#Yoo Hae Jin

[liveasbutterflies]

Character Posters for Exhuma

[dramajib]

Haven't watched a drama in an age, gimme your recs please.

Preferably:

- bingeable, so either completed, or near completion (doesn't have to be super recent either, for example, Vincenzo is currently in the running)

- not too fluffy (so not a pure rom com), but not too serious (not a medical drama or political intrigue one)

- not a slice of life sitch (I need some angst)

Would be nice if:

- bromance, sisterhood, or other permutations of really good friend groups are strongly featured

- found family, see above

- easily found on streaming services

[somanykdramas]

THE NIGHT OWL

GENRES: Historical, Drama

SUMMARY: An adept, blind acupuncturist must balance his family’s livelihood, the health of the royal family, and his personal secret.

THIS MOVIE HAS EVERYTHING: Poison, needles, palace politics, Ming vs Qing, heirs to the throne, night watches, workplace courtships, royal tyrants, magnifying glasses, and lots of medicine.

HOT TAKE: I don't really have any complaints about this one. It's a good what-if historical take on real palace tragedies, it uses cinematic light and day to its advantage, and the stakes are worthy of an edge of your seat position!

[lonelylonelyghost]

Exhuma - spirits, foxes and weird coffins

a.k.a always trust your guts if you're working with demons

A geomancer, a mortician and a pair of shamans are tasked to relocate a suspiciously located grave, and as often as these movies go, things go sideways.

One of the reasons why I decided to watch it was a supernatural element. And I'm happy to announce that they delivered on that front fully. It's moody and foggy; spirits, old secrets and the dense, dark forest weigh on you even through the screen.

(also it's not very dark in a metaphorical sense, so if you're only moderately squeamish about gore on screen, then you'll be fine)

I know almost nothing about Korean shamanic practices apart from what I see in movies and kdramas, but goddamn this movie piqued my curiosity. It is scary but so, so fascinating. I wouldn't want to mess with this kind of thing irl, but if someone has any research articles or some other online resources, please let me know 🙏

(Why is horse blood is used for cleansing? Can any horse be used for that? Or only a special kind?)

I know slightly (but only very slightly) more about burial rituals and afterlife folklore, as it can be sort of considered my special interests.

When I find a cemetery and have some free time, I usually walk around and try to find the oldest grave. But none that I found could be traced back earlier than to the end of 19th century (unless there's an important figure buried). And since I'd noticed it, I've been plagued with a question - what happens to the graves that were standing there before? Especially if the cemetery is old, and people have been definitely dying for longer than 150 years.

Where do the old bones go?

There are different answers depending on the culture/religion/region/political climate, but here they touch a bit on one of them, which I found fascinating.

The other reason why I decided to check this movie out is very superficial but welp, what can I do...

I may be ace, but I still have eyes, OK?

Now spoilers for the ending!!

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For those of you who are anxious little beans like me and worried about the characters surviving throughout the whole ordeal (because Korean movies tend to be depressing as hell), I'm happy to tell y'all that they are all alive and (relatively) well at the end!

There was even one very funny moment at the end, when one of the characters is severely wounded and preparing to die. His inner monologue is all "ash to ashes, dust to dust, I'm ready to peacefully go to another plane, that's how it's all supposed to be, oh wait, I have my daughter's wedding to attend, woops". And then he just like, doesn't die. That was awesome.

I also liked how even though they defeated the evil spirit, the gang is still left traumatized. Because all of them are experienced masters in their own craft, but the world of supernatural is absolutely terrifying. And all of them are only humans, with human minds and human emotions, walking a very thin line between our world and the hidden one.

[asian-cine-phile]

A TAXI DRIVER 택시운전사 (2017) dir. jang hoon

[damnhotmsimmons]

[forleejehoon]

230502 Jehoon & Yoo Hae-jin spotted filming Moral Hazard

[stormdragon23]

Solo Leveling characters singing "All I Want for Christmas is You"

Merry Christmas!

I'm not doing something this big again for a while-

Probably spent more time organizing the characters than making the video itself

Go Gunhee's watching the whole thing with his wife

[wild-icarus]

Wow I really like that one musical with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Loconte, Mikelangelo (Mozart L'opera Rock), Rei, Makoto (Mozart L'opera Rock 2019 Takarazuka), Park, Han Keun + Kou, Yo-Jin + Kim, Ho-young (Mozart L'opera Rock 2012 Kr)

Nakagawa, Akinori (Mozart L'opera Rock 2013 Jp), Sato, Ryuji (Nigero! Mozart no Daihon Sakusha 2023), Stanke, Patrick (Mozart! 2008 Tecklenburg)

Romdal, Yngve Gasoy (Mozart! 1999 Wien), Yamazaki, Ikusaburo + Furukawa, Yuta (Mozart! 2021 Jp), Lee Hae-jun (Mozart! 2023 Kr)

Slanina, Aleš (Mozart! Czech 2009), Kuipers, Odeo (Mozart! 2015-16 Wien), Dolhai, Attila (Mozart! Budepest 2003)

Doi, Yuuko (Madamoiselle Mozart 1991?), Niizuma, Seiko (21 C: Mademoiselle Mozart 2005), Rio, Asumi (Mademoiselle Mozart 2023)

Park, Yoo-duk (Salieri 2014), Hur Gyu? (Salieri 2016) Hirama, Soichi (Da Ponte: Mozart no Kage ni Kakureta mou Hitori no Tensei 2023)

Bonus Cast Info: While I'm still not super knowledgeable of Mademoiselle Mozart, I do know more about the Kr and Jp Mozart! and Mor Mozart casting.

Mozart l'Opera Rock Jp

Nakagawa Akinori and Yamamoto Koji

Mozart! Jp

2002+05+07: Nakagawa Akinori, Inoue Yoshio

2010-11+2014-15: Inoue Yoshio, Yamazaki Ikusaburo

2018+21: Yamazaki Ikusaburo, Furukawa Yuta

2024: Furukawa Yuta, Kyomoto Taiga

Mozart! Kr

2010: Im Taekyung, Park Gun-Hyung, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2011: Im Taekyung, Jeon Dong-seok, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2012: Im Taekyung, Jang Hyun-seung, Park Eun-Tae

2014: Im Taekyung, Park Hyo-shin, Park Eun-Tae

2016: Lee Jee Hoon, Jeon Dong-seok, Kyuhyun

2020: Park Kang Hyun, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2023: Lee Hae-jun, Suho, Yoo Hwe-seung, Kim Hee Jae

[manawari]

Made some Netflix memes!

[tinyreviews]

Quite a sad story, where all the good people died, save for our protagonist.

The Night Owl (Korean: 올빼미; RR: Olbbaemi; lit. Owl) is a 2022 South Korean period thriller drama film directed by Ahn Tae-jin, starring Ryu Jun-yeol and Yoo Hae-jin.

[gabbyp09]

[damnhotmsimmons]

New old photo of Daniel with the cast of CA2

@the-invisible-queer

[forleejehoon]

A grill meat restaurant shared IG photos from Moral Hazard filming That's Jehoon's signature, he wrote: Very tasty ^o^~* I'll be back!

[nurabiaylmaz]

Team Alpha 🕶

[white-eden]

guys help this poor mortal plz :,y

Maybe she will be ignored… I hope not... cross her fingers.

But we are getting closer to Halloween and I would like to know what kind of costumes you imagine the solo leveling characters wearing ;3

Like both E and S Jinwoo, his sister, Jinho, Jinchul, Hae-in, baek Yoonho, Choi jongin, Thomas, 🤔

Sorry for not clarifying before 🙇🏻‍♀️