Tag archive for "WON Bin"

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Won Bin in The Man From Nowhere

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WON Bin and Ajeossi (Korean title of the film). Until now, no one would ever put these two in the same category. Ever since WON Bin made his existence known to the public, an image of Adonis has always stayed with him as a feature of his own. A word like ‘ajeossi’ generally used as a term for ‘adult male’ in Korean society was impossible to pair with his image. Yet WON Bin has become an ajeossi. One thing for sure is that because of WON Bin, now the word has a new image attached to it. Here is a transformation into an awesome ajeossi.

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Originality and Austerity

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Chuseok is the biggest holiday in Korea and also the busiest season of the year for box-office. Along with New Year’s holiday, Chuseok season traditionally saw the increasing preference of the audience on Korean films, thus had always been a target point of the Korean film industry. Especially with this year’s Chuseok being longer than usual, the competition among Korean films for box-office became tougher than ever.

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THE MAN FROM NOWHERE, Masculine Yet Sensitve Action to Save a Girl

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WON Bin had always played a younger brother or a son who stirs up one's protective instinct in Korean movies. His family in the film often got into trouble or caused conflicts to protect and defend him. Brother JANG Dong-kun in Tae-gukki became a war hero to save his younger brother WON Bin, and mother KIM Hae-ja from Mother had to fight to prove her son's innocence.

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