Padam Padam (2011)

GENRE: Romance, Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: Sixteen years ago Yang Gangchil was falsely accused and sentenced to prison for the murder of a friend. During his time in prison he has gained a best friend, Guksu, who insists that he is Gangchil’s guardian angel. After their release from prison, the two work hard to make a new image of themselves and by chance Gangchil meets Jeong Jina. When Jina and Gangchil begin to fall in love, Gangchil’s mother and Jina’s father protest the relationship due to a conflict between the two families over Gangchil’s ex-con status. Meanwhile, Gangchil and Guksu have discovered that an important piece of evidence from Gangchil’s murder case is still floating around and the two take chase to find it and prove Gangchil innocent.

STARRING: Jung Woo Sung (Yang Gang Chil), Lee Eun Hyung (young Gang Chil), Han Ji Min (Jeong Ji Na), Kim So Hyun (young Ji Na), Kim Bum (Lee Guksu), Lee Jae Woo (Kim Young Cheol), Kim Min Kyung (Min Hyo Sook), Na Moon Hee (Kim Mi Ja), Choi Tae Joon (Im Jeong), Jang Hang Sun (Jung Min Shik), Kim Sung Ryung (Ji Na’s mother), Yoon Joo Sang (Prison officer Kim), Kim Joon Sung (Park Chan Gul), Kim Hyung Bum (Oh Yong Hak), Kim Kyu Chul (Prosecutor Joo), Chun Doong (young Yang Kang Woo), Park Jung Woo (Jin Goo), Lee Jong Ho (Yoo Jin), Kim Chung Soo, Jun Gook Hwan

EPISODES: 20

VIEWING SOURCE: March-May 2016; Netflix

Will It Snow For Christmas? (2010)

GENRE: Melodrama, Romance

SYNOPSIS: As a teen, Cha Kang Jin was forced to watch his mother being ill treated and walked on by men as he stood by unable to defend her. When his family moves back to his mother’s home town, he meets Han Ji Wan. Han Ji Wan is the daughter of an Asian medicine doctor who has her own difficulties to deal with. With an older brother slated as the town genius, Ji Wan is continually reminded of her inferiority to him. When Ji Wan’s brother dies trying to help her find Kang Jin’s pendant and necklace he lost, she runs away from home and never returns. Eight years later, Kang Jin finds himself attending Ji Wan’s engagement to his co-worker Park Tae Joon but he’s soon heartbroken when Ji Wan at first pretends to not know him.

STARRING: Go Soo (Cha Kang Jin), Kim Soo Hyun (Teen Kang Jin), Han Ye Seul (Han Ji Wan), Nam Ji Hyun (Teen Ji Wan), Sun Woo Sun (Lee Woo Jung), Song Jong Ho (Park Tae Joon), Jo Min Soo (Cha Chun Hee), Chun Ho Jin (Han Joon Soo), Kim Do Yun (Seo Young Sook), Song Joong Ki (Han Ji Yong), Kim Ki Bang (Cha Boo San), Seo Jae Wook (Teen Boo San), Suk Jin Yi (Lee Jin Kyung), Yang So Young (Teen Jin Kyung), Kim Kwang Min (Seo Jae Hyun), Kim Joon Hyung (Kyung Soo), Min Ji Young (Miss Sun), Kim In Tae (Noh Gyo Soo), Kim Hyung Bum (Kim Jung Pil), Yeo Min Joo (Song Yoon Joo), Do Ji Han (Park Jong Suk), Baek Seung Hyun, Lee Joo Yeon, Kim Kwang Gyu (Teacher)

EPISODES: 16

VIEWING SOURCE: DramaFever on Roku; September 2015