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    ✪ Kim So Hyun 김소현 ✪ [Drama 2023: My Lovely Liar], [Upcoming Drama 2024: Good Boy]

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    “Vincenzo” remained No. 1 for the week of April 19 to April 25, followed by KBS 2TV’s “River Where the Moon Rises” at No. 2, tvN’s “Mouse” at No. 3, and SBS’s “Taxi Driver” at No. 4.

     

    The top 10 dramas that generated the most buzz in the fourth week of April are as follows:

     

    1. tvN’s “Vincenzo”
    2. KBS 2TV’s “River Where the Moon Rises”
    3. tvN’s “Mouse”
    4. SBS’s “Taxi Driver”
    5. tvN’s “Navillera”
    6. KBS 2TV’s “Sell Your Haunted House”
    7. JTBC’s “Undercover”
    8. JTBC’s “Law School”
    9. KBS 2TV’s “Miss Monte-Cristo”
    10. KBS 2TV’s “Revolutionary Sisters”

     

    The top 10 drama actors that generated the most buzz in the fourth week of April are as follows:

     

    1. Song Joong Ki (“Vincenzo”)
    2. Lee Seung Gi (“Mouse”)
    3. Kwak Dong Yeon (“Vincenzo”)
    4. Na In Woo (“River Where the Moon Rises”) 
    5. Lee Je Hoon (“Taxi Driver”)
    6. Jeon Yeo Bin (“Vincenzo”)
    7. Kim So Hyun (“River Where the Moon Rises”)
    8. Park In Hwan (“Navillera”)
    9. 2PM’s Taecyeon (“Vincenzo”)
    10. Jang Nara (“Sell Your Haunted House”)

     

    https://www.soompi.com/article/1466478wpp/vincenzo-and-song-joong-ki-top-most-buzzworthy-drama-and-actor-lists-for-3rd-week-in-a-row

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    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    K-Drama “River Where The Moon Rises” Changed It’s Original Ending For International Fans—Here’s Why

    They completely changed the original ending concept to the current one!

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    KBS K-Drama River Where The Moon Rises has changed its ending, and it was all because of the drama’s international fans!
     

    River Where The Moon Rises aired its last episode on April 20, 2021, and fans were in love with the happy ending! The K-Drama concluded its final episode on a happy note with the main character On Dal (played by Na In Woo) reuniting with Princess Pyungkang (played by Kim So Hyun)!

     

    But the K-Drama was initially supposed to have a very different ending! It was actually supposed to end with On Dal’s death, but at the last minute, the finale script was changed to the current, happier ending! A drama official revealed that this ending was decided upon for two reasons; the first reason was because of the change of cast, from actor Ji Soo to Na In Woo!

    Originally, it was supposed to end with a sad ending with Ji Soo, but after it was switched to Na In Woo, the ending was changed.

    —Drama Official

    The second reason was because of the amount of love international fans had shown the K-Drama and Na In Woo! Turns out, after Na In Woo joined the cast, fans of the actor and the drama grew along with their hopes for a happy ending. The drama, which has been sold to 190 countries, also received many international requests for a happy ending, and the K-Drama crew decided to make it come true!

     

    The drama official also revealed that this wasn’t the only scene that was changed; since Na In Woo joined the cast, many other scenes were fixed or edited in order to fit the actor more!

    We added new scripts and the writer also fixed some lines so that it would match Na In Woo more.

    —Drama Official

    Although the drama started off with some unfortunate events, they were able to create a whole different drama with the addition of Na In Woo! Expressing admiration for director Yoon Sang Ho and Kim So Hyun, who had to reshoot almost every scene in the 6 episodes that were previously aired, a staff member joked,

    You could say that director Yoon Sang Ho and actress Kim So Hyun filmed two dramas for this.

    —River Where The Moon Rises Staff Member

    https://www.koreaboo.com/news/river-moon-rises-changed-original-ending/

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    [Mainland Chinese Drama 2021] You Are My Hero 你是我的城池营垒

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    So I dropped by to say I enjoyed this drama so much. I actually binged watch last weekend and OMG it’s worth the eyebags.

     

    while i still love Go Go Squid more than this and Han shangyan more dreamy, i enjoyed this couple’s chemistry much more than (TN and HSH). It’s like watching a RL romance develop on television :love: 

    I read somewhere that they adlib a lot? So that’s why the relationship feels more organic. And it also didn’t help that Mi Ka’s very charming and her smiles were infectious.

    Sorry for the comparison, it’s just that GGS appeared 3x in this drama lol! We’re they produced by the same prod’n company or written by the same author perhaps?

     

    Anyhow, it’s my fave c-drama this year:heart:
     

     

    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    Lee Ji Hoon Opens Up About The Reshoots On “River Where The Moon Rises”

    Lee Ji Hoon Opens Up About The Reshoots On “River Where The Moon Rises”

     
    On April 23, Lee Ji Hoon participated in an interview with Xportsnews about his drama “River Where the Moon Rises,” which aired its final episode earlier this week.
     

    In “River Where the Moon Rises,” Lee Ji Hoon played Go Geon, the son of Go Won Pyo, the Gyeru Tribe’s Gochuga (Lee Hae Young), who was in conflict with Princess Pyeonggang (Kim So Hyun). The male lead, On Dal, was originally played by Ji Soo, but the actor was replacedpartway through the drama by Na In Woo after accusations of school violence.

    In the interview, Lee Ji Hoon spoke frankly about the reshoots required for the drama after the casting change. Na In Woo appeared in the drama starting in episode 7, but episodes 1-6 were reshot to replace the existing footage of Ji Soo. In order to reduce the burden on the production staff, several cast members, including Lee Ji Hoon, offered not to receive payment for the reshoots.

     

    Lee Ji Hoon said, “When the news first broke, I wasn’t on set because I was on break that day. I heard about it through a phone call. The director is very vigorous and he has strong ‘boss’ tendencies. Since we had to start filming right away, there was no time to think about anything else. In Na In Woo’s case, I read somewhere that he had only one day to prepare, but he ended up filming 40 scenes per day. I didn’t have time to think about anything. He’s younger and more junior than me, so I needed to take responsibility as well instead of thinking too much.”

     

    He said that his role in the reshoots was small compared to other cast members. “You could say that Kim So Hyun shot two dramas within five months,” he said. “She’s the one who participated in the most reshoots. I filmed all my reshoots within three days, so I was fine, but So Hyun and In Woo had to film reshoots for about a month.”

    About the news that he had offered not to receive payment for the reshoots, he said, “I had no idea that the articles had come out, so my friends were contacting me like, ‘Why aren’t you getting paid?’ My agency believed that this wasn’t the time to discuss payments for reshoots when our drama’s life was on the line, and the cast and crew were struggling on set, so I think that’s why the articles came out like that. There’s a close friend of mine who is also in this drama, but he doesn’t have an agency and is going it alone. When those articles came out, I felt very apologetic toward him. I just want to focus on acting.”

     

    Lee Ji Hoon shared that he struggled with Go Geon’s complex emotions as he teams up with Hae Mo Yong despite having lingering feelings for Pyeonggang, his first love. “It was really difficult to play him,” he said. “It’s easy to analyze and express a character if his relationships are clearly indicated, but Go Geon was always in the middle. The writer told me from the start that he’s an appealing character, but one that’s difficult to express and act.”

     

    At the end of the drama, Go Geon meets a tragic end after speaking the words “I loved you,” leaving it ambiguous as to whether he was thinking of Hae Mo Yong or Pyeonggang. Lee Ji Hoon said, “I think the one person who was in his mind until his death was Pyeonggang. He had no ambition for power, he just wanted to win her heart, but since that didn’t work out, his life took the turn that it did. It’s not so much that he sought out Hae Mo Yong because he was rejected by Pyeonggang, but that Hae Mo Yong understood what he felt as he looked at Pyeonggang.”

     

    He shared that he had discussed the last line with the writer and with Choi Yu Hwa, who played Hae Mo Yong. “I asked her which she thought would be better for her character to hear: ‘You were my mirror, so live well’ or ‘I loved you.’ She thought that ‘I loved you’ was better. I realized that Go Geon would have been better if he had heard some warm words from Pyeonggang as well.”


    https://www.soompi.com/article/1465731wpp/lee-ji-hoon-opens-up-about-the-reshoots-on-river-where-the-moon-rises

     

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    ✪ Kim So Hyun 김소현 ✪ [Drama 2023: My Lovely Liar], [Upcoming Drama 2024: Good Boy]

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    “River Where The Moon Rises” Lee Ji Hoon Reveals Kim So Hyun’s Kind Personality

    He reveals how she’s like on set.

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    It seems as if everyone truly adoresRiver Where The Moon Rises‘ actress, Kim So Hyun! Fellow cast member, Lee Ji Hoon, who plays the second male lead in the drama showered her praise during an interview.

     

    Lee Ji Hoon shared that he already had a good impression of Kim So Hyun even before filming.

     

    I watched Love Alarm and Kim So Hyun was so pretty and looked so nice that I went into filming thinking that she would be really kind.

    — Lee Ji Hoon

     

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    He was also blown away by her acting skills despite her young age. He felt that his own acting improved while working together with her, and that her bright personality was able to liven up the set.
     

    Sohyun would have had it the toughest as she had to refilm all the scenes. Despite that, she was always smiling and positive. It made me want to take care of her. As a colleague, it put my mind at ease. I even texted her that acting with her puts my mind at rest and I asked her to lead the set well until the end. She’s bright and kind. I think she’s an actress that will go far. She’s mature beyond her years.

    — Lee Ji Hoon

    Well, she certainly deserves all the praise! Kim So Hyun had to refilm all her scenes for the drama, despite it being near completion. 

     

    https://www.koreaboo.com/news/river-moon-rises-lee-ji-hoon-praises-kim-so-hyun-kind-personality/?fbclid=IwAR161Ut6fkAWG0n5bgq9m1Ctj2nvvTufzaA9W_Jqe_LitXk4qrwHnlFbY4E
     

    Aww very sweet General Go:sweet:

     

    Reading praises like this from her co-stars make me so proud to be her fan.:fullofhearts:

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    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    4 hours ago, andy78 said:

     

    i hope will be translated later...still missing them...

    Yes! When do you think they will release the episodes 1-6? 
     

    2 hours ago, shinkeru said:

    I hope so, I miss them also I keep checking Twitter on my spare time haha. I need to start a new drama soon....

     

    Same! I’m not in the mood for the other current airing dramas. Anything good?

     

     

     

    it’s says here they will not pursue the blue ray due to copyright issues as it has been sold to 190 countries and might violate the contract.

    so sad, I was excited for the commentary and other bts:bawling:

     

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    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    1 hour ago, Sleepy Owl said:

     

    PS: I have put up the final poll for this drama, please don't forget to vote 

    Voted for the last time :glasses:

    Thank you too for making the polls for this drama:heart:

    34 minutes ago, andy78 said:

    ..she deserves an OSCAR for her acting...BEST ACTRESS KIM SOHYUN!!!

     

     

    Yes make KSH’s dream of having her name on the list of Oscar’s winner come true!
    Really,  I hope this drama will get a nomination at the Emmy.

    :Please:

    Im also excited to see PyeongOn on Baeksang! I hope they walk together on the red carpet :hooray:

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    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    1 hour ago, shinkeru said:

    Victory Contents so quick with the BTS 

    IKR! Tori is really good with the fans.
     

    This scene is truly painful to watch:bawling:

    I dunno what they’re doing but they’re so cute:joy:

     

    YongGeon’s chemistry was so so good, but i was thinking the what if for  the character of these two:glasses:

     

    5 hours ago, ferily said:

     

    I'm not saying goodbye quite yet but just wanted to give a shoutout and thanks to everyone!
     

    We need to see Kim So Hyun win an award for her performance in this drama 

    Yes! Thank you everyone who participated even to the silent lurkers on this thread. I couldn’t name you all but I want to give special shoutout @ferily @andy78 @shinkeru @backstreetboysfan @rocher22 for staying. :heartxoxo:
     

    And also to my co-oris @elan1 @Breeze @totoro_mei @Rima Ajeng Nur Raihan @Doldo See you next KSH drama :heart:

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    [Drama 2021] River Where the Moon Rises, 달이 뜨는 강

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    4 Powerful Moments From Episodes 17-18 Of “River Where The Moon Rises” That Changed Everything

    4 Powerful Moments From Episodes 17-18 Of “River Where The Moon Rises” That Changed Everything

    “River Where the Moon Rises” hit hard this week with two gritty episodes that showed the sageuk isn’t afraid to venture into darker territory. Go Geon (Lee Ji Hoon) and his crazy partner Hae Mo Yong (Choi Yu Hwa) thankfully take a backseat as the show focuses on Pyeonggang’s (Kim So Hyun) climactic battle with her nemesis, Go Won Pyo (Lee Hae Young), and the horrible fallout of what should be a triumphant moment.

    None are left unscathed by the final battle for Goguryeo. Here are the most powerful moments from this week’s episodes that changed everything for our favorite and not-so-favorite characters.

    Warning: spoilers for episodes 17-18 below.

     

    1. On Dal’s departure

     

    This was coming from the beginning. On Dal (Na In Woo) was already on shaky ground post the many, many battles he found after entering the palace, and things weren’t getting better. Despite having returned to the wife he loves, there’s an awkward tension between them that Lady Sa (Hwang Young Hee) picks up the moment she returns to the palace. It’s hard not to, when soft spoken Dal sterns tells Pyeonggang to let it go and stop trying to force his mother to live in the palace. Ouch!

    The archery scene with Crown Prince Won (Park Sang Hoon) where Dal loses it when Won seemed to relish the thought of taking a life is further proof that his mental state is deteriorating.

     

    Dal has seen and shed too much blood and it isn’t the straightforward business he thought it would be. He did all of this for Pyeonggang, to build a better Goguryeo with her, but none of that matters when he’s unable to protect the people he loves as a result.

    When he left Lady Sa in the secret passage, Dal made a choice: that he would protect the royal family first and his mother second. It’s a reasonable choice, one that avoided much bloodshed and civil war. But it’s a choice with unforeseen devastating consequences. Lady Sa’s death precipitates a departure that was inevitable and in line with the character we’ve come to love from the start. Dal was never happy in the palace and will never be happy there. And at long last, he’s realized that suppressing himself and living for Pyeonggang will only make him resent her and tear them apart. It’s not that he doesn’t love her. It’s just that they’re on paths that the other can no longer follow. It hurts to watch him break his promise to her, but deep down, even Pyeonggang must have known her softhearted Dal would never be able to keep it.

     

    Four years later, Dal is ridiculously handsome(wow, never thought that stubble would look so good) and has in essence turned into Wol Gwang (Cho Tae Kwan) with a much sadder twist. Rather than the classic outpouring of grief in dramas where male lead keeps remembering the last hurtful thing they said to their dead parent, Dal preserves his mother’s memory by imagining her with him at every moment of the day. It’s probably what kept him sane during four years of utter solitude, minus Sa Poong Gae’s (Kim Dong Young) yearly visits, but it’s painful to watch, especially because he knows he’s hallucinating.

    The years have only made Dal double down on his position to remain alone for the rest of his life. Dal might seem unlikeable for this, but it takes great strength of character to walk away from what you love when it hurts you. Nevertheless, it appears fate has other plans for him.

     

    2. Pyeonggang’s revenge and the years since

     

    Lee Hae Young sure makes a mighty fine villain!

     

    If Dal’s lesson was that love can’t conquer everything, Pyeonggang’s is that revenge can’t heal everything. After so many years, she finally gets what she wishes: for Doo Joong Seo (Han Jae Young) and Go Won Pyo to die by her sword. And yet, when the moment is over, she is left without purpose. The goal she had for so many years was fulfilled. She has no goal of her own to accomplish. Worse, while she was so busy scheming and usurping Go Won Pyo, she lost her husband.

    And she knows this. When Dal was leaving, she offered to come with him and was ready to leave. Yet, for the first time, our lovable fool saw something that Pyeonggang didn’t. That somewhere along the way, Pyeonggang has given up her dreams. The forthright girl who wanted to rule over all Goguryeo vanished at some point without Pyeonggang even noticing it. She was so busy protecting King Pyeongwon’s (Kim Bup Rae) throne and Crown Prince Won that she forgot her own dreams. It’s worth noting that Dal has mentioned this several times to her over the past few episodes, asking if she’s sure she doesn’t want to rule herself, and Pyeonggang has always avoided the questions, as if she doesn’t believe it can happen. But even when he’s leaving, Dal reminds her of that dream, telling her that she gets to choose who she becomes.

    Four years later, the powerful Pyeonggang of episodes before has mellowed to a sad young woman who pushes herself into battle after battle to forget the man she loves. It’s a lonely life, especially contrasted with the happier developments around her like Tara Jin (Kim Hee Jung) and Poong Gae’s marriage (now there’s a hilariously realistic couple). But things haven’t gotten much better for Goguryeo either. Crown Prince Won (now played by the amazing Kwon Ha Woon) has turned into an arrogant ruler with Go Geon-issues. He strips his sister of her military rank if she so much as speaks the wrong way to him. Worse, he wants to force Dal to return to the palace. And Pyeonggang is not going to have Dal ruin himself again.

    So it makes sense that she seeks him out when she can’t bear the mess that is her life anymore. However, unlike the dramatic reconciliation viewers might have expected, this show makes it clear that neither Pyeonggang nor Dal have wavered from their separate paths. She offers to abandon everything for him, but would feel conflicted if she went through with it because of her brother’s inexperience as a ruler. Dal knows this but cannot keep being tortured by what he can’t have. It’s a great stalemate and excellent characterization!

    But here we return to the idea of fate, which Dal so strongly believed in, and to Pyeonggang’s dream from the beginning of the show. Because fate seems to want Pyeonggang to achieve that dream, and a very unwanted visitor is about to turn everything upside down.

     

    3. Go Geon’s departure and return

     

    It’s hard to feel sorry for Go Geon. This is the man who incited a rebellion with his father, and when his father died as a direct result of said rebellion, he proceeded to kill a blind old woman because he could. It’s unclear if Dal even knows this because he would go berserk for sure.

    His teary-eyed moments with Hae Mo Yong (Choi Yu Hwa) are eye roll-inducing because he has nothing to be angry about! He brought this on himself. No one was out to get him; they were trying to stop him from causing further harm in his madness for the throne.

    While Pyeonggang’s learned her lesson on revenge, Go Geon’s hellbent on it and furious when Mo Yong drugs him and sweeps him off to Silla. Thus, in the ensuing four years, while absence makes the heart grow fonder for Pyeonggang and Dal, Go Geon and Mo Yong have been at each other’s throats. It’s one of the best “you deserve each other” moments in drama history, as he drinks and slurs his way across Silla and Mo Yong’s left to clean up after an unshaven baby. So when Go Geon pulls himself together and volunteers to head back to Goguryeo as an Silla envoy, it seems for a moment like he has something up his sleeve, in keeping with the brilliant military commander he’s supposed to be (where did that man go, honestly?) Only it turns out that this is his plan: get killed so King Jinheung (Kim Seung Soo) of Silla has an excuse to start a war with Goguryeo and maybe Pyeonggang will get killed.

    This has to be one of the weirdest plans in history. Worse, he’s so disappointed that Pyeonggang managed to save his life. And even worse, (or even better) is that he’s still in love with Pyeonggang. Go Geon, what?

    He sends Mo Yong out of the room (but she’s eavesdropping, of course) and starts making crazy eyes at Pyeonggang telling her that their marriage could have built an empire, and it’s just wild. Did he love Mo Yong at all? Or did that love die a quick death when she thwarted his revenge, proving that Go Geon really only cares about what he wants more than anyone? It’s sad because if he had truly stuck to the promise he made so many years ago and chosen Pyeonggang over his father, things could have been very different. They still probably wouldn’t have been married but they could have been allies. But Pyeonggang was right in that Go Geon will never change, and any country with him at the lead would only resemble Go Won Pyo’s dream nation: where the ruler cavorts at the people’s expense.

     

    It remains to be seen if there’s anything remotely surprising up Go Geon’s sleeve after this reveal. However, while he’s an open book, the true wildcard in this show is Mo Yong. And she’s just had a nasty shock.

     

    4. Mo Yong’s return to double-agenting

     

    Will we ever know whose side Mo Yong is on? After four years of playing nursemaid to Go Geon, she’s back in Goguryeo and immediately back to making deals to save Go Geon’s life. Or is it her own? It’s unclear if she always knew that Go Geon no longer loves her or was just waiting to hear it out loud. What is clear is that she still says things like this with a straight face:

     

    Mo Yong, how are you not embarrassed!

     

    All this is set to change after she hears that Go Geon doesn’t love her. Perhaps she’ll fight with Pyeonggang instead. Or she could also try to kill Pyeonggang for “taking her man away.” Mo Yong remains a question mark, which is a shame because she had the greatest potential out of every character in the show, excluding Pyeonggang. This was a show where the women could really have shone as powerful, capable, and brilliant, all of which Mo Yong is! Instead, she’s just obsessed over a man who doesn’t love her and who waffles between whether he wants to kill everyone or kill himself. One could almost feel sorry for her. Almost.

    With the finale in sight, we’ve so many character and plot threads to wrap up. What has Queen Jin Bi (Wang Bit Na) planned during these four years after the death of her lover? Why is Crown Prince Won so antagonistic toward Pyeonggang, who never did a thing to hurt him?

     

    The preview shows him arresting Pyeonggang and all her friends for treason, forcing Dal to return to the palace to fight for her at Adan Fortress in what could be his final battle. We hear Dal asking Pyeonggang one last time if she really has no intention of ruling over Goguryeo. He tells her that if she wants to rule, he would be the first to fight for her. Is this return to battle and to the palace permanent? Or will Dal see that Pyeonggang is seated on the throne and vanish to the mountains once more? More importantly, what does Pyeonggang really want? Will she choose Goguryeo or Dal? Finally, what craziness will Go Geon and Mo Yong come up with next? Those two won’t sit still for sure.

    It’s been an action-packed road and next week will answer all questions. But here’s hoping that Dal and Pyeonggang get their happy ending, the two lovebirds really do deserve it! Plus we need more cute moments. There really have been too many tears the past couple weeks!

     

    https://www.soompi.com/article/1458905wpp/4-powerful-moments-from-episodes-17-18-of-river-where-the-moon-rises-that-changed-everything
     

    Nice article. I like the writer’s analysis and agree that Ondal looks good with stubble :love:

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