* Backstage for the biggest tease in JuMong (March 31, 2006 photoshoot).
* Tail-end poster montage set to 'NanSaeng ShinHwa' from JuMong soundtrack. Montage & Eng. subs are my own.
* footage credits: MBC, imbc
[Didn't have time for subs, but if you're curious about some parts, let me know and I'll answer in the comments.]
**Features highlights from Song Il-Gook and Han Hye-Jin's Promotional Tour in Tokyo for Fuji TV, which broadcasts JuMong in Japan.
**credits: DC??????, 3asian.com
* Song Il-Gook & Han Hye-Jin's appearance in 'Over Mountains, Across Rivers' (airdate May 6, 2006), a feature in MBC's 'Exclamation Point' which provides medical care in remote areas.
* Part 1: 97-year-old lady & her 72-year-old son; 77-year-old widow; house-bound grandmother & her loving husband
* Eng. subs are my own.
* HOURS of shooting, and fighting the mud, for what amounted to a couple of minutes on screen. Song Il-Gook did admit later on he had mud coming out of his ears for days.
* Eng. subs are my own.
* footage credits: 4040news, MBC, imbc
[Didn't have time for subs, but if you're curious about some parts, let me know and I'll answer in the comments.]
**BTS Footage Highlights: The WIND! Song Il-Gook consoling baby Yuri; his tip to Han Hye-Jin for the vows.
credits: Happy Time [Lunar] New Year Special (airdate Feb 18, 2007)
[Didn't have time for subs, but if you're curious about some parts, let me know and I'll answer in the comments.]
**Highlights: Baby Yuri calling Han Hye-Jin "SoSeoNo EeMo (auntie SoSeoNo)"; cast & crew wooo-&-aaaah'ing on Song Il-Gook appearing in full regalia; the incorrigible SIG consoling/teasing baby Yuri (Yoon-Seok).
**credits: imbc (upload date Feb 10, 2007)
The long-awaited proposal in ep. 73 was my first taste of this drama, but it reeled me in when I knew next to nothing about the context or subtext, and, 81 eps. later, still blows me away with its sheer pathos. Full-screen viewing, with headphones, is a must for immersion.
[Didn't have time for subs, but if you're curious about some parts, let me know and I'll answer in the comments.]
**To-Do-List: get married; proclaim a nation; wear a crown, six layers of clothing; pledge your vows over the wind, ...
**credits: YTNStar (airdate Feb 7, 2007)
* Song Il-Gook & Han Hye-Jin's appearance in 'Over Mountains, Across Rivers' (airdate May 6, 2006), a feature in MBC's 'Exclamation Point' which provides medical care in remote areas.
* Part 2: Wings for the house-bound couple
* Eng. subs are my own.
JuMong recalls his fateful encounter with SoSeoNo and search for the DaMul Bow (ep. 4) on his way back to the Founder's Mountain (ep. 57). I've always liked how it showcased the rise of JuMong from that impetuous young man to the beloved leader of many. Plus Song Il-Gook looks terrific in black.
* Song Il-Gook & Han Hye-Jin's appearance in 'Over Mountains, Across Rivers' (airdates May 6 & May 13, 2006), a feature in MBC's 'Exclamation Point' which provides medical care in remote areas.
* Part 3: The man in the mountains
* Eng. subs are my own.
[Didn't have time for subs, but if you're curious about some parts, let me know and I'll answer in the comments.]
**Here's one girl immune to the man who set a nation's hearts aflutter.
**Song Il-Gook & Han Hye-Jin @ the 'make a wish' event with the newly appointed goodwill ambassadors for the city of Seoul (March 28, 2007)
**credits: Mnet, YonhapNews