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Romance, Hearts, Time
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 15:56I've finished a bunch of Korean TV shows lately.
Romance is a Bonus Book
This was such a good romance. Dan-i, a single mother, is pretty much destitute after getting divorced and losing her job. She's working a housekeeper for Eun-ho (unbeknownst to him), a childhood friend. Dan-i managed to get a job at Eun-ho's publishing company as a simple task worker by leaving all her qualifications off her resume, and starts doing really well there. She and Eun-ho start having feelings for each other, and this complicates work and their relationship. This is such a heartwarming series, especially if you love books and reading. The lives of the other staff at the company are so interesting too.
Touch Your Heart
Yeon-seo is a washed-up actress, damaged by a scandal. As a condition of getting a role as a lawyer in a new drama, she needs to work at a law firm, serving as secretary to surly workaholic lawyer Jung-rok. It's a fun series, and the actors, Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook, have such great chemistry. The supporting characters are excellent too, some of them having a crush on the once-famous actress.
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
This series was pretty complex, but awesome (and one of the highest rated in Korean TV history). Kim Shin is a 940 year old goblin (a Korean guardian spirit), cursed to remain alive until his bride can remove a sword from his chest. Eun-tak is a 19 year old student who is fated to be the legendary Goblin's Bride. She's had a tragic life, and can see ghosts. Their two lives start becoming entwined. Of course, if she pulls she sword out, he goes to the afterlife.
Eun-tak should have died young, so she's being pursued by the Grim Reaper, who becomes friends with the Goblin. The Grim Reaper also has feelings for Sunny, a woman he was linked to in the past lives, but he has no idea how to talk to living people. The Grim Reaper and Sunny are played by Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook, who played the lead roles in Touch Your Heart; so good to see them in another romance.
I loved the series, which was partly set in Quebec. So many twists, and you have no idea how it can be resolved till the last episode.
A Time Called You
Jun-hee is grieving her boyfriend, who died the year before. She somehow travels back in time and finds herself in the body of 18 year old Min-ju, who looks just like her, and is friends with Si-heon, who looks just like her boyfriend. This shortish series has so many twists it makes the movie Inception seem plain and simple, but it's amazing. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what was going to happen. There's a murder or two...or was it suicide? Amazing acting from the leads, who are playing multiple characters 20 years apart in age.
Summer Strike
Another short series, Summer Strike is about Yeo-reum who leaves Seoul and decides to settle in a small town, where she meets Dae-beom, the awkward local librarian and maths genius. It all revolves around a long-ago murder, and romance develops as bad things start to crop up. Pretty fun and easy to watch.
Romance is a Bonus Book
This was such a good romance. Dan-i, a single mother, is pretty much destitute after getting divorced and losing her job. She's working a housekeeper for Eun-ho (unbeknownst to him), a childhood friend. Dan-i managed to get a job at Eun-ho's publishing company as a simple task worker by leaving all her qualifications off her resume, and starts doing really well there. She and Eun-ho start having feelings for each other, and this complicates work and their relationship. This is such a heartwarming series, especially if you love books and reading. The lives of the other staff at the company are so interesting too.
Touch Your Heart
Yeon-seo is a washed-up actress, damaged by a scandal. As a condition of getting a role as a lawyer in a new drama, she needs to work at a law firm, serving as secretary to surly workaholic lawyer Jung-rok. It's a fun series, and the actors, Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook, have such great chemistry. The supporting characters are excellent too, some of them having a crush on the once-famous actress.
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
This series was pretty complex, but awesome (and one of the highest rated in Korean TV history). Kim Shin is a 940 year old goblin (a Korean guardian spirit), cursed to remain alive until his bride can remove a sword from his chest. Eun-tak is a 19 year old student who is fated to be the legendary Goblin's Bride. She's had a tragic life, and can see ghosts. Their two lives start becoming entwined. Of course, if she pulls she sword out, he goes to the afterlife.
Eun-tak should have died young, so she's being pursued by the Grim Reaper, who becomes friends with the Goblin. The Grim Reaper also has feelings for Sunny, a woman he was linked to in the past lives, but he has no idea how to talk to living people. The Grim Reaper and Sunny are played by Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook, who played the lead roles in Touch Your Heart; so good to see them in another romance.
I loved the series, which was partly set in Quebec. So many twists, and you have no idea how it can be resolved till the last episode.
A Time Called You
Jun-hee is grieving her boyfriend, who died the year before. She somehow travels back in time and finds herself in the body of 18 year old Min-ju, who looks just like her, and is friends with Si-heon, who looks just like her boyfriend. This shortish series has so many twists it makes the movie Inception seem plain and simple, but it's amazing. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what was going to happen. There's a murder or two...or was it suicide? Amazing acting from the leads, who are playing multiple characters 20 years apart in age.
Summer Strike
Another short series, Summer Strike is about Yeo-reum who leaves Seoul and decides to settle in a small town, where she meets Dae-beom, the awkward local librarian and maths genius. It all revolves around a long-ago murder, and romance develops as bad things start to crop up. Pretty fun and easy to watch.