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[Korean Drama] 괴물 Beyond Evil

May 13, 2021Posted in DramaTagged Beyond Evil, Kdrama, kdrama review, korean drama, Yeo Jin GooLeave a comment

STARRING: Shin Ha Kyun, Yeo Jin Goo, Choi Jin Ho, Kil Hae Yeon, Heo Sung Tae etc.

EPISODES: 16

SUMMARY: Beyond Evil is a drama that focuses on the story of two detectives, Lee Dong Sik and Han Ju Won.

Lee Dong Sik (Shin Ha Kyun) is a detective that works at the Manyang Police Substation, where he does all the tedious roles that his colleagues does not want to be involved. While upholding the law, Dong Sik had been trying to find his missing sister for the past 20 years.

Han Ju Won (Yeo Jin Goo) is a detective that requested to be transferred to Manyang Police Substation despite his capabilities and prestige background.

With Han Ju Won’s intention of being in Manyang a mystery, these two detectives had to work together to catch a serial killer on the loose.

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[Korean Drama] 빈센조 Vincenzo

May 5, 2021June 1, 2021Posted in DramaTagged Kdrama, kdrama review, korean drama, song joongki, vincenzoLeave a comment

Starring: Song Joong Ki, Jeon Yeo Bin, Ok Taec Yeon, Kim Yeo Jin, Jo Han Chul, Kwak Dong Yeon

Episodes: 20

Summary: Working as a consigliere for an Italian Mafia group, Vincenzo Cassano (Song Joongki) fled back to South Korea after being caught in between the mafia wars. As he returned back to South Korea, he stayed in Geumga plaza, which was slated to be demolished due to a conglomerate taking over the plot of land for redevelopment. The drama continues with Vincenzo pitting against the conglomerate with the help of the residents from Geumga Plaza.

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[Korean Drama] 의사요한 Doctor John

December 20, 2020Posted in DramaTagged Kdrama, kdrama reviewLeave a comment

Number of episodes: 32 (note: on Netflix, its 16).

Staring: Ji Sung, Lee Se-Young, Hwang Hee, Lee Kyu-Hyung

의사요한, Doctor John is a Korea Medical drama that talks about the story of a doctor who specializes in Pain Management, Cha Yo-Han (Ji Sung). He returns back to work at a hospital after 3 years of being in jail and with his team, they try to diagnose the reasons why their patient are feeling pain and how to help their patients ease the pain.

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[Korean Drama] 내가 가장 예뻤을때 When I was most beautiful

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020Posted in DramaTagged Kdrama, kdrama reviewLeave a comment

Starring: Im Soo-Hyang, Ji-Soo, Han Ji-Seok etc.

Total number of episodes: 32

The story kicks of with Oh Ye-Jin (Im Soo-hyang) teaching in a high school while she was an university teacher. From there, she got to know Seo-Hwan (Ji-soo), whom like her on first sight.

While Ye-Jin and Seo-Hwan continued to develop their relationship as teacher/student, Seo-Hwan’s elder brother, Seo-Jin got discharged from the army and returned home. Coincidentally, on his very first day back, he bumped into Ye-Jin and after knowing Ye-Jin’s situation at home, decides to protect her by wooing her.

The story continued with both brothers turning against each other as a result of Ye-Jin.

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[Korean Drama] 부부의 세게 The World of the Married

October 18, 2020November 8, 2020Posted in DramaTagged Kdrama, kdrama review, world of married coupleLeave a comment

Starring: Kim Hee-Ae, Park Hae-Joon, Han So-Hee, Park Sun-young, Kim Young-min etc.

Number of episodes: 16

Ji Seon-Woo, an associate director who works in a hospital found in the Gosan district used to think that her life was perfect. She had a loving husband Tae-Oh, and they had a son named Jun-Young. However, her life spiralled out of control when she discovered that Tae-Oh was having an affair with another woman.

Unable to tolerate the fact that Tae-Oh was having an affair, deceiving her and using their family funds behind her back, she set out to obtain evidence for her husband’s infidelity and to get her revenge.

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[Korean Drama] 쌍갑포차 Mystic Pop-up Bar

August 11, 2020November 8, 2020Posted in DramaTagged Kdrama, kdrama review, korean dramaLeave a comment

Starring: Hwang Jung-Eum, Choi Won-Young, Yook Sung-Jae, Joon Hyuk Lee etc.

Number of episodes: 12

Mystic Pop-Up Bar (MPB) is a drama that centers around Wol-Joo (Hwang Jung-Eum), who is the owner of a street stall. While the stall appears to be normal, Wol-Joo, together with her partner Chief Gwi (Choi Won-Young) are spirits whom are in the human realm working to help 100,000 grievances/grudges in the dream realm- the punishment that Wol-Joo had to complete for the crimes that she have committed before her death.

As Wol-Joo almost complete her goal, she found that increasingly, it was difficult to get people to open and talk about their troubles so that she could help them in the dream realm. Just as she was troubled, she crossed paths with Han Kang-Bae (Yook Sung-Jae), whom have a special ability that allow people to confide in him upon physical contact.

Realising Kang-Bae’s ability would be helpful in completing her goals, Wol-Joo recruited Kang-Bae as a part timer, while promising him that she will cure him.

The trio then started to work together in listening to the stories of others, and devise ways to help them solve their problems for Wol-Joo to achieve her goal.

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[Korean Drama] 오마이베이비 Oh My Baby

July 11, 2020November 8, 2020Posted in DramaTagged 오마이베이비, Kdrama, kdrama review, korean drama, oh my baby 2020Leave a comment

Starring: Jang Na-Ra, Go Joon, Park Byung-Eun, Jung Gun-Joo, Baek Seung-hee, Park Soo-Young etc.

Number of episodes: 16

Oh My Baby is a romance drama focusing on Jang Ha-Ri’s (by Jang Na-Ra) life. She is a 39 year old single woman, whom have been working as the deputy manager of a parenting magazine named “The Baby”. Despite the fact that she is working at a parenting magazine, she had been single for the past 10 years.

While she had given up entirely on marriage, she wants to have a baby. As she searched for a potential father, she set her sights on the following 3 men: Han Yi-Sang (by Go Joon), Yoon Jae-Young (Park Byung-Eun) and Choi Kang Eu Ddeum (Jung Gun-Joo).

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