Korean Drama review part 4

 This is the part 4 of my Korean drama review. I enjoy giving reviews to these dramas because I love watching them as well. 

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert of Korean Drama. I just reviewed them based on my biased opinion 😜. Also, I've watched these from Viki App. I'm not so sure if they're available in Netflix or in other Korean movie site. 

This is just in chronological order of when I finished watching them. Some of these might include spoilers. 

1. Hyde, Jekyll and Me (2015)
20 episodes

Star: 4/5

I like this story. It is based from a classic book Mr. Jekyll and Hyde. Hyun Bin portrays the role of both Seo Jin and Robin. As opposite to the Jekyll and Hyde personality, Robin the 2nd personality is kind, helpful and charming.

It's funny because it's a love triangle between the 2 personalities and the main character, Ha Na. There is a little bit suspense and thriller in the middle of the story. But overall, it's a good balance of romantic comedy and suspense.

The story ended well. They were able to reconcile the problem in the story. I highly recommend this one. Hyun Bin is really a versatile actor. 👏 I really enjoyed watching him here. 

2. Encounter (2018)

16 episodes
Star: 4/5

The story starred Park Bo Geum, as a young man who fell in love with an older person, a CEO. The CEO Cha Soo Hyun was played by Song Hye Kyo. They first met in Cuba, and they met again in the company where he was newly hired.

Overall, it was a very light love story. It's kinda comedy. There were some struggles but not very stressful to watch. I also love all the music and sound that accompanies the drama. I love the song, Take Me on by Saya, which I recently discovered because of this drama.

I first knew of Park Bo Geum in the series, Reply 1988. He was Taeki in the story, a Go game genius. His role there is very different here so I really appreciate how he's very different in the role he plays.

 

3. Love in the Moonlight (2016)
18 episodes
Star: 5/5

This is another tv drama of Park Bo Geum. I think I'm starting to really appreciate his shows. This is a costume- period drama. I was biased before and thought that I will not enjoy this kind of shows. But, I stand corrected. I enjoyed this romantic-comedy drama.

In this series, he is Crown Prince Lee Young who fell in love with Eunuch Hong Ra On (played by Kim Yoo Jung). The eunuch is actually a woman pretending to be a man.  Park Bo Geum portrays his role very well. The other stories of the drama is very interesting. It's a mixed of political and romantic comedy drama and I truly enjoyed it.

Supporting actors Jin Young who played as Kim Yoon-sung  and Kwak Dong-yeon who played as Kim Byung-yeon (the prince's royal guard) were very good as well. I really appreciate their roles as they give more color and beauty to the drama.

This series won some awards as well. Kim Yoo Jung won as the best new actress in the 5th APAN Star Award in 2016. Park Bo-gum also won an Asia Star award actor in the Asia artist awards in 2016. It won the Best Drama series in the 22nd Asian Television Awards in 2017.

Did I convince you yet? This is something that I would really recommend to watch. 

4. Personal Taste (2010)
16 episodes
Star: 3/5

This is one of the earliest korean drama of Lee Min Ho and So Ye Jin. The story is about an architect who pretended to be gay and a girl who live together. But soon, they both feel warm towards each other. I only gave 3/5 as I don't really enjoy the theme of the story. Also, while I was watching I keep thinking to myself that how did they make Lee Min Ho and So Ye Jin play that kind of role. It's romantic comedy and there are funny scenes in the story. It's just light and if you want to watch a stress free show, you can definitely watch this.

It's just not very appealing to my personal taste 😜

5. My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)
16 episodes
Star: 4/5
(This is available in Netflix as well)

I just watched this because I'm just curious of the story. This is about a girl, Kang Mi-rae (portrayed by Im Soo Hyang) who was bullied because of her looks. So, she undergoed to cosmetic surgery to be beautiful. The story started as the girl being a new student in the university. She met in the same department her classmate/schoolmate whom she thought made fun of her back in highschool. But he wasn't really making fun of her. Well, he didn't recognized her because of the changes in her looks but he remember her name and some things about her.

I just found out that "Gangnam Beauty" is an offensive word which means that an attractive person who undergoes to plastic surgery to become beautiful. And she was called by people that name.

This story is just a light story. It's kinda cute as well. One reason maybe because the main lead man, Cha, Eun- woo, is handsome and they look good together. It's actually my first time to watch them. I don't even know both artists before I watched this.

Also, this tv show helps me reminisce college years, so maybe that's another thing why this show is close to my heart.

 

Which of the following are you going to watch?