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Revenge drama Shark’s character posters

by girlfriday

Aw, does the vengeance mastermind need a hug? A snuggle wasn’t really the concept I was expecting when KBS released the character posters for its revenge thriller Shark, but hey, every wronged-hero-turned-mysterious-avenger needs to cry on somebody’s shoulder, right? The new Monday-Tuesday drama is gearing up to premiere in just over a week, and even though I’m still not convinced it’s not Bad Guy all over again, I guess I won’t really care as long as it’s Bad Guy: Bigger, Better, Badder.

The revenge melodrama from the team behind Resurrection and The Devil stars Kim Nam-gil as a successful hotelier with a Japanese alias, adoptive father, and naturally, a secret past. Sohn Ye-jin is the heiress to — you guessed it — a hotel conglomerate, and the daughter of the family who ruined Kim Nam-gil’s life. He spends years becoming rich and powerful as a rival hotelier, and then returns to Korea to begin his revenge plot against the family. Of course the wrench is that he falls in love with her and has to choose between love and his blackened, revenge-filled heart.

Ha Suk-jin plays the second lead, the sharp up-and-comer at the heroine’s family company, who’s always loved her from afar. Aw, Ha Suk-jin plays that type so well — the sad puppy who doesn’t get the girl. He’s got a bit of a past to hide too, though it’s not nearly as bad as the hero’s second identity. Everyone assumes he’s a wealthy, over-educated executive, when he actually comes from a humble background, and even spent his teenage years as a gangster.

To add history to injury, all three of them share a past, and the heroine was both boys’ first love. Of course she was. Because loving someone just the once is never quite fated enough. The setup is nothing new, but here’s hoping that the execution keeps the thrills thrilling and the revenge served cold.

Shark follows God of the Workplace and premieres May 27 on KBS.

Via KBS

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1 Belle3005

May 17, 2013 at 4:07 AM

Hmm.. I'm not too sure of how I think about this drama.

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2 Ivoire

May 17, 2013 at 4:08 AM

Thanks!

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Kimmi

May 17, 2013 at 7:20 PM

I'm about to go there but Ivoire gets on my nerves. If he didn't get first comment then he comments on someone who did and the worst part is that its a stupid comment just so he can be on the top on the page. Honey unless you got someone important to say, just stop. Sorry if I'm the only one who feels this way but I figure i'll voice my opinion now then forever hold my peace.

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pogo

May 18, 2013 at 4:04 AM

I figure i’ll voice my opinion now then forever hold my peace.

Yes, please do (hold your peace, I mean).

This is 2013, I think most people on here would have learned how to use the scroll function if they don't like someone's comments.

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3 Elianne

May 17, 2013 at 4:08 AM

I don't know if it's just part of the concept but SYJ's wrinkled dress in her full solo shot is driving me nuts.

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annel

May 17, 2013 at 4:15 AM

HAHA.

Yes. Me too. Bad choice of styling.

I like that girl playing younger SYJ, saw her once playing younger Lee Boo Young for KBS's Equator Man.

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ida

May 17, 2013 at 10:06 AM

she kinda looks like SYJ when you look from real Son Ye Jin and glance at her!!
I thought it WAS SYJ for a second haha.

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kay

May 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM

she played the dead girlfriend in that winter, the wind blows, right? funny how she's playing the high school kid versions when she's 26 in real life

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anna

May 17, 2013 at 3:27 PM

omf- I just remember where she was from. she's playing the younger version of SYJ when she's only 6 years younger than SYJ in rl. they couldn't have found someone younger? Kid playing young KNG is actually 18! LOL

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eny

May 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM

the kid who act as young KNG looks like Hyun bin

pogo

May 17, 2013 at 12:45 PM

wait, that ISN'T SYJ? They look uncannily alike!

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ht

May 17, 2013 at 4:27 AM

Omfg me too.

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mary

May 17, 2013 at 5:29 AM

Came here to check if anyone else will comment on her crumpled clothes too. You ladies never disappoint. :D

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jomo143

May 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM

Yeah and the uncoiffed on purpose coif.

Maybe it means "Look, it is tough looking good all the time, we know, we get it. You are allowed to give up, too."

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Newborn Fanatic

May 17, 2013 at 2:00 PM

lol I didn't even notice it until I read this comment. Now it's driving me a little crazy too. :O

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anna

May 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM

I was about to comment the same thing LOL And what is with her second photo and that pose? I ..can't.

This drama has all the cliches in the world. What is with kdrama and fated first love? Of course, they have met sometimes in their life before, of course.

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4 come2noona

May 17, 2013 at 4:30 AM

If I had to guess the story based on the first poster it would go something like this..."Simple minded man falls in love with his own sister while stranded on a deserted island. Both are rescued and try to cope with the fact they are lovers...and siblings. Or are they???"

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skelly

May 17, 2013 at 8:03 AM

Yes, why does he have this slack-jawed, open-mouthed blank look on his face? Is there a knife sticking out of his back, just outside the frame? Or did someone tie his shoelaces together?

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Quiet Thought

May 17, 2013 at 1:45 PM

Ahhhhaaaaa . . . best laugh I've had all day.

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anna

May 17, 2013 at 3:30 PM

lmao it really does look like he's been stabbed and fell onto her breasts. oh god, this image will going to make my week.

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5 ck1Oz

May 17, 2013 at 4:35 AM

It's getting to the point that I actually look forward to the childhood section in almost any given dramas these days.

They seem to be better acted, more age appropriate and absolutely adorable together. OTP or first love scenarios.

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6 aira

May 17, 2013 at 4:40 AM

I usuallty don't like man with moustache, but Kim Nam Gil looks cool on it ^^

The last pic, his face kinda like a drawing, not a photo.. o.O

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7 badmamajama

May 17, 2013 at 4:46 AM

That pornstache is never gonna leave us, is it?

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Megan

May 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM

OMG I thought I was the only one that felt that way.
I absolutely his Kim NamGil's porno mustache. I've been hoping he would shave it off since Bad Guy.

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Milly

May 17, 2013 at 4:20 PM

maybe he is hiding something under that stache....

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8 gaeinalee

May 17, 2013 at 4:59 AM

..Why do I feel the pang for Ha Suk Jin already? Poor sweet-loving puppy..

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jomo143

May 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM

Me, too! I want him to be the lead and get the girl.

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9 nova611

May 17, 2013 at 5:18 AM

is that cheol ryong?
ahahahha
mr kim's gonna b a proud dad

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paula253

May 17, 2013 at 10:18 AM

yes! isn't he a great upcoming young actor? hehe, Mr Kim is so proud. ^^

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10 snow_white

May 17, 2013 at 5:31 AM

Hmmmm...the set up is not new....but of course the drama can be good.....
Haven't seen Bad guy and I think it's a good thing ;-)

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tamagoxyaki

May 17, 2013 at 10:18 AM

That drama was actually a pretty good one imo .Even though the ending was pretty shitty,It still had some of the best cinematography,directing,and acting i've seen in a kdrama.Oh plus an awesome second male lead(I actually ended up only watching the drama for his character)It's Just that the last 4 episodes were a complete and utter failure but other than that the drama was pretty good.If for no other reason watch it for the second lead,totally worth it.

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snow_white

May 17, 2013 at 11:25 AM

thanks for the suggestion tamagoxyaki :)

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pogo

May 17, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Kim Jae-wook is seriously underrated, no lie. He needs to be in an acting project again, and for that acting project to be a good one.

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eny

May 17, 2013 at 7:32 PM

i like bad guy, i like the ending too,it was unpredictable n surprising,for me good ending doesn't always happy ending

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pogo

May 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM

It's not the fact of there being no happy ending that I minded, it's how obviously rushed and sloppy it was. Bad Guy was great up to that point - kept me guessing, and kept me interested in the characters, and even Han Ga-in for once in her life did not suck.

11 KDaddict

May 17, 2013 at 5:33 AM

The official poster looks exactly like the one for Crazy Love (tvN).

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skelly

May 17, 2013 at 1:48 PM

THAT's where I'd seen it before! It looked so familiar, I started googling around at posters for recent dramas (I even looked at the poster for The Drama That Must Not Be Named, but no, they were actually laughing and hugging in that poster ...what false advertisement...) but couldn't find it. Thanks for setting my mind at ease, LOL

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12 Amydee

May 17, 2013 at 5:34 AM

Kim Nam Gil is rocking the stache! Definitely gonna be my watchlist!

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13 kakashi

May 17, 2013 at 5:42 AM

well. Let's say I've been more excited before.

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14 hoaa

May 17, 2013 at 5:53 AM

looking forward for this one.

kim nam gil's solo project after army, right?

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15 japanese

May 17, 2013 at 5:56 AM

spell her mane right バカ

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jules

May 17, 2013 at 6:43 AM

Hee, I really love when someone complains about a blogger's spelling... and then spells something wrong in that complaint. ^o^

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beggar1015

May 17, 2013 at 1:04 PM

No, her mane has a name and it must be spelled correctly!

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jomo143

May 18, 2013 at 6:12 AM

LOL!

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jomo143

May 18, 2013 at 6:14 AM

Ooh! I just goog-lated that -- you were mean.

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16 Mommai

May 17, 2013 at 6:04 AM

Anyone else think the shots with his head on her chest look super awkward? Like he's way hunched over and his face is kinda glued to her or something? It just looks really uncomfortable and unnatural to me.

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Maggie

May 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM

It looks like he has on his 'I have just been stabbed and I am in pain and shock' face.

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17 Sandy

May 17, 2013 at 6:08 AM

tq Gf !

The way his face "saddled" on her breast looks weird !.

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Rashell

May 17, 2013 at 6:28 AM

Right? I'm thinking he took the opportunity to rest his head on Sohn Yi Jin's boobs even if it looked awkward. Too good for him to pass up.

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Sandy

May 17, 2013 at 8:03 AM

hello ! some kind of sensation slipping through his mind !

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pandaren

May 17, 2013 at 7:25 AM

no I think he's drunk .. and just about to pass out . Go home KNG!!.

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18 latteholic

May 17, 2013 at 6:25 AM

All I can think of is that Kim So Hyun would be perfect as the younger Sohn Ye Jin...

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19 Gene

May 17, 2013 at 7:00 AM

That pose in the poster is exactly the same as Crazy Love.

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Chrissy

May 17, 2013 at 10:33 AM

I was about to say the same thing hahaha. Now they are sharing posters poses.

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20 pandaren

May 17, 2013 at 7:18 AM

crazy about this melo..

I have a question to ask...
is the Gong Yoo's rooftop room in Coffee Prince same as the Han ji Min's rooftop room in Rooftop Princé?

this week I'm
watching My sister in law is nineteen...

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Bellamafia

May 17, 2013 at 3:34 PM

In my opinion, any rooftop with the green paint is always the same, although the inside is a stage one, not a real house.

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21 chaosgirl

May 17, 2013 at 7:37 AM

I...want to iron her dress for her. There's nothing like a kdrama poster to bring out your inner OCD.

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22 Katie

May 17, 2013 at 7:48 AM

NOOOOOO. Why is Ha Suk Jin ALWAYS second lead??? At least in the dramas where I sooo badly want him to be first lead? I recently marathoned Hello Miss! and I was so sad he didn't get the girl...even though I also like the first male lead. GAH. I have no opinion of Kim Nam Gil but WHY drama gods, can we make Ha Suk Jin first lead with an actress I love?? And I do love Son Ye Jin lol.

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kooriyuki

May 17, 2013 at 4:51 PM

IKR! I just finished watching If Tomorrow Comes, and he's lovely. Loved him in Childless Comfort too~~~

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fab

May 18, 2013 at 4:48 AM

Wow in how many dramas did he star as the goodie goodie 2d lead??

In Saengchori he got the girl! That drama is hilarious too with a dark twist.

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23 Rama

May 17, 2013 at 8:42 AM

Hmmm....
Story line that is similar to the role he played in Bad Guy.
Is it the same cup with a different smell?
Let's wait and see. I love both of them KNG and SYJ.Excelent
actors. Waiting for this one .

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24 TS

May 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM

Kim Nam Gil should choose his blackened, revenge-filled heart.

Just sayin'...

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Elfie

May 17, 2013 at 12:32 PM

definitely!

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25 canxi

May 17, 2013 at 8:45 AM

I'm still excited for this. Even for the cast alone, lol. :) Looking forward to it for sure.

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26 Ladymoonstone143

May 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM

Definitely will watch this one...Kim Nam gil always look good in a suit....and everything else..:))

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27 JJ

May 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM

i like that young actor from cheer up mr kim as well he reminds me of ji chang wook they cld pass as brods! i miss you kim nam gil & son ye jin! nice team! i can't wait