Bae Yong-joon

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Career

Bae made his acting debut in 1994 in the Korean drama Salut D'Amour (lit. "Love Greeting" is in the word. The rookie actor's name soon rose, and a year later he was named Best New Actor at the 1995 KBS Drama Awards for Our Sunny Days of Youth. Bae continued to appear on television in Papa (191996), First Love (1996), which attained a peak viewership rating of 68%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and Noh Hee-penned Did We Really Love? (1999) He was planning to buy a hotel but had a change of heart after falling in love with one of its employees (Bae would later reprise his role in a cameo in the 2007 Japanese remake of Hotelier).

However, it was Yoon Seok-ho's Winter Sonata in 2002 that would change Bae's career and, in the meantime, the face of Korean dramas abroad that had a different character. Winter Sonata, a melodrama about first love, lost memory, and unknown family ties, became a hit in Asia and more than 20 countries, especially Japan. Bae gained a large fanbase among Japanese middle-aged women, who dubbed him with the honorific name Yon-sama (); cf. "Emperor Yon" has earned US$2.3 billion in tourism and Winter Sonata merchandise sales.

Bae appeared in his first big-screen role in Untold Scandal in 2003 (he had previously appeared in bit parts in two films in the 1990s). Bae played a sex predatory nobleman in E J-yong's version of Les Liaisons dangereuses, which occurred in the 18th century Joseon, in contrast to his delicate, academic appearance. The Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards recognized his achievement. In 2004, he introduced The Image: Volume 1, a photo book that has sold 10,000 copies.

Later, he worked with director Hur Jin-ho in April Snow (2005) about a stage lighting designer who discovers his wife's infidelity when she becomes comatose following a near-fatal car accident with her lover. The film had a weak domestic run, but due to Bae's star power, it set a new box office record for a Korean film in Japan, which was worth 2.72 billion.

Bae also ventured into restaurant business by opening restaurants and cafes that capitalize on the well-being trend. He owns Gorilla, a health food restaurant in the Kitchen, and Gosire, a high-end traditional Korean restaurant. He became Japan's most well-known Korean actor, and his Gosire lunchboxes (or bento) are available in Japanese grocery stores and supermarkets. Bae became one of Korea's top celebrities in 2006 as the majority shareholder (34.6%) of management company KeyEast (his shares are valued at US$128 million as of May 2015). The bulk of the KeyEast's, including president Bae Sung-woong, are Bae's former chiefs and have been with him for more than ten years.

In 2007, Bae's much-anticipated return to television (also known as Taewangsasingi) lit. "The Four Guardian Gods of the King" (The Four Guardian Gods of the King) Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, and Bae appeared in two parts: Gwanggaeto, the 19th king of the Goguryeo kingdom, and Hwanung, the son of God and organiser of Gojoseon. He was paid 2,500 million (US$217,000) per episode, making him the highest-paid Korean television actor of all time.

Choi Ji-woo, a co-star of Bae and Winter Sonata, in Japan, reunited as voice actors for the animated series Winter Sonata Anime in 2009. He also wrote a book of photo essays entitled A Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty, which promoted Korean traditional culture such as ceramics, vodka, hanbok, pansori, hanok, Hangul, kimchi-making, temple stays, museums, and historical sites. It was a best-seller and has been translated into Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, and English. A Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty was later turned into an eight-episode TV series that aired on MBC Life in 2011.

He appeared on B3 Publisher's Nintendo DS education series Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS ("Learn Korean with Bae Yong-joon"), a franchise that includes three games: Bae Yong-joon to Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (intermediate level), Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (adoutput:

Bae and KeyEast formed a joint venture with Park Jin-young and JYP Entertainment in 2009, which later developed Dream High (2011), a teen musical series based on student life at a high school for the performing arts. Bae, a creative producer, supervised the screenplay and production; he also appeared in a four-episode guest arc. Until 2013, the collaboration between KeyEast and JYPE, which was named Holym, lasted until 2013.

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