Suh Jin Young is an aviation maintenance technician. Her fiance Jae Hoon passed away in a horrible traffic accident. Kim Chae Joon dreams of becoming an aviation maintenance technician but he encounters prejudice because he is an ex-convict. He killed some one with his car. Suh Jin Young gives him a chance to work under her and they fall in love. However that love is severely tested when they both discover that the Chae Joon’s victim was Suh Jin Young’s fiance Jae Hoon.
Based on ‘Flowers For Algernon’, a novel by Daniel Keyes.
16 episodes in total
Synopsis
Haru (Yoo Geon) is a mentally challenged young man with an IQ of 65 points and the emotional age of a seven-year-old. He misses his mom, who abandoned him at a bus stop after buying him a strawberry ice-cream, and dreams of becoming a bus driver so that he can go meet with his mom someday. One day, he falls in love with the swindler Eun-hye (Kim Ok-bin), who disguises herself as a teacher of mentally retarded students to avoid police. To win her heart, Haru undergoes a high-risk surgery conducted by psychosurgeon Dong-jae (Lee Jong-hyeok). The surgery ends successfully, and Haru is reborn into a genius with an IQ of 180 points. He also becomes rich and famous, but turns out that is not enough to make him happy.
Casting
Yoo Geon : Haru
A mentally challenged 27-year-old with an IQ of 65 points and emotional age of a 7-year-old. He loves to be praised by others, but nothing can console him once he gets upset. Though passionate about things he likes, he never does what he dislikes. His contagious laughter has the power to make everyone around happy.
Kim Ok-bin : Seo Eun-hye
Her wits and a healthy body inherited from her destitute parents is all she has. She prefers to laugh at hardships and strives to look even more confident and undaunted when feeling down and shattered.
Lee Jong-hyuk: Park Dong-jae
While looking for a hospital that would back his brain research, Dong-jae meets the director of Sky Hospital who pledges his support. At the same hospital, he also meets Haru, whose age, physical characteristics and background make him an ideal object of clinical tests.
Kang Shin-il : Chang Pil-koo
Brusque and quiet, Pil-koo has an uncanny charisma and can easily subjugate any ex-criminal. In the past, he was a famous psychosurgeon.
I’ve already finish watching this drama for about a couple of months back. It is really a nice happy romantic comedy type of drama. At first I was watching it for the comedy then come the moshi moshi part. Even my friend show smile on his face.
It was first shown in 8TV that got my attention to it. Thank god for it.
Details
* English Title: Witch Amusement / Witch Yoo Hee / A Witch in Love
* Genre: Comedy, Romance
* Episodes: 16
* Broadcast network: SBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Mar-21 to 2007-May-10
* Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55
* Theme Song: Oon myung eh jang nan by MC Jinri (feat. HaHa)
* Insert Song: If by Jun Hye Bin
Synopsis
As the director of her father’s advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong (Jae Hee), ex-medical student turned aspiring chef. As a way to work off his debt for crashing into her car, he agrees to become her housekeeper and personal love affairs coach for one month. Gladly, he gives her a makeover that attracts both her old friend Johnny Kruger (Dennis Oh) and her first love Joon Ha (Kim Jeong Hoon). Despite having a girlfriend, Sung Mi (Jun Hye Bin), Moo Ryong eventually finds himself falling for Yoo Hee.
This is the new japanise drama I currently watching. The plot is a little bit new to the audience even thou it’s still revolve within the love romantic type.
Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru’s mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru’s in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.