Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young/Oska (Joo Won’s cousin)
Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
Lee Philip as Im Jong Soo
Year: 2010-2011
Episodes: 22 (60 minutes) + 1 Special Episode
Ratings: 26.8%
OST:
That Woman by Baek Ji Young
Here I Am by 4Men & Mei
Watching by Yoon Sang Hyun
Appear by Kim Bum Soo
That Man by Baek Ji Young
Scar by Bois
Reason by 4Men
I Can’t by Mei
Here I Am by Yoon Sang Hyun
That Man by Hyun Bin
Appear by Yoari
You Are My Sping by Sung Si Kyung
You Are My Everything by Jeon Ha Yun
A Woman by Bebe Mignon
Tear Stains by Oscar
Liar by Oscar
Story/Synopsis:
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), a seemingly perfect man yet with certain arrogance and childishness in him, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy of top actresses. One day they went deep into the mountains and entered a strange house. A strange grandmother offered them chocolate to eat. The next day they found themselves changing bodies.
This drama is about the process of a television drama production. Jung Ji Oh is a charismatic drama PD whereas Joo Joon Young is a direct and confident PD. (This is the cheap synopsis from DramaWiki… Writing a complete one would be too complicated because there are so many stories going at the same time. However, if you read the review, I believe that you’ll understand the story better…)
제빵왕 김탁구 / Jeppangwang Kim Tak Goo / Baker King, Kim Tak Goo / Bread, Love and Dreams / 面包王金卓求
Cast:
Yoon Shi Yoon as Kim Tak Goo
Eugene as Shin Yoo Kyung
Joo Won as Goo Ma Jun
Lee Young Ah as Jang Mi Sun
Year: 2010
Episodes: 30 (60 minutes)
Ratings: Peak=50.8%, Avg=38.6%
Ending: End of the Day (하루의 끝에) by V.O.S
Story/Synopsis:
Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo Il Jong, the president of GeoSeong Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined to succeed his father as president, Goo Il Jong’s family plotted to rob him of his inheritance because he was born to Il Jong’s mistress, a maid at his household. However, due to complicated circumstances, Tak Goo’s mother, Kim Mi Sun has been kidnapped and then, disappeared from the world. Tak Goo‘s determination to find his lost mother and to become number one in the baking industry drives him to rebuild his career from scratch despite the many trials he faces.
欢迎爱光临 / Huan Ying Ai Guang Lin / Welcome Love (direct Translation)
Cast:
Joe Cheng as Xia Tian (Summer)
Li Fei Er as Ye Zi
Emma Pei as Flora
Sun Jian as Wang Bao Qiang
Year: 2010
Episodes: 12 (30 minutes)
Opening: Dear Stranger (亲爱陌生人) Della Ding
Ending: Thank You for Being Wonderful (谢谢你的美好) by Yen-J
Story/Synopsis:
Ye Zi is a girl working at a convenience store in a big city. She has to support her family – her brother’s school fees and her late father’s debts. The day that she was finally going to be free of loans, a fashion photographer who recently came out of a 7 years-old relationship, Xia Tian, unintentionally steps in the store. With her head elsewhere, Ye Zi gave him the wrong change and the error almost crushed her dreams of living her own life. Fortunately, Xia Tian noticed and came back and slowly, the distance between them decreases. They each start to influence each other, but they still do live in different worlds. How will they figure this out?
StrawBan’s Review
80%
Joe Cheng is back! Maybe it’s me, but I find that he changed a bit. I don’t know, maybe it’s his acting or something, but it doesn’t feel like the same. Probably because I’m way too used to seeing him with Ariel Lin :P. Well anyways! Starting off with the story. I guess it’s a pretty epic story. I think I could predict almost everything that could’ve happened in the drama already. It totally fits in the stereotyped drama skeleton. It’s not a bad thing, I guess, but I think I would’ve preferred if there was something more unique and original about it.
As always, his acting is just … non criticizeable. And he has this cute smile when he does smile. Okay, that was unrelated. Anyways, nothing to say about on this side of the story. On the other hand, I feel that both the main and supporting female leads were somewhat … inexperienced. Ye Zi, although she did a good job in portraying that lively and cute girl that has to support the rest of her family thus leading a pretty hard world, her passion and love is not that well expressed. Even when she is afraid, scared or sad, I still feel that it’s acting. Flora too, but she just gives off a cold feeling. I don’t know why, maybe it’s because of her character, but I mean, when she is supposed to be warm and caring (like the times when she used to date with Xia Tian), it was warm alright, but there was this fresh cold layer beyond her happiness. I don’t know if this is making sense to you. If you haven’t watched the drama, you probably are completely confused with what I just tried (and epically failed) to explain.
It’s a very very very veryyy short drama! 12 episodes of 30 minutes? That’s like … 6 episodes of Korean dramas; 8 episodes of Japanese drama. So short! I don’t really like short dramas, because although they don’t have enough time to develop some utterly complicated and dramatic stories, I feel that they don’t have enough time to present the characters deeply enough.
Essbee’s Opinion
76%
It was a really simple love story. Of course, the drama was really short, so the development between the characters was pretty fast. I just find everything really simple. Yes, they have breakups, but they don’t die over it. The second female character is annoying, but we don’t want to kill her. The girl is naive, but not stupid. Anyways… Everything just seemed so easy going.
Joe Cheng is an awesome actor, nothing else to express. Li Fei Er is also really pretty, she has this pureness that I really like. It’s hard to present the characters because the drama was so short, but to make it short, they were all significant characters.
It’s enjoyable and refreshing. It let me understand the passion of photography. Two beautiful song supported this online drama.
내 이름은 김삼순 / Nae I-reum-eun Kim Sam-soon / My Lovely Sam Soon
Cast:
Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam-soon
Hyun Bin as Hyun Jin-heon
Jung Ryu Won as Yoo Hee-jin
Daniel Henney as Dr. Henry Kim
Year: 2005
Episodes: 16 (60 minutes)
Ratings: 39.6% (Seoul); 37.6 (Nationwide)
Opening: Be My Love by Clazziquai
Ending: She Is by Clazziquai
Story/Synopsis:
Kim Sam Soon is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo, cheating on her and she breaks up with him. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men’s restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun, a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant’s chief baker and the two fight like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feelings for each other and Sam Soon agreed to act as Jin Hun’s girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun’s ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States, intending to win him back.
매리는 외박중 / Maerineun Oebakjoong / Mary Stayed Out All Night
Cast:
Moon Geun Young as Wi Mae Ri
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Moo Kyul
Kim Jae Wook as Byun Jung In
Kim Hyo Jin as Seo Joon
Year: 2010
Episodes: 16 (60 mins)
Ratings: undetermined
OST:
부탁해, My Bus! by Jang Geun Suk
Tell me your love! by TRAX
Superstar by Seungyeon from KARA
Story/Synopsis:
Kim’s Jung-in character is a “perfect” guy with the kdrama triple threat of brains, beauty, and money, with whom Mary has been betrothed since childhood. Complications arise when she meets Mu-gyul,a free-spirited hippie/indie rock singer character. The other contender for Mary’s hand in marriage is entertainment agency CEO, Jung In, who is a Korean by blood, Japanese in mind, and American in style.
This drama involves 12 different stories which happened to teenagers, taken from real life social cases. The review will present more in detail what kind of situations there are. If you want specific summary, click here.
Asian Dramas 