Korean Drama : Arang and the Magistrate

Alternative Title

Tale of A-rang

Year Released

2012

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Romance, Historical period

No. of Episodes

20 - running time of 65 minutes per episode

Starring

Lee Joon-gi, Shin Min-a, Yeon Woo-jin

Storyline

Kim Eun-oh (Lee Joon-gi) goes to Miryang village in search for his missing mother. He has an ability to see spirits around him but pretends not to. 

Eun-ho runs into A-rang (Shin Min-a), a spirit who has lost all her memories. She needs to know the truth about her death or she cannot rest in peace. 

When A-rangs knows that Eun-ho is able to see ghosts, and that he is the newly appointed magistrate, she begs for his help.

Initially, Eun-ho is reluctant but when he sees A-rang holding onto his mother's hairpin, he decides to help her regains her memories.

My View

The ending is still not too bad as the pair did get together in the end.

Rating

3/5 Stars

 

Korean Drama : Another Miss Oh

Alternative Title

Another Oh Hae-young

Year Released

2016

Genre

Romantic Comedy, Fantasy

No. of Episodes

18 - running time of 70 minutes per episode

Starring

Eric Mun, Seo Hyun-jin, Jeon Hye-bin

Storyline

When Park Do-kyung (Eric Mun) hears that Oh Hae-young (plain Seo Hyun-jin) is getting married to Han Tae-jin (Lee Jae-yoon), he takes a revenge on Tae-jin leaving him bankrupt.

Little did he know that Oh Hae-young is just another lady with the same name as his ex-fiancee (pretty Jeon Hye-bin). Coincidentally, Hae-young (plain) has been seen in Do-kyung's visions lately. He could foresee some parts of the future with her in it.

My View

AMO is a romcom indeed especially Do-kyung's younger half-brother Park Hoon (Heo Jung-min).

Every drama that I watched with Jung-min in it, definitely must be some comedy. He is truly entertaining.

Rating

4/5 Stars

Korean Drama : Angry Mom

Year Released

2015

Genre

Family, Teen, School

No. of Episodes

16 - running time of 70 minutes per episode

Starring

Kim Hee-sun, Kim Yoo-jung, Ji Hyun-woo

Storyline

Jo Kang-ja (Kim Hee-sun) has a daughter Oh Ah-ran (Kim Yoo-jung) in her late teens. When Ah-ran gets bullied in school, Kang-ja disguises herself as a fellow classmate and attends school with her.

There, Kang-ja finds out on the severity of school bullying. Teacher Park No-ah (Ji Hyun-woo) lends a helping hand and together they fight against corruption involved as well.

My View

I'm not sure but I think school bullying is very serious in Korea.

So what the entertainment industry is trying to show is not to encourage this behaviour but for the society to be a better place for children.

Rating

3/5 Stars

Korean Drama : All About Eve

Year Released

2000

Genre

Romance

No. of Episodes

20 - running time of 65 minutes per episode

Starring

Jang Dong-gun, Chae Rim, Kim So-yeon, Han Jae-suk

Storyline

Jin Sun-mi (Chae Rim) has a happy childhood until Heo Young-mi (Kim So Yeon) enters her life. Sun-mi's father Mr. Jin (Hyun Seok) decides to support Young-mi when she becomes an orphan. Young-mi is filled with jealousy when she sees Sun-mi is loved by her family and friends.

Young-mi wants to take over Sun-mi's place including her crush, Kim Woo-jin (Han Jae-suk). Woo-jin falls for Young-mi leaving Sun-mi heartbroken.

Young-mi competes with Sun-mi from schooling days to their first job at TV network. One of the top executives, Yoon Hyung-chul (Jang Dong-gun) takes interest in Sun-mi. A greedy Young-mi is determined to come in between the two.

My View

A pretty good love story. Young-mi is in fact a quite pitiful lady with bitter past.

Rating 

4/5 Stars

Korean Drama : Noble, My Love

Year Released

2015

Genre

Romance

No. of Episodes

20 - running time of 15 minutes per episode

Starring

Sung Hoon, Kim Jae-kyung

Storyline

Lee Kang-hoon (Sung Hoon), a CEO of a large company is injured after he escapes from his kidnappers. 

Cha Yoon-seo (Kim Jae-kyung), a veterinarian happens to save Kang-hoon and treats his injuries.

Kang-hoon then buys an animal hospital for Yoon-seo since she does not wish to receive monies as repayment.

My View

As this is a web drama, each episode is 15 minutes.

Because of that, there is one episode where Kang-hoon is kidnapped, he tries to escape, the kidnapper stabs him then he is being saved by Yoon-seo. 

All these happen in 15 minutes and I was like what?! but crack up a lot too.   

Everything is so fast and I think those who does not have time for dramas, web series are suitable for you.

Rating

2/5 Stars

Korean Drama : Abyss

Year Released

2019

Genre

Crime, Fantasy

No. of Episodes

16 - running time of 60 minutes per episode

Starring

Ahn Hyo-seop, Park Bo-young, Lee Sung-jae

Storyline

Go Se-yeon (Kim Sa-rang), is a beautiful prosecutor while Cha Min (Ahn Sae-ha) is a plain looking rich heir to a cosmetics company. Se-yeon and Min are attracted to each other since school days.

Min is knocked down by an UFO and died. The two aliens (Seo In-guk & Jung So-min) feel sorry for Min and revive him with Abyss. Min wakes up as an attractive young man (Ahn Hyo-seop) and he becomes the owner of Abyss.

When Se-yeon is murdered at the scene of a serial killer case she is investigating, Min uses Abyss to bring her back to life. Se-yeon wakes up as a plain Jane (Park Bo-young) and tries to find out the truth of her death.

Min helps Se-yeon in looking for her murderer. Based on their evidences, a skilled surgeon Oh Yeong-cheol (Lee Sung-jae) becomes the main suspect.

My View

While writing the storyline, my memory flow back on this drama.

The plot twist is truly mysterious and I'm taken aback at times.

Must watch!

Rating

5/5 Stars

    

Korean Drama : My Absolute Boyfriend

Year Released

2019

Genre

Romance, Science Fiction

No. of Episodes

40 - running time of 35 minutes per episode

Starring

Yeo Jin-goo, Bang Min-ah, Hong Jong-hyun

Storyline

Eom Da-da (Bang Min-ah), a special effects make-up artist, has been dating top star Ma Wang-joon (Hong Jong-hyun) way before he is famous.

Wang-joon slowly starts to grow tired of his relationship with Da-da and the two could not date properly due to his busy schedule. Wang-joon eventually asks for a break-up.

At the same time, Zero Nine Young-goo (Yeo Jin-goo), a humanoid robot has been sent to Da-da's house by mistake. Zero Nine is programmed to be the perfect boyfriend and he is to be activated by kiss of his owner.

My View

So far I have not watched any bad Yeo Jin-goo's drama.

I also long for a perfect boyfriend like Young-goo.

Rating 

3/5 Stars

 

Korean Drama : 7th Grade Civil Servant

Year Released

2013

Genre

Action, Romance

No. of Episodes

20 - running time of 60 minutes per episode

Starring

Joo Won, Choi Kang-hee

Storyline

Kim Seo-won (Choi Kang-hee) and Han Gil-ro (Joo Won) meet each other when they join NIS as secret agents. Gil-ro's real identity is being exposed and he is subsequently fired from NIS.

In fact, Gil-ro is given an undercover task which is to spy on his father.

My View

The plot is not too bad just that on and off I kind of fast forward some episodes.

Rating 

1/5 Stars

Korean Drama : 12 Signs of Love

Alternative Title

Twelve Men in a Year

Year Released

2012

Genre

Romantic Comedy

No. of Episodes

16 - running time of 45 minutes per episode

Starring

Yoon Jin-seo, On Joo-wan

Storyline

Na Mi-roo (Yoon Jin-seo) and Cha Jin-oh (On Joo-wan) have been dated for quite some time and eventually broke up.

Mi-roo happens to take up a magazine's new section on romance where she dates men with different zodiacs and writes with real experiences.

My View

A hilarious drama where you get to see how men of different zodiacs react in a relationship.

Rating

3/5 Stars

Korean Drama : Uncontrollably Fond

Year Released

2016

Genre 

Romance

No. of Episodes

20 - running time of 60 minutes per episode

Starring

Kim Woo-bin, Bae Suzy

Storyline

Shin Joon-young (Kim Woo-bin) and Noh Eul (Bae Suzy) used to be classmates but were separated during their teenage years. The two meet again later when Joon-young becomes a top star while Noh Eul a documentary producer.

Joon-young wanted to be a prosecutor like his father Choi Hyeon-joon (Yu Oh-seong). Hyeon-joon is unaware of Joon-young's existence. When Noh Eul's father was being killed in a car accident by Yoon Jeong-eun (Lim Ju-eun), Hyeon-joon helps cover up the incident.

Joon-young comes to know about this and gives up on being a prosecutor. He also tries to run Noh Eul down with a bike when she finds evidences of her father's death.

My View

UF is one of the earlier K-dramas which I had watched when I finally decided to switch to K after DOTS.

So when Joon-young dies, I was really shocked as I seldom see any sad ending.

It is something new and totally acceptable for me.

Rating

4/5 Stars