Return of Iljimae - pure gorgeousness
Apr. 9th, 2010 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This shippy MV for Return of Iljimae has got to be the most gorgeous, romantic thing I've seen in a while:
ROI is a story of Iljimae, a young man abandoned by his birth father and left to die (his mother was a slave, his father an aristocrat). Luckily for him, he is found, saved, and eventually adapted by a kind upper-class Chinese family. And there the story would end, with Iljimae living in happiness and comfort, except he discovers his true parentage and travels to Korea to discover the truth. Despair and hardship but also love and heroism await him there.
If you haven't seen RoI, I really really would love to convince you to do so. It's such a gorgeous, lyrical, literate drama. It got only the fraction of ratings that Lee Jun Ki's take on the legend did but was, IMO, about 10 times better. I enjoyed Iljimae but it was silly fun popcorn. RoI (not a sequel, entirely different story), had a lot of fun parts but was also genuinely excellent and moving.
Anyway, go watch if you haven't already!
Action-based MV:
I normally don't go for still-based MVs but this soundtrack song is amazing and I love the choice of stills.
Secondary OTP:
