Birdie Buddy (2011)

GENRE: Sports, Romance

SYNOPSIS: Former Pro Golfer, John Lee, returns to Korea to start his own golf training club and winds up training two golfers both attempting to become part of the Elite. Min Hae Ryung comes from a wealthy family who spares no expenses to make sure she has the best training possible but will personal baggage and lonliness hold her back? Sung Mi Soo comes from a poor family background and has a difficult time coming up with the funds to get training and coaching but John Lee sees enough potential in her to give up any monetary gains for training Mi Soo to help her become one of the Elite.

STARRING: Uee (Sung Mi Soo), Jin Ji Hee (Child Mi Soo), Lee Da Hee (Min Hae Ryung), Lee Yong Woo (John Lee), Lee Byung Joon (Sung Kyung Hwan), Yoon Yoo Sun (Jo Kyung Suk), Oh Hyun Kyung (Min Se Hwa), Yoo In Na (Lee Gong Sook), Gina (Child Gong Sook), Park Han Bi (Sung Tae Gab), Ahn Do Gyu (Child Tae Gab), Park Sung Woong (Choi Dong Kwan), Han Seung Hyun (Ahn Joong Ki), Choi Il Hwa (Jay Park), Robert Holley (Yoon Kwang Baek), Yang Hee Kyung (Uhm Jung Ran), Kim Jong Jin (Woo Joon Mo), Park Tae In (Park Eun Joo), Yoon Gi Won (pro-golfer Wang), Choo So Young (scout), Kim Jung Hak, Woo Hyun, Kim Dong Hyun, Samuel Kang, Goo Bon Im, Jo Seung Yun

EPISODES: 24

VIEWING SOURCE: March-April 2016; Netflix

King Of Baking, Kim Tak Goo (2010)

GENRE: Family, Romance

SYNOPSIS: Goo Il Joong, president of Geoseong Foods, demands a son to inherit his company, the leader in Korea’s baking industry. In desperation his wife, In Suk, has an affair with Il Joong’s longtime friend and assistant Han Seung Jae. At the same time, Il Joong has an affair with Kim Mi Sun, one of the staff members in Il Joong’s home. Both women later give birth to baby boys, but from the beginning of Kim Tak Gu’s life In Suk and Seung Jae plot together behind Il Joong’s back to find ways to eliminate Kim Tak Gu and his mother to keep Il Joong from putting Tak Gu on the family registry and making him an eligible heir.

STARRING: Yoon Shi Yoon (Kim Tak Goo), Oh Jae Moo (young Kim Tak Goo), Eugene (Shin Yoo Kyung), Jo Jung Eun (young Shin Yoo Kyung), Jun Kwang Ryul (Goo Il Joong), Jun In Hwa (Seo In Sook), Joo Won (Goo Ma Joon), Shin Dong Woo (young Goo Ma Joon), Choi Ja Hye (Goo Ja Kyung), Ha Seung Ri (teen Goo Ja Kyung), Choi Yoon Young (Goo Ja Rim), Kim So Hyun (young Goo Ja Rim), Jang Hang Sun (Oh Doo Yong/Master Pal Bong), Park Sang Myun (Yang In Mok), Hwang Mi Sun (Oh Young Ja), Lee Young Ah (Yang Mi Sun), Jung Sung Mo (Han Seung Jae), Jun Mi Sun (Kim Mi Sun), Lee Han Wie (Heo Gap Soo), Park Sung Woong (Jo Jin Goo), Park Yong Jin (Go Jae Bok), Kim Jung Hak (Doctor Yoon), Jun Sung Ae (woman from Gongju), Jung Hye Sun (Madam Hong), Choi Il Hwa (Park Choon Bae), Kim Sun Hwa (Tak Goo’s landlady), Kwon Yong Woon (Shin Bae), Kim Hyun Ah (Yoo Kyung’s mother), Lee Gun (Secretary Cha), Jun Sung Hwan (fortune teller), Choi Eun Suk (trouble-solving broker), Byun Shin Ho, Jun Hae Ryong, Min Joon Hyun

EPISODES: 30

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; June 2013