The First Annual 2013 Soju DramaQueen Awards I did not realize what a busy, amazing year 2013 has been until I consulted the all-knowing Excel Spreadsheet and compiled the Contender’s List. Of the 35 dramas that I viewed, am viewing, or in very few cases, abandoned mid-series, just this year, the list was finally… Read More The First Annual 2013 Soju DramaQueen Awards
A beautiful historical drama filled with the majesty and drama we have come to expect from this genre, Jung-yi was an epic tale worth the re-telling. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 8/10 Set in the Joseon Dynasty, Jung-yi is based on the story of a real historical figure: Baek Pah-sun, the first woman to become a… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Jung-yi: Goddess of Fire”
“A long time ago, my brother said, ‘No matter how scared you are, you have to accomplish what you want to. That the one who endures and gets past everything is the coolest person in the world.’ To me, people and the world are scary. I remember my brother’s words and I gain strength.” —… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Good Doctor”
The Hong Sisters strike again with a quirky fantasy-style romantic comedy. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 The Master’s Sun was one of the new ‘Ghost Dramas’ of the season. Tae Gong-sil suffers an accident and is left with the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Alone, and suffering from insomnia (those pesky specters… Read More Friday Drama Review: “The Master’s Sun”
Hold onto your hankies! Two Weeks is an action packed melodrama that tugs on all the major heartstrings: a (cute-as-a-button) dying child with just two weeks left to live unless a donor comes forward to save her; a father, who didn’t know he had a daughter, who has lived the wasted gangster life of… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Two Weeks”
Beautifully scripted and delightfully enacted, Sword and Flower was a moving melodrama placed in a historical setting. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Also known as “Blade and Petal”, this drama recounts a story of two major political dynamos at odds with each other at the end of the Goguryo* period in Korean… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Sword and Flower” 칼과 꽃
Crime, romance, fantasy and action combine to create an absorbing drama with appealing characters. So what if some of them are not quite alive?… Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Detective Yang Shi-on awakens from a six-year coma to find her memory gone and the ability to see ghosts as an unusual replacement. Her coma… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Who Are You?” (후아유)
If the reviews have been coming on a less regular basis, it is not for lack of viewing. We are currently in the midst of a whole slew of great new dramas for the fall season. And with nothing ending, it seemed appropriate to report on what is going on in the Korean drama world.… Read More Fall Drama Watch: What’s New To View This Season
Hae-woo: What do you like most in the world? Yi-soo: Sharks. Sharks don’t have swim bladders. Hae-woo: Then how do they live? Yi-soo: To live, they must swim endlessly since if they stop swimming, they die. Even when they sleep, they must keep moving. Hae-woo: They lead very tiresome lives. Yi-soo: Still, sharks are the… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Shark”
A little music… A little drama… A lotta fun! Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 6/10 Min Se-yi is a transfer student from New Zealand, of all places. There she herded sheep and recuperated from the trauma of losing her father. Back in Korea once again, she cheerfully attends school and quickly makes a name for… Read More Friday Drama Review: “Monstar”
