Name That Drama: A daughter-in-law contest and a witch doctor
by javabeans
It’s Name That Drama again! As always, feel free to email us your questions and requests for future Name That Drama installments.
- Competing for daughter-in-law rights:
I saw this drama in 2010s. I just remember one scene but cannot remember the drama’s name. The main actor’s father puts on a competition for his future daughter-in-law. The heroine also participates and the competition had rounds like a physical test, cooking, etc. The father supports one girl and the hero and the secretory supports our heroine. Please help me in finding out the drama. Thank you.
- Threesome and a gloomy day:
So I once watched a drama (or movie, because the scene I remember was bleak ‘n gloomy) and I wanted to watch it again but I forgot the title.
There were three people — two men, one woman in their 20s, I think. The woman and one of the men were lovers. One day that man disappeared. The woman thought he was dead. The other man was actually evil and jealous of his friend.
The other detail I remember are: a book, library, old picture of the three of them, old abandoned railway station. I watched it not long ago but I don’t know whether it is an old or new drama. I tend to watch 2-3 new dramas and some old dramas or movies as filler in a week. Thanks in advance.
- A whistling mute:
Hi! I have the vaguest plot description sorry >.< I watched a commercial for this a few years back, definitely Asian but not sure if Korean/Chinese. I think it was a movie instead of a drama series. A guy was on the pavement and he blew a whistle to catch the female's attention with the implication that he's a mute ... Yeah that's all I have. 😡 Thanks in advance all you awesome beanies! (:
- Step-family crazies:
I only watched the latter half of the drama so I don’t know the whole details but the main girl’s dad remarried(?) and the stepmum has a daughter (around the same age as the main girl I think). The two step-siblings like the same guy but of course the guy likes the main girl. The stepmum/daughter enlisted the help of some witch doctor to put some spell(?) on the main guy so he will like for the stepsister. After that the main girl got engaged to her ex-boyfriend who is a jerk. The stepmum also got the witch doctor to curse the dad to be disabled (can’t speak or walk). The witch doctor and the stepmum also have an affair (although unknown to the mum he also has his eye on the stepdaughter).
I think at the end someone got shot, but I don’t remember who. I remember the ex-boyfriend turning into a good guy though, but got shot by someone. Hope someone can help!
- Cancer mom and a bully:
Hi, I watched this special drama on KBS World recently but the title onscreen was so tiny I can’t read it, and I regret that I stopped watching after a part. Could you help me find it?
The scene that I watched has a middle school girl coming home to her mother preparing to go out. The mother is wearing a beanie, so she probably has cancer or something. The mother asks her to come to the public bath because the therapy jeopardizes their quality time, but the girl refuses with all kinds of excuses. The girl finally snaps angrily and the mother leaves without her. Turns out she refused because of her bleeding foot. The girl’s shoes are too small already so when another girl bullied her at school by stomping on her foot, she cried in pain and her thumb starts to bleed. That’s it. Hope you could help me.
- Raining and stranded:
When I was in the Philippines, I remembered seeing a few scenes from a Korean drama and now I really want to see it again. But, for the life of me, I cannot figure what it is. I don’t watch a lot of Korean dramas, so I am just clueless on where to begin. I only remember two scenes. The first, where the main girl’s car dies in the middle of the road and it’s raining really hard. The main guy (?) goes out looking for her and finds her car, but she’s not around. Then he sees her in the car with another guy and he gets mad at her and walks off with his bike limping. In the second scene, the main guy is building some kind of birdhouse or something.
Sorry! I know it’s a long shot, but those are the only scenes I remember. I can’t remember anything else! Please help! Thank you so much!
Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!
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1 Christy
June 9, 2015 at 2:06 PM
#1 sounds like Wang Family or King's Family.
#6 is definitely Save the Last Dance for Me. I love that scene. Ji Sung was so cute!
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2 nina
June 9, 2015 at 2:10 PM
The first one I believe is Wang's Family.
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3 amarawrrr
June 9, 2015 at 2:11 PM
I think number 6 is Save the Last Dance for Me. Try googling Ji Sung and Eugene. That part sounds like the early bits of the drama. My memory is a bit foggy as I watched it eons ago so I could be wrong haha
Number 4 sounded like Cinderella's Stepsister at first before it turned into Moon Embracing the Sun. That is a whole lot of crazy lolz
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mary
June 9, 2015 at 5:51 PM
LOL I thought I knew #4 as CS too then the crazy voodoo started.
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4 Krystal
June 9, 2015 at 2:19 PM
Number 6 is definitely save the last dance!!! I fell in love with jisung when I saw this drama! This is where he met his future wife?
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5 Kels
June 9, 2015 at 2:27 PM
#1 is Wang's Family! :D
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6 ywcnois
June 9, 2015 at 2:27 PM
Hmmm I only know #6..
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7 poheijo
June 9, 2015 at 3:03 PM
I think #3 is Silent. ...starring Vic zhu...it was a Taiwanese drama. Vic Zhu plays a mute man. Can't remember the heroine though. For the life of me...can't remember the plot too...watched this ages ago. Just remembered the mute and whistling thingy.
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Quynh
June 9, 2015 at 3:40 PM
Actually in the TW drama Silence, Vic Zhou's character met the heroine when they were young at the hospital. The heroine was in the hospital cause of a bus accident (she ended up traumatized and became mute) and Vic's character was there from an injury at a swim meet. They became close and when he left the hospital, he gave her his phone call. No matter how much he waited, she never called (cause she was mute). He never changed his number though hoping for her to call. The story continues many years later where they are both adults. He is intrigued by her because she reminds him of his friend from many years ago. I don't remember the pavement scene, but I remember the majority of the drama.
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baekhyunie
June 9, 2015 at 8:43 PM
Actually, the mute one is the heroine, played by Park Eun-hye. This drama is one of my favorite TW-drama btw (mainly because of Vic :D).
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8 Sabreena
June 9, 2015 at 3:04 PM
Dont know if anyone is gonna get this, and I know this isn't the answer. But number 2 sounds like a fusion of Falling for Innocence and Girl Who Sees Smells.
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9 Ask
June 9, 2015 at 3:23 PM
No.2 sounds like Healer?
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growingbeautifully
June 9, 2015 at 3:57 PM
LOL! Although I have no clue what No. 2 is, I do know it is not Healer LOL!
Just to get an idea ... will anyone here like to take part in our own beanie-made Healer'Awards'? A few of us are creating a Vote for Your Fave Healer Thing... like fave scene, fave gadget etc. just for fun. If you'd like to know when you can vote, keep watching out for new comments below. I'll post the link when it is ready, probably on the weekend (13-14 June). :) I hope you'll like to 'play' with us!!
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 8:36 PM
I mentioned above that we can Vote for our favorite Healer .... whatever... and here it is!!!
Attention: All Healer Fans
Remember how we all looked forward to two nights a week to watch our favorite mysterious night courier? If you had a great time watching Healer, this is your chance to let your voice be heard!
Join us in the fun and vote for your favorite things about the show over at the Healer Kdrama Awards! Simply click the following link to cast your vote:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DRKl7PBJqamTAJvwskoHTDr-tMoJ9oHrdjaHhxK4wPA/viewform?usp=send_form
This online poll was created by some Healer fans in Dramabeans, who are united by our immense love for this show. We do hope you’ll enjoy all the categories we’ve come up with and can find your favorites among them.
Voting will end at 23:59 hours (GMT) on July 4th, 2015. Official results will be released on July 5th, 2015 (Ji Chang Wook’s birthday).
You are all cordially invited to Healer Ji Chang Wook’s online birthday party on July 5th 2015 at Dramabeans (see link below) We will relive the phenomenon that is Healer, and enjoy celebrating Ji Chang Wook’s 29th birthday bash.
All are welcome to join in the fun, see you there!
To find out the latest vote tally and if you have any questions or need clarifications with the awards OR the show itself, please head over to http://www.dramabeans.com/healer-episode-20-final, and we’ll be happy to help you.
Thank you!
~ “There will never be another one.”
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Chococat
June 9, 2015 at 4:47 PM
Now that I've thought about it, it kind of fits. With the older generation of "reporters," the library, camera in the book, photo of the five friends, and the abandoned place where Healer lives.
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confusedturtle
June 9, 2015 at 5:10 PM
I thought it was healer too...just one of the flashback scenes
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10 lovemedo
June 9, 2015 at 3:24 PM
I know for sure #6 is Save the Last Dance For Me with Eugene and Ji Sung. Loved that drama so much! It's really good! Miss those two! And it's where Ji Sung met his current wife (Lee Bo Young). She was the crazy second lead. Lol.
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11 lovepark
June 9, 2015 at 3:44 PM
Number 5 is SOS- Save our School starring Jung Woong-in, Seo Shin-ae. It has two episodes rather than the typical one for drama specials. It's a good one that I recommend, so I'm glad to see it here. Drama specials need more love :)
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T.K.
June 23, 2015 at 11:58 AM
oh, thank you so much! this is exactly the special drama I've been looking for! ^^
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12 Mina
June 9, 2015 at 3:53 PM
#2 sonds a lot like Healer (Moon-ho's older brother and his sick, former-reporter wife -- forgot many of the names, sorry). The railway bit and the other details fit, too.
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growingbeautifully
June 9, 2015 at 4:09 PM
@Mina ... Wow! you're the 2nd person to say this!!! Well, maybe .... yes.... when we put together different scenes, although the 'abandoned' description of the railway totally puts me on a another track and only 3 people in the photo or is it that all 3 are in a photo (which could have more people....) LOL! I didn't think it could be Healer.... but yeah, maybe now then it could!
So I take back what I said in Comment 9.1 above about No. 2 not being Healer!!!
But the Vote for Fave Healer ... Awards game that I mentioned above is true. :) That will be on.
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 8:37 PM
The Healer Kdrama Awards (done by a few of us beanies) are now on!!! Please see comment 9.4 above. :)
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 9:42 PM
Correction: Please see comment 9.1.1 :)
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13 Mandy
June 9, 2015 at 3:56 PM
#4 is something I'd watch. Just for the crazies.
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museofmanymasks
June 9, 2015 at 4:18 PM
Heh took the words right out of my mouth
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bbstl
June 9, 2015 at 7:21 PM
Yes. I feel invested now in learning what #4 is :)
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14 Peace Yo
June 9, 2015 at 4:02 PM
#3 could be HK drama called Return of the Cuckoo. The main guy character is mute and he does use a whistle to communicate and also sign language. His best friend/childhood buddy is the main female character. Really cute guy and he is still cute today Julian Cheung. It was quite sad in the end though.
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panshel
June 9, 2015 at 5:55 PM
I thought #3 could be Return of the Cuckoo, too. I love the theme song by Julian Cheung.
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15 pinkfluff99
June 9, 2015 at 4:19 PM
I was thinking #2 may be Winter Sonata but they're in high school.
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16 Mina
June 9, 2015 at 4:34 PM
Sure, where is it happening?
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17 Mina
June 9, 2015 at 4:35 PM
Sure, where is it happening? :)
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 8:39 PM
@ Mina
The Healer Kdrama Awards are on! Please find the link under comment 9.1.1 above. :)
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18 Mina
June 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Sigh... I meant to reply to Growingbeautifully but it's not working...
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growingbeautifully
June 9, 2015 at 4:59 PM
Hi @Mina
:) The Healer Awards will be happening from here and in the DB Healer Ep 20 Recap Thread.
We'll get a link to post to go to the Voting page and also there's an open vote for other DB things like Fave Comments, Fave Moniker etc... It's going to be fun!!!
Everyone is welcome to come and play. I'll put up the links here when I have them. :)
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Nissa
June 9, 2015 at 10:33 PM
Sometimes, i wish dramabeans provide a 'square' for the beanies to converse randomly, or such yours.. similar to widget for twitter or sort of, so you don't have to communicate through comments segment. Forgive my poor english and vocabs.
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19 chrianna
June 9, 2015 at 4:47 PM
I was thinking #2 is dolce vita? Bit not sure about the train station.
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Auntiemame
June 9, 2015 at 8:53 PM
Not La Dolce Vita, which is one of my favorites. I have that drama memorized and it doesn't fit her description.
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20 ck1Oz
June 9, 2015 at 5:24 PM
Ok I will come back just to see what no 4 is. That drama is not even makjang, that's crazy writing man.
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21 lc
June 9, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Yes I thought so too. The whole drama is set in Macau, and Julian Cheung was so lovable in it!
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22 lc
June 9, 2015 at 5:40 PM
Yes I thought so too. The whole drama is set in Macau, and Julian Cheung's character was born a mute and he always carried a whistle around. He was so lovable in it!
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23 lc
June 9, 2015 at 5:41 PM
Sorry for double posting, and this post was meant to be tagged to Peace Yo's comment above.
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24 museofmanymasks
June 9, 2015 at 6:04 PM
This is a little OT, but I've been wondering for a while. Is there any equivalent to "name that drama" for classic movies (as in, 1930s-50s) or just movies in general?
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25 Lyna
June 9, 2015 at 6:19 PM
#2 sound like tvb return of the cuckoo, the main character was mute and in love with the girl he grew up with. I BELIEVE he does carry a whistle around him. Been a while so I can't remember the detail much but sound very much like that drama
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26 Lyna
June 9, 2015 at 6:21 PM
Cirrection I meant #3 sound like TVB series Return of the Cuckoo
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27 Khule WY
June 9, 2015 at 6:38 PM
Number 4 sounds like a telenovela(telemundo anyone) or a Nigerian movie they are the ones that use witches.I've only seen witches /shaman in moon embracing the sun and jeon woo chi.Ja myung go has a seer that sleeps with the kings second wife that's as close to the similarity as it gets.
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anniemo
June 9, 2015 at 7:40 PM
See now I was thinking Thai. They can be more than a little crazy too.
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T.O.P
June 10, 2015 at 2:56 AM
Off topic though.. Are you Nigerian?
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28 cupkate
June 9, 2015 at 6:44 PM
#6 is definitely Save the last dance for me. The guy limping on his bike was Jisung!
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29 Sweettooth
June 9, 2015 at 8:57 PM
I think #5 is Superdaddy Yeol! There is definitely the cancer and I remember the shoe thing - her feet were different sizes but she felt so sorry to her mom she decided to quit track instead of make her feel bad. Stepdad Yeol is a physical therapist so he figures it out.
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kamen
June 9, 2015 at 11:13 PM
But it's not on KBS World though.
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Chococat
June 11, 2015 at 9:31 AM
kamen is right; there are a lot of other differences. For one Superdaddy Yeol isn't a special, the daughter is clearly in middle school, and the mom doesn't outwardly show her cancer (no beanie). I had to double check for a second there though.
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Chococat
June 11, 2015 at 9:32 AM
*edit: sorry, I meant to say that the daughter is clearly in elementary school.
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30 Kit
June 9, 2015 at 9:14 PM
Can I just say I found some of the flyaway comments hilarious? Oh, it was bleak so probably a movie. She had a beanie on, so probably cancer. It's hilarious because it's true.
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31 UmbrellaMan
June 9, 2015 at 9:29 PM
@Sweettooth
(Something is going on with the reply button, so this is getting it's own post)
Super Daddy Yeol was the first drama that popped in my head for #5. Everything matched up. The only part that I don't remember is the beanie wearing, but she did have cancer, so...
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32 Chhavi
June 9, 2015 at 11:14 PM
#1 is Wang's family as I remember that contest very well....
@Growingbeautifully Thanks for the information on The Healer Awards....This would surely be fun.^-^
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growingbeautifully
June 10, 2015 at 2:57 AM
@ chhavi
* :) and a-ok sign* Come back in 3 days' time, I think. Yes, it will be fun! :D
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 8:40 PM
@ chhavi
The Healer Kdrama Awards are now on!!! Please find the link in comment 9.1.1 above. :)
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33 An
June 9, 2015 at 11:40 PM
#6 is Save the Last Dance for Me. Recommend it! Ji Sung looked really young, and it's a good drama. The scenes mentioned are towards the beginning..
#1 Wang's family - started out good, but then derailed...
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34 Mobilegeйd
June 10, 2015 at 12:13 AM
No.2 is definitely healer cause, the little description sounds like the setting in healer.
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35 kooriyuki
June 10, 2015 at 12:48 AM
I thought #2 sounded somewhat like Mawang (Joo Ji Hoon, Shin Mina, Uhm Tae Woong). I never watch it but saw the trailer, so I may be wrong.
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36 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 1:03 AM
Wooh, first time to comment (≧∇≦) for #2, I don't think it's Healer (sort of memorize 60% of the show...hehehe). I don't recall seeing a photo of 3 people on the show. Only 5 or 6 people, the bad guy, the Teacher, the two friends (I think, or at least one other friend), and the mom of the main girl.
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37 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 1:21 AM
Oh correction. Lol. Sorry. The people on the group photo in Healer are the following:
The other bad guy (older bro of 2nd main guy and 2nd husband of mom of main girl)
Healer's teacher
Mom of the main girl
Dad of main girl (first husband of mom of main girl)
And another friend (I think).
And the one who took the photo is the 2nd main guy (the famous reporter)
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38 LJH?ShiHoo?
June 10, 2015 at 2:19 AM
Reading #2 I'm pretty sure that it's NOT Healer. While the 3 people in question does sound a lot like the parent's story, but then where would the "book", " library" or "old abandon railway station" come from?
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growingbeautifully
June 10, 2015 at 2:52 AM
I was thrown off by the abandoned railway station... but the book could be the Healer book in the box/trunk that Moon Ho kept. The library could be Chae Chi Soo's lawyer's office shelves, where Park Bong Soo remarked there were so many books.
The abandoned place was a junk yard and not a train station... and the train was in a tunnel but it was not abandoned. But if memory is a little uncertain, it's possible that two different scenes were linked.
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Chococat
June 11, 2015 at 9:34 AM
Good thinking with the Healer book. My first thought was that it was the book Moon-ho had secretly put a camera in in his brother's library. For the abandoned railway station I thought of Jeong-hoo's warehouse.
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growingbeautifully
June 12, 2015 at 9:45 PM
@Chococat
Come to think of it... the library bit could have been Moon Shik's library too. So it could sort of fit. :)
BTW if you'd like to Vote for your favorite Healer scenes, quotes, etc... you may like to click on the link in Comment 9.1.1 above. :)
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39 MistMe
June 10, 2015 at 5:29 AM
no.5 is sos save our school..kbs drama special
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40 aigooyobo
June 10, 2015 at 6:29 AM
#1...100 years inheritance with Eugene and Lee Jung Jin. I think but that was in 2013
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41 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 7:18 AM
I think #2 is Equator Man...but not sure since I never got to watch many or read the recaps. But from what I know about the story of Equator Man, the whole friend-is-evil-and-jealous-of-the-other-guy & the whole guy-was-believed-to-be-dead-but-is-actually-alive...they fit, and that both guys like the main girl...the picture, not sure about it, as well as the book and railway...the library, maybe the study room or office of 2nd main guy (the evil dude) because he's a prosecutor?
It was the first drama that popped in my head when I read #2 :) but again, not sure =P
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fabdrama
June 10, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Yeah but their age doesn't add up. UTW's character disappeared when they were all still teenagers. They did reunite as adults. It's likely that they had a picture taken of the three of them, they were best friends before fate decided to strike them...
I finished the drama, but it's not one I'd re-watch...
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42 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 7:20 AM
And the whole gloomy atmosphere? DEFINITELY FITS Equator Man. That was some heavy drama that I saw in the few episodes I got to see and based on the synopsis and all.
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43 Khule WY
June 10, 2015 at 10:31 AM
@T.O.P
No,I'm not Nigerian, my father is originally from Mali though so a neighbor of sorts to Nigeria.
it just me or is something wrong with the reply button.
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44 Aigoooo
June 10, 2015 at 12:42 PM
I keep coming back here just to see if anyone has figured out #4. The writer for that drama would give Im Sung Han (Princess Aurora writer) a run for her money in the crazy writing department.
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fabdrama
June 10, 2015 at 1:26 PM
LOL right!
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growingbeautifully
June 10, 2015 at 4:23 PM
@fab
Hi There! Look out for some fun Healer Awards and come vote for your favorite Healer things. We'll be posting a link to the Voting page on Saturday 13 June 2015!
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45 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM
But I recall that UTW and LBY's characters met after UTW's younger version disappeared from the bad guy's life? By then they were already adults, with UTW blind. And then because I didn't follow the drama, the next thing I saw after watching another episode by chance weeks later is time skip I think, and UTW comes back pretending to be blind still, but already super rich, but he can already see ...but again, because I did not follow it, I don't know if UTW left suddenly causing LBY's character and the audience to think he died.
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46 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 2:16 PM
Oh, I just remembered the last friend in the iconic Healer photo that I previously mentioned...it was Healer's dad! Hehehe. https://kjtamusings.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/ep4_6.jpg
So the people in the photo are the bad guy, the main girl's mom, the main girl's dad, Healer's dad, and Healer's teacher. And the photo was taken by 2nd main guy as a kid. BTS of scene: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Vz1oPCEAEaFxn.jpg
I don't recall a 3-person photo in the drama, that's why I can't seem to picture Healer in mind for #2 (≧ω≦)
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47 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 2:18 PM
Oh, I just remembered the last friend in the iconic Healer photo that I previously mentioned...it was Healer's dad! Hehehe.
So the people in the photo are the bad guy, the main girl's mom, the main girl's dad, Healer's dad, and Healer's teacher. And the photo was taken by 2nd main guy as a kid.
I don't recall a 3-person photo in the drama, that's why I can't seem to picture Healer in mind for #2 (≧ω≦)
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48 Khule WY
June 10, 2015 at 6:21 PM
So curious about number 4, so I can laugh and make sure not to watch it. It's so unkdrama like and more telenovela
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49 katshirou
June 10, 2015 at 7:43 PM
I wonder if the people who inquired are actually checking this thread. I'd like to hear if they finally found the right drama they're asking about after scrolling through the comments :) I'm curious about #4 especially hahahahahaha :D That's one crazy story, even for fiction writing.
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50 rubygirl
June 11, 2015 at 1:13 PM
#1 is Wang Family aka King's Family
#2 sounds like The age of innocence
#4 sounds like Princess Ja Myung Go bcos I know the step mum used voo doo alot and definelty had an affair with the voo doo guy
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