Beating Again (2015)

GENRE: Romance, Comedy, Drama

SYNOPSIS: After the death of his father, Kang Min Ho’s uncle takes over the large company that he would’ve inherited. Years later an adult Min Ho has grown to be a hard-core investor, seeking a vengeful claim on the company that stole from him. During his rampage, he is diagnosed with the same hereditary heart defect that took his father’s life and is given only weeks to live unless a rare match from a heart donor can be found. Kim Soon Jung is secretary to Kang Min Ho’s thieving uncle. Her fiancee, Ma Dong Wook is a detective on the police force and best friends with Soon Jung’s childhood friend, Lee Joon Hee. After revealing that he knows who and how ingredient tampering with the company’s products has occurred Dong Wook is killed by a hit and run driver. As cooincidence would have it, Dong Wook is the matching donor for Min Ho’s heart transplant. As Min Ho’s personality slowly begins to change after the surgery, he begins to experience new emotions and falls in love with Soon Jung. But will he be able to compete with Joon Hee for Soon Jung’s affection?

STARRING: Jung Kyung Ho (Kang Min Ho), Lee Tae Woo (Young Kang Min Ho), Kim So Yun (Kim Soon Jung), Jung Da Bin (Young Kim Soon Jung), Yoon Hyun Min (Lee Joon Hee), Jin Goo (Ma Dong Wook), Gong Hyun Joo (Han Ji Hyun), Lee Shi Un (Oh Woo Shik), Park Young Kyu (Kang Hyun Chul), Kim Jung Suk (Director Yoon), Lee Soo Ji (Oh Mi Roo), Jung Yoo Min (Yoo Yoo Mi), Ahn Suk Hwan (Ma Tae Suk), Nam Myung Ryul (Lee Jung Goo), Jo Eun Ji (Na Ok Hyun), Joey Albright

EPISODES: 16

VIEWING SOURCE: March-May 2016; Netflix

Manny (2011)

GENRE: Romance, Comedy

SYNOPSIS: Considered to be the top male nanny in Seoul, Kim Yi Han, in an attempt to avoid some unpleasant issues in New York, has just returned to South Korea only to find himself in yet another difficult situation. After meeting Seo Do Young, a young divorced mother of two who happens to be in dire need of a nanny, he finds himself employed with a place to live and an income. Over time the two fall in love despite Yi Han’s personal restrictions of mixing employment with his employer and the two have many obstacles to overcome if they are to remain together.

STARRING: Suh Ji Suk (Kim Yi Han), Choi Jung Yoon (Seo Do Young), Byun Jung Soo (Janice), Jung Da Bin (Oh Eun Bi), Goo Seung Hyun (Oh Jung Min), Kim Sook (Goo Hyun Jung), Seo Woo Jin (Lee Jun Ki), Park Joon Hyuk (Eun Bi/Jung Min’s Father), Park Hyuk Kwon

EPISODES: 16

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix & Youtube; June 2013

She Was Pretty (2015)

GENRE: Romance, Comedy

SYNOPSIS: As a child, Kim Hye Jin was the pretty girl in school that all of the boys wanted to be friends with. Ji Sung Soon is an unattractive boy who relocates to Hye Jin’s school. When the other students are mean to Sung Soon because of his appearance, Hye Jin befriends Sung Soon and protects him. Even when Sung Soon moves away with his family, Hye Jin’s correspondence gives him the self esteem and courage he needs to keep improving himself. Eventually the two lose contact and after several years go by, Hye Jin receives a request from Sung Soon to meet. When she discovers that over time the quality of each of their appearances has reversed, she chickens out on the meeting and convinces her best friend and room mate, Min Ha Ri, to go in her stead and pretend to be her. Just when she thinks she’s off the hook, fate finds her working a new job for a fashion magazine with Sung Soon at the helm as her boss.

STARRING: Hwang Jung Eum (Kim Hye Jin),Jung Da Bin (young Hye Jin/Kim Hye Rin), Park Seo Joon (Ji Sung Joon), Yang Han Yeol (young Sung Joon), Go Joon Hee (Min Ha Ri), Lee Ja In (young Ha Ri), Choi Shi Won (Kim Shin Hyuk), Kim Ha Kyoon (Boo Jong Man), Jo Chang Geun (Kwang Hee), Jin Hye Won (Lee Sul Bi), Hwang Suk Jung (Kim Rara/Restaurant Owner), Ahn Se Ha (Kim Poong Ho), Shin Dong Mi (Cha Joo Young), Park Yoo Hwan (Kim Joon Woo), Kang Soo Jin (Joo Ah Reum), Shin Hye Sun (Han Sul), Cha Jung Won (Sun Min), Bae Min Jung (Lee Kyung), Im Ji Hyun (Eun Young), Park Choong Sun (Kim Jong Sub), Lee Il Hwa (Han Jung Hye), Lee Byung Joon (Min Yong Gil), Yoon Yoo Sun (Cha Hye Jung), Seo Jung Yeon (Na Ji Sun), Ahn Sang Tae (Convenience Store Worker), Ray Yang (Woman Mistaken as Hye Jin), Kang Sung (Ha Ri’s Date), Kim Sung Oh (Man At Pub)

EPISODES: 16

VIEWING SOURCE: DramaFever on Roku; October-November 2015