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July 23, 2015 0 comments

KDRAMA REC: Oh My Ghostess

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I only just started watching this show and there’s currently only 6 episodes, but it’s become one of my new favorites.

You can see it on DramaFever and Hulu.

Oh My Ghostess
Genre: kdrama, supernatural, romance
Summary: Na Bong Sun (Park Bo Young) may be a skilled chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae (Kim Seul Gi) possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new “personality,” Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung Suk), the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun’s secret crush!

Park Bo Young (remember her from Werewolf Boy?) is extremely versatile in this. She plays two different characters and it seems really plausible that she’s both Bong Sun and Soon Ae. She’s also super adorable. This is a great role for her.

I like the interactions between Soon Ae as Bong Sun and Sun Woo, and I’m really curious to find out how Soon Ae died. I feel like I should probably keep some tissues handy.

Here’s the first episode:

Or if you can’t see the episode, here’s the teaser for the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3ToUZIoKk

That’s the Soon Ae possessed Bong Sun trying to seduce Sun Woo. Soon Ae died as a virgin, so she’s what’s called a virgin ghost — always hungry for experiences and constantly trying to have sex. She needs to find a man of vitality if she hopes to lose her virginity, settle her debts, and pass on before the third anniversary of her death. Because if she doesn’t pass on within three years she will become an evil spirit, doomed to haunt people and places, never able to rest. And she’s already been dead for two years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsPoOrbF_nU

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March 2, 2015 0 comments

Movie: Scandal Makers [Korean]

Title: Scandal Makers
Directed by: Kang Hyeong-cheol
Written by: Kang Hyeong-cheol
Starring: Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young, Wang Seok-hyeon
Running time: 108 minutes
Language: Korean

Summary borrowed from Wikipedia: Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo (Cha Tae-hyun) who thinks he is pretty popular is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. A young woman named Hwang Jeong-nam (Park Bo-young) sent stories about her being a single mother to the radio station Hyeon-soo worked at, telling him she is going to meet her father. When he finds out that he is the father of Jeong-nam when she comes to his apartment with her son Ki-Dong (Wang Seok-hyeon). He also finds out that Jeong-nam was his first love’s name and the other Jeong-nam’s real name is Jae-in. Jae-in and her son, Ki-dong.

My thoughts: This is a cute and funny movie with one of the most adorable child stars I’ve seen in a while. Seriously, Wang Seok-hyeon is great as 6-year-old Ki-dong.

There are some touching moments, some slightly cringe-worthy moments, but mostly this is a fun and heartwarming movie.

One of the best scenes: When they’re in the police station. That was good.

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Or watch it on Amazon. (Currently available free for Amazon Prime members.)

October 12, 2013 3 comments

Miracle In Cell No. 7 [Korean movie]

I recently watched the movie “Miracle In Cell No. 7” and it was absolutely beautiful. The end made me cry.

The cover makes it look like some wacky “Three Stooges”-like comedy, but it’s not. It’s this incredibly touching drama about a mentally disabled man, Yong-goo, being sent to prison for rape and murder of a little girl. It’s a crime that he didn’t commit, but the system works against him and there’s no one to help him when he’s railroaded by the police. Once in prison, he bonds with his cell mates and through him they are all bettered in some way — rehabilitated.

What makes this such a powerful movie is Yong-goo’s young daughter Ye-seung. Gal So-Won’s acting was amazing for such a little girl. I really believed that Ye-Seung was desperate to see her father and was joyous just to be with him.

This was an amazingly good movie and I can’t recommend it enough. Seriously, this movie really got to me. It was so funny and touching and sad.

http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Miracle_in_Cell_No_p_7.php

February 29, 2012 0 comments

MOVIE REVIEW: Portrait of a Beauty [Korean]

Title: Portrait of a Beauty
Directed by Jeon Yoon-soo
Screenplay by Han Soon-ryeon

Alternative title : “Beauty Island”

Synopsis borrowed from HanCinema: Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yun-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yun-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-mu sacrifices all for his love as well. Kim Hong-do, who loved the genius of his best student, ends up loving everything about her, and Seol-hwa, a Gisaeng at the courtesan house, possesses a love for Hong-do that turns into fatal jealousy. The secret behind Shin Yun-bok’s masterpiece, Portrait of a Beauty, is finally revealed after 250 years of silence.