Life graph of Lee Min Ho, “Actor’s job is to give hope and courage”

Lee Min Ho is drawing his life graph

Is there anyone who still thinks that Lee Min Ho gained a sudden fame through his success in the drama, ‘Boys over Flowers’? Today’s Lee Min Ho is undeniable top star. His unequaled existence as a star started in 2009 when he started the drama ‘Boys over Flower’ with age of 23. There is a key to his success; the experiences and know-how’s that his life threw at him before he met the drama, ‘Boys over Flowers

Exclusive Interview Dreamers Radio with Lee Min Ho

The coming of the Hallyu Star Lee Min Ho who is famous because of his top famous dramas such as Boys Over Flowers, Personal Taste and City Hunter is making Jakarta excited on 23rd of March, 2013. His very first visit to Indonesia is welcomed enthusiastically by Minoz all over the country who can't wait to attend "IM3 Global Fan Meeting Lee Minho: First Love With Indonesia".
Dreamers Radio had the opportunity to sit together and do conversation with the actor during his visit to Indonesia. The actor who played "Goo Joon Pyo" on "Boys Over Flowers" enthusiastically answer all of the questions that we ask. Let's check them out!^^

Dreamers Radio (DR): "Annyeong Haseyo Lee Min Ho, we're from Dreamers Radio!"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Ah, Dreamers Radio^^ Good Morning!"


Dreamers Radio (DR): Good Morning. Okay, let's get directly to the questions. What does fans and family means to you?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): " Wah, Good Question! Fans and Family are the ones who always stays by my side and support me on my work, and also my life. Their existence are very important and means the most on my life."


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Are there any memorable event or present that you remember the most from your fans (Minoz)?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "(laugh) Of course there is. The most memorable event is, there is one time when i'm traveling to another country. When they welcome me at the airport, there is someone who pinch my butt. Wah, i remember that incident the most."


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Let's talk bout your career that is getting brighter. From all of your characters that you present, which one that you find the most exciting and the most memorable?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Of course when i act as Goo Joon Pyo in Boys Over Flowers is very memorable for me. From that role, i get a lot of love from my Minoz. But the most memorable is when i have to act in City Hunter. There are so many challenges and it's very difficult!"


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Difficult? Why.."
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Yes, it's difficult because i had to learn again how to act with good action scenes. Because i had to do all of the actions scenes and i had no stuntman, there shouldn't be any mistake."


Dreamers Radio (DR): "In the future, what role did you want to get?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "I want to go back to high school, i want to act as a high schooler again"

Dreamers Radio (DR): "When you were little, what is your dream?" 
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "When i was little, i've never dreamed to be an actor. Instead, i dream to be a soccer player because i love soccer very much. But as i grow older, when i was in my 3rd grade of High School to be exact, i start my training as an actor and i do it seriously.


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Is there any of your dream that hasn't come true?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "I don't think there is, but i hope i can be more focus for my acting career and i can do it well"


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Let's fantasize, 10 years from now, what do you see yourself become?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "10 years from now? (laugh) Wa, i've never though of that. But if i was asked to think what i've bceome when i'm 37 years old, i would still be an actor. And maybe, i'm already married? Hahahaha.."

Dreamers Radio (DR): "Indonesia in Lee Min Ho's eyes is.."
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Indonesia is a country with warm people. The people is warm and friendly. I'm happy to see houses that are neatly organized here, it looked warm"


Dreamers Radio (DR): "When you had a free time, what you usually do?"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Recently, i had some free time so i do sport or stays at home. Sleeping, watching dramas or playing games! I love to play games, any games especially computer games"


Dreamers Radio (DR): "Thank You very much for your time, Lee Min Ho-ssi! ^^"
Lee Min Ho (LMH): "Thank You very much.."

Exclusive interview that is full of Lee Min Ho finally ended warmly. Besides handsome and talented, Lee Min Ho is a very friendly person and loves to smiles, Dreamers! Let's hope that Lee Min Ho can go back to Jakarta next time^^"











source: Dreamers Radio
English Translation: Monika

"The Faith" is popular in China..Lee Min Ho's Power!

SBS's new drama is getting a god response from China. 

Gaining popularity from the hot drama "City Hunter", Lee Min Ho has been considered as one of the most significant actor in China. 

On the 20tf of August, Lee Min Ho's agency Starhaus currently revealed that Lee Min Ho's latest drama "The Faith" has been positioned as a hit drama from online streaming (real time) in China.
Moreover, public can actually see from the number 1 largest site for videos in China,Youku and Letv.com for dramas and even QQ.com, the most popular drama on the first place is "The Faith", and the second is "City Hunter", proving Lee Min Ho's popularity.
Considering the competition from the local Chinese dramas that has been pouring out, for overseas drama to reach the 10th position is already a good reputation, but this Korean Drama reach far beyond.
The watcher of "The Faith" in China reach almost 260 Million, even surpass Lee Min Ho's previous dramas "City Hunter" and "Boys Over Flowers" that enter the top 10, re-visiting the cart.
Chinese Netizen reaction to the surpass of "The Faith" popularity to "City Hunter" gain many attention. "City Hunter" got 120 million viewers in Youku and already reached the position as the best Korean Drama at all time, the most watched Drama that was created in 2011, and become of prince Lee Min Ho's popular works.
Meanwhile, Chinese Netizens said that the best scene from "The Faith" so far is when Choi Young (Lee Min Ho) was stabbed accidentally by Yoo Eun Soo (Kim Hee Sun) but later Yoo Eun Soo save him again. "General Choi kept his promise with his life", "This is definitely the Lee Min Ho's best character", "Lee Min Ho finish with fantasy scene", "I can't stop my tears" was their comment when they see Choi Young later stabbed himself deeper.

Original Korean Text:

'신의' 중국에서 通했다…이민호의 힘!

SBS 새 월화극 '신의'가 중국에서 좋은 반응을 얻고 있다.

드라마 '시티헌터' 등을 통해 중국에서 뜨거운 인기를 모으고 있는 배우 이민호의 영향이 큰 것으로 분석된다. 

20일 이민호의 소속사 스타우스엔터테인먼트에 따르면 드라마 '신의'가 중국에서 동영상 스트리밍(실시간 재생) 최다 조회수를 기록하며 뜨거운 반응을 일으키고 있다.

더욱이 공개 직후 중국 최대 동영상 사이트인 유쿠닷컴과 Letv.com의 드라마 부분 메인을 장식하고 클릭수 1위를 기록하는 한편 QQ.com에서는 최고 인기 드라마로 '신의'와 '시티헌터'가 나란히 1, 2위를 차지하며 이민호의 인기를 증명하고 있다. 

뿐만 아니라 1주일 동안 수십편이 쏟아져 나오는 중국 현지 드라마와의 경쟁에서 유일한 해외 드라마로 10위를 기록했다. 이는 한국 드라마로는 단연 1위에 해당한다.

'신의'는 letv.com사이트의 조회수로만 260만건을 넘어서고 있으며, 이와 함께 이민호의 전작인 '시티헌터'와 '꽃보다 남자'가 조회수 10위권내로 진입하며 재조명 받고 있다. 

이와 같은 반응에 중국의 누리꾼들은 '신의'의 흥행이 '시티헌터'를 넘어설 수 있을 지에 관심을 모으고 있다. '시티헌터'는 유쿠닷컴에서만 조회수 1억 2천만건으로 한국 드라마로서는 역대 최다 조회를 기록, 2011년 이민호를 대륙의 왕자로 만든 최고의 인기 작품이다.

한편 중국 누리꾼들은 극중 최영(이민호)가 은수(김희선)의 칼에 찔리는 장면을 최고로 꼽으며 "목숨으로 지킨 무사의 언약" "다시는 없을 최고의 캐릭터" "이민호로 완성되는 판타지" "최영이 칼을 스스로에게 찔러 넣는 장면에서 눈물을 멈출 수 없었다" 등의 반응을 보이고 있다. 

김명은 기자 drama@sportschosun.com

Source: newsnate

English Translation: Monika

Vote for Lee Min Ho in 2012 Seoul International Drama Awards

Hello International Minoz!

The poll has officially opened for the 2012 Seoul International Drama Awards! City Hunter is on the nominated list, and we need the power of Minoz to vote for City Hunter!

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Go to the website here: CLICK ME
2. If you can’t read Korean, there’s an ENG button on the top right corner for the page to be in English.
3. Go to the search bar next to the menu “Program Title”
4. Type in the search box “City Hunter”

5. City Hunter’s photo will appear and all you need to do is click on the heart!

You can click on the heart as many times as you want! ^^

Let’s show them the power of Minoz! Fighting!

Full Credits: Lee Min Ho's World

Lee Min Ho - City Hunter Japan Promotion Video

Credits: comiczenon

Lee Min Ho - City Hunter in Seoul Comment

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Lee Min Ho - "City Hunter in Seoul" Press Conference Valentine's Day Special in Fuji TV, Japan

Credits: mantanweb

Fuji TV Extends Lee Min Ho’s City Hunter by 6 Episodes

Lee Min Ho’s City Hunter is having an explosive reaction in Japan. Fuji TV announced through their main website that they would be extending “City Hunter in Seoul” by 6 episodes. Originally the show was only supposed to run for 20 episodes.

Japan’s broadcast of City Hunter was shorter than South Korea’s broadcast because of advertisements. That is why parts of the drama were edited out. Viewers of the show however began to voice complaints leading to Fuji TV’s decision.

City Hunter was originally broadcast in South Korea from May 25, 2011 to July 28, 2011. The episodes were each 53 minutes long, but the Japanese broadcast were trimming down the episodes to 45 minutes.

A representative of Fuji TV stated, “Currently Lee Min Ho’s popularity is increasing at a fast pace, even though it is his first appearance on Japanese TV after ‘Flower Over Boys,’ the audience is giving a positive response to Lee Min Ho’s completely different image.”

Source: soompi

Lee Min Ho's City Hunter vs. Personal Taste simultaneously organized in Japan TV

[ENews24] Actor Lee Min Ho is definitely accepted in Japan's doorstep.

Lee Min Ho's latest film or SBS drama "City Hunter" is scheduled to broadcast Japan on Fuji TV and MBC "Personal Taste" is scheduled to broadcast on TBS. This 2 channel simultaneous combination on Japan is expected to make a record.

Japanese's Fuji TV via their website SBS "City Hunter" or titled "City Hunter in SEOUL" already announce that they will broadcast the drama 5 times a week. Based on the advertisements, it's starting on February 6th, it's started from 2 PM. Meanwhile, Son Ye Jin and Lee Min Ho's 2009 "Personal Taste" will broadcast starting on February 16th.
This competition "Lee Min Ho vs. Lee Min Ho" is gaining a lot of attention, despite on his special showdown. A single actor is having 2 of his works aired on a 2 terrestrial is highly unusual and special.
Official Japanese producer saying that the airing of Lee Min Ho's 2 dramas "Personal Taste" and "City Hunter" for Japanese viewers is receiving a high expectations. "Lee Min Ho is already a star in Japan and having him in Japan home theater would be awesome.." says the producer.

Lee Min Ho's agency comments about it was like "Lee Min Ho is leading Japan, and many other foreign countries lately, especially end of last year. We're honored that there's seems to be an interest in relay of Lee Min Ho's dramas, broadcast it without an ending..."
Meanwhile, Lee Min Ho is currently struggle to rest and thinking about his next work. Dramas fans can't wait for the promotion when the signs of new project is announced already.

<Photo Credits: Starhaus Entertainment>

Original Korean Text:

이민호, '시티헌터' Vs '개인의 취향' 日 TV 동시 편성 '진기록'

[enews24 고홍주 기자] 배우 이민호가 일본 안방을 접수한다.

이민호는 자신의 출연작 SBS '시티헌터'와 MBC '개인의 취향'이 일본의 공중파 방송인 후지 TV와 TBS, 2개 채널에서 각각 동시 편성되며 전례 없는 기록을 남기게 됐다.

일본의 후지TV는 홈페이지를 통해 SBS 드라마 '시티헌터'가 시티헌터 in SEOUL'이라는 타이틀 하에 오는 6일부터 오후 2시 주 5회 연속 방송된다는 내용의 공지를 올렸다. 손예진과 호흡을 맞췄던 MBC드라마 '개인의 취향' 역시 TBS를 통해 공개된다. 오는 16일 목요일부터 방송될 예정.

이민호는 이로써 다른 배우와의 경쟁이 아닌 '이민호 VS 이민호'라는 특별한 대결 구도를 갖게 됐다. 한 배우의 작품이 지상파 2개 채널에서 방영되는 것은 지극히 이례적인 일이다.

일본 관계자들은 "일본 시청자들이 '개인의 취향'의 전진호에 앓고 '시티헌터' 이윤성에 중독될 것으로 보인다"고 기대감을 드러내며 "이민호는 일본 안방극장의 스타로 급부상할 것이다"라고 입을 모으고 있다.

이에 대해 소속사 관계자는 "일본에서 많은 섭외가 이어질 뿐만 아니라 지난 연말부터 여러 국가에서 이어지는 '시티헌터'의 릴레이 방송으로 이민호에 대한 관심이 끊이지 않고 있다"고 전했다.

한편, 이민호는 현재 휴식을 취하며 차기작을 위해 고심하고 있다. 소속사 측은 조만간 드라마 팬들을 위한 프로모션을 계획하고 있다는 뜻을 귀띔했다.

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고홍주 기자 falcon12@cj.net

Original Source: newsnate

English Translation: Monika

P.S -> TBS just announce that MBC "Personal Taste" broadcast date is changed to 21st of February, not 16th of February as it was first scheduled.

Lee Min Ho's "City Hunter" is Number 1 in France

Actor Lee Min Ho is captivating France. 

A poll was recently held in France in 2011 about their favorite leading Korean Actor and Actress and Lee Min Ho overwhelmingly, he took the first place of The Actor of The Year 2011.

DMS (Dramas Mangas Sensei) which done the poll said that City Hunter and Lee Min Ho the South Korean Actor is so popular in France. Above 33 other dramas, City Hunter got the 1st place with 24.75%, and Lee Min Ho also got the 1st place above 32 other actors with 26.71%.

DMS which got over 20 Million visitors is trying to record how much Korean Wave has influence France and they are trying to find which Korean Drama is the best on year 2011 and who is the best Korean Actor in 2011, by holding the poll and rank them all. 

Lee Min Ho's "City Hunter" is currently airing at GongTV since December 2011 (last year) every Sunday evening, while "Boys Over Flowers" is already broadcast in Europe via KZTV. Taiwan already broadcast City Hunter since December also, while Philippines just start airing "City Hunter" since January 2012. Meanwhile, on February, Japan is scheduled to broadcast "City Hunter"  on Fuji TV.

Original Korean Text:

'시티헌터' 이민호, 프랑스 女心까지 잡았다! 인기투표 1위

배우 이민호가 프랑스 여심까지 사로잡았다.

최근 프랑스에서 진행 된 2011년 한국 최고의 남자 배우를 가리는 투표에서 배우 이민호는 압도적인 득표율로 '2011년 최고의 남자 배우'자리를 차지했다.

DMS(Dramas Mangas Sensei)에서 진행된 한국의 최고 드라마와 연기자를 가리는 인기투표에서 총 33개의 드라마 가운데 '시티헌터'가 1위(24.75%), 최고의 남자 배우 부분에서는 32명의 남자 배우 가운데 이민호가 압도적인 득표율로 1위(26.71%)를 차지했다.

DMS는 2,000만명 이상의 방문자를 기록하는 대표적인 한류 사이트로 이번 투표는 2011년 한국의 최고 드라마, 배우를 투표로 결정, 순위를 매기는 형식으로 진행됐다.

이민호의 '시티헌터'는 지난 12월 11일부터 GongTV에서 매주 일요일 저녁에 '꽃보다 남자'는 KZTV를 통해 유럽에서 방송되고 있다. 또 12월 대만, 1월 필리핀에서 방송을 시작하는 등 세계적으로 '시티헌터'가 방송되고 있다. 2월에는 일본 후지TV에서 방송이 예정된 상태다.
고재완 기자 star77@sportschosun.com

Original Source: Sports Chosun
English Translation: Monika

Lee Min Ho's "City Hunter" to Air on Fuji TV February 6

City Hunter which stars Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young will be broadcast on Japanese Fuji TV. The decision was made on January 30 and the drama will begin to air from February 6 to February 29. The drama will air for one hour and five times each week.

A Japanese broadcasting representative stated, “There is a lot of anticipation for City Hunter. The high quality of the drama has already been established, because the original manga is Japanese we believe that the moment it begins to air in Japan that Lee Min Ho will become a huge star.”

The representative continued, “Lee Min Ho is drastically changing with each drama he does. We believe that viewers who met Lee Min Ho through ‘Boys Over Flowers’ will fall for Lee Min Ho in ‘City Hunter.’”

Lee Min Ho’s agency stated, “After hearing about the news of a Japanese broadcasting of City Hunter, many other countries are giving love calls to Lee Min Ho. He is currently resting and figuring out what project to do next. Through essential promotions we plan on creating an event where he can greet fans of the drama series.”

If you’ve never got a chance to watch the drama series, check out the Recaps of City Hunter!

Source: Soompi

City Hunter North American Release Date Set

YA Entertainment, one of the biggest distributors of K-Dramas in North America, has announced that the entire SBS drama "City Hunter" series will be released in one box set on December 6, 2011. The twenty episode television series. starring stars Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young, is an adaptation of Tsukasa Hojo’s Japanese manga.

City Hunter is set in present day Seoul, with Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min Ho) dead set on carrying out a revenge plot created by his step-father. Along the way he meets Kim Na Na (Park Min Young), who becomes a love interest.

The series enjoyed wide popularity in South Korea, with an average rating of 15.2 (TNmS Media Korea). It also proved to be popular to those residing outside of South Korea, being featured as one of Soompi’s Drama of the Week. The cost for the DVD set is expected to be $59.99 USD.

In case you missed, here's Soompi's recap of "City Hunter." Enjoy!

Official Box Art:

Credits: soompi

110808 City Hunter NG Video

110808 City Hunter NG Video by meow1313

Credits: SBS, loveghs.wordpress.com

PD Jin Hyeok “City Hunter season 2? Lee Min Ho wants to do a melodrama.”

[TV report reporter Park Jin Young] City Hunter PD Jin Hyeok revealed that LMH wants to pursue melo-acting rather than action (projects).

PD Jin Hyeok was in an interview with TV Report on the 2nd and voiced out the regrets he has about SBS TV’s City Hunter.

PD Jin said “Right now i’m self-reflecting on what I did poorly and what I did well. There are a lot of regrets remaining in my mind.” When asked if he would reconcile those regrets through a 2nd season he replied “If we were to do a 2nd season, the story would have to change. And LMH has to be in it. However, it doesn’t seem like LMH will do a 2nd season. He had a hard time and said he wants to try melo-acting next,” to which PD Jin laughed heartily.

LMH did almost all the action scenes himself without a stand-in. He was also involved in an accident and suffered injuries which shocked everyone. PD Jin added that “if LMH removes his clothing, it would be full of wounds and bruises,” showing how hard it possibly was on LMH physically.

Actually LMH had a amusing connection with PD Jin. When PD Jin’s former project ‘prosecutor princess’ was showing on SBS, LMH was starring as the male lead in MBC’s ‘personal taste’ which was airing during the same time slot. During that time, the actor and director were competitors but this time they have joined their efforts together in a project.

To this PD Jin said “I bought the topic up the moment I met Minho. We were envious of each other. Usually I wasn’t interested in him but after meeting him I realize there’s more to him (or he’ll make it big). When I was working on ‘Prosecutor Princess’, I thought LMH is really good. During that time, I thought it would be great if I could work with him.”

After LMH was casted for the role in City Hunter, PD Jin would hang out with LMH to get to know him better. He said “It is a project that displays the charisma of the actor, so I have to know the actor to be able to direct it well. He cooperated with me on the process to discover his charisma. I put a lot of thought on the person’s (prob referring to Yoon Sung) cheerful and dark side, as well as how he should express the emotions through his eyes and etc. MH also follows well,” expressing his gratefulness for that.

SBS TV’s City Hunter completed its last episode (epi 20) on the 29th. Although there are certain regrets about the ending, viewers praised the drama for bringing up societal issues such as half-priced tuition and the industrial accident involving leukemia.

Source: TV Report
Translation by webby @ soompi

Credits: loveghs.wordpress.com

City Hunter’s PD Jin Hyeok, “If Lee Min Ho removes his shirt, there would be wounds and bruises”

[TV report reporter Park Jin Young] City Hunter’s PD Jin Hyeok is grateful towards Lee Min Ho for risking injuries.

During an interview with TV Report on the 2nd, SBS City Hunter’s PD Jin Hyeok was asked whether there were any special happenings when filming, to which he replied “I feel regrettable that the actors suffered many injuries because of the dangerous scenes we had to film.”

For example, there was a scene in episode 13 where Lee Jin Pyo (played by Kim Sang Joong) threatened Kim Na Na (Park Min Young) who came out from the grocery mart.

PD Jin said “actually Kim Sang Joong sunbae was supposed to fire at Park Min Young during that scene but we had an accident. Lee Min Ho was supposed to step out after the glass door broke and he said he was going to do the scene without using a double. However, too much explosive was used and the glass fragments flew out and wounded LMH’s knee. Filming had to be halted.”

He added, “It was filmed slightly before the broadcast so we couldn’t continue filming and had to change the ending of the scene. There were plenty of such moments. Therefore, if LMH were to remove his clothes, his entire body would be full of injuries and bruises. He did not end up unscathed.”

Additionally, he mentioned regarding Park Min Young who played the role of the president’s bodyguard, “She had a hard time because of judo since she had to tackle guys not just once but many times. Both Min Young who had to fling her opponent, and Min Ho who had to be flung both had a difficult time. So they probably have plenty of bruises.”

PD Jin attributes this all to the acting passion of the actors. He remarked, “When filming such dangerous action scenes, they could have used a stand-in, but all of them wanted to do more and decided to do it on their own. Actually when a double is used, there are a lot of limitations. The breadth of filming widened because they decided to do the scenes themselves. For this, I’m grateful.”

SBS TV ‘City Hunter’ finished airing it’s last episode (epi 20) on the 29th of last month. Although there are certain regrets about its ending, the drama has received praise for delighting viewers by raising issues such as half-priced tuition fees, industrial accident involving leukemia and etc.

Source: TV Report

Translation by webby @ soompi

‘City Hunter’ PD Jin Hyeok, “Lee Min Ho’s traffic accident happened because of his passion towards acting”

[TV report reporter Park Jin Young] City Hunter’s PD Jin Hyeok revealed that the cause for Lee Min Ho’s traffic accident was because of his passion for acting.

PD Jin Hyeok spoke about LMH’s traffic accident during an interview with TV Report on the 2nd.

PD Jin said “It was really a dizzy moment. Actually it was merely a driving scene and not a major scene at all. Although LMH is usually a slightly harsh driver, we had to hang a camera in front of the car in order to provide a good sense of speed.”

He explained “Since it was a scene without any spoken lines, the assistant director who was the only person sitting in the backseat told him to start driving and I gave the OK. However, LMH requested to do film the scene once more. During that time there was a work vehicle on the street. However, the ‘work in progress’ sign was placed right behind the work vehicle instead of some distance away. MH wasn’t able to see it and ran into an accident.”

PD Jin said “I was thinking it couldn’t be our car, could it, and went to verify. It was a dizzy moment. However, remembering how the assistant director said he didn’t want to sit in the car right before filming, it seems like he had a sense of what might happen,” and gave a hearty laugh.

Lee Min Ho who was filming near Kyeong Ki Do – Ilsan’s lake garden on the afternoon of June 13, got into a big accident where the car he drove was partially damaged, causing a lot of fans to be worried. However, fortunately injuries were minor and filming could be resumed. ‘City Hunter’ aired its last episode on July 29th.

Source: TV Report

Translation by webby @ soompi

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CITY HUNTER FINAL SHOOTING, LEE MIN HO FANS GAVE A CAKE AND FLOWER BOUQUET

SBS City Hunter attracted fans on its final episode by giving them a happy ending.

On July. 28th in the final episode of City Hunter, Lee Min Ho fans already prepared for a cake and also flower bouquet which were received personally by Lee Min Ho. The fans decorated the cake with a picture of Lee Yoon Seong ( Lee Min Ho ) who were in his City Hunter costume ( black jacket and black mask ) and it looked so sweet.

The flower bouquets were queued in the front of the building. They said there, ” City Hunter, A Big Hope of This World “, ” Lee Min Ho, Your Acting is Incredible “. Thank you for all of the staffs of City Hunter. I am so happy “, ” Lee Yoon Seong, with this person I wanna live with “, and ” Good bye, handsome Mr. Hunter “. Many love to City Hunter and Lee Min Ho are showed according to those messages from fans.

Source : NATE

English Translation by : Aka @ Korea.com
Credits: Lee Min Ho's Fanclub @ korea.com

[Spoiler: City Hunter] The producer of ‘City Hunter’ clarifies the ending

On July 28th, SBS’s popular drama, ‘City Hunter‘ came to a close.

With the finale, the ending attracted much attention with controversial comments from viewers. The foster father of ‘Lee Yoon Sung‘ (played by Lee Min Ho), Lee Jin Pyo (played by Kim Sang Joong), was hit by a flurry of shots and ended up dead.

Even though at the end, Yoon Sung and ‘Na Na‘ (played by Park Min Young) were reunited in a happy ending, but some viewers were left to believe that Yoon Sung was actually a ghostly figure. However, the producer, Kim Yong Sup, stated to TVDaily on July 29th, “Yoon Sung is not dead“.

Kim Yong Sup elaborated, “Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min Ho) sustained a bullet shot in the last episode, but after much time passes, he eventually meets Kim Na Na. He doesn’t appear as a ghost as it was actually just a time jump that we had set up. Of course, I respect the arbitrary interpretation of the viewers. However, just the fact that Yoon Sung didn’t die is strictly speaking, the definition of a happy ending. The director and writer put in the scene with this as their mindset.”

However, the last episodes of ‘City Hunter’ still resulted in the deaths of prosecutor ‘Kim Young Joo‘ (played by Lee Jun Hyuk) and Jin Pyo. Yoon Sung was injured by Jin Pyo’s bullet but recovered as time went by.

Source: TVDaily via Nate , allkpop

"City Hunter" a drama by Lee Min Ho, for Lee Min Ho

[MyDaily] SBS drama "City Hunter" (written by Hwang Eun Kyeong and Choi Su Jin, directed by Jin Hyeok) is telling how Kim Sang Jung died while Park Min Young and Lee Min Ho is having their reubion, everyone seems to celebrate happy ending of the scene.

Aired on the 28th of July, all of the truth is shown, where Lee Jin Pyo (Kim Sang Jung) is forcing Lee Yoon Seong (Lee Min Ho) to do a cruel, cold-blood cruelty and revenge, but instead at the end, he called himslef "City Hunter" and died tragically. A bloody revenge and extreme confrontation between Lee Jin Pyo and Lee Yoon Seong is dramatic in every minute, especially when each of them is pulling of a gun to each other, and when they hold hand, the reconciliation is dramatic.

Meanwhile, Kim Na Na (Park Min Young) could only lie on the floor, the Blue House bodyguard is watching Yoon Seong's scene with his father when he's reunited with Yoon Seong. At the end, a happy ending was made when Na Na met Yoon Seong reunited again dramatically, as a decoration to the "hard scene" on City Hunter.

"City Hunter", as you can see from the title, is a drama about a lonely hero. Aired two times a week until the final 20th episode, it's telling about the growth process of Lee Min Ho the main character of the story, his remarkable growing process is persuading viewers to watch this hot drama.

Presenting a remarkable action and the sharp eyes of Lee Min Ho, it could be seen that Lee Min Ho has made a big transformation. He's doing "City Hunter" after "Boys Over Flowers" and "Personal Preference", which both of them are mellow drama, but this handsome actor has make a new-born image as a strong action star.
Actually, it's already planned for Lee Min Ho to star on "City Hunter" when it's still on planning. So, it could be said that Lee Min Ho was well-prepared for "City Hunter". Even from the start of the shooting until the end, all of the crew didn't lost their sincerity, makes the viewers cheer and support for all of them until the end.
It's not a big news that the flower boy Lee Min Ho already gain a big popularity because of "City Hunter" because it's a hard work to bring "City Hunter" and he's already done a hard work for this.

Original Korean Text:

종영 '시티헌터', 이민호에 의한 이민호를 위한 이민호의 드라마

[마이데일리 = 강선애 기자]SBS 수목극 ‘시티헌터’(극본 황은경, 최수진/연출 진혁)가 김상중이 죽고 이민호와 박민영이 재회하는 장면으로 절반의 해피엔딩을 맞았다.

28일 밤 방송된 ‘시티헌터’ 마지막회에서 그동안 잔인하도록 냉혈한 모습을 보여 온 진표(김상중 분)가 윤성(이민호 분) 대신 ‘시티헌터’를 자청하며 ‘총알받이’가 되는 비극적 최후를 맞이했다. 피비린내 나는 복수를 감행하며 극한의 대립을 펼치기도 했던 진표와 윤성은 최후의 순간에 서로의 손을 부여잡으며 극적인 화해를 하게 됐다.

그런가하면 나나(박민영 분)는 식물인간으로 병상에 누워있던 아버지를 여의고 청와대 경호원 일을 그만둔 채 윤성을 기다리던 중 윤성과 재회하게 됐다. 윤성과 나나가 극적인 재회로 행복한 결말을 맞이하는 장면이 ‘시티헌터’의 대미를 장식했다.

‘시티헌터’는 제목에서 알 수 있든 주인공 ‘시티헌터’가 원톱 주인공으로 드라마를 이끌었다. 총 20회 드라마 전반에 걸친 복수, 멜로 등의 모든 스토리에 주인공 이윤성이 있었고, 이런 ‘시티헌터’ 이윤성을 연기한 이민호는 이번 작품을 통해 괄목할만한 성장을 이루며 시청자들의 뜨거운 지지를 얻어냈다.

이민호가 선보인 현란한 액션과 강렬한 눈빛 연기, 섬세한 감정 연기는 기존의 출연 작품에서는 볼 수 없었던 놀라운 변신이었다. 그는 이번 ‘시티헌터’를 통해 드라마 ‘꽃보다 남자’, ‘개인의 취향’ 등에서 보여온 멜로 드라마에 어울리는 잘생긴 꽃미남 배우의 이미지에서 벗어나 남성미 강한 액션배우로 거듭났다.

이민호는 ‘시티헌터’ 기획 단계부터 염두해 둔 캐스팅이었다. 따라서 일찍이 ‘시티헌터’로 캐스팅 된 이민호는 오랜 시간동안 작품을 위해 만반의 준비를 거듭했다. 그리고 촬영이 시작된 이후부터 마지막 촬영까지 초심을 잃지 않는 성실한 태도를 보여 제작진들에게 큰 반향을 불러일으켰고, 이는 시청자들의 지지로 이어졌다.

이민호는 이제 꽃피운 연기 인생에 있어 자신의 이름을 내 걸고, 또 그만큼의 인기를 얻은 ‘시티헌터’가 그의 배우 인생의 획을 긋는 중요한 작품이 된 것만은 확실하다.

['시티헌터' 마지막회. 사진=SBS 방송캡처]

(강선애 기자 sakang@mydaily.co.kr)

Original Source: newsnate

English Translation: Monika