Romance Town

로맨스 타운 / 식모들 / Maids

Cast:

• Sung Yu Ri as No Soon Geum
• Jung Gyu Woon as Kang Gun Woo
• Kim Min Joon as Kim Young Hee
• Min Hyo Rin as Jung Da Kyum

Year: 2011

Episodes: 20 (60 mins)

Ratings: Seoul: 10.1. Nationwide: 9.1

OST:

• You’re the Only One by Tei
• Unstoppable Tears by Jessica (SNSD)
• Good Smile by Alex
• Only See You by Howl
• Everything’s Gonna Be Alright by Kim Gu Rim

Story/Synopsis:

The story of domestic help who work for rich households. No Soon Geum is one of these housekeepers; despite the master-maid heirarchy, she’s bold, fearless, and unafraid of doing hard work in order to support herself. As a child, Soon Geum had dreamt of living a grand life in a Cinderella story, complete with her own white knight, but that dream had faded as reality took over. However, she reaches a turning point in her life when she is hired as a maid for the rich and handsome Kang Gun Woo.

Essbee’s Opinion

57%

 

Lie To Me

내게 거짓말을 해봐 / Naege Geojitmaleul Haebwa / 달콤한 스캔들 / Sweet Scandal

Cast:

• Yoon Eun Hye as Gong Ah Jung
• Kang Ji Hwan as Hyun Ki Joon
• Sung Joon as Hyun Sang Hee
• Jo Yoon Hee as Oh Yoon Joo

Year: 2011

Episodes: 16 (60 mins)

Ratings: Premiere: 10.1

OST:

• Shameless Lie by Gayoon (4Minute)
• 3!4!0! by Jadu
• I Belong to You by MBLAQ
• Walk Above the Clouds by Cho Kyu Chan
• You Are My Love by Kim Yeon Woo
• Travel Across the Time by Kim Hyung Joon (SS501)
• Really Wanna Say Hello by M to M

Story/Synopsis:

Gong Ah Jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she’s married to Hyun Ki Joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki Joon’s ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother’s, Oh Yoon Joo, reappears in his life.

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Baby-Faced Beauty

동안미녀 / Dongan Minyeo / Youthful Beauty / Pretty Young Woman

Cast:

• Jang Na Ra as Lee So Young
• Choi Daniel as Choi Jin Wook
• Ryu Jin as Ji Seung Il
• Kim Min Seo as Kang Yoon Seo

Year: 2011

Episodes: 20 (60 mins)

Ratings: Nationwide 12.3

OST:

• May Snowman by Jang Na Ra
• Wonderful Day by Ma Hyung Won
• So Sick by Kim Sung Hyung
• All Right by Kim Kyung Eun
• Love is a Longing Friend by Jeong Dan
• Orange Tree by Jang Na Ra
• July Snowman by Lee Tae Kwon
• Love has Gone Mad by Page

Story/Synopsis:

The story of Lee So Young, a 34-year-old woman who’s saddled with family debt and only has a high school qualifications, but dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Her youthful appearance is her only advantage; she is mistaken for a 25-year-old university graduate and subsequently lands her dream job when she’s hired by a fashion design company, where she meets Choi Jin Wook, a man who looks more mature than his young age.

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The Greatest Love

최고의 사랑 / Choegoui Sarang / Best Love / 애정의 발견 / The Discovery of Affection

Cast:

• Gong Hyo Jin as Goo Ae Jung
• Cha Seung Won as Dokko Jin
• Yoo In Na as Kang Se Ri
• Yoon Kye Sang as Yoon Pil Joo

Year: 2011

Episodes: 16 (60 mins)

Ratings: 15.7

OST:

• Duggeun Duggeun by Sunny Hill, Yoo In Na, Gong Hyo Jung
• Real Love Song by K.Will
• Because You’re My Man by G.Na
• Take My Hands by IU
• Don’t Forget Me by Huh Gak
• Gee, I Love You by Big Mama Soul
• Love Love by Choi Su Jin
• I Can’t Drink by Baek Ji Young

Story/Synopsis:

Ae Jung is a female band member who is already over the hill. When she enters a variety show to pretend marriage with the top star Jin, she gets entangled in a love triangle along with her ex-bandmate Kang Se Ri. Yoon Pil Joo is a doctor of oriental medicine who has no interest in the entertainment industry but meets Ae Jung by chance and falls for her.

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49 Days

49일 / 49 Il

Cast:

• Lee Yo Won as Song Yi Kyung
• Nam Gyu Ri as Shin Ji Hyun
• Jo Hyun Jae as Han Kang
• Bae Soo Bin as Kang Min Ho
• Jung Il Woo as Scheduler
• Seo Ji Hye as Shin In Jung

Year: 2011

Episodes: 20 (60 mins)

Ratings: 14.1% (Seoul)

Theme Songs:

• I’m Not Alone by Seo Young Eun
• Nothing Better by Jung Yeop
• I Can Feel You by Navi
• I Can Love For A Day by Jo Hyun Jae

Story/Synopsis:

A young woman named Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to be married with her fiancé, but her perfect life is shattered in a car accident that left her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store.

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Love You

 醉後決定愛上你 / Zui Hou Jue Ding Ai Shang Ni / Drunken to Love You

Cast:

• Rainie Yang as Lin Xiao Ru 林曉如
• Joseph Chang as Song Jie Xiu 宋杰修
• Tiffany Xu as Tang Ai Wei 唐艾薇 (Avril)
• Huang Hong Sheng as Di Shuo Huai 耿爍懷
• Tom Price (白梓軒) as Xiang Ting Wei 向霆威
• Zhong Xin Ling as Cai meng Jun 蔡孟均
• Kingone Wang as Ren Yi Xiang 任以翔

Year: 2011

Episodes: 20 (70 mins)

Ratings: 4.11

Opening: Bu An Pei Li Chu Pei (不按牌理出牌) by Magic Power

Ending: Hao De Shi Qing (好的事情) by Yan Jue 嚴爵

Story/Synopsis:

Two strangers, who both proposed marriage to their respective girl/boyfriend, were rejected on the same day. They decided that the best way to deal with the rejection was to get drunk, real drunk. During the 24 hours of their crazy drunkenness, these two stranger became fast friends and got married… to each other. When they finally sobered up, they embarked on a mission to undo every crazy thing they did while they were drunk and prayed that their girl/boyfriend wouldn’t find out. However, it turns out that Jie Xiu’s girlfriend, Ai Wei, doesn’t want a scandal affecting her movie so she asks him to stay married to Xiao Ru for three months.

Essbee’s Opinion

FINAL : 80%