A Word From Warm Heart (2013)

GENRE: Family, Romance, Melodrama

SYNOPSIS: After an act of infidelity, a man and woman put each of their marriages to the breaking point, showing the modern day stresses of families who experience the downhill fall of a failed romance.

STARRING: Han Hye Jin (Na Eun Jin), Ji Jin Hee (Yoo Jae Hak), Kim Ji Soo (Song Mi Kyung), Lee Sang Woo (Kim Sung Soo), Yoon Joo Sang (Na Dae Ho), Go Doo Shim (Kim Na Ra), Yoon Jong Hwa (Na Jin Chul), Yoon Joo Hee (Yoon Sun Ah), Han Groo (Na Eun Young), Lee Chae Mi (Kim Yoon Jung), Yang Ohn Yoo (Na Hoon), Park Jung Soo (Madam Choo), Park Seo Joon (Song Min Soo), Kim Dae Sung (Yoo Hye Hwang), Choi Ha Ho (child Hye Hwang Jun), Jin Seo (child Yoo Hye Joon), Choi Hwa Jung (Choi Anna), Son Hwa Ryung (Ji Hye), Kim Hye Na (Young Kyung), Yoon Jin Young (Yoo Jae Hak’s secretary), Sun Hak (police officer), Yoon Hyun Jin (cooking program MC), Kim Jin Soo (bank customer), Lee Jae Won (lawyer), Jo Sung Kyu

EPISODES: 21

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; September 2015

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