Friday, August 22, 2008

Couple or Trouble

Title: 梦幻情侣/Couple or Trouble/Fantasy Couple/환상의 커플
Type: Korean Drama
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Han Ye Seul - Anna Jo/Na Sang Shil
Oh Ji Ho - Jang Chul Soo
Kim Sung Min - Billy Park
Park Han Byul - Oh Yoo Kyung
Extended Cast:
Kim Kwang Kyo (김광규) - Gong Sil Jang
Kim Jung Wook - Ha Deok Ku
Lee Mi Young - Oh Kye Joo (Deok Ku's mother)
Jung Soo Young (정수영) - Kang Ja
Lee Suk Min (이석민) - Jang Joon Seok
Kim Tae Yoon (김태윤) - Jang Yoon Seok
Park Joon Mok (박준목) - Jang Geun Seok

Link: Official Website

Theme song(s):


fantasy couple


Sypnosis:
This series is based on the 1987 American movie "Overboard". Anna Jo (Han Ye Seul) is a rude, feisty, and audacious American-bred heiress who can never be satisfied. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy Park (Kim Sung Min). When her yacht gets stuck for repairs, she hires local handyman Jang Chul Soo (Oh Ji Ho) to fix her shower, but when they have a heated spat over her dissatisfaction and non payment, she pushes him overboard and dunks his tools into the ocean right along with him. Later, after a quarrel with Billy that threatens to end their marriage, she herself gets drunkenly pitched overboard and falls victim to a bad case of amnesia. Her beleaguered husband takes her disappearance as a boon and rejoices. Anna washes ashore with no clue as to her identity — and in order to get revenge for indignities inflicted upon him by Anna, the hard-working everyman Chul Soo decides to pretend Anna is his girlfriend and takes her home to be his housekeeper and nanny for his three orphaned nephews. Hilarity ensues.

With credits to: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Couple_of_Fantasy & http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/05/behind-the-k-drama-scenes/

Best price: $10
Location: Poh Kim outlet at Plaza Singapura(PS)






Posted by ChimRaisin at 7:48 PM

18 vs. 29

Title: 18 vs. 29/열여덟 스물아홉
Type: Korean Drama
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episodes: 16
Cast:
Park Sun Young - Yoo Hye-chan
Ryu Soo Young - Kang Sang-young
Park Eun Hye - Shin Ji-young
Lee Joong Moon - Kim Noon
Shin Goo - Kang Chi-soo
Jo Eun Ji - Yoo Hye-won (Hye-chan's younger sister)
Kim Ji Young - Spicy rice cake grandmother
Lee Sang Woo - Kang Bong-kyu
Ahn Nae Sang - Suh Yoon-oh
Lee Dae Yeon - Choi Ki-ja
Jung Da Hye - Lee Eun-ji
Jo Yang Ja - Park Soon-nyeo
Kim Da Rae - Lee Sun-mi
Lee Han Wi - Park Kam-dok
Choi Si Won - young Kang Bong man
Park Min Ji - young Yoo Hye-chan

Link: KBS Homepage

Theme song(s):



18 vs 29 ost


Sypnosis:
The main chracter is Yu Hyechan who is 29 years old.Hyechan is married to Kang Bongman who is her old classmate in high school whom she despised and hated because of his cocky attitude.But later she fell for him after being rejected by Shi Woo her crush.
This drama takes the audience back to the 1990s. The main character of the drama, Yu Hyechan, 29, reverts mentally to an 18-year-old girl after having a car accident. As she recovers her memory and the relationship with her husband, Kang Sang-yeong, she goes through many hilarious and heart-moving moments.

With credits to: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/18_vs._29 & http://images.google.com.sg/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=18+vs+29

Best price: $15
Location: Blue Max outlets



Posted by ChimRaisin at 6:30 PM

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Heaven's Wedding Gown

Title: 天国的嫁衣/La Robe De Mariee Des Cieux/Heaven's Wedding Gown
Type: Taiwanese Drama
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Episodes: 29
Cast:
Cyndi Wang - Tao Ai Qing aka Ivy
Leon Jay Williams - Lu Zi Hao aka Aaron
Ming Dao - Chen Hai Nuo aka Harold
Terri Kwan - Katrina
Wang Zhi Yu - Sun Xiang Zhen aka Jean
Zhao Shun - Tao's grandpa
Qu Zhong Heng - Freddie
Tao Chuan Zheng - Lu Zheng Guo
Wang Yue - Liu Yu Hong
Liu Xu Hao - Ji Pu Sai
Cai Li Qun - Ah Bu
Tang Jia Hao - Tao Ya Qun
Chen Zun Wen - Coffee
Sun Rui - Lotto
Qiu Pin Rui - Ba Wong
Wang De Sheng - Uncle Ah Zhong
Xiao Jie - Xin Qi Qi
Yi Ling - Ester
Huang Yu Rong - Ken
Jacky Zhu - Ying
Ke Wei - Ke Wei
Zhang Hong - Pei Ya Xi
Angela Zhang - Herself

Theme song(s):
Opening theme song: 花的嫁紗 by Cyndi Wang
Ending theme song: 愛的天國 by Cyndi Wang


heavens wedding gown


Sypnosis:
It was with much difficulty that Ai Qing was able to save enough money and arrive in her dream place, Paris. As a result, she was extremely happy about this. At the same time, Zi Hao is also in Paris receiving an international fashion award, the grand prize. They both got into a big argument at a small artistic shop over a small wooden horse that they both fell in love with. In the end, with the owner's consent, Ai Qing is able to obtain the wooden horse. The accidental meeting at the airport and on the plane, cause the two of them to have an even more unfavorable impression of each other. Both were rejoicing at the fact that after this trip, they would never have to see each other again. However, who would have expected that these two people's destinies are forever intertwined tightly together...

With credits to: http://lunardreamz.fateback.com/synopses/robe.htm & http://wiki.d-addicts.com/La_robe_de_Mariee_des_cieux & http://images.google.com.sg/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=heaven%27s+wedding+gown

Best price: $10.50
Location: Poh Kim outlet at Aljunied MRT station



Posted by ChimRaisin at 10:11 PM

Love Contract


Title: Love Contract/爱情合约
Type: Taiwanese Drama
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Cast: Ariel Lin - Cheng Xiao Feng
Mike He - Ah Ken aka Liu Jian Dong
Zhang Rui Jia - Ah Kai aka Lin Kai
Zhong Xin Yu - Li Xin Lei
Lai Zhi Wei - Xiao Bai aka Zhang Yuan Bao
Lin Yi Hong - Mu Tou aka Lin Song Bo
Phyllis Quek - Cheng Xiao Yun
Mary Hsu - Doris
Yi Zhe Li - Fu Bu Mei Li
Kitamura Toyoharu - Fu Bu Gan Jiu
Tai Bao - Cheng Zheng Jie
Cheng Xiu Ying - Li Feng Hua
Jin Gang - Jin Gang
Liu Han Qiang - Simon
Petty Yang - Xiao Xiao aka Li Yi Xuan
Qiu Long Jie - Tom

Theme song(s):
Opening theme song: 中間 by Fish Leong
Ending theme song: Gu Dan Bei Ban Qiu (孤單北半球) by Ariel Lin
Insert songs:
Shining by Cosmo (丸子)
失去 by Zhang Zhen Yue
關於我們之間的事 by Zhang Zhen Yue


Love Contract


Sypnosis:
Outwardly, Xiao Feng (Ariel Lin) is a stubborn tomboy and the captain of the Kendo Club at her college. In her group of friends, she is the leader with her demanding nature and abrupt ways. Inwardly however, Xiao Feng is a girl scarred by her past and searching for what she wants most, love. Her friends, Ah Kai (Zhang Rui Jia), Xiao Bai (Lai Zhi Wei), Mu Tou (Lin Yi Hong), Xin Lei (Zhong Xin Yu) and, Xiao Xiao (Yang Pei Ting) don't know about that part of her past but they are all loyal friends to Xiao Feng; that is, until Xiao Bai and Ah Kai leave the Kendo Club for the Swim Team. Xiao Bai and Ah Kai are immediately regretful when the captain of the Swim Team, Ah Ken, turns out to be a captain as grueling as Xiao Feng. When one night Xiao Feng announces to her friends she wants love the most, Xiao Bai and Ah Ken devise a prank called the love contract. In exchange for finding swim team members to recruit, Ah Ken must court Xiao Feng.

With credits to: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Love_Contract & http://images.google.com.sg/images?hl=en&q=love+contract&gbv=2

Best price: $10
Location: Blue Max outlets (Plaza Singapura have)

Posted by ChimRaisin at 9:34 PM

Monday, August 4, 2008

1 Litre Of Tears

























Title: 一リットルの涙 (One Litre Of Tears/一公升的眼泪)
Type: Japanese Drama
Genre: Tragedy, drama, school, romance
No. of episodes: 11
Cast:
Erika Sawajiri - Aya Ikeuchi
Hiroko Yakushimaru - Shioka Ikeuchi (Aya's mother)
Ryō Nishikido - Haruto Asō (Aya's later love interest and her lover)
Takanori Jinnai - Mizuo Ikeuchi (Aya's father)
Riko Narumi - Ako Ikeuchi (Aya's little sister)
Naohito Fujiki - Hiroshi Mizuno (Doctor)
Saori Koide - Mari Sugiura (One of Aya's best friends)
Yuma Sanada - Hiroki Ikeuchi (Aya's little brother)
Ani Miyoshi - Rika Ikeuchi (Aya's youngest sister)
Kenichi Matsuyama - Yuji Kawamoto (Aya's first love interest)
Kana Matsumoto - Saki Matsumura
Momosuke Mizutani - Kohei Onda
Ryo Hashidume - Keita Nakahara
Hiroshi Katsuno - Yoshifumi Asō (Haruto's father)
Asae Onishi (大西麻恵) - Asumi Oikawa (Aya's roommate when she was in disability school. She has the same disease as Aya)
Yuuki Sato - Keisuke Asō (Haruto's brother)
Maya Hamaoka - Kikue Oikawa
Kazuko Katō (かとうかずこ) - Madoka Fujimura
Toshihide Tonesaku - Kiichi Takano (One of the volunteers at the disability who later gets married to the head teacher of the disability school)
Shigeyuki Satō - Nishino (Home room teacher of Aya when she was still in the normal high school)

Theme song(s):
Only Human by K
Konayuki (粉雪) and Sangatsu Kokonoka (3月9日) by Remioromen
Some theme songs by Susumu Ueda


*~ 1 Litre of Tears ~ 1リットルの涙 ~*


Sypnosis:
(English)
This drama is based on the true story of a Japanese girl named Kito Aya, who was diagnosed with a disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration when she was just 15 years old, and was able to continue her life until her death at the young age of 25 years old. She kept writing in her diary to remember her experiences until she could no longer hold a pen. Aya simply wished to live until the end of her life, and the purpose of writing in the diary was to remind herself to not give up. She shed tears many times, at the same time encompassed by the rich love and support from her family and friends...

(Chinese)
一位十五岁的国三少女木藤亚也,正要展开人生中最灿烂的高中生涯。嘲讽的是,她却在此时被告知得了一种罕见的绝症--脊髓小脑萎缩症。
肢体瘫痪,吞咽困难,无法言语,都是亚也未来面临的病症。她想写字,想快乐的奔跑,想要谈一场甜蜜的恋爱。想要回报父母的恩情,纵使知道未来的美好蓝图遂渐模糊,亚也仍毅然升入高中继续学业。直到病情益发严重,坐上轮椅的亚也最后终于同意转至岡崎养护学校。亚也努力用笔记录生活中对生命的思维与坚持,她并不怨恨父母给予她的身体,不怨恨上天为什么残忍地剥夺她生存的权利,她只是一直为自己的身体而奋斗,拖着日渐衰弱的身躯,慢慢朝前方那一道狭窄却存在的生存之门前进,一直到21岁她丧失意识...

[真人真事改编,一个女孩感动千万人!一个活出生命真义的奋斗故事!A real story for a girl who is seriously ill but fight against her disease!]

"跌倒又有什么关系,还可以再站起来,跌倒后,可以顺便仰望一下天空蓝蓝的天,今天也在无限延伸的朝着我微笑,我是活着的。I am glad to know that I am still alive."

This a really touching drama that is bound to make you cry! It touches your heart in such a deep manner that you will really feel very sad for this poor but very brave young lady-Kito Aya. Hurry and watch it now! It's really worth watching;D
If you want to grab a copy of your own, go to Plaza Singapura's TS on basement 2. It is now selling at $19.90! Hurry buy your own copy now or regret it!(: (You also can borrow from me if you want to. Just leave a tag.)

With credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Litre_of_Tears_(TV_series)

Posted by ChimRaisin at 8:49 PM

meh-meh;D

First post here. From now on, I will be posting on dramas - korean, taiwan and etc. If there's any particular drama which you would like me to post on, do leave me a tag to let me know;D

Thanks(:

`DramaFreak

Posted by ChimRaisin at 8:11 PM