People #3: Jang Dong Gun (Article Courtesy of Koreanfilm.org)
He began by acting in TV dramas such as The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage (1997) together with Kim Hee-sun. By the late 1990s he had become quite popular in Korea, but he also became one of the very first Korean stars to garner a fan following in other parts of Asia.
Vietnamese audiences in particular fell quickly for Jang after several of his TV dramas were screened there in the late nineties. In 1999, after acting in the critically acclaimed Nowhere to Hide as Park Joong-hoon’s younger partner, Jang moved on to star in a feature that was filmed on location in Shanghai. Titled The Anarchists, this tale of five young terrorists from 1930s China helped to elevate his status even further.
After appearing in the low-budget film The Coast Guard by controversial director Kim Ki-duk, Jang then took the lead role in Kang Je-gyu’s Taegukgi, an epic film about two brothers set during the Korean War. Sure enough, this film would beat Friend’s record with an astounding 11 million tickets sold. By this time, Jang’s name had become known widely throughout Asia.

Official Website
http://www.jangdonggun.co.kr/
Official Fanclub
Adonis ….. http://www.worldadonis.com/
A.J…..http://www.jangdonggun.jp/ninsyo.php
A.I (English)…..http://en.adonisifc.com/
A.J (Chinese)….. http://cn.adonisifc.com/
Written by Darcy Paquet
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