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Successful Story of a Bright Girl (명랑 소녀 성공기) August 25, 2008

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Successful Story of a Bright Girl is a Korean drama starring jang Nara (Cha Yang Soon) and Jang Hyuk (Han Gi Tae). It aired from March 2002 to May 2002 with 16 episodes.

Main Cast:

Jang Hyuk as Han Gi Tae
Jang Na Ra as Cha Yang Soon
Han Eun Jung as Yoon Na Hee
Ryu Soo Young as Han Joon Tae

Synopsis: Jang Na Ra plays a cute and innocent country girl who often daydreams of rescuing her prince. One day, she meets Jang Hyuk who accidentally falls into her bath tub while she was taking her bath. Not off to a good start they started arguing over the matter. However, the story goes on to tell how Jang Nara arrives in the big city due to her plan to settle her irresponsible parents’ debts. She moves into Jang Hyuk’s house as a hired servant hence begins to teach the rich spoiled brat (Jang Hyuk) some manners through her down to earth scoldings and no-nonsense attitude. This drama gets totally hilarious in many scenes where Jang Nara and Jang Hyuk’s combination comes out as refreshingly cute. Jang Hyuk plays a rich and proud man who inherits his father’s business but is later betrayed by his own cousin and uncle leading to his downfall. On the other hand, Jang Nara plays a girl that he meets who help him pick up the pieces in his life, from defeat to success.

Review: I like this drama for a couple reasons. One is because of the story. Great plot line, they don’t meander into a whole other stories, like some dramas do. It is a little overly dramatic, like when Han Gi Tae throws things because he’s angry, but over all, it’s a cute story. Second, is the actors. I thought and still think that Jang Nara has such a babyface! She will always look younger than she actually is. And I thought the little bit of the accent she had was kinda funny. Jang Hyuk in this did a great job and worked really well with Jang Nara. The only thing that bothered me was his hair! It looked like something straight out of the 90s. He kinda reminded me of Nick Carter in his early days.

Anyway, there are tons of cute scenes between Han Gi Tae and Yang Soon.  I can remember, in my opinion, the best one.  It’s when she is cleaning his home and decides to buy goldfish.  When he comes home and sees them, he gets a little touchy at first (as I recall, I could be wrong), but she says to him something to the effect of how nice it is to have something living in the house and how much warmer it feels.  Every time I think about this drama, I remember that moment.

I think everything about this drama was right in line with the plot, except the end where Yang Soon decides to go into the army.  That kinda confused me a tiny bit, but otherwise, great story, great drama.  I definitely would definitely watch this if you have time.  Here are the links and enjoy!

MySoju-http://www.mysoju.com/successful-story-of-a-bright-girl/
aznV.TV-http://aznv.tv/?p=d185

18 vs. 29 (열여덟 스물아홉) August 17, 2008

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18 vs. 29 is a Korean drama starring Park Sun Young (Yoo Hye Chan) and Ryu Soo Young (Kang Sang Young aka Kang Bong Man). This drama aired from the beginning of March 2005 to the end of April 2005 with 16 episodes. This drama also featured Choi Siwon (Younger Kang Bong Man), a member of the boy band, Super Junior.


Main Cast:

Park Sun Young as Yoo Hye-chan
Ryu Soo Young as Kang Sang-young
Park Eun Hye as Shin Ji-young
Lee Joong Moon as Kim Noon

Synopsis: This drama takes the audience back to the 1990s. The main character of the drama, Yoo Hye Chan, 29, reverts mentally to an 18-year-old girl after having a car accident. As she recovers her memory and the relationship with her husband, Kang Sang Young, she goes through many hilarious and heart-moving moments.

Hye Chan, who was a beauty queen in high school, marries her former classmate Kang Bong Man. In 2005, she turns 29. But after a fierce fight with her husband, she heads to court to file for divorce, unable to control her rage anymore. On her way to court, her car clashes with a truck, and as a result she develops amnesia. She only remembers herself as a senior high schooler, when she was sassy and outgoing, and popular with her peers. As her memory reverts to her adolescent years, she suddenly becomes crazy about the dance group “Seo Taeji and Kids,” which was popular with teenagers back in the ’90s. While looking strong on the surface, deep inside she is soft-hearted and feeble. She likes Jane Campion’s movie “Piano” a lot. Although Kang Bong Man, nicknamed “Ice Prince,” is the ideal of every girl in Hye Chan’s school, she regards him as shallow. The guy she really likes is her senior, Jeong Shiwoo.

But in reality, Hye Chan’s husband is Kang Bong Man, whom she despised so much in high school. He changes his name to Kang Sang Young when he becomes an actor. In the latter part of the drama, Hye Chan recovers her memory and pursues her dream of becoming a film director. When Hye Chan loses her memory, Sang Young becomes preoccupied with mending their shattered relationship. He collects all the messages they had exchanged in the past to help her remember who he is. The replays of Hye Chan’s memories, which are presented in diverse ways, add to the drama’s tantalizing plot.

(credit: KBS Global Marketing)

Review: Well this is a very different drama in the Korean drama scene, but very old and tired in the American soap opera view of it. Amnesia, new love, etc…it’s been done over and over. But I think what made this interesting to me is how Hye Chan recalled things and reacted to her new life. I also liked the comedy factor because usually when someone has amnesia…it is very sappy and sad. But I like the new outlook on things.

Ryu Soo Young…I appreciate him as an actor especially when I think of when he did a movie called Summertime, where he was a stalker/peeping Tom type character that was watching this woman from his apartment and eventually breaks into the apartment to have sex with her. ANYWAY…I appreciate him to be able to play that part then jump in and play funnier, more light-hearted roles. I respect Jae Hee for the same reason, with his role in 3-Iron. Just great…

A very light-hearted drama this one is and that’s why I enjoyed it. I also liked seeing Choi Si Won from Super Junior in it too!!! Hey was pretty good too, the camera loves him. I love the part when the younger version of Hye Chan was supposed to go to the movies with Shi Woo and he ditches her. Then younger versoin of Kang Bong Man comes to save the day and meets her there….so cute!!! You’ll have to watch it….it made my heart leap into my throat!!!

All in all, this was a great drama too watch. It was easy-going and each time the episode ended, I wanted to see more. So, be warned you will be sitting on your computer for hours watching this once you start!!! At least, that’s what happened to me…So here are the links and enjoy watching! Just so you know, my YouTube playlist has the first two episodes as public, but the rest are private videos.

YouTube-http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C929D99660C3610D
MySoju-http://www.mysoju.com/18-vs-29/
aznV.TV-http://aznv.tv/?p=d148