‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ High Popularity in Japan, DVD Rental Ranking No1 to No 10 AGAIN!
With the cancellation of JYJ Park Yuchun and MBC’s new Mon-Tues drama “Ripley’s” lead actors’ appearance on entertainment program “Come to Play” causing controversy, the controversy has become even greater with the revelation of the fact that previously, Park Yuchun had been rejected from appearing in KBS2TV’s “Seung Seung Jang Gu” as well.
According to the [facts] verified by our newspaper through many entertainment representatives, Park Yuchun was supposed to appear in the “Kim Gapsu [T/N: an older Korean actor who is known to be friendly with Yuchun] Episode of Seung Seung Jang Gu,” which aired on April 12th, but received sudden notice a day before shooting that his appearance would not be possible.
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Ripley’s Park Yoochun-Lee Dahae, Goes into First Filming, Boasts “Perfect Harmony”
The new MBC Monday-Tuesday drama “Ripley”—Lee Dahae and Park Yoochun have begun their first filming. Ripley, which will air for the first time on the coming May 30th, has the best actors of the Republic of Korea confirmed to appear, forming the uber-powerful “Ripley line” and rising as the hot issue of the broadcast circles.
Lee Dahae has taken the role of Zhang Miri who falls into the fatal bottomless pit due to a single lie and plans emit an attraction of a femme fatale. Park Yoochun has taken the role of Yutaka, the son of a well-known resort company in Japan, and shows off the sides of a romantic man who gives it all for the woman he loves, Zhang Miri. The “powerful harmony” that Lee Dahae and Park Yoochun will show is already gathering much anticipation.
The first filming of Ripley which was proceeded on the MBC set on Yongin, Kyungkido on the 22nd of last month opened fire with the scene in which Lee Dahae and Park Yoochun first meet. Read More →
Park Yoochun (Who is) Appearing in “Ripley”—Blacklisted for MBC’s Variety Shows?
The MBC Mon-Tues drama Ripley’s lead actors’ appearance in variety programs has become aborted and the background that led to it is gathering attention.
According to multiple broadcast affiliates, the lead actors of Ripley such as Park Yoochun, Lee Dahae, Kang Hyejung, and Kim Seungwoo have examined/felt out appearing in the MBC variety program “Come to Play” since the end of last month, but in the end, the appearance fell through.
On the surface, “Come to Play” (first) raised the reason that because one of the leads Kim Seungwoo appears as the MC in the program “On the Roll” by the rival broadcast company KBS, the possibility of the four main actors appearing together was low. Read More →
JYJ3 T/N: We previously informed our readers how SKKS was breaking records in Japan (Link), now the success of this drama in Japan is being informed by Korean Press.^^
KBS 2TV drama “SKK Scandal,” which ended last year, is also gaining great popularity in Japan.
“SKK Scandal” started DVD rentals last month on the 20th through Japan’s largest DVD/CD rental and selling company “TSUTAYA” and broke the record [for most rentals] in five days.
The Appearance in “Come to Play” of Park Yoochun and the Ripley Cast Falls Through… Why?

The appearance of the main leads of the MBC’s new Mon-Tues drama “Ripley” has fallen through and that is attracting attention.
According to multiple drama affiliates on the 3rd, Kim Seungwoo, Kang Hyejung, Lee Dahae, Park Yoochun and such Ripley’s main cast have examined appearing in “Come to Play” from the middle of last month in anticipation of the first airing of the drama.
Even Kim Seungwoo, whose possibility of filming “Come to Play” had been uncertain due to his filming of “On a Rol,l” had made it so that he’d appear in “Come to Play.” While discussing the appearance of the 4 people, however, the Ripley cast received the answer from the producers pf whether it would be okay for them if only the 3 excluding Park Yoochun could appear. The affiliates explained that in the end, the entire cast had decided to treat the appearance in “Come to Play” as something that never happened. Read More →