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An underrated wonderful romcom, with one of the most believable, realistic relationships in k-dramaland for a long while.
Se Ra and Gong Myung's romance felt genuine and well-fitted for their age and environment.
I'll definitely miss Nana's heartfelt laugh and Park Sung Hoon's adorable smile xD

Dark, tense, captivating, sizzling...

Powerful performances from Sakurai Sho and Kamiki Ryunosuke, strong and brilliantly written story.

A phenomenal performance from Go Ah Sung as the historical figure Yoo Kwan Soon, an important figure in Korea’s history, one of the organizers of the March 1st Movement against the colonial occupation, who, even during her imprisonment, refused to submit to the Japanese threats and tortures and inspired other prisoners and people on the outside.
While this film does not add anything new to the well-established legend and mainly focuses on portraying Yoo Kwan Soon as a martyr, rather than a member of the Korean resistance, it’s helpful for younger viewers and foreigners to understand better Korea’s struggle for independence.

A slow-paced, insightful portrayal of womanhood and motherhood through the study of different family shapes and problems.
Despite the somewhat incohesive narration and editing, this film successfully depicts the diversity of motherhood and how broadly the concept of family bonding can be interpreted.
The nuanced acting from the cast delivers smoothly its main messages concerning the strong, unbreakable mother-daughter bond, the not-always-bad decision of giving one’s child for adoption and the fact that family has not necessarily to do with blood ties, but with love and acceptance.

With one of best Eric Mun's roles ever, this unique drama was a pleasant oldie surprise!
Excellent cast and music, refreshing dialogues and some of the most surprisingly grey, flawed, twisted, realistic and sexy characters in dramaland.
It definitely has its flaws, cliches and melo-makjang moments but, overall, it's an entertaining, underrated drama.

Set in a magnificent snowy Hokkaido, this heartwarming and bittersweet coming-of-age film tells the story of two lonely teenagers who find friendship, companionship and love through music.
Yamazaki Kento and Hashimoto Ai have great chemistry and depict their awkward relationship beautifully.

Stellar cast, astonishing cinematography and colour palette, subpar story.

I saw it in your PTW list and I highly recommend it ^_-

He was excellent in "Grand Maison Tokyo" too!
Different genre, but equally entertaining xD

Indeed! During the last eps he's stealing more and more spotilights xD

He's pulling this demanding and multidimentional character off flawlessly! Definitely a role of a lifetime

Hats off to Oh Jung Se! What a performance!
This man definitely deserves a Baeksang, an Oscar and any other award in the world!

An successful modern day adaptation of a classic well-known novel, with some interesting diversions and a wonderful performance from Dean Fujioka.

Unfortunatelly I have to see the end of what I start, so dropping feels so frustrating to me...

Loved your article and your writing style!

I've also experienced stage 1 of "Enthusiastic Baby" for the first few years of my drama-watching and the present veteran me wouldn't even start some of the dramas of that period!

After that, I've been in stage 2 of "Rational Brain" which, for me, means I choose more wisely what to watch, because my "mild ocd" doesn't let me drop or put on hold any drama.
So far, there are only a very few drama cases where I had to watch some boring or irritating scenes in 1,5 or 2 speed and a couple of dramas I put in my dropped list but forced myself to finish after a few months. Helpless, I know...

A dark, overwhelming, character-centered family drama that explores some difficult subjects, such as dysfunctional and broken families and relationships, abuse, abandonment, crime, estrangement and reconciliation and whether the end always justifies the means.
Although the cast did a wonderful acting job, the plot was rather weak, without a 'proper' catharsis for all these souls entrapped in their inner prisons of self pity, guilt and grudge.

A fast-paced, beautifully written and acted family drama with realistic and relatable situations, relationships and characters.
Full of mistakes, misunderstandings and regrets, but also full of warmth, caring and second chances.
It may not be for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Takahashi Issey's subtle nuances, dorky and compelling gentleness combined with the almost ethereal beauty of Aoi Yu gave a wonderful couple in a story that could have given so much more if deviated to a more risky path...

Stunning cinematography, exquisite music, seamlessly staged piano performances and impressive acting, especially from Matsuoka Mayu, make up for the somewhat incoherent storytelling and its distracting english parts.