Amidst my boredom and my discontentment with the dramas airing on TV right now I am so happy to stumbled into one of my favorite korean actors recent movie. It is called Sarang also known as A Love. It was released during the Korean Thanksgiving Holiday (Cheosuk).
For people who are so cynical about love, this is one movie you may want to skip. This is all about pure love. A kind of love we always dream of but unfortunately few people actually experiences it. Some may even call it unrealistic but all I can say is that there are things that may sound so improbable to achieve but not too impossible to gain. I also believe that while there are still a lot of women out there who secretly dreams for an ideal man who will forever protect them from harm’s away even in the face of death, there are also a lot of men out there that clings to their ideal women who are so innocent, fragile and pure with the long straight hair.
In-jo (Joo Jin Mo, 200 Pounds of Beauty, Queen of The Game) grew up loving Mee-joo (Park Si-Yeon, When Spring Comes, My Girl). They lost contact for about 10 years then meet again as high school students. Since they share common tragic bacgrounds, they made a vow this time to protect each other no matter what the circumstances may be. It took him seven years to confessed his love for her.
One day, when In-jo heard about a loan shark, Chi Kuan who was harrasing Mee-jo and tried taking advantage of her because her mom couldn’t pay the loan, he went to talk to Chi Kuan and then stabbed him. It landed him in jail.
After he served his prisontime, he got himself a construction job, did well and became the owner’s right hand man. He was given a second chance in life so he buries his one great love in a distant memory but destiny played its hand, he crossed path with Mee-joo again. This time she is the mistress of his very own boss, the very person who gave him a new and better life.
The director of this movie is Kwak Kyung-Taek who also helmed “Friend” in 2001. His movies are known for appealing to the male audience focusing mostly on strong passionate male leads with the hint of violence.
This movie is no different, In-ho is a loyal, intense, passionate man and to my delight Joo Jin Mo was able to portray his role brilliantly.
The story may be too old fashion for some but I love Joo Jin Mo so naturally it’s good for me.
Official Website: http://www.sarang2007.co.kr/
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love you so much joojinmo
joojinmo fighting
thanks wizie…
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glad to meet other joo jin mo fans, thanks tian and wan…
hopefully we see more of him in kdramas
joojinmo love you love you jjm fighting
loved the roles of jjm hes the kevin kostner of korea
his handsome very much manly thats why many girls are attracted ti him the way he talk smile and made jokes
ahh i love that smile
hey umara and gina…
you guys are so right!
he’s gorgeous and intense and sooooo…..
This movie was first shown in Honolulu outside South Korea last night – October 24, 2007 during the Louis Vuitton 2007 Hawaii International Film Festival, in attendance is Joo Jin Mo and the director Kwak Kyung-taek, where he was given an award, it was a full house and it is a GOOD MOVIE, I love it. Koreans and non-Koreans alike came in droves to watch the screening of this movie, Joo Jin Mo is quiet famous here in Hawaii, mainly because of his dramas that were shown here, the recent one is “The Queen of the Game”, another powerful love story in modern times, where he was paired with Lee Bo Young, a very pretty and charming actress. A LOVE – is not outdated love story as what critics have claimed, because this type of love does still exists even in these modern times, for me this movie has a substance compared to Dirty Carnival. Joo Jin Mo is really a good actor and he is really good looking in person.
hi, joo ji mo, i love you so much, i wish we can meet each other… i’m you’re number 1 fan..
anyong haseyo! joo ji mo, you are so handsome…
i loved you’re smile especially in FASHION 70’s
i love you
i love joojinmo in serie Queen of the game you smart and so cute and movie 200 pounds verygood
i love you so much
i love joojinmo in serie Queen of the game you smart and so cute and movie 200 pounds verygood
i love you so muchhttp://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff52/watcafe_jujinmo/j543.jpg
yes i love joojinmo sooooomuchhhhhhhhhhhhh
anyong haseyo joo jin mo….i love you in series of FAshion 70’s!!!
kamsahamnida…
hi joo jin-mo i’m from the cook islands may be you should come down for a holiday when you are tired of just acting. sorry for the harsh one but really you have great movies very exciting and fun also sad which really makes it interesting. but yeah you are a great actor even all my sisters say so……
as for me yeah you are excellent, but hei maybe when you come down to the cook islands we can have a fun acting session and i’ll beat you at it.
cool………. you are a cool actor…………….. keep it up…………
see ya…………………………
sowi one more thing to say………………….
if you people know him let him know that the cook islands is a place of relaxation..
it is paradise you know…………………………….
see ya………………….
Mr Joo Jin Mo is such a wonderful actor, such exquisite presence and ever so infernally handsome!!! I loved his performance in A Frozen Flower (the chemistry between him and Jo In Sung fired up the screen, and I don’t just mean in the greatly effective erotic scenes, but also in their powerful portrayal of the painful and violent decline and loss of the characters’ love) and can’t wait to watch A Love. Any idea where the latter is posted on the web? Unfortunately, such films are neither released in the UK nor available in Region 2 DVD format.