Hana Yori Dango Actress Commits Suicide
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 9, 2009 10:02 JST
- Tags: Actress, Celebrities, Hana Yori Dango, Idol, Korea, Suicide, TV
Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.
Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months.
Police said that the 27-year-old actress apparently hanged herself from a stairway railing and was discovered by her sister.
The Korean entertainment business is known to be tough on its stars.
Internet-based personal attacks have been particularly nasty. Rabid Korean netizens figured prominently in fueling the suicide of actress Choi Jin-sil last October.
Jang had been suffering from depression and had undergone medical treatment for it during the past year. Jang was also known to have had trouble with her current management agency. The actress had complained about the overwhelming stress to her sister during a phone call earlier that afternoon.
Jang’s suicide is a tragic end to her rising stardom. After her public debut in 2006 in a TV commercial, Jang rose to stardom playing Sunny, one of the three mean girls in Boys over Flowers. With two upcoming movies this year, Jang was poised for a breakthrough year.
Via Korea Times.
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this is pretty sad :/ one of my friends is fan of her
*sigh* I fail to see how a bunch of rude comments coming from the internet could possibly fuel a suicide...
So how stressful is an actress's life anyways...
We all think that, but for someone who's battling clinical depression... even small things can be taken too seriously.
>>So how stressful is an actress’s life anyways…
Pretty damn stressful, actually.
It's not just the internet. In Korea, this shit spills into real life- fans of one person will actually attack other celebrities if they think there's been some insult, or if they feel betrayed (eg a male singer getting a girlfriend causes all the female fans to go nuts and attack them).
she was used as a sex slave during the filming guys..... its horrible. disgusting.
Humans is so fragile...
Was there a fan on in the room? I'm thinking this was most likely fan death and not suicide.
seriously upset that I lol'd
OH SHI-, I'm so angry and outraged that I LOL'd.
Another Darwin Award winner in the making.
Gotta love natural selection.
i think this has less to do with her than it does with producers and tallent agents atleast with this one. some deserve an award some dont thats all im saying now.
another proof that beauty is not a sure fire way to prolong your gene pool....
amen
And masturbating to cartoons and hiding from real women I suppose is an excellent way of propagating the species?
No, but it sure is a step in the right direction in addressing the overpopulation problem.
Nonsense. Resources are still being wasted. The culling should go faster.
Uhmm 3 in 6 months? maybe it's some serial killer with good precautions to avoid being discovered!
They should call CSI... :P
What if someone has a Death Note? Better call L.
That would be scary, beside why target Korean actors and actresses ?
cuz In this world Light is Korean and he frikin hates dramas?
Finally I can sympathize with Light's goals.
Amen to that.
Why waste it on her?...she's HOT!. My sympathys and prayers go out to her & fans. She looks lovely - what a shame.
I was replying to the "Death Note" comment BTW. - Not making jokes about her death.
you're a bunch of assholes. someone just died, show some respect
people die, it's just natural thing... why bother? you don't even know her close
go die in a fire
Oh hey, did you know that approximately 30 people have died in the time you took to read this comment? Show some respect for them, man. Jeez, what kind of horrible person are you, going on with your life like that while other people are dying.
boo fucking hoo
I'm glad that slutbucket is dead. Like some cock sucking whore in POP CULTURE would know how hard life is for normal people. We spend our days working for shit-tastic wages and many of us aren't attractive enough to get a relationship.
GO RIDDANCE
Go kill yourself, prick.
Sorry, I can't hear you with popcultures dick in your mouth.
LOL. You're as good as trash.
I'm not even a fan of K/J-Drama, let alone of the pop culture.
But you are a fucking idiot for finding joy from someone's driven into suicide, it is a fucking life.
And wait, you can't "hear" someone talking in the internet? Should I even attempt a remark here, or just leave it to your idiocy.
GO RIDDANCE?
And it's always sad to hear of a suicide. The conditions of the Korean entertainment industry look like they need some investigating...
It sounds as if you are poorly-adapted to your environment. Maybe they should give you a Darwin Award instead. Perhaps a special Lifetime Unachievement award.
Obvious troll is obvious.
i bet your parents and your grandparents sucked the most too because their child(that's you whoever you are Anonymous)grow up to be a sucky daft prick.
If only more celebritys in america would kill themselves
Tom Cruise would be a good start. Followed by John Travolta.
YES PLEASE!!!!
i lol'd.
Kevin Federline.
.........and Lindsay Lohan.
lindsay puhhhlease!
fucking bitch/whore and still getting rich in the process ack!
Paris Hilton, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin and Agnes Chan is listed in my "please become an heroine" list.
At least she chose a respectable way to kill herself: hanging. Pills and wrist-slitting are for little bitches and emos.
usually people who are scared of dying do that.
I hate stories of suicide, so beautiful yet so troubled. RIP Jang.
Atleast we can fuck the body
haha you're beyond disgusting. Are you why people commit suicide?
Judging by these comments and how immature they are ~ we all now know how stressful it can be.
However, when psychologically damaged already - these type of comments may have pushed her over the edge.
It's sad that some people think death is the only escape / solution. I hope she rests in peace.
Agreed, most of the comments posted disgust me.
RIP Jang Ja-yeon.
This is what happens when they attack a Japanese anime show from airing (indeed Hetalia).
The internet is a powerful weapon if used correctly!
Nah, people think they are powerful because they can attack on the Internet. They can even do it in real life :P
Nah, people think they are powerful because they can attack on the Internet. They can't even do it in real life :P
*Sigh* Fully aware of the flames I'll get from this, but I was really happy to see Artefact repeatedly use the correct term "adaptation" in multiple posts, and then I see this.
'Adaption' (incorrect suffix) is as ridiculous as using 'loose' instead of 'lose', and 'irregardless' (double negative).
Native English speakers: please help stop the madness.
Do note Artefact didn't write this...
I didn't even know people used adaption instead of adaptation. I thought it was just a typo. /shrug
In any case, I'll support you in your cause. Adaptation and regardless! However I can't imagine anyone mistaking loose for lose... You sure those aren't typos too?
lol so observant of the words used but not the author.
No flames necessary. I own up to the spelling error getting past both my spell checker and my manual proofreading. It won't be the last error I'll ever make, but I'll try not to make this one again.
This is truly sad. It was stated that she suffered from depression for ten years since her parents died.
no respect should be given to people who committed suicide (even more for those who are not living in poverty)
stress??? depression??? that's what life is all about, people lived with it...
suicide is what emo person try to gain attention by telling the rest of the world their life is miserable and worth to end it (lol case...)
So no respect should be given to people such as Nogi Maresuke or Saigo Takamori? I'm sure some people would disagree with you, especially in a site that covers Japanese culture, but everyone is entitled to their opinions.
There are some cases where japanese people committed suicide bcoz they felt guilty for causing death of many people (like flight 123).
i would consider that as different reason to kill yourself. you owe apologies to hundred of lives, and if you feel that by killing yourself will show a sincere apology...so be it, you are entitle for your own opinion
(but i still prefer to live carry your sins for the rest of your life)
but if you kill yourself bcoz you have a few bumpy road along your journey on a luxury limo drive??? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF u
No.
You kind of make a good point in that everyone suffers. It's like, just get over it and move on.
Drama due to a webcomic is damn hilarious, but ebbing on people to suicide is just sad.
As somebody who is very familiar with the internet/entertainment industry/real life thing in Korea let me say this:
Though it sounds pretty dumb to be affected by stuff that fans/anti-fans write up online, you need to have in consideration the size of Korea. Korea (223,170 km2) is smaller than California (423,970 km2), basically said, it is a lot smaller than USA. Online is not the problem in itself, it is the people who flame online and then take it offline and, next thing you know, your neighbor is talking crap about you.
It is like, a person in Pusan (330 km away form Seoul) says that he read XXX thing online about this actress and tells his best friend about. Of course, his best friend believes him (come on, they are friends) then he proceeds to tell his wife about it. Then the wife tell her brother. Then the brother... etc. In no time you will see the rumor spread around in most places in Korea. Does somebody care to check if it is true or not?
Don't we all love to elaborate our own version of whatever rumor we hear and, sometimes, we make it even bigger? (before you deny this, think about the rumors of Haruhi season 2 or XXX series XXX season).
Anyway, I find it hard to type out everything I know about this, can't find the proper way to explain it. Hopefully the above helps a little, if not and you wish to know more about this, find me online. I don't hide nor I run, plus, I am pretty easy to find ^_^v
My problem with this is that haters are everywhere. When someone becomes successful, haters become inevitable and will spread bad rumors around.
This actually happened to me recently, from MIT to 100000 hits. But I learned that haters are only telling you that you're on the right track to success, or they wouldn't be there spreading mean rumors about you.
So it's like, bring on the haters. >:D
It would be good if everybody had their mind set like you but not everybody can handle the stress of being put under fire 24/7.
The Korean film/tv industry needs to seriously take a look at what's going here. This can't be just a coincidence. There must be an undercurrent of abuse as far expectations are concerned.
FUCK THE BODY! POST THE PICTURES!
^ strike another victory for /Anonymous
Depression, the number 1 killer in my opinion.
This is a serious matter as well so i hope no one
ridicules otherwise you are the said 'hater'.
What a waste of good pussy.
Although i'm not a fan of Korean pop-cultures and soap operas..., i have to say;RIP to Jang Ja-yeon.
Hope Jang Na-ra won't do something like this. She's too cute (and her voice is sweet) too die..
Well that put a damper on my day.
disgusting 3d pig
Half of the comments on this page either disturb or disgust me.
Welcome to the internets
I didn't know her at all before reading this article...
Still, I can't help but feel sad.
Please rest in peace, now.
shes cute but no point =.= die liao
Honestly... even if I didn't know who she was I find it sad, the only people who should ever die are the ones who wish it upon others in my opinion.
And yes I am fully aware a statement like that forces me on that list, but I don't care as I find people who make light of another's death to be the lowest scum possible.
She had a good future, but she had lack of foresight.
I don't think the internet was to blame. It has to be something else that drove her to insanity. I blame her family for being unssuportive enough or her friends who never took her seriously.
But she has herself to blame for hanging herself; causing so much grief and pain just to prove a point or to please others. She lived a life to please others, and that is what actors are supposed to do, no matter how unfortunate that sounds.
It's sad seeing people type "Fuck the body etc." How can you even say that? Sure, you don't know her and don't give a witches tooth, but still, everytime you open your mouth like that a little bit of every human dies inside. And I'm not trying to be righteous and wish for world peace... Fucking test tube children don't know proper manners...
this is sad news :<
I wonder if she dropped good loot.
lost -9000% exp.
a small part of me died inside
"The frequently stressful business of appearing in the public eye"
Good job, Jin. The best ending to an article I've seen in a while.
fcuk, i thought it was the "Tsukushi Makino" from Japanese "Hana Yori Dango"
That's really sad. It seems like the Korean entertainment business isn't the best thing to be involved in. Though, I think there are other ways she could have solved her problems rather than just killing herself. I don't want to imagine the kind of stress she had on her.
Her management is a fucking pain in the ass. Korean showbiz can be really vicious. There's no shortage of haters. She should've dropped stardom if she's having much trouble but unfortunately she had no will letting go.
What a total waste. Let her sis sue the management company, but it's not gonna get her back to life.
Nothing much to say, a sad loss indeed...
Jang Ja-yeon:
Part of the solution to overpopulation.
"Jang had been suffering from depression and had undergone medical treatment for it during the past year."
Maybe some of you want to try out the depression thing first and then see how you feel, before posting comments.
Depression is a perception changing disorder that alters your values, your self-worth, and your enjoyment of every day things to the point that for some people life isn't worth it. No amount of 'pull yourself together', 'it's all in your mind', or any other dismissive comments, will make any difference and it's up to supportive counselling therapies, and/or medication and rest to help. It's probable this poor girl only got the meds and maybe some therapy, but she didn't get the rest....
Okay, okay... a human died. That's sad per definition. And you can't oppose it, unless you are an complete asshole. But for the love of god, look at the pics! It isn't _that_ sad.
people should try to treasure their life more,easier said than done though
Why does it seem like Cyber Bullying is accepted in Asian countries?
This, my friends so why psychology is crucial. Like it or not, what's in our heads and emotions (EQ) tend to make what we are today and tomorrow. Moreso, since the artists tend to be very sensitive people. The very same gift they have that enables them to act emphatically with their character also can be weapon of their own destruction.
RIP.
FUCK YOU KOREAN NETIZEN WHO CAUSED HER DEATH! WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!