Discovery of Romance Korean Drama

Discovery of Romance (also known as Discovery of Love, Finding True Love, Yeonaeui Balgyeon) reunites Que Sera, Sera casts Shinhwa leader Eric Moon (Super Rookie, Spy Myung Wol) and Jung Yoo Mi (The Crucible, I Need Romance 2012) in a 2014 South Korean drama about finding true love. They are joined by Sung Joon (Personal Taste, Lie to Me, Shut Up Flower Boy Band) as part of a love triangle.

Kang Tae Ha (Eric Moon) and Han Yeo Reum (Jung Yoo Mi) are madly in love with each other during their college years but they drifted apart and had a terrible breakup that changed both their perspective on relationships. Years later, Yeo Reum becomes a successful wooden furniture designer and shop owner and found a fresh chance at love with her plastic surgeon boyfriend, Nam Ha Jin (Sung Joon). All this changed as Yeo Reum's ex-boyfriend Tae Ha appears and Yeo Reum is caught in a difficult position of maintaining a business partnership with Tae Ha because of a big project headed by his interior design company. Meanwhile, Ha Jin makes progress in his discreet effort to find his childhood friend, Ahn Ah Rim (Yoon Jin Yi from A Gentleman's Dignity) who eventually falls for him, not knowing Ha Jin is the big brother she adored and grew up with at the orphanage. 

Their complicated situation sets them off to sort through their emotions, priorities, values, and quest for true love.

Details

Genre:  romance, comedy, drama

Episodes: 16

Broadcast network: Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)

Broadcast period: August 18, 2014 to October 7, 2014

Episodes

1. How did we end up sleeping in the same bed?

2. Will you break up with him and come back to me?

3. Can't help it if you think it's jealousy

4. You like Han Yeo-reum?

5. I know that it's a confession I'll regret tomorrow!

6. Even if the sky falls, I'm not going to you

7. This is your first one-sided love, isn't it?

8. This isn't dating; it's war

9. I said "I love you" hundreds of times...

10. Let's break up...

11. Staring out the window several times a day

12. The day the words "I love you" touched my heart...

13. Should I act drunk and just kiss you?

14. Did you just call me a bitch?

15. Will they be able to love again?

16. Although there's no such thing as everlasting love...

Characters

• Kang Tae Ha (Eric Moon)
• Han Yeo Reum (Jung Yoo Mi)
• Nam Ha Jin (Sung Joon)
• Ahn Ah Rim (Yoon Jin Yi)

Supporting Characters

• Han Sol (Kim Seul Gi)
• Do Joon Ho (Yoon Hyun Min)
• Shin Yoon Hee (Kim Hye Ok)
• Bae Min Soo (Ahn Suk Hwan)
• Yong Jung Mok (Lee Seung Joon)

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Hotel King Korean drama

Hotel King reunites My Girl casts Lee Dong Wook (Scent of a Woman, Heartbreak Library, La Dolce Vita, Partner, Wild Romance, Blade Man, Arang, The Perfect Couple, The Recipe) and Lee Da Hae (Miss Ripley, Sweet 18, Hello! Miss) in a 2014 South Korean drama filled with mystery and romance.

United States, 1991

A child named Jayden and his brother, Ju Han are coerced as street beggers by a criminal gang. One day, the boys failed to earn enough money and were beaten black and blue. In an attempt to save his brother, Jayden accidentally shoots the gang leader and passes out. Meanwhile, a man named Lee Joong Go (Lee Duk Hwa) takes in Jayden and tells him to turn away from his dark past, naming him, Cha Jae Wan to mark a new beginning. Joong Go tells Jae Wan he is the son of a wealthy hotelier named Ah Sung Won (Choi Sang Hoon from Something About 1%) who abandoned him and even caused the death of his mother. Jae Wan grew up hating Sung Won and vows to avenge his deceased mother.

South Korea, present day

Cha Jae Wan (Lee Dong Wook) works as General Manager of 7-star hotel, Hotel Ciel, owned by Ah Sung Won. One day, Jae Wan finally confronts Sung Won and divulges his identity but Sung Won denies their kinship. Moments later, Sung Won dies in a freak accident without Jae Wan ever being declared as his son.

After Sung Won's death, his daughter, Ah Mo Ne (Lee Da Hae) appears at Hotel Ciel and takes on the challenge of managing the hotel. Though Mo Ne acts arrogant and eccentric, she actually comes to seek evidence on the suspicious death of her father whilst protecting the company.

Details
Genre:  romance, comedy, mystery, melodrama, revenge
Episodes: 32
Broadcast network: Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
Broadcast period: April 5, 2014 to July 27, 2014

Characters

• Cha Jae Wan / Jayden / Baek Hyun Woo (Lee Dong Wook)
• Ah Mo Ne (Lee Da Hae)
• Sunwoo Hyun (Im Seul Ong)
• Song Chae Kyung (Wang Ji Hye)
• Lee Joong Goo (Lee Duk Hwa)
• Baek Mi Nyeo (Kim Hae Sook)
• Roman Lee / Lee Ju Han (Jin Tae Hyun)

Supporting Characters

• Cha Soo An (Gong Hyun Joo)
• Yoo Joon Sung (Alex Chu)
• Hong Joon (Kim Sun Hyuk)
• Park Do Jin (Go Yoon)
• Jang Ho Il (Park Chul Min)
• Go San (Jung Suk Yong)
• Jin Jung Hyun (Ji Il Joo)
• Yoo Da Jung (Kim Ye Won)
• So Moon Jung (Kim Sung Young)
• Ha So Yun (Kim Kyu Sun)
• Madam Kim (Goo Bon Im)
• Noah (Cha Hak Yun)
• Lee Ip Sae (Lee Do Yeon)
• Yoon Ji Won (Lee Sang Mi)
• Lee Da Bae (Seo Yi An)
• Ah Sung Won (Choi Sang Hoon)
• John Howard (Yoo Gun)

Hotel King Original Soundtrack

OST Part 1

01 Waiting (Melody Day)

02 Waiting [instrumental] (Melody Day)

OST Part 2

01 Telling You That I Love You (Lee Chang Min & Jung Jin Woon)

02 Telling You That I Love You [instrumental] (Lee Chang Min & Jung Jin Woon)

OST Part 3

01 It Hurts (Kim Jin Ho)

02 It Hurts [instrumental] (Kim Jin Ho)

OST Part 4

01 Same Place (Vanilla Acoustic)

02 Same Place [acoustic version] (Vanilla Acoustic)

OST Part 5

01 Because It's You (The One)

02 Because It's You [instrumental] (The One)

OST Part 6

01 Lovesick [original version] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

02 Lovesick [drama version] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

03 Lovesick [original version, instrumental] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

04 Lovesick [drama version, instrumental] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

Hotel King Full OST

1. Hotelier (Various Artists)

2. It Hurts (Kim Jin Ho)

3. Waiting (Melody Day)

4. Telling You That I Love You (Lee Chang Min & Jung Jin Woon)

5. Because It's You (The One)

6. Same Place (Vanilla Acoustic)

7. Lovesick [original version] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

8. It Hurts [acoustic version] (Kim Jin Ho)

9. Same Place [acoustic version] (Vanilla Acoustic)

10. Lovesick [drama version] (Lumin & T.O. of M.Pire)

11. 보이지 않는 운명 (Various Artists)

12. Secret (Various Artists)

13. Shadow (Various Artists)

14. It's Just Me (Various Artists)

15. Run (Various Artists)

16. Kiss of Promise (Various Artists)

17. 나를 닮은 너 (Various Artists)

18. 눈물은 말한다 (Various Artists)

19. 시간의 운명 (Various Artists)

When Ratings Trump Narrative: Answer Me 1988/Reply 1988 Korean Drama Review

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I have composed this review in my head approximately 11,454,697,239 times, and it still feels like a mammoth undertaking. Maybe it's because Answer Me 1988 was 20 episodes that each ranged from an hour and a half to two hours each. There's so much content to cover that I don't really feel like I can talk about all of it This is why I don't watch long dramas, people!

So, instead of being a responsible blogger and talking about each and every aspect of this show, I'm going to do what I want, which is to rush through the majority of the show so that I can get on my soapbox and vent my very intense feelings about how this series ended. At least I'm giving fair warning, right?

New K-drama Alert: One More Happy Ending, Madame Antoine, and Signal

Am I the only one who feels like I'm suddenly drowning in new drama options? Holy smokes! There I was, minding my own business with my new BFF Cheese in the Trap, and suddenly BAM! Four new dramas premiered within one week!

Realistically, there's no way I'm watching more than two dramas at once with maaaaaaybe a third one on the backburner for days when I'm bored, but I did my best to give at least 3/4 shows a fair shot. (Sorry, Neighborhood Hero. Better luck next time!) Writing about that many shows at once is overwhelming, so I'm limiting myself to 3-sentence first impressions—and not James Joyce Ulysses style sentences, either. Let's get to it.

And We're Back! Marriage Contract Korean Drama Review

Sooooooo I don't know if you noticed, but we disappeared for a while.

(This is where you nod empathetically like "Oh yes, I totally noticed that this random K-drama blog that only blogged intermittently anyway started blogging even more intermittently." Just humor me, okay?)

New K-drama Alert: Another Oh Hae Young/ Oh Hae Young Again

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If you read our Marriage Contract review, you know that I haven't exactly been keeping up on the K-drama scene of late. From a brief look around the comments sections of various K-drama sites, it looks like I'm not the only one underwhelmed by Dramaland's current offerings, either.

Fortunately, summer is just around the corner (or so I kept telling myself when it rained for 3 weeks straight where I live), which means it's almost fluffy romcom season! Kicking off the summer season is a little drama that somehow took me completely by surprise. I remember being intrigued by the casting a few months ago, but I swear I heard absolutely nothing about Another Oh Hae Young (aka Oh Hae Young Again) until I suddenly saw that it premiered.

Is Age Just a Number? (Part 2): K-dramas and Oppa/Ahjussi Romance

A long, long time ago, I wrote this post about the noona romance trend and what makes the difference between a decent romance and one that makes you feel all icky inside.

While noona romances definitely haven't disappeared in the last couple of years, now the pendulum seems to be swinging the other way, with several high-profile dramas casting older actors against much-younger actresses. Here are just a few recent or upcoming dramas off the top of my head that fit this trend:

• Marriage Contract: Lee Seo Jin (45) and UEE (28)
• Entertainer: Ji Sung (39) and Hyeri (21)
• Mirror of the Witch: Yoon Si Yoon (29) and Kim Sae Ron (15)
• Beautiful Gong Shim: Namgoong Min (38) and Minah (23)
• Doctors: Kim Rae Won (35) and Park shin Hye (26)
• Beautiful Mind: Jang Hyuk (39) and Park So Dam (24)
• Moonlight Drawn By Clouds: Park Bo Gum (22) and Kim Yoo Jung (16)
• Let's Fight Ghost: Taecyeon (27) and Kim So Hyun (16)

Given that we're bound to see the great age debate popping up again and again over the next few months, let's give the topic another look, shall we?