Bae Yong Jun profile
Name : Bae Yong-jun
Date of Birth : August 29. 1972.
Birthplace : Mapo, Seoul
Height : 181 cm
Weight : Flexible weight as altering the cast...
Blood Type : Type O
Family : Father, Mother, Sister
Graduated : Il-mun preschool/ Myung-il elem./ Baejae mid./ Hanyoung high./
attending to FTM(Film,TV&Multimeadia) in school of art of Sungkyunkwan
University
Awards : Rookie award of 1995(KBS), Valuable actor award and Popularity
award of 1996(KBS),
Popularity award of 1997. 2002 (BackSang Award)
Hobbies : Bae Yong Jun enjoys Fishing,
Reading and Watching Movies
Specialities : Bae Yong June plays Swimming, Water-skiing, Snow-board,
Bowling and Kendo
Favorite looks : Jeans, Gym suits, Headgear, Sun glasses Goals : Film
director, professor
Car owned : Black Equus
What his mom saw in the dream when pregnant : Blue Apple
Habits : take shower every free moments
Drinking Capacity : 2 bottles of Soju
For relax :Bae Yong June enjoys regular Exercise
Bae Yong Jun syndrome, striking hard
at the groundwave in Japan
[Herald Economics]
4/21/04 12:05
'WLS' is recording the two-digit viewing rate in Japan.
The movie 'Scandal...' is popular too, expanded the screens by large numbers.
The 'Winter Sonata syndrome' is blowing
in the Japan Isles.
The viewing rate of the drama 'Winter
Sonata' with Bae Yong Jun rises up vertically..
Thanks to it, the scale of the distribution
of the Bae Yong Jun led 'Scandal-The Love Story of Men & Women in
Chosun' is expected to increase by over half from the original plan.
The viewing rate of the 'WLS,' which
was first aired under the title of 'Winter Sonata' on NHK at 11:10 PM
on the late 3rd, is rapidly rising.
Having recored the 9.4 % (Kanto)
& 9.2 % (Kansai) for its first episode, the viewing rate of the second
episode of the 'Winter Sonata' (aired one episode a week) on the 10th
went over the 2-digit at last, followed by the 11.4 % 7 14.2 %, respectively
for its 3rd episode on the 17th.
21-Nov-2008
Considering that the viewing rate
of the 'Winter Sonata Special Edition' with Bae Yong Jun which was aired
before the first episode was broadcast was only 5.1 %, it is the 'vertical
rise.'
This kind of viewing rate is at the
top level for the foreign dramas.,In addition, it is within the top ten
viewing rate among the entire programs, including Japanese dramas.
Because the situation is that the
'WLS' has been aired twice already on the satellite station BS2 in 2003
and the DVDs have been released, the 2-digit viewing rate is considered
as the amazing number by the Japanese brodcasting specialists.
The viewing rate of the last 4 weeks'
episodes of the American drama 'The White House 2' which was aired in
the same time belt before broadcasting of the 'Winter Sonata' had not
reached 4 % in average.
Judging from the facat that the first
ranked in the chart of the Japanese weekly drama viewing rate is at around
20%, the "Winter Sonata' is strongly predicted to ascend to throne
at the top for the first time for the foreign drama.
Along with it, it is already the
matter of interest to see where it will be ranked among the entire generations
of the Japanese dramas (viewing rate) list.
The drama which recorded the best
viewing rate in Japan among all generations of dramas is the 'Hero' (34.3%)
As the viewing rate rises, there
arises the 'Winter Sonata" and Bae Yong Jun syndrome.
In Japan. the 'fuyusona boom' (a
synthetic word of adding the 'boom' to the 'fuyu sonata' Japanese pronounciation
of the 'Winter Sonata'), along with the 'Yon-sama,' name for Bae Yong
Jun, are counted as the origin of the Korean Current hot wind.
It is to the degree that a press
in Japan had reported that there created the word 'Winter Sonata divorce'
indicating that the homemakers in 30~40th who lost their spirits to Yon-sama,
would fight against their husband ending in the divorce.
Thanks to the 'Winter Sonata syndrome,'
it seems that the scale of the release of the 'Scandal-The Love Story
of Men & Women in Chosun' (Directed by Lee Jaeyong, Produced by Film
Bom) slated for its opening on May 22, would increase in a large size
from the original plan.
Although the CJ Entertainment, which
is in charge of export to Japan, planned the opening scale of 100 nation-wide
screens before Bae Yong Jun visited, it is now known that they increased
the distribution scale to 150~200 screens as the 'Yon-sama syndrome' started
blowing.
Reported by Lee Hyeongseok (suk@heraldm.com)
Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to Bae Yung (¹è¿µ), Song Ki-Ok (¼Û±â¿Á, áäÐñè¬), Bae Yong Jun was educated in the in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. In his school days, Bae Yong Jun was a very quiet boy with few friends. He eventually went to study in Baejae Middle School and the Hanyoung High School. He has a sister, Bae Eun-Chuk (¹èÀ±Ãà).
After graduating from the FTM (Film, TV & Multimedia) department in the school of arts in the Sungkyunkwan University, Bae later went onto his film debut in PpilKu in 1994. He later went on to star in dramas like "Salut D'Amour" and "Six Steps to Separation" in late 1994 and 1995 respectively.
However, it was not until he starred as Jae-Ho in "True To Love" that he made his first breakthrough. But Bae Yong Jun, being ambitious in venturing out in his acting business, soon was acting in dramas of better quality like "Hotelier". At this time, Bae decided to let his hair grow long.
In 2002, Bae Yong Jun truly managed to expand his acting business to Japan. "Winter Sonata," despite the fact that it was a TV drama and not a movie, razed all of Japan with as much as 80% of the country watching it. This popularity really gave both Bae and his co-star Choi Ji-woo a chance to shift their main stage from Korea to Japan. Other Korean movies and dramas also became quite popular following the fever.
Bae Yong Jun also managed to get a deeper foothold into the Japanese and Southeast Asian market after he starred in the movie Untold Scandal as Jo Won. However, due to the fact that there are several strong sexual scenes in the movie, it did not appeal to the public nearly as much as "Winter Sonata".
After making a tour to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket in 2004, Bae Yong Jun released his biography during his hysterical 4 1/2-day tour in Japan, where The Image: Volume 1 to commemorate the 10th year of his acting career.
Since 2004, he has been the spokesman for the Japanese pizza chain Pizza-La. Past girlfriends of Bae include Choi Ji Woo and Lee San-Gang. Rumours from the internet claimed that Bae Yong Jun is currently engaged to Kim Tae Hee.
The highly anticipated
collection Bae Yong-jun's fans have been longing for finally arrives at
YesAsia.com! This VCD and CD bundle offers 7 music videos and 14 great
hit original soundtracks of the four blockbuster TV dramas and film Bae
Yong-jun performed in, including "Untold Scandal," "Winter
Sonata," "Hotelier" and "Did We Really Love."
K-entertainment fans must check out the Chinese subtitled music videos
that feature scenes of "Untold Scandal," "Winter Sonata"
and "Hotelier." What's more the bundle comes with the profile
of Bae Yong-jun and a slick booklet containing the lyrics of the hit songs
and the images of Bae Yong-jun in various roles in the dramas and film.
Preview the stunning image samples (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Act now
to grab your copy to recapture the sensation of the K-dramas with Bae
Yong-jun.
Bae Yong Joon debuted in 1994 KBS drama Love Greeting. Bae Yong Jun first garnered critical acclaim after appearing in a supporting role on Sunny Place of the Young, where he played the role of the heir to a cosmetics company and best friend of the leading actor, played by Lee Jong Won. Through this role, Bae Yong Jun first gained his now-famous 'regal' image. His next acclaimed role was in First Love, where he played the role of Chan-woo, a smart, young man with checkered past, who drops out of law school to join a gang to seek revenge for his family's misfortunes. After 1999, Bae decided to step away from acting to focus on his education at Sung Kyun Kwan University, where he majored in film studies. In 2001, he returned to the small screen, appearing in Hotelier. Bae became world-famous as his next dramatic role Winter Sonata was aired in many Asian countries, as the leader of the Korean Wave. In Winter Sonata, Bae Yong Jun plays the role of "Jun-sang," who is forced to part with his high school sweetheart Yu-jin (played by Choi Ji Woo) when he is involved in an automobile accident, while Yujin tries to move on with her life, still mourning her first love. Ten years later, someone who looks just like Jun Sang appears in her life. After Winter Sonata, Bae Yong Jun has focused his attention to the big screen, recently playing leading roles in Untold Scandal and April Snow.
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