Synopsis
"Sassy Girl, Choon-hyang" is the 2005 interpretation of the "Legend of Choon-hyang". The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering.
One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him.
Source: KBS Global Marketing
Cast
Sung Chun-hyang: Han Chae Young
Lee Mong-ryong: Jae Hee
Byun Hak-do: Eom Tae Woong
Hong Chae-rin: Park Shi Eun
My Take
An ok, watchable show. Not very memorable though.
Year Aired : 2005
01. Title
02. Love Theme
03. Campus Theme I
04. So in Love
05 Campus Theme II
06 Conflict
07 My Life
08 Love Theme II
09 To your side
10 White Smile
11 To breathe with love
12 Campus Theme III
13 Tears
14 Love’s Aria
15 Run
16 At the riverside
17 Alone
18 Rain
19 Throbbing
Favourite OST
Synopsis
Love Triangle among 3 students in Harvard. The female lead, Soo-in, is a student at Harvard Medical School. The 2 male leads are Hyun Woo and Jung Min, students from the Harvard Law School. Both HW and JM fell in love with SI, and Jin-Ah, whose company sponsors JM's studies, loved JM. SI fell in love with HW but due to certain reasons, they parted ways in Harvard. Fast forward to after graduation, where HW and JM returned to Seoul. HW became a successful lawyer with a reputation of helping the poor with their legal cases. Then, we see how the 3 continue their relationship when SI returned to Korea too.
Character Analysis
Lee Soo In by Kim Tae Hee : Financially poor, but through her determination in her ambition to become a doctor, she took on multiple part-time jobs to support herself through the Medical school. Despite her hardships in life, she is a cheerful and optimistic girl.
Kim Hyun Woo by Kim Rae Won : He graduated from Seoul University with a law degree, and hails from a family of lawyers and judges.
Hong Jung Min (Alex Hong) by Lee Jung Jin: He moved to US when his father committed suicide after losing a legal suit where Hyun Woo's father is the prosecutor. He is an ambitious guy.
Yoo Jin-Ah by Kim Min : Her father owns a law firm in US. Knowing that JM is ambitious, she used the ownership of her dad's firm as a bait in exchange for JM affections.
Other Comments
I'm watching this on YouTube currently. Chanced upon this show when I acciendentally surfed to Ch55 of CableTV. Think CableTV is already showing Ep 9 and 10 when I first watched it, hence I went to YouTube to search for Ep 1-8 and found it !!
Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=xjhomelx
Year Aired : 2004
Synopsis
Yoon Jung-Sook and Kwon Hyuk-Joon were bethrothed by their grandfathers while they were babies. Fast forward 18 years, JS was a 18 year old student and HJ is a Prosecutor. They got married in accordance to the betrothal and also because HJ's grandfather's ailing health. Unknowing to HJ, he is JS's first love when she saw him in traditional costume (rather bizarre). HJ treated JS as a small girl but slowly fell in love with her.
Character:
Han Ji Hye as Yoon Jung-Sook
Lee Dong Gun as Kwon Hyuk-Joon
Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=XxyayitxX
My take:
I think the couple is very well-paired. Got fu1 qi1 xiang4
Year Aired : 2004
Synopsis
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=1010
Characters:
So Ji Sup as Cha Mu-hyeok
Lim Su Jeong as Song Eun Chae
Chung Kyeong-ho as Choi Yoon
Suh Ji-young as Kang Min-joo
Drama on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thegto
NG on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=act634
My take:
I was recommended this drama by my colleague, who said that she cried for most of the movie. Well it's a really touching show. This is also one of the dramas which I felt that the actors and actress's acting are superb.
Year Aired : 2004
01 Chum Boo Tuh
02 Never Say Goodbye
03 Suh Reun Bun Jjeum
04 Alone
05 Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh
06 Neul
07 My Girl
08 Sarang Eun Him Deun Ga Bwa
09 Alone (female)
10 Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh (female)
11 Happy Happy
12 Sarang Ee Shim Shim Hae Suh
Favorite OST
Synopsis
4-year-old Yu Min has been abandoned by her mother's friend when her mother died. Her dad was the son of a construction millionaire and the marriage was not approved by the family. Hence her mom was given a large sum of money to leave her dad, but this was taken by her mom's friends. At the same time, her dad lost his memory in a car accident. Yu Min was adopted by a good samaritan but was again abandoned. Yu Min then lived from hand-to-mouth together with her brother (son of the good samaritan). Fast forward 15 years, Yu Min is in love with Lin Min Zhe, her brother's doctor, who is also coincidentally the eldest son of her mother's friend. MZ was waiting for his first love to come back and ends up making an agreement with YM to pose as his fiancée to stop his mother's matchmaking. YM also met Lin Sheng Zhe, MZ's brother as he is unable to pay her for causing her to lose some fish that she was planning to sell. With a twist of fate, both MZ and SZ fell in love with YM, but YM found that the one she loves is SZ. The story then developed to tell how the abandonment is exposed and how Yu Min gets reunited with her father.
Characters:
Kim Jae Won as Lin Min Zhe
Jung Da Bin as Zheng Hui Yuan/ Han Yu Min
Yoon Gae Sang as Lin Sheng Zhe
Kim Min Hee as Song Xiu Zhi
Drama on YouTube (incomplete):
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=KDcrazy
My Take:
I bought the DVDs for this, instead of utube. The subtitles are in Chinese, hence the chinese names :) Drama is quite ok. Something refreshing from the recent bout of contractual relationships in Kdrama. :)
Year Aired: 2004