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Aug
17
2008

Aoi Sora Debuts on Korean Cable Drama… Clothed?

Posted by X at 8:10pm.

Posted in TV , Asia.

I guess any man with a router and a keyboard more or less knows who Aoi Sora is. What some people probably don’t know is that the AV star also does “proper” work from time to time. She had cameos in J-Dorama like ガリレオ (Galileo) and 特命係長只野仁 (Detective Tadano Hitoshi), and had her share of starring or supporting roles in erotic doramas like 嬢王 (Jyouou). She also recently had a role in Songyos Sugmakanan’s Thai comedy ปิดเทอมใหญ่ หัวใจว้าวุ่น (Hormones), and is now looking to add Korea to her CV. News of Aoi’s debut on Korean cable TV started spreading the last two weeks, but it sounded a lot like those rumors Korean “journalists” often try to throw at the wall. But now more details are out, and it’s starting to sound a lot more like reality.

The idea was that Aoi would star in a “normal” (as in, well, clothed?) Cable drama, produced by Park Jun-Hyeong and unfolding over 4 episodes. 3 Japanese actresses (all AV stars, apparently) would be the star of one episode, about Japanese students visiting Korea and falling for some local men, and they’d all three star in the final episode. Doesn’t sound too different from the massive array of quasi-softcore porn which permeates Korean cable TV, but producers stress it’s quite tame even compared to what airs on domestic cable, as Aoi seemingly wants to strip (ahem) her previous AV starlet image. The actress was in Korea last July to shoot her scenes, and although groups like CJ Media are denying they even heard of the show, it seems Park is negotiating with 3-4 cable channels to air the show later this year. Any announcement regarding the channel or the airing date is slated for after the Olympics.

[Daum News]

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Reader Comments

  1. Kobe 08/18/2008 @ 4:03pm

    Any chance we’ll be seeing a review when it airs, X?  I think most men with a router and a keyboard need your expert opinion to decide whether we’ll watch the series or not since 3 Japanese AV stars isn’t enough incentive wink

  2. X 08/18/2008 @ 4:58pm

    Uh… those pseudo-erotic cable dramas are so hilariously bad. I could take a look, but probably not all four episodes.

  3. plastique 08/18/2008 @ 10:41pm

    While clicking away aimlessly on Netflix one day, I found a v-cinema film starring Sora Aoi that is actually out on R1 dvd called Man, Woman, and the Wall. The movie’s ok, but i thought she acted capably in it and if she got into acting before she got into her other job maybe she’d have a steady career as an actress. Not that I mind that she got into her in her current profession:).

  4. sarkoffagus 08/19/2008 @ 12:06pm

    It looks like Sora is headed in that direction, looking to be an actress in standard fare, and I guess by standard, I mean not an AV production. Although she’s still making AV films, isn’t she? In any case, she’s adorable, so watching her in anything is nice.

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