10:13a.m EST
Okay, Let's be honest.. lol i was pretty damn excited to write this review. Let me tell you. I Love asian drama's! lmfao okay i'm digressing here xD
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남자가 사랑할 때
When A Man Loves/When a Man Falls In Love
What kind of drama is this: Korean
Is it currently Airing?: Yes
Any well known cast members?: Generally all the major cast members
How many episodes will be airing?: 20
What is the genre?: Melodrama, Romance
Has it made you cry yet?: No, not yet. I'm only 7-8 episodes in so there are still many chances for me to cry a river aha.
Here are the major Cast Members:
Shin Se Kyung-- Seo Mi Do
Song Seung-heon -- Han Tae-sang
Chae Jung-an -- Baek Seung-Joo
Summary
In the beginning of the drama, the series starts off seven years ago from the present- during this time Shin Se Kyung (plays Seo Mi Do) was a top student at a private institute, often going to a community area where many family's would line up for free rice. She lives in a poor family household- in major debt by Loan Sharks and also owning a bookstore that did not seem very beneficial at the time.
Song Seung Heon (plays Han Tae Sang) a very powerful loan shark along with his men came into the bookstore obviously demanding the father of the household for their money (which he was not able to return)- simply the pressure of keeping the house and pressure from the sharks lead him to disappear leaving on a goodbye note. Mi Do is told of what happened and at this point both Han Tae Sang and Seo Mi Do have met ;).
Mi Do explains that she will be in he place of her father and will give them back what her father owes in-- Oops ;) at this point i'm going to give away the goods
Response
Judging from the name of the drama series and the photo above, I feel that you can safely assume that this drama is in the genre of romance and melodramatic. Like all Korean drama's, this one would fall under the category of typical dramas (CEO man falling in love with a poor but beautiful woman- another woman gets in the way etc.)
For me personally these sorts of drama's can never tire me out- I really love these sorts of situations. I feel that also the role of characters are played really well and at the same time maintaining the idea of this drama to be considered as melodramatic. Their are also comedic reliefs here and there(especially with Tae Sang)- I feel that how much comedic relief that they put into this drama was at a decent level (if the producers and directors were to put too much I think that the drama would lose the idea and the atmosphere of this being a really dramatic and romantic series).
Yeah, I think their choice of actors/actresses were really good, it's been the first time for me to be seeing Shin Se Kyung and Song Seung Heon, so it was a little refreshing to have new faces as one of the leads
If you think about it, this drama would almost be parallel to the fairytale of Cinderella- Poor Mi Do is a smart young woman who goes to a centre to get free rice hoping to reel in some money if she finds a job to help support her family. All of a sudden a handsome prince (Tae Sang) comes in to sweep her off her feet to help support her in her tuition fees, the family debts and even goes further. <-- But I guess you can say that for the majority of Korean Drama's ;P
The one thing that is different from this drama and all the other Korean one's is that, this drama in a way isn't very predictable, it has many directions it can go and this drama in particular goes along the path that you really wouldn't expect. Granted, the role of the characters (being a dominant position of a well known company and a poor girl) are quite overused, there are many scenes in which one would think "Oh i know what is going to happen." but it's completely the opposite. This drama really makes you stay on your toes and entices you to watch the next episode or to wait another week for the latest one!
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BOTTOMLINE**
If your that kind of person who is really into corny romantic dramas and loves a little tug of war between 3-4 persons (in terms of love relationships) I think that This Drama Is Right For You ! ;D
Well that's it for my reivew! :) I hope you guys liked it, Stay in touch next week, my next Film Review Tuesday will be of:
Cheers!
KQuimms
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