♥ Ha Ji Won 하지원 ♥ 河智苑 ♥ ハジウォン♥ || Drama 2022: Curtain Call

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6 hours ago, strwbrry said:

can they release its video already? hehehe

Will it be any video released? Wow I'm awaiting and it will be awesome! 

 

I don't know if it is just me, but everytime I saw her on the screen or picture, she just look fresh and different. The vibe that she bring is always different. 

I never be bored looking at her, bare face or not. I just love her!  

 

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recent interview for purmil cf with eng sub

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@liv_well i am waiting for drama casting as well, please let it be soon jiwon

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PAWN MOVIE Promo

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OLD BUT GOLD 

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our thread forum is road to 6M views already currently 5,925,326 and  we’re on top 8 on actors&actresses section for views   

and no. 24 for the most replied thread  

Let’s just keep the forum kicking, just post something about Jiwon randomly and feel free  

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3 hours ago, strwbrry said:

 i am waiting for drama casting as well, please let it be soon jiwon

drama and movie for 2021! I'm waiting... I know that she is waiting for good story and drama  I'm more expecting which character and occupation that she would take later. Her preparation for the role is always captivating me a lot. Of course action is a plus! I miss her handle the sword/arrow. 

 

Two of recent IG update of her. And leave us in questions everytime 

 

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I am not expecting anything to her ig posts now. I cannot phantom what she’s been posting and her captions doesn’t help at all also 

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then baaaamm!! her latest ig post, what’s with the face covering? 

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15 hours ago, strwbrry said:

then baaaamm!! her latest ig post, what’s with the face covering? 

She has been doing several times already, covering her face We need to get used to it I guess. hahaha..

 

Well I found this account talking beautifully about Chocolate Drama. Chocolate definitely like a physiological novel written drama that will heal you a lot. I love how this account breakdown and explain bit by bit about the drama. I'm dragged to the emotion while I'm reading. Hope you can enjoy as much as I do, while waiting her expose her face in her SNS  

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wkqtTpETh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

I'm copying some, but please visit the account for the complete writing and you won't regret. You will treasure this chocolate drama more. It's already in part 12, but I believe it still ongoing. 

 

 

 

Part 1 (1)
Watching Chocolate live has been an interesting experience for me. The last time I was looking forward to a new TV episode like that, I was 9 and my heart was beating anxiously for Mr Rochester and Jane Eyre to get together . But that was not all that I felt with this drama.
 

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I had seen this poster of Chocolate with a brief introduction about a romance drama online. I had never seen any of HJW’s project properly and did not know anything about YKS’s or the show creators. The poster drew my curiosity though because of the way YKS looked. And no, not in a good way. I had thought he had not the traditional look of a K drama romantic hero, not that I have seen so far, he looked (please excuse the words) old, big framed, and rugged on this poster. Certainly not at his best. It was very strange to me for a drama to showcase the romantic hero in such unflattering light. Little did I know then the poster scene would become my most favourite scene of the show.

One Sunday morning, I browsed Netflix in bed, saw that Chocolate Ep1 is out and thought to myself well let’s see how this hero would fair in a romance. After the beautiful intro with the song “You and I”, the gorgeous cinematography and music of the Greece sequence, the way the camera follows CY’s skirt flowing in the wind to show the scene’s emotion, I got quite impressed at the quality of the production. So when I finished Ep 1 and Ep 2 suddenly became available in front of my eyes I continued to watch. At the end of it, I was completely sold. The hero might have gotten me started on the drama but it was the heroine who convinced me to commit to it.

To me there is something very stoic in CY leaving after realising the first love she was still in love with but thought dead was actually her boyfriend’s best friend. I have always had a fondness for stoic people. Stoicism is my favourite school of philosophy. And here Chocolate presented the story of two most stoic characters I have ever seen on screen, so of course I had to follow it. Little did I know then how this would become such an important theme of the show or how I would need to be quite stoic when watching it live .

 

Part 3 (1/2)

Chocolate tells its stories in a very unique style, one that reflects its main subject, life. It is very different from the traditional K dramas and requires viewers to have an open mind, contemplate on the facts it gives and take things as they come, just like the view one should take going through life.

 

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Side stories take the same amounts of screen time as the main love story. They intervene, facilitate, illustrate and influence the main characters’s views and development, which is what happens in life. It also has a messy feel but in hindsight its main story is amazingly well structured and cohesive. Facts are drip fed to viewers and sometimes the meaning of these facts are not clear until many episodes later, which is amazingly similar to life, where most of the times meaning of an event can only be read in hindsight and not when it happens. Therefore, something in life requires more time to process especially key events.

This further is illustrated in how our heroine Cha Young approaches surprising events in her life. Whether a tragedy (losing taste) or joy (the first love she pined for for 6 years finally confessed his love to her) she took her time to contemplate on its meaning before deciding on what reactions she should have. This is an amazingly mature approach to life and one of the great hidden messages of Chocolate! (Reading some viewers’ comments online about the drama I wish they had taken this approach with Chocolate before judging or dropping the show because they had missed a great drama.)

 

Part 4 (1)

“The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.” - Marcel Proust

Some of the best scenes in Chocolate that I love are the cooking scenes. When CY cooks, it is serene, caring and beautiful. They are scenes that set the tone of this drama and never fail to make me feel calming and happy. As someone who had been watching (sometimes involuntarily) various cooking shows almost everyday for the last ten years , I have never seen any cooking scenes more inspiring. CY is in her best element when she cooks, especially for a special someone in mind. I can not imagine any other actress who could express Cha Young’s spirit better than Ha Ji Won did. There was professionalism but there was also serenity, warmth, grace and elegance. There was something maternal yet almost ethereal. It is a quality one can not pretend, one must possess it herself. And HJW does. Chocolate will not be what it is without HJW as CY.
 

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Yet, the series does not just present food, it explores the relationship of people to food, the space in between. Food is not just itself but what it represents to and was imprinted in people. Food is not just itself but the context it is consumed. Food is not just itself but the memory that comes with it or the memory it evokes.

Early in Ep 5, CY wondered why the Grandpa would like to eat the black bean noodles so much even though it is not that good. But to him, it is not just noodles, it represents the hope of being reunited with his son and that makes it taste better. To Ji Young, who prefers the Quiznos sandwich PPL than CY’s better home made sandwich, the one that his Dad used to buy him when he was alive, it represents the parental warm care that he now lost completely. Eating that particular sandwich is the only thing he could do to get close to that happy feeling, that’s why it tastes better to him than anything else.

 

Part 4 (2) “It must have been love”

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To CY, whose childhood was starved of food due to her mother’s ambition and lack of love to her, food represents love, that’s why her first love was a boy who fed her well. This imprint was so deep, she preserves it through many hardships of life and cooks food to people when she wants to comfort them. The synopsis said she was inspired in part to become a chef by Kang, but I think it most probably was by his Mum. CY said she made a decision from that day to give back the kindness she received from Ajumma Jung, and since food is love to her becoming a chef is probably the best way to give that out.

Cha Young’s food is usually very thoughtful and may be that’s why we love watching her cook so much. Nowadays, I cringe inside a bit when someone tells me this and that tastes good because they put love into it, it has become too cliche. But I never feel like that watching CY cook, because it is not just the generic love, it is the thoughtfulness and care in preparing the dish for that particular person that makes her food beautiful. Of all her cooking, I particularly love what she did for Kim He Joo (although I was salivating at the ginseng chicken abalone congee she cooked for TH ).

Cha Young did not just give HJ the plate Jun made, she plated the present up with what represents love to her, food, and not just any food, it was cherry blossom (K drama notorious symbol of love!) gimbap to subtly tell HJ about Jun’s unspoken love for her. Heartbreakingly, HJ literally can’t see the plate as well as the gimbap due to her medical condition just as in the past she was not able to “see” Jun’s love for her. She could only “feel” by smelling and touching, the blossoms coming from the tea and the food. The look on HJW’s face at the realisation is fantastic acting. One can see deep empathetic pain in her eyes. The thoughtfulness and subtlety in this scene is immense, and it will be one of my most favourite moments of Chocolate.

 

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I followed that account as well, I really like the way she delivers her commentaries upon watching Chocolate drama it was like I was reading a novel with the choice of words, and emotions she put into unto her observation of the story, how the casts acted well while also reflecting the story to real scenario if you are confronted with the same like situation.

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when action suits her best, her aura is really different on this genre she’s on another level.

 

more ha ji won in action to come please 

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So hot 

 

 

ha ji won’s badass aura will always be my favorite 

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21 hours ago, strwbrry said:

I followed that account as well, I really like the way she delivers her commentaries upon watching Chocolate drama it was like I was reading a novel with the choice of words, and emotions she put into unto her observation of the story, how the casts acted well while also reflecting the story to real scenario if you are confronted with the same like situation.

 

Yes, Chocolate really a masterpiece. I send my thanks to the account to help me get better understanding about this drama a lot. I believe kindness and positive is one of most underrated traits that we need in this world  And only Hajiwon can portrait Moon Cha Young to the fullest! I love Moon Cha Young strength!

 

8 hours ago, strwbrry said:

ha ji won’s badass aura will always be my favorite 

Oh she is the best in this! She really a chameleon! I think last time I'm still seeing her in a white dress for Kakao Live Chat and now shocked me with the black suits and that killer gaze. I wonder how she is doing that!

 

 

 

 

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so September 30, 2020 is the possible release date for Pawn movie

@liv_well i have this feeling sometimes that HJW is a twin  the badass one, and the so girly one 

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5 hours ago, liv_well said:

Yes, Chocolate really a masterpiece. I send my thanks to the account to help me get better understanding about this drama a lot. I believe kindness and positive is one of most underrated traits that we need in this world  And only Hajiwon can portrait Moon Cha Young to the fullest! I love Moon Cha Young strength!

Yes I totally agree with you.  Hi Everyone! I'm new in this forum but I've been lurking for quite sometime now  and I certainly enjoy reading all the reactions/comments.  I would like to share my thoughts about Chocolate. This maybe a bit too late to post but nevertheless here I am.  I’m not really a fangirl type but I got hooked with kdrama wayback 2012 to be exact.  My colleagues were giggling and talking during breaktime about this certain kdrama and I can’t relate to them, so out of curiousity I said to myself “alright alright I’ll give it a try (coz I am not a fan of reading subtitles)”.  Lo and behold, it may sound cliché but the rest is history as they say.  For almost a decade of watching kdrama (with downtime of course ), ah I’ve seen all genre, such as fantasy, romance, comedy, drama, thriller, action, black, saeguk and others so to speak.  I even, watched a saeguk drama and have it critique with a professor friend for her world literature class.  I think I it is fair enough to say that I’m one of the objective person who can say one’s acting is exemplary, very good, good and satisfactory.

 

First, the style—this is hearth-warming melodrama type, a different from what I’ve seen before.  This is not a typical cinderella- kdrama (chaebol falling in love with an ordinary person and their struggles) that will swept off your feet or a feel-good type.  This is the type of drama that will drive you to think outside the box.

 

Second, the characters – I like how they portray each and every character.  They have their own distinctive and unique identity from the supporting to the main roles.  The writer and director were able to draw out and descent into deep internalization of the persona they are trying to depict.

 

Third, the plot – are the “whats”, “whens”, “wheres”,  “whys” and “hows” of life.  What are the things happening in our society, the people we interact with?  What are their thoughts? What keeps me moving on? When are we going to utter those words like “thank you”, “I’m sorry” and “I’m grateful enough,” When it’s too late? When is the right timing? Rather is there really such thing as right timing? Where are we heading in this journey called life? Why things are not happening according to our plans? Why do we need to go through a painful experience? How do I react to someone’s angst?  These are just but few questions that lingers on my mind trying to decipher and comprehend truly the gist of the plot.  The plot was presented in a subtle and riveting way.  It may be surreal and real at the same time, that’s what life is all about it unfolds anew as we go along.  I love the analogy and how it was conveyed to the viewers.

 

Fourth – Scenes were exemplary executed, the blocking or movements were perfect, and I think this is one of the strengths that Korean films/dramas have.

 

Fifth – my POV when it comes to acting from the main lead actors and actresses to the supporting roles, they were just amazing, the sound track compliments every scenario, visual effects/cinematography were awesome as well.  And for me, this is an underrated drama.

 

Whew, I know it is a bit lengthy to read but thank very much I hope you didn’t doze off 

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Hi @Carnation! Welcome to Ha Ji Won's thread and thank you so much for pouring out your thought regarding Chocolate Drama.

 

1 hour ago, Carnation said:

This is the type of drama that will drive you to think outside the box.

I must agree with this. That we really need open mind to appreciate this drama. At first to be honest that I'm also solely watching Chocolate because of Hajiwon only, but turns out this is actually a gem/jewel. For me It's really like a novel that you will keep re-reading more and more just to learn and be reminded about how is life and how to react to the real life. 

 

Trust that your thought will also great if you can share your thought in this Chocolate thread that I just found also today

 

 

6 hours ago, strwbrry said:

i have this feeling sometimes that HJW is a twin  the badass one, and the so girly one 

 Did she? Should they now reveal themselves in one drama/movie? So we can appreciate both at the same time? 

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With eng sub  

@Carnation thank you for sharing your thoughts, knowing that Chocolate drama resonates to you well. I guess the drama is not everyone’s cup of tea and for those who was able to watch the vibes that they felt after is something an amazing experience, how the drama tackles life and struggle within. Though lot of people critic jiwon’s acting on this but I felt that she hits the feeling so on point of how she portrayed cha young. The longing in her eyes is there I can always see it, the emotions is all in her eyes so as the other lead characters. The drama is quite deep, and calm yet it hits deep.

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1 hour ago, liv_well said:

Hi @Carnation! Welcome to Ha Ji Won's thread and thank you so much for pouring out your thought regarding Chocolate Drama.

Hi @liv_well Thank you for the warmth welcome, this is actually my first time to join a certain forum and I think this is fun