From Stiff To Steamy: The Evolution Of Actor Lee Min Ho’s Kiss Scenes

From starring in numerous famous K-Dramas, Lee Min Ho has become one of the most well-known Korean actors worldwide. And as the K-Drama industry has changed in his twenty-two-year-long career, so has the actor. See how Lee Min Ho’s skills have evolved through his kiss scenes.

Lee Min Ho’s breakout role was Goo Jun Pyo in 2009’s Boys Over Flowers. Throughout the romance drama, he shared multiple on-screen kisses with his co-star Goo Hye Sun. But the K-Drama kisses back then were far from how explicit they are now.

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For nearly every kiss scene, the two touched lips and remained frozen as if it were a still frame.

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In 2010’s Personal Taste, Lee Min Ho’s kiss scenes with actress Son Ye Jin were slightly different. Besides the iconic 360-degree camera shot, it improved somewhat with realistic movements.

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However, it wasn’t time for a drastic change just yet. The 2012 historical drama Faith wasn’t ready to let the freeze-frame kisses go.

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The year 2013 was a turning point for Lee Min Ho’s kiss scenes. His passionate kiss with Park Shin Hye in The Heirs was something fans hadn’t seen from the actor.

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Lee Min Ho seemed to keep that energy for 2020’s The King: Eternal Monarch. In one of the scenes, he pulled actress Kim Go Eun in for one of his most natural kisses yet.

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And in 2022’s Pachinko, Lee Min Ho didn’t hold back for his kiss scene with actress Kim Min Ha.

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As K-Drama kisses have gone from pecks after ten episodes to passionate kisses in less than five, Lee Min Ho’s kiss scenes have done the same.