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source: The Korea Herald
A sequel to the South Korean TV series "Winter Sonata" that was hugely
popular both at home and abroad more than a decade ago will be produced
soon, its producer said Tuesday.
"The staff, including scriptwriters and producers, of 'Winter Sonata' will team up again for the sequel," Park Yeong-seok, CEO of Pan Entertainment, said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency.
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Starring Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo, the KBS soap opera about a woman
whose lover suffers from amnesia was written by Yoon Seun-gyeong and
Kim Eun-hee and directed by Yoon Seok-ho.
The sequel is currently in the planning stage with Yoon expected to take part in the project as an executive producer.
The synopsis of the new soap series is scheduled to be out next month, and the cast and the main producer of the sequel have yet to be decided.
"I've been planning the sequel for a long time. I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this," Park said. "I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project as 'Winter Sonata' is very meaningful in many ways."
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Broadcast on KBS 2TV from January to March in 2002, "Winter Sonata" was a big hit at home for its story of sad but pure love, beautiful visual images, catchy music and fresh fashion styles.
Landing in Japan the following year, the drama captivated Japanese TV watchers, creating a boom of South Korean TV dramas and sending its lead actor Bae to fame.
Some 2 million copies of "Winter Sonata" OST CDs and 450,000 DVD sets were sold in Japan.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centers estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won ($2.72 billion): 840 billion won in tourism, 20 billion won in sales of Bae's photo books and 10 billion won in sales of calendars featuring him.
"I hope the sequel has a positive impact on the poor relations between South Korea and Japan," Park said. (Yonhap)
SEOUL
- Fans of the popular South Korean TV series Winter Sonata can rejoice
as a sequel reuniting crew from the hit drama is in the works, according
to its producer yesterday.
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.tbsvEkCV.dpuf
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.tbsvEkCV.dpuf
SEOUL
- Fans of the popular South Korean TV series Winter Sonata can rejoice
as a sequel reuniting crew from the hit drama is in the works, according
to its producer yesterday.
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
SEOUL
- Fans of the popular South Korean TV series Winter Sonata can rejoice
as a sequel reuniting crew from the hit drama is in the works, according
to its producer yesterday.
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
SEOUL
- Fans of the popular South Korean TV series Winter Sonata can rejoice
as a sequel reuniting crew from the hit drama is in the works, according
to its producer yesterday.
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
SEOUL
- Fans of the popular South Korean TV series Winter Sonata can rejoice
as a sequel reuniting crew from the hit drama is in the works, according
to its producer yesterday.
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
"I'm planning to have as many staff members from the first series take part in the new project," Park Yeong Seok, chief executive of Pan Entertainment, told Yonhap News Agency.
These include scriptwriters and producers from the original soap series, which was immensely well-received both in South Korea and globally when it aired more than 10 years ago.
The KBS soap opera starred Bae Yong Joon, who played a man suffering from amnesia, and Choi Ji Woo as his lover.
The 20-episode series was directed by Yoon Seok Ho - who is expected to take on the role of executive producer for the sequel - and was written by Yoon Seun Gyeong and Kim Eun Hee.
The new series is presently in the planning stage, with its synopsis due out next month. Yet to be decided are the cast and main producer.
Park said he had been planning the sequel for a long time.
He added: "I've always thought I'll make a sequel after 10 years have passed since the first series aired, and I think now is the time for this."
Winter Sonata was broadcast from January to March 2002 on KBS 2TV and was a smash hit in South Korea thanks to its sad but poignant love story, trendy fashion and catchy soundtrack.
The show also attracted a large following in Singapore when it was shown on Channel U that year, sparking the hallyu, or Korean, fever. It prompted fans to travel to Nami Island in South Korea, where many scenes were shot.
The drama charmed its Japanese audience when it aired in Japan the following year, creating a wave of demand for TV dramas from South Korea and catapulting Bae to superstardom there.
Japan also saw sales of some two million copies of Winter Sonata soundtrack CDs and 450,000 DVD sets.
In 2004, South Korean economic research centres estimated the economic impact of the drama at 3 trillion won including revenue from tourism.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/winter-sonata-sequel-works#sthash.WgserPcM.dpuf
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