Posted 20 January 2007 - 09:23 AM
Rising Korean-wave star Lee Joon-ki has completed shooting a Korean-Japanese joint production, "Virgin Snow", in which he plays the male lead opposite one of Japan's rising stars, actress MIYAZAKI Aoi (Nana). LEE became an overnight sensation at home after starring as the gender-bending Konggil in "The King and the Clown".
In "Virgin Snow", LEE plays Min, a Korean university student who is transferred to Japan when his father, a professor, gets posted to Kyoto in an exchange position at a university. There, Min meets Nanae (Aoi Miyazaki), a high school girl, and promptly falls in love with her. Initially indifferent to him, Nanae soon warms up, and their relationship grows, surmounting the linguistic and cultural divide, until one day Nanae mysteriously disappears.
The film is directed by HAN Sang-hee, known best for producing music videos with famous performers such as Rain and Ivy. The film is jointly produced by Korea's CJ Entertainment, and Japan's Kadokawa Herald Pictures and GuardTec.
"Virgin Snow" is scheduled for a release this spring 2007 in both Japan and Korea.
Japanese / Korean collaborated movie, "Virgin Snow," has finally been released! Starring Korea's hottest rising male star Lee Jun Ki, and Japan's favorite sweet heart Miyazaki Aoi; The story is a cross-cultural romance that has captured the hearts of many females, long before it's release. Lee Jun Ki stars as Kim Min, a high school transfer student in Japan from Korea, who falls hopelessly in love with Miyazaki Aoi's character, Sasaki Nanae. A bit wary of Min at first, Nanae finds herself cherishing the Korean transfer student, more and more each day. Until one night at the Gion Festival, Nanae mysteriously disappears in front of Min's eyes. And left behind, is a promise that cannot be fulfilled without meeting on the first day of snow.
