Man of Honor releases poster, more stills
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I’d known Man of Honor was about baseball, and that it was from the Baker King producers, but it wasn’t till I took a good look at these latest stills that the story and conflict really sunk in.
And now that it has: Aw, man — it’s a sports drama and a total underdog success story? I know those two things tend to go together, but again, it’s one thing to know it intellectually, and another thing to put facts with faces. Cute, dejected, sad faces. Just look at that hang-dog, lonely look on Chun Jung-myung’s face and try resisting pulling for him. It’s a losing battle. He’s Tak-gu, but in a uniform and with bigger fists.
The love triangle at the center revolves around Chun’s hero character, his rival Lee Jang-woo (also a chaebol’s son), and the bright and irrepressible heroine played by Park Min-young. I’d expect a few more romantic entanglements from other supporting characters (there’s Lee Jin, for one, hanging out in the cast), but based on promo material, this looks to be a three-top drama.
There’s also an extensive cast, and I’m betting there’s quite a bit of parental angst thrown into the mix. The supporting actors include: Choi Myung-gil, who appears to have gone from scary bitchface mom in Miss Ripley to a warmer version here as the hero’s mother; the always wonderful Lee Ki-young as the hero’s noodle-shop-owning father; Sohn Chang-min, out of his soldier’s uniform from last year’s Road No. 1 to play a chaebol CEO; High Kick 3‘s patriarch Ahn Nae-sang as the heroine’s father; hilarious character actress Jang Young-nam (Hello Ghost) as her mother; Choi Ran (she of most of the Hong Sisters dramas) as the heroine’s “fascist-like” nurse supervisor; Kim Sung-oh, who can play creepy or dorky with equal skill; and Lee Moon-shik.
Man of Honor premieres on Wednesday on KBS.
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1 Abbie
October 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I seriously can't wait for this.
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cappy
October 10, 2011 at 7:21 PM
me too.. i hv sucha girl crush on park min young..
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2 LK
October 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I like the main lead and I loved Baker King Kim Tak Goo, but this drama doesn't look as interesting to me. I never watched a sport drama before and I'm not quite into baseball either... I might have to skip this drama.
Tree With Deep Roots looks more interesting to me and I still have to finish City Hunter (I decided to watch The Princess' Man instead, which was totally worth it!!!) and You've Fallen For Me (which I might drop because my sister said it wasn't that good).
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hara
October 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Tree with deep roots is somewhat disappointing for me. A saguek without love story is hard to watch.
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biankoy
October 9, 2011 at 8:55 PM
ditto.
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lishuys
October 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM
well, go back to city hunter after princess man coz the fight scenes rock . . .
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3 amatsu
October 8, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Yeah I'll be watching this. This is gonna be good.
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4 trkn91
October 8, 2011 at 10:49 AM
jangwoo~why are you so cute,handsome,great...? yes after fan girl moments,i am gonna watch this for sure.
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5 yuoi
October 8, 2011 at 12:18 PM
I don't know makjang or not, TakGu 2.0 or not, but JangWoo is getting hotter and hotter with every single day >.<
I'm so going to watch it just for his sexy gaze (the fact he's going to be evil there doesnt make me happy, but what can I do? *sigh* hope he won't stick with characters like this, second evil chaebol in a row =()
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S
October 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM
Watch his sweetness on We Got Married and you'll feel better. :D
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6 xiaoSxin
October 8, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Yessssss~! Give me some PIE!!!!
thank you for the post. I will try to watch this just to see PIE. ^^
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7 angel
October 8, 2011 at 12:49 PM
I hope it won't be as makjang as it looks to be...
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8 danna
October 8, 2011 at 1:11 PM
OMG...what happened to Kim Sung Oh's hair...are they trying to reinvents his crazy bastard character from Ahjussi???...that said I like the main cast but I absolutely love soem fo the extended cast....the story itself doesn't quite get to me...now I'm seriously conflicted
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9 sarang
October 8, 2011 at 1:43 PM
Loving the main cast. CJM is freaking adorable and Jang Woo looks awfully yummy. And of course PMY is a stunner too. Definitely going to put this on my to watch list.
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10 Ani
October 8, 2011 at 1:49 PM
I love sports shows, but I'm just not into the whole makjang thing. I'm hoping this won't be one, but chances are it will be one in some form or another.
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11 myweithisway
October 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM
Am leaning towards watching Tree with Deep Roots but definitely checking this one out for Kim Sung Oh!
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12 freya
October 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM
I'm not sure where to put this, but here goes. Thank you very much for all your efforts in posting drama news and recaps.
My only point of complaint would be that there's not enough recaps for dramas as of late; the last three pages have seen only four recaps. It would be nice to read your thoughts/opinions on the current drama series airing this season.
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13 jlinTeng
October 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM
if they have the same formula as tak goo aka makjang, i'll pass this one out...i think i will still rooting for soong joong ki in tree with deep roots
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14 mnstpdu08
October 8, 2011 at 4:04 PM
sports dramas aren't usually my thing, particularly baseball (why is it that most sports drama are about baseball?). but i do love CJM. i don't mind just sitting and staring at him. <3
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15 jomo143
October 8, 2011 at 5:16 PM
I am so tempted to watch this Baker thing everyone keeps comparing this to, but I don't want to be prejudiced against this show.
As long as their is PIE, I will watch it. I even watched The Duo and there was only like two mins and 13 seconds of romance.
PIE + romance = time well spent.
I hope the subbers like it, too, so it gets completed fast. If nobody is recapping it, I guess I can wait. But I hate to miss out on the discussion while it is appearing on the page.
That is half the fun of watching a show like My Princess or Secret Garden.
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16 Noelle
October 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM
K, I'm watching this. Ya know I had no clue this was a baseball sports drama. Well, actually I didn't know anything about it other than the title is a play on the characters names.
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17 jay bee
October 9, 2011 at 1:31 AM
i will surely watch this thru KBS world. Oh,,... 3 days more and I will be in front of the tv for me to watch this. I will watch this because of PMY. If I can't watch there's another prerogative.. the epdrama and yt and dramastyle. Hope the subbers will sub this fast!
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18 mjfan
October 9, 2011 at 3:05 AM
am gonna watch this for sure only for my CJM , he is freaking adorable , I dont mind what the drama about as long as he is there...................
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19 olsen
October 9, 2011 at 4:27 AM
Why can't it be wednesday already?
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20 KenKen
October 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM
gonna watch this one and Baek Dong Soo....
AFTER MY FINALS EXAM... ^^
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21 Claire
October 9, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Jang Woo! Eunjung's cute perv husband..haha...i'll watch this...
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22 NilsaR
October 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM
when will this drama premiere and will it be streaming online???
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23 bubble tea
October 10, 2011 at 8:01 AM
I just had to share this! It's not that new a video (posted in Feb 2010), but I just saw it and couldn't stop giggling at how adorkable Chun Jung-myung was! SO CUTE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmJ4zjx8OdY
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bubble tea
October 10, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Sorry for sidetracking from the post again but I just saw another video which is older, don't understand much korean but am still grinning away at Mr CJM's dorkiness. OPPAAAA WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE? HAHAHAHA.
I first came across Chun Jung-myung in Cinderella's Sister and am smitten ever since by his warm smile BUT now that I've seen how dorky he is IRL, omg, the fangirl in me is taking over me. AHHH! It's just too bad that this new show is a melo. Sigh. :(
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bubble tea
October 10, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Oops! Forgot the link! Here it is! It's snippets of an old episode of X-Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAjPlJQm5-Y&feature=related
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24 Lilian
October 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM
If you're not too familiar with how sports dramas are, I do suggest checking out the sport genre of J-dramas. I think they've got some of the best. I would highly recommend watching H2: Kimi To Ita Hibi. That is a sports drama done right imo.
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25 Birdie
October 10, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Not a fan of PMY acting , but the boys look interesting. I am a little leery of sports drama. Tried watching Birdie Buddy, but couldn't finish it. Golf was too boring. Is baseball more interesting?
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26 Tina
October 13, 2011 at 8:24 AM
I Hope There's a Recap for this drama...
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