Kim Bum 김범 | [Drama 2022] Ghost Doctor, 고스트 닥터

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*** I'm glad that tvN's "Tale of the Nine-Tailed" started-off strong for its premiere & took the lead among the three new Wednesday-Thursday dramas. The first episode of the drama, which aired an hour later than the above three dramas, had an average of 5.8% ratings nationwide.

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Lee Dong Wook And Kim Bum Engage In A Heated Duel In “Tale Of The Nine-Tailed”

 

 

tvN’s “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” has shared a glimpse of the two gumiho brothers at odds.

 

The drama is about a male gumiho (a mythical nine-tailed fox) named Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook) who has settled in the city, and the fearless producing director named Nam Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah) who is determined to track him down. Kim Bum plays Lee Rang, Lee Yeon’s half-brother and the child of a human and a gumiho.

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Since the drama’s premiere, Lee Yeon and Lee Rang captured viewers’ attention with their different charms. Lee Yeon has a beautiful and powerful charisma, while Lee Rang shows mastery in transformation a coy understanding of the human psyche. The way Lee Rang continued to provoke Lee Yeon, who in turn keeps a wary eye on Lee Rang, heightened the tension between the two half brothers.

Lee Yeon is desperately awaiting the reincarnation of a woman named Ah Eum. When Lee Rang used this fact to cook up a scheme, Lee Yeon told Lee Rang that’s he’s suffering from a “brother complex” and angered him. Lee Rang expressed his resentment toward Lee Yeon for turning his back on the mountain and his position as its guardian spirit because of a woman, and Lee Yeon responded, “That’s right. I turned my back on you.”

In new still images, a sudden fight has erupted between the two brothers. Lee Yeon maintains a straight face as if he’s trying to hide his emotions, while Lee Rang charges into Lee Yeon like he’s lost his mind. They use their surreal powers to duel and turn the place upside down. As a former guardian spirit, Lee Yeon appears to have the upper hand at first, but Lee Yeon’s smirk suggests that he has something up his sleeves to turn the situation around.

 

 

tvN reveals that this scene was filmed in June. Prior to the filming, Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum practiced coordinating their movements. They showed perfect teamwork and made the staff on set even more excited about the scene. Lee Dong Wook, the older of the two, led Kim Bum through the scene and brought out the appropriate emotions. Kim Bum followed Lee Dong Wook’s lead and pulled off the action moves excellently.

 

The production team shared, “Because Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum have known each other for a long time, they are portraying the complex emotions between the two brothers in a natural way. The powerful action scene between the gumiho brothers, Lee Yeon and Lee Rang, will provide a satisfying feeling as well as a shocking twist. Please watch the broadcast to find out what that twist is.”

 

Episode 3 of “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” airs on October 14 at 10:30 p.m. KST.

 

Watch the drama below!

 

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Source (1) / soompi news

 

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*** This is an amazing drama. I love it! The first 2 episodes were great.

 

 

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“Tale Of The Nine-Tailed” Hints At The Mystery And Thrills Coming Up Next

 

 

As fans eagerly await the next installment of “Tale of the Nine-Tailed,” the show has shared what to expect as the story unfolds!

 

The new tvN drama tells the story of a male gumiho (a mythical nine-tailed fox) named Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook) who has settled in the city, and the fearless producing director named Nam Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah) who is trying to find out the truth behind the disappearance of her parents. Kim Bum plays Lee Rang, Lee Yeon’s half-brother and the child of a human and a gumiho.

 

Three key points to look forward to in the next episodes are a thrilling pursuit, suspense, and romance. The show has also given each point a score out of five. Learn more about each of those points below!

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1. Mystery and thrills (Pursuit score: 3/5 points)

The world of “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” is full of mystery and thrills as it reinterprets and modernizes traditional stories. In the latest episode, Nam Ji Ah met a bulgasari, who feeds on nightmares. She then had a dream in which her mother is throwing a skull, before she ended up heading to a village on an island, where the skull of a man has been discovered. Lee Yeon joined her on the journey in order to stop Lee Rang, who’s up to a new plot and using Lee Yeon’s lost love Ah Eum as bait.

Nam Ji Ah and Lee Yeon dove deeper into the island’s strange mystery as they found out that the man’s suspicious death wasn’t the first of its kind—the skulls of four unidentified women have been discovered on the island since 1954, but the village tries to keep it quiet.

At the end of episode 2, Nam Ji Ah was attacked by a sailor who had discovered the latest skull, and then she suddenly changed as though becoming another person when she grabbed Lee Yeon by the throat.

 

A still shows Lee Yeon walking through the rain in the darkness with an intense look. It’s promised that he will be showcasing his off-the-charts charisma and all the majesty of the former mountain spirit of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range in the next episodes as he undertakes a pursuit on an entirely different level than that of a human.

 

2. The occult and chills (Suspense score: 4/5 points)

The drama features appearances by many characters from folklore that can’t be seen in real life, and mysterious scenes that could never be explained with science are giving fans goosebumps but also providing exciting thrills.

 

In episode 2, there were two scenes that created a mystical and strange mood: when the duo met the spirit of the village’s guardian tree, and when a shaman performed a ritual by the sea to try to recover the spirit of Mr. Seo, the man who had died. On top of that, Lee Rang sat on the porch of the home of Mr. Seo’s daughter Pyung Hee and made a chilling phone call, saying with a cunning grin, “We just opened up here. A haunted house.” Right after that, the sailors who discovered Mr. Seo’s skull were shown dying or collapsing.

 

As defenses go up against mysterious forces that come knocking in episode 3 and 4, a shocking side of Nam Ji Ah will increase the suspense.

3. Heartbreaking love and emotion (Romance score: 5/5 points)

The last episode of “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” told the story of Lee Yeon’s surprising decision to change his fate because of love. Even though he was the spirit of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range, he fell in love with a human named Ah Eum. When she died, he spent his life waiting for her resurrection. Nam Ji Ah looks just like Ah Eum, and Lee Yeon saved her life during a mysterious accident 21 years ago. When he met her 21 years later, his hypnosis hadn’t worked and she remembered his face, and he wondered again if she was Ah Eum reborn. However, when he checked while she was sleeping to see if she had the “fox bead” that he’d left with Ah Eum, he was disappointed to find that she did not.

 

While Lee Yeon and Nam Ji Ah bicker with each other, they’re both experiencing similar emotions as they search for loved ones that they believe are out there somewhere. Many fans are curious about whether romance will begin as the pair overcome the crises they face on the mysterious island.

 

The production team described “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” as setting a unique foothold as an exciting K-fantasy drama that mixes many different genres. They added, “We hope you check out the episode to discover the hidden stories of Lee Yeon, Nam Ji Ah, and Lee Rang and see the exhilarating way the plot unfolds.”

 

Episode 3 of “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” airs on October 14 at 10:30 p.m. KST.

 

Watch “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” below!

 

Watch Now

 

 

 

Source (1) / soompi news

 

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Stills for the upcoming episodes of "Tale of Gumiho"

 

 

credit pictures: https://breathlesssurvival.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/gumiho-gimmicks/

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Lee Dong Wook. Jo Bo Ah. Kim Bum Tale of the Nine Tailed Press Conference 7 October 2020

 

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source : https://sunshineemine.blogspot.com/2020/10/lee-dong-wook-jo-bo-ah-kim-bum-tale-of.html

 

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*** "Tale of the Nine-Tailed" will be on the new streaming site iQIYI this month.

 

 

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Kdramas Making Their Way to Viki in October

 

We have kdramas making their way to Viki in October! We have a couple of new ones this month as well a couple that were added last month:

 

 

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

 

 

Stars: Lee Dong Wook, Jo Bo Ah, Kim Bum

 

Tale of the Nine-Tailed is about a gumiho who handles problems between the living world and the underworld and the PD of a program about urban legends who is trying to prove the gumiho is real.

 

Check out Tale of the Nine-Tailed.

 

 

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source : Kdramakisses

https://kdramakisses.com/2020/10/15/kdramas-making-their-way-to-viki-in-october/#more-43677

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Supernatural fantasy, mystery thriller, rom-com and horror: 10 new K-dramas you can catch online in October

 

Christmas comes early for K-drama fans with Netflix and Viu launching 10 new Korean drama series this month, with genres ranging from supernatural fantasy and romantic comedies to mystery thrillers and dark horror.

 

You might not need much convincing to stay at home and ride out the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tale of the Nine Tailed

Starring Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, Kim Bum

PHOTO: Viu

Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook) is a mythical nine-tailed fox traversing between the mortal world and the underworld, punishing evil spirits that wreak havoc on humankind. Ji-ah (Jo Bo-ah), a fearless TV producer who is determined to track down subjects for her supernatural investigative shows, sets her sights on him, leading to a thrilling romance steeped in escalating tension.

Thought to be the most dangerous of all nine-tailed fox spirits, Lee Yeon's stepbrother, Lee Rang (Kim Bum in his drama comeback since leaving the military earlier this year) is out to provoke him and stir up conflict between him and Ji-ah.

 

Available on Viu with new episodes every Thursday and Friday.

 

 

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credit : https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/supernatural-fantasy-mystery-thriller-rom-com-and-horror-11-new-k-dramas-you-can

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*** tvN is killing it all across the board with all of their dramas . 

 

 

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Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 12-18, 2020

source : dramabeans

https://www.dramabeans.com/2020/10/drama-viewership-ratings-for-the-week-of-oct-12-18-2020/

 

 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol	3	KBS	2.9%
Private Lives	3	JTBC	2.5%
Tale of the Nine Tailed	3	tvN	5.6%
When I Was the Most Beautiful	15	MBC	4.1%
Thursday, Oct. 15
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol	4	KBS	2.8%
Private Lives	4	JTBC	2.2%
Tale of the Nine Tailed	4	tvN	5.5%
When I Was the Most Beautiful	16	MBC	5.0%

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5 Major Revelations From Episodes 3 & 4 Of “Tale Of The Nine-Tailed”

 

 

We’ve entered our second week of fantasy K-drama “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” and the show is gradually revealing the backstory as to why our foxes and human have become who they’ve become, as well as continuing to dish out the creepiness (just in time for the Halloween season!). The romance is building itself well too, with Lee Yeon (Lee Dong Wook) very literally going to hell and back for Nam Ji Ah (Jo Bo Ah).

 

Here are five of the major revelations from this week’s episodes, including the resolution to the fishermen storyline as well as a new antagonist in town:

 

 

Not her. This is the cool Granny with the perfect eye-roll!

 

Warning: Major spoilers for episodes 3 and 4.

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What’s with the fishermen?

We already saw signs of the fishermen being cursed in the second episode, but the why of it all was made clearer in episode three. While out at sea, the four fishermen, including Mr. Seo, were capsized by a big wave and stranded on a lifeboat. Dying of hunger and thirst, they turn their eyes onto Mr. Seo and decide to kill him. (The three culprits, after being cursed, show mirroring signs such as crying of thirst and thus drinking themselves to death).

 

Later, we also find out that the one who cursed them is Pyung Hee, Mr. Seo’s daughter, courtesy of a deal she made with Rang (Kim Bum). Moreover, this really is all just a ruse of his, a distraction of sorts to occupy Yeon and Ji Ah’s attention while they’re on the island. While being confronted by Ji Ah, Rang similarly provides his evil-wish-granting service to her, saying that he can help her find her parents, but Ji Ah smartly declines.

There’s a lot of viewers watching this show for the romance and/or the bromance, but there’s delicious chemistry between Jo Bo Ah and Kim Bum too! That scene is just brimming with chemistry!

What’s with July 15th?

Every few years, a woman is sacrificed on the day of the Ghost festival (July 15th of the lunar calendar) by a never-aging-shaman, and this year, the “lucky” woman is Ji Ah. (The fishermen’s deaths were part of Rang’s plan to lure her onto the island). After getting drugged by the shaman, Ji Ah is tied down and kidnapped to the ritual site by a well. Curiously, the shaman was truthful when she said she knew Ji Ah’s mother, and right before she begins the ritual, she sneers that Ji Ah had tricked her mother while she was still in her womb.

Yeon, startled that he suddenly loses Ji Ah’s scent, looks around for her but to no avail. He declares his status as the original mountain spirit, asking the woods to lift the darkness and lead him to Ji Ah. While his commands are met with silence at first, the leaves soon start rustling and you can feel the magic filling the forest. Fireflies flock in and make a pathway for him to where the ritual site is.

So magical!

However, upon reaching Ji Ah, he’s met with one of the shaman’s protective warding (evening primrose scattered in a circle) and he can’t get past it no matter how hard he tries. Seeing Ji Ah about to fall into a well, he again unleashes his powers and summons rain to wash away the circle of evening primrose, while also calling down a strike of lightning to kill the shaman.

Yeon manages to save Ji Ah from falling into the well, but there’s something dodgy about it. And our suspicions are confirmed when the villagers flock to the well like a herd of mindless zombies. It’s unclear what lured them over, but what we do know is that that is the last we see of any of them. Come daybreak, Ji Ah realizes that the village has become a ghost town. Each and every one of those villagers has disappeared!

What’s with the (half-)brothers?

This week, we learn that Rang was once a compassionate and loving child, one who couldn’t even walk past an injured dog and one who looked up to his big brother. But after Yeon fell in love with Ah Eum and shed his master of Baekdudaegan status, he technically also left Rang. Years after they lost touch (Rang thought Yeon had died), Rang turns into a bloodthirsty creature killing humans because he thinks they are all despicable. And it’s at this point where the brothers finally reunite. Rang is overjoyed to see his big brother still alive, so imagine his shock when he finds out that Yeon is actually sent there by the afterlife judges to “take care” of him. Rang’s anger and sense of betrayal is fully understandable and it’s easy to see that behind his mischievous smile lies a hurt little boy.

Poor Rang! T.T

Yeon too knows this, and his reluctance and powerlessness at the situation is written all over his face. He completes his mission but “misses” the vital point, which is why Rang is still alive today (but with a horrible scar across his stomach). In present day, though Rang taunts him to kill him again, Yeon still refuses to give in, instead telling him to stop acting like a petulant child.

The relationship between these two half-brothers — the push and pull between them — is heartbreaking but so fun to watch. Interestingly, when Rang confronted Yeon during their first reunion as to why he never came back for him, Yeon replied that he couldn’t find him and that he had lost him. Was someone purposely keeping the brothers apart? And if so, is Rang just an unsuspecting pawn in someone else’s evil-er plan?

Sidebar: This little eyebrow raise is just. so. sexy! 

What’s with the children?

To thank Yeon for having saved her twice now, Ji Ah invites Yeon over for a home-cooked meal. And because it’s only polite to bring something for the owner of the house, Yeon brings Ji Ah some flowers mugwort. Heh!

Yeon also notices more and more similarities between Ji Ah and Ah Eum, like the way they would pat his head, or block their ears when they cry. All these memories flood Yeon’s mind, so he can’t help but promise Ji Ah that he’ll make sure she’ll find her parents and that she’ll get to enjoy a long life of normalcy.

Knowing he has to leave for awhile to serve out his punishment for killing the shaman, Yeon gives Ji Ah a talisman to help ward off evil spirits from the funeral home she’s visiting. However, at the funeral home, Rang pops by and secretly slices the talisman, rendering it useless. And that’s when things get really creepy. This funeral home is built on a children’s cemetery, so it’s filled with ghost children, two of which latch onto Ji Ah. They follow her around and strangle her with her own scarf, then continue to chase her into locked buildings. (That scene with a dozen of their little hands banging on the locked door is really creepy.)

Ji Ah is chased up to a rooftop and cornered by all the ghost children. With no way out, Ji Ah can’t help but think of how Yeon has saved her from the horrors again and again, and yearns that he would appear. Unluckily for Ji Ah, Yeon is busy chained up in the Snow Mountain prison (where time flows differently and he’s left there to suffer in a mortal body). He senses that the talisman isn’t working and begs Granny Taluipa to let him serve out his sentence in the Underworld of Knives instead, which — though much more dangerous — would be over more quickly. Granny consents, and so Yeon braves the bridge with knives literally flying into him and slicing his bare body.

Obviously, we know Ji Ah would be saved one way or another, but the way the drama intercuts Ji Ah’s terror and Yeon’s desperation really amps up the tension. And when Ji Ah falls off that rooftop, we were all holding our breaths waiting to see just how she would be saved. At the very last minute, Yeon lunges into the scene and breaks Ji Ah’s fall right before she hits the ground. It’s not pretty, which again emphasizes just how close they were cutting it.

Ji Ah is startled to see that Yeon is so severely injured and cries over his unconscious self. And as her tears fall, we see a bubble of energy manifesting around her! It’s the (fox bead?) bubble we saw when Yeon gave Ah Eum his fox bead, right before she crossed the Sando river. Yeon wakes up in time to see this and contently breathes, “I found you.”

The drama has been pretty heavy handed with dropping clues that Ji Ah is in fact Ah Eum, so it’s great that they straighten this out in the second week, rather than forcing the viewers to play dumb. And now that we’re all on the same page regarding Ji Ah’s identity, the mystery now is — why can’t Yeon sense the fox bead? Is the same person who kept the brothers apart also suppressing the fox bead? And if so, all the Ah Eum-lookalikes that Yeon found over the years — were they also Ah Eum’s reincarnate? Has Yeon tragically missed Ah Eum time and time again?

What’s with the no-feet dragon?

Rewinding a bit to the island, we also learn that all the villagers have a painting of the Dragon King in their houses. Except, on closer inspection, Ji Ah notices that the Dragon King is missing his feet. And a dragon without feet is nothing more than a serpent. This piece of information alarms Yeon, because a serpent creature — the imoogi — was responsible for Ah Eum’s death centuries ago and Yeon killed it right after.

However, everything about the village hints to the imoogi’s return, including having a “welcoming ritual” for something evil. And the night before all the villagers go missing, we see Rang handing a wrapped baby over to a butler-type person, who takes it and provides a… loving home for it? Yea, I don’t think so either.

Very. Creepy. 

 

Start watching “Tale of the Nine-Tailed”: 

 

 

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credit : soompi news

 

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Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 19-25, 2020

source : dramabeans

https://www.dramabeans.com/2020/10/drama-viewership-ratings-for-the-week-of-oct-19-25-2020/

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 21
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol	5	KBS	2.7%
Private Lives	5	JTBC	1.7%
Tale of the Nine Tailed	5	tvN	5.1%
The Spies Who Loved Me	1	MBC	4.3%
Thursday, Oct. 22
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol	6	KBS	3.0%
Private Lives	6	JTBC	1.5%
Tale of the Nine Tailed	6	tvN	5.0%
The Spies Who Loved Me	2	MBC	3.2%

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*** “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” continues to hold on to its ratings lead in its time slot. According to Nielsen Korea, the October 28 episode, which was last night recorded average nationwide ratings of 4.789 percent, a slight drop from last week‘s ratings, though. I  find this drama really good. I'm watching it because of Lee Dong Wook & Kim Bum's comeback to the small screen. I feel a bit sad that ratings had a slight dropping........... 

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[Photo] New Still Added for the Korean Drama "Tale of the Nine Tailed"

 

 

 

Source : /www.hancinema.net/ko...

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*** KB got a coffee truck from Lee Min Ho on the set of his drama, "Tale of the Nine-Tailed". Yesterday, October 28 he posted several photos on Instagram of himself by the truck. LMH's coffee truck read - “From Lee Gon to Lee Rang,” (referring to their characters in Lee Min Ho’s drama “The King: Eternal Monarch” and Kim Bum’s drama “Tale of the Nine-Tailed.) A banner on the truck also read, “To the actors and staff, enjoy and gain strength!  Please look after Bum.”  This is amazing Lee Gon & Lee Rang - hahaha - I feel glad that they have a long lasting friendship since BOF. This is so adorable!

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4PfXnAXvO/?utm_source=ig_embed

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Whenever I wasn't staring in awe at LMH in Boys Over Flowers, Kim Bum also caught my eye. Their bad boy personas combined with underlying vulnerability and sweetness made both of their characters very attractive. I'm so pleased that Kim Bum is in a new drama. I watch K-dramas with a friend every week, and we're just finishing Alice. Can't wait to start watching him and LDW in Tale of the Nine-Tailed! 

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*** “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” soared back into the 5 percent range, which it achieved when the drama first premiered, with ratings of 5.137 percent. This put it well ahead of the other dramas in this time slot. Love this drama. It deserves good figures.

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"Tale of Gumiho" Scene Stealers Kim Bum and Kim Yong Ji Turn Into Hip Rock Stars in Bazaar Korea Pictorial

 

LINK here : http://koalasplayground.com/2020/10/31/tale-of-gumiho-scene-stealers-kim-bum-and-kim-yong-ji-turn-into-hip-rock-stars-in-bazaar-korea-pictorial/

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[Photos] New Stills Added for the Korean Drama "Tale of the Nine Tailed"

 

 

 

Source : /www.hancinema.net/ko...

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*** According to Nielsen Korea, “Tale of the Nine-Tailed” held on to its lead from its last night EP at 4.474 percent despite a decrease from last episode’s 5.115 percent. 

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*** KB wraps filming on his scene in the drama "Tale of Gumiho". Time flies so fast indeed!

 

 

LINK : http://koalasplayground.com/2020/11/07/kim-bum-wraps-filming-on-his-scene-stealing-little-brother-role-in-tvn-drama-tale-of-gumiho/#more-105661