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Waiting and waiting for Winter Sonata 2
by tineybeanie
Perhaps when Pan Entertainment said "one month later," they really meant "one year later"? Last year, Pan Entertainment announced that they would be remaking Winter Sonata, and that a synopsis...
Tags: adaptations, remakes, Winter Sonata
Winter Sonata gets sequel 13 years later
by girlfriday
Just when you think you've seen everything under the sun being made and remade (and recycled and rehashed) for television, there's news that dramaland is going back in time to 2002...
Tags: remakes, sequels, Winter Sonata
Winter Sonata gets the musical treatment
by javabeans
It's been just under ten years since one of Hallyu's biggest all-time hits, Winter Sonata, first premiered -- January 14, 2012, will mark a decade since the first airing of the quintessential...
Tags: Winter Sonata
‘Season Drama’ PD Yoon Suk-ho returns to dramaland
by girlfriday
Chances are, if you've seen a k-drama, you've seen one that this guy's made. Veteran drama producer-director, known best for his quartet of Season Dramas (Autumn Fairy Tale, Winter Sonata,...
Tags: Autumn Fairy Tale, Feeling, Winter Sonata
Yonsama and Ji-woo-hime together in Tokyo
by javabeans
Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, appearing together in Japan for a Winter Sonata-related event? Will the Tokyo Dome be able to contain the excitement? Choi's management announced on June 23 that...
Tags: Bae Yong-joon, Choi Ji-woo, Winter Sonata
Animated Winter Sonata aims for fall TV broadcast
by javabeans
We first heard about the animated version of Winter Sonata being produced way back in 2007, and now the project is making more progress. Lead actors Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo,...
Tags: Bae Yong-joon, Choi Ji-woo, remakes, Winter Sonata
Adapting early Hallyu hits for the big screen
by javabeans
Following the (still lingering??) popularity of classic Hallyu drama hits Autumn Love Story (or Autumn Fairy Tale) and Winter Sonata, particularly n Japan, movie versions are in the works. The...
Tags: Autumn Fairy Tale, Winter Sonata
Will star Japanese writers and Korean production bring drama gold?
by javabeans
The Korean Foundation of International Cultural Exchange is working with the Japan Broadcast Writers Association in a joint "TV drama project," which was announced at the TV Drama Writers' Conference...
Tags: drama production, j-doramas, Tokyo Showers, Winter Sonata
Animating Winter Sonata
by javabeans
Huh. Really. I would've thought the thrall of Hallyu's arguably biggest hit, 2002's drama Winter Sonata, had long since faded. I know Bae Yong Joon's still hot shit in Japan,...
Tags: Winter Sonata