Angel Misspelled: Hallyu Porn : Riding the Korean Wave (한류)

What next for Hallyu (한류) or the Korean Wave? Well… how about the Japanese porn industry?

Meet Kim, Hyeon Su (김현수) aka Shin, Yeong Ung (신영웅).

He used to play in his high school's baseball team and got scouted to the Haitai Tigers (해태 타이거즈) professional baseball team where he played in the minor leagues.

신영웅 전 야구선수

본명: 김현수

출생: 1972년 1월 1일 (서울특별시)

나이: 40세 (만39세)

별자리: 염소자리

띠: 쥐띠

신체: 180cm, 80kg

혈액형: B형

데뷔: 1992년 해태 타이거즈 입단

특기: 웨이크보드, 스노우보드, 서핑

별명: 깜둥이

이상형: 귀여운 스타일

좌우명: 안되면 되게하라

종교: 기독교

좋아하는 색깔: 흰색, 검정색

좋아하는 음식: 씨푸드

좋아하는 동물: 강아지

좋아하는 운동: 야구

He even got selected to play in the major league but unfortunately just before his debut he suffered a serious elbow injury which effectively ended his baseball career.

And then happened one of those 'got scouted as a model while walking down the street" stories and soon he became a popular underwear model.

Subsequently, he also became the youngest VP of an adult entertainment establishment in Korea.

However, there came a time when he was facing economic difficulties. It was then that he got an offer to star in an erotic movie (에로 영화). And thus began his second innings (제2의 인생) as an actor in the adult movie industry under the stage name (예명) of Shin, Yeong Ung (신영웅), which means ‘new hero’. His first erotic movie was ‘Casanova and Sex Partner No. 100’ (카사노바와 백한번째 섹스 파트너).

Korean 성인비디오 actors 신영웅 & 주리아

He came into the spotlight when he appeared on the 1st episode of season 1 of the human report (휴먼르포) program, 'My True Story' (마이 트루스토리) broadcasted on 28th December, 2010 on Tcasts' (티캐스트) reportage channel (르포채널) CH View (채널 뷰).

The Korean Wave hit the Japanese porn industry when Shin starred in a Japanese AV (Adult Video).

Shin, Yeong Ung appears as the ‘AV Hallyu Star’ on the first page of a Japanese sports page

The AV was part of the ‘Seoul Love’ (서울의 사랑) series produced by a Japanese AV production company called ‘Ruby’.

`서울의 사랑`은 `한류 이케맨(훈남)과의 사랑을 꿈꾸는 일본 숙녀들, 그 상상이 실현되는 것인가`라는 부제로 서울을 배경으로 한국 남성과 연상의 일본 여인의 사랑을 그린 작품이다.

There are actually four videos in this series, two entitled 서울의 사랑 and the other two 서울의 연애.

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WARNING : NSFW! (19금)
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Let’s have a look at the first video in this series.

The story (yes, there’s a one!) is basically that a Japanese tourist in her forty’s hooks up with a Korean guy in his thirty’s in Seoul. They do the normal touristy stuff like visiting different places in Seoul like 명동 and royal palaces etc., eating Korean food, even going to the sauna (찜질방), and then they land up in a motel and have sex. The movie ends on an emotional note with the woman shedding tears on parting with the boy.

So at first, this looks like an AV produced by a Japanese company targeting middle-aged Japanese women who're caught up in the 'Korean Wave' and fantasize about having a Korean boy toy.

But, on having a look at the company’s website http://www.ruby-av.com all I could see were pictures of middle-aged or mature Japanese women. So going by what the website offers, this company seems to target men who like mature women. Now, I’m confused about the target audience for the 서울의 사랑 series.

Anyways, let’s get back to our ‘에로영화계의 황제’, ‘AV 한류진출의 선구자’ – 신영웅. The 39 year old Shin stars in the video along with the 43 year old Japanese AV actress Kirioka Satsuki (기리오카 사츠키).