original in japanese: Josei Jishin 10-9-07 p.173
scanned & posted by: miemi / byjgallery
translated into english: a sweet sis /
bb's blogTWSSG Filming in a Bind with Director Kim Jong Hak Hospitalized!“On September 18, filming started before noon in Jeju.
Yonsama arrived on the set waving to the fans from inside the auto, in response to the shouts of the fans.” (drama staff)
Location filming ended at 9 p.m. on this day. Regular broadcasting of the series also began and location filming was also supposed to have taken place but...
At about 11 am on the Chungcheom Nang Dong Highway, director Kim Jong Hak was involved in a traffic collision.
According to local news sources, the vehicle that the director was riding in, rear ended a large truck. The director’s vehicle is said to have caught fire.
“The director underwent a simple abdominal operation without any problems. He will need 1-2 weeks of recovery time and will be hospitalized during that time. The other passenger had no injuries.” (SSD Japan staff)
This appears to be a case of “a lucky misfortune”, but is the location filming alright without the director’s presence?
“TWSSG has worked on the two-director system for location filming up to now, so there is no problem.” (previously quoted source)
From here on, one other director, Mr Yoon will be taking up the megaphone.
On September 19, filming began before noon at Anmyeon Island.
“Everyone seemed to be a bit down because they were worried about the director.” (drama staff)
On this day, the news that TWSSG would be broadcast in Japan was perhaps enough to cheer up the director!
“Beginning December 3, TWSSG will be broadcast via cable in High Vision with Japanese subtitles.” (NHK public relations department)
It will be broadcast every Monday during the 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. time slot. Starting in April 2008, the Japanese dubbed version is also planned for broadcast on NHK BS2.
TWSSG has finally landed on Japanese soil!