Sageuk Lover

He was previously, but not anymore.

Fantastic drama! Great actors! Lee Joon Gi for Daesang, Moon Chae Won for best actress, LJG and MCW for best couple, best director, best screenplay, are all the awards this show must win. Salute to the supporting casts and crew as well.

Finished watching Flower of Evil yesterday. I can't believe it! You were always a great actress, but you exceeded my expectations with your performance. And your talent of creating magical chemistry with your costar is still intact. I will not accept if you and your costar will not win best couple awards and other acting awards.

I'm really super overdue in watching that drama. (will watch as soon as I have time). I commented somewhere in mydramalist that I've often been seeing the poster of that drama since I watched Painter of the Wind ages ago. Actors that I've discovered from that drama throughout the years include Kim Yoo Jung in 2008/9 (POTW), Han Hyo Joo in 2009/10 (Shining inheritance, Dong Yi), Park Shi Hoo in 2011 (Princess Man), Yeo Jin Goo in 2015 (Moon Embracing the Sun and Missing You), and now Lee Joon Gi (Flower of Evil). (find it funny that the way I discovered them is by watching dramas of Painter of the Wind casts such as Bae Soo Bin, Moon Chae Won, Kim Yoo Jung. Will certainly watch Iljimae soon.

The King in Painter of the Wind is also in Shining Inheritance, if you liked him in Shining Inheritance, that might also be another reason you might want to watch Painter of the Wind.

for me, it's the way many fans thinks she's the Level Superior of Korean actresses and the fact that she won Daesang for My Love from the Star when I find her performance in it just average (the role is not challenging) . Ha Ji Won and Moon Chae Won are both actresses I find better than her (but does not get the same amount of fame). I don't know about her movies though (though I found her performance just average on the few clips I've watched of her movie with Kim Soo Hyun). Just my opinion.

Thank you so much. Thanks for respecting my opinions on some of the actresses too. I love yours as well and yours was a great read too.

The ending of Painter of the Wind is open to interpretation. It depends on how you think what the main character does after the ending and which of the characters linked to her is the one you want her to be with.

loved MCW in Princess Man. I also like Painter of the Wind and Innocent Man too.

The chemistry of the two lead actors are so surreal. Just check the lying in the couch together scene, they did so well together (made me really smile). Only two things, the actors are really madly in love with each other or they are really super expert in making extraordinary chemistry for their characters. They must win best couple awards, please dramagods and awards gods.

he really does, I can't really believe he's older than Hyun Bin (who has an adult feel). I feel like if he stand next to the young actors in Extraordinary You, they would just look the same age.

His profile picture, he looks so young, incredible really. I always assumed he was born in 1984 (I knew he can't be born in the late 1980s because I knew he was famous in the 2000s even if I havent watched him), but wow he was born in April 1982! He'a actually older than Hyun Bin who was born September 1982 (and even Kim Jong UN of North Korea it's really weird) but it doesn't really feel that way, he has that youthful vibe with him.

My first Lee Joon Gi drama after ignoring 11 1/2 years ignoring Iljimae (because its actors were slowly introduced to me for the last 11 1/2 years). What a great actor, he must win Daesang award for his performance. Also him and Moon Chae Won must win best couple. It would be so sad if LJG and MCW didn't win best couple especially since MCW always win best couple in her best dramas before (Painter of the Wind, Princess Man, Innocent Man, Good Doctor).

he deserves Daesang and he and MCW deserves best couple, period.

Super duper late in stanning this great actor (it took me 11 1/2 years before I started watching him). Similar to Yeo Jin Goo when it comes to child actors. Here's my long story before I discovered him. Around late 2008 or early 2009, I watched the kdrama Painter of the Wind which made me discover Moon Chae Won (FOE costar), Kim Yoo Jung (she's child Han Hyo Joo in Iljimae), as well as rediscovering and admiring more of Bae Soo Bin and Moon Geun Young. Since watching that drama and searching credits of actors including Kim Yoo Jung, I've always seen Iljimae posters and even saw reviews of the drama but for some reason ignored it. The ignoring of that drama continued when I discovered Han Hyo Joo (Iljimae costar) in 2009 or 2010 and also Park Shi Hoo (Iljimae costar) in 2011 or 2012. In 2012, I was curious about Arang and the Magistrate (because Shin Min Ah's playing a ghost character which reminds me of GF Gumiho) but didn't watch it. After a break from Kdramas, I returned in 2015 when I watched in succession My Love From the Star, Tree with Deep Roots, Moon Embracing the Sun, Rooftop Prince, Grudge the Revolt of Gumiho, then Missing You. Thus discovering child actor Yeo Jin Goo (child LJG in Iljimae). After that, I watched the child actor parts in Iljimae, then watched the ending due to curiosity, as well as some romantic scenes with Han Hyo Joo and Lee Young Ah. I even listened to the OSTs of Iljimae. I liked him in the scenes of him I've watched (but still didn't feel compelled to watch the whole drama). Now 2020, my old favorite from Painter of the Wind Moon Chae Won is back with a drama with good reviews Flower of Evil, and now this 2020 drama become actually my first Lee Joon Gi drama. And what can I say, he's really amazing and his acting in the drama is really superb, I've now become a fan (this is saying a lot because I find it often hard to like a trending male actor, except Song Joong Ki). I love the way he portrays the complicated Do Hyun Su. His crying is also really, really good. And his chemistry with Moon Chae Won is really the best (I know MCW is chemistry Queen but his acting also did a lot for their chemistry too). I know IONTBO, TKEM, and CLOY are more popular dramas, but Lee Joon Gi MUST WIN DAESANG in any award show before this year ends and LJG AND MCW MUST WIN BEST COUPLE. After Flower of Evil, I'm super overdue to watch his 2008 drama that brought him top excellence awards Iljimae (especially with the way I'm slowly introduced to some of its actors in the last 11 1/2 years before finally being introduced to its lead actor) and then King and the Clown and Arang and the Magistrate too.

better than Song Joong Ki? Has he done a scene where he was able to shine as an actor despite the fact that the ones acting against him are all movie veterans (like Baek Yoon Shik and Han Suk Kyu)? Watch Tree with Deep Roots ep 2 and 9, and you'll see for yourself how good SJK was there and think of KDY can do a performance as good as that (I also believe SJK's age there is clost to KDY age now).
There'a a young actor (Lee Tae Ri) that I'm a fan of and i really wanted to get a main role, but I'm not gonna compare him with great lead actors like SJK.

Thanks for reminding me of Kim Seo Hyung. I can't forget her performance in 2009's Temptation of Wife.

Finally, someone who have the same opinion as me. I don't really understand her Daesang in My Love from the Star, it seemed to me an average romcom (maybe some sad scenes) performance. The one that shined for me in that drama the most was Shin Sung Rok the villain. Maybe if she didn't get the daesang I might not dislike her as much, but because she did win (especially considering the ones who lost best actor awards in previous years such as Han Suk Kyu for Tree with Deep Roots in 2012) I just find her a bit unlikeable. I don't hate the actress, it's just I don't see anything special in her performance, I also saw some clips from her movie with Kim Soo Hyun, I dont find it amazing either. (Maybe it's just me though, I have so much respect for actresses that did lead roles in historical dramas like Ha Ji Won and Moon Chae Won because I find it a more difficult genre, that's why I find some romcom actresses unlikeable).

MCW is so underrated, 100% believe. Her early 2010's performances were so good. If she had been born a man i'm 100% sure she would have Kim Soo Hyun's popularity, but alas Kdramas are biased towards male leads.
I respect your opinion on Ha Ji Won, but I believe if you get to watch Hwang Jin Yi and Empress Ki, you'll understand why a lot of people love her (I understand if you dont watch it though, I'm also not interested in watching some other recommended dramas).

Princess Man (it's the other couple pic with her on the main post), Innocent Man (with Song Joong Ki) are also great works by Moon Chae Won (she really also shines in both works there). If you dont like historical dramas, you can just fast forward to Moon chae Won scenes in Princess Man. You should also at least try Painter of the Wind 2008, she's only a supporting character but her loveline with Moon Geun Young is interesting also there (they won best couple awards there too, among the people they beat are Lee Joon Gi himself and Han Hyo Joo for Iljimae).