The Princess’ Man

공주의 남자 / Gongjooeui Namja

Cast:

• Moon Chae Won as Lee Se Ryung
• Park Shi Hoo as Kim Seung Yoo
• Song Jong Ho as Shin Myun
• Hong Soo Hyun as Princess Kyung Hye
• Lee Soon Jae as Kim Jong Seo
• Kim Young Chul as Prince Suyang
• Lee Min Woo as Jung Jong

Year: 2011

Episodes: 24 (60 mins)

Ratings: 17.2% (Nationwide); 18.6 (Seoul)

Theme Song: Baek Ji Young – Again, Today I Love You

Story/Synopsis:

A tragic love story between the daughter of Prince Suyang and grandson of Kim Jong Seo. The son of Kim Jongseo, Seungyoo, is a handsome and wise man who carries a noble quality. Princess Seryeong, a daughter of King Sejo, aka prince Sooyang, is a cheerful, lively lady with a strong curiosity and bold personality. They fall in love instantly but later they find out that their parents are sworn enemies. It’s a Chosun dynasty version of “Romeo and Juliet”.

Essbee’s Opinion

My Brilliant Life

我的灿烂人生 / Wo De Can Lan Ren Sheng / My Splendid Life / My Wonderful Life

Cast:

• Jerry Yan as Liu Yu Hao
• Yedda Chen as Xia Qing Tian
• He Bin as Gao Zhen Xuan
• Xin Zi as Jiang Meng Yuan

Year: 2011

Episodes: 38 (45 minutes)

Opening: I’ll be there by Xin Zi and Mao Fang Yuan

Ending: My Splendor by Jerry Yan

Story/Synopsis:

Essbee’s Opinion

75%

A Love to Kill

이 죽일놈의 사랑 / I Jukilnomui Sarang / Ijuksa / A Love to Kill / This love I want to kill/ The Love of Death / Detestable Love / Knock Out by Love

Cast:

• Bi Rain as Kang Bok Gu
• Shin Min Ah as Cha Eun Seok
• Kim Sa Rang as Han Da Jung
• Lee Ki Woo as Kim Joon Sung

Year: 2005

Episodes: 16 (60 minutes)

Ratings: 14.8 [Nationwide], 15.6% [Seoul]

Theme Songs:

• Dream by K. Will
• A Love to Kill by Lee So Young

Story/Synopsis:

In A Love to Kill, Rain plays a tough guy as the role of a K-1 Fighter, Kang Bok Gu. Bok Gu is a character who is dynamic in nature and grew up in a foster home. He falls in love with a woman whom he should not love. It was because of the woman, his emotionally-wounded brother fell off from the rooftop and became a human vegetable. So, his love is forbidden and inevitably tragic.

The woman is Cha Eun Seok who is a TV talent and movie actor. It was not that she jilted his brother on purpose, but upon a basis of misunderstanding, his hatred toward Cha Eun Seok grows more and more burning.

By becoming Cha Eun Seok’s private bodyguard, Bok Gu keeps concretely practicing his revenge upon her. He only desires ‘to bring his brother’s woman to her knees.’ He is gradually taking Cha Eun Seok to destruction, while he feels his love toward her growing deeper and deeper in his heart.

Bok Gu is a cold guy character without any special concern for woman. Martial art of hand-to-hand fighting was just kind of his escape he choose from the shock of a spinster’s death whom he loved from a distance.

Essbee’s Opinion

68%

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

꽃미남 라면가게 / Kkotminam Ramyeongage / Flower Boy Ramen Shop

Cast:

• Jung Il Woo as Cha Chi Soo
• Lee Chung Ah as Yang Eun Bi
• Lee Ki Woo as Choi Kang Hyuk
• Kim Ye Won as Kang Dong Joo

Year: 2011

Episodes: 16 (45 mins)

Ratings: Unknown

Theme songs:

• Happy by Yuria from DNPD
• People Like You by Jung Il Woo
• Story by Shayne

Story/Synopsis:

Yang Eun Bi (Lee Chung Ah) is a University student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo (Jung Il Woo), an arrogant son of the biggest food conglomerate in Korea. Both of them end up working at a ramen shop run by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk (Lee Ki Woo).

Essbee’s Opinion

72%

Scent of a Woman

여인의 향기 / Yeoineui Hyanggi

Cast:

• Kim Sun Ah as Lee Yeon Jae
• Lee Dong Wook as Kang Ji Wook
• Uhm Ki Joon as Chae Eun Suk
• Seo Hyo Rim as Im Se Kyung

Year: 2011

Episodes: 16 (60mins)

Ratings: 15.7 [Nationwide], 17.9 [Seoul]

Theme Songs:

• You Are So Beautiful by Xiah Junsu
• Us Again by Kim Sun Ah and Lee Dong Wook
• Bluebird by Kim Ha Neul
• Responsive by Lee Young Hyun
• U & I by MBLAQ

Story/Synopsis:

A woman, Lee Yeon Jae, is given the grim prognosis that she only has a short time left to live. She decides to quit her job at a travel agency and live her life to the fullest.

Essbee’s Opinion

82%

Waking Up Love

爱情睡醒了 / Ai Qing Shui Xing Le

Cast:

• Roy Qiu as Xiang Tian Qi / Liu Xiao Yu
• Tan Yan as Liu Xiao Bei
• Xu Zheng Qi as Ji Ru Feng
• Qiu Wei as Mu Zhi Qing

Year: 2011

Episodes: 40 (45 mins)

Ratings: 1.16

Opening: Waking Up Love (爱情睡醒了) by Yuan Chang Jie

Ending: Ru Guo Ai Wang Le (如果爱忘了) by Qiu Wei

Story/Synopsis:

Essbee’s Opinion

75%

Rainbow Sweetheart

彩虹甜心 / Cai Hong Tian Xin

Cast:

• Jimmy Lin as Shao Feng
• Cherrie Ying as Peng Xiao Qian
• Zou Ting Wei as Xu Kai
• Hou Shu as Luo Ying Ying

Year: 2011

Episodes: 35 (45 mins)

Opening: Xing Xing Hao (行行好) by Megan Lai

Ending: Color (颜色) by Jimmy Lin

Other songs:

• You Are the One by Jimmy Lin
• If It Wasn’t You (如果不是你) by Megan Lai

Related to My Girl and Hi My Sweetheart

Story/Synopsis:

Peng Xiao Qian is a commoner who lives in a life of running away for debtors because her father was a huge gambler. She gets small jobs, such as tour guide, to make a living and is a very good liar. One day, she gets a temporary job as a Chinese-Korean translator for the CEO of a hotel, Shao Feng. They meet several times afterwards, Shao Feng finds himself dealing with a liar and cheater. However, he offers her to become his fake cousin to help save the life of his grandfather. They will become cousins and live under the same roof. How will their relationship develop as they get closer and closer?

Essbee’s Opinion

77%

In Time With You

我可能不會愛你 / Wo Ke Neng Bu Hui Ai Ni

Cast:

• Ariel Lin as Cheng You Qing 程又青
• Bo-Lin Chen as Li Da Ren 李大仁
• Jassie Chen as Maggie
• Sunny Wang as Ding Li Wei 丁立威

Year: 2011

Episodes: 13 (75 mins)

Ratings: 2.58 [As of December 4th]

Opening:  Hai Shi Hui (還是會) by William Wei

Ending: Wings (翅膀) by Ariel Lin

Story/Synopsis:

On her 30th birthday, Cheng You Qing received an email on “the symptoms of premature aging” from Li Da Ren, her best friend of 14 years. Unable to accept that Li Da Ren is like a fine wine that will get better with age and she is like a grape that will dry into a raisin as years go by, she made a bet with Li to see who will get married first before they turn 35. As she looked around for a potential husband, she discovered that she was surrounded by unacceptable candidates, like gay assistant or cheating ex-boyfriend. The only man who could love her despite her ill temper and stubbornness is her best friend. The only problem was that they both swore that they were not or will ever be romantically attracted to each other.

Essbee’s Opinion

83%