(Korean Drama) Dream High 2011

genre: Music, Teen, Romance, Coming of age

cast:

ost:

1. Dream High - Ok Taec-yeon, Jang Woo-young, Bae Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, JOO

2. Someday - IU

3. My Valentine - Taecyeon & Nichkhun

4. If - Park Jin-young

5. Maybe - Sunye

6. Can't I Love You - Changmin & Jinwoon

7. Don't Go - Jun.K & Lim Jeong-hee

8. A Part of This Dream - San E (feat. So Hyang of POS)

9. Winter Child - Suzy

10. Dreaming - Kim Soo-hyun

Six students at Kirin High School have a dream of becoming K-pop idols. During their school years, they learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while undergoing personal growth. They also start to develop feelings for each other. Each one of the students has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, but they strive to debut with the support and guidance of each other.

Rating : 8/10

(Korean Drama) Heartstrings 2011

                                                                         genre: Romance, Melodrama, Musical

                                                                     ost:

                                                      01. You've Fallen for Me - Jung Yong-hwa

02. The Day We Fall in Love - Park Shin-hye

03. Star - Kang Min-hyuk

04. Because I Miss You - Jung Yong-hwa

05. Even If It's Not Necessary - F.T. Island

06. I Don't Know - M Signal

07. Give Me a Smile - M Signal

08. Thought We Were Only Friends - Oh Won-bin

A series of misunderstandings causes Lee Shin (Jung Yong-hwa), the cocky leader of "The Stupid" and Lee Gyu-won (Park Shin-hye), a college student majoring in Traditional Korean Music to start on the wrong foot. Gyu-won does not understand why Lee Shin is so popular, until one day she is forced to go the band's concert with her friends, who are fans of "The Stupid". There, she sees Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.

When Gyu-won decides to join the performance for the upcoming 100th anniversary performance for the university, everyone sees her potential and talent, particularly Kim Suk-hyun (Song Chang-eui), a Broadway composer-turned-music director. She competes with Han Hee-joo (Kim Yoon-hye), the spoiled daughter of the Chairman, for the role of the leading actress (but lost to her, as Hee-joo had previously bribed the judges). Lee Shin also decides to join the musical due to his crush on the dance professor, Jung Yoon-soo (So Yi-hyun), who is also the choreographer and muse of the musical. As Gyu-won and Lee Shin spend more time together, they began to fall for each other.

Fearing that Gyu-won might outshine her daughter, Hee-joo's mother schemes with Im Tae-joon (Lee Jung-heon), one of the school's administrators; and they plot to destroy Gyu-won's image to force her to quit the performance. Lee Shin works with Suk-hyun in order to clear Gyu-won's name. Meanwhile, Joon-hee (Kang Min-hyuk) struggles between his ever-growing feelings for Hee-joo and helping his friends as she threatens their university lives.

When Hee-joo is found to be suffering from vocal chord infection, Gyu-won is given the chance to replace her and go on stage. However, the kind-hearted Gyu-won chooses to let Hee-joo stand on stage instead, while she sings for her backstage. When the media found out that Gyu-won was the actual singer, she was offered a chance to go overseas to record an album. A new conflict occurs as Gyu-won is made to choose between her dreams and love.

                                                       Rating : 7/10

(Korean Drama) Oh My Venus 2015

genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama

cast:

ost:

01. Beautiful Lady – Kim Jong Hyun

02. Darling U – Kim Tae Woo feat. Ben 

03. That Person (Duet Ver.) – LYn feat. Shin Yong Jae

04. It’s Me – MIII

05. I’ll Be There – Tei

06. Love Moves On – Kei of Lovelyz

07. Oh My Venus – Snuper (스누퍼)

Kim Young-ho, a.k.a John Kim, is a personal trainer to Hollywood stars. Despite his family's wealth, Young-ho suffered a devastating illness in his childhood. But he believes living a healthy lifestyle and exercise is the only way to survive. He uses this to run from his family issues. His fear of his father and pity for his grandmother. A Hollywood scandal with an actress has him on the run back to Korea.

Kang Joo-eun was once an ulzzang in her teens, semi-famous for her pretty face and enviable figure. Now a 33-year-old lawyer, she has gained a lot of weight since. She passes out on a flight from the U.S. back to Korea and John Kim is the only medical personnel on the flight who takes charge. He watches out for her even after they arrive home. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Woo Im Shik, she finds that she has the press pass for John Kim and proceeds to (blackmail) convince him to help her loose the weight.

She discovers that Young Ho has a weakness for being a knight in shining armor. She moves in with him, Ji Woong and Jung Sung (Korean Snake), after a stalking incident causes her to sell her apartment. As they work on her physical transformation, both discover they feel more for each than what they will admit. As they grow closer they heal each other's emotional wounds and fall in love.

Rating : 9/10

(Korean Drama Special) Splash Splash Love 2015

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Time-slip

cast:



Kim Seul-gi as Jang Dan-bi



Yoon Doo-joon as Yi Do

ost:

1.Remi - Splash To You 
2.Kim Hyung Joong - Splash To You

Danbi is a senior high school student taking the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). However she has an irrational fear of maths, and in order to escape taking the test travels through a time portal to the Joseon era.
In Joseon she is mistaken for a eunuch and serving in the palace becomes a confidante of King Lee Do. Danbi finds that in the Joseon Dynasty her high school level of maths and science makes her the greatest scientist in the entire Kingdom, falling in love with the King she inspires him in his reform of the country.
However, fearing for their own privileges, Danbi becomes the target of traditionalist courtiers who seek her death. Having a hand in saving both the King and the Queen, Danbi becomes friends with the Queen who, in order to allow the King and Danbi to be together, endorses Danbi becoming a royal concubine. Presented to the Queen Dowager, who is a doppleganger of her own mother, Danbi becomes very home sick and taking her leave of the King returns to the present day. Returning to the exact moment of her departure, Danbi becomes determined to sit the CSAT, having learnt in her sojourn in Joseon that problems are not solved by running away, but by facing them.

Rating : 6/10

(Korean Drama) She Was Pretty 2015

also known as : She Was Beautiful, Puzzled Lovers, Pretty Woman

genre : Romance, Comedy, Workplace drama

cast:

ost:

01. Thumping – Kim Min Seung

02. Sometimes – Zia

03. One More Step – Ki Hyun (기현) (Monsta X)

04. You Don’t Know Me – Soyou, Brother Su

05. You’re the Only One – Choi Shi Won

A romantic comedy about two past acquaintances who meet again after they've gone through a reversal of fortunes and appearances, set in the backdrop of a fashion magazine's publishing office.

Kim Hye-jin was a very pretty girl from a rich family. After her family's publishing company went bankrupt, she experienced hardships then lost her beauty too. Ji Sung-joon was an unattractive boy with low self-esteem, but grows up as a handsome and successful editor.

The two decided to meet again as adults, but Sung-joon was unable to recognize Hye-jin. Ashamed to meet her first love and ruin his perception of her, Hye-jin asks her attractive best friend, Ha-ri, to appear in her place. Things, however, soon get complicated as Hye-jin was assigned to work at The Most magazine publishing office where Sung-joon is the deputy chief editor. He openly mistreats and belittles her for her clumsy nature, not knowing that she was his real childhood friend. Ha-ri also continues to meet Sung-joon, and soon develops feelings for him. On the other hand, Hye-jin finds a good friend in her workplace, Shin-hyuk, who slowly falls in love with her.

Rating : 10/10