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Shining Inheritance (Korean Drama - 2009)
Title: 찬란한 유산 / Chanranhan Yusan
Also known as: Shining Inheritance / Brilliant Legacy / Beautiful Legacy
Director: Jin Hyuk
Screenwriter: So Hyun Kyung
Genre: Romance, family
Episodes: 28
Cast:
Han Hyo Joo as Go Eun Sung
Lee Seung Ki as Sun Woo Hwan
Bae Soo Bin as Park Joon Se
Moon Chae Won as Yoo Seung Mi
Synopsis:
Go Eun Sung (Han Hyo Joo) was studying overseas in New York and returned to Korea during her vacation to bring her autistic brother, Eun Woo, to the United States to study music. Sun Woo Hwan (Lee Seung Ki), who was also studying in New York, was ordered to return to Korea by his grandmother, Jang Sook Ja, to learn how to manage her food company. Eun Sung and Hwan, who were on the same flight back home, accidentally had their luggage bags exchanged, which led to several misunderstandings between the two of them. Go Pyung Joong, Eun Sung's father, struggled to save his company from going bankrupt. One day, his wallet and valuables were stolen by a thief who subsequently died in a gas explosion accident. The police, upon finding Go's belongings on the thief, mistakenly identified the thief as Go and a death certificate for Go was promptly issued. Go decided to lie low and not tell his family that he was alive so that his family could claim his life insurance money and use it to clear the debts. However his second wife, Baek Sung Hee, kicked her stepchildren, Eun Sung and Eun Woo, out of the house after collecting the insurance money and moved into a new home with her daughter, Yoo Seung Mi (Moon Chae Won). Eun Sung asked for help from several of her friends, including her senior, Hyung Jin, who avoided her because she was no longer rich. She managed to find a job at a nightclub with the help of her friend, Hye Ri. At the nightclub, Eun Sung met Hyung Jin's senior, Park Joon Se (Bae Soo Bin), who was shocked to see her working there. She also met Hwan, who caused her to lose contact with Eun Woo. Realising that Eun Woo was missing, Eun Sung was devastated and tried searching for her brother but to no avail. With the help of Hye Ri and Joon Se, Eun Sung rented a small room and started a small dumplings stall while continuing her search for Eun Woo. Meanwhile, Jang became deeply disappointed in Hwan as Hwan had no direction in life and did not know how to cherish her company and employees. While pondering over what to do about her grandson, Jang visited a neighborhood that she used to live in when she was poor and encountered Eun Sung who was selling dumplings. Jang met with an accident and received help from Eun Sung. Jang, seeing that Eun Sung tried her best to take care of her even when she could not afford her own daily expenses, was touched by Eun Sung's compassion. Jang brought Eun Sung home and announced to her family that Eun Sung was going to live with them and that she was going to appoint Eun Sung as the heir of her food company...
My Lovely Sam-Soon (Korean Drama - 2005)
Title: 내 이름은 김삼순 / Nae I-reum-eun Kim Sam-soon
Also known as: My Name is Kim Sam-Soon / My Lovely Sam Soon (KBFD-TV)
Producer: Kim Sa Hyun
Director: Kim Yoon Chul
Writer: Kim Do Woo
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam-soon
Hyun Bin as Hyun Jin-heon
Jung Ryu Won as Yoo Hee-jin
Daniel Henney as Dr. Henry Kim
Synopsis:
Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo (Lee Kyu Han), cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun (Hyun Bin), a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fights like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feeling for each other and Sam Soon agreed to post as Jin Hun's girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun's ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States intending to win him back.
Lovers in Paris (Korean Drama - 2004)
Title: 파리의연인 / Pa-ri-eh yun-in
Also known as: Des amoureux á Paris / My Sweetheart In Paris / Romance in Paris
Producer: Kim Yang
Director: Shin Woo Chul
Writer: Kim Eun Sook, Kang Eun Jung
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Synopsis:
Tae Young lives in Paris and is working on a screenplay. She meets Gi Ju while working at a friend's stall and Soo Hyuk, when her bicycle breaks down. Soo Hyuk and Tae young become friends. Gi Ju asks her to act as his fiance for work reasons. Things go badly and everyone returns to Korea.
Back in Korea Tae Young, Gi Ju and Soo Hyuk begin to develop friendships with Tae Young and end up feeling more feelings towards her than they initially thought. However, Gi Ju is Soo Hyuk's uncle and they had grown up like best friends since they were only about 7 years apart. Their feelings towards her slowly begin to be revealed causing heartache for all the people around them.
[Korean Drama] Love Rain (2012)
Title: 사랑비 / Sarangbi
Also known as: Love Rain
Production Company: Yoon's Color
Created by: Oh Soo-yeon
Directed by: Yoon Seok-Ho
Starring: Jang Keun Suk, Yoona
Genre: Romance, melodrama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-26 to 2012-May-29
Synopsis:
"Love Rain" depicts a 1970's pure love and a love from the present day at the same time. It shows how the children of a previous ill-fated couple, who met in the 1970s, managed to meet and fall in love. Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee, an art student and a shy beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In Ha's son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon Hee, Jung Ha Na, a cheerful and energetic girl who's personality is different from her mother's. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?
[J - Drama] Midnight Sun (2006)
Title: Taiyô no uta (original title)
Directors: Natsuki Imai, Jun Mutô
Writer: Mutsuki Watanabe (teleplay)
Stars: Gaku Hamada, Shôichirô Masumoto and Takayuki Yamada
Genre: Drama | Romance
Summary:
Kaoru dreamily gazes from her bedroom window each morning just before dawn. She can see a stretch of the beach in front of her parent's house on a hill in Kamakura, but focuses upon the activity at the bus stop where Koji and his two best friends meet before going surfing. The appearance of the sun causes her to lowers the blinds and go to sleep for she suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) and exposure to the sun's rays has had the potential to kill her. At night she walks to the train station, plays her guitar and sings songs she has written, commonly returning home just a few minutes before it starts getting light. One morning she is at the bus stop singing when Koji arrives. Liking the song she was singing, he promises to go and listen to her perform as a street musician the first day of summer vacation but finds a loud and off-key man has occupied her spot. Koji improvises and takes her to Yokahama on his motor bike where her singing immediately draws a crowd. Koji marvels at her extraordinary future, whereas he muses at his ordinary nature as he asks to be her boyfriend. But she breaks up almost immediately as the rising sun reminds her that she cannot live a normal life. Koji tries and make amends after being sought out by her father, and starts to earn the 200,000 yen needed to pay for a studio session and production of a CD of Kaoru's songs. As she practices on her guitar, she finds her fingers becoming immobilized, the first sign that neurological damage from the disease is progressing.
[Korean Drama] Love Rain (Currently Airing)
Title: 사랑비 / Sa-rang-bi
Also known as: Love Rain
Director: Yoon Seok-Ho
Writer: Oh Soo-Yeon
Genre: Romance, Melodrama
Cast:
Jung Jin Young as middle-aged Seo In Ha (Seo Joon's Dad)
Lee Mi Sook as middle-aged Kim Yoon Hee (Ha Na's Mom)
Kim Young Kwang as Han Tae Sung
Oh Seung Yoon as Cho Soo
Shin Ji Ho
Summary:
“Love Rain” depicts a 1970′s pure love and a love from the present day … at the same time. It shows how the offsprings of a previous ill-fated couple, who met in the 1970s, managed to meet and fall in love. Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee, a fine art student who devotes his love to only one woman and a shy, elegant beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In Ha’s son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon Hee, Yuri, a cheerful and energetic girl whose personality is the opposite of that of her mother’s. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?
[Japan Animation] Fairy Tail OVA 2: Yousei Gakuen
Title: Yousei Gakuen: Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan
Director: Shinji Ishidaira
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh and Tia Lynn Ballard
Summary:
The anime adaptation of the manga side story "Yousei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan," which puts the characters of Fairy Tail in a school setting. The title is a parody of Miki Yoshikawa's "Yankee-kun to Megane-chan."
[Japan Animation] Fairy Tail OVA 1: Youkoso Fairy Hills!
Title: Fairy Tail OVA 1: Youkoso Fairy Hills!
Director: Shinji Ishidaira
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh and Tia Lynn Ballard
Summary:
Lucy comes across a mysterious written request. The client is looking for an object that is in Fairy Tail's female dormitory, Fairy Hills. To verify the request, Lucy visits Fairy Hills, and discovers that the client is Hilda, the dormitory head who is looking for a "shining treasure." Meanwhile, Natsu and the other guild members are cleaning their pool.
[Korean Drama] Dong Yi/ Dawn (2010)
Directors: Sang-hyub Kim, Byoung-hoon Lee
Writer: Yi Young Kim
Stars: Chul-ho Choi, Hyo-ju Han and Jin-hee Ji
Genre: Drama, Historical
Summary:
A moving historical drama set in the Chosun Dynasty of old Korea, Dong Yi tells the story of a simple maid that rises high in the royal court as a consort and, ultimately, mother of the 21st king of Chosun. Filled with pageantry, romance, adventure and thrilling action, Dong Yi brings ancient Korea to life in this ratings favorite.
Secret Garden (Koraen Drama - 2010)
Title: 시크릿 가든 / Sikeurit Gadeun / Secret Garden
Chinese Title : 秘密花園
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
Genre: Melodrama, fantasy, romance
Episodes: 20
Cast:
Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won
Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young / Oska (Joo Won's cousin)
Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
Lee Philip as Im Jong Soo
Summary:
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.
[K - Drama] My Princess (2011)
Title : My Princess (K-Drama) (ep 16/16)
Alternative Title(s) : 마이 프린세스
Number of Episodes: 16
Director: Kwon Seok-Jang, Kang Dae-Sun
Writer: Kim Eun-Suk, Jang Young-Sil
Summary:
An ordinary college student, Lee Seol, finds out she’s a princess. The grandson of Daehan Group, Park Hae Young, is put in charge of educating Seol on proper etiquette.
[J - Drama] 14 Year Old Mother (2006)
Title : 14 Year Old Mother
Alternative Title(s) : 14-sai no Haha: Aisuru tame ni Umaretekita
Number of Episodes: 11
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2006-10-11
Stars: Haruma Miura, Itsumi Ohsawa and Mirai Shida
Genre: Drama
Summary:
The drama concerns 14-year-old Miki Ichinose, who becomes pregnant with her boyfriend’s child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will keep the baby and raise it by herself. The show follows what this means for her, her family, her school life, the life of her boyfriend and his family, and the society in which she resides.
[Korean Drama] Mischievous Kiss (2010)
Title: 장난스런 키스 / Jangnanseureon Kiss
Also known as: Playful Kiss, Naughty Kiss
Chief Producer: Han Hee
Producer: Song Byung Joon (송병준)
Director: Hwang In Roe, Kim Do Hyung (김도형)
Original writing: Manga "Itazura na Kiss" by Tada Kaoru
Screenwriter: Go Eun Nim (고은님)
Genre: Romance, school
Episodes: 16 + 7 SP
Cast:
Kim Hyun Joong as Baek Seung Jo
Jung So Min as Oh Ha Ni
Lee Tae Sung as Bong Joon Gu
Lee Si Young as Yoon He Ra
Synopsis:
Based on the popular manga, Oh Ha Ni is a clumsy student who falls for the perfectionist, Baek Seung Jo. However, Seung Jo is indifferent towards her and rejects her love. When Ha Ni's house collapses, she and her father moves into his long-time friend's house. It turns out that Seung Jo is the friend's son and Ha Ni is given the opportunity to be near the guy she loves. Will she be able to move Seung Jo's heart?
[T.V. Series] Smile, You
Title: 그대, 웃어요 / Geudae, Useoyo
Also known as: Smile, You / Smile / Smile Honey
Director: Lee Tae Gon
Screenwriter: Moon Hee Jung
Genre: Romance, comedy, family
Episodes: 45
Cast:
Lee Min Jung as Seo Jung In
Lee Chun Hee as Seo Sung Joon
Choi Jung Yoon as Seo Jung Gyung
Jung Kyung Ho as Kang Hyun Su
Lee Kyu Han as Lee Han Se
Jun Hye Jin as Jung Ji Su
Synopsis:
Seo Jung In is the second daughter of a chaebol family, whose family suddenly meets with financial ruin. She is dumped by her husband, Lee Han Se, after their wedding ceremony when his family finds out about her family's financial problems. Her family is then left with no other alternative but to move in with their longtime chauffeur's family. The once rich and spoiled daughter and her family must now learn how to adjust to life as commoners in the Kang household.
[Korean Drama] Dae Mul (2010)
Director: Jong-rok Oh
Title : Dae Mul (Big Thing)
Alternative Title(s) : Big Fish / Big Things
Number of Episodes: 24
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2010-Oct-06 to 2010-Dec-23
Stars: Seok-hwan Ahn, In-Pyo Cha and Il-hwa Choi
Cast:
Yum Dong-Hyun
Ko Hyun-Jung
Kim Jae-Bin
Park Ji-Il
Seo Ji-Young
Min Joon-Hyun
Lee Ju-Sil
Park Keun-Hyeong
Bang Kil-Seung
Tae-woo Kim
Tae-won Kwon
Sang-woo Kwone
Summary:
Seo Hye Rim is a hot-tempered news announcer who was fired by the broadcasting company, but is later elected to the National Assembly and became the first female president of Korea. She faces political pressure and potential impeachment from Kang Tae San and his followers, but survives with the aid of the prosecutor Ha Do Ya.
[TV Series] GTO Live Action (1998)
Title: グレート ティーチャー オニヅカ
Title (English): Great Teacher Onizuka
Also known as: GTO (ジーティーオー)
Genre: School, human drama
Original writing: Fujisawa Tohru Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (manga)
Screenwriter: Kazuhiko Yukawa
Director: Suzuki Masayuki
Music: Hattori Takayuki
Synopsis:
The drama series is based on the manga and anime of the same name, both created byFujisawa Tohru. The story is a sequel of lesser known series Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (Shounan Love Gang) where Onizuka Eikichi's rogue high school days are depicted.
Sorimachi Takashi plays Onizuka Eikichi, a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, Onizuka begins his unconventional way of teaching a hopeless group of troublemakers. Although he meets much opposition from the students and teachers themselves, his passion for teaching, and more importantly, his students, eventually convinces everyone that Onizuka truly has the makings of a great teacher.
[TV Series] Great Teacher Onizuka
Alternative title:
El Gran Profesor Onizuka (Spanish)
GTO
Крутой учитель Онизука (Russian)
المعلم العظيم أونيزوكا (Arabic)
グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ (Japanese)
麻辣教師GTO (Chinese (Taiwan))
반항하지마 (Korean)
Running time: 27 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 43
Genres: action, comedy, drama, slice of life
Themes: delinquents, school, troublesome teens
Plot Summary:
Onizuka is an ex-biker and gang leader who has one goal, to become the greatest teacher. He learns of the power and respect possible as an intern teacher, using his strength and connections to get his students to respect him. Now, graduated, he gets a job at a prestigious private school to handle their 'problem class' that made the past few teachers quit. He must handle a different sort of trouble when the trouble makers include some of the smartest kids in Japan who prefer a more cerebral approach to torturing their teacher. Onizuka must slowly win his students over and deal with their mistrust of teachers while handling the distrust of his fellow teachers.
[Korean Drama] Lie to Me (2011)
Title: 내게 거짓말을 해봐 / Naege Geojitmaleul Haebwa
Also known as: Try Lying to Me
Previously known as: 달콤한 스캔들 / Sweet Scandal
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2011-May-09 to 2011-Jun-28
CAST:
Yoon Eun Hye as Gong Ah Jung
Kang Ji Hwan as Hyun Ki Joon
Sung Joon as Hyun Sang Hee
Jo Yoon Hee as Oh Yoon Joo
Hong Soo Hyun as Yoo So Ran
Ryu Seung Soo as Chun Jae Bum
Synopsis:
Gong Ah Jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she's married to Hyun Ki Joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki Joon's ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother's, Oh Yoon Joo, reappears in his life.
[Korean Drama] Dream High (2011)
Title : Dream High (ep 16/16 + Special)
Alternative Title(s) : Dream high
Genre: School, romance
Broadcast network: KBS2
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2011-01-03
Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-03 to 2011-Feb-22
Number of Episodes: 16
Subtitle: English Hardsub
Summary:
There is a school named ‘Kirin Arts High School’ which only teaches students how to dance and sing. The director (Bae Yong Joon) and fellow teachers (Park Jin Young, Um Ki Joon, Lee Yoon Ji and Lee Byung Joon) operate the school. If the students are found to be lackadaisical and practicing in a lazy manner, the teachers may shoot fire from their mouths. There is also a secret… the majority of stars you see on TV are graduates of this school. For the upcoming year, 2011, there is a feeling that a group of special students might be entering into the school. … 「Dream High」 will broadcast its first episode on January 3rd, 2011. Title: 드림하이 / Dream High
[K - Drama] Scent of a Woman [2011]
Title : Scent of a Woman (K-Drama)
Alternative Title(s) : 여인의 향기 / Yeoineui Hyanggi
Hardsubbed or Softsubbed: Softsubbed
English Subtitles: Yes
Number of Episodes: 16
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2011-Jul-23 to 2011-Sep-??
Summary:
Dream High’s dorky-cute idealistic teacher, Eom Ki-joon, will be fighting for Kim Sun-ah’s affections in SBS’s upcoming weekend drama Scent of a Woman — although he’ll be losing out in the end to the drama’s hero, Lee Dong-wook (in his post-army comeback, yay!). Scent of a Woman is centered around a woman (Kim) who is told she is dying, and decides to live her remaining months to the fullest. Lee plays the restless and aimless heir to a top travel/tourism company, who meets our heroine, a lowly employee, after he fights with his fiancée and quits the company; his interest in her sparks a total turnaround in his life. Meanwhile, she meets her old childhood friend (Eom) as a patient; he’s a cold, cynical doctor who starts to thaw out because of her, and gradually loosens up to become a caring Daddy Long Legs.
