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Cast

Lee Ji Hoon as Hwang Dong Gyu
Lee Da Hae as Lee Soo Ha
Ha Suk Jin as Hwang Chan Min

Synopsis

Lee Soo Ha is the clan granddaughter of the Jae Ahn Lee clan and owner of the clan house Hwa Ahn Tang. Being a century-old building, Hwa Ahn Tang is breaking apart soon and yet there were no funds to repair it because the clan elders re-allocated the funds to somewhere else. Therefore Soo Ha's main task is to find sources of money to sponsor the repairs.

Hwang Dong Gyu is the first grandson of the president of TOP Group. The president is trying to buy Hwa Ahn Tang because he was once a servant there wants to retire there. Dong Gyu tried to gain Soo Ha's trust and he was also well-liked by the servants in Hwa Ahn Tang. However, Hwang Chan Min, Dong Gyu's playboy cousin, became attracted to Soo Ha and started to woo her. Dong Gyu, knowing his cousin's playboy character tried to fend him off Soo Ha, and yet in process fell for Soo Ha too. The president then had a great plan: whoever can get Soo Ha's hand in marriage will be able to inherit his business, because he would then be able to retire in Hwa Ahn Tang.

Chan Min became agressive in business and came up with various plots to sabotage Dong Gyu. He succeeded and Dong Gyu became demoted from the General Manager to manager of a loss-making dumpling subsidiary. Soo Ha helped Chan Min to experiment and introduce a new dumpling which tasted just like those made in Hwa Ahn Tang, which boosted the sales of the product, and touched the president.

My Take

This is a great after-dinner show. Straightforward plots and some parts offer much comical relief. Even the OST is comical!

Period Aired
19/03/2007 to 08/03/2007

200-beauty

Cast

Kim Ah-jung as Kang Han-na
Ju Jin-mo as Sang Jun

Synopsis

Kang Han-na is a very fat girl whose job is a backstage singer and a telephone sex worker, because of she had a beautiful voice but not a beautiful body. She was the backstage singer for Ammy, who has a beautiful body, but terrible voice. Han-na idolises her company's producer, Sang Jun, whom she thinks that truly cares about her. Unfortunately, during the post-concert celebration, Han-na not only got ridiculed by her colleagues and Ammy, she also overheard Sang Jun's conversation with Ammy in the toilet. Sang-jun told Ammy that even though they are just using Han-na for her voice, they must be kind to her so she will not walk out on them.

Furious, Han-na approached one of her telephone-sex clients, a plastic surgeon for a total makeover, without anyone knowing, not even her best friend, Chung-min. Han-na re-appeared one year later, totally slim and beautiful. Non of her past acquiantances recognised her, not even Chung-min. But she managed to convinced Chung-min that she is Han-na with a matching tattoo that they got previously. With Chung-min's help, Han-na managed to have an audition with the Sang-jun's singing company under a bogus name "Jenny", and Jenny very quickly became the next Korean pop sensation because of her great vocals and looks.

All was well, until Han-na refused to acknowledge her senile Dad, for fear of Ammy recognising her. Chung-min was very disappointed with Han-na's behaviour too. The cover was blown when Sang-jun found out that Jenny is Han-na due to the similarities that they have while making notes on the music sheet.

Han-na could not carry with her first performance after that because she felt that she has lost her family and friends. So she did a declaration during the performance which shocked the audience. But slowly, the audience came to accept whom she is, and Han-na finally is able to ditch the identity of Jenny and become herself once more.

My Take
This movie touched on the topic of plastic surgery, which Korea is so famous about. The movie shows that beauty is only skin deep, it's the internal qualities of a person which is important. On the hand, I thought the movie also shows that without beauty, you will take a longer and harder time to succeed in life. Just take a look at Han-na, she has to bear the pain of the surgery before she is able to do what she wanted. Oh well, a double-edge sword right ? The OST is fabulous!



Year Aired
2006

2

Cast
Eugene as Yuh Bong Soon [Real name given by Biological mother is Yeo Yoon He]
Lee Min Ki as Nam Bong Ki
Ryu Jin as Jang Joon Won



Synopsis
Yuh Bong Soon, a village girl, was enjoying her life in the mountains until her foster grandmother passed away. She came to the city to look for her parents and met Nam Bong Gi's Dad who pitied her (because she was pickpocketed) and allowed her to stay in his house. Nam Bong Gi's family were all working in the Presidential Residence, hence she managed to get a job as an assistant cook in there. This show then goes on to highlight the various relationships of the staff in the Presidential Residence, with special focus on Yuh Bong Soon, of course. She falls for Jang Joon-Won, the President's son, a doctor, who is married and his wife is suffering from dementia and has a five year old daughter. As Bong-Soon finds herself falling in love with Joon-Won, we also find a love triangle building up, when Bong-Ki, the President's family's bodyguard, starts to fall for Bong-Soon.




My Take
I like the show. My sister doesn't like the ending though, although I think otherwise. I admire the various sacrifices Nam Bong Ki did for Bong Soon, and could n0t resist the part when Bong Ki told Bong Soon "I love you" in different languages.

Year Aired
2006


 

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