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
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.
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
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.
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
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...
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
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.
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
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...
[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.)
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