Name That Drama: A sweet caretaker, a tragic blind girl

by javabeans

 
As always, feel free to email us your questions and requests for future Name That Drama installments.
 

1. Daddy Warbucks
   

   Several years ago I watched a short part of a drama that may have come out between 2003 to 2006. What I recall is a wealthy male lead meets a young orphaned boy (age 7 or 8?) in the street. I think the orphan tried to steal food or something. Male lead brings boy back to his very nice apartment. Lead male cleans boy up (I recall the bath tub was a big oval one and there was lots of bubbles). The lead guy buys the orphan new clothes, etc., and wants to raise him.

   Lead guy’s mom shows up trying to get him to come home, but he refuses. And mom thinks he is nuts to want to raise the orphan. Lead male has to go out for a bit and leave his mom to babysit the boy. For some reason I think the male lead may be ill (dying?).

   For years I thought it was Lee Dong-gun in the lead, but couldn’t find any drama he was in with this storyline. This has driven me nuts for years trying to figure this out. Thanks!!!

    

2. Ah, the classic eyeball sacrifice
   

   My family used to watch dramas together and I’m desperately looking for this one because it is stuck in my head for such a long time now. It definitely ended tragically. What I remember:

   • The main girl got blind (I don’t remember if it was because of an accident or because she was sick)
   • The second male lead got into a car crash. I think he committed suicide so that he could give her his eyes.
   • The main girl still dies because something was wrong with the second lead’s eyes.
   • The main girl and guy got married while she was blind.
   • She always called him brother but they weren’t related, so they were close to each other in their childhood.
   • The main guy came back from somewhere after being gone for a long time.
   • There was also a mean second girl.

   I’ll be thankful for every little help I can get. 🙂

    

3. Secret plastic surgery
   

   Hey! So this one is not exactly a drama, it is a movie. I watched it a few years ago at a film festival.

   The story is about this woman who is not confident in herself and thinks that her boyfriend will leave her for someone who is prettier. So she gets cosmetic surgery and changes her complete face, changes her name and starts stalking her boyfriend.

   I remember this scene where they are in an outdoor art exhibit by the sea or river (it was a large body of water) and they get flooded, I think, and they are stuck sitting on a huge bronze hand (?) until the water recedes.

   Can someone help me with this??

    

4. Royal prisoners
   

   Hi Dramabeans! A while ago I saw the beginning of a historical drama. I can’t remember the title so am unable to find it. It began with a king wading through deep snow. He and his family were prisoners. He was forced to bow before the foreign leader. That is as far as I got. Can you help please? I discovered Korean drama about 2 years ago and am hooked!

    

5. Misdiagnosed
   

   I honestly can’t remember much because it’s been a while but I really want to watch this drama. From what I remember the main female character fakes having an illness (to run away from debts I think, but not sure) and she meets a guy who she doesn’t know is actually the one who’s sick and dying and he dies in the end. Please help me.

    

Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!

 
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