5. Full House (풀하우스)
Full House is a 2004 South Korean television drama series starring Rain and Song Hye-kyo.
The story is about an aspiring script writer lives in a house called "Full House" but two of her friends trick her into believing she had won a free vacation to Shanghai, and sell her house to the Top Movie Star Lee Young-jae, who she actually meets on the plane to Shanghai. And after all things messed up, both of the characters sign up for a six-month marriage contract for both of their wishes.
This Drama won many awards in Asia, and last episode Ratings ends up with 42.0%.
It is a remarkable successful Korean Drama, and you can watch it free on Hulu.com
4. City Hunter (시티헌터)
City Hunter is a 2011 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young and Lee Joon-hyuk. The story is based on the Japanese manga series City Hunter written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo.
The story is about in 1983, the South Korean president and his delegates and visiting Burma when a bomb planted by North Korean agents explodes, killing many South Korean officials. Five South Korean officials plan to covert operation, and it is successful. However, as the troops swim out from Nampo to and ROK Navy submarine assigned for their extraction, snipers from the submarine open fire on them, and already injured soldiers Park scarcities his life to save soldier Lee. Everything is planned by South Korean high officials and the five soldiers records have been erased. Lee swim back to South Korea, and takes Park's 1-month old son Lee Yooon Sung away from Park's wife, and trains him for the revenge. 25 years later, the revenge begins.
This Drama makes the actor Lee Min-ho becomes very popular in Asia, and his role netted him the Special Drama Top Prize plum at the 2011 SBS Drama Awards.
3. IRIS
IRIS is a 2009 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hae.
Lifelong friends Kim Hyun-Jun and Jin Sa-woo are ushered from their military base to a secret compound in the middle of the night. After successfully completing the test, Hyun-jun and Sa-woo are introduced to the standing of the National Security Service, Baek San, who later informs them that the NSS is a secret organization tasked with preempting foreign threats and protecting the country's interests through wetwork operations including assassination of anyone who could be a treat to South Korean national security. Later, a grand conspiracy begins to unravel at the hands of a far-reaching villain. As political tensions mount, Hyun-jun is given an independent assignment that will alter the course of history and change his life forever.
The series also took home away of the highest honors at the 2009 KBS Drama Acting Awards, totally worth to watch it!!!
2. The King of Dramas (드라마의 제왕) (On Air NOW!)
The King of Dramas is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring Kim Myung-Min and Jung Ryeo-Won.
The story takes a revealing look into the world of drama production. Anthony Kim will do anything for success and money in the media production industry. He has the midas touch when it comes to subcontracting the productions in drama series and is extremely talented in running a business. Theere's also a top Korean actor who does not negotiate and a new screenwriter who holds a pure view of drama series in general. The story is about how do they successfully produce and air the TV drama series "Elegant Revenge". We see how Korean TV drama produces at the first place.
Personally I really love this drama, as a media person it is always fun to watch a story based on the experience which is familiar to the life that I want to have.
1. My Lovely Sam-soon (내 이름은 김삼순)
Yes, I put this one as the number one MUST watch!
This is a classic Korean Drama that which is my all-time favorite, Sam-soon is a 2005 Korean TV drama, starring Kim Sun-ah, Hyun Bin and Jung Ryeo-won.
The plot is about Kim Sam-soon is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. She does not like her name because it considered a very old-fashioned and embarrassing name. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. That night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin-hun, a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. After all these embarrassing things happened to her, she manages o land herself a job in a big French restaurant working as a pastry chef for a rude and angry 27-year-old man, who is the same guy that she met in the men's bathroom on Christmas Eve...
My Lovely Sam-soon is such a great piece that I can't even find a word to describe how good it is. It is a story that is so close to many people's real life, and talks about love, career and family.
Go and watch it on Hulu.com, these are awesome!
Thanks for sharing! I definitely need to check these out.
ReplyDeleteI love your lists of korean drama. I watched all of them and was hooked with it.
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