Rain is the stage name of Jung Ji Hoon, a popular South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer and actor who is well known in Hollywood as well as throughout Asia. Rain made his music debut in 1998 at the age of 16 with the boy band Fanclub. He made his music solo debut in 2002 and his acting debut in 2003 in the Korean drama “Sang Doo! Let’s Go to School.” He rose to fame when he starred in the 2004 hit drama “Full House,” which brought him the Best Actor Award at the 2004 KBS Drama Awards. Rain’s fame expanded to the United States in 2006 with several sold-out shows in Madison Square Garden and Las Vegas. He was included in People magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” issue in 2007. He appeared in the Hollywood films “Speed Racer” in 2008 and in 2009’s “Ninja Assassin,” for which he received the Biggest Badass Award at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. He also starred in the 2014 gangster film “The Prince” with Bruce Willis, John Cusack and Jason Patric. His recent drama credits include “She’s So Lovable” (2014), “Please Come Back, Mister” (2016) and the Chinese drama “Diamond Lover” (2015).

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Cha Young Min (Rain) is an extremely arrogant but gifted thoracic surgeon. Although he is supremely talented in his field of medicine, he is full of himself and aloof. He cares about nothing except furthering his career, alienating everyone around him – including his ex-girlfriend, the neurosurgeon Jang Se Jin (Uee). His polar opposite is a resident surgeon named Go Seung Tak (Kim Bum) – a man who has risen to a lofty place in the medical world due only to the fact that his grandfather happens to be the founder of one of the country’s top hospitals.

But when a strange medical case takes an unexpected turn, Cha Young Min’s spirit somehow possesses Go Seung Tak’s body – suddenly gifting the latter with extraordinary medical skills. All of a sudden, Go Seung Tak finds himself the talk of the medical town. But a young emergency room intern named Oh Soo Jung (Son Naeun) thinks she can sense the fact that something is amiss. Despite her medical training, she believes in supernatural phenomena. How long will this unusual medical situation go on – and will the “real” Go Seung Tak ever return to the operating theater?

“Ghost Doctor” is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Boo Seong Cheol.

Ghost Doctor

The Ghosties 👻

Mnet

Over 20 young male K-pop trainees, born between 1997 and 2008, attempt to become the hottest new thing in global pop music.

The trainee group has been working toward its big moment for some 12 months, with contestants selected at a series of auditions held all around the world in 2019.

The prize could not be more alluring: The new boyband’s executive producer will be Bang Si Hyuk, the co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, and the mastermind songwriter and producer who helped assemble international chart-topping group BTS.

Bang Si Hyuk is the general producer overseeing the action. And he is also joined by a number of superstar producers: K-pop A-listers Zico of Block B and solo star Rain.

Together, the producers must help the trainees hone their skills as the field narrows down and the competition to see who will make the final cut intensifies.

Stars will be born. Dreams will be made – and some will be shattered…

Namgoong Min is the MC who will help put the trainees through their paces.

“I-LAND” is a 2020 South Korean reality TV show that was produced by Kim Shin Young. 

Vote for your favorite trainees here, https://bit.ly/ilandviki!

I-LAND

The I-LANDers Team

What if you're given a chance to restart your life and make new choices again? One day, Lawyer Jae Sang opens his eyes and realizes that he is no longer in the world he used to live in but in a parallel world. He sheds his old life where he had been willing to do anything for his interests and turned into a whole different person, a righteous and sincere lawyer. People all make mistakes and wrong choices and regret what they did in the past all the time. However, the present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. We can always make the right choice to straighten things up whenever we realize that we're on the wrong path. Lawyer Jae Sang sends us a message that it's never too late to correct our wrongdoings and start afresh and encourages us to express our honest feelings to those around us throughout the series.

Welcome2Life

The Second Chance Team 

Lee Jae Sang

With his family struggling to make ends meet, Uhm Bok Dong (Rain) dutifully does his part to help out by selling water to local merchants. Tired of the daily struggle to carry water to his customers, Bok Dong dreams of someday being able to make his deliveries on wheels. As if fate had been listening to his silent prayers, Bok Dong soon comes across a man selling a bicycle. Sharing his dream with his siblings, his younger brother decides to help Bok Dong turn his dream into a reality by using his school tuition money to buy the bicycle. But Bok Dong’s joy soon turns to sorrow as his newly acquired bike is stolen.

After facing the wrath of his furious father, Bok Dong has no choice but to find a way to pay his brother back. Leaving his small town, he travels to Seoul, where he soon comes across an advertisement for an upcoming bicycle competition organized by the Japanese Government General of Korea. Enticed by the prize money, Bok Dong enters the race. Competing against Japanese and Korean participants alike, Bok Dong beats them all, taking home the title of champion, as well as the prize money. A month later, he wins his second race and becomes a national hero overnight.

Raising the spirits of his fellow countrymen, in a time of Japanese colonial rule, Bok Dong’s string of victories bring with them a glimmer of hope; but not everyone is pleased with Bok Dong’s success. Desperate to put an end to Bok Dong’s winning streak, the Japanese referees are willing to do anything; but will their efforts be enough to stop this hero of the people?

Inspired by the true story of famed cyclist Uhm Bok Dong, “Race to Freedom - Um Bok Dong” is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Kim Yoo Sung.

Race to Freedom - Um Bok Dong

The Freedom Fighter team.

JTBC

When detective Kang Dong Soo (Rain)'s fiance is killed mysteriously, he works with a female detective (Lee Sun Bin) who can see 3 days into the future to find out who killed his fiance. She sketches what she sees, and with her sketch, the investigative team begins to set out to capture the murderer. Meanwhile, Kim Do Jin (Lee Dong Gun) is a former special forces member plotting to avenge the death of his pregnant wife.

Sketch

Dream Sketcher

One person can have a tremendous impact on how you view your life. 

Xiao Liang (Rain) is the CEO of the world’s largest diamond company. He is frugal, exact and very meticulous in the way he conducts his business and himself. He prefers to focus his energies on his work and believes that interpersonal relationships are a waste of his time. But when Xiao Liang meets Mi Dou (Tiffany Tang), this unexpected woman may change his entire worldview of his life and his work. 

“Diamond Lover” is a 2015 Chinese drama series directed by Chen Ming Zhang. **This is a recut version of the original drama, which has reduced the number of episodes from 68 to 24 and has a happier ending than the originally aired drama.

Diamond Lover (Special Cut)

The Beauty Within Team 

Xiao Liang

Idiot, middle-aged employee, loser daddy, and workaholic Young Soo suddenly encounters death by overwork. Gi Tak, once a mob boss who washed his hands of gang life and now runs a pub, also ends up leaving this world due to an unjust accident. Both meet in the afterlife as they board a train bound for heaven but quickly decide to jump off together as they aren't ready to say goodbye. They wish to return to mortal life in order to leave their loved ones in good hands, so they make a deal with an angel to reincarnate. The kind Young Soo returns as a total hardbody and Gi Tak as a beautiful young woman, but both soon end up running into difficulties as the bodies they're reborn into have problems of their own!

Come Back Alive

The Possessed Team 

Lee Hae Joon

The Korean timeless hit Running Man is a reality show that stars renowned comedians Yu Jae Seok, Jee Seok Jin, and Yang Se Chan, singers Kim Jong Kook and Haha, and actors Song Ji Hyo, Lee Kwang Soo, and Jeon So Min. In each episode, they must complete missions at various places around Seoul to win a race. Each task is action-packed and hilarious as members try to beat the others using their wits and skills. Celebrities like Ryan Reynolds, Tom Cruise, and Henry Cavill often join the cast to join in on the fun! Each week features challenges that require trust and betrayal, knowledge and skills, and physical strength and have outrageous penalties. Sometimes the cast members work as a team and cooperate for one common goal. Other times, they betray each other throughout the race to win all the honor and glory for themselves. Laugh until you cry watching all of their silly antics!

Running Man

Don't Walk , Run Team 

A man and a woman scared by the death of one. They eat, sleep and sometimes laugh like before but if one thing has changed, even the brief glimpse of happiness they feel in their daily lives is misfortune. These two reach out to each other. And they speak to each other. Telling each other to stop suffering, that it wasn't their fault, and so it's okay to be happy now. They heal their emotional scars, open up their hearts and fall in love again. Through this story, we can see that the thing that gets us up again after a tragedy, the thing that comforts us in the face of a loss of life is people and love. It is a warm and ordinary story.

My Lovely Girl

The Lovable Team 

KBS02

Young Jae is a famous actor and gets stuck with Ji Eun. Ji Eun realizes her friends sold out the house her parents inherited. Since he cannot leave the place, she decides to work as a housekeeper to stay there. In the meantime, Young Jae is involved in an incident that makes him kiss Ji Eun, and this behavior results in signing a contractual marriage. However, as they live together, they feel for each other, and their love starts to blossom, but several daunting challenges await them. Will they be able to overcome all the barriers and eventually get married?

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