[Movie 2012] Coffee 가비 Gabi

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July 26, 2011

Joo Jin-mo holds fan meeting in Japan

Jessica Kim 10Asia

Joo Jin-mo has held his first fan meeting in Japan, according to his agency JM Company on Tuesday.

A press release by JM stated that Joo met with some 2,000 of his fans at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo yesterday evening, also the actor's first fan meet-and-greet overseas. At the event, Joo spoke of his pains and happiness during a Q&A session with fans, as well as singing for them and read them a self-written letter.

He also made coffee for his fans, a skill he acquired while working on a historical film tentatively titled “Coffee” where he will appear as a brilliant swindler. The movie will also star actress Kim So-yeon who will play Korea’s first barista woman in the 19th century.

Despite not having carried out any activities in Japan, Joo, 36, made his name known in Japan through TV dramas “Fashion 70s” (SBS, 2005) and films “200 Pound Beauty” (2006) and “A Frozen Flower” (2008), the latter project for which he won the award for best male actor at Baeksang Arts Awards in 2009.

Born Park Jin-tae, Joo has appeared in other numerous films and dramas including “Queen of The Game” (SBS, 2006) as well as films “A Better Tomorrow” (2010) “A Love” (2007), “Puzzle” (2006) Liar (2004) and “The Warriors” (2001).

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JJM is so hot! 

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Tribute to Coffee

July 27, 2011

Joo Jin Mo, a barista at Japan's first Fan Meeting

Source: chosunonline.com, thanks to youyo712 for the highlight

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Some pics of Kim So Yeon and Joo Jin Mo in "Coffee"

Kim So Yeon's practising horse-ride

Joo Jin Mo in an action scene

JJM appearance

KSY selcas while filming

Outdoor filiming in Wando

2011.07.26

2011.07.30

Kim So Yeon (Danya) and Yoo Sun (Sadako)

BTS 2011.07.27

cr : KSY baidu & Daum Cafe + JJM baidu

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Great pics and BTS stills from the movie, bityxu.. really appreciate them all!

Finally we get to see real pics of the actors in character.

Hope filming will finish soon so that we'll have more updates and photos to share. Most importantly, can't wait to watch Coffee, obviously!

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Thanks to bityxu's highlight on actress Yoo Sun's twitter page

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July 29, 2011

Photos at Wando, location for Coffee

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July 31, 2011

Source: Nate.com / Yoo Sun twitter

Two Coffee ladies with flawless, beautiful natural skin

Pure and flawless beauty So Yeon..

Her nature/character is more clear and pure ^^

In movie "Coffee", So Yeon change in a barista. Please look forward to...

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Our thanks to bityxu at KSY thread for highlighting & sharing these with us

Location pics at the Mungyeong (Hanyang) on 2011.08.15, when Kim So Yeon was shooting the last scenes of "Coffee."

cr : daum cafe

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Thanks to bityxu at KSY thread for the highlight from captures at Daum blog

August 21, 2011

"Coffee" last{?) filming at Hwangmaesan (a mountain place) with bomb and gunfight scenes

from : Daum blog

More pics at Hwangmaesan

Actor Joo Jin Mo on a horse

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Some BTS pics

cr : KSY & JJM baidu

Danya - Kim So Yeon

Illichi - Joo Jin Mo

A poster fanmade

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Wow, I'm seriously loving all these BTS pics. The sets and costumes are so elaborate. Thanks for sharing!

Can't wait for the movie to come out but I seriously need to get moving on reading the book first! I still need to finish my current book before I can move on to this one. Anyone read the book? Did you like it?

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Thanks to bityxu for the info-highlight at KSY thread

There're group photos of So Yeon and the staff on the last filming day "Coffee", 2011.08.22, in Hwangmaesan

Joo Jin Mo ssi and the staff

cr : cyworld

As So Yeon said in her mess, that day it rained and very cold, but our gril still smiled so happy Her sweet personality made all people can't help but love her

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Ah, I just found out another preview of "Russian Coffee" novel, there's a little different the preview we have read before

from : koreanbooks.or.kr

Russian Coffee (Noseoa Gabi)

Kim Takhwan

Sallim Publishing Co.

2009, 242 pages

ISBN 978-89-522-1196-5

Kim Takhwan’s Russian Coffee leads us to the time of Emperor Gojong who had to witness the collapse of Joseon Dynasty. The title “Noseoa Gabi” refers to “Russian Coffee,” gabi being the phonetic transcription of the Russian word for coffee. Emperor Gojong, who had to escape his rightful palace to the Russian Legation, acquired a taste for coffee while staying there. One day, interpreter Kim Hong-ryuk was removed from his seat of power and exiled to Heuksando. Harboring a grudge against the royal family, Kim was caught mixing poison into the coffee the emperor and the crowned prince drank; he was thus executed and decapitated.

The author creates an interesting main character named Tanya who works as the Emperor Gojong’s barista. Born to the family of an official government interpreter, Tanya crosses the border to Russia at 19 when her father who attended a journey to Qing China is found dead under questionable circumstances. While in Russia, she meets Ivan, a man from Joseon who runs with a group of crooks and sells the vast Russian forest to European nobles, and returns to Joseon. What ensues is an intense battle of brains between Tanya and Ivan who is suspected of involvement with her father’s death.

By weaving the lives of historical figures such as the Russian diplomatic minister Weber, Min Yeong-hwan and Yi Wan-yong, who compete to control the destiny of the collapsing Joseon, the book mixes history with imagination and provides an interesting reading experience.

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September 4, 2011

Joo Jin Mo and Kim So Yeon's "Russian Coffee" cranks up, 5 months period epic journey

Translated by hancinema.net Nate: 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 9 l 10 l 11 l 12

"Russian Coffee" has completed shooting in Korea and Russia during a period of 5 months.

Based on the original by Kim Tak-hwan, it is directed by Jang Yoon-hyeon who made movies "The Contact" and "Tell Me Something". Joo Jin-mo is Russia's best sniper and spy and Kim So-yeon is the greatest barista who is the key to the assassination of King Gojong. "Russian Coffee" which traveled to more than 16 areas locally to shoot will be released at the end of this year.

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Thanks to bityxu for the highlight at KSY thread

Big photos of "Coffee", release on 2011.09.05 (Korea time)

Danya - Kim So Yeon

Illichi - Joo Jin Mo

Gojong - Park Hee Sun

Sadako - Yoo Sun

BTS : JJM, PD Jang Yoon Hyun, KSY

cr : Nate

On Sept. 1, actor Park Hee Sun (King Gojong) said on his twitter that they took "Coffee" poster the day before (Aug.31).

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This is a good read about Coffee in Korean history, not the fictional featuring KSY as Danya we'll see in the upcoming movie..

September 9, 2011

Did you know that ...(22) The coffee plot

By Robert Neff koreatimes.co.kr

An attempt to assassinate the Korean royal family by poisoning their evening coffee took place on Sept. 11, 1898.

It has been suggested that this assassination attempt was political in nature an ill-conceived plan to remove Gojong from the throne by disenchanted members of the court or even Japanese intrigue. But, in all likelihood, it was nothing more than greed and an attempt to exact revenge.

The primary assassin was Kim Hong-nuik. Kim was born in Hamgyeong province near the Russian border and, finding life there rather difficult, came to Seoul where he worked as a normal laborer ­ some say a water coolie. It was here that he found an opportunity to use the Russian he had learned as a boy as a translator for the Russian Legation. As Russia’s influence grew, Kim became more powerful. On March 11, 1898, he was appointed the governor of Seoul, but it was a short-lived reign. Kim had made many enemies ­ most of them powerful Koreans and on Aug. 27 he was arrested, found guilty of conspiracy and banished to a small island. Kim swore to get revenge.

Prior to leaving for his place of exile, Kim met with Kong Hong-sik, another disgraced member of the Korean court, and convinced him to assist in assassinating Emperor Gojong. Kim provided Kong with one and a half ounces of opium and instructed him to put it in the emperor’s food. Kim, in turn, hired Kim Jong-wha, a former member of the Imperial Cuisine staff who had been dismissed on Aug. 8 “for some misbehavior” but still possessed a pass allowing him access to the kitchens.

On the evening of Sept. 11, Kim Jong-wha went to Kong’s home and was promised 1,000 won (although some accounts claim it was $1,000) if he would put the opium in Emperor Gojong’s evening tea. Kim readily agreed and rushed to the palace where he slipped into the Imperial Cuisine and, finding no one present, slipped the drug into the coffee pot.

That evening, at 11 o’clock, Emperor Kojong and Crown Prince Sunjeong sat down for a dinner of foreign food. According to a newspaper account of the incident:

“The Emperor first ate a piece of bread which he found a little stale. Then he sipped a few spoonfuls of coffee. The Crown Prince, who, without eating anything first, drank about two thirds of his coffee, complaining of being squeamish, and turning ashy pale, soon began to vomit.”

Apparently Gojong never really suspected that anyone would attempt to poison him. He commanded two eunuchs to drink some of the coffee ­ the senior drank about a half of cup and felt immediately ill. “An old maid of honor drank a few mouthfuls of the coffee saying that it was a warm drink of excellent flavor, but she soon fainted…. Four [other] servants who out of mere curiosity drank the coffee also became sick and were carried to their quarters.”

Suspicion quickly fell upon Kim Hong-nuik and he was brought back from exile. Subsequently, Kong and Kim Jong-wha were also arrested and interrogated (tortured) in prison and confessed to their roles in the plot. On Oct. 10, the three were hurriedly tried, found guilty and then strangled. Their bodies were then cast into the street where they were horribly mutilated by an angry mob. Kim Hong-nuik’s wife was accused of being aware of the plot and given one hundred lashes and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Fortunately for Gojong, he never drank enough to become really ill but Sunjeong and the chief eunuch were not so lucky. Seriously sick for several days they eventually recovered but not completely. Sunjeong was apparently rendered impotent by the poison’s effects. As for Gojong, his faith in his own Korean bodyguards was severely shaken and he took drastic measures to remedy the problem ­ as we shall see in the next article.

Robert Neff is a contributing writer for The Korea Times.

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September 7, 2011

Joo Jin-mo to release digital single this week

Source: 10Asia via hancinema.net

Korean actor Joo Jin-mo will release a digital single this week, according to his agency JM Company on Wednesday.

JM announced in a press release that Joo's rendition of "Like Rain, Like Music", by late singer Kim Hyun-sik, will be unveiled online along with its music video on September 9. "I'm embarrassed to be revealing a song which I sang to the whole world", Joo was quoted as saying. "But I decided to release the song since it was received favorably amongst fans in Japan when I sang it there".

Joo first sang "Like Rain, Like Music" during his first fan meeting in Japan at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo in July.

Born Park Jin-tae, Joo has appeared in other numerous films and dramas including "Queen of the Game" (SBS, 2006) as well as films "A Better Tomorrow" (2010) "a LOVE" (2007), "Puzzle" (2006) "Liar" (2004) and "Musa" (2001). He became a household name in Japan through TV dramas "Fashion 70s" (SBS, 2005) and films "200 Pounds Beauty" (2006) and "A Frozen Flower" (2008), the latter project for which he won the award for best male actor at Baeksang Arts Awards in 2009.

He recently finished shooting historical film "Russian Coffee" (tentative title) in which he plays a brilliant swindler and a double spy opposite actress Kim So-yeon.

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Our thanks to bityxu for the sharing at KSY thread, cool clip & captures!

Yeah...Entertainment Weekly 110917 has interview actors of "Coffee" when they're shooting poster

Clips cut by bityxu ^^

"Coffee" poster shooting BTS (Entertainment Weekly 110917)

Captures from Sso cafe :

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Captures from Coffee poster shooting BTS clip, thanks to bityxu for the highlight

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Copied from KSY thread, thanks to bityxu

hehe...although the appearance of actors at the poster shooting day are rather strange (especially Soyeon's hair and the make-up ), they're really funny when talking together

Here're some gif cut by bityxu ^^

Illichi and Danya in Russian, so lovely

bonus a capture

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Thanks to bityxu at KSY thread, captures courtesy Cyworld fan-sharing

Now we can only look forward "Coffee", so let's see some new "Coffee" pics

cr : cyworld