[K-Artist] Song Joong Ki 송중기

[ssteph]

2021.3.5 SJK attended premiere of musical Grandpa and Me, to support Yang Kyung Won and Seo Ye Hwa (Kyung Won's wife in Vincenzo). He also brought pizza for them 🍕

 

Our Joong Ki oppa who always reliably takes care of everyone and who is sometimes willing to become a fool together.

 

Although he was tired, he came by with pizza in both hands to watch our premiere and made us all feel happy.

 

I haven't been outside the Earth but you will be the coolest in the universe.

 

Seniors who came to support, audiences, and all of my members in the play Me and Grandpa, I love you.

 

Cr : Seo Ye Hwa IG (yewhaseo)

Eng trans : ace_chingu

 

 

[ssteph]

Joong Ki's previous characters do cameo as plants in Vincenzo 😁

 

 

Pungho (Triple), Maru (Nice Guy), Sijin (DOTS), Eunseom (Arthdal Chronicles)

 

[ssteph]

Vincenzo - still cuts from episode 5

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[ssteph]

Vincenzo - still cut episode 6

 

 

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Pajamacenzo = pajama + Vincenzo

 

 

[abs-oluteM]

6 hours ago, ssteph said:

Pajamacenzo = pajama + Vincenzo

Lololol... this one @mademoiselle will sure like! 

[stroppyse]

Couldn't resist taking the quiz. Yoo Shi Jin from DotS, but I think I already knew that.

[ssteph]

The Swoon

 

 

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Vincenzo's cast clicks together 📸📸📸

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMHJuY5JG9h/?igshid=1g1gteu3qzv2t

[ssteph]

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by ssteph

[ssteph]

Eng trans - interview with Director Jo Sung Hee

"SJK is always steadfast... always bright and warmhearted"

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJZOgYl_HK/

 

Eng sub - part of Space Sweepers presscon about SJK and Director Jo work together again after A Werewolf Boy

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJaIIRA8Qt/

 

 

[ssteph]

2021.3.9 SJK IG update

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLk5J-lRfv/

 

[movingwheel]

i never thought anyone can look this good in suits...i just can't get over him... i am becoming obsessed...

[ssteph]

Vincenzo - bts fighting scene at Arno restaurant (Chef Toto's restaurant). Waiting for tvN upload full video of bts ep 5 & 6 on YouTube.

 

[abs-oluteM]

I look forward to his fight scenes each week. Very nicely done & he looks hot 

[ssteph]

Vincenzo - bts still cuts

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

[ssteph]

Vincenzo - bts

Cr : Vincenzo drama staff

 

 

[ssteph]

Joong Ki with his nephews at Vincenzo's filming location 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Joong Ki's brother with wife and their sons showed support by visiting Joong Ki at Vincenzo's filming location last year.

 

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Seemed Joong Ki watched premiere of Vincenzo (20 February 2021) with his family in his hometown, Daejeon. He taught one of his nephews Italian language and how to say "Vincenzo Cassano" 😁

 

Spoiler

 

 

[ssteph]

2021.3.11 HiStory D&C IG update

 

Update 1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRTnfgJBLH/

 

 

 

Update 2

Clip : Joong Ki with Yang Kyung Won

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRTap9p8Z7/

Edited March 11, 2021 by ssteph

[ssteph]

From Arthdal Chronicles to Vincenzo 

 

Part 1 

https://janghaven.com/topic/165-k-artist-song-joong-ki-송중기/?do=findComment&comment=32024

 

Part 2 : Song Joong Ki x Yang Kyung Won

 

 

 

[ssteph]

@movingwheel I will wait patiently for AC season 2   

Korean news

https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/now/article/382/0000896078

Edited March 11, 2021 by ssteph
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[ssteph]

'Vincenzo' SJK : A variety of charms

https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000896169

 

 

[ssteph]

[D:PICK] 철수·유시진→'빈센조', 송중기의 또 다른 시작

Cheol Soo • Yoo Si Jin ➡️ Vincenzo, SJK's another beginning

https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/119/0002475259

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 2021 by ssteph

[ssteph]

Dedicated Website KOREAN ACTORS 200 to Launch on March 15

http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/kofic_news.jsp?blbdComCd=601007&seq=1800&mode=VIEW

 

 

KOREAN ACTORS 200 website, which will be accessible from March 15, aims to introduce the 200 actors that best represent the present and future of Korean cinema to people in the film industry all over the world. The selection process considered performers who starred in some of the biggest successes of the last decade, actors who earned accolades from film festivals in Korea or abroad, as well as the biggest contributors to indie film or those who participated in international projects. The actors who make up the final list include stars who are already active on the world stage as well as actors who have built a solid reputation in the Korean film industry but have yet to enjoy wider recognition.

 

Among the actors on the list are YOUN Yuh-jung and HAN Ye-ri, who recently came under the international spotlight with Minari; actors who have established themselves as Asian stars like KIM Soo-hyun, SO Ji-sub, SON Ye-jin, SONG Joong-ki, LIM Yoon-a, and HYUN Bin; actors who are widely known for their acting credentials like KIM Seo-hyung, KWAK Do-won, MOON So-ri, and CHO Jin-woong; and young actors who will shape the future of Korean cinema-like KIM Da-mi, RYU Jun-yeol, E som, and JUNG Hae-in,. The 200 actors will be released every week starting March 15 (Monday) on a special online web page for 20 actors will be released every week. The complete list will be revealed on March 15 through a dedicated website. This website will contain detailed bios for each actor accompanied by portrait photographs and showreels.

 

The photographs were taken by two prominent Korean photographers, KIM Jung-man and AHN Sung-jin. KIM is a Korean photographer with an international career spanning four decades and known for many photography projects, and who won the Young Photographer Award from the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in France in 1977. AHN is an eminent Korean celebrity photographer who has been working with a large number of stars for the past 30 years after starting in advertisement photography in 1992. A catalogue featuring all these carefully composed pictures is scheduled to be published soon under the title THE ACTOR IS PRESENT and will be distributed to representatives of film companies and organizations around the world.

 

More details on this campaign, which has been initiated to increase the global awareness of Korean actors and to expand their opportunities overseas, can be found on the dedicated website accessible through KOFIC website (www.kobiz.or.kr) from March 15th.

 

The website :

https://theactorispresent.kr/

 

Can't wait to see SJK page 🙂

 

[abs-oluteM]

@ssteph @movingwheel How did you guys find Arthadal? This is the one recent work of his that I did not watch. Worth checking out? My mum started watching

 

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The making of Song Joong-ki: six formative film and TV roles that charted the Korean actor’s evolution into a superstar
Song made his film debut in period action-drama A Frozen Flower in 2008, where he had few lines but appeared throughout the movie. His leading role in underrated 2011 film Penny Pinchers remains one of his best, while his post-military drama Descendants of the Sun became a huge global hit
 By: Pierce Conran
Published: 8:15pm, 3 Mar, 2021

Last month was a special one for fans of Korean film and television. One of the country’s biggest stars returned to screens in not just one but two major new projects.

 

Two years after the drama series Arthdal Chronicles, Song Joong-ki is back with the sci-fi action-drama Space Sweepers and the mafia-infused action-comedy drama Vincenzo, both streaming worldwide on Netflix.

Song has captured the hearts of viewers ever since his debut more than a decade ago. Thanks to his steadily maturing performances, he has won the respect of anyone who wasn’t already enthralled by his clear skin, bright smile and easy charm. Though he debuted relatively late compared to his famous peers – he was 22 when he appeared in a supporting role in the SBS drama Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung in 2007 – he quickly shot to stardom and has been very selective about his roles ever since.
Here are six formative roles that turned Song into the powerhouse he is today.

 

A Frozen Flower (2008)
Song made his film debut in director Yoo Ha’s steamy Goryeo era (918–1392) period action-drama, a tale of queer love between a king and his general that reaches a bloody, jealousy-fuelled climax. Song’s role here, as No-tak, one of the loyal soldiers of Hong-lim (Jo In-sung), is one with few lines, but he appears throughout the film.

The actor himself remembers the role fondly, as he was able to learn a lot from his seniors Jo and Joo Jin-mo, who plays the king. The young actor also brandishes a sword in several battles, making No-tak the first of his many action roles.

 

Song completists should be warned, though – the actor’s fate in this film’s final act is a grisly one.

 

Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010)
After A Frozen Flower, Song entered the busiest part of his young career and honed his craft through a series of film and television roles, notching up six credits alone in 2009. Yet it was in 2010 that he finally made his indelible mark.

Song scored a leading role in KBS’ youth period drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal, which became a viral hit among young viewers. Alongside JYJ’s Park Yoo-chun, Park Min-young and Yoo Ah-in, Song plays Ku Yong-ha, a handsome, smart and cocky student of Sungkyunkwan University – Song, in fact, completed a degree in business administration at the modern-day Sungkyunkwan campus.

Yong-ha discovers that new student Kim Yun-hee, played by Park Min-young, is in fact a woman. Instead of outing her, he thinks it would be more fun to keep her secret for now, but for long after, he develops feelings for her. As Yong-ha, Song shows off his cheeky confidence, as well as a swoon-worthy romantic charm that quickly amassed him legions of fans.

 

Penny Pinchers (2011) (I agree that this was one of his best films)
The year 2010 also saw Song take on his first bona-fide leading role, in the well-meaning yet utterly forgettable Heart Paws 2. His next leading role remains one of his best, though still criminally underseen.

In the terrific 2011 romantic comedy Penny Pinchers, Song plays Ji-woong, a young man desperately trying to land a job, and a hair’s breadth away from getting booted out of his low-rent rooftop flat. Ji-woong is saved from destitution by his exceptionally thrifty neighbour Hong-sil (Han Ye-seul), and he becomes her apprentice in the ways of penny pinching.

Song’s boyish charm is tempered by a darker edge in what was his most complex role to date. With its small audience, Penny Pinchers may not have won Song many new fans, but it prepared him for the roles he would come to be known for.

 

A Werewolf Boy (2012) (love this too)
The role that cemented Song’s status came a year later, when he took on the title role in this smash hit fantasy romance. He plays Chul-soo, a young man with mysterious origins who is discovered by Soon-yi (Park Bo-young), the ailing elder daughter of a family that has just moved into the property where he was found.

Song studied animal movements in nature documentaries, as well as characters such as Edward Scissorhands, and Gollum in Lord of the Rings, to prepare for the role.

His efforts paid off, as his memorable turn anchored a film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and became Korea’s most successful melodrama of all time.

 

Descendants of the Sun (2016)
After the double whammy of A Werewolf Boy and the hit drama The Innocent Man, both from late 2012, Song put his sizzling career on hold to do his mandatory military service in South Korea. For young actors entering the army for 21 months, there’s always a danger that their popularity may fade, but for Song the opposite turned out to be the case.

His comeback project was the drama Descendants of the Sun, in which he played Yoo Shi-jin, the captain of a special forces squad stationed in the fictional country of Uruk. Song acquits himself well in the show’s many action set pieces, but it’s the combination of his cocky, tough persona and his soft side that clinched the deal with audiences.

Shi-jin pursues an aching romance with Doctor Kang, played by Song Hye-kyo. The show is famous for bringing together its two leads, who were married in 2017 and became known as the Song-Song couple, although the pair broke up just two years later.

 

The biggest hit of Song’s career, Descendants of the Sun was sensationally popular both in Korea and overseas, helping to raise the profile and value of K-dramas in the global market.

 

The Battleship Island (2017)
Song went full hero mode for his next project, the second world war POW escape drama The Battleship Island, from action maestro filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan. He plays Park Moo-young, a Korean independence fighter who smuggles himself onto Hashima Island in Nagasaki, Japan, and ultimately hatches a plan to free 400 Korean slave miners from under the noses of the Japanese army.

Playing a hardened hero and ultimately a beacon of hope during a dark episode of colonial history, Song impresses in a role that saw him move away from the ruffian romantic roles through which he had made his name. Already a dab hand at action roles, Song’s physique and persona add to the epic swell of the film’s big-budget spectacle.

And with that, superstardom beckoned. Look for Space Sweepers and Vincenzo to add more sheen to his status this year.
SCMP

 

[movingwheel]

@abs-oluteM arthdal is one of the finest drama according to me.... i had no idea that a story between a saram and neanderthal can be this intriguing...

 

Please do watch it... initially due to non glamorous touch for obvious reason , it might make you feel bored but gradually you will grow to love it... and i am saying that not because i love song joong ki but because it was extremely well crafted and articulately planned... I could understand that this drama was not made for domestic audiences...it is for international audiences and it did extremely well in USA partly because of sheer admiration towards the craft of making movies by People in the USA.... one of the highlighting reason why movies like Reverant becoming successful... not all people can love such kind of movies...

 

 

About SJK's career , he does seem to take steps in a planned manner.... for god's sake , he is an MBA graduate... cannot blame him...gradually catapulting towards super stardom :D 

[ssteph]

@abs-oluteM you can try AC if you want 🙂 did your mum like it?

 

The screenwriters are Kim Young Hoon and Park Sang Yeon, well known for good sageuks Queen Seondeok, Tree with Deep Roots, Six Flying Dragons. The director is Kim Won Suk (Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Misaeng, Signal, My Mister).

 

The plot is tidy. AC has its own world, tribes with languages and skills. It reminded me a little bit of Lord of the Rings. There are many characters to love 💕

 

Sad, it didn't receive much appreciation in Korea. I think most Korean viewers don't have taste for story like AC.