Having paused my dramas since I've delivered B, I'm back with a vengeance. Started watching about a month ago and now, I've watched a number of them! I love that each one is better than the earlier one watched! *happy*
1. 秘密花园/ Secret Garden (Korean)
Episodes: 20
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Melodrama
Casts:Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won, Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im, Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young/Oska (Joo Won’s cousin), Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
Synopsis: The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.
Review: I thought this started a little slow. I was waiting for the swap to take place and it didn't happen until ep 5. Then, it started to get more and more interesting and engaging. Overall, I find it nice. I like happy endings. However, I do not think it is as nice as what others claim it to be. Was it because of Hyun Bin? He cute but I find the cousin (Aska) cuter. The profession of the actress (stuntwoman) is very unique...
2. 绅士的品格/ A Gentleman's Dignity (Korean)
Episodes: 20
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Casts: Jang Dong Gun as Kim Do Jin, Kim Ha Neul as Seo Yi Soo, Kim Soo Ro as Im Tae San, Kim Min Jong as Choi Yoon, Lee Jong Hyuk as Lee Jung Rok, Yoon Se Ah as Hong Se Ra, Kim Jung Nan as Kim Min Sook, Yoon Jin Yi as Im Me Ah Ri, Lee Jong Hyun as Colin
Synopsis: A Gentleman’s Dignity’ is a drama about the careers and love lives of urban professionals. This drama will tell the story of four men in their forties as they go through love, breakup, success and failure.
1. Kim Do Jin (Jang Dong Gun), an architect with a scathing tongue have romantic relationship with strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo (Kim Ha Neul), who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.
2. Im Tae San (Kim Soo Ro) is dating a cold-hearted woman but wonders if there is someone else out there for him.
3. Choi Yoon (Kim Min Jong) tries to heal his heart after losing his wife four years ago.
4. Lee Jung Rok (Lee Jong Hyuk) marries an older woman for money but may lose his comfortable lifestyle in a divorce.
Review: This is fantastic! I enjoyed every episode of this drama and I love the actors and actresses! It's a modern show about BGR. However, I thought some of the jokes are men's jokes and could only strike a chord in men only. I love the short 5-10mins intro at the beginning on the 4 men's early lives and how these are linked up and evolved in the drama. Haha, I like that Gandnam Style dance was shown more than once. This drama made me take notice of Samsung Galaxy Note which was the sponsored phone! :) Just a sidenote, Jan Dong Gun looks smaller build than I thought! And, I thought his face was very big and round last time.
3. 屋塔房王世子/ Roof Top Prince (Korean)
Episodes: 20
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Time-Travel
Casts: Micky Yoochun as Yong Tae Yong / Lee Gak, Han Ji Min as Park Ha / Bu Yong, Jung Yoo Mi as Hong Se Na / Hwa Yong, Lee Tae Sung as Yong Tae Moo, Lee Min Ho (1993) as Song Man Bo, Jung Suk Won as Woo Yong Sul, Choi Woo Shik as Do Chi San
Synopsis:‘Rooftop Prince’ has themes of time-travel.
Joseon era (300 years ago)
Lee Gak (Micky Yoochun) is the Crown Prince. When he is ready to marry, Lee Gak wants to marry a beautiful woman. Bu Yong (Han Ji Min) and Hwa Yong (Jung Yoo Mi) are sisters. Hwa Yong, the older sister wants to marry Crown Prince Lee Gak, but her father makes it clear that younger sister Bu Yong will marry the Crown Prince. Hwa Yong is so upset, she uses an an iron to burn Bu Yong’s face, pretending it was an accident. Now, Bu Yong carries a big scar on her face. Eventually, older sister Hwa Yong marries Crown Prince Lee Gak. Time passes and are now adults. Younger sister Bu Yong is now a smart woman, good with needlework. Older sister Hwa Yong is uneasy that her husband, Crown Prince Lee Gak, and Bu Young get along well. One day, Crown Prince Lee Gak wakes up in the early morning. He finds that Hwa Yong is not next to him. He feels something strange about the situation and calls for an eunuch. At this time, an eunuch comes running to the Crown Prince and informs him that Hwa Yong is found dead in a pond. Lee Gak suspects that his wife’s death is not by accident. He puts together a team to investigate his wife’s death. When the team awaits to interview a witness, a group of assassins appears and chases them. Crown Prince Lee Gak and his men are chased to the edge of a cliff. The group jumps off the cliff. The Prince from the Joseon era travels to the future with his entourage Song Man Bo (Lee Min Ho), Woo Yong Sul (Jung Suk Won) and Do Chi San (Choi Woo Shik).
Seoul 2012
When Park Ha (Han Ji Min) was young, her father remarried and Park Ha gained older step-sister Se Na (Jung Yoo Mi). When their parents left for work, older step-sister Se Na despised having to take care of her younger sister. One day, while younger sister Park Ha sleeps inside a truck, the truck suddenly departs. Even though Se Na sees the truck leaving, she turns around and pretends that it isn’t happening. Time passes, younger sister Park Ha is now living in America. While, Park Ha sells fruits as a sidewalk vendor, Yong Tae Yong (Micky Yoochun) sees her and feels a connection with Park Ha. Yong Tae Moo (Lee Tae Sung) appears in front of Yong Tae Young. They are cousins. The following day, the two men boards a yacht. While the boat is sailing, they have a small fight and Yong Tae Yong falls into the water. His cousin doesn’t attempt to save Yong Tae Yong and actually attempts to hide evidence that he was there. He then jumps into the water and swims away. At this time, younger sister Park Ha receives a phone call that her family has been located in South Korea. Park Ha travels to South Korea and learns that her father has just passed away. At her father’s funeral, Park Ha meets her step-mother and older step-sister Se Na. Park Ha has no memory of how she was separated from her family. Park Ha settles down in Seoul. One night, when she comes back to her rooftop room, she discovers four men, in Korean traditional clothing, sitting in her room…..
Review: This drama was the best of all I've watched this year! I like that the story gels back to the beginning and the mystery at the beginning was resolved. Some of the scenes are really funny! Some of the things get unexplained, e.g. did the aunt and that man get together? What happened to the prince in the end? etc
4. 信义/ Faith@The Great Doctor (Korean)
Episodes: 24
Genre:Romance, Historical, Fantasy, Time-Travel
Casts: Lee Min Ho as Choi Young, Kim Hee Sun as Yoo Eun Soo, Yoo Oh Sung as Ki Cheol, Lee Philip as Jang Bin, Ryu Duk Hwan as King Gong Min, Park Se Young as Princess Nogook
Synopsis: This drama shows the love between a warrior from the Goryeo Period and a female doctor from the present day, their love transcending time and space.
Yoo Eun Soo (Kim Hee Sun) is a 33-year old plastic surgeon in the year 2012. She was originally a general surgeon, but quickly found that it was an overworked, under-paid profession and jumped ship to plastic surgery. Her dream is to someday open her own practice. But one day, Choi Young (Lee Min Ho) kidnaps her and takes her back to the Goryeo era because needing her medical skills. Their love story spans centuries but also warring beliefs. He gave up on love to be an unflinching warrior.
Review: I'm now watching this. It's currently still showing in Korea. I'm not too fond of this but I'll complete it. Watched because of I like time travel dramas and I'm curious how different this drama would be compared to the rest of the time travel dramas (e.g. rooftop prince, etc). The Lee Min Ho and Kim Hee Sun combination look weird to me...
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