I can't name any Korean actress who does show skin. The top actresses usually avoid it if they can.

but the real point that makes me respect Jun Ji Hyun is that she has never used her beauty as an excuse or compensation for bad or mediocre acting skills, which is a thing many actresses/would be actresses and actors do when they lack the talent but fit Korean beauty standards. She is a really good actress even from a young age.

I don't see how you can praise some actresses for being beautiful and playing that up whilst shaming others for having/working for great bodies and using them for a role. There is nothing wrong with revealing skin for a role, in fact there are probably a lot of roles that require sex scenes for the script or to do the story justice.

Actresses out there including Jeon Ji Hyun are all using their looks to some degree, after all acting is largely visual. Some actresses just have different boundaries.

Wow.. I'm on the hand think JJH is among the best actress in Korea :)

LOL, did showing skin make Tang Wei or Jeon Do Yeon bad actresses, who use their bodies to become famous? Did having Tang Wei and others nude make Ang Lee and others bad directors?

Everyone has different career path. You can respect JJH for what she does, but shouldnt shaming others for playing the roles which need to show skin.

The movie is not yet shown you'll never know if there is a sex scene or not. Am i the only one who is anticipating to see gianna showing more skin on her movie? Like a bed scene?

As Prime Minister Abe of Japan is about to begin his tour of US amid all the controversies and intrigues, a film might go a long way to humanize both sides of a conflict and sort out a complicated issue for the mass. War and Peace did that for the 1812 War and Gone with the Wind, the novel, did just that for the Civil War.

But this film may not be the one to do that. Its posters, quite unfortunately, remind me of its failed predecessors, like Bbasketball and Age of Inspiration. Well, keep trying and you might just succeed someday.

Is that a big deal?

Not surprising.

She's not only the bigger star (out of the 3 in Korea), but in China and Japan as well (and the US as well, not that too many probably know of her).

Ha Jun-woo is a phenomenal actor. I super love him too.

agree. the trailer barely conveys something new.

Sorry, if you feel that way, then this movie might not be for you. Director Choi Dong Hoon has said in a previous interview he wrote Assassination with JJH in mind. Also, a recent article in the East Asia Daily said that JJH was going to get top billing. It also said that she was going to carry the burden of the whether or not the movie is a success because her character is featured heavily in the movie. There have been articles about this summer being the year of Korean actresses taking on the leads in action movies which were traditionally given to men - JJH in Assassination and Jeon Do Yeon in Memories of the Sword. Go, girl power!

I'm not a fan of Jeon Ji Hyun nor her acting but personally I'm happy that more actresses top billing this kind of movie and getting praises because it might open a new chapter for korean actresses in korean film industry.

I know how you feel but internationally but commercial wise JJH is more popular. But its kinda a fact of korean entertainment that HJW is the actor to see or more like bankable star with big guns of great acting chops. Its kind understadable why he is not know as know internationally, he does not do dramas and he looks like you usual korean ahjusshi rather than the handsome korean men that usual girls fangirls. But i think in korea, everyone from high schooler to their granfather who HJW is. He makes 2-3 great movies a year and mkst are always sucessful in the box office or in the award ceremonies...

but Chronicles of a blood merchant was also known as his 2nd directorial debut, but i guess most tranlations and interternational fans are just about his

Well, we are mostly K- drama fans and few of us are into k-movies or both. HJW and LJJ are movie actors and most drama fans are not familiar with them like they do with JJH.

I totally understand why she is getting a lot of praise compared to the leading men. She is not be the best actress in Korea but she did a hell of job in YWCFTS and I have to give her credit for the success of that drama. Good on her for coming back to dramaland. She gained more fans after YWCFTS.

C'mon, let this girl shine! I don't want to say something negative but I think you're one of those looking down to someone just because she is a woman when you,yourself, is a woman. We all know how great and popular HJW and LJJ are. But is it really impossible to give the spotlight to JJH this time? Korean actresses usually get less recognition after their hit projects compare to their male leads. JJH is also one of those actresses. In her hit drama MLFAS, though she gained a lot of popularity throughout Asia, Kim Soo Hyun enjoyed much more popularity compared to what JJH is getting nowadays. I'm not underestimating KSH but in that drama JJH has been the life of the show throughout the whole 21 episodes. But because of those fan girls obsessing over KSH, he is getting more of the credits.

Eh?

Ever since "My Sassy Girl" - JJH has pretty much received the most attention out her co-stars.

Windstruck - Jang Hyuk (ok- this was before JH really made it big, but even if it were today, JJH would receive more attention)

Daisy - Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-jae

A Man Who Was Superman - Hwang Jung-min

The Thieves

The Berlin File

@ilikemangos totally agree with you!

And I think KSH won't be as popular as he is right now if JJH was not his partner in MLFAS. Don't look only at one side. It's not very hard to give someone a credit if she's worth getting some. And it also amazed me how KSH was getting all the credit when JJH has been the life of that show from start to finish. Fan girls sure know a lot to depend their idols to the point of bringing other actors down. We can just say that they both contributed an equal share that's why the show was a big success.

Agree. I hated the "Thieves" and couldn't understand the hype of it. Very boring.

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