Tuesday 20 June 2023

The Legendary Lee Joon Gi - Second To None

 




THE LEGENDARY

LEE JOON GI


SECOND
TO
NONE






 


 

 




In 2022, when Lee Joon Gi and Shin Sae Kyeong were cast in their lead male and lead female roles as Eun Seom / Saya and Tanya respectively in tvN’s 2023 epic Ancient Fantasy-Action Television Series, the Kdrama community and the public have been led to believe that they were the leading actors and would be given top billing. The question then is: Why is Lee Joon Gi billed as Number 2 when he should be the top-billed star in tvN’s promotion of The Sword of Aramoon? As far as the Kdrama public is concerned, Lee Joon Gi is the star of the television series and the biggest name and the biggest draw in the cast. Lee Joon Gi has star power; he is the one that the global audience is waiting for. He is not only globally famous as a sterling actor but also globally popular. Therefore, this billing is contentious. 

 

 














Lee, who rocketed to fame and popularity with The King and The Clown in 2005, has through the passage of time, impressed everyone even more with his sterling acting performance, successful movies and television series, singing concerts, international and local awards and passionate global fandom. Lee Joon Gi is globally loved, lauded and well-respected. No other actor, senior or junior is of his calibre!

 

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1666966184451866625

 







 


 

 



Lee Joon Gi is second to none. He is the epitome of everything that the Kdrama audience has grown to love about Korean actors. It is obvious to Lee’s global fans, observers of obvious intelligence and seasoned Kdrama lovers that in order for the egos of senior actors be fed, Lee Joon Gi, the sterling lead actor who portrays the lead character, is forced into second billing. It is an injustice, a travesty. It must be emphasized that Lee Joon Gi and Shin Sae Kyeong, whose credentials are impressive, have been specially brought in to bring the television series to life, to improve its quality as well as enliven and spice it up. Billing is based on star power and Lee Joon Gi and Shin Sae Kyeong have plenty of that.

 

 








According to international opinion, Lee Joon Gi ranks above any other actors. Many magazines have heaped lavish praises on the multihyphenate who has been featured on uncountable covers of magazines in Asia particularly, South Korea, China and Japan. Two such magazines have led the chorus of praise for Lee. The August 2018 ELLEMEN HONG KONG refers to him as THE LEGENDARY HERO and WAVES CHINA 2021 reminds us that Lee Joon Gi is MORE THAN OUTSTANDING. No South Korean has been so highly regarded.

 






 

  



 

 

  

Lee will be featured on the cover of the 2023 July issue of the Japanese magazine, Hanyru Pia and also on the cover of the June 2023 Korean TV Drama Guide.

 


KOREAN TV DRAMA GUIDE

JUNE 2023

 

 

 


HANYRU PIA

JULY 2023

 




 


Many directors have also showered praises on Lee Joon Gi, one of whom is Director Lee Joon Ik, who helmed The King and The Clown. Lee Joon Ik refers to Lee Joon Gi as ‘A Gift Sent By God’.

 

 

 












 

 






Director Lee Joon Ik was reported to have said it at the 17th anniversary event of The King and The Clown which took place at 12 noon on 16 October 2022 at KOFIC (Korean Film Council) in Busan. The director lavishly praised the then rookie Lee Joon Gi for having left an indelible impression as Gong-gil, the clown. ‘We cast him based on his audition. I never thought he would do such a great job. Lee Joon Gi didn’t have any experience yet. Despite all the worries, he did a brilliant job. There were many magical moments where he outdid himself.’




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qcJK5bofY

 



The 2005 movie sold 12.3 million tickets in South Korea, an amazing feat then and even now. Its worldwide gross is US$74.5 million. The movie, the director and the cast, including Lee Joon Gi, won many local and international awards.

 


















Lee Joon Gi is one of the 100 Korean people from different occupations, who are featured in the 100th celebratory issue of Cultura (October 2022), the prestigious Korean magazine for culture and the arts. Those specially chosen by the magazine are the filmmakers, actors, musicians, broadcasters (all from the showbusiness industry), literary figures, artists and sportsmen who have contributed significantly to South Korea particularly, Korean culture.











 




The October 2022 issue is a milestone for the magazine.

 

The honour bestowed on Lee speaks volumes about the status of the sterling global actor and superstar.

 



 

 

 










 

 

 

 

Lee Joon Gi had shared in an interview that he beat 3,000 actors for his role in The King and The Clown, a saguek movie. In order to stand out during the tough audition process which took a month, he did a handstand and split his legs at the end of his audition. His startling creativity created a powerful impression on the director; he was hired and the memorable sequence was adopted in the movie.

 

 

 







It was inevitable that Lee Joon Gi would go on to star in many historical or saguek television series in which he would display his sword fighting skills as well as his horsemanship. The saguek television series are Iljimae (2007), Arang And The Magistrate (2012), Gunman in Joseon (2014), The Scholar Who Walks The Night (2015) and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016). All these earned him the title, ‘King of Saguek' or ‘King of Historical Dramas’.

 






 

  


MOON LOVERS SCARLET HEART RYEO 

SWORD FIGHTING SKILLS


 






MOON LOVERS SCARLET HEART RYEO

HORSE-RIDING SKILLS

 




https://www.instagram.com/p/BJpFDH1jeVz/?taken-by=actor_jg&hl=en

 

 

 

THE JOSEON GUNMAN

HORSE-RIDING SKILLS


 


THE SCHOLAR WO WALKS THE NIGHT

HORSE-RIDING SKILLS

 

 

 

 

 

 














http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1226271




Lee Joon Gi is a martial arts expert, having trained at a young age in a large variety of combat sports so he doesn’t need a stunt double for his action scenes. He is labelled as South Korea’s Top Action Star.

  

Lee’s history in martial arts is interesting. His father was the one who insisted that the overly active boy learn martial arts. Lee has black belts (Fourth Dan) in Taekwondo, Hapkido and Taekkyeon.

 

Lee won the Martial Arts Actor Award in 2009 for Time Between Dog and Wolf and Iljimae.












Besides being addicted to Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu which he learnt for Lawless Lawyer (2018), he also loves other martial arts like Chinese Wing Chun. He learnt Muai Thai (Thai Boxing) and Thai Kick Boxing for Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007) and he also showcased his mixed martial arts in Lawless Lawyer (2018) and Again My Life (2022) which are replete with exciting action sequences.

 

 

BRAZILLIAN JIU-JITSU


 

 

 

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) was an important turning point in Lee’s life. He made such a deep impression on Milla Jovovich, his co-star; Director Paul Anderson and others that they were full of glowing praises for his stellar acting performance and impressive fighting skills which he demonstrated in the 2016 North American movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 














 

 



 




Lee Joon Gi has taken every opportunity to explore new experiences and improve himself; he learnt Systema, the Russian martial art for Criminal Minds Korea (2017). When young, the incredibly athletic actor developed his Parkour and other athletic skills which he had showcased in advertisements and projects including Criminal Minds Korea.

 




CRIMINAL MINDS KOREA 2017

ROOFTOP CHASE SCENE



Lee Joon Gi performed a thrilling but dangerous action sequence – a rooftop chase scene for tvN's Criminal Minds (Korea) but unfortunately, it was chopped off from the thrilling 2017 tvN television series probably, in Episode 1 (before 17:30), for real reasons only known to the production company. Kim Hyun Joon played by Lee Joon Gi, was chasing a criminal, leaping and jumping over several rooftops. 


In 2019, a similar rooftop chase scene appeared in a South Korean television series. The copycat series is different in that it is set in a foreign country and the chaser is on the rooftop but the one pursued is running on the ground.

 





https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk91wfrgCo9/?taken-by=virus5374

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlARwwtgGWV/

 


































https://www.dramabeans.com/2017/07/pd-lee-jung-hyo-quits-tvns-criminal-minds/

 

 

 





DIRECTOR KIM JIN MIN

Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007)

Lawless Lawyer (2018)

 

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1198027wpp/lawless-lawyer-pd-compliments-lee-joon-gi-hes-grown-actor-past-11-years

 

  


Lee Joon Gi also showcases his repertoire of stunning martial arts skills in Lawless Lawyer.

 

PD Kim Jin Min, who worked with Lee Joon Gi in 2 action-fuelled television series, Time Between Dog and Wolf and Lawless Lawyer commented, "11 years ago, when I saw the way Lee Joon Gi passionately expressed himself, I thought that it was beautiful to see. It made me think, ‘So a young male actor can work as hard as that.' He’s not only passionate now, but also experienced, so he completely controls the atmosphere on set. I will absolutely never agree when someone tells me that I’m the one who raised Lee Joon Gi [as an actor]’. Lee Joon Gi was already a star back then, and now he’s a world star. He’s not someone who became this way because I tried to make him like this nor is Lee Joon Gi someone who can be created. A great actor like him just exists, and I just happen to be living in the same era as him."


 


https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%9D%B4%EC%A4%80%EA%B8%B0/%ED%8F%89%EA%B0%80%20%EB%B0%8F%20%EC%96%B8%EA%B8%89













 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIYtsnGfcrk

 



Having impressed many in the industry, it is unsurprising that the Lawless Lawyer actor who has been described by action directors as ‘An actor who is a Stunt Expert’ or ‘Unbeatable Action Star’ has also been labelled 'The Tom Cruise of The East’. But the versatile and talented chameleon actor, who outshines others on the screen, is more than that. He is in fact, a blend of Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Bond, and Daniel Day Lewis.

 






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPSfxu3RDIA

 



The 2018 Lawless Lawyer has been heavily plagiarized by another South Korean television series (2021). In fact, the copycat series, which has been heavily (globally) promoted on Netflix has plagiarized not only Lawless Lawyer but also bits of Flower of Evil (2020). Lee Joon Gi and his television series have been relegated to an inferior position on Netflix. Even, his face doesn't appear on 'You have watched the shows of this actor'.


But the story does not stop there. Fact is stranger than Fiction. Lee Joon Gi's 2020 Flower of Evil has also been plagiarized by yet another South Korean television series (2021).


It must be clarified that plagiarism is different from remakes or adaptations.












Although Director Kim Cheol Kyu praises many members of the Flower of Evil cast for their fine performance, those major scenes in the television series that he emphasizes focus on charismatic Lee Joon Gi as the central character. 


It hardly needs saying that those explosive and impressive scenes in the melodramatic-thriller hinge on Lee’s tour de force performance wth the different members of the cast.





https://www.soompi.com/article/1431206wpp/flower-of-evil-director-praises-the-cast-discusses-the-hardest-scenes-to-film-and-more

 














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The 2022 Again My Life is another of Lee’s television series which is filled with amazing action scenes. The drama, a masterpiece about moral passion, is a striking insight into many interesting issues like justice, copyright issues, corruption and media lies; it provokes thought and meditation. Lee's performance is a tour de force.


The story of plagiarism continues. Lee Joon Gi's 2022 Again My Life has also been plagiarized by another 2022 South Korean television series.


The plagiarism of Lawless Lawyer, Flower of Evil, Again My Life and the rooftop chase (Criminal Minds Korea) is what we refer to as Hidden In Plain Sight.

 



https://twitter.com/i/status/1524114930227572736


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Lee Joon Gi, The Hallyu King: Then and Now, is extremely popular globally, particularly in Asia. He is passionately supported by his local and global fans. His fans spend enormous sums of money to advertise his television series and movies, send coffee / snack trucks / catered meals to his filming locations, send congratulatory flower stands or 'rice wreaths' to his concerts and product presentation / press conferences, and also celebrate Christmas and his birthdays by sending him presents and gifts.


2016 was a special year. Lee Joon Gi’s Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo garnered about 2.5 billion views in China. (Has someone in Wikipedia been tampering with the numbers?)

 

But, surprise, surprise, Lee Joon Gi, not other rival actors of competing television series in 2016 (Descendants of The Sun, Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, The Legend of The Blue Sea), was ranked FIRST in WEIBO HALLYU ACTOR RANKING. If the truth be known, the other lead actors were not ranked.

 



 

 

 https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?isHttpsRedirect=true&blogId=ktv520&logNo=220851424202


 

 



 




Although Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo did not do as well as Descendants of The Sun or Moonlight Drawn By Clouds domestically,  it was a  global hit. 


It was very popular in Asia, particularly, China, the US and elsewhere. In Malaysia and Singapore, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo and Moonlight Drawn By Clouds were SIMULTANEOUSLY broadcast but Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo garnered 73% or THREE-QUARTERS of the views. (Wikipedia, mind you - not 70%, but 73%!). Imagine!




https://k-popped.com/2016/09/scarlet-heart-wins-hearts-and-ratings/

 





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Lovers:_Scarlet_Heart_Ryeo

 





It is interesting to know that Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo was an overall commercial success compared to other television series.

 

It was sold at $400,000 per episode while Descendants of The Sun was sold at only $250,000 per episode. 


Wikipedia noted that the record was broken by Man To Man. It has not been proven or properly verified. If one remembers correctly, the import of Kdramas into China was restricted after Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo because of the THAAD issue. (Where did Wikipedia get such spurious news?)

 

 








 

 

In the same year, in an American survey of Kdramas and actors, Lee Joon Gi and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart were placed 2nd in The Favourite Actors and Drama Charts 2016 respectively. IU or Lee Ji Eun was placed third. Other South Korean lead actors in those very popular rival television series of 2016 were nowhere to be found.

 

 

 










None can deny that Lee Joon Gi is The Hallyu King; he continues to receive the same massive kind of enthusiastic and passionate support of his ardent and staunch local and international fans as he did ever since he became internationally popular and famous in 2005. His global fandom, in fact, has increased dramatically.


 








JAPAN




CHINA










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CHINA









GLOBAL FANS





GLOBAL FANS







TAIWAN








WITH J

JAPAN












JOONPIRE
JAPAN










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DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT SUPPORT

FROM GLOBAL FANS WITH LOVE

(MAY-JUNE 2018)











DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT SUPPORT

FROM GLOBAL FANS WITH LOVE

(MAY-JUNE 2018)

 









 

 POSTER ADVERTISEMENT SUPPORT

FROM GLOBAL FANS WITH LOVE

(MAY-JUNE 2018)





COFFEE TRUCK

CATERED FOOD SUPPORT

FROM GLOBAL FANS WITH LOVE








CATERED FOOD SUPPORT

FROM TAIWAN WITH LOVE




















LJGGFSP

LEE JOON GI GLOBAL FANs SUPPORT PROJECTS














LJG TAIWAN FAN CLUB







LJG MALAYSIA FAMILY






JGTW
TAIWAN






 DCINSIDE
SOUTH KOREA






 WITH J
JAPAN






RUSSIAN FAMILY




 







THE STAR MAGAZINE

SOUTH KOREA










CHOEAEDOL CELEB SUPPORT ADS
















https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFSPRrpKDB/




https://twitter.com/MarieOberos/status/1381163758249070593/photo/1










DELIGHT LJG
CHINA


 https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzv-bIJS0Y/











HONG KONG FANS




https://www.instagram.com/p/CMw31mTJEDm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJxgcCpSAy/




WASH PROGRAM

Dang Tong School









LJG TAIWAN FAN CLUB






https://www.instagram.com/p/CM3QEydJdJw/

 








JGTW

TAIWAN













JG THAI FAMILY












LEE JOON GI BAR

CHINESE FAMILY






https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKeNIzpBN1/


































WITHJ

JAPAN



















JOONPIRE

JAPAN





https://n.news.naver.com/article/088/0000697651?lfrom=twitter






















IRAN

IRANIAN FAMILY🇮🇷



https://www.instagram.com/lee._.joongi/













BANGLADESH

















https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_u9_Lwtt2U




















BARNAUL SIBERIA

RUSSIA













HAJUNSE

SOUTH KOREA







https://www.instagram.com/p/COBx4gEp3hl/











DC INSIDE LEE JOON GI GALLERY

SOUTH KOREA






















 

 



CONGRATULATORY RICE WREATHS

PRODUCTION CONFERENCE / PRESS CONFERENCE

FOR

THE GLOBAL ACTOR

LEE JOON GI

AND

AGAIN MY LIFE (2022)



 

ADVERTISEMENT SUPPORT

FROM
GLOBAL FANS

FOR

LEE JOON GI

AND

AGAIN MY LIFE (2022)


 



COFFEE TRUCK & FOOD CATERING

SUPPORT

FROM

GLOBAL FANS

FOR

LEE JOON GI

AND

AGAIN MY LIFE (2022)





FANS CELEBRATE

LEE JOON GI’S BIRTHDAY

17 APRIL 2022












 

 



LEEJOONGI EXCLUSIVE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



LEE JOON GI MALAYSIA




LEE JOON GI GLOBAL SUPPORT PROJECTS





LE  BIMBE DI JUNKI
LEE JOON GI ITALIAN FANS




JOONGILICIOUS

INDONESIA




LEE JOON GI THAI FAMILY




JOON CHAE INTERNATIONAL FAN CLUB










COFFEE TRUCK & FOOD CATERING

SUPPORT

FROM

GLOBAL FANS

FOR

LEE JOON GI

AND

THE SWORD OF ARAMOON

2023


 

LEEJOONGI EXCLUSIVE

 


 

ISRAEL





LJGGFSP

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOONPIRE JAPAN


 

 


HONG KONG


 



LE BIMBE DI JUNKI

ITALY

 



KIM JI EUN

LEE JOON GI'S CO-STAR 

(AGAIN MY LIFE LEADING LADY) 


 

 


DCINSIDE LEE JOON GI GALLERY

SOUTH KOREA


 

 

 

JGTW

TAIWAN


 

 

 

HAJUNSE
SOUTH KOREA









 












SOUTH KOREAN AND GLOBAL FANS

BIRTHDAY PROJECT

LEE JOON GI
48TH CHARITY FAIRY







SOUTH KOREAN AND GLOBAL FANS


LEE JOON GI
MIRACLE OF APRIL

BIRTHDAY PROJECT




JOONPIRE
JAPAN

BOOK DONATION








LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE






LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE






LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE






LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE

 


LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE







LEE JOON GI EXCLUSIVE








JG THAI FAMILTY
THAILAND








LJGGFSP
LEE JOON GI GLOBAL FANS SUPPORT PROJECTS


 



WITH J
JAPAN






LJG MALAYSIA FAMILY







JG STYLE SINAPORE



 



LE BIMBE DI JUNKI
ITALY







LEE JOON GI FANS
JAPAN






JOONGILICIOUS
INDONESIAN FANS







INDONESIAN MUSLIM FANS




 

 

LEE JOON GI'S FAN

CHINA







JGTW
TAIWAN



 

LEE JOON GI'S FANS

JAPAN

(CAESAR'S CAFE)






LJG TWFC
TAIWAN






HONG KONG FAMILY





JG CHINA
GUANGZHOU FAMILY






DCINSIDE 
SOUTH KOREA FAMILY

 






ISRAEL FAMILY






JOONCHAE INTERNATIONAL FAN CLUB

 





JLEE JOON GI INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN-SPEAKING FAMILY

UKRAINE, MOLDOVA & RUSSIA
(3 COUNTRIES)







BRASIL FAMILY






HAJUNSE
SOUTH KOREA




 

 Note: The above are only some examples of global and local fan support projects.








Lee Joon Gi, an amazing multihyphenate, is not only an actor but also martial artist, singer and model. He has held uncountable successful singing concerts locally and internationally since 2005 in South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

 






 

Showbiz Korea (Arirang), on its 28 November 2018 segment, had proclaimed Lee Joon Gi as The Reigning Prince of Asia. As the title is officially bestowed on the multi-talented superstar by Showbiz Korea, it had generated a lot of excitement among Lee’s fans.

 























The most recent concert with a 5,000 audience was held on 5 May 2023 in Yokohama, Japan.










 

Below are just some of the many concerts he had held in the past. 

 


 



 


 









 













 

 

 















 










It is true that Lee has a spirit of enterprise in producing official magazines, greeting cards, calendars, books and souvenirs to satisfy his fans’ demand for such products.

 


JGTONE

2023





 



 

LEE JOON GI IN LOVE AND PEACE

2022

VIETNAM








THE STORY OF LEE JOON GI
ME AND YOU

2021

JEJU ISLAND

SOUTH KOREA

 






LEE JOON GI SELFIE BOOK

2020

MACAU

CHINA

 

  





 

 

2019

 ON THE CITY

OFF THE CITY

 THAILAND







2018

ONE & ONLY

OKINAWA

JAPAN








2016

LEE JOON GI IN HAWAII

U.S.A.





 









Having emerged as South Korea's most celebrated and talented multihyphenate, Lee Joon Gi has received many international and local awards. 


In the 2012, Lee Joon Gi won the GRAND PRIZE for the Korean Wave category of the SKAPA Awards, Japan.

 




 






After the global success of Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Lee Joon Gi who portrayed Prince Wangso-cum-Emperor Gwangjong, was appointed the Brand Ambassador for the RPG game, Goong 3D or Palace 3D in 2020.





















 

 









Lee Joon Gi’s reputation as a fine and versatile actor dates as far back as 2005 when, as a 23 year-old young man, he was picked to portray the effeminate clown, Gong Gil in The King and The Clown. He won innumerable awards for his breakout role. Life has never been the same again for the multihyphenate.

 

Lee not only developed himself as a top-tiered actor but also an amazing martial artist, singer, dancer and model. Is he the Jack of all trades and Master of none? Of course not. He is a Master of whatever he does. He is also the lead actor in many successful contemporary and historical television series. His international movie list includes The Hotel Venus (Japan 2004), Virgin Snow (South Korea / Japan 2007), Never Said Goodbye (China 2016), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (North America 2016).

   

Having starred in many very successful foreign and local movies and television series, he has won many INTERNATIONAL and local awards.

  

 









 

Hideta Takahata, the director, received the Silver George for The Best Film of the Perspective competition.

 










 

 






 

 

Phoenix Legend Films, the producer of Never Said Goodbye, received the Best Producer Awards at the 3rd China-Australia International Film Festival in 2016.

 









A COMPARISON OF THE BOX OFFICE IN CHINA

BETWEEN

RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION

(2012)

AND

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER

(2017)



 

2012

RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION

BOX OFFICE IN CHINA

$17 M

 

($17,760,312)

 

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Retribution#tab=international






2017 RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER

30 MARCH 2017

CHINA BOX OFFICE

$161, 470, 000







BOX OFFICE HISTORY

FOR

RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES


 

 











 

It can be said that one of the defining points in Lee Joon Gi's life was when he starred as Gong Gil, the effeminate clown in the fabulous historical and historic movie, The King and The Clown.





 









Lee Joon Gi won many awards for his role as Gong Gil in The King and The Clown and so did Director Lee Joon Ik and other members of the cast.

 

The grosses of The King and The Clown amounted to: $73,992,600 in South Korea and $74,466,867 Worldwide.

 

 






Lee's breakthrough role of Gong-gil in The King and The Clown launched him into international stardom and popularity. Helmed by Director Lee Jun Ik, the 2005 movie sold 12.3 million tickets, an amazing feat then and even now. 





 






The King and The Clown is considered to be the best film in the 100-year history of Korean cinema.



 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jwDqsp-dU/

(source — Sports DongA

https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000761832)

 

 

 

 





BEST ON-SCREEN COUPLE AWARD

LEE JOON GI  AND GAM WOO SUNG


 




 

 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FduspE9bMk&t=148s












































 









 






 




 

https://www.hancinema.net/lee-joon-ki-awarded-at-shanghai-fest-9825.html

 

 




 

 

 https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=018&aid=0000515878


 

 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2007/09/178_9563.html

 

 



 

 

 

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly,_Daddy,_Fly



It was reported that the movie preview screening tickets that went on sale via the internet on 21 July were immediately sold out and box office sales that began the following day closed within two hours.




 

 

 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_18_%28film%29

 























Lee Joon Gi also received international awards for his fabulous television series.




















































 


 



 

 

 


 






 

 



 


 

 



 

 

 



 



  


Lee should have received the Daesang for Flower of Evil and his roles in other outstanding television series. His role of a psychologically damaged man in Flower of Evil has been critically acclaimed locally and globally. He was named the 2020 ICON for DRAMA by Cultura, the South Korean magazine for the arts and culture.

 




 

 




Even, ALJAZEERA, which is well-known for being fair and unbiased in their news reports, has recommended Lee's Flower of Evil to its readers. The television series is at the top of their list.



 

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/11/3/six-korean-series-to-watch-instead-of-squid-game

 

 

 

  






 

 



 



 

Lee Joon Gi's television series have also been remade / adapted by other countries - Flower of Evil by The Philippines and Duranga by India, and Lawless Lawyerth by Thailand. Lee Joon Gi's performance has been critically acclaimed and globally lauded. He had won awards in both television masterpieces, Lawless Lawyer (2018) and Flower of Evil (2020).

 


 

LAWLESS LAWYER

SOUTH KOREA

 

 


LAWLESS LAWYER

THAILAND



 

 

 





FLOWER OF EVIL

THE PHILIPPINES

 



DURANGA

INDIA









The world launch of Lee’s first Thai photo book, ‘Sawasdee Khrab’ or ‘Hello’ was held on 27 September 2009.  About a hundred members of the Asian media were present and 1,000 fans were waiting to see him.

 

The book was published in conjunction with the Korean-Thai Chamber of Commerce (KTCC) fiftieth anniversary celebrations.

 

In appreciation for his service as an Honorary Spokesperson for raising Thailand’s profile, Lee received a special plaque from the Tourism Authority of Thailand. 


















Lee Joon Gi, an active YouTuber in his younger days, had an entertaining vlog or video log, JG STYLE, which captured his lifestyle, experiences and activities.

 




 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1669313626086293508

 






 




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With all his achievements, Lee Joon Gi is indeed more than outstanding. There is no actor like him in South Korean showbusiness. He is beyond comparison.

  

Lee Joon Gi’s films and television series are very successful. His acting performance and shows have never received negative reviews nor have his movies or television series been reported to be box office bombs. The First Lead is very important to a movie or television series and should have an impeccable reputation. He should not be embroiled or weighed down by lingering personal controversies, past or present.







 

Lee Joon Gi, who is famous for his unaffected and charming persona, has an enviable and unrivalled reputation as an actor that is second to none in the showbusiness industry. He is in a league or a class of his own. NONE has come close to him in terms of fame, popularity, multiple talents, success, achievements and reputation. Strange things have happened; many showbusiness organizations have tried to groom younger actors to emulate him, be carbon copies of him, and even helped them to ride on Lee’s coattails but those actors have not been personally successful. 


How can disarming charm, magical aura, arresting screen presence, God-given talents and a magnetic personality be 'copied'? 







So, why should Lee Joon Gi not be FIRST or TOP-BILLED in tvN's The Sword of Aramoon?

 


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