Korean TV June
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claidheamhmorMore Korean TV series watched.
(ML = Male Lead, FL = Female Lead)
My Mister (2018)
This series was just amazing. It's neither romantic nor a comedy; it's about the struggles of several people in the same neighbourhood and company. Acclaimed actor Lee Sun-kyun plays Park Dong-hoon, a moral and ethical structural engineer at a large company that is experiencing political issues. He supports his jobless brothers and mother, and his lawyer wife is having an affair with the company CEO. The CEO, trying to eliminate Dong-hoon's boss, has a bribe sent to the boss to discredit him, but instead of going to Park Dong-un, it goes to Park Dong-hoon. A young temp recently hired at the company, Ji-an, played by K-pop star IU (who starred in Hotel Del Luna), is a woman broken by life, desperately trying to support her disabled gran. She sees opportunities to get money from the CEO by doing dirty work, starting with getting Dong-un and Dong-hoon fired.
The series is moving and complex, and highlights caring people and neighbourhoods, and the difficulties of family and relationships.
Coffee Prince (2007)
Coffee Prince is an older series. Han-gyeol is a layabout coffee company heir; his grandmother forces him to set up and run a renovated coffee shop. He runs into a tomboy, Eun-chan, who he mistakes for a young man, and he hires "him" to act as a gay lover when he is forced on blind dates, and then hires "him" for his coffee shop staffed by young men. There's a parallel storyline featuring two friends who fall in and out of love, with the male played by the star of My Mister, Lee Sun-kyun, 11 years younger. Han-gyeol starts having feelings for Eun-chan, confusing him terribly since he's sure he's not gay. The series was a lot of fun, though I did think Eun-chan was played as bit of a dorky idiot for the first few episodes.
Business Proposal (2022)
Shin Ha-ri, a food researcher, is asked by her best friend to go on a blind date in her place, and put the prospective date off by acting weird. The antics don't work, however, and Ha-ri discovers that the date is the company's president, Kang Tae-moo. He, not knowing who she is, decides to employ her as a fake girlfriend so that he doesn't have to go on the blind dates arranged by his grandfather. She spends her time trying to dodge him at work (difficult, because she does excellent work), while he starts getting feelings for her. Meanwhile, her best friend starts falling for Tae-moo's best friend and company secretary. This was a fun series, and at only 12 episodes, a bit shorter than most. There were some interesting food concepts mentioned...like white kimchi ravioli.
Currently I'm watching Mr Queen, which is hilarious.
(ML = Male Lead, FL = Female Lead)
My Mister (2018)
This series was just amazing. It's neither romantic nor a comedy; it's about the struggles of several people in the same neighbourhood and company. Acclaimed actor Lee Sun-kyun plays Park Dong-hoon, a moral and ethical structural engineer at a large company that is experiencing political issues. He supports his jobless brothers and mother, and his lawyer wife is having an affair with the company CEO. The CEO, trying to eliminate Dong-hoon's boss, has a bribe sent to the boss to discredit him, but instead of going to Park Dong-un, it goes to Park Dong-hoon. A young temp recently hired at the company, Ji-an, played by K-pop star IU (who starred in Hotel Del Luna), is a woman broken by life, desperately trying to support her disabled gran. She sees opportunities to get money from the CEO by doing dirty work, starting with getting Dong-un and Dong-hoon fired.
The series is moving and complex, and highlights caring people and neighbourhoods, and the difficulties of family and relationships.
Coffee Prince (2007)
Coffee Prince is an older series. Han-gyeol is a layabout coffee company heir; his grandmother forces him to set up and run a renovated coffee shop. He runs into a tomboy, Eun-chan, who he mistakes for a young man, and he hires "him" to act as a gay lover when he is forced on blind dates, and then hires "him" for his coffee shop staffed by young men. There's a parallel storyline featuring two friends who fall in and out of love, with the male played by the star of My Mister, Lee Sun-kyun, 11 years younger. Han-gyeol starts having feelings for Eun-chan, confusing him terribly since he's sure he's not gay. The series was a lot of fun, though I did think Eun-chan was played as bit of a dorky idiot for the first few episodes.
Business Proposal (2022)
Shin Ha-ri, a food researcher, is asked by her best friend to go on a blind date in her place, and put the prospective date off by acting weird. The antics don't work, however, and Ha-ri discovers that the date is the company's president, Kang Tae-moo. He, not knowing who she is, decides to employ her as a fake girlfriend so that he doesn't have to go on the blind dates arranged by his grandfather. She spends her time trying to dodge him at work (difficult, because she does excellent work), while he starts getting feelings for her. Meanwhile, her best friend starts falling for Tae-moo's best friend and company secretary. This was a fun series, and at only 12 episodes, a bit shorter than most. There were some interesting food concepts mentioned...like white kimchi ravioli.
Currently I'm watching Mr Queen, which is hilarious.