Gojijeon Update

Ko Soo will attend the 3rd Beppu Next Generation Film Festival of Japan and the Republic of Korea as a special guest together with Director Jang Hun. The film festival will be held in Beppu, Kyushu ( Japan ), from April 15th – 17th April. Director Jang’s SWORN BROTHERS will be screened at the film festival. But it is unclear which of Ko Soo’s movie will be screened – whether it is PSYCHIC or WHITE NIGHT. Most likely it is WHITE NIGHT as it has Japanese subtitles. This is poster of this event :

Credit to Salmint 's

Gojijeon has finished filming  and here's the pictures from the last scene

credit to : ELSIE (news) and Wid (picture)

Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won : "The Monologue"

By : Nonie

Welcome to Ko Soo's and Ha Ji Won's  fantasy art work, I need to mention clearly the world : 'fantasy' since all the pictures are really made up. Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won never take the picture together after their collaboration 10 years ago. Don't you think Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won are alike? They both have long chin and similar smile....or is just my imagination

"Something that makes me fall for you" , that's the title give I give to this  picture. Their eyes have the same expression, a little sad. I am melting when I see Ko Soo in his vague look. And I feel like crying when I see Ha Ji Won's teary eyes. I feel like I am along with her, when she cries for the one she loves.

"Longing" this is the way when Ha Ji Won falls for her 'man', she cannot confess that she falls for him, so what she does is steal a look at the one she loves. This is the 'about' crying look of Ha Ji Won that I found in many of her works.

"The Pride" , the word remind me of Ha Ji Won's line in "What happened in Bali", she can give her body but not her heart. Because confess her heart is her only pride that she can only give to the one she really loves. I really want to see a heart-breaker's Ha Ji Won who makes our Ko Soo in tears. (that's cruel LOL)

"Our Silly Love" It's not bad to see Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won's in bickering. I've never seen them in funny act, it will be good to see them shout to each other and being silly before they confess each other love.

"Love and Separation", People do silly things when they fall in love. They long for each other yet they cannot stop to hurt each other. Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won in marriage drama; I am dying to see them together.

"After Tonight",  how about 'bed scene', I've never seen Ha Ji Won in a real bed scene. The 'hottest' bed scene is the one in 'sex is zero' but still is not comparable with Song Ye Jin's bed scene, even with Ko Soo's bed scene. Should they do that ?   (he..he..my pervert thought)

"Happy Ending?" A family life likes film,  Ha Ji Won has done a short scene with the children in : "Secret Garden". Ko Soo.....I don't think he's ever made this kind of film but it seems both Ko Soo and Ha Ji Won like children.

Psychic Stills And Review

By : Nonie

The scene begins with the childhood life of a young Choi In  (Kang Dong -won). His mother covered his eyes and comfort him that he will heal faster.The tender moment of a mother and a son is  interrupted by Choi-in's mother abusive husband. He beats up Choi In's mother and it ends up provoked the anger of young Choi In.

And as we expected the little Choi In kills the man by his powerful eyes; the eyes who can control other to do what ever he wants,and the mother gets tired to him and decides to die together. But little Cho In eyes saves his life.

The flashback of Cho In childhood, give the viewer a brief description about Choi In's character when he grew up.

This is the adult Choi In , staying in the luxury hotel room, brooding and blames the world to make him such a a freak. If it is the weather , the best comparison of Choi In 's character is like the " dark night in a cold winter"

And here we are our Ko Soo, smiles broadly. Im Gyu Nam "the bright sun in the beautiful summer" is a simple, honest young man who works at the junk yard with his two foreigner best friends : a Ghanaian; "Boba" and a Turkish, Ali.

The way Gyu Nam's making friends with the 'second class foreigners' make the viewer understand how kind our Gyu Nam is ; the kindness that pass the race and the religion. I love when the three of them talk. Boba is the baby of the three, and Ali is the worrier. But Gyu Nam is their leader; the way they call him : 'Hyungnim" is somehow give the effect of love and respect.

On Friday they hang out together, funny thing : they go to the amusement park. It's hilarious to see how childish the three of them. At the end of the day : "Happy birthday" ....Ohh  the overhelming Gyu Nam smiles broadly receiving his birthday present. But uppps! What unexpected thing happened; Gyu Nam is hit by a car!

Here are  the three of them in the hospital. It's funny to see the way Boba's holding Gyu Nam's hand , and Ali's chat about "man's  three turning point". And Gyu Nam has done three already : Thomas runs away with his money, having unexpected accident and the third : He is fired from his job !!! (LOL)

What a funny thing to say that Gyu Nam actually has messed up  his life. Other may find what happened to Gyu Nam is something very miserable that even worth to commit suicide, but Gyu Nam just wakes up and looks for a job even when he has his leg cast

Utopia is a place where Gyu Nam apply for a job, it's a very small company and Gyu Nam is the only employee. There is a funny thing about the interview; Mr Cho, the boss, calls a police officer to check on Gyu Nam's crime record secretly. But since he has bad eyesight he cannot read Gyu Nam's  ID number easily. Gyu Nam who overhears the conversation dictates the number for him instead. 

This scene is funny of course but it gives again another description what kind of person Gyu Nam is. He doesn't get upset easily when other will. He takes everything at the bright side; normally Mr. Cho's act should hurt his pride but Gyu Nam takes it as a normal procedure.

The interview is something I love to highlight; when Mr. Cho ask Gyu Nam what he thought about life. Gyu Nam shyly said : " Life....., we live until we die" What a wonderful simple opinion which is very difficult to apply.

The first encounter between Cho In and Gyu Nam happened to be in his work place. That day Boba and Ali visit Gyu Nam's new office and he proudly says his new title : representative Im Gyu Nam. he loves his new job, his boss and of course the boss' daughter : Yoon Seok . 

Suddenly the door opens, Choi In comes in and everybody freeze, lose their conscious. Even Gyu Nam at the beginning is affected. But he struggles, his fingers starts to move and slowly his head turn to where Choi In's standing. 

This is the beginning war between Choi In and Gyu Nam. After Mr.Cho died, and Gyu Nam realized how scarry  and dangerous 'the evil spirit' Choi In. 

At first, he tried to turn Choi In to the police by giving them the video of CCTV. But alas, instead of keep their eyes to the suspect, they suspect more Gyu Nam, who they think , talk nonsense about the 'psychic' thing. There are another lines that I love from the conversation between Gyu Nam and Choi In. 

Gyu Nam : "Why did you kill my president ?, Can you revive him ?"
Cho In : " Of course , no"
Gyu Nam : " Then why do you kill people when you cannot revive them ?"
Again another 'wing's lines to explain that human no matter what doesn't have right to kill other people. The only One who can take human's life is only God, because He is the only one who's able to revive them. 

In every encounter between Cho In and Gyu Nam, Choi In will blame Gyu Nam for his action. He kills because Gyu Nam doesn't want to give up. When Gyu Nam asks him what he had to do to  make him stop kiliing people. Cho In only wants him to see him die.

Gyu Nam loses his two best friends, again normal people will just kill himself in this condition to save other's life and stop the Choi In's torturing. But Gyu Nam with his weapon" we live until we die" , struggles not to kill himself. His power is not his muscle or his super power strenght; his power is his strength to go on living no matter how hard he faces his life. And since he respect his life, he respects others life too. 

Nothing and nobody should kill people purposely since human's life is in God's hand. And I love the last lines what Gyu Nam's said at the scene in the rooftop " I will live to see you die", and  when both of Gyu Nam and Choi In fall from the rooftop , again Gyu Nam's lines are very touching. 

"Perhaps if we meet in another circumstance we will become a good friend", what a wonderful man with no ill heart at all. And Ko Soo has portrayed the wonderful Gyu Nam's perfectly. I should say Ko Soo in this film is like a  wonderful warm heart country boy. He is cool because he is simple, he is wonderful because he has a banal principle of life "We live until we die" which is the most difficult lines to apply in a real  life.

Ko Soo's Women

Translated in English by : ELSIE

Via  : news.hankooki

Ko Soo has been blessed with the opportunity of working with some of the top actresses of this generation. Beside actresses Kim Ha Neul, Kim Hee Sun, Kim Min Hee, Park Jung Ah and Song Ji Hyo, he has also worked with best actress Son Ye Jin. Let us examine his relationship with the women around him.

Park Jung Ah

Park Jung Ah and Ko Soo in : "When A Man Loves A Woman"

Park Jung Ah

Park Jung Ah, a singer, and currently the girlfriend of Gil Seong Jun (Leessang) once confessed that her ideal man was Ko Soo who was her leading man in the SBS drama "When a Man Loves a Woman". Koo Soo acknowleged that she was a nice, stylish girl.

Lee Hyun Ji

Lee Hyun Ji met Ko Soo at a game show. She was smitten and listed him as an ideal partner. "He is a nice, sweet and sincere guy", she gushed.

Jo Yoon Hee

Joo Yoon Hee and Ko Soo in "Left Alone" a Lee Soo Young MV

In 2005, there were rumours that Ko Soo had fallen in love with Jo Yoon Hee. They met while doing a Lee Soo Young music video. However, Ko Soo denied the rumour.

Son Ye Jin

Song Ye Jin and Ko Soo in "White Night"

Son Ye Jin is Ko Soo's leading lady in his comeback movie 'Baek Ya Haeng'. The movie is about the tragic love story of Yohan (Ko Soo) and Miho (Son Ye Jin). Ko Soo often praises Ye Jin for her professionalism and passion for acting.

Han Ye Seul

Ko Soo and Han Ye Seul in "Will It Snow For Christmas" press conference

Ko Soo currently appears in SBS drama 'Will It Snow For Christmas'. He portrays the role of Cha Kang Jin who has had a difficult life. He then meets Ji Wan (played by Han Ye Seul) 10 years later and a love story begins. 'Ye Seul is a cheerful, comfortable partner who brightens up the set', says Ko Soo. WISFC is a classic melodrama about love.

Ko Soo : Hana Bank CF

Translated by Wid Kosoo

Via : hankyung

Hana Bank, the role model of financial business 

Hana Bank, Korea's leading financial company has released the ads with 'better world' image, with the emphasis on humanism. Their message is the compliment 'so ~ good!' upon the smiling faces.

The bank is hiring ‘easy in the eye’ Ko Soo as their model in addition to the friendly neighbors :  A brother and sister, middle-age couple, the laughing kid with her parent and their warm home.

This advertising director said, “While stimulating consumer's susceptibility to Ko Soo, we’re offering the smile and warm spirit of the ‘better world’ in the ads as we planned.”

-skipped-

In the ad about mobile phone banking services, there’s popular model Ko Soo, walking through the streets while enjoying the service, “it’s so easy to get the bank service, anytime anywhere” image. Ko Soo was really downloading the application to his phone. The shooting goes naturally, even some staffs of the bank were shocked by his appearance.

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Credit Daumcafe.net/kosu

Credit with thanks to KSDC, Baidu and Elsie

Here's another news about Ko Soo in Hana Bank CF

TV advertising of the year

Translated by Wid Kosoo
Via hankyung

The Korea Economic Daily with CM Strategy Institute has released their survey results for TV Advertising of the Year 2010.

CM Korea Institute for Strategic Studies (www.cmvalue.co.kr) were measured for overall liking of TV ads by consumer panel. The consumer panel are 10.010 inhabitant of metropolitan area, age 3 to 59.

Consumers voted for their favorite advertising in each category : telecommunications sector, card, food and beverages, chemical division, banking sector, and securities division.

The leading brand Hana Bank CF chosen as ‘TV Advertising of the Year’ in bank category. The duration is only seconds but the concept is really good. Very Korea with the poetry and good letter, Hana Bank delivered their message well. The repeated exposure to compliment, and also introduced the variety of bank activities : advanced care facilities, multicultural family support, entrepreneurship support and so on.

The ad is about the surrounding neighborhood, looks relaxed with the heartwarming smiles upon their faces. The atmosphere looks good from the beginning to the end.

There are many advertising models with attractive characters. But most of all, Ko Soo with his neat haircut and a bright light around his face gives such a warm atmosphere to capture the minds of this advertising, and as the high affinity for women. But turned out the rating of men age 30-40 is the highest.

Note : For the complete CF look at CF section