November 6th, 2021
WOOw! Jung Il woo! 15 years!
It is a huge feat to be able to stay active as an entertainer alone… but Jung Il Woo has managed to do this in one of the toughest and most competitive entertainment businesses in the world, that of South Korea. And when asked about his future plans his cheeky answer “to be a good actor” tells us he will continue to work for some more years! He has so much talent…!
Update: Ilwoo shared today he will continue to act all through his life! I can’t even begin to describe how delighted I am for this! Look:
And he also posted this reel:
Cheers! 건배 일우 씨!
To celebrate him I decided to highlight with videos all the different facets that Ilwoo has shared with us these past 15 years… so many special moments! How can one even begin to say thank you… yet this is my feeble attempt…
Actor
As an actor Ilwoo has delighted us in so many ways! In so many roles. 14 dramas where we have seen him grow as an actor… as a man… as a human being. So hard to choose a scene to represent this… so many, many! favorites… but in the end I decided to go with this scene from Bossam Steal the Fate his latest drama. It was simply perfectly done!
Model
As a model, Ilwoo has had so many photo shoots, and he has endorsed many products. Some of the most beautiful photo sessions have been the BNT International ones. This one took place in 2016. He looked so gorgeous in all the takes. Here is a couple of photos:
This is an interview that was filmed during this Photo Session:
This is its translation:
0:00
Tshirt vs suit = Tshirt!
Summer vs winter? = Summer
I am emotional vs rational? = emotional
Ballad vs Jazz = Ballad
Mountain vs sea = sea
Cute girl vs sexy girl = sexy girl
Soju vs wine = soju+beer
0:16
It’s been 2 years since our last photoshoot in Bali with BNT, and I am here again. I just finished shooting over 50 hours of TV series and came here without sleep, so I look not good now. However, I think the photographer will take the photos well.
0:33
Today, I was thinking about the photoshoot with BNT. 2 years ago, I had a photoshoot with BNT right after I got a best acting male award from MBC.
0:40 (in a few hours he is about to get a ‘special asian award’ in 2016 Asia Model Awards) I will go to the model awards and I will get an award there. I think good things are coming when I have photoshoots with BNT.
0:50 (How have you been lately?)
These days, I am almost done filming Cinderella and the Four Knights. Only about 10 days are left for the final shooting, so it’s quite hectic. I think the result will be good and I am looking forward to it on air.
1:07 I am playing Kang Ji Un, who used to be Han Ji Un, but his grandpa suddenly comes up to him and he lives a different life as the top 1% of Korea. I am playing a very fantastic character. He is a person who looks very cold outside but actually warm inside. I am back to Korean drama after 2 years now, so I am sure viewers will like it.
1:42 Q: Recently, you posted on your social media that your ideal woman is a woman who can use chopsticks well. The fans are curious why that’s the reason.
1:52 There is nothing special about it. I think someone who was raised well and behaved well in their house while they were young is different when I am talking to them compared to others who weren’t. People show what’s in their mind when you are with them for a long time, I have a feeling that when someone can use chopsticks well, it feels like that person was raised well with good etiquette.
(fans! Let’s practice how to use chopsticks well from today!)
2:16: I guess the most important thing is, though, someone who fits well with me.
2:21 Q: any fan meeting plans in Korea and China?
It’s been 10 years since I debuted, and it feels special to me. I had a 10 years anniversary fan meeting in Tokyo. I got a lot of positive energy from the fans who were there for the last 10 years.
2:36 I am planning a fan meeting in Korea around my birthday. Also I am planning a fan meeting in China. I hope you come visit there and have a good time with me.
2:50 Today, I had a photoshoot with BNT. I hope you love it. Also, please give a lot of love to the drama, Cinderella and the four knights. Thank you!
To see more photos from this photo session, you can go HERE.
Me: He changed to wine now!
Singer
As a singer Ilwoo has had singles for three dramas… but this is the song he has sang the most in his Fan Meetings. He also recently chosed it as one of the songs he loves to sing:
This video is from Ilwoo’s Fourth Fan Meeting in Korea, in 2014. These are the lyrics in both Korean and English:
Deli spice – Confession
델리스파이스 – 고백
중2때까지 늘 첫째 줄에
always in the first row until the 2nd year of middle school
겨우 160 이 됐을 무렵
around the time you were 160cm
쓸만한 녀석들은 모두 다
all the useful kids
이미 첫사랑 진행 중
were already experiencing their first love
정말 듣고 싶었던 말이야
it’s something i really wanted to hear
물론 2년전 일이지만
even though it happened 2 years ago
기뻐야하는 게 당연한데
i should be happy about it
내 기분은 그게 아냐
but that’s not how i’m feeling
하지만 미안해 이 넓은 가슴에 묻혀
but i’m sorry, when i was buried in this chest
다른 누구를 생각했었어
i was thinking about someone else
미안해 너의 손을 잡고 걸을 때에도
i’m sorry, even while holding your hand and walking
떠올렸었어 그 사람을
i thought about that person
널 좋아하면 좋아할수록
as i like you more and more
상처 입은 날들이 더 많아
there are more days that i find myself hurt
모두가 즐거운 한 때에도
even when everyone was having a good time
나는 늘 그곳에 없어
i was never at that place
정말 미안한 일을 한걸까
was it really something to be so apologetic for?
나쁘진 않았었지만
even though it wasn’t anything bad
친구인 채 였다면 오히려
perhaps if we were friends
즐거웠을 것만 같아
it would have been fun and enjoyable
하지만 미안해 네 넓은 가슴에 묻혀
but i’m sorry, when i was buried in your chest
다른 누구를 생각했었어
i was thinking about someone else
미안해 너의 손을 잡고 걸을 때에도
i’m sorry, even while holding your hand and walking
떠올랐었어 그 사람이
i thought about that person
정말 듣고 싶었던 말이야
it’s something i really wanted to hear
물론 2년전 일이지만
even though it happened 2 years ago
기뻐야하는 게 당연한데
i should be happy about it
내 기분은 그게 아냐
but that’s not how i’m feeling
하지만 미안해 네 넓은 가슴에 묻혀
but i’m sorry, when i was buried in your chest
다른 누구를 생각했었어
i was thinking about someone else
미안해 너의 손을 잡고 걸을 때에도
i’m sorry, even while holding your hand and walking
떠올렸었어 그 사람을
i thought about that person
하지만 미안해 네 넓은 가슴에 묻혀
but i’m sorry, when i was buried in your chest
다른 누구를 생각했었어
i was thinking about someone else
미안해 너의 손을 잡고 걸을 때에도
i’m sorry, even while holding your hand and walking
떠올랐었어 그 사람이
i thought about that person
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Very interesting lyrics. Here are a couple of photos when he sang this song during the fan meeting:
Ambassador
As an ambassador, Jung Il woo has supported cultural and religious organizations. This is a video of when he became .an Ambassador for the Seoul Catholic Social Welfare Society in 2019:
Here is roughly what this video says:
Actor Jung Ilwoo is here to spread Social Welfare.
0:07 Hello everyone this is Jung Il woo.
0:10 I became an ambassador for the Seoul Catholic Social Welfare Society
0:15 I plan to do a lot of activities in the future
0:17 We ask for your interest and love
0:25 2019.11.14 Seul Myeong-dong Archdiocese Office
0:27 On the door: Seoul Catholic Social Welfare Society. Appointment Ceremony for Jung Il woo as a Public Relations Ambassador.
0:34 Anyone who enjoys human dignity and rights to create a warm society, Seoul Catholic Welfare Society appointed a Public Relations Ambassador
0:40 For the Poor and marginalized neighbors, actor Jung II woo (ANtonio) who has practiced love, is appointed ambassador for the Seoul Catholic Welfare Society.
0:51 Jung Il woo. Antonio. Actor. I want to share my good influence with many people. Some of these things I will do in the name of the Seoul Catholic Social Welfare Association.
1:09 Like introduce fundraising campaigns for social welfare facilities and scholarships.
1:12 We have been promoting, so many believers can participate in sharing love.
1:16 Bishop Timoteo Yoo, Deputy Chief of Social Affairs in the Archdiocese of Seoul.
The social welfare work of the diocese will take advantage of this, it is a great way to promote it to more people.
1:23 May God’s blessings be on your way in the future.
Chef
So hard to choose a video of our dear Ilwoo cooking… I settled on this one starting time: 11:23… when he cooks for Kanghoon. Just cuteness overload:
And to finish you off with cuteness excess… do you remember this:
Ohhhh!!! Adorables!
DJ
As a DJ, Ilwoo has serenated us with his favorite songs…for so many years! But this video of him telling us how meaningful each song was in the different moments of his life topped them all!
Photographer
As a photographer, Ilwoo has also shared so many of his photos and videos. One thing that we discovered this year through a new show called Phone Cleansing, is that due to his accident from 2006, he still suffers from amnesia and he uses photography to remember people and places. This is a recent video created form that show:
Magazine Editor
This was such a delight! Shortly after Jung Il woo returned to spotlight he gifted us a magazine! His own creation… it was so beautiful! It came out in the Spring so it was called ‘Bloom.’ I really hope someday he does another one… one a year Ilwoo Ssi? What do you say? Here is a video of the magazine… it is still available for sale in his website digitally… go HERE.
This is a video of him posing in pink… I used Jungyup’s “When did you come” song:
World Traveler
Jung Il woo has shared so many photographs and videos of his trips, but this video which he created himself is my favorite:
Athlete
As an athlete we have seen Ilwoo play soccer, golf, ride bikes and surf. I decided however to showcase his ‘Athletic’ Fan Meeting of 2011 when Ilwoo shared his very athletic side with his fans. In it you will see him play dodgeball and run… and the place that served as background for this meeting was his high school:
There are so many gorgeous photos. of him from this Fan Meeting. Here are a couple:
One can feel his joy on this day… and almost here his laughter! If you wish to see more of this Fan Meeting go HERE. His High School? Go HERE.
One of a KIND person!
Last but not least… and definitely what touches me the most about Ilwoo is his kindness. He is one of the kindest people I’ve ever known, if not the kindest. To showcase this beautiful part of his being, I have something very special to share with you… something I came across recently in YouTube. Do you remember these photos:
They were for an event called “Love Kiss Campaign.” and I found a video that displays the entire recording of this photo session! It is 25 minutes straight of pure Ilwoo’s kindness! Here is the video…
I was so in awe of how kind he was to this little boy! And then you see him recording a phrase and getting his ‘alone’ photo takes… so many times! My heart completely melted! He must be an angel… he has to be!
Jung Il woo, thank you for all these delights… thank you for being someone who brings light to my life… who makes me smile! Through you I have learned so much not only about you, and South Korea and even the World… but also about myself. I continue to learn…
May GOD bless you with much health, and many great opportunities to let the world see the great person you are… So 건배 일우 씨! Cheers for this 15th year and the many more to come!
With you always,
Your Fan 13