Park Shin Yang, for me, is a guarantee of quality Korean shows, or at least his acting skill is of a certain professional calibre. Thus, he is one of those not gorgeously-looking actors yet still can sustain my interest in watching a korean soap/movie.
When I got here, Lovers in Paris was being shown in TFC (sometime May). That was like shown in Manila 2 years ago! His acting there is great, I love his serious facial expressions while dropping his funny punchlines. Though I still dont like the ending, the artsy vague finish in this soap doesnt appeal that much to me.
Last July, I bought some koreanovela DVDs in Mla. I'm currently watching War of Money, one of the top soap opera hits in Korea this year. His character here is far far from LIP. It was a sort of tragic, funny and witty story. His parents died of big debts from loan sharks, he became so poor and hatred/revenge starts to pile up in his heart, so as his goal to earn much much money.
He was taken as a student of another loan shark master who taught him the tricks of loan-sharking, there unfolds funny encounters, financial banking/money laundering corporate scam and started the 'war of money'. Of course, a love-rectangle (is there such term?) added some sizzles to this soap. I am just halfway on this, but I would say worth my time.
Because of this blog entry, I found out more info about him with my research. I didnt know he has this much talents!
Park Shin-yang, a next-generation hallyu star, is a multi-talented person with works ranging from acting and singing to writing a novel and designing furniture for his drama or movie.
He debuted in the movie Yuri in 1996 which provided him his first award as Best New Male Actor at the 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards. He made numerous movies since then and with his performance earned him several awards like Popularity Award in the 34th Baek-Sang Art Award and the Best New Male Actor Award in the 18th Film Critics Award for the movie The Letter in 1997; Best Male Actor Award in the 7th Spring Film Festival and the Best Male Lead Actor and Most Popular Actor Award in the 19th Chung-Ryong (Blue Dragon) Film Festival for the movie The Promise in 1998 in which he played a warm-hearted gangster
In 2004, his popularity soared even higher after his role in the Korean drama Romance in Paris or Lovers in Paris with Kim Jung Eun. His performance in this drama earned him another award, the 2004 Brand Olympic Super Brand Male Actor. This drama also gave him inspiration to make his literary debut entitled Lovers published on the last quarter of 2005. This novel made Park Shin Yang the first Korean Wave actor to lead his popularity through literature.
It is also in Romance in Paris where his talents for design was showcased through the yellow sofa and desk used in the office stage set. His creative talents were also shown in his 2003 movie Uninvited Guests through the sofas used in the characters’ apartment.
He might not be a computer-savvy person but he launched his own website in three languages – Korean, English and Japanese – on 2005 to provide fans with a more convenient way to access his profile, gallery and updates regarding him, and a place for him to leave messages for his fans.
His latest drama under SBS War of Money, also known as Money Warfare, started airing mid-May 2007, has premiered with a high rating range of 16-17% and jumped off to above 24% for the second episode.
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