Updates to the blog

** unsure of the official english title of the movie, i just added in all 3 of the english names used in various sources

the initial news release frm Broasia used QUARREL

the Production Company Sang Sang Film @ the Yellow Entertainment website used THE FIGHT

while Tour2Korea below used WAR

** added in the surname of Seol Gyeong Gu in the movie
= KIM Sang Min
can't remember Kim Tae Hee's surname in the movie

** changed the genre of the movie to Hard-boiled romantic ACTION

** added in Seol Gyeong Gu's daum fancafe & official website links

+설경구:Out of Normal in Special Actor+
LOVELY ACTOR SKG

this article i had earlier translated but here is a newly released official translation provided by Tour2Korea

Kim Tae-Hee, Same Feelings as Kang Dong-Won
8-14-2007


Kim Tae-Hee, currently filming the drama, “War” with Seol Kyeong-Gu, has been given much praise for her work by the staff, and is receiving plenty of love at the filming location for her great manners and humble attitude. Kim Tae-Hee receives top-star treatment in the CF industry, but there has been a lot of word when it comes to her acting ability, giving her no time to relax and always feeling rather tense. However, Kim Tae-Hee was able to overcome her anxieties in order to continue her acting, making the staff very happy.

On the 26th, a representative from the drama “War” stated, “I am very excited to see the final shooting of the film. Although there has been a lot of talk of Kim Tae-Hee’s acting ability, there is no need to worry. If I was to make a comparison, I would say that her acting resembles that of Kang Dong-Won in ‘Our Happy Hour’. As the drama progresses, you can say that her acting explodes. It is safe to say that it is a movie to be anticipated.”

Kim Tae-Hee carried a premium when she debuted in the entertainment industry as she was a Seoul National University graduate. For this reason, there were many comments stating that her acting abilities were poor compared to her beauty. What’s worse, a portal site displayed pictures of Kim Tae-Hee from her dramas, “Biography of a Nine-Tailed Fox”, “Love Story in Harvard”, and “Mid-Heaven”, all showing the same facial expression with big round eyes, stating that she only has one expression.

However, these views are slowly changing. The representative continued, “As Kim Tae-Hee changes in every episode, her encouragements do not cease. Her co-star Seol Gyeong-Gu is also commending her on her sincere hard work. The two stars get along very well on and off the screen, even to the point where Seol Gyeong-Gu would even joke saying, ‘Come sit over here, honey’.”

Director Han Ji-Seung’s first accomplishment was the pairing of the two stars Gam Woo-Seong and Son Ye-Jin in the SBS drama “Time of Love”. “War” is scheduled to finish filming next month and is to air in September.


The above photo courtesy of The Chosun Ilbo& Digital Chosun Ilbo


source: Tour2Korea

Kim Tae Hee, transforms herself into a glass artist in her new movie.. starts training

Journalist Yun Yeo Su | 06/14 10:34


Actress Kim Tae Hee transforms next into a glass artist.

Featured actress Kim Tae Hee of the movie 'Ssawoom' appears next to the plot as a glass artist and has started glass art practice.

Kim Tae Hee's management company side told, "She looked for an atelier in Seoul, Gangbuk and entered glass art training on the 13th."

The result of the foundation practice on this day is examined. If the practice is continued, it goes side by side with the motion picture filming. Whether she will finish in a short term is examined by the attributes of the practice.

Kim Tae Hee participates in this practice for the filming of her movie in which she appears to make glass art in some scenes while making a living as a glass artist.

The movie 'Ssawoom', which stars Kim Tae Hee and Seol Gyeong Gu, is a work produced by director Han Ji Seung of the popular drama 'Alone in Love'. It is a romantic love comedy that asks about the true meaning of love through the story in which the married couple begin trivial discords and do dreadful wars/fights/quarrels when they fall in a period of languor.

[Copyrightⓒ 'Real-time performance news flash, Everything of star' Star news]

source Star News
translation credit Home of the Angel@www.kim-taehee.com

Kim Tae Hee-Seol Gyeong Gu, Movie 'Ssawoom' advanced notice of bloody body fights

2007-06-11 09:43

Kim Tae Hee and Seol Gyeong Gu 'The War of the Roses' such as on the previous night...

◇ Movie 'Ssawoom' Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee.
[ Journalist Jeong Jae Geun cjg@sportschosun.com ]

'Deadly enemies in front of the camera? The highest affinity at the back!'

Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee who challenge barbarous body fights in the movie 'Ssawoom' (Director Han Ji Seung, Production Cinema Service-Sangsang Film) became complete recently as they attended the Daejong Film Awards ceremony on the eighth and posed intimately in front of the cameraman.

'Ssawoom' is a 'Hard-boiled romantic comedy' which draws the process of a married couple changing into 'Bitter enemies' when they enter the stage of weariness and cannot cancel their dissatisfaction with each other at the right time. Seol Gyeong Gu appears as the husband Sang Min who is six years older while Kim Tae Hee takes charge of the role Jinah, a 28-years old glass artist.

After boasting of a fantasy match even in the filming session locations, the two stepped on the red carpet together on this day's ceremony. A concerned party of 'Ssawoom' clarified, "Seol Gyeong Gu does not regret the consideration of Kim Tae Hee who's casting was decided relatively late. The atmosphere at the site is very good as jokes are mutually exchanged. Please expect to see an appearance of Kim Tae Hee that is different by 180 degrees as she is challenging the role of a strong-minded woman who attacks her husband with a stick."

The movie seeks the audience in autumn. [ Journalist Jeon Sang Hee nowater@sportschosun.com ]

source Sports Chosun
translation credit Home of the Angel@www.kim-taehee.com

since already 2 separate articles about this upcoming movie kinda mention the 1989 Hollywood movie 'The War of the Roses' directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as the married couple, interested fans may like to check that movie out.

the tagline of that 1989 movie is: Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.

credits: Imdb

Angel Kim Tae Hee, 'Ssawoom transformation' ... Movie 'Ssawoom' Sharp temper acting

Input: May 24, 2007 21:13:54


'Beautiful female star' Kim Tae Hee transforms herself into a perfect fight/quarrel professional. Kim Tae Hee gives up her existing image in the movie 'Ssawoom' (director Han Ji Seung, Production Cinema Service & Sangsang Film) which she is filming at present. She reforms into a woman who has a strong mind and does not fear at all when she is involved in a body fight or argument with a man.

In the movie 'Ssawoom', the married couple enters into a period of languor/weariness and cannot cancel out the mutual dissatisfied feelings towards each other during married life, even reaching body fights in the process that is drawn as a 'Hard boiled romantic comedy thing'. Kim Tae Hee takes charge of the role of 28 year old glass artist Jinah. Seol Gyeong Gu appears as the husband Sang Min who is 6 years older. The acting is a pressurising competition between the married couple which is not inferior to that in two Hollywood movies 'The War of The Roses' and 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'.

The first time when the casting of Kim Tae Hee was done for 'Ssawoom', there were a lot of 'Unexpectedness' in evaluations. It is because the actress with a feminine image goes out as a woman who attacks her former husband with a stick and says abusive language/bad things when the unbridgeable gulf feelings between them is too large. But after filming had started at the beginning of this month (May), it became clear that it was needless to worry for the future.

A person from the 'Ssawoom' production team expressed satisfaction, "For the appearance in the role of Jinah, the acting can actually be felt and misunderstanding may be shown as one may wonder whether the original appearance is the real thing. Kim Tae Hee laughs in the filming session locations and the flower is in blossom for a long time in the palpable acting." With this, he had confidence, "Kim Tae Hee would certainly run and prove her ability as an actor through 'Ssawoom'." 'Ssawoom' is planning to be opened in this fall.

[Journalist Choi Jae Wook]

source (in korean): Sports Khan
translation credit Home of the Angel@www.kim-taehee.com

The name of Kim Tae Hee's role in Ssawoom is....

Jina

that is according to this new korean article released on may 24.

from the article, it is mentioned that Kim Tae Hee is taking charge of the role of Jina, a 28-years old glass artist. Seol Gyeong Gu appears as her husband who is six years her senior in the movie. The article also mentions that the two act out the closing in war between a married couple which is not inferior to that in Hollywood films 'The War of the Roses' (1989) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and also 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (2005) starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

if i'm not wrong, it is said that 'beautiful female star' Kim Tae Hee transformed perfectly into this new role even though in the beginning there were a lot of evaluations of 'unexpectedness' when Kim Tae Hee was casted in Ssawoom. this is mainly because the role is different from the feminine image of the actress. but after filming had started at the beginning of this month, it became clear that it was needless to worry for the future.

someone from the production team even expressed his/her satisfaction in Kim Tae Hee and mentioned that he/she is laughing at the transparent acting of Kim Tae Hee and is engaged all the while during filming. according to him/her, he/she has the confidence that Kim Tae Hee would certainly prove her ability as an actress through Ssawoom!

well, i know i certainly can't wait till Ssawoom opens in korea this fall.

i inferred all the above from here. it's only a rough explanation this time, will try to do a proper translation earliest 1 week later if no english translations are out yet and if time permits.

Kim Tae Hee, fatigue by untimely citizens paparazzi

2007.05.18 10:27 Input

Lee In Gyeong [best@jesnews.co.kr]

Kim Tae Hee is paying the price of fame with the untimely citizens 'paparazzi'.

Tens or hundreds of fans gather in each filming set of the movie 'Ssawoom' (Cinema Service & Sang Sang Film, Director Han Ji Seung) which she is making with Seol Gyeong Gu and the difficulty is experienced on the inside when photographs are taken.

About hundreds of citizens surrounded around the buildings though it was midnight when she was filming alone at the Mok-dong Hyperion Towers in Seoul on the last 15th. Kim Tae Hee had to adopt the feeling of crying sorrowfully in the car on this day and the staff too had to make the atmosphere quiet for her to immerse in her acting.



But the staff had to ask the citizens who took pictures of Kim Tae Hee to agree not to take any more. Moreover when Kim Tae Hee turned up and went around the filming session locations in Ajou University & Hongik University, the students also went out to see her and the surroundings had to be controlled.

Her filming session location photographs are being circulated on fan cafes and various Internet bulletin boards now. Her hair was tied and she was in candid simple clothes, her seen appearance is a topic among the netizens.

Kim Tae Hee fan cafe members raised a sentence of reflection, "Let's stop taking photographs in the filming session locations so that Tae Hee-ssi can be absorbed in her acting without obstructions from the surroundings."

Kim Tae Hee is the wife of a college professor (Seol Gyeong Gu) in 'Ssawoom'. She carries the role of a glass artist and challenges her first performance as a married woman. 'Ssawoom' is planning to be opened in the latter half of this year.

Journalist Lee In Gyeong [best@jesnews.co.kr]

article source: here.
translation credit Home of the Angel@www.kim-taehee.com

Kim Tae Hee 'Ssawoom' filming session location, traffic block in one region

Input : 2007-05-17 09:35:05

▲ Kim Tae Hee

[Edaily SPN Journalist Kim Eun Gu] The appearance of beautiful female star Kim Tae Hee caused a major traffic uprising in the city of Seoul.

Kim Tae Hee had filming on the street in Seoul Yongsan from eleven p.m. on the 15th as she participated in the filming of her present movie 'Ssawoom' (director Han Ji Seung, production Cinema Service & Sang Sang Film).

The traffic congestion expanded suddenly late at night as drivers who passed by stopped their vehicles to see the view.

As soon as Kim Tae Hee showed up, the number of people who had gathered with curiosity in the movie filming suddenly increased from one, two to about 300 people.

As the traffic was clogged with the sudden road delay, the production team had trouble in controlling the vehicles by sounding an alarm so as to proceed with filming.

Kim Tae Hee progressed with the day's filming for the next four hours.

A certain concerned party on the site said, "It was intolerable because a lot of people were gathering around as we progressed with the filming. Meanwhile, there were no other such cases and a lot of the filming had progressed quietly. The feelings are good as people are interested in the movie."

In 'Ssawoom', Kim Tae Hee plays the role of a glass artist whose husband is a college professor (Seol Gyeong Gu). For her, this is the first challenge acting as a wife. 'Ssawoom' is planning to open to the public in the latter half of this year.

Edaily SPN Journalist Kim Eun Gu cowboy@
Copyrightⓒ The entertainment portal that both makes and enjoys, 'Edaily SPN'

article source: here.
translation credit Home of the Angel@www.kim-taehee.com

Kim Tae Hee, begins 'Ssawoom'..studies acting in the midst of the filming session place

Journalist Jeon Hyeong Hwa | 05/12 15:20

ⓒ[Im Seong Gyun tjdrbs23@]

Actress Kim Tae Hee has rushed into filming for the movie 'Ssawoom'.

'Ssawoom' (Director Han Ji Seung; Production Cinema Service) which matches Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee as a married couple started official filming on the seventh last week at the Seoul Film Studio in Kyonggi-do, Namyang-ju.

After filming started, Kim Tae Hee, acting the same age belt as Seol Gyeong Gu, filmed and studied acting side by side while hearing advices separately from director Han Ji Seung.

An aide of Kim Tae Hee said, "She is in the midst of an acting class every time she reads the scenario for every filming separately with director Han Ji Seung. She is doing her best to show a natural, daily appearance."

This aide said, "Because she knows there are all the answers in the scenario, Kim Tae Hee goes forward in her scenario analysis. She carries the scenario around in her CF filming sets."

Kim Tae Hee and Seol Gyeong Gu will love fighting thoroughly in 'Ssawoom' which is scheduled to open in the latter half of this year.

[Copyrightⓒ 'Real-time performance news flash, Everything of star' Star news]

article source (in korean): here.
translation credit Home of the Angel @ www.kim-taehee.com

Seol Gyeong Gu-Kim Tae Hee, start work officially on 'Ssawoom (Quarrel)'

Journalist Yun Yeo Su | 04/23 10:10


Actor Seol Gyeong Gu and actress Kim Tae Hee will officially start work on 'Ssawoom' and connect as a married couple.

On the coming 26th April, the two will start preparations for the filming of the movie 'Ssawoom' (director Han Ji Seung, production Cinema Service) ahead of it's crank in.

The first shovel of filming will move on this day. The couple will heat up the house as they unfold in fierce fights through trifling quarrels leading to conflicts and action but finally it is a "story that draws love through hatred" with director Han Ji Seung already prescribing 'Ssawoom' as a 'hard-boiled' romantic comedy.

The two will actually put the differences of their ages aside and will be of the same age belt in such a setting as they play the roles of the married couple in the movie. The movie 'Ssawoom' will keep away from being violent and interest is drawn.

Especially for this, Kim Tae Hee will show a daily, natural appearance. Kim Tae Hee is scheduled to start the actual filming at the beginning of the coming May.

As it was clearly necessary to break an existing image of the place without a lot of time to prepare beforehand, judging that the time was enough for the idea of a late casting of the female lead, Seol Gyeong Gu, who takes on the role of Kim Tae Hee's partner, obtained the consent of the production use side and had gone out faithfully with a little more preparations.

Moreover, her partner Seol Gyeong Gu has the power to show a myriad of colors meanwhile not shown which is still expected a little more strongly by the audience.

The movie 'Ssawoom' is scheduled to open in the coming autumn season.

[Copyrightⓒ 'Real-time performance news flash, Everything of star' Star news]

article source (in korean): here.
translation credit Home of the Angel @ www.kim-taehee.com

please advise accordingly for mistakes in the English translation.

Noh Young Shim, to participate as music director of husband Han Ji Seung's directorial work 'Ssawoom (Quarrel)'

In Korea, Noh Young Shim is also = Roh Young Sim
Her official website: Pianogirl

You are listening to [Noh Young Shim's 'No matter how I think, how much am I to you' sung by Sweet Sorrow - Track 04 on the Alone In Love OST]

(credit kai kim @ imeem)

Journalist Yun Yeo Su | 04/12 11:56



Pianist, composer and singer Noh Young Shim will participate as the musical director of a movie directed by her husband Han Ji Seung.

Noh Young Shim takes over as music director of director Han's next production work, the movie 'Ssawoom' (production Cinema Service) starring Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee, and has begun the film's music work.

This is the first time Noh Young Shim, who married director Han Ji Seung in 2001, is participating in her husband's movie production as the musical director.


ⓒFeatured actors Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee of Movie 'Ssawoom'

She undertook the music in the 2003 movie 'Too Beautiful To Lie' produced by director Han Ji Seung and also participated in the OST work of the SBS drama 'Alone In Love' which was director Han's production work of topic last year, but 'Ssawoom (Quarrel)' will be her first time working as a music director on her husband's movie production.

In a separate telephone call with Star News recently, director Han Ji Seung laughed saying, "The dialogue is being separated from a movie more of the time in some works it is about the music and it is expected that the result here will also be good."

The movie 'Ssawoom (Quarrel)' is an expected work starring Seol Gyeong Gu and Kim Tae Hee. It is a story about a couple who has entered the stage of weariness in their marriage and gradually they fight roughly and fiercely. Director Han made clear his flight of production, "To show love through dislike. I'd play various variations of the prescribed 'hard-boiled' romantic comedy genre."

[Copyrightⓒ 'Real-time performance news flash, Everything of star' Star news]

article source here.
translation credit HOME of the Angel / www.kim-taehee.com

(pls take note that translations are never 100% accurate. pls assist in correcting the translations if you find any mistakes or are able to help with translations, thank you.)

Kim Tae Hee, to appear in 'Ssawoom (Quarrel)' as Seol Gyung Gu's wife

Kim Tae Hee who debuted on screen through 'Joongchun (Middle Heaven)' has finalized her appearance in the movie 'Ssawoom.'

Kim Tae Hee's agency Namoo Actors commented on the 9th, "The character was so lively and realistic that we decided to take the role as soon as we received the scenario."

This will be the first time Kim Tae Hee will be acting a married character. Her role is a glass artist who is the wife of a university professor played by Seol Gyung Gu. Also notable is her age difference with the 39 year old actor.

Kim Jong Do, CEO of Namoo Actors, says, "The role being of a married character was not a burden. I believed it to be a good opportunity for Kim Tae Hee to grow as an actress and didn't take long to come to a decision."

He also said, "'Joongchun' was also a piece where she learned a lot from, but the lackluster results actually brought out some regret of the fans. I hope her will to establish herself as an actress rather than a star is delivered."

The movie is by Director Han Ji Seung who also gathered praise for the drama series 'Alone in Love' in drawing the emotions of a divorced couple.

The movie will be about a couple reaching a period of lassitude that is not able to control their emotions and start hurting each other through quarreling, and start realizing the true meaning of love. A couple who does not choose to part displays the disappointment and hatred towards the other through the most simple way of communication, quarreling.

The movie is set to crank in at the end of this month, or the beginning of next.

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