Beatus Corner : October 2012

The Great Seer - Mini Introduction

I fall in love with The Great Seer as soon as I heard that Ji Jin Hee, Ji Sung, Kim So Yeon and Lee Yoon Ji have been cast in this blockbuster sageuk drama. 4 of my favorite actors/actresses in my favorite drama genre.

The Great Seer started off with single digit ratings (6.5% for episode 1 and 7% for episode 2); but after watching these 2 episodes; I'm totally hooked!

There's something about The Great Seer which brings out the excitement and the adrenaline rush.

The visuals are stunning; even though the CG can be improved and the editing is a bit choppy. But the attention to details are pretty good (it's very rare for any K-drama to show the viewers how babies were conceived ㅋㅋㅋ). The adult scenes in TGS are unlike the adult content in A Frozen Flower movie, so don't worry =) But these scenes are still very passionate scenes and I heard that even the K-viewers were susprised ㅋㅋㅋ Obviously, these scenes came alive because the acting were top notch. I'm glad that Jo Min Ki and Lee Jin are able to showcase their acting abilities; because JMK was wasted in Queen Seon Deok.

The music is beautiful, and 꽃 (Flowers) sang by 리틀즈 (Littles) is currently my favorite OST. So beautiful, regal, very sageuk-y, with a hint of sadness.

A very brief intro about the Great Seer drama:

The Great Seer begins during the reign of King Gongmin. But despite being about seers, geomancers, divinators and the like, this drama is less about the fantasy and more about the political movers and shakers — people who had the power to advise, and therefore control, kings.

Ji Jin-hee plays Lee Sung Gye, the general who led the overthrow of Goryeo and established the Joseon Dynasty, becoming its first king.

Mok Ji Sang (Ji Sung) is a gifted seer/geomancer, born with the ability to see into people’s pasts and futures. There are those who believe falsely that he has dark supernatural powers, thinking him possessed by ghosts. When he comes of age in the late Goryeo era, he becomes a scholar of divination, and a reader of geography, faces, and the like to tell fortunes — an area with much influence at the time. He eventually becomes a "king-maker," who holds the key to a major political shift in the overthrow of Goryeo and the rise of Joseon when he backs General Lee and effectively shapes the future of Korea as we know it.

Kim So Yeon plays a healer whose destiny is tied to General Lee, but she falls in love with the seer.

Song Chang Ui plays the rival advisor (Lee Jung Geun).

Lee Yoon Ji joins the cast as Ban Ya, a woman who was sold off as a gisaeng at a young age, but becomes a concubine to King Gongmin’s advisor, and bears a son. King Gongmin takes in that son as his, and the boy becomes King Woo of Goryeo — the king that General Lee dethrones in a coup d’état.

cr to: wikipedia

Joo Min Ki plays as Lee In Im, the official who takes control of Goryeo in King Gongmin’s death. (cr: dramabeans)

Oh Hyun Kyung is Lee Jung Geun's mother and a priestess.

Choi Jae Woong plays as the Great Seer of Seowon, Dong Yoon. He's a very reserved person and is the best person to discover the secret of Ja Mi Won. A very stubborn person, he keeps Ja Mi Won secret to himself for 10 long years enduring harsh tortures which cost him his left eye. Lee Jin secretly falls in love with him and she helped him to escape.

The Great Seer Teasers

The Great Seer airs on SBS every Wednesday & Thursday, 21.55KST.

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Answer Me 1997 - OST Album & Director's Cut DVD

Answer Me 1997 OST Album Front Cover

Answer Me 1997 OST Album consists of 15 tracks, including two remake songs (All for You [originally sang by 90s idol group "Cool"] and Just the way we love [Love Wind Love Song OST staring Jang Dong Gun & Go So Young]) sang by the main casts: Seo In Guk & Jung Eun Ji.

The tracklist:

1. All For You - Seo In-guk and Jung Eun-ji

2. 우리 사랑 이대로 (Just the Way We Love) - Seo In-guk and Jung Eun-ji

3. 고백 (Confession) - Deli Spice
4. 슬픈 우리 젊은 날 (Our Sad Younger Days) - UNO
5. 애송이의 사랑 (Young Love) - Yangpa
6. 슬프도록 아름다운 (The Sadder, the More Beautiful) - K2
7. 바램 (Wish) - Toy
8. 사랑하는 너에게 (To You, the One I Love) - Sechs Kies
9. Pilot - Jung Yeon-joon
10. 눈물 (Tears) - Riaa
11. 왜 하늘은... (Why the Heavens...) - Lee Ji-hoon
12. 커플 (Couple) - Sechs Kies
13. To Heaven - Jo Sung-mo
14. 루비 (Ruby) - Fin.K.L
15. 메모리즈 (Memories) - Sa Joon

CD Tracklist & DVD Contents

The OST album also includes Behind the Scenes DVD (around 25 minutes), stickers as well as Photobook which has characters pictures, BTS pictures, the casts' signatures & their messages. The songs lyric can also be found in the photobook.

Answer Me 1997 - Inside the cool "VHS" packaging: snapshot of the 6 main characters, photobook, CD & DVD, stickers

The main reason why I purchased this OST album was because of the Photobook. I love collecting drama photobook, especially if the drama has owned my heart & soul.

Answer Me 1997 Photobook - Jung Eun Ji's message, signature and Shi Won's snapshots =)

Looking at the snapshots in the photobook, it brought me back to all the beautiful memories that R1997 gave. This drama is truly a gem; and I'm glad that I rode in this nostalgic ship =)

Answer Me 1997 OST Album Back Cover

Answer Me 1997 OST Album is available on YesAsia.

Tracklists cr to: wikipedia
All pictures above are my own personal pics =)

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Answer Me 1997 Quotes & Narrations

Quotes & Narrations from one of best drama of 2012: Reply 1997.

Episode 1

An age where you feel like you could love anyone, where you put everything on the line for the smallest of things. Eighteen. Adults say that it’s an age where we laugh if a leaf tumbles by. But back then, we were more serious than any adult, more intense, and had our strength tested. 1997. That was how our eighteen was beginning. -Shi Won-

"Usia di mana kita merasa kita bisa mencintai siapapun, masa di mana kita meletakkan segalanya, termasuk hal2 yang terkecil sekalipun di garis. Delapan belas tahun. Orang dewasa berkata bahwa ini adalah usia diamana kita tertawa meskipun ada daun tumbang. Tetapi di masa itu, kita lebih serius daripada orang dewasa, lebih kuat dan kekuatan kita telah diuji. Tahun 1997. Di tahun inilah umur 18 tahun kita dimulai." - Shi Won-

Episode 2

Go Stop, a game where you have to match the same shapes to get points. There was a time when we struggled to be the same. But in one moment, we began to be different. That we were becoming different types of people—why was that so hard to acknowledge back then? People are all different; that’s the law of the universe, the law of human growth. Eighteen. We were maturing into different people, and having to accept those differences meant we were faced with yet another consequence of growing up. -Yoon Jae-

"Go Stop, sebuah permainan di mana kita harus mencocokkan bentuk yang sama untuk mendapatkan poin. Ada waktu dikala kita berjuang untuk menjadi sama. Tapi ada juga satu saat di mana kita mencoba untuk berbeda. Bahwa kita menjadi tipe orang yang berbeda - mengapa dulu sangatlah sulit untuk mengakui perbedaan ini? Semua orang berbeda, ini adalah hukum alam semesta, hukum pertumbuhan manusia. Delapan belas tahun. Kita bertumbuh dewasa menjadi orang-orang yang berbeda, dan ketika kita menerima perbedaan ini berarti kita dihadapkan dengan konsekuensi lain dari pertumbuhan kedewasaan kita. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 3

Anyone’s secret tells a truth that I could not have known. And then when what I knew is no longer real… secrets have more power. How much of what I know is actually true?” -Shi Won-

A person’s heart has countless levels. Its depth cannot be known. Its limit can’t be known. You could fight to the death, and then exchange affection as if nothing ever happened. A red-blooded male could turn into an imbecile in front of the opposite sex. Yes, the truth is uncomfortable. But if we don’t embrace that discomfort, then we must live the rest of our lives believing what’s fake to be real. Even uncomfortable truths must be embraced. What you see is not everything. -Shi Won-

Episode 4

I knew in that moment, that when you like someone, you have eyes for her in the sides and the back of your head. And that if you don’t knock, there will be no answer. Standing in place will not get you what you want. There’s no such thing as fair play anymore. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 5

Bumping into someone on the street, reaching for the same book at the library, or running under someone’s umbrella… I thought that falling in love would be special. I couldn’t imagine… that I’d fall because of something like this. Spring of 1996. My first love began that suddenly. -Yoon Jae-

Life always comes when you least expect it to hit you on the back of the head. It can be a cruel sadness. It can be a cruel fear. At times like this the only thing we can do… -Yoon Jae-

This life that might leap anywhere—there’s no use avoiding or ignoring it. There’s just facing it and getting beaten to a bloody pulp. But at times life can surprise us with gifts that make our hearts flutter. And if we endure sadness, we are rewarded with happiness. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 6

The easiest thing we can do for the person we love is to throw ourselves away. The strength to do things that aren’t in our nature—that’s love. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 7

“That’s why a person has to be content with a close dream. If you chase after a dream that’s far away, your heart will hurt and your insides will burn. A futile passion only leaves heartache. That’s why they say life’s stupidest thing is a one-sided love.” -Tae Woong-

You have to be content with a dream that’s close. If you chase after one that’s far away, your heart will hurt and your insides will burn. A futile passion only leaves heartache. That’s why life’s stupidest thing is a one-sided love. But the reason that stupid one-sided love is worth trying is… that passion can sometimes make miracles happen… sometimes go the long way around to help you fulfill a dream… and even if it doesn’t allow you to realize that dream, it allows you to linger near it and find happiness. -Tae Woong-

More important than what you CAN do is what you WANT to do. So let’s start with that. You only live once! -Tae Woong-

Episode 8

You have to know where your enemy is, understand their situation, and be able to read their hearts. Even if you’re sure you’ve prepared perfectly, you can’t lose your chance, your timing. Because D-Day only gives two results: win or lose. My life’s first D-Day. November 18, 1998. I prepared meticulously… but lost the first post. The cause of defeat: reconnaissance failure. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 9

They say that people are born with a red string that they can’t see, tied to their pinky fingers, and the end is tied to the one you’re fated to be with. But the thread is twisted this way and that, making it hard to find the other end. -Yoon Jae-

People’s countless threads, all tangled together. But when I start to unravel it, I end up face to face with my fate, without even knowing it. If the red thread of fate really exists, then who is the one tied to my red thread? -Yoon Jae-

Episode 10

The reason I like you? Because you’re that person. Because you’re you. Is there another reason besides that one? I’d rather know the reason if there was one. Then I could find a way to not like you. If I can’t avoid it, then there’s only one thing I want: to remain by your side, unchanged, for long time. Here’s to our love, that chills our hearts. -Joon Hee-

Episode 11

Since the day of that accident, I lived having completely forgotten the fact that I was someone’s son. A relationship determined before I was born, a relationship that ends against my will – that’s family. And now I only have one family relationship left. -Tae Woong-

There are relationships of differing levels of difficulty. To me, Yoon-jae was the easiest of them, to explain or to maintain: that of childhood playmates. But on this day, contrary to everything I knew, I discovered… that there might be the possibility that we’d be the most difficult kind of relationship in the world. The relationship with the highest level of difficulty: that of a man and a woman. -Shi Won-

Each expecting different things, each looking at different places, each dreaming different dreams… everything that happens between one man and one woman, is just continuous love and war. You sulk, you pacify, you fight, you make up, you hurt, you embrace. A relationship like a manic-depressive patient who can’t make up his mind. But the hardest thing about the relationship between a man and a woman is the timing—if the love doesn’t begin at the same time, it’s unlikely to ever begin at all. -Yoon Jae-

The one relationship you can’t ever shake, no matter how sick and tired you get, that leads to a lifetime of tears: Family. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 12

Hyung always said that earning someone’s hand means you get to have their heart -Yoon Jae-

The reason my teen years are like a rushing wind is because I don’t yet know the answers: what it is I really want, who really loves me, who is it that I love. The time of life when I tumble here and there, searching for the answers. And then in the end, the moment when I figure out the answers to everything like a miracle… we had already become adults, and been doing big and small things. And like that, that winter was full of goodbyes. -Shi Won-

Episode 13

And how can you just end it all in one blow? Sung Shi-won, you awful girl. To ’96 and the first day of high school… To ’97 and the fountain where we had our first kiss… To ’98 when I cried and screamed like a crazy person… I returned to that winter. I have been reset to ’90s Yoon Yoon-jae. -Yoon Jae-

I had forgotten. That if she liked something right now, she expressed the fire of that moment directly, and without hesitation. I could’ve just said: I like you. Be mine. I could say it like that right now. Back then, and even in this moment… I was just hesitating. -Yoon Jae-

There is nothing more urgent than now. Because later might never come. Life isn’t long enough to speak of the next opportunity, rather than the now that’s before our eyes. -Yoon Jae-

If you give up on now because of laziness or a lack of courage, there is no hope of another opportunity. If you love now, the best timing is now. You have to go before it’s too late, and you have to confess now. Because you never know what’ll happen later. The next opportunity might never come. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 15

A person’s heart can’t be turned on and off like a switch. Once it’s turned on… it won’t turn off. I like Shi-won. I sincerely want to marry her. -Yoon Jae-

Episode 16

Locking a wild lion up in a zoo doesn’t mean that overnight it’ll give up raw chicken for carrots. No matter how much an environment changes, a lion is a lion, and a rabbit, a rabbit. Sung Shi-won is Sung Shi-won, and Yoon Yoon-jae is Yoon Yoon-jae. We met, and dated, and loved, in our own way. -Yoon Jae-

First love. The reason everyone’s first love is beautiful is not only because the love was pretty. At the time of first love, there was a youthfulness that didn’t know how to be wise, a me who was pure to the point of cruelty, and a you whose fire I couldn’t handle. It’s because I already know that I can never go back to that youthful, innocent, passionate time. -Yoon Jae-

First love is reckless. Without calculating, it throws everything in with pure passion, and inevitably fails. But that’s why it’s dramatic—the reckless tales wrapped up in experiences or feelings that you can never have again. -Yoon Jae-

First love is a time. Once it passes, it’s gone. Now you have to give a new love and a new time a chance. It might not be the experience or the purity of first love, but out of that scar is a love that grows and becomes a little more mature—you have to wait for an adult love. Only those who wait can dream of love. -Yoon Jae-

When romance passes, life comes. Purity gets dirtied, passion freezes over, and youth turns to shrewdness as you age. That innocent era’s first love becomes fatigued and exhausted daily routine… and is why first love appears to be something that can’t be realized. Because those who succeed at realizing their first love… don’t tell you. -Yoon Jae-

Succeeding at first love is nice too. There’s comfort that’s even better than your favorite sweater, but also an excitement that you can find when you’re tired of that comfort. As childhood playmates, as first loves, as lovers, and as husband and wife, we live through the same times, share the same memories, and grow old together. A familiar excitement. It’s nice. -Yoon Jae-

Sweet Quotes

Episode 6

“You know I can’t sleep unless you’re using my arm as a pillow.” -dad-

Episode 13

"I’m not expecting anything right now. I’ll wait. Until you like me a lot… I’ll be your daddy long legs. Like now, always… next to you" -Tae Woong-

English Quotes: credit to dramabeans, compiled by beatuscorner
Indonesian Quotes: translated by beatuscorner

[Drama 2012] The Great Seer 대풍수 - INFO

Title: The Great Seer 대풍수
Romanization: Daepoongsoo

Genre: Action, Historical, Politic

Episodes: 36
Broadcast Network: SBS
Broadcast Period: October 10, 2012 - TBA
Air Time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 KST
Director: Lee Yong Seok
Writer: Lee Soo Yun & Nam Seon Hyun
Official Website: SBSDaepungsu

Synopsis

During the late Goryeo period, powerful scholars on the theory of divination based on topography select Lee Sung Kye to build a new Joseon dynasty.

source: soompi

Trailer

Casts

Ji Sung as Ji Sang

Ji Sang is a gifted seer, born with the ability to see into people’s pasts and futures. There are those who believe falsely that he has dark supernatural powers, thinking him possessed by ghosts. When he comes of age in the late Goryeo era, he becomes a scholar of divination, and a reader of geography, faces, and the like to tell fortunes — an area with much influence at the time. He eventually becomes a “king-maker,” who holds the key to a major political shift in the overthrow of Goryeo and the rise of Joseon.

Song Chang Ui as Lee Jung Geun

Rival seer of Ji Sang

Ji Jin Hee as Lee Seong Gye

The general who led the overthrow of Goryeo and established the Joseon Dynasty, becoming its first king.

Kim So Yeon as Hae In

A healer whose destiny is tied to General Lee, but she falls in love with the seer.

Lee Yoon Ji as Ban Ya

A woman who was sold off as a gisaeng at a young age, but becomes a concubine to King Gongmin’s advisor, and bears a son. King Gongmin takes in that son as his, and the boy becomes King Woo of Goryeo — the king that General Yi (Ji Jin-hee) dethrones in a coup d’état.

Jo Min Ki as Lee In Im

The official who takes control of Goryeo in King Gongmin’s death. He’s Song Chang-eui’s father.

Pictures credit to SBS; info credit to dramabeans 1 | 2 | 3

[Drama 2012] Ohlala Couple 울라라 부부 - INFO

Title: Ohlala Couple 울라라 부부
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast Period: October 1, 2012 - TBA
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55 KST
Director: Lee Jung Sub
Writer: Choi Sun Sik
Official Website: OhlalaCouple

Synopsis

The drama stars Shin Hyun-joon (Gaksital) as a straight-laced traditional hubby and hotelier, and Kim Jung-eun (Hanbando, I Am Legend) as his perfect wife. Through the miracle of rom-com fairy dust, they end up in each other’s bodies, which you have to admit, should be a requirement for all couples. It might save tons in therapy bills.

source: dramabeans

Trailer

Relationship Chart

Casts

Shin Hyun Joon as Goo Sa Nam

Kim Jung Eun as Na Yeo Ok

Han Chae Ah as Victoria Kim

Han Chae-ah will play an adoptee and Sweden-raised Victoria, the lovely yet very frank hotelier who has experienced much hurt and trouble in life and is harbouring a sad secret . Victoria will try receive from love (Shin Hyun-joon) which, of course, would make (Kim Jung-eun) upset.

Han Jae Seok as Jang Hyun Woo

Han Jae-seok will play Hyun-woo, Kim Jung eun's character's first love. Hyun-woo is the newly-appointed General Manager at the hotel where (Shin Hyun Joon) works. He does not tolerate even just a sigle mistake at his hotel, however, he is always very nice and warm towards (Kim Jung eun).

Byeon Hee Bong as The Matchmaker

Byeon Hee-bong is an old man who match-makes couples to get married. He holds the fate of (Shin Hyun joon) and (Kim Jung eun).

Narsha as the Goddess

Narsha is a female seer who hides the fact that she is one and shows off her sexiness and fashion style, instead.

Pictures credit to KBS2; Info credit to Soompi Ohlala Couple

[Drama 2012] Horse Doctor / Horse Healer 마의- INFO

Title: Horse Doctor / Horse Healer 마의
Romanization: Maui

Genre: Medical, Historical

Episodes: 50
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast Period: October 1, 2012 - TBA
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55 KST
Director: Lee Byung Hoon, Choi Jeong Gyu
Writer: Kim Yi Young
Official Website: MBCHorseDoctor

Synopsis

MBC anniversary drama which focus on the life and trials faced by a horse doctor, Baek Gwang Hyun (Jo Seung Woo) who raised to become a high ranking royal court doctor during the chosun era as he faces off Lee Myung Hwan (Son Chang Min), a doctor who holds a high position in court.

Relationship Chart

Casts

Cho Seung Woo as Baek Gwang Hyeon

Lee Yo Won as Kang Ji Nyeong

Lee Sang Woo as Lee Soong Ha

Son Chang Min as Lee Myeong Hwan

Yoo Sun as Jang In Joo

Lee Soon Jae as Ko Joo Man

Han Sang Jin as Hyeon Jong

Kim So Eun as Princess Sook Hwi

Jo Bo Ah as Seo Eun Seo

All info & pictures above credit to Soompi Horse Doctor

Winners from Korea Drama Awards 2012

Korea Drama Awards 2012 was held on October 2, 2012 at Gyeongnam Culture & Arts Center, Jinju and hosted by Jeon Hyun Moo & Kim Eun Jung (Jewelry).

Many top actors and actresses from terrestrial channels (KBS, MBC & SBS) including cable channel attended the ceremony.

"National Drama" My Husband got a Family / You who rolled in unexpectedly was the big winner that night; this drama took home 6 awards including Grand Prize (Daesang) & Best Drama.

The complete list of the winners are as follows:

- Daesang: Kim Nam Joo (My Husband got a Family)