[TRANS] 141120 JYJ, 2-day Tokyo Dome’s Roaring Success! Message they want to bring to fans…… Singing Tohoshinki’s [Begin] Again

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[It’s alright to cry when you want to cry, no need to force yourself. when you tears dry your smile will open-up]

Tohoshinki’s [Begin] resounded in Tokyo Dome. There is a special meaning in the song [Begin] flowing with JYJ’s voices.

The concert, first performance of JYJ’s [2014 JYJ Japan Dome Tour ~ Ichigo Ichie~] in Tokyo Dome, was held on 18th and 19th. This is the first time that members used JYJ’s name for a Dome Tour.

To meet JYJ, 100,000 people filled-up the audience seats with 50,000 per day in Tokyo Dome, and they were waving penlights with the words [Ichigo Ichie]. The tour title [Ichigo Ichie] means [once in a lifetime encounter], and it includes how members feel towards their fans.

[TRANS] 141120 JYJ Talked About The Hallyu Slump [We Were Different From The Start]

Korean popular group [JYJ] talked about why they still receive unchanging love after debuting for 10 years.

JYJ held a press conference before their performance in Tokyo Dome in the afternoon on 19th. Questions were asked by reporters on the secret of them maintaining and boasting this unchanged popularity, despite the slump of Hallyu in Japan.

[JYJ] debut in 2005 as the group [Tohoshinki] in Japan officially, and will celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. Jaejoong said “We did not enter the Japan market riding on K-POP Hallyu book.  Our case was a start by capturing a base in the Japan system, and this seemed a little different from those Hallyu artists in the Japan market now. Because we started with music written in Japanese right from the beginning, the mass probably view us differently”.  After this, when asked to give some advice to those junior singers, he advised “I think it should be in a sequence where you start performing in a small space with fans, and then making it bigger gradually”.

[JYJ] performed in Tokyo Dome in 2010 and 2013, but Japan Dome Tour is a first this time. This is also the first time they performed in front of the Japanese media.

The Dome Tour and single release this time has a deep meaning being the start of full-scale Japanese activities of [JYJ], who could not conduct Japanese activities freely until now.

[JYJ] held 2 performances in Tokyo Dome on 18th and 19th, attracting 100,000 audience. 50,000 people in 1 performance is the largest capacity Tokyo Dome can accomodate, and the sold-out concerts is proof of their unchanged popularity.

[JYJ] will continue their Dome Tour from November into December in major cities Osaka and Fukuoka, and has plan to release their first Japan single in December.

Source: WoW!Korea
Translated by: Jen_BabyLove of JYJ3
Shared by: JYJ3

[NEWS] K-POP Korean wave, not as good as it used to be, JYJ’s advice stands out more via Innolife

[FULL TRANS] Singles Magazine – July 2014 Issue – Park Yuchun’s Interview

{T/N: Although the July issue has been out for some time. I’ve decided to translate this. The translation has taken up a lot of my time and effort, but I know many JYJ fans out there would want to know and understand the present Yuchun more. I really enjoy reading this interview, and I hope you enjoy it too!}

The Man Who Turns Into Light, Park Yuchun
Park Yuchun threw himself on top of the rustling white bedsheets while scratching his foot. “I was bitten by 10 mosquitoes last night”. The faces of those staff gathered from 6am at the hotel room, trying to get away from the Macao heat which can make you lose your reasoning, began to soften (T/N: after Yuchun said that). Despite still having to make a few more clothes change (T/N: for the photo-shoot), Yuchun continued on and even boast that he can finish this kind of tough job by the morning, and his prediction was correct. There was Park Yuchun who approaches the staff himself, and there were staff who trust him. Even though no information was put up at official channels about the schedule of this photo-shoot in Macao, fans waited at the airport. Same with the day he headed back to Korea. When the bus window was opened, the happy birthday song rang throughout Macao international airport. His birthday was 2 days ago. News reported that 6000 people attended his individual fan meeting a few days later. Since his debut, there was never a moment when the public didn’t want him.

From <Sungkyunkwan Scandal> to <Three Days>, his filmography has turned more and more solid, capturing the attention of those in the production industry.  His screen debut and soon to premiere <Sea Fog> will prove the type of attention he gets at Chungmuro (central of Korea’s film industry). From his face being able to reflect different characters, the plausible (believable) voice, the sincerity in his approach on acting, a personality that doesn’t turn his effort into stress, to the flexible senses immersed in his body. The acting quality he possesses is so versatile….. Over everything else, acting is the most heart-fluttering thing to Park  Yuchun.

However, when we asked him to say something about the period he is passing through now, the response he gave was “rope-walking period”. Just like how one cannot explain about falling in love, no words can express his emotions towards acting and music and hence this peek into his incomplete expression. We will also see how he uses humor to fill-up the silence during our conversation endlessly.

But his “rope-walking” did not come out as just ALL uneasiness. It is also walking by taking cautious steps with extreme focus. The long experience being a star, the road towards being an actor which started-off like destiny. The search for an answer while taking peeks within himself at a place where it looks familiar but yet not used to. In an era where everyone thinks about and tries to appear young, this man who so single-mindedly insists on being natural and best as he is, talked about the rules of strong players in long-term battles. This was 3 hours away from boarding his plane and our last day in Macao..

(T/N: below is the interview)

[COMPILATION OF TWEETS] 140906 JYJ concert in Chengdu ‘The Return of The King’

‏@JYJUKFANDOM Fans inside

[FULL TRANS] Singles Magazine – 2014 April Issue – Park Yuchun’s Interview

SCENE #1 15th March、The 10 o’clock air in the morning

You can hardly tell the temparature was above 0 degrees when the March coldness sipped into our thick parkers (hoodies). There were about 50 staff and casts crowding in front of a building in Goyang City (T/N: 高陽市 a city north of South Korea). As if to dissolve the terrible cold when filming so early in the morning, the staff were even wearing 2 parkers.

This is the filming location for SBS Wed/Thurs drama < 3 Days >. It was already a hot topic (T/N: original Korean expression used here is HOT POTATO) even from the production stage. The genre is detective action “thriller”, rarely seen in Korean drama world. And there the producer of <Tree With Deep Roots> Shin Gyong Soo teamed-up with writer of <Sign> and <Ghosts> Kim Eun Hee, and led to this being labeled as “a drama that you can trust and watch”.

And on top of this solid platform we have the main casts Park Yuchun and Son Hyun Joo. It’s a story about a President security officer = Han Tae Kyung (Park Yuchun) who goes on to solve the mystery of the missing President = Lee Dong Hui (Son Hyun Joo) and the suspicious death of his father. The charisma of Tae Kyung, who protects the President with his life, can also be exuded from the stiff and rigid lines he speaks. Even when a gun was put in his face, he says happily “Go ahead and shoot. Do you think a security officer is afraid of guns?”.

The well-known soft and sad gaze of Park Yuchun turns into “passionate anger” when it meets the character Tae Kyung. I am not used to meeting “Tae Kyung” Park Yuchun but was looking forward to it.

I saw someone I know amongst the staff. Actor Park Yuchun. Close-up his face looked haggard and voice husky. Seems that after he finished filming yesterday morning and tried straightening his back on the bed for a while, his phone rang and he had to gather for filming again. Not just Yuchun. Staff who gathered for filming carried their tiredness from yesterday too, and were preparing indifferently the battle-field for another round of filming.

It was 12th and 13th March, that weekend after episode 3 and 4 were aired. There was a strange air of nervousness among the staff gathering to film episode 6. Special make-up team was again very busy. Another incident was about to hit Tae Kyung. In order to express that emotion well, rounds of rehearsals were done. For just 1 scene, lines were practised many times, and all the staff were holding onto their breath. And then everyone watched “Tae Kyung” crying and screamed. OK was given.

SCENE #2 Director and Actor, the atmosphere surrounding 2 men

[FULL TRANS] 140829 Hayato-san Blog: Prescription – Finale Episode

Episode 1

At that time, I intended to do this interview from various angles but
You can say that I’ve missed the timing

When thinking that this is already the year 2014……
Things that you have already heard about or
Things that you probably have no interest in, but I’ve not edited them out

And so, these may no longer be new but
I will disclose them as the finale episodes from my perspective

Anything that I can disclose about them, these will be the last

I interviewed them based on the sequence they came out from the recording studio
Let me show them in this sequence

First of all, about Junsu
While I was preparing for the interview, Jaejoong came and sat next to me overseeing this
He uploaded the photo taken at that time in his twitter right
I also have photos but because of copyrights, I can’t upload them
Sorry about that  (⌒∇⌒)
Interview with Yuchun was recorded the following day

[INTERVIEW TRANS] 140825 Yoo Seung Mok “the production [Sea Fog] is an opportunity to look back on myself” (Kstyle)

(T/N: This interview has no mention of Yuchun and the content quite difficult and deep. BUT I find it gives an idea on what kind of filming environment the actors were in and hopefully enhances your viewing experience for this great movie, when you get to watch it!)

A variety of characters appear in the movie [Sea Fog].  When faced with extreme conditions, each reveals different instincts. When the time arrives where you can’t see an inch in front of you, your immediate reactions, that is the distinct charm of [Sea Fog].

Among the 6 crew members starting with captain Cheol Joo (Kim Yoon Seok), Gyung Gu played by Yoo Seung Mok is a character who treats money as utmost important. He loves women, but ultimately it is money. He never misses an opportunity to make money for himself, and this is how Gyung Gu’s personality can be described.

He has no family, and he doesn’t think too deeply. A simple young man from the country-side, and he is the crew member who puts most emphasis on looks. Gyung Gu’s hairstyle shows this part of his character. And because of this, Gyung Gu was set-up as the villain in the beginning scenarios in [Sea Fog].

“When I read the scenarios, I thought he was a normal average crew member. He is a crew member, but he also shows his selfishness to satisfy his own desires. In the midst of this, there is also absurdity in him. Even so, I thought Gyung Gu was a young man with a simple mind. He doesn’t think too much, and this character was set-up as a person who reacts in order to satisfy his own desires in that moment.”

Like all the crew members, when Gyung Gu cannot see what is in front because of the sea fog, his instinct appears in the worst situation. If you don’t become Gyung Gu, you cannot grasp what he will do. It is also important to understand Gyung Gu’s emotions.

[NEWS] 140823 [HanCinema’s Idol Actors] Park Yoo-chun and Seo In-guk

Park Yoo-chun

Famous idols who go into acting often share a very similar issue. The position of the roles they get is very central compared to what their skills at the time can actually handle. Park Yoo-chun showed promise straight away, by managing to carry the role of a lead in his very first work a lot better than what a lot of idols or other rookies manage.

Park’s career in the Korean drama scene started with ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’ in 2010. Since then, he has been having a very steady career in this industry and has also made his entrance into movies with 2014 film ‘Sea Fog’. Park’s strength in terms of choices comes from the fact that he does not go for romance alone, neither do his efforts only go as far as will be beneficial to his career as a musician.

[NEWS] 140820 Actors of ‘Sea Fog’ celebrate surpassing 1m viewers (Korea Herald)

Actors from the movie “Sea Fog” celebrated the film surpassing 1 million viewers on Tuesday.

Kim Yoon-suk, Park Yoo-chun, Han Yeri, Lee Hee-joon, Moon Sung-geun and Yoo Seung-mok from the film met with viewers at Seoul Theater to commemorate the achievement. The movie is about six crew members on a fishing boat and depicts the human greed that lies just under the surface of some people.

According to the Korean Film Council, the movie collected 1,084,375 viewers in just seven days since its release on Aug. 13.

Source: The Korea Herald