[Drama 2017] Saimdang, Light's Diary 사임당, 빛의 일기

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2015-07-25 SONG SEUNG HEON HAS CONFIRMED HIS APPEARANCE IN SHIN SAIMDANG, THE HERSTORY

CR: SSH CHINA FAN CLUB weibo

 

Original SRC CR: KMIB.CO.KR

 

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Lee Young-ae's "comeback" drama "Saimdang, the Herstory" signed broadcast deals

for 6 counties.

 

On the 24th, the production company Group8 said "we signed a contract for the rights to broadcast our show "Saimdang, the Herstory" in 6 countries with global media group Turner Entertainment who owns famous networks such as "CNN, Warner TV, Cartoon Network, and the Korean Entertainment Channel Oh!K".

This is garnering a lot of attention as it is rare for a Korean drama's broadcast right to have been sold even before any filming has been done.

"Saimdang, the Herstory" will tell the story of genius painter Saimdang and her immortal love. Lee Young-ae will be playing dual roles as the title character Shin Saimdang and a University lecturer of Korean arts who tries to solve the mystery of an unknown painting via the Shin Saimdang's diary she coincidently finds.

The production company Group8 says "The sale of a drama that has not even started filming shows the unfading popularity of Lee Young-ae".

 

Source: http://tr.im/yBOOA

 

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AGELESS BEAUTY! LEE YOUNG AE 44 YEARS OF AGE

WITH FLAWLESS SNOW WHITE COMPLEXION.

LEE YOUNG AE TAKES A STROLL WITH DAUGHTER ...

LEE YOUNG AE FAMILY OF FOUR TAKES A STROLL. HAPPINESS ABOUND.

CR: HK APPLE

EXCERPT TRANSLATION:

As LYA rejected reporters' interviews, she said: "It's been a long period of rest as a wife and as a mother. I'm very happy. It's been 4 years since we spent our summers here." And before ending, LYA didn't forget to put in a plug for her upcoming drama 'Shin Saimdang, the Herstory' and said: "Everyone, don't forget to watch it."

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July 31 2015

Lee Young-ae's new drama to start shooting

Source: The Korea Times

Teaser poster image for Lee Young-ae's upcoming drama "Saimdang, the Herstory"

Lee Young-ae's new drama "Saimdang, the Herstory" will start shooting in August.

The new drama has already been sold to six countries, production company Group8 said.

The show has been syndicated through Turner Entertainment Company to China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and others.

In the new drama, the hallyu actress who is widely known for her performance in "Jewel in the Palace" will play a double role. She will play a modern college art lecturer as well as artist Shin Saimdang, the mother of Korean Confucian scholar Yulgok during the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910).

The drama is slated to air in the first half of 2016.

janee@koreatimes.co.kr,

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Oh Yoon Ah Confirmed as Lee Young Ae’s Rival in “Saimdang, the Herstory”

On July 31, a drama insider revealed to Ilgan Sports that actress Oh Yoon Ahhas been cast in SBS’s “Saimdang, the Herstory.”

The actress will be portraying Lee Young Ae’s greatest enemy and rival. Having wanted to become Saimdang and believing she could succeed, she is lead to misfortune and destruction when she is unable to surpass her genius rival. She also harbors a grudge after being rejected by Lee Kyum whom she previously loved. Coming from a humble background, she experiences a life full of ups and downs as she succeeds and becomes a respectable wife after erasing her lowly past.

Oh Yoon Ah most recently acted in MBC’s “Angry Mom.” “Saimdang, the Herstory” will actually be the actress’ first sageuk (traditional Korean drama) since debuting.

“Saimdang, the Herstory” retells the story of Joseon Dynasty artist Shin Saimdang. Lee Young Ae will be making her long-awaited drama comeback as the titular character. Besides portraying the historical figure, she will also be acting as a modern day art professor who studies Saimdang’s diary and discovers mysteries surrounding the artist.

Various reports have confirmed Song Seung Hun as the male lead Lee Kyum. However, these statements have been refuted and the actor has promised to reveal his decision after careful consideration next week.

SBS plans to start filming next month and have an early 2016 premiere.

 

Source

 

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I look forward to seeing her again. I loved her as the antagonist in "The Firstborn"

 

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2015-7-31 C-news: OH YOON AH TO APPEAR IN 'SAIMDANG, THE HERSTORY'

AS LEE YOUNG AE'S KEENEST RIVAL

CR: AllThatStar

(PS: Not translating the article since its content is about the same as the one above.

But this OYA photo and her dress - awesome )

LEE YOUNG AE GRACING SOME CHINA MAGS' COVERS

FEMINA - MAY 2015 ISSUE

WOMAN'S DAY - JULY 2015 ISSUE

CR: As tagged

 

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LEE YOUNG AE AND HER TWINS FEATURED IN JLOOK MAG

(What a handsome looking family. The twins are so cute!)

CR: JLOOK  and AllThatStar

(More pics and her interview (in korean) on JLOOK website. Click link above.)

 

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Actress Park Hye-Soo, who currently plays Joo Won's sister in Yong Pal, has been confirmed for Shin Saimdang.

She will be playing young Saimdang.

 

Source

See also AsianWiki

 

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Song Seung-heon and Lee Young-ae's "Saimdang, the Herstory"

 

Song Seung-heon has confirmed a role in "Saimdang, the Herstory".

According to Group Eight, Song Seung-heon is co-starring in the drama "Saimdang, the Herstory" with Lee Young-ae.

This is his first drama comeback in 3 years since "When A Man's in Love".

Song plays Lee Gyeom, a man of pure love who meets Saimdang as a child and only has eyes for her for the rest of his life.

Lee Gyeom owns a cultural salon where artists in the Joseon Times used to hang out in and he is a renaissance man who can draw, write, play the geomungo (a traditional musical instrument with six strings) and dance. He is an artist from head to toe and is mysterious in some ways. He shares undying love with Lee Young-ae in the drama.

Song Seung-heon is currently involved in a 100 billion won (~$US100 million) collaboration film with Bruce Willis, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye, William Chan and others.

He's been through some transformations in "Human Addiction" and "Miss Wife".

"Saimdang, the Herstory" is also Lee Young-ae's first comeback in 11 years and the movie has the international crowd on the edge of their seats.
 

"Saimdang, the Herstory" is a story retold of Joseong's Saimdang. The drama is produced by Yoon Sang-ho and the crew from "The Legend". It is written by Park Eun-ryeong from "The Woman Living Across the Street".

"Saimdang, the Herstory" starts filming on the 10th and will be released on SBS next year.

 

 

Source: http://tr.im/mhMoq

 

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HK firm to invest W10b for new Lee Young-ae drama

Emperor Entertainment Korea -- a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Emperor Group -- will invest a hefty 10 billion won ($8.5 million) for the new Lee Young-ae drama, “Saimdang, the Herstory.”

Emperor Group is ranked among the 10 most profitable business groups in Hong Kong, spanning across finance, real estate, hotels and entertainment. The conglomerate is perhaps best known for producing and distributing films featuring the cream of the crop Chinese actors -- Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat, Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse and more.

Its Korean arm EEK, established in 2014, was endowed with 110 billion won ($94 million) to invest in selective Korean entertainment contents, with aims to ride on the hallyu fever across China and Asia.

EEK’s chief Choi Joon-young said, “We will continue to boost killer contents -- our first project had been singer Anda, and the second one is drama “Saimdang.” We are pleased to once again rewrite the history of hallyu, together with the core members of the hallyu fever -- Lee Young-ae and Song Seung-heon.”

“Saimdang, the Herstory” will feature the life of a female cultural icon from Joseon Dynasty who is now the face on 50,000 won bills.
Lee will play the double role of painter-poet Saimdang and a modern day college art instructor. Song will play Saimdang’s artistic soulmate.

The drama is slated for release simultaneously in Korea, China, Japan in early 2016.
 

 

Source

 

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Song Seung-Hun, decided to appear at ‘Saimdang’… the man of Lee Young-Ae

 

The actor Song Seung-Hun decided to appear at SBS drama ‘Saimdang, the Herstory’.

On 10th the production company Group Eight noticed, “The actor Song Seung-Hun decided to appear at the drama ‘Saimdang’ and work with Lee Young-Ae.” For this Song Seung-Hun will return to Braun Tube in three years after MBC ‘A Man in Love’ on 2013.

The role of Lee Gyum whom Song Seung-Hun will perform, is a pure man who loves Saimdang forever from when he met Saimdang who climbed over a wall. He is the character who resonate with Saimdang by act, over love.

Especially ‘Saimdang’ receives enthusiastic reaction in foreign country as it is the return work of Lee Young-Ae for 11 years. The harmony of Lee Young-Ae and Song Seung-Hun is expected to receive interests.

‘Saimdang’ is the drama about Saimdang Shin in Joseon Dynasty, her art and love. It will be aired at the beginning of next year in SBS.

 

Source

 

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Saimdang Herstory Gosa Ceremony

 

source

 

 

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K-media Discusses the Tide Shift Towards Pre-producing K-dramas

Keeping only relevant material

The next big pre-produced project is Saimdang: The Herstory, starring Lee Young Ae andSong Seung Heon, with rumors that it’ll land on MBC.

 

Full article HERE

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Here is an article to go with the photo of the blessing ceremony

 

Lee Young-ae, Yoon Seok-hwa and more actors attend traditional gosa ritual for 'Saimdang, the Herstory'

SBS' new drama, 'Saimdang, the Herstory' has revealed photos taken from their gosa ritual (traditional ritual to wish luck).

On August 21st, the production company, Group8 has revealed photos to show the scenes from the gosa ritual for the drama, which took place on August 21st.

Song Byeong-joon, CEO of Group8, as well as actors and actresses including Lee Young-ae, Kim Hae-sook, Oh Yoon-ah, Yoon Da-hoon, Yoon Seok-hwa, Choi Jong-hwan, Kim Min-hee-II, Choi Cheol-ho, Park Joon-myeon and others and staff members, about 150 people all together attended the event.

In the photos, Lee Young-ae looks sincere as well as excited as she is returning to the small screen in 11 years with the drama. Also other actors and staff members could not hide their excited and thrilled feelings as this is a large scale project they get to experience after a while.

As it rained lightly in the morning on this day and the weather cleared up at the time the event was about to begin, people at the event were delighted, saying it was a sign of good luck.

Also Lee Young-ae showed off her acting performances still strong during the test filming and received compliments from the staff members.

'Saimdang, the Herstory' is a reinterpretation of the life of Shin Saimdang during Joseon era to depict her artistic spirit as a genius painter and her undying love.

Lee Young-ae will play double roles as Saimdang and Seo Ji-yoon, a college lecturer, who majored in Korean art history. She is in the center of the story to solve the interlaced secrets between Saimdang's diary and portrait of a Beauty that she discovered by accident.

Also Song Seung-heon will play the male lead, Lee Gyeom and Oh Yoon-ah will play Saimdang's rival Hwieumdang.

'Saimdang, the Herstory' will be pre-produced by 100% in order to pursue perfection, before it is broadcast by SBS in the second half of this year.

 

 

source

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Updated cast as per Hancinema today

Great to see some familiar faces, aside from our leads

Kim Hae-Sook, needs no intro. She is always amazing, in everything I have seen her in.

Oh Yoon-Ah:  I loved her in "The Firstborn"

Choi Jong-Hwan :  I am liking him now in "Make a Woman Cry" drama

Choi Cheol-Ho - was pretty chilling in "Into the Flames" and also in "Scandal"

Yoon Da-Hoon :  I liked him in "Tears of Heaven."

Park Hye-Soo: is currently in "Yong Pal" playing Joo Won's character little sister.

Park Joon-Myeon: I saw recently in "Mask". She played Soo-Ae's boss at the dept. store.

Saimdang, the Herstory | Cast

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• Lee Young-ae (이영애) Saimdang/Seo Ji-yoon (사임당/서지윤)

• Oh Yoon-ah (오윤아) Hwieumdang (휘음당)

• Song Seung-heon(송승헌) Lee Gyeom (이겸)

• Park Hye-soo (박혜수) Young Saimdang (아린 사임당)

• Yoon Ye-joo (윤예주)

• Yoon Da-hoon (윤다훈)

• Kim Hae-sook (김해숙)

• Yoon Seok-hwa (윤석화)

• Kim Min-hee-II (김민희)

• Choi Cheol-ho (최철호)

• Park Joon-myeon(박준면)

• Choi Jong-hwan (최종환)

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Oh my, when my twins were that young! I wish I did look that good back then!  Thanks for the news everyone, I am looking forward to this project too!

[Guest MaknaeC]

Shin Saimdang - First Script Reading

JoyNews24 via Naver

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Finally! Can't wait.

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Lee Young-ae joins script-reading for ‘Saimdang’

Script-reading session photos for the upcoming TV drama “Saimdang” were released Wednesday.

Actress Lee Young-ae, emerging from her long hiatus, participated in the first script-reading session along with 30 or so fellow actors.

“This is my second SBS work since 2000’s ‘Fireworks.’ I will do my best and enjoy,” Lee said.

The celebrated 44-year-old is to play the dual role of a modern day art instructor and painter-poet Shin Saimdang, based on the real figure of the Joseon era.

Twenty-year-old actress Park Hye-soo will play the part of a younger Saimdang.

Multiple award-winner for supporting roles, the reliable actress Kim Hae-sook will play Saimdang’s irritable mother-in-law.

“(Lee) doesn’t seem as if she took any time off from acting,” Kim said, “There are so many people here today that I’m glad to be with.”

Kim said she would take on tough tasks as a senior and see to it that things go smoothly throughout the filming.

In this drama, actor Yoon Da-hoon (Nam Kwang-woo) will play the husband to Saimdang, while the male lead will be actor Song Seung-heon, who harbors unrequited love for Saimdang and empathizes with her in the medium of art.

The TV show is set to be aired this year, with the exact date yet to be determined.

 

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[Irisz]

Thanks again for the news! It means they'll soon start shooting too! 

[minhye1822]

Patiently waiting for this drama. Really really like looking LYA face. Its peaceful....