Smooth and Safe crowd

Update from KBS Global and image from fan-sharing diary1
March 30, 2009

Lee Byung Hun Draws Crowds of Fans in Japan

Captures from 47news.jp VOD ^^

Actor Lee Byung-hun has been visited by more than 2,000 Japanese fans nearly every day during his stay in Akita Prefecture, Japan to shoot his new drama “IRIS,” his agency BH Entertainment said.

“We kept the shooting locations secret, so only some key staff knew about them. It was surprising how the Japanese fans found out where the shooting was taking place, and as many as approximately 2,500 fans came to a shooting site to see Lee every day,” the agency said. “The Akita Prefecture government had police and security guards stationed for emergencies, but no regrettable incidents happened.”

Since the Korean actor arrived on March 9, the Japanese prefecture has seen many of his fans pour into the area from all over the country, filling up all hotels and motels although it is the off season, according to the agency. “Some 300 fans were even waiting for Lee at the hotel where he was staying from morning until evening.

Akita in our hearts

Our gratitude to Sung-ja at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for this wonderful Akita experience, don’t miss it after the page break..

Do Not Go, Byunghun-ssi
teary farewell at Akita City Airport

병헌씨 가지마요” 日팬 눈물의 환송

Hankooki Sports News Korea on April 28 kiss@sportshankook.co.kr

On the 28th, after completing the KBS drama IRIS, Lee Byung Hun left Akita after a 3-week location filming since March 9. More than 400 fans bid their farewell to LBH upon his return to Seoul on Saturday.

Various Japanese Internet sites showed photos at the airport, with topic “More than 400 female fans came to see Lee”. Lee Byung Hun arrived at the airport wearing sunglasses, a black cap, and comfortable clothing. The news also stated that he never

An A+ for Akita

Translated gist by ylin at EverythingLBH-soompi.com from article at 47news.jp and captures courtesy akitapref.exblog.jp
Female Fans flocked to see Lee Byung Hun return home

Korean Star, Lee Byung Hun who has visited Akita because of filming, returned home on 28 March via Akita’s airport. More than 400 female fans made their way to the airport just to say good-bye to him.

At about 11.50am, ByungHun-ssi arrived at the airport in a black car, fans who have gathered around started cheering on him. He waved and smiled to them while moving toawards the airport.

ByungHun has started his stay in Akita from 9 March for the filming of his new drama “IRIS”.

Credits: akitapref.exblog.jp

Lee Byung Hun and IRIS cast including Kim Tae Hee & Kim So Yeon return to Seoul after successfully completing the drama filming in Akita, Japan. Hundreds of fans came to the airport

Thank You, Akita!

March 28, 2009

IRIS – Akita filming finishes

Lee Byung Hun’s smile for 400 fans sending him off

CAPTURE CREDITS from articles at sakigake.jp and 47news.jp

Byunghun-ssi has finished his IRIS filming and left Akita for Seoul today (28 March) at about 1300 hrs. Just short of 2 days of the planned 3-week filming schedule in Japan. However, it was unclear & not mentioned if the other cast of IRIS & production team were with him as well.

Based on the updates,

This Guy with Such Love

Thanks to the gist by Janice at EverythingLBH-soompi.com from highlight at Japanese fan-blog EverydayLBH, originally at nylonmedia.co.kr and 10Asia online magazine. Also shared at GBW-cafe.daum

FIVE GUYS – Best Melodramatic Actors

A fan comparison on each of the following actor’s unique and sophisticated acting style… Park Shin Yang, Lee Seon Gyun, Hyun Bin, Lee Byung Hun & Yoo Ji Tae

Related excerpt on Byunghun-ssi only
Ah… Love… can simply be expressed in more than 50,000 ways… from innocent, mature to sophisticated,etc
Love can also be generated through voices & eyes contact… such expression can easily be spotted in actor Lee Byung Hun and.. it’s definitely worth emulating
Those pair of window-of-the-soul aka piercing eyes of his could so easily stir or throb a woman’s heart and… that sexy low tone voice of his is just way too poisonous… and no doubt those are great asset to his acting skills.
From his first romancing acting in Bungee Jumping of Their Own… to his dorky inflatuation towards the lady teacher in Harmonium in My Memory… to his everlasting love  in Once in a Summer etc, Byunghun has never failed to capture the true essence of love.
Lee Byung Hun is one great example of a very dynamic, confident & classic actor who is able to transform into any character requires of him.
At times one couldn’t really tell which is which, the real LBH or the reel LBH.. and that in itself is a great mystery

Flowing for IRIS

Gist of IRIS from articles at star.moneytoday.co.kr and asiae.co.kr

Filming set filled with fans for IRIS

이병헌, 日 ‘아이리스’ 촬영장에 삼천팬 몰려
전형화 기자 | 2009/03/26 14:47 | 조회 104

Lee Byung Hun’s agency BH Entertainment on the 26th disclosed that IRIS filming is currently progressing in Akita Japan with a high number of local fans gathering at the set everyday. Since the filming started on March 10th, over 2,500 Japanese fans have been flocking the Akita Prefecture to see Byunghun-ssi and the cast of IRIS.

Agency official also adds that daily, about 300 fans waited all day in the trembling cold weather to see actor Lee Byung Hun whom in the evening would come out to meet them, offering a warm handshake. According to the Akita Accommodation Tourism board, fans are continuously coming each day to Akita despite the hotels’ reservation have been fully booked since early March.

The local police and team of security were asked

Byunghun & Kaori.. an IRIS elate

Thanks to Hyc at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for the gist courtesy 9th-avenue.com and image from kaori.co.kr, thanks to the highlight by PlanetBH0712

現在イ・ビョンホンのスターショップは4月3日オープン予定でいま準備の最中です。
チェ・ジウスターショップの隣にあり、帽子、アクセサリーなどを販売する予定です。

The LBH Star Shop is expected to open on April 3rd, 2009. At present everything is in the stage of preparation. Located next to Choi Jiwoo’s Stylus Shop, LBH’s partnership with Kaori will be selling hats and accessories.

An Akita experience by Sung-ja at EverythingLBH-soompi.com

Despite such a tight schedule of the shooting

The Good Win

Thanks to the highlight & gist of speech by Janice at EverythingLBH-soompi.com

March 24, 2009

Jung Woo-sung named best supporting actor at Hong Kong festival

來自韓國的鄭宇成獲得最佳男配角。他說獲獎的榮譽不單單是自己的，而是與另外兩位男主角一起的榮譽。(fr. Sina)

The GOOD Guy Jung Woo Sung told media that the honor of receiving the award is not only  for himself but the glory is for the other two GBW actors as well.

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) — South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung was selected the best supporting actor for his role in “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” at Hong Kong’s Asian Film Awards (AFA), the event’s Web site said Tuesday.

Jung played “the good” in the South Korean spaghetti western, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and drew the largest audience at home last year. Jung competed with three other candidates including South Korean Lee Byung-hun who starred in the same movie as “the bad.”

The South Korean movie, directed by Kim Jee-woon, was nominated in eight categories at this year’s AFA, including best film and best actor.

New date Opening day

New 9th Avenue update highlighted by Hyc at EverythingLBH-soompi.com from message at starjiwoo.com with much gratitude; related images from news.etomato.com and kaori.korea

April 3rd Gathering

On April 3rd, Mr. Lee Byung Hun’s star shop in the 9th Avenue Mall will be opening. It will be a short ceremony of about 30 minutes in the afternoon. It’s likely that Ms. Choi Jiwoo will also participate in the shop opening as her Stylus Shop is just next to LBH Star Shop.

Several groups of Mr. Lee ByungHun’s fans will be present at the event

Plan Forward

Thanks to Janice at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for the gist from articles at sports.hankooki.com and news.nate.com

March 19, 2009

Lee ByungHun – no schedule conflict

According to the latest news, BH Entertainment told media on March 19 that LBH’s movies & drama schedule will not clash despite a number of major projects and activities he’s committed to.

They said they have already foreseen the schedule dilemma that Byunghun-ssi might encounter even before filming IRIS and have been working very hard to negotiate with the production team to adjust the schedule so that BH could attend the movie events of ‘I Come With The Rain’ in June and ‘GI Joe: Rise of Cobra’ in August, respectively plus the related activities. They recalled the very tight schedule LBH has had last May while filming ‘GI Joe’ in Prague and had to squeeze out time in between filming to attend the Cannes Red Carpet event for movie ‘The Good, The Bad, the Weird’.

The article also stated that

Calm and Chaos

Our thanks to the highlight at LBH MagicBox, gist shared by ripgal at IRIS-soompi.com from article at 1-apple.com.tw

About the Chinese article above, it talks about the hugging scene. The crew mentioned that although everything looked beautiful in the picture, off-set it was really chaotic. The place was crowded with too many fans and hence they had to seek help from the Japanese police – to maintain security and stuff.

Source: 1-apple.com.tw

Rockin’ IRIS in Akita

Article from media.daum.net

translated by 코코마탑횽 @ bbvipz / tiptop.mireene.com, our thanks to leslie_lei at IRIS-soompi.com

 

TOP of Big Bang left for Japan on March 19th to film drama, IRIS

According to his management company, he departed to Akita-hyun, Japan to film IRIS with Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Hee and Jung Joon Ho. CEO of YG entertainment, Yang Hyun Suk accompanied TOP.

TOP appears as a killer who needs to kill Lee Byung Hun (a member of National Security Service) in IRIS.

Main characters Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee arrived earlier on 10th for the crank-in, Jung Joon Ho joined on 16th, and TOP joined on today (19th), and Kim Seung woo will join on 23rd to film a breath-taking action scene and romance on beautiful winter background.