young man + facial hair = another 10 years to current age

[seichan]

Haven't done a real review of this series yet, but Hwang jiny has some exceptionally loverly promo ads.

+ Beautiful setting, costumes, people
+ Interesting historical background
- Inclusion of the typical sad, korean love story
- Traditional Korean music and Kdrama music..eh.

I've watched episodes 1 & 2 and skimmed through to 8 (w/o subtitles, comprehended much of it..ya). This is about a talented gisaeng, Hwang Jiny, whose historical background is filled with stories of different loves; almost like a korean female Genji. She becomes known for her beauty, talent and intelligence. The drama is wonderful at depicting the lives of the gisaeng. Their various studies, punishments and their placement in society are interesting to watch. There are wonderful little historical details. Ha Ji Won portrays the lead character, Hwang Jiny, nicely. The character is kind and a little spunky. As for the plot, her first 'love' is a young boy/man (the actor is supposedly 8 years younger than Ji Won). The only flaw in the show is the typical Kdrama characteristic of the 'pining over love' which slows the story down. The young man obviously can't be with Hwangjiny since he comes from a higher class. His 'pining' kinda lasts a little too long. I'm looking forward to the next guy, Kim Jae Won, who was in My Love Patzzi. Boy, does that facial hair make him look older...in an attractive geezerly way. Looking forward to the other handsome actors that are also slated to play Jiny's love interests. Yeah for cute boyfriends.

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[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

yeaah..i forgot soompi forums were a pain to register with.

if you can use clubbox, i can give you the links for that.
it's fairly easy to use (mognet has a how-to-use tutorial).
http://www.mognet.net/clubbox.php

anyway, when i get back to my home pc, i'll give you megaupload links for the first couple episodes, so you can sample the show and see if it is worth it. (^_^)