Category Archives: folklore

不可说 (霍建华 & 赵丽颖) | Cannot be Said (Wallace Huo & Zanilia Zhao)

不可说 用你的手 解我的锁 跌入这温柔漩涡 yòng nǐ de shǒu jiě wǒ de suǒ diē rù zhè wēn róu xuán wō 千丈风波 万般蹉跎 情意都不曾变过 qiān zhàng fēng bō wàn bān cuō tuó qíng yì dōu bù céng biàn guò 一世牵绊 一念成祸 还执意一错再错 yī shì qiān bàn yī niàn chéng huò hái zhí yì yī cuò zài cuò 一瞬之间 一生厮守 粉碎成末 yī shùn zhī jiān yī shēng sī shǒu fěn suì chéng mò 爱上你爱上了错 ài … Continue reading

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아름다운사람

And now this, from 내 이름은 김삼순 (My Lovely Sam Soon): 아름다운사람 서유석 작사 : 서유석 작곡 : 서유석 편곡 : 서유석 장난감을 받고서 그것을 바라보고 얼싸안고 기어이 부숴버리는 내일이면 벌써 그를 준 사람조차 잊어버리는 아이처럼 오 오오오 오 오 오오오 오 오 오오오 오 아름다운 나의 사람아~ 당신은 내가 드린 내마음을 고운 장난감처럼 조그만 손으로 장난하고 내마음이 고민에 잠겨있는 돌보지않는 나의 여인아 나의 사람아 오 오오오 오 아름다운 나의 사람아   … Continue reading

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Notes on 돌아온 일지매 (The Return of Iljimae)

Chapters 1-2 Okay… the first adjectives that come to mind during episode 1 and most of 2: “weird” and then “bizarre” and then “camp.” I barely made it past the first (structurally very rocky and disjointed, hyper-didactic, excessively-yet-not-quite-adequately-expositional) episode… Were it not for the fact that I have committed to following this drama through, especially since I enjoyed SBS’s Iljimae so much, I would have had a very difficult time moving on to episode … Continue reading

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일지매 (Iljimae) – birth of a hero…

Just finished watching Iljimae and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I went in expecting little more than a two-dimensional comic book hero in a campy fusion sageuk. Instead I got a light-hearted yet touching folk-hero novel that is amusing and moving — with plenty a wink and a nod yet full of pathos as well. And tropes, tropes and more tropes… yet sooo much fun to watch as the story of Lee Joon Gi’s Iljimae … Continue reading

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