Goodbye Mr. Black (2016)

GENRE: Romance, Melodrama

SYNOPSIS: When a Navy SEAL is sent on assignment to Thailand, he is betrayed and set up as a murderer by his best friend and his lover. Losing not only his father and sister but also his worldly possessions, he embarks on a personal mission to clear his name and find his sister. With the help of friends he will take on many dangers to regain everything he has lost and attempt to bring retribution to his former friend and all involved.

STARRING: Lee Jin Wook (Cha Ji Won/Black), Moon Chae Won (Kim Swan/Khaya), Kim Kang Woo (Min Sun Jae), Song Jae Rim (Seo Woo Jin), Yoo In Young (Yoon Ma Ri), Lee Won Jong (Go Sung Min/Meutong), Im Se Mi (Cha Ji Soo), Ha Yun Joo (May), Bae Yoo Ram (Ahn Gye Dong), Jung Dong Hwan (Cha Jae Wan), Kim Tae Woo (Kim Ji Ryoon), Jung Hye Sun (Jung Hyun Sook), Jun Gook Hwan )Baek Eun Do), Choi Jung Woo (Seo Jin Tak), Lee Jae Yong (Yoon Jae Min), Lee Dae Yeon (Min Yong Jae), Seo Bum Shik (Baek Eun Do’s Secretary), Gil Hae Yun (Hong In Ja), Park Hoon, Jung Dong Kyu, Lee Kyu Sub, Yoo Sang Jae

EPISODES: 20

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; December 2016

Tamra, The Island (2009)

GENRE: Period

SYNOPSIS: During the Joseon Dynasty (17th century) an Englishman, William, buys his passage on board a ship bound for Nagasaki, Japan and finds himself a castaway on Tamra (Jeju) Island in South Korea after being washed overboard during a bad storm. He’s rescued from the sea by Jang Beo Jin, who’s family has been chosen to house an exiled nobleman for sexual harrassment crimes against women. Because of William’s difference in appearance, namely his golden blonde hair, Beo Jin must keep him hidden in her special hiding place or else risking William being killed because he is an outsider.

STARRING: Seo Woo (Jang Beo Jin), Im Joo Hwan (Park Kyu), Pierre Deporte (William Spencer), Lee Sun Ho (Yan Kawamura), Lee Seung Min (Seo Min), Byun Woo Min (Jang Won Bin), Yang Hee Kyung (Eom Ssa Boo In), Kim Yoo Jung (Jang Beo Seol), Kim Mi Kyung (Choi Jang Nyeo), Lee Ho Jae (Park Chul), Bang Eun Hee (Go Ba Soon), Jung Joo Ri (Han Boon), Jo Seung Yun (Kim Yi Bang), Lee Hae Woo (Hyang Dul Yi), Seo Bum Shik (Jeon Chi Yong), Kim Ho Won (Hyang Dol Lee), Yoo Tae Woong (Han Philip), Park Hee Jin (Jong Dal), Jo Moon Ui (Jong Dal’s Father), Lee Jung Sup (Kim Hoon Jang), Jang Kyung Ah (Hong Shi Yeon), Lee Han Wie, Lee Byung Joon, Han Sung Joo, Kim Yoon Seo, Lee Ho Sung, Goo Bon Im (Jong Dal’s Mother)

EPISODES: 21

VIEWING SOURCE: March 2016; Netflix