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Actress Jun Ji-hyun, 27, has begun promoting her new film "Blood: The Last Vampire" amid lingering public attention about her mobile phone incident. Jun attended a premiere for the movie held in Tokyo on April 2, restarting her film career after a one-year hiatus.

Jun had kept a low profile over the past year following the disappointing box-office performance of "A Man Once a Superman" where she played an opposite to Hwang Jung-min.

In particular, the Korean Wave star also did not show up at any public event in the past months due to a scandal where her agent allegedly attempted to spy on her by duplicating her mobile handset.

At the press event in Tokyo, Jun said she had a hard time physically and mentally working on "Blood," but she felt satisfied with the result.

"Blood," directed by Ronny Yu, is a remake of a Japanese animation of the same title. Jun plays a high school girl named Saya who slashes vampires at the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, just before Halloween. The film is set to be released in Japan on May 29.

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March 20, SEOUL, South Korea -- Top South Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun appears in an advertisement for her "Gianna" jeans which were jointly produced with U.S. premium jean maker True Religion. (Yonhap) (END)

Source: Yonhap News

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Actress Jeon to Launch Line of Blue Jeans

Actress Jeon Ji-hyun has lent her name to a world-famous brand of luxury blue jeans. True Religion is about to release a line of jeans called Gianna by True Religion, created with pan-Asian Korean star Jeon and named for her English name Gianna.

Distributed in some 50 nations including the U.S., Canada, Australia and countries in Europe, True Religion jeans became widely known when actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz and model Heidi Klum declared them their favorite denims.

The Gianna by True Religion line features 12 kinds of denim jeans designed to fit Korean women's figures and satisfy their sense of fashion.

To many people's surprise, Jeon was reportedly involved in every stage of their production, from design to deciding on fit and wash and their decoration with accessories.

True Religion suggested the Gianna line as it decided Jeon is the Asian star who is most stylish in blue jeans. It will be the company’s first celebrity line.

The line will debut on Friday in Korea, and then be released in 2009 in China, where Jeon has a large following and is known as a model for several companies.

Source: englishnews@chosun.com

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