give us the opportunity to see the elusive stars but 2013 was especially filled with returns to the small screen. Some get busy doing movies, some go for military enlistment and some take a break; whatever maybe the reason but viewers are always delighted to see their favorite actors for at least 16 episodes or 8 weeks straight. Continue reading →

First look at the star-crossed lovers of ‘Sword And Flower’ and cast updates

13 Thursday Jun 2013

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Sageuks, sageuks and more sageuks. 2013 surely has the most number of historical dramas for past 2-3 years and as the first crop of sageuks that include Gu Family Book and Jang Ok Jung, Live In Love are preparing for their finale with Mandate Of Heaven airing successfully in its mid-run, the new shows are all set to premiere: Continue reading →

CN Blue’s Lee Jung Shin cast in ‘Sword And Flower’

13 Monday May 2013

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Now that we have secured the leads for the upcoming romance sageuk Sword And Flower in the form of Uhm Tae Woong (The Equator Man) and Kim Ok Bin (The Front Line), we are moving towards other cast additions. Kpop group CN Blue‘s Lee Jung Shin has been cast in the drama as the second lead and he will play the bodyguard to our heroine. The drama tells the story of Princess Mu-young (Kim Ok Bin), who falls in love with Yeon Choong (Uhm Tae Woong), the illegitimate son of her father’s murderer. Continue reading →

Uhm Tae Woong headlines historical romance drama ‘Sword And Flower’

05 Sunday May 2013

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Sageuks, sageuks and more sageuks. It seems 2013 will be the year of sageuks just like 2012 was the year of time travel. Our screens are already full of the deluge namely Gu Family Book, Jang ok Jung, Live For Love, Mandate Of Heaven and upcoming Goddess Of Fire, Jeong-yi and now we have another addition to the historical genre: Sword And Flower, which stars Uhm Tae Woong and Kim Ok Bin in the lead roles. It is a period romance set in the Goguryeo era and will tell the story of lovers who are forced to choose between love or revenge due to family strife and contention. The heroine falls in love with the son of the man who killed her father. Continue reading →