Sunnyelf's blog review of Asian Dramas and Movies.
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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.
Panda and Hedgehog/ 판다양과 고슴도치/ Pandayanggwa Goseumdochi ** (Korean)
16 episodes
Pastry yumm. Was a good storyline. Panda was alright, for a soft-spoken, struggling type. I really enjoyed Hedgehog though. Even with his cartoon tattoo and 'tough' friends. His father was the best, I thought. He really cared for hedgehog as if he was family, even though he wasn't regarded as so by others at the time.
Pan Da's folks opened a little cake shop for her before they passed away, her patisserie was a name only and she found herself in need of a better baker. Along comes the hedgehog, a wandering youth with a prickly attitude, a golden sense of pasty making and a grudge to pay on the Saint-Honoré bakery for refusing him earlier.
You can also find:
(Go Seung Ji/Hedgehog) Lee Dong Hae -in- Skip-Beat!, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl
(Pan Da Yang/Panda) Yoon Seung Ah -in- Mischievous Kiss, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
(Choi Won Il) Choi Jin Hyuk/Kim Tae Ho -in- I Need Romance, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl. Pasta
(Kang Eun Bi) Yoo So Young -in- Dream High 2, You're Beautiful
(Park Byung Moo) Park Geun Hyung -in- Color of Woman, The Musical, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, Exhibition of Fireworks, Delicious Proposal, Marrying the Mafia
(Kim Kap Soon) Yang Hee Kyung -in- Birdie Buddy, Prosecutor Princess, Creating Destiny, Tempted Again, One Mom and Three Dads, Dalja's Spring, Sang Doo, Let's Go To School
(Hwang Jung Rye) Hong Yeo Jin -in- It's Okay, Daddy's Girl
(Choi Won Yi) Song In Hwa -in- It's Okay, Daddy's Girl
(Jo Kyun Woo) Park Sang Hoon -in- It's Okay, Daddy's Girl
(Shiratori Mina/cameo) Fujii Mina -in- Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi
(Manager Nam Ji Hyun/cameo) Nam Ji Hyun(1990) -in- It's Okay, Daddy's Girl
First sight of Gun Woo, must have near spoiled me, because I kept seeing his pointed ears and pudgy jowls from that point onward. The money battle sure got embroiled. Fav character(s): The painter's grandson.
Girl meets guy, years later, Guy returns home to find girl in family maid position. Girl then wins the lottery. At first she tries to keep it to herself, then when the other maids in the area find out, they demand a part of the winnings, then so do others and before long the households on the street are in an all-out war over finances and status.
You can also find:
(No Soon Geum) Sung Yu Ri -in- Prince's First Love
(Kang Gun Woo) Jung Gyu Woon -in- Loving You a Thousand Times, Hateful But Once Again
(Kim Young Hee) Kim Min Joon -in- Lovers in Prague
(Kang Tae Won) Lee Jae Yong -in- Athena: Goddess of War
(Jang Chi Gook) Lee Jung Gil -in- Scent of a Woman, Sweet Palpitations, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, IRIS, Take Care of the Young Lady, Boys Before Flowers, My Sweet City, Lovers in Prague, Oh! Pil Seung And Bong Soon Young
(Kim Soon Ok) Shin Shin Ae -in- Call of the Country
(Oh Boon Ja) Kwon Ki Sun -in- Take Care of the Young Lady, Dal Ja's Spring, I Really Really Like You, Prince's First Love
(Thu Zar Lin) Kim Ye Won/Kim Shin Ah -in- Operation Proposal, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
(Hwang Yong) Jo Sung Ha -in- Paradise Ranch, My Princess, Art of Fighting
(Hwang Joo Won) Kim Soo Hyun/Yoo Ri El -in- Fugitive: Plan B
(Uhm Soo Jung) Lee Kyung Shil -in- The Greatest Love
(Yoon Shi Ah) Kim Jae In -in- Snow White
(No Sang Hoon) Joo Jin Mo -in- Can't Lose
(Son Jin Pyo) Heo Tae Hee -in- I Need Romance, My Princess, Athena, Coffee House, Pasta, Take Care of the Young Lady
(Soon Geum's mother) Im Ye Jin -in- Sweet Palpitations, My Princess, Boys Before Flowers, What's Up Fox?, Goong, Full House, Windstruck
Short and rather sweet really. First loves aren't always the one and only.. and yet sometimes, feelings are enduring.
The days seemed to flow by without a hitch for Miku, until her folks decided to open their house to boarders. Of significance, was a guy called Souhei. Miku fell head over heels the moment her hand touched his. she knew he was the one, trouble was, he had a girlfriend. And to add complication, another of the school's hunk's (and a seeming playboy), Hayato, finally let on that he liked her. While she seemed flattered and touched by a first confession, she was hopelessly pining for her next door housemate!
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Links go to other reviewed shows the actor has been in.
Good story. Good characters. Thought the fox's super jumping was funny. It had a rather bittersweet ending, I thought.
The fox family, has yet one girl, who hasn't yet eaten her last liver of 1000 of 1000 years to become human... but she just can't seem to find the right sort of guy.. someone willing to give her his liver. And then she meets a sick fellow who looks exactly like that of her husband from a long time past. Will she make it in time to become human, or will she fail and become nothing more then dissipating mist? time is swiftly running out.
You can also find:
(Kim Eung Suk) Lee Chun Hee -in- Smile, You, Only You, Too Beautiful To Lie
(Goo Mi Sun/mom) Jun Mi Sun -in- King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo, That Fool, Bungee Jumping Of Their Own
(Goo Mi Mo/sis) Hyo Min/Park Sun Young -in- My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox, Delightful Girl Choon Hyang
(Suh Kyung Suk/'Last' Chef) Suh Kyung Suk -in- Save the Last Dance for Me
(Koo Mi-Jin/Fox) Kang Ye-Won -in- Hello Ghost
(cameo) Min Suk/Oh Min Suk -in- Sweet Palpitations, Thirty Thousand Miles in Search of My Son, I Do, I Do
Love in Disguise/ Lian ai tong gao **\ (Chinese)
Movie
Leehom Wang as Du Ming-Han
What a wonderful Romantic Comedy! A little kooky, a little sappy, and altogether, a good watch. Even the music was good.
For DMH, the vision of musical fluttering butterflies was all it took for him to realize he had bumped into his soulmate, a traditional music student called Song Xiao-Qing. So he quickly hatched a plan to disguise himself as country bumpkin, Duh, and enrolled to learn more about her and the music she loved.
"All The Things You Never Knew"
by Leehom Wang
Is it a blank spot? Click to listen & then
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You can also find:
(Du Ming-Han/"duh") Yifei Liu -in- The Forbidden Kingdom
(Joan) Joan Chen -in- On Deadly Ground, Judge Dredd, The Last Emperor, Avatar
My Dear Enemy/ One Fine Day/ Beautiful Day/ 멋진 하루 / 멋진하루/ Meotjin Halu *\ (korean)
Movie 123mins
Ha Jung-Woo as Cho Byung-Woon
Jeon Do-Youn as Hee-Soo
it started slow, moved along slow, and ended slow. A slight feel of depression to this movie... It's tough for everyone. Little plot, little to move it along, and the ending was rather ehh. Guess it was ok, if you didn't mind the vague feeling of having wasted the time of watching it.
A cynical girl seeks out an ex-bf who had owed her money from a good year ago. As he doesn't have the money on him, he offers to go around an collect it from those he knows. At first she is rather paranoid about letting him out of her sight, thinking he will just disappear with the debt unpaid. But As they go through the day together, she learns a bit more about him from the eyes of those they encounter.. gathering a little here and a bit there.. giving what they could for such a valued and optimistic friend.
You can also find:
(Hee-Soo) Jeon Do-Youn -in- Lovers in Prague
(Cho Byung-Woon) Ha Jung-Woo -in- She's on Duty, Lovers in Prague
(CEO Han) Kim Hye-Ok -in- My Little Bride, My Tutor Friend, Scent of a Woman, Babyfaced Beauty, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, My Sweet Seoul
(Dae-Hee) Kim Young-Min -in- Beethoven Virus
(Sa-Hon's wife) Shin Young-Jin -in- City Hunter
(Sa-Hon's biker friend2) Choi Il-Hwa -in- Finding Mr. Destiny, My Tutor Friend 2, The King and the Clown, Someone Special, Birdie Buddy, City Hunter, Dream High, The City Hall, Coffee Prince, Lovers, Bread, Love and Dreams
(Sa-Hon's biker friend1) Gi Ju-Bong -in- My Boss, My Hero, Bungee Jumping of Their Own, Me Too, Flower!, Night after Night, Who Are You?, Merry Mary, Sweet Spy
(Eun-Jung) Jang So-Yeon -in- Castaway on the Moon, Seducing Mr. Perfect
(Manager Kang) Kim Seung-Hun -in- My Girlfriend is an Agent, My Mighty Princess
(Hee-Soo's former classmate) Yang Eun-Yong -in- Hello Ghost
(Eun Jung-Hee) Bang Joon-Seo -in- Oh! My Lady
(Man at Racetrack) Jeong Woo-Hyeok -in- My Girlfriend is an Agent
(man at the exit gate of racetrack) Jin Yong-Ok -in- Vampire Cop Ricky
