I'm working on five posts at once (2 Ponyo-related), and consequently have not finished anything. Some links while I get it together:
FILMS
- Park Chan Wook's (The Vengeance Trilogy) new film Thirst comes out this Thursday in Korea. Song Kang-Ho stars as a vampire priest having an affair with his sick friend's wife; it's no spoiler to say things do not go well.
The government censored the original poster (right) for being "unsuitable for teenagers," and now people are buzzing about the film's frontal male nudity. Sounds like a fun, popcorn flick to me.
Read more about the film at Dramabeans.
DRAMAS
- Kim So Eun (Boys Over Flowers) & Ji Jin Hee (Dae Jang Geum, Spotlight) will star in a remake of Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko. I watched a few episodes of the original (mostly for Abe Hiroshi), and it's like Monk, if Monk were a romantic comedy. I found it more awkward than entertaining.
MANGA/MANHWA
- Three recent reviews that looked intriguing: Evyione: Ocean Fantasy, The Color of Earth, and predictably, A Drifting Life.
WEIRD
- I had a crush on this guy in middle school.
- Finally, another amazing Japanese ad. They're saying "hoso (skinny) macho" & "gori (big) macho"; why, however, is a mystery. Also, is that Matsuda Shota on the left? :: (via watashi to tokyo).
