Sunnyelf's blog review of Asian Dramas and Movies.
This blog is a personal labor of love in a constant flux of improvement.
Please Note:
One * = Didn't like it, Don't recommend. Two ** = Typical. Worth seeing at least once. Three *** = I enjoyed it! Worth seeing more then once. Four **** = It's great! Add it to your all-time favorites list! Five ***** = Epic! Highly Recommended. A totally memorable drama/film.
Can Love Become Money?/ For the Emperor/ 사랑도 돈이 되나요/ Sarangdo Doni Dwoinayo ** (Korean)
20 episodes
Neato to see the lead actor for Vampire Prosecutor playing in a warm romantic comedy.. even as his character was cold and curt most of the time. On the other hand, I wasn't too pleased with the character's chosen match... even as I enjoyed the storyline. she seemed soo.. frumpy and lost waif-ish to me. Me-thinks she needs a wardrobe update.. stat! favorite character(s): Chairman Ma.
A cold and calculating chairman of a hotel business, is faced with an inheritance stipulation that would require him to marry. In spite of his refusal, his uncle hatches a plan to train someone as a secretary with the purpose of getting close to him. A down-and-out desperate Da Ran is secured and trained to handle the irritable chairman with the promise of paying off her father's debts to a loan shark if she succeeds. To add to this, there is a skeleton bumping about in In Tak's closet that when let loose, may just cost him everything and a purposefully found cousin whose true intentions are yet to be brought into the light.
You can also find:
(chairman/Ma In Tak) Yun Jung Hoon -in- Vampire Prosecutor, Snow White, Love In Magic
(fake cousin/Hong Mi Mi) Wang Bit Na -in- Me Ri, Dae Gu's Attack and Defense Battle
(Kim Sun Woo) Jo Yeon Woo -in- Hooray for Love, What's Up Fox?
(Bang Kook Bong) Kim Hyung Bum -in- Rooftop Prince, Protect the Boss, When It's At Night, I Really Really Like You, Lovers in Paris, My Girlfriend is an Agent
(Lady Jung) Kim Chung -in- Protect the Boss, Daring Women, Last Scandal, Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, Lovers in Paris, One Percent of Anything, Loving You a Thousand Times
A Gentleman's Dignity/ Gentlemen's Class/ Grace of Gentleman/ 신사의 품격/ Shinsa-ui Poomgyuk **\ (Korean)
20 episodes
Ji Hyun Woo as Kim Boong Do
One would think this drama would be a little draggy, but I thought it fairly evenly paced. I really enjoyed the rapport between the guys as well as the eventual inclusion of the girls. Favorite character: Collin
Story of 4 best friends, 'growing up and falling in love' after middle age.
architect Kim Do Jin, falls for Seo Yi Soo, a teacher and part-time umpire,
Im Tae San is in a chilly relationship and wondering who else there might be, Choi Yoon, a widower of 4 years, who tries as he might not to fall for a complicated younger generation, and Lee Jung Rok, something of a playboy, in a rather loveless marriage which he might just lose to divorce. Add to that, one first love, and a young man claiming one of them is his father.
You can also find:
(Kim Do Jin) Jang Dong Gun -in- Il-Ji-Mae
(Seo Yi Soo) Kim Ha Neul -in- You're My Pet, My Girlfriend is an Agent, Too Beautiful To Lie, My Tutor Friend
(Im Tae San) Kim Soo Ro-in- Vampire Cop Ricky, Windstruck
(Choi Yoon) Kim Min Jong -in- Athena: Goddess of War, Sweet Spy
(Lee Jung Rok) Lee Jong Hyuk -in- Vampire Prosecutor, Fugitive: Plan B
(Lee Jung Rok) Yoon Se Ah -in- City Hall, Lovers in Prague
(Park Min Sook) Kim Jung Nan -in- Creating Destiny, My Fair Lady, Baby and I
(Teacher Park Hyun Joo) Nam Hyun Joo -in- City Hall
(Seo Yi Soo's mother/cameo) Cha Hwa Yun -in- Protect the Boss, My Princess, City Hall
(Kim Eun Ji) Kim Yoon Seo -in- Tempted Again
(Choi Yoon's client/cameo) Ahn Hye Kyung -in- I Really Really Like You, The Naked Kitchen
(lady in the bar/cameo) Sa Hee/Min Seo Eun/Kim Young Sook -in- Secret Garden, Daring Women
(high school teacher of the 4some/cameo) Kim Kwang Gyu -in- Scent of a Woman, Can You Hear My Heart, Oh! My Lady, That Fool, Hello! Miss, Mr Goodbye, Couple of Fantasy, Secret Reunion, Windstruck
(herself/cameo) Choi Soo Young -in- Paradise Ranch, Oh! My Lady
(Na Jong Seok/cameo) Kim Dong Gyoon -in- It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, Secret Garden, City Hall, Thirty Thousand Miles in Search of My Son
(himself/Yi Soo's former student/cameo) Jung Yong Hwa -in- You've Fallen for Me, You're Beautiful
(Private Kim/President Song's son/cameo) Kim Sung Oh -in- Myung Wol the Spy, Secret Garden, She's On Duty
Good Drama.. Had some comic moments, had a bit of romance.. and a fair bit of action. Only one 'yell-at-the-screen moment for me.. it was the thought that that 'bad guy' somehow t-ported out of that room, because really, that was pretty much the only way he was likely to get away without sprouting several new body vents for the effort...well I guess its also possible if all the guards gasped and dropped their weaponry at the same time. -.- It was a clear case of "Girl Chooses Neither".
A female bodyguard and her class rival are teamed up to protect the son of the prez.. a free-wheeling, immature, playboy, with a chip o the past on his shoulder for the girl's partner.
Why Did You Come to My House?/ 우리집에 왜 왔니 / 우리집에 왜왔니/
Woori jipyeo wae wassni? * (Korean)
This movie is unrelated to the Korean Drama by the same name.
Movie 107 mins
Kang Hye-Jung as Su-kang
Depressing movie. I didn't care at all for the sad tragic hopelessness of the character's situation all around.
A guy, still unable to get over wife's untimely death, attempts to kill himself and is interrupted by a 'crazy beggar' entering his house. When he comes to, he is tied up and she has the run of things. Eventually her story comes out.. she has been stalking his neighbor, her first love, for the last 10 years and plans to do away with him.
You can also find:
(Su-kang) Kang Hye-Jung -in- Kiss Me, Kill Me
(?) Jo Eun-Ji -in- Personal Taste, Lovers in Paris
(?) Lee Mi-Do -in- Spellbound, Woochi, A Millionaire's First Love, Marrying the Mafia II
(?) Oh Gwang-Rok -in- Vampire Cop Ricky, Baby and Me, She's on Duty
Jung Jae-young as Dong Chi-sung
Lee Na-young as Han Yi-yeon
Slightly depressing romance... of sorts. Guess it was alright. Fav scene(s): The Guy commenting about the lame movie he watched.
A baseball outfielder with something of a dead-end life/love life, Learns he has only so many months to live. So he goes to a pub as usual, and gets drunk. He then awakens the next day, in a motel room the bartender has rented. It becomes apparent that she has been in love with him for some time, always quietly watching from a distance. Her care wins over his heart without his conscience knowledge, since he has never been truly in love before. But what to do with such a short time left?
You can also find:
(Dong Chi-sung) Jung Jae-young -in- Castaway On The Moon
(Han Yi-yeon) Lee Na-young -in- The Fugitive: Plan B, Please Teach Me English
(Yi yeon's friend) Lee Min-jung -in- Big, Smile, You, Boys Over Flowers, Who Are You?
(captain) Im Ha Ryong -in- Me Too, Flower!
(?) Jang Young Nam -in- I Love Lee Tae Ri, Vampire Prosecutor, One Mom and Three Dads, Dal Ja's Spring, Hello Ghost, Finding Mr. Destiny
(?) Jeong Gyu-Su -in- Hello Ghost, Finding Mr. Destiny, Baby and Me, Protect The Boss, The Greatest Love, Cinderella Man
(Ju Yu-won) Kim Hye-Na -in- Love So Divine
(?) Oh Seung Hyun -in- Snow White
(?) Park Mi-Suk -in- Mr. Good-Bye
(?) Choi Il-hwa -in- City Hunter, Dream High, King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo, City Hall, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, Lovers, My Tutor Friend 2, The King and the Clown, Finding Mr. Destiny, Birdie Buddy
(Yi-yeon's mother) Kim Hye-jung -in- Gourmet, Me Ri, Dae Gu's Attack and Defense Battle
(?) Im Seung-dae -in- Call of the Country
(?) Jo Deok-hyeon -in- Who Are You?
(?) Lee Cheol-min -in- Baby & Me, Secret Agent Miss Oh, Taming of the Heir
