Hi! I've only recently discovered Jun Ki but I soooo adore him already. I mean, really--fantastic actor, fabulous dancer, good singer, looks like he has a nice sense of humor...and there's the not-so-tiny matter of him being DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS!

Thanks to all the generous people who share vids and screencaps and pics of him, I really really appreciate you all! And I have one small request, if it's okay: does anyone have a downloadable video of his 30-second Giordano CF, and would you be kind enough to share it with me (and the rest of Jun Ki fandom)?

Thanks so much!

welcome new junki lovers!!!! haha.........glad to see more fans here!!! ........have fun here also.......

and weee!!! my family and i went to a farmer's market yesterday where they sell a bunch of international foods.......mostly asian stuff........hehe.......anyways, omg, there was a big poster of junki there!!! haha.......he had some drink in this hand and was posing with it........some pomegranete drink......me and my sister got one........haha.......it tastes pretty good........like apple and cherry........and it's in a cute bottle too.......haha........but yea, my sister took a pic of it........i'll post it here soon.......i wanted to take the poster home!!! haha

hi everyone..can u post here sample song of junki???
so that i can hear his voice also..okzzz tnx

the links that VyLeTtE PeRiWiNkLe posted previously don't work for you?? if they don't, i'll be glad to post them up again for you.......or if someone else gets the chance to........hehe

K&C link in Youtube
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=GL_0NNfijRU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EpuO8kyPebQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lkAZ4_sFgX8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TUkXKEFpvAY

credits : junki saranghae for providing the links... (you could easily see it also by typing KING AND CLOWN in search box)



>>>>> most asians have this (tho im lucky i don't have one as result of vaccine) i encircled the part where his keloid or vaccine mark is supposed to be chek my previous posts



>>>>> i have it... will be uploading...

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hi everyone..can u post here sample song of junki???
so that i can hear his voice also..okzzz tnx

[font=Trebuchet Ms]>>>>> i uploaded it i think links are on this page or previous page... unfortunately i don't have the songs here in my pc... its in anotehr unit hehe i have here the "dont know love" only... will be uploading for the other 2 songs... mebbe someone else can upload....

gaelle here's link for giordano 30s cf

kindly chek backlogs for otehr links i posted of ljk clips u may also chek my videos @youtube just search videos of VyLeTtE

Name: [HQ]Lee Jun Ki - Spring 2006 Giordano CF (30secs) [720x486]_1.avi
Size: 18MB

The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/19k4yn

jk is back in korea he logd into his cyworld last nite will post pix laters or tom

thx so much.. lol.. ur always giving us GR8 updates... i love the letter jun ki sent.. its 2 cute

mianhe chinggus... been kinda busy with work not to mention my pc giving me headaches

to make up for the delay... im posting all pix i could gather here kekekek... there are some repetitions since these are posted by different soompiers... and... im just too tired to edit it all... (its 2am and i have work 2m... see how i love u guys thats w im spreading junki fever ) i don't have the time to upload this also in jk's foto album... so if u have a little extra time and kind enuf pls upload this to jk's album for the benefit of those waiting still to be junki-fied


click on thumbnails to enlarge or click on links to view the pix...

pls do not hotlink... if u want to post somewhere else pls right click ur mouse and click save as..

credits : ljk's cyworld + the wonderful soompiers who posted this (seirin, wendy, junki_saranghae, mcmug) + VyLeTtE 4 imageshack links

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(find him soooo hot in here!!!! the hottest pic of junki smoking kekekek)

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off to bed now guys!!! enjoy the pix!!!! it took me almost an hour to upload it all

btw guys do watch out for ljk @ arirang's showbiz xtra tonite at 7pm and 1am (philippine time so 8pm and 2am korea time and singapore time.. right wendy eonni? check www.arirangtv.com for ur country's sked) i thought they wouldnt be feautring it cuz its not in the website but i saw the preview earlier and theyll be feautring him (his fanmeet) im off now... just logd on to say this hehe... catch u all tom don't make me read too many backlogs eh?

there are new pix of ljk for samsung fone and also some clips but i cant dl now just borrowing this pc from my younger siblings... il try to dl tonite or tom and share it here

Omg, the thread grew since I was gone. I haven't had a chance to watch his movie yet, but I'll watch it probably this week. He looks sooo hot in the CF with Hyori. I should go picture hunting of Lee Jun Ki<3*

awww, can't wait hazel!!! hehe

and omg, have you guys heard his single songs yet........like the whole songs?? haha.........they are so lovely........someone at solid07 already posted it and i grabbed it up.........hehe........his voice is really nice......... .........i can share it here with you guys if you want.........

He sings? Gosh, I need to catch up. If anyone is kinda enough, could you repost 'em?<3* Much love dears.

yea, he does.........hehe..........and he sings beautifully too......... ..........well, here you go.........enjoy!!!



Release Date: 2006/6/12
Language: Korean
Genre: POP

01 한마디만...
02 사랑을 몰라
03 바보 사랑

courtesy/credits of solid07.net........

Lee Jun Ki - My Jun (Single)
YouSendIt DL
RapdiShare DL
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wanna share my banners...













and so i find you here hazel!!!!! it's me... limecrafted from soompi...

found a new photo...

dont know if this was taken in Manila (see the horse/kalesa?)

Beautiful banners! Thanks FiNaY for uploading the songs! xD. I had a question, why is his name like Lee Jun Ki here, but in the gallery it's Lee Joon Ki. Why is it like that?

>>>>> tehre was a full version the time i uploaded his songs here mel... just that it wasnt officially released yet thats y we couldnt up it hehe we might have trouble with recording company but i see he now has it released : omg vonin event and samsung pix kekekek i forgot mianhe will go online tonite so i can share it ehre eh?



>>>>> when i saw these banners and saw the name i was supposed to report it to limecrafted already hehehe anyong! yep im active also in here



>>>>> yep ttenovy these are pix from manila tehres also a pix of him with starex van behind him (and with philippine plate number ) i uploaded fotos of his vacation (phils and japan) in the previous page just don't have the time yet to up them all in the foto album anyone kind enuf to do it? (limecrafted?? finay?? hehe) kekekek

btw... sharing this clip of vonin event last sunday... notice the fan in yellow/green striped shirt... he asked for junki's strand of hair nyahaha...

VONIN EVENT 060611

Name: ETN VONIN EVENT 060611.wmv
Size: 8MB
credits : soompiers

xxchelly... sure i could still share pix just pm me in ym k?

uploading one word mv now... will post link laters...

hazel! woah.... he came here in the phils??!!! why no news bout him coming here on tv...huhuhuhuh... i wanna see him...

anyways..what do you want me to do?

Name: One Word MV 060608..wmv
Size: 33MB

ONE WORD MV 060608

wl probably go online otnite for vonin event and samsung pix

There's only one word that encompasses the kind of guy Lee Jun Ki is: BEAUTIFUL. Plus you gotta love the hair. *swoon*

+By the way, has anyone seen this video yet? It's about Lee Jun Ki and Lee Da Hae goofing off on cam. They're adorable. youtube
Credit goes to ilovekoreanboiz

you're welcome!!!! .........and yea, it's the same......but dunno why they spell it different sometimes.......

and thanks han_kaye for sharing all you're beautiful banners!!!! they're so good!!! hehe.......and Junki's so hot........ .........keep it up!!!

thanks for those pics ttenovy!!! man, wished i was in PI at that time too.......grrr..........hehe ........would anyone happen to know what part he went to?? hehe


ahh, ok i see.........hehe.........yea, glad that it's released now.......i've been listening to his songs ever since we went on the family trip........haha........

and thanks for the vids again!!!

and thanks also glamorous_sky for the vid clip!!! gotta see that.......hehe

>>>>> yep he was here (in time for my bday ) i just know after his fanmeet he said he will hv a 10day vacation... just didnt know twas here in the ph!!! chek out previous page i posted pix

there was no news bt it on tv cuz he didnt come here for business i was informed on the afternoon of 23may that someone saw junki @the airport and is in bora... then someone confirmed this (most probably the person who saw him has seen MG already nyahahaha) i was actually hoping to wait for him at NAIA... but unfortunately i was informed that he arrived phils via cebu... so he didnt really go to manila.. if abscbn would hAVE KNown abt it they would have invited him over since they had a special screening for MG on 24May... after bora i think he stayed in cebu still... then he left manila for japan on 29may... in his cyworld he quoted pix as .. (date) philipine (yes he had it misspelled ) i was even willing to go to bora just to catch a glimpse of him but i said i needed to know wch resort he's staying... good i didnt stalk him hahaha... based from the pix i think he stayed in fairways and blue water (bora) wch is at the far end of station 1.. away from the center... away from the crowd... its actually funny to see junki in bora to play golf he didnt even get tanned lets just hope he visits our country again eh?

guys i really wanna share samsung pix and clip and everything else hehehe but im quite busy now (have pending work 4 may and its mid-june already ) i havent even saved it yet kekekek its buried in the backlogs... il share it once i have it and i have free time... pwamis!!!

if ever ABS have known that Joon Ki will visit the Phil, i dont think they are allowed to invite him cause he's here for vacation

>>>>> yeah but they probably wouldve tried junki said he was happy to be able to go on vacation he returned to korea last june 3 (or was it 4?) >> he was away for more than 10days!

i feel guilty for the long overdue uploading of samsung pix and clip... so here's my peace offering pix of jk and his staff while watching WC game korea vs togo last tuesday (click on links to see image) (anyone kind enuf to upload these to jk's foto album fine with me )

credits : junki's cyworld + junki_saranghae@soompi + VyLeTtE for uploading.. pls do not hotlink! so others may view it

1st pic > probably taken when togo's player scored
2nd pic > probably taken after the game when korea won already



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yea, he kept joking on LDH........haha.........they were so cute!!! hehe.........thanks again for sharing!!!

thanks for the pics hazel!!! hehe...........glad that Korea won!!! they look so happy there celebrating....... ........and don't worry, take your time with the other vids........we'll wait!!!

recently, My Girl was aired here in Philippines... and my first impression on jun-ki was he's sooo cute....!!!!! i love his hair and eyes:iloveyou:... oh how i wish that he can visit us here....

they haven't aired it here in Singapore! i want to watch it! i can't buy the VCDs cause there's no eng subs and i know nuts about chinese!

and i have to agree with you that he is so cute but all my friends say he looks like a girl. i love his lips tho. i love guys with thin lips!

vylvette periwinkle!!!!!!! i LOVE your posts!!!! thanks u sooo much for the mv!!!! r u korean???

i love him loads too.in malaysia there are so many fans......
i wonder what's junki's cyworld page add?
i would liek to visit~~~^__________^

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hi. This is my first time in this thread. haha....I lik him most after watching most of his interview clip and programme. He is really a humble person. Cheers.

new photos
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more new photos @ Lee Joon Ki's Gallery

yes sis..that was in here in phils. LJK posted those pics in his blog. although not sure if manila. somebody in soompi said it might be in boracay. i think it's in baguio. coz part of those pics were in a golf course. there's no golf course in boracay izzit? but i doubt there are kalesas is boracay. but then again, there are no kalesas in baguio either he took a vacation here and we didnt know about it!!! darn.

yeah.. haven't seen any kalesas in Baguio... i guess it's just somewhere in Manila

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more new photos @ Lee Jun Ki's Gallery

>>>>> i posted message here saying he was ehre in the philippines (probably page 3 or 4) someone saw him in the airport actually thats why it news spread and yes that golf course is in bora... (fairways and blue water... its the only place in bora with golf course) he arrived and left the phils via cebu so he didnt really get the chance to feel manila air pollution

been a while since i come here....

hai hazel, hai everybody... he..he..he..he..

wish Junki come to my country to......(crosing finger and pray)

must download
http://lovejunki.sakura.ne.jp/jkmovie/jkdx2-1.wmv

MV
http://ilovejoonki.ivyro.net/zboard/view.p...sc=asc&no=9

>>>>> its entitled shanghai i think (or beijing? kekekek sumthin to do with china)... but... this wasnt confirmed tho... he has a new movie... i forgot the title fly daddy is showing in august

SG junkiers... catch k&c this saturday regular showing next week

to the one who asked if m korean.. nope im not (i will be tho... when i get to change nationality after marrying jk )

will be sharing pix,vdos soon... i lost everything i dl since march will hafta start from scratch will be sharing once i get to collect

hi kat!

oh btw... don't forget to watch korea-switzerland match tomorrow @7pm germany time (1am in the philippines, hk.. ) junki did say he will be running in the streets if they get to it to the top 16 (and they will be when they win against switzerland since as of now its indefinite... togo has to win against france) can u just imagine how chaotic itll be if jk roams the streets of seoul?

^well, if he will do that how i wish i could be there... im going to run with him!!!

Yahhh! I agree with you! He really looks like Vanness Wu of F4 although I think Lee Jun Ki is mor beautiful, he has more girly features than Vanness. I was also surprised that he was the actor in THE KING AND THE CLOWN, he did a great job there! Although I didn't recognized him at first maybe because of the period costume or the make-up. Lee Jun Ki's role there is a Gay performer... but the people around him believes he is a true woman. Hmmmm...interesting right?

He eats into my heart whether in My Girl or The King & The Clown.
He has got this sorrowful aura about him.
Maybe it's the delicate features and the air of mystery.
Anyway, at certain angles, he looks like JJ Lin Junjie! I dunno why!

i agree tt he looks like JJ in a couple of photos!

I've just watched the king and the clown too! I SO LURVE TT MOVIE!

Gong-gil is a character that i really really like, he's gentle and delicate and sweet. Everyone acted really well, but i must said some of the best parts of the movie(according to me) will be the part where Gong-gil is commiting suicide. OMG, that's like so sad. He's narating his story with Jang-saeng(his clown partner cum BF*boyfriend or best friend?*) tot eh king whiel cutting his wristT.T, tt's like TRAGIC.

Another favourite scene is when Gong-gil was trying to stop Jang-saeng from leaving the palace. tt's so so sad too. He's like asking Jang-saeng not to leave him, grab his hand but Jang-saeng pushed his hand away. Then he got desperate and drew a sword in front of Jang-saeng to stop him. SAD....i wished they had left teh palace then.

And of course, those many many scenes of Gong-gil crying/begging in order to save Jang-saeng from harm by the king, SO TOUCHING! They really love each other alot, can see from Jang-saeng's willingness to bear all punishment for Gong-gil as well. In the end, he became blind after his eyes were burnt with coal.

And lastly, the ending showing how life would have been if they had left the palace. They would have been much more happier. Gong-gil would be able to be with Jang-saeng, who would not have become blind....They can go on performing, just like before....But the tragic part is that the ending didn't happen.

Overall, i must say that the plot, cast and settings were AWESOME. I lurve the sad moving parts of the movie especially. sigh. Tragic love story. Maybe the only part that could be improve on was the language at the beginning of the movie, abit crude, heh*sheepish*.

I feel so sad for Gong-gil and Jang-saeng. i hoep this movie will have a sequal since the ending was not very clear......

Anybody who know the lyric song tittle "in one word"? its nice song and lee jun ki have a cute voice...pls....[size=3]

sharing this with u guys

credits : LSISW@soompi

There is an article in our newspaper today regarding "androgynous celebrities are having their day in the sun".....influenced by Takuya Kimura.

It is an interesting read...touching on Lee Junki, F4, Kanta & Vanness.

Girly guise

By FOONG WOEI WAN

FROM Taiwanese model-actor Joe Cheng to South Korean actor Lee Joon Ki, star of the hit movie King And The Clown, androgynous celebrities are having their day in the sun. Sure, Asian showbusiness has never been short of beautiful boys (or bishonen, as they are known in Japan).

In the 1980s and the 1990s, the late Hong Kong actor-singer Leslie Cheung was a dazzling exemplar of the male diva, with all the splendid beauty and sexual ambiguity it implied.

He famously went ultra-feminine in the 1993 Cannes-winning drama Farewell My Concubine, starring as a female impersonator in the title role.

But he was just one man, not yet a movement. And traditionally macho types such as Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai were still the norm from which Cheung deviated.

You could say the tide began to turn in the late 1990s, thanks to Takuya Kimura.

The preening Japanese pretty boy with trademark long locks starred in serials like Long Vacation (1996) and swiftly found a following in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Without him, there would be no F4, the floppy-topped pop phenomenon from Taiwan who forced the bishonen floodgates wide open. Their 2001 TV show, Meteor Garden, is based on a Japanese manga, Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers).

And F4 – Jerry Yen, Vic Chou, Ken Chu and Vanness Wu – looked like they had stepped straight out of the manga universe populated by breathless girls and babelicious guys.

The rest is history: The serial shot the four unknowns to superstardom across East Asia in 2001. The show also travelled to South-East Asia in 2002 and with it, F4’s hairdos. A year later in the Philippines, one teenager reportedly killed another over – get this – whose hair was more like Chou’s.

Certainly, F4 cleared the way for a new genre, the ouxiangju or idol drama, and heralded a whole new generation of poutingly pretty boys – flippable, floppy hair is optional – to star in such serials.

Roy Chiu, Dylan Kuo and Mike Ho (who goes by a girly nickname, Xiaomei, meaning Little Beauty) are just a few of Taiwan’s rising stars since F4.

By 2002, female fans were more than ready for a romantic leading man like South Korean Bae Yong Joon. With his fair complexion and gentle, sweet smile, surely the 33-year-old is the sensitive beautiful boy all grown up.

Okay, he did peel off his specs and shirt to show off his pecs and abs in a 2004 coffee-table book. But the bulk of his female fans like him with his shirt and delicate smile on.

And what they want, they will get.

Because girl power is not just about women being in the limelight on their own terms – think Li Yuchun, the tomboyish girl wonder from China. It is also about men bending over backwards, or even gender-bending, to suit the tastes of female pop culture consumers.

When the ideal man these days is a metrosexual (read: more likely to star in a skincare ad), androgynous heartthrobs like Lee Joon Ki are not much of a departure from the norm.

They may in fact be the future.

Lee Joon Ki

GIRLS want him. Guys want to look like him, reportedly going under the knife to get his soft facial features.

The 24-year-old shot to stardom in South Korea playing an effeminate clown and the apple of a despot’s eye in last year’s King And The Clown, the most-watched movie in Korean history.

He is also big in China. Hundreds of fans were waiting to welcome him at the Shanghai airport two months ago, never mind that his film has not been shown on the mainland.

Chinese fans, who have seen him in the 2005 TV serial My Girl, are already comparing him to Leslie Cheung, the Hong Kong star who was just as at ease with his girly side.

Time will tell if his fame will last as long as Cheung’s.

Joe Cheng

THE 24-year-old has been Taiwan’s “It” Boy (or Girly Boy) after making a daring acting debut in the 2003 idol drama The Rose.

With shoulder-length hair, slender build and a sashaying gait, he played Kui, a sulking youth infatuated with both his half-brother (Jerry Huang) and half-sister (Ella Chen of the girl group S.H.E).

With fame, there came tabloid talk that Cheng is gay and that he is niang (Mandarin for girly).

He has laughed it all off, however.

And the model-actor – who, like supermodel-host Chiling Lin, is managed by agency Catwalk – is no one-hit wonder.

His drama, It Started With A Kiss, was so popular in Taiwan last year, a sequel has been planned.

Kangta & Vanness

ARE Chinese American singer Vanness Wu, 27, and his South Korean counterpart Kangta, 26, going Brokeback?

Wu found fame with the group F4 and Kangta, with H.O.T. Both had little luck as solo acts, however. But they have attracted more buzz since regrouping as the androgynous pop pair, Kangta & Vanness.

At the Golden Melody Awards this month, female fans shrieked as Wu and Kangta showcased their slinky moves on the red carpet and on stage, like two pretty peas in a pod. – The Straits Times Singapore / Asia News Network

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HE was rejected at 200 auditions because producers thought he looked too androgynous.

But Lee Joon Ki has the last laugh now. The 24-year-old has risen overnight to become the 'most beautiful' actor in Korea.

His claim to fame? Playing a cross-dressing court jester in the record-breaking box office hit, King And The Clown. (See report on facing page.)

Fans and film critics alike were struck by his beauty - especially his mesmerising almond-shaped eyes and lovely jawline - and he has become the hottest Korean star of the moment.

Director Lee Joon Ik once said he worked the camera to capture Joon Ki's 'most beautiful angles', while co-star Kang Sung Yeon, who plays the king's concubine, lamented that she felt overshadowed by him.

Even pretty boy Kwon Sang Woo had to concede defeat, adding that 'Lee Joon Ki's beauty makes you feel envious'.

While flattered by the attention, Joon Ki, who also stars as a woeful playboy in the hit drama, My Girl, is quick to clarify that he is no less of a man in real life.

He spoke candidly about his love life, revealing that his first love was a university classmate whom he thought was his destiny. He had two more girlfriends, but is now single.

NOT EFFEMINATE

While in Taiwan to plug his film recently, the taekwondo expert also demonstrated two high kicks just to prove his masculinity.

In an e-mail interview with The New Paper, he wrote: 'Acting as a feminine character was totally new to me, and I enjoyed being called beautiful.

'Explaining (that I am not effeminate) is a part of what an actor has to do, so I don't really mind the constant talk about being womanly and all. I'll prove the manly part in my next film.'

He is referring to his new action flick, Fly Daddy Fly, which sees him playing a troubled teenager who teaches a middle-aged man martial arts.

He reportedly gets tough and dirty for his role, but whether it will change his androgynous image remains to be seen.

For the moment, advertisers still count on his effeminate charm to sell products ranging from apparel to cosmetics and beverages.

He is the face of both Giordano and Samsung Anycall, which are known to use only the nation's top stars, such as Lee Hyo Lee and Jang Dong Gun.

Some 50,000 copies of the original novel for Fly Daddy Fly also flew off the shelves after it was announced Joon Ki would star in the movie.

Although his image took a beating after he posted a pro-Japanese message on his blog that ruffled many feathers in view of the Korea-Japan tension, he managed to attract some 12,000 fans to a massive gathering held in Seoul last month.

The straight-talking star has kept clear of scandals since, and is loved by the media in both Japan and Taiwan for his cute smile and sense of humour.

He gave detailed replies and responded to every question asked in our e-mail interview.

He said his biggest challenge in King And The Clown was to walk on a tightrope and play multiple characters during the clowns' street performances.

He thought it was worse to fall off a horse than to be kissed by another guy - specifically, actor Jung Jin Young who plays the king - because 'you wouldn't know how badly you could get hurt'.

When asked to describe himself, Joon Ki said he is a relatively quiet person who thinks a lot and enjoys the company of old friends.

He admitted that life has changed a lot for him in the past six months, but he is 'too busy to be aware of the differences'.

Not surprising, given that success did not come easy for the Pusan native.

Moving to Seoul alone after high school despite parental objections, he took up various part-time jobs to pay for a film-making course at Seoul Institute Of Arts.

After failing in some 200 auditions, he finally won his first movie role in a Japan-Korean joint production, Hotel Venus, in 2004.

But he went unnoticed until King And The Clown and My Girl which were coincidentally screened around the same time early this year.

Some critics have said that his raging popularity may be short-lived, but he is still winning fans by the truckloads now.

Here in Singapore, some diehard supporters even rang up Festive Films to persuade the movie distributor to bring in King And The Clown - which it eventually did.

When told, Joon Ki expressed surprise. 'Is that so? I'm flattered. I thank you all for your support and I hope to visit Singapore soon.'



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Little promotion, lots of tickets sold

IT is not a big budget film. Nor does it boast A-list stars.

Instead, King And The Clown is a historical film with homosexual undertones taboo in conservative Korea.

Despite little promotion, it became an instant hit in January, selling more than one million tickets in a week through word of mouth.

In April, it ended its 16-week run with a phenomenal 12.3 million admissions, replacing war flick Brotherhood as the most watched film in Korea's cinematic history.

What is so spell-binding about this epic that has been compared to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain and Chen Kaige's Farewell To My Concubine?

Some critics point to the poignant acting, and others, the vivid portrayal of love and hate between royalty and commoners. Even the gay theme that initially sparked debate was eventually lauded for opening up the minds of the Korean public.

The movie is about two clowns who are arrested for mocking a king and his concubine in a skit, but end up as the emperor's favourite jesters.

Director Lee Joon Ik (Hi Dharma) kept the production budget under 4.4 billion won ($7.04m), compared to Brotherhood's 12 billion won.

Asked about the film's appeal, Joon Ki said the emotional struggles faced by the characters are deeply moving.

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So sad, Joon Ki went to Phil without us knowing. Oh well, I hope he had a great vacation in Boracay!

"ANDROGYNOUS" means :

1. Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.

yeah....i do think he's pretty..even prettier than me. and right they are, he became Korea's biggest rising star literally ovenight. with all the product endirsements, shows, magazine covers and now a digital single.

peeps sowi been busy have heaps of pending work thats y i couldnt dl & reup all pix and clips... anyhoo... for those who can go clubbing... you can try seirin's cb...

http://clubbox.co.kr/seirin its full of jk stuff.... im starting to dl again (since i lost everything ) vonin event is there... as well as fanmeet clips.... (check out 20060608 km ep1 xxxxxx) its better than those i uploaded before from fancams for those who cant go clubbing... i will reup these files... but it might take loooongggg.... so anyone kind enuf to reup everyting... ure most welcome to do it ill up also some clips in my youtube acct... just search for videos of VyLeTtE

he's a totally androgynous pretty boy!!! i like his sharp nose & tiny lips....his face shape & skin

his hairstlye looks good on him too!!!