Ji Jin-hee launches Asian tour

Actor Ji Jin-hee will leave for Hong Kong Nov. 17 to promote the movie "Perhaps Love".

"Perhaps Love" (directed by Jin Ka-sin) co-stars Ji, Geum Seong-moo and Jang Hak-woo and has been invited to the foreign-language film category of the 78th Academy Awards ceremony slated for February of next year.

About nine million Hong Kong dollars was invested in the production of the movie, which opens in the United States and Asia on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. It is a love story about three men and one woman.

Ji will participate in a Christmas event in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, and make an appearance at an event celebrating the 38th anniversary of the ground-wave broadcaster TVB on Nov. 19, where he will be a presenter at an award ceremony.

Late this month, the actor will also launch the promotion of "Perhaps Love" along with his co-stars in Beijing and Shanghai, and will fly to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand early next month. In January of next year, he will visit Taiwan and Japan, and stop by Korea Dec. 9 for three days with his co-stars.

Ji, whose popularity soared after his role in the series "Jewel In The Palace" - "Dae Jang Geum" is awaiting the opening of another movie in which he stars opposite Moon So-ri, and has been cast to star opposite Yum Jung-ah in a new movie by Im Sang-soo.

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