A Millionaire's First Love

Kang Jae-kyung (Hyun Bin) is your typical rich kid. He is arrogant, drives sporty cars, attends the big clubs and rides through school corridors on his motorcycle. As his 18th birthday approaches, he is set to inherit his grandfather’s fortune, but first Jae-kyung is required to transfer to a new school in Gangwon Province and graduate. Until then all access to his penthouse, cottage and credit cards are denied. Should he fail to graduate or drops out then he loses everything. If he wishes to give up, he will only receive 0.1% of his over-all inheritance. With this in mind, he heads out to the countryside, to a small town in which daily life is far removed from what he is used to.

Shortly after settling into his new home, he meets 18-year-old Choi Eun-hwan (Lee Yeon-hee), who happened to run into him back in Seoul. They don’t exactly hit it off; he’s far too stubborn and cool for school. Conversely, she sees hope for him and sets out to make him see it for himself. They eventually draw closer, thanks to a set of coincidences and school projects. Jae-kyung learns of Eun-hwan's terminal disease and does what he can to make her happy. He even tells his lawyer that he would give up his inheritance so he could buy an orphanage for her.

One day during the rehearsal of a play at school, Jae-kyung notices that the play is resembles the incident that had happened in his life. He recalls a childhood memory of being at the orphanage at Gangwondo, where he had met Eun-Whan and had made a promise to return in ten days. He finds Eun-Whan and tells her that he did not remember her or his promise because his parents had died in a car accident on that same day and his memories were thus erased. He tells her he loves her and they kiss.

The day of the play comes and Jae-kyung asks his classmate to trade places as a favour; him as the Colonel rather than the maid. He goes to Eun-whan's side and she asks him if he could put on the socks he bought her earlier. While they are dancing, she feels a sudden pain and goes backstage much to Jae-kyung's worry. However, she returns. Eun-whan's mother has also come to see the show.

Later, they celebrate the success of the play. The couple sit on a swing, Eun-whan tells Jae-kyung "Sarang-hae" (Korean: "I love you.") and that she's sleepy. Before falling asleep, she tells Jae-kyung to wake her up after 3 minutes. Soon after, the first snow comes.

On their graduation day, Choi Eun-whan receives the Award of Friendship but does not attend the ceremony as she never woke up. A bouquet of white flowers sits in her seat instead, next to Jae-kyung's chair. He stays for a while and walks outside carrying the flowers. His grandfather's lawyer comes, congratulates him and tells him that the inheritance is now his.

Later, Jae-kyung builds a house with numerous windows in memory of Eun-whan. He states that after 50 first snows hit its windows, they will meet again.

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Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do (2008)

Jung-won wears a funny dragon suit, while working at the amusement park, and pours soda on Eun-gyu, because of his taunts. A short while later, Jung-won finds out that Eun-gyu has moved into the house next to hers. Eun-gyu now threatens to tell Jung-won’s parents that she works part-time at a local mart. To keep Eun-gyu quiet, Jung-won agrees to carry his guitar for a week.
Jung-won then starts to develop feelings for Eun-gyu, who is the lead singer of a band called Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. Eun-gyu also starts to develop similar feelings for Jung-won. The two soon become a couple.
With an odd twist of fate, Jung-won went to the band's rehearsal room and meets a familiar person from her past, a boy named Hee-won. Their relationship makes everything more complicated. For 10 years, Jung-won and Hee-won were close friends, but because Jung-won made Hee-wons family got broken because she told to the police that Jung-wons father beat somebody down, they stopped talking to each other completely. And Hee-won, seeking revenge at Jun-won, allow his "friends" to beat her, rendering her crippled. Jung-won is now surprised to learn that her ex-close friend is now best friends with her boyfriend.
Hee-won admits that he still likes his best friend despite what she did and he wants her back. Jun-won accepts him back into her life despite what he did and when Hee-won makes her choose between him and Eun-gyu, Jun-won makes the choice of going with Hee-won. Which leaves Eun-gyu devastated. He gives her one last chance to come back to him or else he will never be able to sing again. But she breaks his heart once more and chooses Hee-won after he begged her.
A few months after it happened Jun-won hears that Eun-gyu had gotten into an accident and was diagnosed with temporary amnesia — he forgets all about her. She then spends all her time trying to get him to remember. The last scene is an re-enactment of the band's last show, the one in which Eun-gyu gave her a last chance. The movie ends with him remembering everything and begging Jun-won not to leave him again. She promises she never will. As the final credits roll we see how all of their lives improved.

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Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)

Lee Yong-go is a mentally impaired father with the intellect of a six-year-old, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye-sung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation with the police commissioner, who has just purchased the last Sailor Moon backpack for his daughter, a gift Yong-go was saving up to buy for Ye-sung. Soon after, the police commissioner's daughter dies in a freak accident, in which she slips on ice and suffers a fatal blow to the back of her head while she is taking Yong-go to another store that sells the same backpack. When he tries to resuscitate her, a woman witnesses him and mistakes him to be molesting her. Yong-go is falsely accused of the abduction, murder, and rape of a minor. The police quickly take advantage of his disability and force him to admit to committing the crimes, while ignoring exonerating evidence. Yong-go, who is sentenced to death, is imprisoned and assigned to Cell No. 7, the harshest cell in a maximum security prison.

At first, the other men in the cell, lead by gang leader Jang Min-hwan, do not take kindly to Yong-go after reading in his file that he murdered and molested a child, but when Yong-go saves Min-hwan from being fatally stabbed by a rival gang leader, Min-hwan repays the favor by smuggling Ye-sung into Cell No. 7. Over time, they come to believe in his innocence, and make it their goal to help reverse the verdict at Yong-go's retrial.

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200 Pounds Beauty

Kim Ah-joong as Kang Han-na / Jenny

Joo Jin-mo as Han Sang-jun

Ji Seo-yoon as Ammy

Kim Hyun-sook as Park Jung-min

The title of the movie itself  represents the character of the lead woman, an overweight but has an amazing voice woman. She is Han-na, a ghost-singer for Ammy's performance in stage and the singer behind her album. Han-na is a simple girl that has a crush on their director Han Sang-jun. On the night of director Han's birthday Ammy  with her witch mind bullied Han-na and tell everybody that she has a crush with the director .  Because of the humiliation Han-na hurriedly went to the bathroom and cried, she heard the director telling Ammy that she shouldn't treat her that way because Han-na is her only way to be famous by using her voice and they must be kind to her so that she will not leave the company. Han-na's heart is broken and she almost lost her mind, she attempt to kill herself, while thinking of a way how to kill herself the phone ring, from one of her SEXMATE that happens to be a plastic surgeon. She decided to undergo 100% plastic surgery instead of killing herself for the people humiliated her. She went to the surgeon and asked him to do the operation right away at first the  surgeon refuses to do it, so she threatened the surgeon that she will tell his wife about the call. 

After the operation Han-na came back to her family and friends, her bestfriend  Jung-min didn't recognize her. They helped each other to hide the true identity of Han-na and decided to create a new identity - Jenny, a korean-american from california ,claiming that she is all natural.  Everything turns smooth and polish, she audition to be Ammy's ghost singer but the company give her  own recording contract. She become famous and a threat to Ammys' career.  One day Ammy received a call from director Han forcing her to get a ghost singer in order to continue the recordings before she lose her job. So she visited HAn-na's father who is in the hospital and accompanied him for the meantime as she is thinking on how to find Han-na. After spending time with Han-na's father and Jenny, Ammy eventually realized that Han-na and Jenny is only one and decided to get ready for a revenge.

For the meantime, Jenny and Director Han spending time for a date, when Jenny felt that the director is taking advantage and remembered what the surgeon told her, that if somebody touches her breast it can be easily identified as fake, so she offered a phone sex session with the director. After a long period of time for the session Jenny fell asleep, the director saw what Jenny had drawn in the glass and realized that he had seen it before and yes he found out that it was the exact drawing in a music sheet drawn by Han-na,and because of that he knew that Jenny is Han-na but he kept it only to himself.

Jenny's debut single "Maria" becomes a hit and the recording company holds a party to celebrate its release. On the day of the party however, Ammy brings Han-na's father in an attempt to blow her cover. Han-na's father tries to return Han-na's Barbie doll to her, which had always been Han-na's favorite childhood gift from him. Startled by the sudden appearance of her father and not knowing how to react in front of all the people, including Sang-jun, Han-na denies knowing her father and calls him a fan instead when Sang-jun asks her if the old man is her guest. As her father keeps insisting on giving her the doll, Sang-jun drags him away from Jenny and knocks him down onto the floor. Desperate to keep her true identity a secret, Han-na makes no move to help her father. It is Jung-min who finally helps him up, casts Jenny a furious look and leads Han-na's father away from the party.

After the party Han-na and Han are the only ones left in the room. Han told Han-na that he already knew her true identity and felt disappointed after what had happen in the party. He couldn't forgive Han-na for lying about her identity but still can do promotions about the concert. Han-na at this point felt heartbroken again and sorry for herself. She teared every posters and smashed the cd's and blamed herself for everything . As director Han's tries to comfort her she refused to and whisper  "You broke my heart. Tissue paper cannot fix it." 

The company boss found out the about the identity of HAn-na and Jenny and decided to cancel the concert. But director Han  didn't follow the order and insisted to continue the concert not for the sake of the fans or the company but for Han-na, and implied that he had forgiven HAn-na and wanted to support all throughout her career. He already fired Ammy for what she did to Han-na. 

At the concert Han-na can't start to sing. She tearfully tell everybody that Jenny is fake and show the picture of  true identity as Han-na, the fat woman who sang backstage for Ammy and and lip sync every song she sang. She was sorry for abandoning her father and her bestfriend just to become famous and a well known artist. As the background music plays Han-na looked around and saw a positive feedback from the audience that she was forgiven by telling the truth .

At the end of the movie Han-na became famous with her true identity, She drops the stage name Jenny and re-releases a CD with her own name, Han-na, she gains a lot of fans and anti fans.

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Baby and I

• Jang Keun-suk as Han Joon-soo
• Moon Mason as Baby Woo-ram
• Song Ha-yoon as Kim Byul
• Ko Gyu-pil as Ki-seok
• Choi Jae-hwan as Choon-seong

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This movie is all about a student who has everything but with a not so good attitude. He always argue with his parents. One day after school he went home and looked for his parents but he only saw  a 100$ and a videotape on the table. In the videotape is his parents stating that they are sick and tired of Joon-soo's attitude and needed some space to make him realize and feel how important every little things they have done for him. But instead of feeling pity for himself he went to the grocery to buy alcohol and called his friends to drop by his house to have some drinks, while looking for a good drink somebody leave a baby in his pushcart with a note " this is your son and I cannot raise him on my own,please take good care of him" but no trace of identity who is the mother nor the person left it.

Joon-soo finds himself stuck with the child, he tried abandoning Woo-ram multiple times, but always fails.Not until he met Kim Byul, she is the girl who  fell  love at first sight with Joon-soo, she decided to go to school where Joon-soo is studying.Her parents was surprised when she went home hurriedly announcing that she is going to school again. Kim Byul is a girl who loves to study in advance that's why even her teacher doesn't entertain her if she has question, and because of that she is not interested to go to school and do self study.

There was a time when Joon-soo bring the baby to school because there is no nanny to take care of him , the teacher saw it then he went to the Dean's office then they suspended Joon-soo from attending the class with the baby. Joon-soo take the responsibility for the baby, he do a part-time job with the baby in order to fed him and be financially stable.  One morning her mom visited the house then Kim byul saw her, Joon-soo's mother asked Kim byul who's child is it , then answer "its the son of the owner of the house" then his mom hurriedly go back to the hotel and blamed his father for what he did (she thought that it was his husbands baby and let Joon-soo take the responsibility for him) , that's the reason why they came home and surprised Joon-soo. That night when Joon-soo saw his parents in the house he cried and thank them that they come home and introduce the baby as their grandson. Her mom takes care of the baby so Joon-soo can go back to school.

When everything seems to be fine Joon-soo and his father went to talk to the Dean and ask permission to let him go back to school again when they received a call from his mother that the baby is sick and she is in the hospital, Joon-soo call his friend Ki-seok to acompany him because of depression, on that meeting Ki-seok told Joon-soo everything that he is the baby's father and because of financial problem he left the baby to Joon-soo's cart, and because of that incident Joon-soo decided to give the baby back and end the friendship they had. The baby was discharged in the hospital but Ki-seok decided to  let the baby adopt by a couple from overseas because he knew he cant raise the baby on his own. Kim Byul and Choon-seung told Joon-soo about it but he just show coolness like he didn't care anymore. But in his mind and in his heart he loves the baby and miss to cuddle to him. When the day comes Kim-byul,Ki-seok and Choon-seung are in the airport to see the baby for the last time , Joon-soo hurriedly went to the airport and thank God he got back the baby and accept the responsibilities for him.

At then end of the movie they are happily chatting in the park, Kim byul asked Choon-seung and Ki-seok  to buy some soda, when the two left Kim Byul kissed Joon-soo and hurriedly run out of his sight.

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Bedevilled (2010)

"Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal" (original title)

Hae-won is a middle-rank officer working in a Seoul bank. A severe, tense single woman, she is being brought down by the work-related stress and the hypercompetitive environment she finds herself in. Desperate, she takes up an offer from a long-forgotten friend and takes off for a private vacation in Mudo, a desolate Southern island in which she had spent childhood. Arriving at the island, she is warmly welcomed by Bok-nam, with whom she had a close friendship when both were in their teens but whose constant letters she's since ignored. Life on the backward, undeveloped island is hard, and Bok-nam is treated as little more than a slave by her abusive husband Man-jong, his brother and the local old women. All of Bok-nam's love is reserved for her young daughter Yeon-hee, with whom she tries to escape from the small, claustrophobic island. But when that results in tragedy, the woman finally snaps, unleashing all her demons, as Bok-nam takes a sickle in her hand.

REVIEW:

I'm quite disappointed with how the movie ends but in some ways, I like it. The cast's are good but there was a point that I get really bored that I almost want to stop watching. For those who love horror and crime stories this would be a good one for the list.



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Korean Romantic Comedy Movies

1. Baby and I (2008)

A rebellious high school student sees his life take a strange turn when he goes to the grocery store and someone leaves a baby in his shopping cart, along with a note claiming he's the father.

2. Spellbound (2011)

A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.

3. 200 Pounds Beauty 

Hanna is the famous Korean pop singer. She suffers from having extremely poor self-esteem, as she has been ignored because of her appearance. At last, she makes the decision of a lifetime to have full-body plastic surgery.

4. Seducing Mr. Perfect 

Korean Min-june is getting over her recent break-up and while pondering over that she bumps her car into a man who as her luck might have it is her new boss. Unknowingly she pretends to not speak English thinking that this would be the last she would see of him. Robin Heiden(Daniel Henney) has come to Korea to take over a company and she is convinced that he hates her. Between the obvious sparks we see a bet emerge, where Min-june is dared to seduce him and make him apologize for his behavior. Will she succeed in seducing him? or will she once again get her heart broken??

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