8/10.
Not as good as the japanese version, but preferred it to the korean one.
This is the first time, I found male the lead sympathetic, and was happy for them to get together. In the korean, and japanese version, i wondered why she would have anything to do with such a jerk. Of course he's a jerk here, and sometimes he's more of a jerk than in the japanese or korean versions.But overall he is more likeable.
I also found one of aspect of the bullying inflicted on Shancai or shan cai quite funny. It's when her hands/arms get stuck to the desk.
One of my favourite scenes is when QingHe is talking 9 to the dozen to XiaoYou and she just walks off. I guess she just had enough of listening to him.
So how does the cast compare to the cast of the japanese and korean versions.
female lead
taiwan
korean
japanese
8/10
This was a really nice drama with some wonderful naturalistic acting. I couldn't fault any of the cast. As for the characters, Boksil as Boksil (you'll have to see the drama to find what I mean by that) was my favourite. But
in the second part of the drama, i grew to like Sujin. The scene with her looking into the window of the pharmacy and seeing images of the good times she had with Jipoong is one of my favoutites in asian drama, It showed me how good an actress Park Sun-Young was by allowing her to display a range of emotions.
9/10
Han Hyo-joo is marvelous in the leading role.She is backed up a terrific cast. For me, the standouts
were Park Ha-sun as queen Inhyeon, Jung Jin-young as Seo Yong Gi. I
first came across this actor in Kingdom of the winds, and loved his
performance as King Yuri. It's probably the best portrayal of a king
I've seen. It's how I would want a king to be. Oh Yeon Seo as Queen
Inwon, Kim Yoo Jung playing Dong Yi as a child first spoiler Nam Da Reum
as Dong yi's second child second Spoiler the guy who played Dong Yi's
nemesis after the death of Lady Jang. The drama itself is a terrific
mixture of romance, political intrigue, romance, adventure, mystery and
some comedy as well. For me, the comedy was probably the weakest part.
I'm not saying I didn't laugh at the antics of the two court musicians,
or the idiot who was obsessed with Dong Yi, But I never warmed too any
of those characters. My favorites scenes Queen inheyon's return to the
palace Dong yi's entry to the palace Dong yi's return to the palace
Jung Jin-young smiling in the last episode. most moving scene-Dong yi
cradling her dead child Dong yi and Chun soo finding each other again.
I loved the tenderness of the scenes between Dong Yi and her second
son. The romance between Dong Yi and the king was very convincing. The
realtionship between the two princes's was very well done. Yes, you
could say the drama was quiet predictable, and that Dong Yi would
always turn up trumps.But the drama was so well told, that it didn't
matter, and yes, it is a great story. There is a lot of love in this
series. The love between Dong Yi and her two children, between the king
and Dong yI. But also between Lady Jangm and her mother, and brother.
Yes, they are the villains, but they are also willing to lay down their
lives for each other. At one point, Dong Yi says something like "Even
the most evil person hides a tender heart" At first I thought"Really".
But then I thought about it more, and realised it was true. Heck, even
Hitler loved somebody. Although I'm not quite sure that's what the
scriptwriters meant. Now a few things that bugged me. (1) When Consort
Chun/Choi/Dong yi's room is being searched for the deployment records,
lady Yu,(was it her) and her two helpers are discovered by one of the
consort's attendants. Lady Yu tells her helpers to get rid of her,
which obviously meant to kill her. Did those two girls really look,
like they could kill anybody. But leaving that aside, there is only a
brief mention of the girl's dissapearence afterwards. There is no
investigation into it. I also thought that the drama didn't have to go
so far as to have Dong Yi lose a child, so that the king wouldn't have
had to execute her. Surely he could have stood his ground with the
ministers, and said "Look, I'm having the woman I love, exiled. If
that's not good enough for you, tough luck" Highly recommended.
oh, yes. One other character, i liked
Kang Yoo Mi as Ae Jong. It's nice to see a young person, who wasn't a beauty.
I suspected, she might have been a comedien.
9/10
terrific drama is absorbing all the way. Although ostensibly a revenge thriller, Power is as much a central theme. The cast are great with some terrific characters. My favourite being Jang Shin-Young as Shin Hye-ra.
The ending is rather abrupt. from googling it looks like there was goimng to be a one off special, but it never happened.
If this series had a poster it would be say something like "The story of one of Korea's greatest hereoes" But just as applicable would be a line spoken by one of the main characters, which went something like "Nobody remains a friend forever, and nobody remains an enemy forever.
I'll divide my review into sections.
Performances.
I'll give names of characters, as I'm not very good at remembering actors names. It's too tedious to keep looking them up.
Best performance. Li Geom. (blood son of chulin and Daejo young
Usually I am more impressed by the older actors in korean costume/historical dramas. But this guy was excellent. I want to see him in more stuff.
The last king of goguryeo, whose name I can't remember.
Wu Zeitan.
dae joyung's father
Those for me were the best performances.
Best character and look at me performance
xui rengui
Funniest moment.
When Xui Rengui tells hongpei to take his purple cloak off referring to it as a curtain.
Most poignant scene.
The death of Geomlan.
The dialogue.
There are at least two types of dialogue here.
Professional screen dialogue, and dialogue that sounds like it was
written for a school play, or that youngsters might say when playing war games.
The battle/fight/violence scenes.
Was all that jumping up and down really how they faught in those days. As episodes wore on, scenes became more graphic.
At first that impressed me, but later I became unconvinced by how unlikely looking the blood was. It looked just too much like strawberry jam.
Scenes that kind of grew tiresome.
"Give me death your majesty" I was hoping that for once someone would actually get what they were supposedly looking for.
Daejoung (mostly) in disguise and peeering up from under his big hat.
Characters i found a bit tiresome, but I suppose I got used to them.
Heuk sodol, and the guy with the weird voice.
A fascinating story, that kept me enthrallled.
Overlong, probably.
But still 9/10
9/10
Terrific. This for me is better than the original. I found myself questioning it less than that. Section chief Oh is not irrating, as I found him in the original.
Jang Hyuk is excellent as the damaged (aren't they all) agent. But all of the cast turn in good performances particularly Lee Da-Hae as the love interest.
There are quite a lot of hand to hand combat scenes. Some better than others. The best one for me is between Lim Soo-Hyang) Yoon So-Yi.
There also some nice comedy moments, particularly a howlingy funny sequence involving a gangster/arms dealer. Well he's listed on asian wiki as arms dealer. But he came across as more of a gangster to me.
Park sang wook is great in what is basically a cameo role as the aforementioned.
The story for me is tighter than in the original. There's also a nice cameo at the end from.. Well I won't say who. But the sequence ends with two women showing a bunch of guys that you can;t put a good woman down, or a bad one for that matter. It made me think "Oh, those two should have their own series together" But it would me more lighthearted than iris; maybe as two female private eyes [Smile]
sequences that made me go "hmmm"
It is obvious when Park Tae Hee how Park Tae Hee dealt so easily with
iris agents, how good she was. Yet only two are sent to tail her afterwards.
At least one great snow chase scene. Was there two, I can't remember.
Some great fashion too, particularly Lee Da Hae's trench coat, and Oh Yeon-Su white outfit.
Then there is Lee Da Hae's great walk, when she enters her place of work, and the sound of her
shoes. I also liked the music.
Then there is Kim Young-Chul as Baek san. who was 60 in feburary, and whips guys younger
than him. I see he majored in physical education. Well, it certainly shows in Iris 2. What's also
nice that he looks his age, and yet the scenes of him dealing with the enemy are totally convincing/
9/10
another winner from Japan. Excellent acting all round. Shida Mirai is wonderful in the lead role, but is backed up by an equally wonderful cast. My favourite being Takahata Atsuko as the doctor. I'm still wondering what the story of Yanagisawa Mayu was though.
7/10
fascinating story, good prtformances with a standout one from Shiina Kippei.
But let down by some awkward dialogue and silly scenes involving hands over the ears. Then there is the scene in the first episode where the main character
is beaten with a bat or wherever it was. But for all the harm it did him, it might as well have been a feather.
100 out of ten for the scar though
10/10
Terrific.
not sure how to decribe this series.
Is it a dark mystery thriller with elements of wacky comedy, or is it a wacky comedy with elements of darkness.
It's certainly a show that could only be produced in Japan.
One episode in particular concerning the kidnapping and imprisonment of a a 5 year old girl for 15 years is particularly disturbing. Yet, during the episode there is a sequene where the title character locks up the female lead in the same place as the young girl. When she finally gets out, she chases after him, and the show has suddenly turned to out and out comedy.
It's as if two different types of shows. One with elements of bones, csi, criminal minds, silence of the lambs and the other a comedy crime show collide. Sometimes in seperate sequences.Other times, they are tangled up in each other.
Then there is the educational bits, and the cartoons.
But it's brilliantly done
9/10
acting
a+
Hwang Jung-Eum+Park Sang-Min
a
Jeong Bo-Seok+Kim Seo-Hyung+Lee Beom-Soo
b+
Lee Ki-Young
b
Joo Sang-Wook+Park Jin-Hee+Yun Yu-Seon+Moon Hee-Kyeong
c
Lee Ki-Young+the cast of people working for kang-mo or gangmo depending on which translation you watch.
At times I would have given this a ten, but it didn't quiet sustain the
quality all the way through. The music at certain dramatic moments could have used a bit more subtlety.
As in other korean dramas, some great emotionally powwrful scenes.
great villian in jo/cho pil-yeon.
most interesting character Jo Min-Woo, because we get to see both sides of him.
7/10
Really sweet drama. Well, at least until things go sour.
The two leads are wonderful, and really make you feel they're in love. But I guess that's good acting, because when the opposite emotion comes into play, they are just as convincing.
Some great support.
On Thai lakorns in general. Well, i suppose it's a bit early to be saying this after only three dramas.
But themes common in these dramas seem to be jealousy, revenge which is shown to be never a good thing (also a predominant theme in some japanese movies, and dramas) people getting the wrong idea. Unlike some Korean dramas, the lead characters will have a happy ending, no matter what trials they go through.
The acting is good and rather more restrained than you will find done by some actors in korean dramas. I say that as a fan of korean dramas.
There is usually a comedy character or two.
The city hall.
What a wonderful show.
Kim seon-ah is absolutely perfect as the mayor who never compromises, no matter what she is put through. Whether she is playing a comedy scene, drama, romance, drama, or just being cute, she is totally convincing.
She is backed up by a terrific cast.
I do remember thinking in certain parts while watching that there was a hollywood elememt to it.
although I'm not quite where.
10/10 (favourite)
8/10
identity switching, prostitutes, a royal princess, slaves,
jealousy rearing it's ugly head
vengence leads to tragedy
assanation attempts
hot women, and even hotter men
ahem, did i say that.
yep, it's all here.
8/10
I suppose you could this has two distinct parts. For me the first part. which would be episodes 1-6 is the best. What I particularyly liked was the struggle for the japanese and korean to understand each other.
The second part starts off very well and is always gripping. But for me, it got a bit too melodramatic at times.
Then the female lead is about to do something soon into the second part. But she is prevented. Her character changes here. But she doesn't
stay with that characterisaion for long. What she was going to do. or it looked she was going to do, although convincing at the time, later on, doesn't really hang together. But still second part is gripping too. sO THAT PART, gets an 8. As does the whole series.
8/10
Very enjoyable comedy , which at least in the earlier episoodes is so light and frothy, you think it might float away.
I found the lead character delightful, although she is big headed, loud, not in the least bit quite. You might say that she is not at all your steretypical japanese person. Others might want to shoot her. But as the show goes on, she does grow, although never quite losing those traits. Of course it wouldn't work if it wasn't for the wonderful lead performance by Aya Ueto
same rating for honolulu special, and sydney special
favourite characters min cho bok yi, seol hwa. best performance by Ha Si-eun as Lee Sun Young, the woman with cerebal palsy. Yes, an obvious choice to make. But i think it was an extrordinary performance. 2 questions. (1) what happened to eop bok. (2) when the guards or whatever had hye won's picture in front of the,. Even if she had some kind of disease, it was plaom that it was her. it would have been better if she had worn something to hide her face.
Nice drama. Good acting. For the most part it's a straight drama. But i thought it was parodying one particular cliche of korean drama ie the piggyback ride. There are a few attempts at it, but only one sucessful one, where one of the main actors
carries the other. Now the last episode gets a bit weird. I'll put it like this, if you din't like the ending of "Big" you won't be happy with this one either, and I'm still not sure whether he was her brother or not.
I was more impressed with hyun bin here, than in my name is kim sam soon. I guess, because she shows a broader range. The scenes with the ex pastor really helped.
I guess there weren't many memorable sequences. Well if there were, I can't remember them. Which could of course mean, they
just weren't memorable to me. But there is one outstanding monologue sequence in a car with kim min;jeoong when she
gets some good news.it shows how good this actress is.
NOTE. The irish sequences were shot in jeju island.
8/10
This is a reviewe of the first series
Japanese drama with some touches of comedy about a brilliant female freelances surgeon who as the introductry narration explains hates authority, groups, and constraints. She is not a very smpathetic charactor. But as someone asks earlier on, if you had to have surgery performed on you, would you prefer someone who knew what they were doing, or someone with the right things to say. The series gives what I assume is a true insight into the political infighting, and fight for power that goes on in large city hospitals. It also exposes the incompetence of some doctors, and such things as gratuties, and patients with the pull being given priority over others. To me though the real heroine of the series is not
Ryoko Yonekura
as the lead charactor, but Yuki Uchida as another female doctor.
Not as good as the japanese version, but preferred it to the korean one.
This is the first time, I found male the lead sympathetic, and was happy for them to get together. In the korean, and japanese version, i wondered why she would have anything to do with such a jerk. Of course he's a jerk here, and sometimes he's more of a jerk than in the japanese or korean versions.But overall he is more likeable.
I also found one of aspect of the bullying inflicted on Shancai or shan cai quite funny. It's when her hands/arms get stuck to the desk.
One of my favourite scenes is when QingHe is talking 9 to the dozen to XiaoYou and she just walks off. I guess she just had enough of listening to him.
So how does the cast compare to the cast of the japanese and korean versions.
female lead
taiwan
korean
japanese
male lead
japanese
taiwan
korean
second male lead
taiwan
korean
japanese.
good cast, particutly Uhm Tae-Woong who i will add to my list of asian actors I admire. But even the pretty boys don't let the side down.
This was a really nice drama with some wonderful naturalistic acting. I couldn't fault any of the cast. As for the characters, Boksil as Boksil (you'll have to see the drama to find what I mean by that) was my favourite. But
in the second part of the drama, i grew to like Sujin. The scene with her looking into the window of the pharmacy and seeing images of the good times she had with Jipoong is one of my favoutites in asian drama, It showed me how good an actress Park Sun-Young was by allowing her to display a range of emotions.
Han Hyo-joo is marvelous in the leading role.She is backed up a terrific cast. For me, the standouts
were Park Ha-sun as queen Inhyeon, Jung Jin-young as Seo Yong Gi. I
first came across this actor in Kingdom of the winds, and loved his
performance as King Yuri. It's probably the best portrayal of a king
I've seen. It's how I would want a king to be. Oh Yeon Seo as Queen
Inwon, Kim Yoo Jung playing Dong Yi as a child first spoiler Nam Da Reum
as Dong yi's second child second Spoiler the guy who played Dong Yi's
nemesis after the death of Lady Jang. The drama itself is a terrific
mixture of romance, political intrigue, romance, adventure, mystery and
some comedy as well. For me, the comedy was probably the weakest part.
I'm not saying I didn't laugh at the antics of the two court musicians,
or the idiot who was obsessed with Dong Yi, But I never warmed too any
of those characters. My favorites scenes Queen inheyon's return to the
palace Dong yi's entry to the palace Dong yi's return to the palace
Jung Jin-young smiling in the last episode. most moving scene-Dong yi
cradling her dead child Dong yi and Chun soo finding each other again.
I loved the tenderness of the scenes between Dong Yi and her second
son. The romance between Dong Yi and the king was very convincing. The
realtionship between the two princes's was very well done. Yes, you
could say the drama was quiet predictable, and that Dong Yi would
always turn up trumps.But the drama was so well told, that it didn't
matter, and yes, it is a great story. There is a lot of love in this
series. The love between Dong Yi and her two children, between the king
and Dong yI. But also between Lady Jangm and her mother, and brother.
Yes, they are the villains, but they are also willing to lay down their
lives for each other. At one point, Dong Yi says something like "Even
the most evil person hides a tender heart" At first I thought"Really".
But then I thought about it more, and realised it was true. Heck, even
Hitler loved somebody. Although I'm not quite sure that's what the
scriptwriters meant. Now a few things that bugged me. (1) When Consort
Chun/Choi/Dong yi's room is being searched for the deployment records,
lady Yu,(was it her) and her two helpers are discovered by one of the
consort's attendants. Lady Yu tells her helpers to get rid of her,
which obviously meant to kill her. Did those two girls really look,
like they could kill anybody. But leaving that aside, there is only a
brief mention of the girl's dissapearence afterwards. There is no
investigation into it. I also thought that the drama didn't have to go
so far as to have Dong Yi lose a child, so that the king wouldn't have
had to execute her. Surely he could have stood his ground with the
ministers, and said "Look, I'm having the woman I love, exiled. If
that's not good enough for you, tough luck" Highly recommended.
oh, yes. One other character, i liked
Kang Yoo Mi as Ae Jong. It's nice to see a young person, who wasn't a beauty.
I suspected, she might have been a comedien.
terrific drama is absorbing all the way. Although ostensibly a revenge thriller, Power is as much a central theme. The cast are great with some terrific characters. My favourite being Jang Shin-Young as Shin Hye-ra.
The ending is rather abrupt. from googling it looks like there was goimng to be a one off special, but it never happened.
I'll divide my review into sections.
Performances.
I'll give names of characters, as I'm not very good at remembering actors names. It's too tedious to keep looking them up.
Best performance. Li Geom. (blood son of chulin and Daejo young
Usually I am more impressed by the older actors in korean costume/historical dramas. But this guy was excellent. I want to see him in more stuff.
The last king of goguryeo, whose name I can't remember.
Wu Zeitan.
dae joyung's father
Those for me were the best performances.
Best character and look at me performance
xui rengui
Funniest moment.
When Xui Rengui tells hongpei to take his purple cloak off referring to it as a curtain.
Most poignant scene.
The death of Geomlan.
The dialogue.
There are at least two types of dialogue here.
Professional screen dialogue, and dialogue that sounds like it was
written for a school play, or that youngsters might say when playing war games.
The battle/fight/violence scenes.
Was all that jumping up and down really how they faught in those days. As episodes wore on, scenes became more graphic.
At first that impressed me, but later I became unconvinced by how unlikely looking the blood was. It looked just too much like strawberry jam.
Scenes that kind of grew tiresome.
"Give me death your majesty" I was hoping that for once someone would actually get what they were supposedly looking for.
Daejoung (mostly) in disguise and peeering up from under his big hat.
Characters i found a bit tiresome, but I suppose I got used to them.
Heuk sodol, and the guy with the weird voice.
A fascinating story, that kept me enthrallled.
Overlong, probably.
But still 9/10
Terrific. This for me is better than the original. I found myself questioning it less than that. Section chief Oh is not irrating, as I found him in the original.
Jang Hyuk is excellent as the damaged (aren't they all) agent. But all of the cast turn in good performances particularly Lee Da-Hae as the love interest.
There are quite a lot of hand to hand combat scenes. Some better than others. The best one for me is between Lim Soo-Hyang) Yoon So-Yi.
There also some nice comedy moments, particularly a howlingy funny sequence involving a gangster/arms dealer. Well he's listed on asian wiki as arms dealer. But he came across as more of a gangster to me.
Park sang wook is great in what is basically a cameo role as the aforementioned.
The story for me is tighter than in the original. There's also a nice cameo at the end from.. Well I won't say who. But the sequence ends with two women showing a bunch of guys that you can;t put a good woman down, or a bad one for that matter. It made me think "Oh, those two should have their own series together" But it would me more lighthearted than iris; maybe as two female private eyes [Smile]
sequences that made me go "hmmm"
It is obvious when Park Tae Hee how Park Tae Hee dealt so easily with
iris agents, how good she was. Yet only two are sent to tail her afterwards.
At least one great snow chase scene. Was there two, I can't remember.
Some great fashion too, particularly Lee Da Hae's trench coat, and Oh Yeon-Su white outfit.
Then there is Lee Da Hae's great walk, when she enters her place of work, and the sound of her
shoes. I also liked the music.
Then there is Kim Young-Chul as Baek san. who was 60 in feburary, and whips guys younger
than him. I see he majored in physical education. Well, it certainly shows in Iris 2. What's also
nice that he looks his age, and yet the scenes of him dealing with the enemy are totally convincing/
another winner from Japan. Excellent acting all round. Shida Mirai is wonderful in the lead role, but is backed up by an equally wonderful cast. My favourite being Takahata Atsuko as the doctor. I'm still wondering what the story of Yanagisawa Mayu was though.
fascinating story, good prtformances with a standout one from Shiina Kippei.
But let down by some awkward dialogue and silly scenes involving hands over the ears. Then there is the scene in the first episode where the main character
is beaten with a bat or wherever it was. But for all the harm it did him, it might as well have been a feather.
100 out of ten for the scar though
Terrific.
not sure how to decribe this series.
Is it a dark mystery thriller with elements of wacky comedy, or is it a wacky comedy with elements of darkness.
It's certainly a show that could only be produced in Japan.
One episode in particular concerning the kidnapping and imprisonment of a a 5 year old girl for 15 years is particularly disturbing. Yet, during the episode there is a sequene where the title character locks up the female lead in the same place as the young girl. When she finally gets out, she chases after him, and the show has suddenly turned to out and out comedy.
It's as if two different types of shows. One with elements of bones, csi, criminal minds, silence of the lambs and the other a comedy crime show collide. Sometimes in seperate sequences.Other times, they are tangled up in each other.
Then there is the educational bits, and the cartoons.
But it's brilliantly done
acting
a+
Hwang Jung-Eum+Park Sang-Min
a
Jeong Bo-Seok+Kim Seo-Hyung+Lee Beom-Soo
b+
Lee Ki-Young
b
Joo Sang-Wook+Park Jin-Hee+Yun Yu-Seon+Moon Hee-Kyeong
c
Lee Ki-Young+the cast of people working for kang-mo or gangmo depending on which translation you watch.
At times I would have given this a ten, but it didn't quiet sustain the
quality all the way through. The music at certain dramatic moments could have used a bit more subtlety.
As in other korean dramas, some great emotionally powwrful scenes.
great villian in jo/cho pil-yeon.
most interesting character Jo Min-Woo, because we get to see both sides of him.
Really sweet drama. Well, at least until things go sour.
The two leads are wonderful, and really make you feel they're in love. But I guess that's good acting, because when the opposite emotion comes into play, they are just as convincing.
Some great support.
On Thai lakorns in general. Well, i suppose it's a bit early to be saying this after only three dramas.
But themes common in these dramas seem to be jealousy, revenge which is shown to be never a good thing (also a predominant theme in some japanese movies, and dramas) people getting the wrong idea. Unlike some Korean dramas, the lead characters will have a happy ending, no matter what trials they go through.
The acting is good and rather more restrained than you will find done by some actors in korean dramas. I say that as a fan of korean dramas.
There is usually a comedy character or two.
What a wonderful show.
Kim seon-ah is absolutely perfect as the mayor who never compromises, no matter what she is put through. Whether she is playing a comedy scene, drama, romance, drama, or just being cute, she is totally convincing.
She is backed up by a terrific cast.
I do remember thinking in certain parts while watching that there was a hollywood elememt to it.
although I'm not quite where.
10/10 (favourite)
8/10
identity switching, prostitutes, a royal princess, slaves,
jealousy rearing it's ugly head
vengence leads to tragedy
assanation attempts
hot women, and even hotter men
ahem, did i say that.
yep, it's all here.
8/10
nice.
they must have the diving suits under the water.
I suppose you could this has two distinct parts. For me the first part. which would be episodes 1-6 is the best. What I particularyly liked was the struggle for the japanese and korean to understand each other.
The second part starts off very well and is always gripping. But for me, it got a bit too melodramatic at times.
Then the female lead is about to do something soon into the second part. But she is prevented. Her character changes here. But she doesn't
stay with that characterisaion for long. What she was going to do. or it looked she was going to do, although convincing at the time, later on, doesn't really hang together. But still second part is gripping too. sO THAT PART, gets an 8. As does the whole series.
Very enjoyable comedy , which at least in the earlier episoodes is so light and frothy, you think it might float away.
I found the lead character delightful, although she is big headed, loud, not in the least bit quite. You might say that she is not at all your steretypical japanese person. Others might want to shoot her. But as the show goes on, she does grow, although never quite losing those traits. Of course it wouldn't work if it wasn't for the wonderful lead performance by Aya Ueto
same rating for honolulu special, and sydney special
overall, a terrific drama.
9/10
Nice drama. Good acting. For the most part it's a straight drama. But i thought it was parodying one particular cliche of korean drama ie the piggyback ride. There are a few attempts at it, but only one sucessful one, where one of the main actors
carries the other. Now the last episode gets a bit weird. I'll put it like this, if you din't like the ending of "Big" you won't be happy with this one either, and I'm still not sure whether he was her brother or not.
I was more impressed with hyun bin here, than in my name is kim sam soon. I guess, because she shows a broader range. The scenes with the ex pastor really helped.
I guess there weren't many memorable sequences. Well if there were, I can't remember them. Which could of course mean, they
just weren't memorable to me. But there is one outstanding monologue sequence in a car with kim min;jeoong when she
gets some good news.it shows how good this actress is.
NOTE. The irish sequences were shot in jeju island.
8/10
Japanese drama with some touches of comedy about a brilliant female freelances surgeon who as the introductry narration explains hates authority, groups, and constraints. She is not a very smpathetic charactor. But as someone asks earlier on, if you had to have surgery performed on you, would you prefer someone who knew what they were doing, or someone with the right things to say. The series gives what I assume is a true insight into the political infighting, and fight for power that goes on in large city hospitals. It also exposes the incompetence of some doctors, and such things as gratuties, and patients with the pull being given priority over others. To me though the real heroine of the series is not
Ryoko Yonekura
as the lead charactor, but Yuki Uchida as another female doctor.