Wednesday, November 25, 2015

‘The Girl Who Sees Smells’ DVD & Blu-ray sets in Top 5 of Korean TV Drama’s Best-selling Ranking on Amazon Japan


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Source: Amazon Japan via JYJ3

Jin Mu Lim shares a photo with Yuchun

[PHOTO] #박유천
스타라는 단어에 걸맞게
참 심장 두근거리게 만들어주십니다
instagram.com/p/-ds1N1wyVg/
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#ParkYuchun
He fits the word ‘star’
He caused my very heart to go pit-a-pat

Source:  dbwlsan
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Luv's Note: "He caused my heart to go pit-a-pat" oh myyyy! and Yoochun is so cute in that pic!

[VIDEOS] TEASERS For 2016 JYJ Calendar & 2014 JYJ Japan Dome Concert 一期一会 ICHIGO ICHIE

2016 JYJ Calendar Teaser

"2014 JYJ Japan Dome Concert - 期一会 - Ichigo Ichie" DVD Spot Movie
To be Released on 2015.12

Credits: CJESJYJ & jvdco

[INFO/TRANS] Banana for Park Yuchun?! Banana Milk is one of the 11 types of the Korean brands liked by those in their 20s in China

We surveyed 946 Chinese people in their 20s who are residing in 55 regions of China and researched their preferences of Korean brands toward a total of 20 items. We introduce the 11 chosen brands among them, together with the popular reasons heard from those in China in their 20s.
No.1 Milk brand – Binggrae Banana-flavored Milk


Banana for Park Yuchun?!
Park Yuchun consumed this banana milk in drama ‘Rooftop Prince’ that gained great popularity in China.
A funny fact is the fact that we know there is a real banana in this.


Source: Wiki Tree
Gif credit: 2MOR
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Monday, November 23, 2015

[TRANS] Kim Yoon-seok, it’s compulsory to drink when filming? “As sailors with Park Yuchun”



Kim Yoon-seok is the type to put his character aside when the scene at the filming location ends. He has drinking parties often with actors who are filming together with him and became known as an actor with a friendly style. Including youth star JYJ Park Yuchun who acted with him in ‘Haemoo’ a while back, up to Kang Dong-won who he met again with ‘Black Priests’, following ‘Jeon Woo-chi’; he is catching attention with an image that matches one without reserve.
About this, Kim Yoon-seok said, “Honestly, Yuchunnie came down to the Geoje Island when ‘Haemoo’ was filmed and we were shooting. He hardly ate only with me to be exact. We were a bit too much like the sailors in the movie,” and arouse laughter, not explaining(?) yet having explained.
Source: TV Daily
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3
See how cute this Kim Yun Seok sunbaenim hehe..I demand a movie with these two again in future!
Luv's note: one of my favorite veteran actors! *bows*

[TRANS] Park Yuhwan for Marie Claire Korea (Dec. 2015) – Yuchun mentioned



What made you decide to start acting? 
I was going to be around twenty years old. One day I was getting on without meaning because it didn’t clearly occur to me about what I want to do, but seeing the image of Yuchunnie hyung being absorbed in practicing acting, I thought about wanting to be an actor for the first time. I learned the fundamentals steadily from that day on, and I started working making appearances with minor roles gradually.
Does your older brother also occasionally monitors your drama(s)? 
He has played a joke imitating my character Junwoo [T/N: from ‘She Was Pretty’] coming into my room. (Laugh) I don’t talk a lot about acting with my older brother. I have felt embarrassed a little talking about such things sitting face-to-face with him. It was just the two of us at times and to the extent where we were talking with ease, ‘I like your acting this time’, while having a drink at home. Still, I have always felt reassured thanks to my older brother watching quietly from behind.

With the attentions you received as Park Yuchun’s younger brother from people, do you think there were times when you felt burdened by your older brother’s presence? 
I don’t at all. We are family. I cannot feel burdened by the presence of family. Since I was merely a child, and then before I became an actor, there have been times also when people’s attentions were abundant. Though I became an adult, and after I started doing what I like, I haven’t felt uncomfortable at all. I think I have to work hard and do my best in the work I take on to not go causing harm to my older brother. I want to climb up each one step of one flight of stairs slowly with the name of actor Park Yuhwan as I have been till now, than being a star who becomes popular in one swoop.
Source: Marie Claire Korea
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Sunday, November 22, 2015

[TRANS] The South Korean film “Haemoo” wins the prize for best movie of Casa Asia Film Week 2015



The movie Haemoo ([Sea] Fog), directed by the South Korean Shim Sung-bo, had obtained the main prize of the official section in the 3rd edition of Casa Asia Film Festival (CAFW) organized by Casa Asia and Cinemes Girona. The CAFW had presented a total of 52 movies from 20 Asian countries from 13 11th to 15th of November.
[…]
Best Movie of Casa Asia Film Week 2015
Haemoo
Dir. Sung-bo Shim | With: Yoo-chun Park | 2014 | 111 min | South Korea | Drama
Synopsis: […]
Haemoo was nominated as the best movie at the 2014 San Sebastian Festival and won the Narrative [Feature] Award of the Hawaii International Film Festival 2014. Yoo-chun Park won three awards as Best New Actor with this film.
Biographical information of director: Sung-bo Shim is a South Korean screenwriter and director known for Memories of Murder (2003), [Sea] Fog (Haemoo) (2014) and Lin xin ru han guo fang wen ji (Visiting Report in Korea) (2004).
Source: Casa Asia
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

“The Girl Who Sees Smells” DVD & Blu-ray Set 1 & 2 to be released on 2016 Feb 2 & 2016 March 2 in Japan










Thursday, November 19, 2015

Save the Children: Knitting Hats to Save Newborns – Park Yoochun’s video used to teach knitting

JYJ3 Note: Back in 2012, Yuchun participated as one of the knitting instructors in Save the Children’s Newborn Hats Knitting Campaign tutorials
(You can check out our tag ‘Save the Children‘)
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[Save the Children] Knitting Hats to Save Newborns | Sharing and Practicing in Seongnam

Save the Children’s Hats Knitting to Save Newborns event was conducted as a part of an academy of the students’ parents at Seongnambuk Elementary School last November 5.
[…]
A booklet of the knitting method was included but

They are learning from Park Yuchun-ssi’s video, too.



[…]
Source: Seongnam Diary
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3
now here some throwback pictures of Yoochun for 'Save The Children' campaign back in 2012. (click on the pictures to enlarge)




Wednesday, November 18, 2015

“He commutes every day,” said Yu-hwan when a viewer asked him how Park Yoo-chun is doing.

‘Yoo-chun is doing well’: Park Yu-hwan


Actor Park Yu-hwan, who recently starred in popular rom-com “She Was Pretty,” talked about his older brother Yoo-chun of JYJ during his V app segment on Tuesday.

“He commutes every day,” said Yu-hwan when a viewer asked him how Park Yoo-chun is doing. “I even saw him this morning. Maybe he is watching the broadcast right now,” he said. 

Yoo-chun is currently working as a public service worker at Gangnam-gu Office, as a substitute for two-year long active mandatory military service, due to his asthma. 


Yu-hwan also talked about his role as Kim Joon-woo, fashion assistant at the magazine The Most, in drama “She Was Pretty,” which had its finale last week. 

“For Joon-woo’s role, there were many cheesy scenes,” said Yu-hwan when a viewer asked him how he can relate to his drama role. “At first it was really hard (to act), but as time went by, it went better. Through acting Joon-woo, I was also able to discover a new side of me.”

“Thank you for loving Joon-woo, I will return as a better actor,” said Yu-hwan and ended his 30-minute broadcast. 

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit www.vlive.tv.

Source: Kpop Herald

[REVIEW] 'The Girl Who Sees Smells' by Funcurve





The Scent of Crime

I suppose most people, upon hearing the title of the drama, will not understand how a convincing plot can revolve around a girl who sees smells. However, The Girl Who Sees Smells (a.k.a. Sensory Couple) may have struck gold by weaving this outlandish idiosyncrasy into a crime/mystery series. There are several dimensions to the drama which make it compelling and enjoyable. I’m sure the first question on everybody’s minds is, “How exactly do you visualize scents?” The drama does a tasteful job of depicting her ability while tying it in nicely with enigmatic murder cases that can only be solved with her help. Not only that, The Girl Who Sees Smells delivers such a suspenseful narrative, and viewers become so engaged with how the main arc unfolds, that they might just end up forgetting that seeing smells is not very plausible.

The story commences with our two leads, Choi Mu Gak (Park Yoo Chun) and Choi Eun Seol (Shin Se Kyung), who are both plagued by family murders. Eun Seol, who gets hit by a car after witnessing her parents’ murder, suffers from memory loss. She is shocked to discover that she sees odd, floating colors and shapes, which she later identifies as smells. Mu Gak is so torn by the wrongful death of his sister that he loses sleep and becomes desensitized to all pain. Their lives eventually collide (literally) as they join forces to ultimately catch the “Bar Code” serial killer, who is connected to the murder of their family members.


Although I usually enjoy the intensity of thrillers, I particularly appreciate that The Girl Who Sees Smells interlaces murder mystery with bizarre comedy. Choi Eun Seol, who assumes the alias of Oh Cho Rim, pursues her passion of performing 만담개그 (man dam gae geu, Korean slapstick comedy), and ropes Mu Gak in as her partner. Thus, the ordinarily stoic Mu Gak transforms into such a laughable dork that you can’t help but find him absolutely adorable.


Most of all, what makes this drama memorable is that the villain is so hauntingly villainous that the combination of the audience’s trepidation and demand for justice beckons them to continue watching. In fact, unlike other mystery dramas, the criminal is identified early on in the storyline. So, the tension that hooks viewers isn’t in trying to deduce who the mastermind is behind the murders, but in knowing the identity of the culprit yet being powerless to do anything about it.

Episodes 1-3 Review 

Although the title seems to point to a light-hearted drama, the plot setup indicates suspense and thriller. Immediately, we witness a dramatic opening scene from the past as we stumble upon separate murders. First, Eun Seol’s parents are identified as victims in the “Bar Code Murders,” in which the killer inscribes cuts in the victims’ inner wrists resembling bar codes. Soon after, Mu Gak’s sister is cruelly stabbed on the hospital bed. These two crimes seem unrelated, until we realize that Mu Gak’s sister shares the same name, Choi Eun Seol.
Flash forward to present day, and we learn that Mu Gak is trying to enter into the homicide division of the police force to catch his sister’s murderer. At the same time, Oh Cho Rim lives a happy-go-lucky life, unaware of her past. While in pursuit of a criminal, Mu Gak is hit by Cho Rim’s car, and Cho Rim ends up using her special senses to help capture the perpetrator. Their lives continue to intertwine as Cho Rim desperately needs Mu Gak to be her comedy partner, and Cho Rim convinces him that she can use her olfactory sight to further help him with his investigations.

 IT’S A RARE TREAT TO SEE THE MAIN FEMALE LEAD IN A KOREAN DRAMA WITH CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS!

At this point, I’m pretty sold on the two main characters. I find Shin Se Kyung refreshing, and I think her chemistry with Park Yoo Chun is splendid. I especially enjoyed the scene when Cho Rim convinces Mu Gak of her sensory powers by passing all of Mu Gak’s petty tests, to his childish dismay. I’m also starting to buy in to Cho Rim’s sleuthing abilities as she exposes some critical clues during the investigations. It’s a rare treat to see the main female lead in a Korean drama with critical thinking skills!

Episodes 4-6 Review 

There is much to highlight in these episodes. I actually appreciate that The Girl Who Sees Smellsdoesn’t have a cliche love triangle. The relationship between Mu Gak and Cho Rim is progressing at a rate that suits my taste. You can clearly perceive the ways that they subtly flirt and are growing in attraction towards one another. On top of that, I cherish how the once aloof Mu Gak is now displaying playfulness and personality.



Meanwhile, things are quickly surfacing, which is a refreshing pace from the usual Korean drama storyboard. These episodes are comprised of smaller murder cases, so for the most part, I’m kept entertained by the detective work and crime solving. Along the way, there are heart-wrenching confessions and nerve-racking criminal chases, which cause me to question my assumptions about who can be trusted. It also helps that the supporting cast is quite likeable with their endearing side stories, such as Detective Ki, who can’t resist answering calls from Elena Vashilivnashivanova.


I can’t say that there aren’t any filler scenes during these episodes, but it’s hard not to be completely engrossed when shocking truths regarding the “Bar Code Murders” are abruptly revealed.

Episodes 7-10 Review 

The pursuit of the “Bar Code” murderer ensues except, unlike the main characters in the drama, we now have become omniscient. It just kills us to know that the killer is right under the police’s nose, and yet he manages to elude them. It’s a race between the cops and the criminal to see who can outsmart the other, and it seems the villain has the upper hand, always being one step ahead.


Many viewers may become exasperated that the special investigation unit persistently fails to apprehend the criminal. Personally, I didn’t have such averse frustrations about their incompetency. In my opinion, the detectives made astute observations and devised clever strategies, but resulted in poor execution because the villain was made to be quite shrewd and calculating. In fact, just when you think that the criminal has blundered and given himself away, you realize that he’s outwitted you too.


I will concede that there are parts of the storyline that The Girl Who Sees Smells could have simply omitted. Most often, I bypassed any scenes involving Cho Rim’s adoptive father, who seemingly abandoned her for the better part of this drama, and Detective Yeom, who falls under the infamous “noble idiocy” persona.
EVERY SCENE IN WHICH THE KILLER APPEARS FEELS OMINOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING.
Yet, this part of the drama thrives for me because everyone is so close to discovering pivotal information that will change everything, and my nerves are tingling, hoping that the good guys will figure it out before the bad guy does. Meanwhile, the killer is too close for comfort, and every scene in which he appears feels ominous and life-threatening.

Episodes 11-13 Review 

In my experience, this segment of a Korean drama (episodes nine and on) is usually when my interest begins to wane. Unfortunately, The Girl Who Sees Smells is not immune to this pattern. Since the main conflict has already been developing for the first half of the series, the drama now need to manufacture new conflict by forcing characters to make foolish decisions, senseless self-sacrifices, and basically renounce all sound logic. In this case, the victim of bad writing is our heroine, Cho Rim, with the investigation unit trailing close behind. 


At this point, the detectives are pretty certain who the killer is but are unable to provide cold, hard evidence to capture him. This pretty much remains the status quo for the next three episodes. The only new intel I’m able to gather is that Cho Rim can’t see smells when it’s raining. On the other hand, our killer is taking advantage of all the snooze and is actually getting closer to achieving his goal.


Episodes 14-16 Review 

I won’t spill the beans on how The Girl Who Sees Smells ends, but viewers will experience a rollercoaster of emotions up to the final moments, including a hilarious dream sequence by Mu Gak that I could rewatch forever. I also applaud the calm and collected Detective Yeom, held hostage in the killer’s concealed lair. She plays mind games with the clearly disturbed murderer, who has shown nothing but superbly chilling acting. The significance behind the bar codes is also finally brought to light.

The concluding episodes prove to be one of the stronger endings I’ve seen, fillers and all. I depart the drama feeling content and satisfied, with a new respect for many of the actors and a new ship that has sailed.

written by: Stephanie of Funcurve

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

“Haemoo/Sea Fog” is the winning film at Casa Asia Film Week 2015

Note: Casa Asia Film Week (CAFW) is a festival in Barcelona, Spain. The contest was held between the 11th and 15th of November, with the best recent Asian films, by Casa Asia and Cinemes Girona.


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HAEMOO is the winning film of the Official Section of  CAFW2015[/Casa Asia Film Week 2015]



[TRANS]
"Haemoo" is the winning film of the Official Section of #CAFW2015. Great news! In 1 week, it premieres.




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Best Film of #CAFW2015: HAEMOO, Shim Sung-bo (South Korea)
*note: Carlota Mosegui is one of the CAFW2015 juries

Congratulations HAEMOO!

Sources: @Cinemes_Girona + @cineasia_online + @carlota_mosegui
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3 & luvbyeluv

Sunday, November 15, 2015

[OTHER INSTAGRAM] Fan shares Yuchun’s sign with an account of him and his mom


[PHOTO]
#박유천 싸인받았오✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻#동방신기 #믹키유천 #jyj 기분째짐🙈어트케 넘 잘생겼더라 💕💕 속눈썹이 예술👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 어머님이 미인이심🤗
instagram.com/p/-DkMNvu9Vz/
[TRANS]
Received #ParkYuchun (‘s) sign✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻 […] #MickyYuchun #jyj ‘on cloud nine’ 🙈 What to do.. he’s so good-looking 💕💕 His long eyelashes is art 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 His mother is a beautiful woman, in person and in heart

Source: sujung830504
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Luv's note: Yoochun hangs out or I guess shopping together with his mom awww that's cute!