Month: May 2011

Increasingly popular in Japan, Korean actor-cum-singer Jang Keun Suk’s first official shop in Japan will open from 3 June to 27 June 2011 in Shibuya, Japan, at Parco1 level 7 at a designated area with 180 square metres.

At this official shop, not only can fans buy the usual JKS merchandise, they also have a chance to buy limited items. In order to fulfil fans’ wishes, the venue will also display photo-books and videos previously undisclosed, as well as JKS’ personal items. Staff are still working on how best to showcase the limited items at the venue and say that fans can even buy JKS’ personal items.

JKS says that he is very happy to open his first, exclusive merchandise store in Japan. “Hope that everyone can take this chance to get to know me better. I hope to come to Japan soon to meet everyone.”

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Japan TBS is going to make their reproduction of “You are Beautiful”. The role of Hwang Tae-kyung will be played by Tamamori Yuta of Kis-My-Ft2 (top right-hand corner).

The other actors in the cast are 泷本美织 (Go Mi-nam), 藤ヶ谷太辅，HSJ的八乙女光, 片濑那奈 and 高岛政伸. Apologies for the current lack of their names in English.

Jang Keun Suk has passed this message to TBS on the re-make:

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Go Woo Ri, member of youth girls’ group Rainbow, challenges her acting skill for the first time.

In “You’re my Pet” which has started filming in mid-May, Go Woo Ri acts as Jang Keun Suk’s ex-girlfriend Lee Min-shan. After ending activities related to Rainbow’s 《To Me》at the end of May, Go Woo Ri will join the filming. Although her character in the movie only has a few scenes, the character is important to the story development.

Source: chn.chosun.com

少女組合Rainbow成員高佑麗將扮演張根碩前女友，首次挑戰演技。

高佑麗將在本月中旬開拍的電影《寵物情人》中飾演張根碩的前女友李敏善（音）。本月末結束Rainbow《To Me》相關活動後，高佑麗將正式投入拍攝。高佑麗飾演的李敏善雖然在片中戲份不多，但是在故事的發展上有著重要作用的角色。

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