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(64 years)
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My Sassy Girl
Act like Kyun-woo's Mother
event2001 star_border 7.5
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A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.
After Diving Bell
Act like Narrator
event2018
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A documentary that reports on the the rescue failure of the Sewol incident. In the days of media control, Park Geun-hye and her government sabotaged the screening of "Diving Bell" at the Busan International Film Festival.
My New Sassy Girl
Act like Gyun-woo's Mother
event2016 star_border 4.8
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Gyun-woo is having difficulty forgetting the sassy girl. He then reunites with his childhood sweetheart, an elementary school classmate from China who was often teased about her broken Korean. They marry despite family opposition, and Gyun-woo has no idea what marriage has in store for him.
Spring in My Hometown
Act like Sung-min's mother
event1998 star_border 6.5
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A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.
Hello Murderer
Act like Choi Jung-min's mother
event2010 star_border 5.2
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Slacker detective Jeong-min (Kim Dong-wuk) is assigned to investigate a serial killer case. For the first time in his career he puts his heart into his work but Yeong-seok (Yoo Oh-seong), an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective, gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well.
The Garden of Heaven
Act like Moon Hye-ja
event2003 star_border 6.2
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Oh-sung, a doctor at a hospice facility, is emotionally scarred by the experience of losing his parents as a child. One night he meets Young-ju, a make-up artist who has been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. Despite having very little time together, the two start to develop feelings for each other.
A Hot Roof
Act like Young-Hee's Mom
event1995 star_border 7.1
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A Korean film about a group of women who end up barricaded on the roof of their apartment building in the middle of a heat wave.
Farewell My Darling
Act like Madam Go
event1996 star_border 6
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When old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea from America. As the quiet country village gets busy preparing funeral, the house in mourning becomes a meeting place where villagers gather to ask how they are getting along and meet old friends. The children mourn their father's death and above all Mi-Seon, who caused her parents a lot of grief, can't stop crying. Chan-Wu, the chief mourner, has a revelation about his career, and Chan-Se prepares to sing hymns for the Confucian funeral service. Old Man Park's sister sells insurance products and gradually the funeral service becomes for the living rather then the dead.
The First Amendment of Korea
Act like Woman from Bongchun
event2003 star_border 4.6
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Eun-bi, an orphaned girl who works as a prostitute, is moved to action when her prostitute friend is brutally gang raped and the police do nothing because her friend was a prostitute. Deciding to run for Korea's parliament, she runs into mob coercion and deception along with way. This movie is a funny but insightful satire of the corruption of Korean elections.
Silver Knife
Act like Min-seo's mother
event2003 star_border 4.7
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Is virginity of any value to a girl nowadays? Min So will hold her silver knife and give you a definite YES! Shin Hee is a sexually conservative girl having a boyfriend dying to sleep with her. Brought up in a family with strong respect on girls’ virginity, Min So (Shin Hee) had to leave her parents to study in a college. To self-guard herself against any threats to her virginity, she equips herself with a silver knife – the secret weapon kept unknown to her boyfriend Joo Haek who has been longing for sex with her.
Grand Prix
Act like Seo Ju-hee's mother
event2010 star_border 6.3
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Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.
The Harmonium in My Memory
Act like Yun Hong-yeon's Mother
event1999 star_border 6.6
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Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
Summer Time
Act like Gi-ok
event2001 star_border 5.3
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In the gloomy 80s, Sang-ho is wanted by the authorities for his participation in the student movement. Parting with his colleagues, Sang-ho happens to end up in a town on the outskirts, a town he has no connection to. The place where he is in hiding is the second floor of a worn down wooden house. Spending his time idly in the room, one day, Sang-ho discovers a hole looking into the room downstairs by chance. Casually looking through the hole, Sang-ho exhales. At first, Sang-ho tries to avoid looking, out of guilt. However, before he knows it, he is drawn to the hole. Every gesture she makes is very captivating and seductive. He watches her body, feels her, and takes her into his heart.
Hero's Love Song
event1986
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There is a cloud over Sajasu Wedding Hall. There have been several incidents back to back where the newlyweds married at the wedding hall were accidentally killed within 24 hours of getting married. In order to regain business, Ju Byung-wu, the owner, enlists newlyweds by promising them money. As the bridegroom, there is the gangster Kang Eun-dal. The bride is Kwon Young-ja, who has worked in various coffee shops and red district shops. The two get married. As they live past 24 hours, a rush of interviews and bookings flow in. Eun-dal and Young-ja skyrocket into becoming society's stars. However, they realize that their actions are meaningless so they return to the way they were.
Kill the Love
Act like Mother (uncredited)
event1996 star_border 5
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A man named Love joins the criminal underworld in America and falls In love with a woman, sparking the outrage of an old criminal associate from home.
Autumn Sonata
Act like Oksoo
event2017 star_border 5.2
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It is said that time is equal to everyone but things are different to Suryeon who turns 30. She doesn't have much time to live. Her dad died from disease when she was young. She expects the same path.
Just Do It!
Act like Won Jong-rim
event2000 star_border 6.5
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Drowning in debt and evicted from their house, a family of four comfort themselves with a few drinks at a food cart. The drunken father stumbles off to take a leak and gets hit by a truck. Their saving grace? Insurance! They find themselves with a slightly injured father, a handful of insurance money, and an ingenious new way to get rich quick. One by one, they find new ways to hurt themselves, making enough money to buy their dream house. Their luck almost runs out when an insurance investigator finds out the truth, but with a beautiful daughter and a very loose dressing gown, the family traps him and forces him to marry her. All five of them are determined to get one last big payoff… life insurance. The only question is, who dies?
Walking all the way to heaven
event1992 star_border 5
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Two men fall in love with the same woman. One man is a thief and the other is a graduate student that wants to take her away from a tough environment.
Woman Requiem
event1985
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After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.
Fly To The Sky
Act like Lee Sung-hee (19 ep.)
event2007 star_border 2
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James O'Neil is a 28 year old man who was adopted by people overseas when he was young. He is the CEO of a very large supermarket and is the typical man with cool charm and deals with things in a cool and collected manner. Lee Jin Hee is 32 years old and her husband suffered a horrible accident on the 6th month they were married. She takes care of their son for seven years and is faced with bankruptcy. Jin Hee meets James and they do business together and soon they develop a romantic love story. (Source: DramaWiki)
Queen's Flower
Act like Gu Yang-soon (50 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.7
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Rena Jung is a beautiful, but ambitious star chef who hosts her own cooking show. Her husband, Park Min-Joon, is the first son of a family that runs a large company. Their relationship is not so good, but they try to show other people they are still in love.
In the past, Rena Jung abandoned her daughter for a chance at success. Now, her daughter, Kang Yi Sol appears in front of her. Kang Yi Sol resents her mother for abandoning her.
Park Jae Joon is the husband's younger brother. He is popular with women, but he is attracted to Kang Yi-Sol.
Five Enough
Act like Park Ok-Soon (54 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.8
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Sang-Tae is left with his two children after his wife passes away. Since that time, he lives with his two kids and parents-in-law. He works as a marketing team leader for a fashion brand.
Mi-Jung works as an assistant manager at the same fashion company. 3 years ago, her husband had an affair with her friend and left her. She couldn't tell her kids the truth about their father and lied that their father went to work in America. To this day, the children still believe that their father is in America.
Sang-Tae and Mi-Jung never thought about falling in love again, but they fall in love with each other.
Witch Yoo Hee
Act like Moo Ryong's mother (16 ep.)
event2007 star_border 5.8
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As the director of her father's advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong, ex-medical student turned aspiring chef. As a way to work off his debt for crashing into her car, he agrees to become her housekeeper and personal love affairs coach for one month. Gladly, he gives her a makeover that attracts both her old friend Johnny Kruger and her first love Joon Ha. Despite having a girlfriend, Sung Mi, Moo Ryong eventually finds himself falling for Yoo Hee.
Bad Love
Act like Lee Jin-sook (20 ep.)
event2007 star_border 5
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Na In Jung struggles with her love between the rather cold and rebellious Yong Ki and a successful businessman, Soo Hwan. Kang Yong Ki is a pop culture artist. He was separated from his first love, Jo Ann, and still carries the wound that he suffered from their relationship. His half sister is Joo Ran who is married to Soo Hwan. Soo Hwan begins an affair with In Jung but he only has ambition for the CEO position of Yong Ki's father's company. Soon after he discovers that his ambition does not fill the emptiness that he has inside and realizes he needs In Jung. But In Jung and Yong Ki have already fallen in love with each other. Will In Jung go back to her first love or stay with Yong Ki?
Tree with Deep Roots
Act like Do Dam-daek (24 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.3
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Deep Rooted Tree is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same title by Lee Jeong-myeong, it aired on SBS from October 5 to December 22, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Taking its name from the poem Yongbieocheonga that says that trees with deep roots do not sway, the series tells the story of a royal guard investigating a case involving the serial murders of Jiphyeonjeon scholars in Gyeongbok Palace while King Sejong comes to create the Korean written language.
Don't Ask Me About the Past
Act like Han Hyo Jung (16 ep.)
event2008 star_border 2
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Kwak Sun Young gets into a car accident and develops this ability of detecting a man's past from his body odors. She divorces her husband when she finds out about his long history of girlfriends. Sun Young then sets up a business where she helps women and even the police track down suspicious men and husbands.
House of Bluebird
Act like Oh Min-ja (50 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.7
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A drama that tells the story of strong bond between the members of a family even though they are not blood-related. This drama also portrays the hope of parents toward their children's success and how difficult for fresh university graduates to get respectable and well-paid jobs.
Punch
Act like Jung-hwan's Mother (19 ep.)
event2014 star_border 8.3
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When Park Jung-hwan, the chief of the anti-corruption investigation team for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, learns that he has a malignant brain tumor that gives him only 6 months to live, he decides to throw his final punch at the criminal world before he says farewell to life.
Fated to Love You
Act like Mi Young's mother (20 ep.)
event2014 star_border 8.3
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A wealthy business heir marries an ordinary office worker after they have a one-night stand that leads to her unexpectedly becoming pregnant.
Only Love
Act like Oh Mal-sook (123 ep.)
event2014
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Kim Tae-yang is a physician and Choi Yoo-ri is a broadcasting producer. Choi Jae-min is a dandy-ish executive at a clothing company and Kim Saet-byul is an unwed mother. Kim Woo-joo is much younger than Hong Mi-rae. As these three couples fall in love, they explore issues of age difference, blood ties and adoption, and wealth and poverty.
Big Man
Act like Hong Dal-sook (16 ep.)
event2014 star_border 6.2
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Kim Ji Hyuk (Kang Ji Hwan) lives a hard knocked life, but when the orphan meets the modest restaurateur Hong Dal Sook (Song Ok Suk), he gains a mother figure and works hard to open his own restaurant one day. Then suddenly, the family behind Korea's most powerful corporation claims that he is their long lost son. When Ji Hyeok discovers the Hyunsung family's ulterior motives, he swears to bring down the company that destroyed the life he worked so hard to build.
The Goddess of Fire
Act like Son Haeng-soo (32 ep.)
event2013 star_border 3.2
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Goddess of Fire is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Moon Geun-young, Lee Sang-yoon, Kim Bum, Park Gun-hyung, Seo Hyun-jin, Jun Kwang-ryul, Jeong Bo-seok, Byun Hee-bong, Han Go-eun, and Lee Kwang-soo. It airs on MBC on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 32 episodes beginning July 1, 2013.
The historical drama depicts the life and love of Yoo Jung, who is based on real-life 16th century historical figure Baek Pa-sun, renowned as the first female potter and porcelain artist in the Joseon Dynasty.
Baek's glazing skills were so prized, she was appointed as a china maker for the royal family. But her fame also attracted the attention of foreign invaders, and during the Japanese invasion in 1592, she was among the Korean artisans captured and forcibly taken to Japan and made to continue their craft there. Under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders to enrich Japanese arts and culture, Baek helped the advancement of many new types of pottery that would be claimed as Japanese works of art. She became well-respected in Japan, and there exists a shrine in the city of Arita dedicated to her.
Ugly Alert
Act like Bang Jung-ja (133 ep.)
event2013 star_border 9
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Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.
Missing You
Act like Kim Myung-hee (21 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.6
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High school sweethearts Jung-woo and Soo-yeon were separated in a horrifying tragedy that continues to weigh down on them as adults. Now a guilt-ridden detective, Jung-woo has been desperately searching for Soo-yeon for years, but when he crosses paths with her again, she has already become someone else with a new identity.
Seoyoung, My Daughter
Act like Kim Kang-soon (50 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.6
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Seoyoung cuts off her cable with her incompetent and troublesome father, trying to get out of her misery. Family is tied not only by blood but also by love.
Bridal Mask
Act like Mrs. Han (28 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.4
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During the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, one of the darkest periods of Korean history, heroes came from ordinary men who did extraordinary things in their everyday lives. Lee Kang To is one of those men. A skilled martial artist, Kang To actively participates in the independence movement to fight against the Japanese imperialist regime. He is known as “Gaksital” because he hides his true identity behind a rosy-cheeked traditional bridal mask, known as a “gaksital,” when he fights against the Japanese. But can one man do enough to right the wrongs of a terrifying national enemy?
Rooftop Prince
Act like Gong Man-ok (20 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.5
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Crown Prince Yi Gak finds that he has been transported from the Chosun Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. He meets Hong Se Na, who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife, and is determined to solve the 300-year-old mystery of her death. With his own resemblance to the CEO’s grandson at the company where Se Na works, Gak assumes the identity of the young man to stay close to her. Can the Crown Prince navigate a modern corporation to find clues to his own time period?
Brain
Act like Kim Soon-im (20 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.8
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Lee Gang Hun is a brilliant brain surgeon who will do anything for success. Haunted by the hardships he had growing up including his father’s death, he’s filled with ambition and hopes to prove himself to be the best when it comes to neurosurgery. Gang Hun’s arrogance and selfishness remind Professor Sang Cheol, the best brain surgeon at Chunha University Hospital, of his younger days. San Chul is an empathetic doctor who cares highly about his patients, and dislikes Gang Hun’s approach, but ultimately decides to mentor him, as the two are connected by a secret past. On the other hand, Gang Hun’s rival Jun Seok comes from a family of doctors who have always supported him. Despite this, Jun Seok has always felt inferior to Gang Hun. On top of that, his crush has feelings for Gang Hun instead of him. This is the story of three rival doctors at a prestigious hospital as they navigate their struggles, ambitions, and each other.
The Thorn Birds
Act like Kim Kye-soon (20 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6
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The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress.
The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thornbird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.
Big Thing
Act like Madam Min (24 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.7
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Seo Hye-rim is a hot-tempered news announcer who was fired by the broadcasting company, but is later elected to the National Assembly and became the first female president of Korea. She faces political pressure and potential impeachment from Kang Tae-san and his followers, but survives with the aid of the prosecutor Ha Do-ya.
Pasta
Act like Seo Yoo-kyung's mother (20 ep.)
event2010 star_border 8.3
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Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
Smile, You
Act like Baek Geum-ja (45 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.3
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Seo Jung In is the kind-hearted, but spoiled daughter of a wealthy family. When the family's financial bubble bursts, her fiancée dumps her at the altar and her family is forced to rely on the kindness of their former chauffeur's family. While adjusting to life in their crowded, two-family home, Jung In and the Kangs' son, Hyun Su, begin to clash. Will these two find a way to get along, or will their initial irritation with one another blossom into something more?
The Great Queen Seondeok
Act like Seori (62 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.2
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The life story of Queen Seondeok, the first queen of the Korean people during the Silla Dynasty.
Beethoven Virus
Act like Jung Hee Yun (19 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.4
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Two musicians who retired from their musical careers for different reasons join together with a demanding and difficult genius conductor to form an orchestra against all odds. Although it requires a lot of hard work to form their orchestra, they keep chasing their dreams of doing what they love the most in the world and this gives them great satisfaction. Three young and old people with different personalities and life experiences gather together under a common dream and they find love and the room to forgive each other as they eventually earn each other’s respect.
My Beloved Sister
Act like Yoon Soo-ah's mother (51 ep.)
event2006 star_border 2.6
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My Beloved Sister is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Song Yun-ah and Kim Sung-soo. It aired on MBC from August 12, 2006 to February 18, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 55 episodes.
Song stars as the titular older sister who must carry the family when the world is pulled out from under her.
Jumong
Act like Bi Geum-seon (81 ep.)
event2006 star_border 7.8
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Jumong examines the life of Jumong Taewang, founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo. Few details have been found in the historical record about Jumong, so much of the series is fictionalized.
My Lovely Fool
Act like Choi Jung-min (9 ep.)
event2006 star_border 3
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This story is about a woman (Cha Yeon) who grows up in an orphanage with her friend Ho Tae, Cha Yeon got married, had a child named Duri and then got divorced. Duri was born ill and Cha Yeon takes on any kind of job to earn money to save her son. After a scandal with Shin Dong Joo, she agrees to a paper marriage. To add complication to the mix, Dong Joo’s girlfriend is not happy about being left out and Dong Joo’s ex-wife begins to fall for Cha Yeon’s friend Ho Tae .. Meanwhile, Seung Hye’s sister is a patient at the hospital where Dong Joo’s brother works.
Only You
Act like Park Mi-jung (16 ep.)
event2005 star_border 3
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Eun Jae was a stubborn and head-strong girl who had a passion for cooking. She did not have any interest in going to college and with the help of her highschool friend, Jung Hyun Sung ran away to Italy to enroll in a cooking school. Jung Hyun Sung who loved her dearly went along with her.
Han Yi Joon came from a wealthy family. He travelled to Italy looking for his mother and there he ran into Eun Jae, who had also been seeking the same person to learn the secrets to making great pasta. She comforted Yi Joon, who was distraught over his mother's remarrying, and they ended up making love. Yi Joon left Eun Jae the next morning over some misunderstanding. Eun Jae became pregnant and had no choice but to give up her dream and to return to Korea. 6 years later, Eun Jae was working in low paying restaurant jobs, Yi Joon started to take over the operations of his family's business
Fashion 70's
Act like Lee Yang-ja (28 ep.)
event2005 star_border 3
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Fashion 70's is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Kim Min-jung, Joo Jin-mo and Chun Jung-myung. It was the network's 60th Anniversary of Independence Great Project, and it aired on SBS from May 23 to August 29, 2005 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 28 episodes. An epic, sprawling drama, it focuses on the lives of four young people, from their childhood during the Korean War, to their careers and love lives as adults. It portrays the passion of female fashion designers who pioneered Korea's fashion industry in the 1970s.
The Bean Chaff of My Life
Act like Kim Hyun-ja (16 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7
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That rare story of two best friends falling in love, The Bean Chaff of My Life is a funny, endearing drama about two people looking for the perfect one. Punctuated with the occasional musical element, it features singing and dancing in a cheery romp that tells the story of two perfectionists who overlook each other.
Eun Young and Gyung Soo meet in their early twenties when she is part of the campaign staff of a candidate in the local election. Complete opposites in everything - personality, goals, and temperament - they clash and wind up going their separate ways. 12 years later, they're now in their early thirties, and still, appear to be opposites in everything - except their desire to find the perfect mate.
Now, friends, they decide to help each other out in that quest. A modern-day comedy about love, marriage, and the pressure to find both, Bean Chaff asks the question: can the two people who could never imagine being together, can finally grow up and understand what love is?
Winter Sonata
Act like Kang Mihee (20 ep.)
event2002 star_border 8.2
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What happens when a woman about to get married sees a man who resembles her dead first love?
Man of the Sun, Lee Je-ma
Act like Ms. Gong (30 ep.)
event2002
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This historical drama is about the life of the physician Lee Je Ma (1837-1900), who was the founder of Sasang Constitutional Medicine.
Squad 38
Act like No Bang-sil (16 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.8
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As a reference to Article 38 which pertains to tax payments, this special police unit utilizes the criminals' own tactics of scams and deceit to catch rich tax cheats.
5th Republic
Act like Kim Ok-sook (41 ep.)
event2005 star_border 9.4
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5th Republic is a controversial political drama about the Fifth Republic of South Korea, one of the most turbulent times in modern Korean history. The 41-episode television series covered the key aspects of the period from President Park Chung-hee's assassination to general Chun Doo-hwan's military coup and his bloody rise to power, as well as the ensuing conflicts between the pro-democratic movement and Chun's military regime and the behind-the-scenes power struggles that ultimately led to Roh Tae-woo's presidential succession in 1987.
Given the sensitive nature of the subject matter, 5th Republic tread a fine line between fact and fiction, and faced many challenges even before the start of the production - one of which was pressures from actual political figures who threatened to sue the network for defamation if the script was not modified. Moreover, there was concern over the possible glorification of the drama's lead character Chun Doo-hwan played by Lee Deok-hwa whose strong charisma helped draw in big audience during the drama's initial broadcast on MBC in 2005.
Korean Ghost Stories
Act like Kook Moo (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.9
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A series of 8 one-act dramas. It is the continuation of a classic series of ghost stories which aired first on KBS between 1977 and 1989 and later between 1996 and 1999. This marks the return of the series after nine years.
While You Were Sleeping
Act like Na Pil-boon (5 ep.)
event2011
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Oh Shin-young is a hospital cafeteria nutritionist with a bright personality, who is happily married to Yoon Min-joon, who works in the sales department of a food company. But while giving birth, Shin-young falls into a vegetative state induced by the hospital's chief obstetrician Go Hyun-sung. Hyun-sung is Min-joon's ex-girlfriend who is still in love with him, despite being married to Chae Hyuk-jin, the director of a food company and Min-joon's boss. When Hyuk-jin learns of his wife's betrayal, he plans his revenge.
My Father is Strange
Act like Oh Bok-Nyeo (52 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.3
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Mi Yeong, Hye Yeong, Ra Yeong, and Joon Yeong are the kids of Yeong Sil and Han Soo. They seem like the average Seoul family, with the typical Seoul problems, but that all changes when Jung Hui, an actor, and former K-Pop idol, ends up in their doorstep claiming that Han Soo is his biological father. The family goes through thick and thin, one marriage after the other, trying to figure out why their father happens to be strange.
Missing Nine
Act like Jo Hee-Kyung (16 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.5
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Story about an unexpected plane crash that causes a widespread panic in South Korea due to the disappearance of nine people, including some influential figures in the entertainment industry. Seo Joon O used to be a popular singer, but he isn't popular anymore. Now, he works as a reporter for a TV entertainment show. He and his stylist Ra Bong-Hee land on a deserted island.
It's Beautiful Now
Act like Sok Sook-suk (50 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.3
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Three brothers search for marriage partners in order to win the apartment offered by their family elders.
Fate and Fury
Act like Han Sung-Sook (40 ep.)
event2018 star_border 5.9
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Even though Goo Hae-Ra is smart and beautiful, she is in miserable situation because of her family. Her older sister attempted suicide and her father passed away. The only way she can escape her situation is with money. She approaches Tae In-Joon. He is the second son of a shoe company owner. Tae In-Joon falls in love with Goo Hae-Ra.
Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo
Act like Choi Seo-Ra (32 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.4
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Jo Jin-Gab was once a promising judo athlete. He protested against corruption at a game and he was kicked out of the sport. After that, Jo Jin-Gab became a gym teacher. Again, he could not control his anger against the son of the school's chairman. Jo Jin-Gab was once again kicked out of his profession.
Happiness Giver
Act like Hong Se-Ra (118 ep.)
event2016 star_border 3
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A story about a woman who tries to protect a famous child star that she raises with love against a harsh and exploitative entertainment industry, including from the child's real mother.
Love Returns
(120 ep.)
event2017 star_border 5
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The drama follows the life a woman who ends up losing everything after living a turbulent life. When she starts anew from the bottom, ironically, her life blossoms. The value that holds us together is not blood nor law, but rather love and affection between us.
Catch The Ghost
Act like Kim Hyeong-Ja (16 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.2
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A romantic investigative drama about rookie detective Yoo-Ryung who solves cases with her overflowing sense of justice and exceptional spatial perception but always gets herself into trouble because of her rash actions. She meets the Wangsimni station constabulary chief, a man who avoids cases and seeks stability who always ends up cleaning up after the problems caused by Yoo Ryung and holds the key to solving the cases.
Dog Knows Everything
Act like Song Ok-suk (12 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7.3
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It follows a group of close friends in their seventies, still chasing their dreams and love lives to the fullest.
Lee Sun Jae used to be a big star but now lives a simple life. Despite challenges, he handles neighborhood problems with humour and wisdom. Kim Yong Gun, another former star turned director, adds fun with his playful arguments. Lim Chae Mu, dreaming of YouTube fame after a career in lighting, completes the trio. Together, they show that friendship and adventure never get old and that age is just a number.
Cheat On Me, If You Can
Act like Yeom Jin-ok (16 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7
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Kang Yeo-joo is a best-selling writer. She only writes crime stories, dealing with cruel murder cases. She constantly thinks about how to murder people for her novels. Kang Yeo-Joo is married to Han Woo-sung. He is a lawyer, specializing in divorce. He wrote a memo to his wife stating "If I cheat, I die."
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