'The Legend' Promo Event to be Telecast in Japan

A promotional event to publicize 'The Legend', a Korean drama series starring actor Bae Yong-joon, will be broadcast live via satellite in a number of movie theaters across Japan.

Bae's management agency BOF said the '2008 Taewangsasingi Premium Event', which will be held at the Kyosera Dome in Osaka on June 1, will be screened in 13 movie theaters via live satellite telecast and that the event will be watched by an estimated 40,000 Japanese viewers.

BOF said the satellite telecast was organized for fans who could not procure tickets to attend the promotional event. Tickets were sold out 18 minutes after ticket sales began on May 25. According to reports, the 80-dollar tickets were also sold on online auction sites for large sums of money.

Tickets sales for the movie theater telecast began on May 23 at http://www.cnplayguide.com.

The much-anticipated event will be attended by Bae, producer Kim Jong-hak, Lee Ji-ah, Moon So-ri, Park Sung-woong, Lee Phillip and Oh Gwang-rok.

The drama series was aired in Korea in September last year and recorded an average viewer rating of 30%. The series was introduced to Japan in December last year on the BS High Vision channel, the satellite broadcast of NHK.

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