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ALL FOR YOU 2012 Summer Collection (Ebook)
Thanks to bityxu at KSY-soompi.com for the sharing, from afy.co.kr ~
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April 3, 2012
Actress Kim So Yeon at the VIP Premiere of 'The Scent'
Captures from various media portals via Nate.com
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April 15, 2012
Time : 2012.04.15, 11:14
Posted by : Kim So Yeon @ Sso cafe
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March 17, 2012
[Preview] Gabi: A Movie About Coffee
CJ E&M enewsWorld Oh, MiJung Translation Credit: Stewart Ho
The movie Gabi, after encountering a series of complications during its production, will finally premiere on March 15. Gabi ran into issues with actors being replaced due to schedule conflicts from production delays and low funding, but was produced and will finally make it to the big screen. Just as there were a lot of issues with the production, many curious factors about the movie exists.
Many movie insiders and fans also wondered how the movie would successfully transfer the large-scale setting, set in the continent of Russia, onto the big screen. In addition, a lot of interest surrounded actress Kim So Yeon, as Gabi would mark her return to movies since Change fifteen years ago.
Famous writer Kim Tak Hwan, behind famous novels such as The Immortal Lee Soon Shin, is behind Russian Coffee on which the movie is based. The movie is set in 1885 when Emperor Gojong sought refuge in the Russian legation, also called the Agwan Pacheon.
Based on the knowledge that Emperor Gojong first tasted coffee at the Russian legation, an assumption was made that there must have been a barista and thus the movie’s story was born. Gabi is the archaic word for “coffee”.
Danya, played by Kim So Yeon, lost her father at a young age and scours the continent pilfering gold and coffee. Since long ago, the man that has protected and stood by her is Illichi, played by Ju Jin Mo. Both become added into a plot by Japan to assassinate Gojong with Danya becoming the legation’s barista and Illichi becoming an officer for the Japanese army. Danya, who becomes Joseon’s Empire’s first barista, begins to realize her heart belongs to the empire of Joseon as she spends time with Gojong. But as her mind changes, plans begin to go awry.
Aside from the story, the movie has a lot to offer. From the classic coffee making tools and equipments to the variety of outfits Danya from Russia wears, the movie possesses visual appeal.
Park Hwee Soon’s portrayal of Gojong also has no room for criticism. After the death of his wife, Empress Hwang Hoo, he appears in white royal robes. Clad in his white robes and holding a cup of gabi with two hands, Park offers a depth to the movie. The portrayal of Gojong who loved his country, but was still only human, is unforgettable.
As much as there are many fine points about the movie, there are some letdowns as well. Though the original plot had the Russian continent as much of the background, perhaps due to budget costs, much of the movie is set in the Russian legation. Though ten billion was originally expected for the movie’s production costs, it only received 520 million.
Though the movie is helmed by the veteran director Jang Yoon Hyun, who directed features such as The Contact and Tell Me Something, one wonders if he has lost some of his directing senses. Some unrealistic scenes such as the abrupt appearance of a mass number of soldiers for a siege scene makes it seem a bit far-fetched from the more realistic movie directing styles of today. The sound effects of some of the scenes also felt somewhat obsolete in relation to the scene′s atmosphere. The movie will premiere on March 15.
More Coffee here |
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March 9, 2012
Kim So Yeon: 'I Seem to have Begun Acting 18 Years Since Debut'
Source: KBS Global
Actress Kim So Yeon (32), who has made a comeback after a fifteen-year break with the movie “Gabi,” said, “I want to play different characters such as a femme fatale, comic character and character who will experience sad love. I have had too long of a break up to now (laugh).” Asked about the characters that she wants to play, she answered with lightning speed as if she had been waiting for movies for a long time. She will appear in “Gabi” after her long break. “Gabi” is the story of a barista who has come to be involved in an assassination conspiracy due to a plot engineered by the Empire of Japan. "Gabi" is a corruption of the word "coffee" that was spoken by people in the Choseon dynasty who were not accustomed to speaking English.
Kim So Yeon made a comeback after fifteen years since her appearance in the movie “Change” (1997). She will play a spy who looks at King Gojong (Park Hee Soon) with sympathy and who presents passionate love with Ilyich (Joo Jin Mo). She has transformed herself from a female warrior in the drama “IRIS” to a modern girl who fights against an era of upheaval. Kim So Yeon came to a café in Samcheongdong to give an interview on April 7.
Kim So Yeon revealed that changing her acting that has been suited to TV dramas was not easy at all by saying, “When I filmed the scene that was filmed at a Russian legation, I was almost knocked out. The film set for the movie that I came back to after fifteen years was very tough.” She had to reduce any exaggerated acting. When she felt emotion from her heart during filming, the director Jang Yoon Hyun gave her vague instructions, saying, “You should have your emotion coming from beyond instead of your heart.” There have been many such requests. He continuously asked, “Read your script without opening your mouth, remove the wrinkle on the middle of your forehead, except those, everything looks good,” and, “Speak more slowly.”
Kim was reportedly in a daze due to the different style of acting required from that of drama. She sometimes shed tears when nobody was around her. She underwent a harsh time because everything was tough for her. But it was a very natural thing for her because she made a comeback to movies after a fifteen-year break, and her appearance in a historical movie was a first for her. She felt uncomfortable with both her costume and the slow way of speaking. She also did not have enough time to film the movie because she had to shoot all the scenes within a month. Kim said, “I repeatedly filmed the same scene over and over, and I actually did not count how many times I filmed the same thing. I only tried to constrain my emotions. Even though there were hard requests from the director such as ‘Try to reflect the face of Joo Jin Mo on your face,’ I did my best to control my emotion.”
The result seems to have been worth it. Her lines that had had too fast of a tempo and too much emotion were changed to moderate and slow lines, which perfectly presented Tanya, who maintains a delicate position between King Gojong and Ilyich. Kim So Yeon said, “Sometimes we took a break for three days in between the filming schedules, so I had to keep my emotion while taking a break. I had to train myself. But I must have failed to present the character without the other actors Park Hee Soon and Joo Jin Mo, who had worked together (laugh).” Kim’s fluent Russian drew attention. As she did not know the Russian language at all, she had to memorize all of her lines in Russian even before filming had started. She always thought about her lines even when she moves from one room to another and when she had to eat something. Her fluent Russian in the movie was actually the result of her ceaseless efforts. She said, “The experience of learning Chinese helped me greatly. When I first learned the Chinese language, I practiced how to pronounce a single word for a week. Learning Russian was less difficult than the time when I learned Chinese. I practiced all the time and I can still remember those Russian lines, and I might not forget those lines for at least ten years.” |
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Post Last Edit by katt at 11-5-2012 00:54
Kim So Yeon appeared in Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s movie “Seven Swords” in 2005, but her appearance in this Korean movie was her first time in the past fifteen years. She reportedly had avoided appearing in a movie after she felt vague fear about exposing or violating scenes of the movies when she was young, but she did not know that she would not appear in a movie for such a long time. Kim So Yeon said, “Six years ago, I went to see the movie ‘Once In A Summer’ (2006) with my mother, in which the actress Soo Ae appeared, and I found that her acting was excellent even though she was around the same age as me. I wanted to show that excellent appearance to my mother, and I began to feel like appearing in a movie from that moment. The movie gave inspiration to me.” Several years later, she has been requested to appear in a movie which was the work of the director Jang Yoon Hyun who had produced movies such as “The Contact” (1997) and “Tell Me Something” (1999). Kim said, “I have wanted to appear in a movie and I also wanted to be included on the list of actress who have worked with Jang Yoon Hyun along with other star actresses including Jeon Do Hyun, Shim Eun Ha, and Song Hye Kyo, which gave me a pounding heart. The original story was very interesting, and I was curious about the script for the movie. There was no reason that I should not appear in the movie.”
Kim So Yeon debuted with her appearance in the drama “Dinosaur Teacher” in 1994. It has already been eighteen years since her debut. Asked whether she regrets becoming an actress, she answered, “Acting seems to be my vocation. I am very happy when I act. When I become completely immersed in my acting, I feel very satisfied. The word ‘beginning’ does not seem to be appropriate for an actress who has acted for eighteen years, but I always tell myself, ‘I want today to become another new beginning of my life.’ I just started to walk at this moment as a beginner. When I began acting at the age of 14 as a middle school student and when I filmed the drama ‘All About Eve,’ I also thought that it was a new beginning, but things are different now. There were things that I could not try before simply because of undefined fear, but now I am open to everything, and I feel that I can do everything at this moment.
◇ Gabi (Coffee) = Tanya lost her parents to an assassin when she was young, and she headed to Russia with a son of her servant named Ilyich. They became famous thieves in Russia, but they were almost arrested by the Russian government when Korean-Japanese Sdako (Yoo Seon) helped them and saved their lives. But soon the Japanese tortured them to reveal them as spies. Two people helplessly promised to become spies with Sadako. Tanya infiltrated a Russian legation as a barista, and Ilyich also came to Joseon as a Japanese military official according to the Japanese plot. This movie that had built almost ten film sets contains many scenes to watch including 80 different dresses. The vivid color of the movie is also noteworthy. “Gabi” is based on the novel “Roh Seo Ah Gabi” written by Kim Tak Hwan. The director Jang Yoon Hyun, who had directed movies such as “The Contact” (1997), “Tell Me Something” (1999) and “Hwang Jin Yi” (2007), directed the movie. The running time of the movie is 115 minutes. |
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March 11, 2012
Source: Nate
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February 25, 2012
Kim So-yeon and Joo Jin-mo for Vogue
by girlfriday dramabeans.com
Kim So-yeon and Joo Jin-mo take to the pages of Vogue next month for a Coffee-themed shoot that I love: it’s full of intrigue and beautiful period-costume-inspired looks. I’m ridiculously excited for their movie to be out, a fusion historical action thriller about a set of spies who carry out a mission to assassinate a late-Joseon emperor via his coffee. Talk about a habit that’ll kill ya.
Kim So-yeon and Joo Jin-mo play a pair of international spies who team up for the job across enemy lines, and then happen to put everything at risk with their mutual attraction. The film takes place in the Russian embassy, where Emperor Gojong took refuge in 1896. The characters go by Russian names, which maybe makes them Russian nationals, though Joo Jin-mo is a double spy who has alliances elsewhere. The trailer and posters are head-turners, with their stylish modern take on a period thriller, so I sincerely hope the movie holds up to my expectations.
Coffee, directed by PD Jang Yoon-hyun of The King and the Clown, premieres in theaters March 15.
Via TV Report |
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Post Last Edit by katt at 12-5-2012 15:55
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