Strongest Chil Woo

Starring:
Eric as Kang Chil Woo / Choi Chil Woo
Koo Hye Sun as Yoon So Yoon
Kim Byul as Yeon Doo
Yoo Ah In as Heuk San
Lee Un as Ja Ja
Jun Noh Min as Min Seung Kook
Extended Cast
Im Ha Ryong as Choi Nam Deuk (Chil Woo's adoptive father)
Kim Young Ok as Mong Dung Ne (Chil Woo's adoptive grandmother)
Choi Ran as Chung Ju Daek (Chil Woo's adoptive mother)
Jang Joon Young as Chul Suk
Kang Jae as Jo Ahn Joong
Im Hyuk as Kim Ja Seon
Jung Jin as Sa Na Jang
Shin Seung Hwan as Leader Oh
Park Joon Suh as Leader Jung
Nam Myung Ryul as Do Sa
Jung Won Joong as law expert
Choi Jung Woo as King In Jo
Song Yong Tae as Do Jae Jo
Son Kwang Up (손광업) as commander
Im Ho as Crown Prince So Hyun
Kang In Duk as the boss Eung Gi (cameo, ep7)
Han Ye In (cameo, ep3)
Oh Man Suk as Chil Woo's biological father (cameo)
Kim Ji Suk (cameo)
Choi Soo Han as young Chil Woo
Lee Han Na as young So Yoon
Lee Yun Sung
??? as Woo Young (Chil Woo's sister)
Lee Ho Sung

Kang Chil Woo is a lowly officer during the Joseon era. Chil Woo is not a very smart and one of his life long goals is to become a midlevel officer. However when night falls, he is no longer that low level officer but instead a top assassin in an assassination organization. He gives out punishment to criminals and gives justice where needed. So Yoon and Chil Woo have a tragic love story. Yeon Doo is the daughter of a fallen yangban who owns a textile shop. She falls in love with Chil Woo after he rescues her from thugs who were harassing her.

This was an alright drama. Not the best, not the worst. This was definitely no where near the quality of Iljimae.

I really don't know what the heck the makers of this show were thinking putting this out after Iljimae. This had pretty much the same concept as Iljimae but was waaaaaaay different in many ways. So in a way, I was dissappointed.

For a drama like this, I thought the skills and production would have been better. The acting sucked big time with the exception of Yoo Ah In. His character was nice. He did an outstanding performance but it wasn't able to hold the show up. Goo Hye Sun's performance, I thought, was the worst out of them all. I think I rolled my eyes everytime she spoke. Totally overacted and she just wasn't right for the part. Eric's character as Chil Woo was okay but I really don't think they knew if they wanted him to be serious or boring. Well, he came across, most of the time as boring. Or maybe his costar, GHS, just made him seem that way.

The story wasn't half bad, which made it easier to watch. I will say the first 10 episodes were stupid and made not a whole lot of sense. Eventually, thankfully, the story did pick up and I was able to finally enjoy it for the most part.

Yoo Ah In


Eric


Lee Eun

Who Are You? (누구세요 -2008)

Starring:
Yoon Kye Sang as Cha Seung Hyo
Go Ah Ra as Son Young In
Jin Yi Han as Shim Jae Ha
Kang Nam Gil as Son Il Gun
Kim Sung Eun as Yoon Ha Young
Extended Cast
Lee Un as Kwon Yong Duk
Lee Min Jung as Yang Ji Suk
Park Ji Young as Kim Young Ae
Ahn Sun Young as Secretary Yeo / Yeo Ji Won
Jung Ho Bin as Attorney Yoon / Yoon Hyo Jin
Jo Duk Hyun as Driver Pi
Ki Joo Bong as Choi Chul Soo (Seung Hyo's father)
Kim Mi Kyung as Oh Young Hee (Ho Joong's mother)
Kim Hyung Jung as Bond Trader 1
Jung Hwan Gyu as Bond Trader 2
Yoon Joo Sang as Sa Shin / Death Angel
Sun Woo Yong Nyeo as Geum Nan Hee
Baek Jong Min as Jang Dong Gun
Kim Bo Kang as Choi Ho Joong
Kwon Hae Hyo as funeral counselor
Park Jin Sung
Kim Sung Gi
Park Kwang Jung

Cha Seung Hyo is an abandoned child who gets adopted in the United States and grows up to be a cold hearted person. Son Il Gun is a father who died, but he left things unfinished with his daughter. In order to make sure that his daughter is provided for he controls Seung Hyo's body for three hours a day for 49 days. He buys his daughter the things he couldn't do when he was alive with Seung Hyo's money. Il Gun's daughter, Young In, is a quick-tempered girl who meets Seung Hyo during her part-time job. At first she has a bad impression of him but she gradually starts to fall for the lonely Seung Hyo who is unable to open up to anyone else because of his bitter past.

Okay, I'm going back to the dramas that I started but didn't finish for some reason or another. This one, well, the first episode....bored me. So, I just skipped to the second episode and started from there. LOL! Well, I must say....I got hooked. OMG! Yoon Kye Sang is one hot tamale!!! Gorgeous is an understatement. Cute...yes!

I laughed and laughed, especially at Seung Hyo's facial expressions as soon as he "changed" into Il Gun. It was hysterical. I can't explain it. You would definitely have to see it to believe it. LOL!

At first, I wasn't sure how the "love story" was going to start out. It seemed the relationship was heading towards Shin Jae Ha. Cute...yes, but we soon come to learn he isn't as innocent as he leads us to believe. Bad guy? Sort of...because we learn that he does have some sort of concious.

I have to admit that I love the "hate turns to love" relationships. Those intrigue me the most.

Must post pics of one of the cutest Koreans ever!!!!

Yoon Kye Sang

This one is like my sooooo favorite pic. Cool and umm.....*blushes*......sexy!

Coffee Prince (2007)

Starring:
Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan
Gong Yoo as Choi Han Kyul
Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Sung
Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo
Extended Cast
Kim Ja Ok as Han Kyul's mom
Choi Il Hwa as Han Kyul's dad
Kim Young Ok as Han Kyul's grandmother
Park Won Sook as Eun Chan's mom
Kim Chang Wan as Hong Gae Sik (ex-Coffee Prince president)
Kim Jae Wook as No Sun Ki
Kim Dong Wook as Jin Ha Rim
Lee Un as Hwang Min Yeop
Lee Han Wie as Mr. Ku (the butcher that likes Eun Chan's mom)
Han Yeh In as Go Eun Sae (Eun Chan's sister)
Kim Jung Min as DK (Yoo Joo's ex-boyfriend)

The life of Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is not easy; she works many jobs to pay off debts and even gave up her feminine image. Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is the heir of a big food company, but his grandmother wants him to settle down, so she arranged many dates for him. After Eun Chan bumped into Han Kyul and was mistaken for a boy, Han Kyul decided to hire Eun Chan to be his gay lover in order to avoid the arranged dates. Desperately in need of money, Eun Chan had no choice but to accept. Han Kyul's grandmother also made Han Kyul in charge of a filthy coffee shop in danger of being bankrupt. Eun Chan begged to work at the coffee shop, and not long after, feelings start to spark, except, how would Han Kyul accept his "homosexuality"?


Yep, had to watch another that I've seen before. Actually, this was the first, EVER, Asian drama I watched. I was hunting for anime really. I found an Asian channel that hald anime they showed only at night so I looked online to see what they aired and Coffee Prince caught my attention after reading the short synopsis. So I did a hunt and started watching it. From that point on.....I have been addicted ever since.

I'm not saying Coffee Prince was the best but I thought it was good. Enough so that I wanted to see more from Korea but ended up watching a Japanese drama afterwards (Nodame Cantabile). So my love officially started.................This was almost a year and a half ago............

Ahhh!!

This isn't the best of all Korean dramas but it was good enough to keep me hooked. I think I liked the idea that Han Kyul fell in love with a "guy" and let all inhibitions go because the love was more important. Okay, it was good that the "guy" wasn't actually of the male variety. Hehehe!

I thought that this story showed that love was the most important factor of the story where as gender took a second role. It was quite funny at the beginning. I'm not saying it lost its comedic output as the story went on but the hilarity of it disappeared. The coffee "princes" took over that role. Oh and those princes were some serious eye candy. One of those "princes" is the late Lee Eon who passed away just a couple of weeks ago. And let me say this that after watching this show, there wasn't a moment when his face appeared that my heart "hurt". Kim Jae Wook, is he Korean? The name is definitely but he looks Japanese all the way. I'm so confused?????

A definite feel good show without the typical Korean drama ending. I felt good afterwards and hope they make a second season but then that won't happen because our Gong Yoo is doing his mandatory 2-years "voluntary" military service. Ughhhhh!

Kim Jae Wook


Lee Eon

R. I. P.