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Grimae Awards
Grimae Awards is an awards ceremony held annually by the Korean Television Producers Association since 1993. The award aims to promote the development of innovative visuals due to the phenomenon of media convergence both inside and outside the world at the present time, where the role of the cinematographer in the Korean broadcasting company is increasing, and to improve the qualities and competence of each individual filmmaker. The actors and actress categories are selected by the filmmakers' directors voting for performers who have the most outstanding performances and good images during the last year. Grand Prize Best Picture (Drama) Best Picture (Documentary) Best Picture (TV Commercial) Best Picture (Variety Show) Best Actor Best Actress Best New Actor/Actress Best Entertainer Award See also * List of Asian television awards This list of Asian television awards is an index to articles on notable awards for contributions in various fields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naver
Naver (Hangul: 네이버) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its own search engine. It was also the world's first operator to introduce the comprehensive search feature, which compiles search results from various categories and presents them in a single page. Naver has since added a multitude of new services ranging from basic features such as e-mail and news to the world's first online Q&A platform Knowledge iN. As of September 2017, the search engine handled 74.7% of all web searches in South Korea and had 42 million enrolled users. More than 25 million Koreans have Naver as the start page on their default browser and the mobile application has 28 million daily visitors. Naver has also been referred to as 'the Google of South Korea'. Owing to its rising popularity in Japan, Naver is now competing with Kakao to claim position in Japanese market of web novel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobbyist (TV Series)
''Lobbyist'' (), originally titled ''Angel'', was a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at , overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It starred Song Il-gook, Han Jae-suk and Jang Jin-young (in her last performance). Plot ''Lobbyist'' centers around a fictional love story caught in the real-world scenario of international politics, secret weapons trading, and deadly lobbying activities. Kang Tae-hyuk is a successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. His exploits take him to the United States where he deals with the mafia. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia. Cast * Song Il-kook as Harry / Kim Joo-ho ** Lee Hyun-woo as young Joo-ho *Jang Jin-young as Maria / Yoo So-young **Nam Ji-hyun as young So-young *Han Jae-suk as Kang Tae-hyuk *Huh Joon-ho as James Lee *Kim Mi-sook as Madam Chae *Yoo Sun as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Stove League
''Hot Stove League'' () is a South Korean television series that aired on SBS TV from December 13, 2019, to February 14, 2020. The series stars Namkoong Min, Park Eun-bin, Oh Jung-se, and Jo Byeong-kyu. It revolves around a baseball team named Dreams, which has been the worst in the league for four consecutive years. ''Hot Stove League'' received critical acclaim and several awards, including Best Drama at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards. Namkoong won his first Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 28th SBS Drama Awards. Synopsis The Dreams are a Korean professional baseball team that have placed last in the league for the past four seasons. When their general manager steps down, the team hires Baek Seung-soo, who has managed several championship winning sports teams, as his replacement, despite Seung-soo having zero experience with managing a baseball team. Facing shrinking budgets, infighting between the coaching staff and a team deeply set in their ways, Seung-soo uses his outsider' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fiery Priest
''The Fiery Priest'' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-gil, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Hanee, Go Jun, and Keum Sae-rok. It was the first drama to air on SBS's Fridays and Saturdays timeslot, airing from February 15 to April 20, 2019. ''The Fiery Priest'' is the highest rated miniseries drama that aired in 2019 on public broadcast according to Nielsen Korea. The drama was a huge success and was one of the most popular dramas aired in 2019. Kim Nam-gil won numerous accolades for his portrayal of a priest with anger management issues. The action comedy drama also featured parodies from other movies and dramas, notably from '' Mr. Sunshine'', '' Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time'', ''The Matrix'', ''Reply 1988'' and '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds''. Synopsis Following the mysterious death of an elderly priest, an NIS agent turned priest (Kim Nam-gil) attempts to bring the culprits involved before law. The hilarious journey in taking down the gangsters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Papa
''Bad Papa'' () is a South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Son Yeo-eun and Shin Eun-soo. It is about the struggles of a father who chooses to become a bad person in order to be a good dad. It aired on MBC's Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 ( KST) time slot from October 1 to November 27, 2018. Synopsis Ji-cheol is an incompetent husband and dad. He was a detective who got suspended for allegedly taking a bribe. He can’t come up with their living expenses, let alone the rent. On top of that, his daughter gets into trouble and he has to come up with the settlement money. Cornered, Ji-cheol makes a dangerous decision. Having been a boxing champion in the past, he decides to participate in an illegal boxing match and take the prize money. Cast Main *Jang Hyuk as Yoo Ji-cheol, Fallen father and fighter (43 years old) :Ji-cheol used to be an undefeated boxing champion in his 20s. He fell in love with Sun-joo at first sight, proposed to her in 3 days, and together they ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Defendant
''Innocent Defendant'' () is a South Korean television series starring Ji Sung with Um Ki-joon, Kwon Yu-ri, Oh Chang-seok and Uhm Hyun-kyung. It aired on SBS from January 23 to March 21, 2017 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 ( KST) for 18 episodes. Synopsis Park Jung-woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself a convict on death row. Suffering from temporary amnesia, Jung-woo has no idea what transpired to land him in prison. He struggles to recover his memory and clear his name. Cast Main * Ji Sung as Park Jung-woo :A Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office. The head of the violent crimes investigative division who never loses a case. * Um Ki-joon as Cha Sun-ho / Cha Min-ho ** Han Ki-won as young Cha Sun-ho ** Han Ki-woong as young Cha Min-ho :Cha Sun-ho is the President of Chamyung Group and Cha Min-ho's older brother. :Cha Min-ho is the Vice President of Chamyung Group and the younger brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Contract
''Marriage Contract'' () is a 2016 Korean drama, South Korean television series starring Lee Seo-jin and Uee. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, MBC from March 5 to April 24, 2016 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 for 16 episodes. Plot Kang Hye-soo (Uee) is a single mother who struggles to raise her daughter while paying off her late husband's debts. Han Ji-hoon (Lee Seo-jin) is the son of a chaebol who seeks a contract marriage in order to save his mother, who needs a liver transplant. When Hye-soo is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, she agrees to marry Ji-hoon and donate part of her liver to his mother, in exchange for enough money to provide for her daughter until she reaches adulthood. Cast *Lee Seo-jin as Han Ji-hoon *Uee as Kang Hye-soo *Kim Yong-gun as Han Seong-gook *Park Jung-soo (actress), Park Jung-soo as Yoon Seon-yeong *Lee Hwi-hyang as Oh Mi-ran *Kim Young-pil as Han Jeong-hoon *Shin Rin-ah as Cha Eun-seong *Kim Kwang-kyu (actor), Kim Kwang-kyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask (2015 TV Series)
''Mask'' () is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Soo Ae, Ju Ji-hoon, Yeon Jung-hoon and Yoo In-young. It aired on SBS from May 27 to July 30, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Plot Byun Ji-sook is working as a sales clerk at a department store when she suddenly comes across her doppelgänger Seo Eun-ha. Whereas Ji-sook's family is hounded by loan sharks because of her father and brother's crippling debt, Eun-ha is the daughter of a congressman and fiancée of chaebol heir Choi Min-woo. Min-woo is the illegitimate son of the chairman of SJ Group and the company's presumptive heir, to the bitter resentment of the chairman's wife and her daughter, Min-woo's half-sister Mi-yeon. Despite his wealthy background, Min-woo had grown up without the love and warmth of family and friends, and his and Eun-ha's future marriage is understood by both parties to be a mutually beneficial business arrangement. He also doesn't know that the man Eun-ha is having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama (2014 TV Series)
''Mama'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Song Yoon-ah, Hong Jong-hyun, Jung Joon-ho, and Moon Jung-hee. It aired on MBC from August 2 to October 19, 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 24 episodes. Plot Han Seung-hee is a successful painter and a happy single mother to her son, Geu-roo. But when she gets diagnosed with a terminal illness, Seung-hee becomes determined that Geu-roo will be adopted by a nice family after she's gone. So she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Moon Tae-joo, and ends up befriending Tae-joo's wife, Seo Ji-eun. Meanwhile, a much younger photographer Gu Ji-sub falls for Seung-hee. Cast Main characters *Song Yoon-ah as Han Seung-hee *Hong Jong-hyun as Gu Ji-sub *Jung Joon-ho as Moon Tae-joo *Moon Jung-hee as Seo Ji-eun *Yoon Chan-young as Han Geu-roo **Choi Seung-hun as child Geu-roo **Park Seo-joon as older Geu-roo Supporting characters *Choi Song-hyun as Na Se-na *Jung Jae-soon as Park Nam-soon *Kim Hyun-kyoon as Moon Tae-hoon *Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Doctor (South Korean TV Series)
''Good Doctor'' () is a 2013 South Korean medical drama television series starring Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, Joo Sang-wook, Kim Min-seo, Chun Ho-jin, Kwak Do-won, and Ko Chang-seok. It aired on KBS2 from August 5 to October 8, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The early working title was ''Green Scalpel'' (; lit. "Green Mes"). Synopsis Park Si-on (Joo Won) is a savant on the autism spectrum who was sent to a specialized care center as a child, where he was discovered to have a genius-level memory and keen spatial skills. He eventually enters the field of pediatric surgery as a resident, where he is given six months to prove himself capable. However, due to his atypical mental and emotional condition, Si-on faces conflict from his peers and patients, who view him as childlike and unreliable. Most critical is the hotheaded surgeon Kim Do-han (Joo Sang-wook). Do-han was requested by the young surgeon's mentor, Choi Woo-seok ( Chun Ho-jin), who is also a direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Embracing The Sun
''Moon Embracing the Sun'' (, also known as ''The Moon that Embraces the Sun'' or ''The Sun and the Moon'') is a 2012 South Korean television drama series, starring Kim Soo-hyun, Han Ga-in, Jung Il-woo, and Kim Min-seo. It aired on MBC from January 4 to March 15, 2012, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The historical-fantasy drama is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun-gwol. It tells of a poignant love story between a fictional king of the Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman and the conflicts and conspiracy of vying political powers. The series reached a peak rating of 42.2%. It won the Best Drama and Best Actor awards in the television category at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards, and multiple awards at 2012 MBC Drama Awards, including Drama of the Year. Synopsis The Queen Dowager orders the assassination of her stepson in order to protect her own son's throne. A-ri, a shaman of the Royal Star Mansion (Royal Astrology House), witnesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greatest Love (South Korean TV Series)
''The Greatest Love'' () is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Cha Seung-won, Gong Hyo-jin, Yoon Kye-sang and Yoo In-na. Telling a story about true love in the fake world of entertainment, it aired on MBC from May 4 to June 23, 2011, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 ( KST) for 16 episodes. Synopsis Gu Ae-jung (Gong Hyo-jin) was the most popular member of girl group Kukbo Sonyeo, literally meaning "National Treasure Girls," some 10 years ago, but fell from grace after becoming embroiled in scandals. She makes appearances on television programs to eke out a living for her troublemaker father and brother. On the other hand, Dokko Jin (Cha Seung-won) is the most beloved star in the nation, topping all kinds of popularity polls and appearing in many commercials, but has several character flaws. Ae-jung discovers a secret about Jin by chance and reveals it on a talk show, incurring his fury. However, their ill-fated relationship unfolds in an unexpec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
