Lee Byung Hun 이병헌 Byunghun Lee

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Lee Byung-hun ssi for being awarded "Culture Diplomacy Award" at the Asia Society Korea Center Global Event.
This thread is so active - just read that LBH had opened a new account on weibo....that's so awesome.  Appreciate everyone for all the latest update.

I found this captures from this thread (sorry for re-posting this as the following news is related)...plus some related tidbits news from yesterday KBSW Entertainment Weekly.




At the 50th Baeksang Arts Award .....it's a place to pick out the best of TV and cinema.

When LBH arrived at the venue - It's a face we haven't seen in a while.  He stands in a class of his own.  It's Lee Byung-hun.  He was nice and relaxed.

Kim Saeng-min (KBS Reporter) :  Hello Byunghun!....screaming again...Byunghun! It's Entertainment Weekly.  Any baby news?

LBH greeting KSM like old friends....

LBH : Playfully hitting KSM on his head.

Narrator : Aren't you curious about his baby plans?  But he didn't comment on it.

After greeting some other actors walking in the red carpet, they captured "A summary of things that went on inside...".....(remember, Ent Weekly had highlighted in their previous segment that LBH favorite catchphrase is "I declare...")

LBH : I declare....The Baeksang Arts Awards is the most perfect....

And immediately after that cut scene, they focused on the two main hosts...

Kim Ah-joong : I'm really nervous.

Shin Dong-yeob : I declare that there'll be accidents on this broadcast. (SDY is famous for his witty and dirty jokes.....and I strongly think he was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction "accident"....KAJ wore a low cut V-deep gown....)

An extra news ....for @rubie....

The absolutely charismatic Son Hyeon-ju.

KSM : How does it feel to be here today?
SHJ : Have you been well?
KSM : How does it feel being here?
SHJ : It's fun to be with stars.
Narrator : We will cheer for you.

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Actor Bae Soo Bin is now a father to a newborn baby boy, is our Byunghun on his way too? 
June 15  2014

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Copied from the Hunnie Couple thread, thanks to @soompigalz 

soompigalz said:

[uPDATE] Theres some report on twitter that today 06/15, MJ&BH were spotted attended Jo SeungWoo's musical play 'HEDWIG' :x

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Hi @rubie .... that's definitely the arts center of HEDWIG , the musical ^^ I've seen so many pics of Jo Seung Woo in that exact place .
btw , here's a bigger ver of BH posted by SW fans ^^ :


@ JSW DC Gall

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^ Thanks so much Nina, for the confirmation.. it's really from last night. *Cool* So good to see Byunghun attending musical shows like this, especially with Minjung .. when they know each other and to support fellow actors. BH likes to get to know his co-stars more before they start filming, sort of to break the ice to collaborate even better with ease.
Hope we will get more pics of the couple, too. <3

Our gratitude to @saturn. at Jo Seung Woo thread for this lovely tidbits
June.15 Sunday Hedwig review. (cr: DC JSW gall)
Lee Byung Heon and Lee Min Jeong couple came. They sat on the most rear seat at 1st floor.Actually G row is invitation seat, the rear seat was unexpected. They watched till the encore stage. Lee Min Jeong really enjoyed the show, showed active reaction. (LMJ had came to Jekyll&Hyde too)LBH once laughed out loud at "After that, I was recruited by many places, such as, Mcdonald, KFC, Pizza, I sang in front of chicken frying oven."Hedwig sang medly of songs, Seo Taiji-I know & Comeback home, Rain- How to avoid sun, IU-Good day.

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Thanks @FeliciaSoh for the awesome Ent. Weekly highlight & tidbits, what a fabulous treat every time! LOL. the remark about an active thread this is couldn't be more far from the reality but we'll take it as a motivation to share better.  Please keep on 'pampering' us with treats like this. 
Had this for quite awhile but didn't post due to the recent Baeksang pics updates etc..
thanks to mistymorning for the gist, capture from LBH DC <3
Sure looks like the real deal, huh..

^  from the description (at LBH DC), some art class put up all the actors/actresses portrait they drew (apparently) on the street.

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Wheesung appeared on MBC every1′s ‘Weekly Idol’ and revealed his special friendship with Lee Byung-hun and Ryoo Seung-bum.
Wheesung said, Lee Byung-hun likes Wheesung’s songs and he once invited Wheesung to his house. While drinking with Lee Byung-hun and some of friends of Lee Byung-hun, Wheesung also met Ryoo Seung-bum who later joined them.
Wheesung said, “Ryoo Seung-bum talks like a philosopher when he drinks,” acting like him, which made everyone laugh. MC Jeong Hyeong-don said, “You must be so close to them,” being envy of Wheesung. Wheesung surprised everyone there by being close to various entertainers.
Wheesung also revealed that he is a fan of A Pink. When the MCs asked if he liked Son Na-eun, he said “Not only me but everyone at the military training center liked her.”
When Jeong Hyung-don asked if he met Son Na-eun after completing his military service he said, “I often see A Pink members. But I could not even look at them when I saw them but I bowed 90 degrees the members and walked away.”
When asked who he would want to have a fake marriage for ‘We Got Married’, Wheesung said, “I would pick Yura but I would not do it because I do not want to become enemy with fans of Girl’s Day,” making the people there laugh.

 
Written by Han Jihee, Photography by ‘Weekly Idol’, Translated by Lee SarahGet It K | June 17 2014

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 2014.06.17 South Korea vs Russia

Thanks to the fan-highlight & capture from LBH DC<3Source: Naver, thanks to mistymorning for the translated gist 
Lee Byunghun's message to the South Korean soccer team: 
The day is coming when you can show how hard you have prepared and worked, wishing that you will do your best without injury.

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A treasure at LBH DC <3
The young Deokgi in 'Memories of the Sword', presumably obviously. ^^



There are some captures posted at the movie thread, thanks to LBH DC but none showing Byunghun-ssi upclose. However, it was also mentioned that they had a poster-shoot session on June 16 (very likely date from the fans' description at DC). So, it's really a positive indication that the movie is coming along well. It's not rushing but preparing everything to be better for the release end of the year.

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 Captures: DeokGi & Memories of the Swordhttp://everythinglbh.com/entry_view.php?id=4159
Our thanks to the highlight & fan-sharing at LBH DC and everyone <3

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The news-clip didn't show any related footage from the June 11 event, just the award mention and pics of BH's past appearances.
[Y-STAR] Lee Byungheon received the Cultural Diplomacy Award from Asia Society

And these are some of Byunghun's achievement from 2010 onward, didn't include 2009 and before that .. rubie might get too cross-eyed..


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1. Korea Culture Arts: President's Award 20112. Japan Jewelry Best Dresser Prize 20103. 5th APN (Asia-Pacific Producers Network) Award 20104. Style Award at 7th A-Awards "Black Collar Worker" 20125. CineAsia 'Star of the Year' 20126. 47th Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize 20117. 9th Hua Ding Awards Best Foreign Actor 20138. Korea Film Actor's Association Lifetime Achievement Award 20129. 34th Blue Dragon Popularity Award 201310. 46th Baeksang Awards Best Actor 201011. Asia Society Culture Diplomacy Award 201412. KBS Entertainment Weekly Star of the Year 201213. 1st Seoul Arts & Culture Daesang 201014. 7th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Actor 201315. 50th Grand Bell Award Ambassador 2013 / 49th Daejong Award Best Actor 201216. Hand & Foot Print at TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood 2012

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Not sure what it's really about but this photo was posted 7 hours ago in Yangpyung and the man with BH is a PR LINE CEO & Art Director (thanks to mistymorning for gist ^^). 
Seems that there was a filming of some sort (CF? PR? Interview?) with LBH today. I guess we'll wait to find out this later. Btw, Byunghun-ssi looks dapper in the suit and dotted necktie... looks like new one? 
Photo credit: Park Man Hyun via Instagram

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June 14, 2014
Korea.net's list of must-see films: JSA - Joint Security Area
Source: Korea.net via Hancinema.net

A shot reverberates across the Joint Security Area in Panmunjeom in the dark dawn of October 28. Swiss Lieutenant Sophie Jang, played by Lee Young-ae, is dispatched to Korea from the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) to investigate what happened. The testimonies from both sides, North Korea and South Korea, do not square with each other. South Korean soldier Lee Su-hyuck, played by Lee Byeong-Heon, is reported to have killed two North Korean soldiers. North Korean sergeant Oh Gyeong-pil, played by Song Kang-ho, managed to survive the accident. Both of them avoid talking to Lieutenant Jang. During the investigation, however, she gets the idea that another soldier from the South, Nam Seong-sik, played by Kim Tae-woo, was engaged in the accident, too. Under too much pressure, Nam jumps off a building to his death. 
All of these incidents date back to February of that year. Lee accidently fell behind during a military drill and ended up crossing the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), where he found himself stepping on a landmine. With the help of two North Korean soldiers, Sergeant Oh and Soldier Jeong Woo-jin, played by Sin Ha-gyoon, Lee escapes death. After that, the three soldiers become friends. They often meet and spend time together during the night at a guard post on the North Korean side. Soldier Nam joins them later on. 
On the day the accident took place, as they become aware that security is getting more and more intense and that other guards are on high alert, they decide to say goodbye to each other and exchange addresses and take a group photograph. 
Lieutenant Jang is eventually excluded from the investigation because it is revealed that she is the daughter of a former North Korean soldier. Jang already knows that the four soldiers have built a close friendship and that Nam killed the two North Korean soldiers, Jeong and an unknown one. It turns out that the four of them were caught hanging out by another unknown North Korean soldier. Disconcerted, Nam accidently shot his firearm, leaving the two dead. 
Lieutenant Jang, however, decides to keep it a secret. On the way to the hospital, Jang tells Lee that Jeong was killed by his gun. In shock, Lee finally kills himself, shooting himself in the mouth.
Comments by film critic Kim Gyeong-wook
We had the first inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. There was the reunion of separated families in Seoul and Pyongyang. The two Koreas marched as one into the Sydney Olympic stadium under the Unification Flag. These historic, meaningful moments all occurred in 2000 when the film "JSA - Joint Security Area" was released. Today, looking back over the past decade, inter-Korean relations have gradually deteriorated. At this point in time, however, we are reminded that the movie broke all-time viewership records for the period. 
The movie "JSA - Joint Security Area" depicts the secret friendship between soldiers of the two Koreas. Before the release of this movie, such a story and setting had been forbidden and unimaginable. During that period, pro-Communist people could not be portrayed as humanistic figures. If the military uniforms of the South didn't look better than those of the North, the scene could not get passed the censors. Adapted from the full-length novel "DMZ" by Park Sang-yeon, the movie had to go through some hard times during the review process before it was finally given a 15-years-old-or-over rating. Without plot devices that were able to overcome that which is forbidden, and in a reality where the National Security Law is soundly established, the release of the movie would have been much harder. 
The first such plot device is the scene where North Korean Sergeant Oh Gyeong-pil risks his life to remove the landmine on which South Korean soldier Lee Su-hyuck had stepped, in the middle of the Demilitarized Zone. With this, Oh becomes the lifesaver of Lee, becoming a "humane" North Korean, finally acceptable to South Korean viewers. Such a scene has been repeated again and again in more recent cinema, for example in "Secret Reunion" (2010). 
Another plot device is how the story is told using flashbacks, a cinematic technique that tracks down the mystery of an accident, in this case one that took place at a guard post on the north side of Panmunjeom. This construction lets the viewer learn the ending first, that North Korean soldier Jeong Woo-jin is dead while Oh and Lee are wounded. 
In the subsequent scene, during the investigation, North Korean soldier Nam Seong-sik attempts suicide, amplifying the curiosity of the viewer. 
When Nam is at his deathbed, the movie flashes back again to reveal that two South Korean soldiers crossed the Bridge of No Return and often hang out with North Korean soldiers. However, perhaps since viewers already know that the characters paid the ultimate price for breaking the taboo, or that the truth is yet to be discovered, the psychological resistance of the viewer seems to not be very strong. 
On top of that, the film applies elements of both fantasy and reality. It makes light of taboos, and at the same time makes appropriate use of thrills and suspense. The indication of the exact minute and second of the accident is the "reality" element, while exclusion of the year is the "fantasy" element. 
Four of the characters, Lee, Nam, Oh and Jeong, are portrayed in the film as innocent and good-natured figures. They do enjoy cockfighting and playing a version of jacks with their bullets. Through these scenes, the movie emphasizes that Lee and Nam didn't have any ideological motive at all for their behavior. The depiction of their friendship, coupled with the appropriate choice of background music, helps the film look like a fantasy fairy-tale, melting down the oppressive feeling possibly caused by breaking the taboos. 
This fantasy, which is a bit regressive, makes a subtle comparison with the attempts of Swiss Lieutenant Jang, who approaches the incident with concrete evidence and logical deduction. However, this is reality, that the simple act of picking up a hat that blew across the demarcation line can be the subject of punishment, as it violates the National Security Law. The mise-en-scène that divides the screen into two once again brings awareness to the viewer about the ongoing confrontational situation between the two Koreas. A number of scenes bring attention to the situation and come across as threatening or frightening. For instance, when an unknown North Korean solider pops up out of nowhere at the North Korean guard post, or when Oh becomes suddenly serious upon Lee's jokes about him defecting. Such obsessive fear plays a part to amplify our suspense, leading up to the final scene, which is already known. 
With such a "Red Complex" in the audience, brought about by the nation's separation, and building up with a series of accidents and incidents, the plot finally lets the four soldiers plunge into tragedy. When they reach the moment of crisis, when the unknown soldier appears at the post, their friendship is gone like a mirage. Instantly, they point a gun and return to being the "enemy" of each other. Sergeant Oh, featured as a clear-headed figure, tries to hush up what's happened, but can never break the wall of fear and distrust that is deeply and unconsciously rooted in his own psyche, and also in all of us.
What's behind the mysterious shooting is all revealed as Lee gives testimony to the Swiss lieutenant. Then, there is another anti-climax that pops up. It turns out that Lee killed Jeong, instead of Nam. Entrapped in guilt, Lee finally decides to kill himself.
According to director Park Chan-wook, the original ending he prepared had Lee and Oh meeting in a third country. At this point, when we look back on the death of Jeong and the suicide attempt by Nam, Lee's suicide is more likely to be related to the reality of Korean society, where violations loom larger than feelings of guilt. 
Instead of an encounter between the soldiers, the final scene of the film goes back to a point when Sergeant Oh picks up a hat that a tourist dropped at Panmunjeom. With the sound of camera shutters, moving images stop and the color turns black. In the freeze frame, images of the four -- Oh Gyeong-pil, Jeong Woo-jin, Nam Seong-sik and Lee Su-hyuck -- appear on screen one by one. Inside the frame, Oh and Jeong show a smile. Strangely enough, they look calm and peaceful. The screen captures close ups of each figure, one by one, reminding the viewer of their friendship. 
However, in the final scene, where all four are featured in one frame, Lee Su-hyuck uses hand gestures to tell the tourists not to take any pictures. This sign of "prohibition" disturbs the peace and is the "stain of reality". 
It's been more than 60 years since the Korean War, but we have yet to find a way to remove the stain. Simply put, the tragic fate of the soldiers of the two Koreas in the film, as well as that of Sophie Jang's father, who was a former North Korean soldier and captive during the war and who had to choose a third country, Switzerland, rather than either of the two Koreas, is unfortunate, but it is still existing today. 
-Viewed by film critic Kim Gyeong-wook*This series of article has been made possible through the cooperation of the Korean Film Archive. 

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 As expected, rubie missed some more ...quite a few, too ...


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17. Gwangju Biennale Honorary Ambassador 201218. 4th Tokyo International Drama Festival Best Actor 201019. California Tourism Promotion Ambassador 2010-20. 3rd O'live Style Icon of the Year 201021. Appreciation Letter from UNICEF 201122. 38th International AFCI Cineposium Honorary Ambassador 201323. Seoul Global Ambassador./ Seoul International Tourism award 201024. 5th Asia Model Award Star of Asia 201025. 14th China Music Award and Asia Influential Awards Influential Asian Artist 201026. 1st Look East Film Festival Honoree 201227. 17th PiFan 'Producer's Choice Actor of the Year' 2013 

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Photos previously highlighted by Angel70 (without watermark)..
Thanks to the fan-sharing at LBH DC <3 Captures from Studio Vera/Bera 
http://m.blog.naver.com/hasugu007/220035340443

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June 20, 2014Byunghun-ssi uploaded a new photo on his weibo today 
Photoshoot with my BH family.

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Art by Heyo Lee
Storm Shadow / Byung hun Lee (G.I.Joe-retaliation, 2013)

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Thanks to @hongchae1 at Jeon Ji Hyun thread 
A photo of Byunghun-ssi and JJH during the 17th PiFan ceremony last year. It's an unseen photo for many of us, don't know why it's hard to get pics from the award ceremony though we had quite a few from the red carpet.

Lee Byung Hun, Jun Ji Hyun, and many others attend 17th PiFan opening ceremony
http://everythinglbh.com/entry_view.php?id=3707

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Thanks so much to Angel 70 for this clip highlight 
A truly short but sweet footage (only 13-sec) of Byunghun-ssi from a different angle... he was having fun with KSM at the Baeksang red carpet and another shot showing him blowing a kiss at the fans/media.  *melts* 

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