Name That Drama: Elevator kissing and cake with tears
by javabeans
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- More, please
Hi! I watched this drama long back and only watched 3-4 episodes and I can’t remember the name or even the leads’ faces. I think the leads were neighbors. One scene I haven’t forgotten is that they first kiss in an elevator and it’s the female lead’s first kiss and then she says she wants to kiss one more time. I want to finish this drama so bad. Please tell me the name of this drama, thanks a lot!!
- Reunited exes
Hello Dramabeans community,
I hope you can help me finding this drama. I watched it around 2005-2008, but it could be much older. Please keep in mind that not every little detail of the following plot may be correct.
All I think I can remember is this: It was about a young couple who were very poor and hardworking. They may live together in a small flat. For some reason, they broke up. The woman was still poor many years later and started working as a housemaid in a rich household. It turned out that the man, her ex-boyfriend, became rich meanwhile. They met constantly at his house and he tried to get together with his ex-girlfriend despite already being in a relationship with another woman.
Thanks in advance!
A side note: I watched this drama during my vacation in Vietnam and couldn’t understand either Vietnamese or the language the actors were speaking. I became so addicted to this drama somehow that I was frightened at the end of my vacation. It was not about flying back home and the end of my vacation but mainly not being able to see the last episodes. It was a a little comforting that I could watch one more episode on TV at the airport before getting on the plane. So this can give me the opportunity to watch it again, finally understand everything and know the end of the drama. 🙂
- Bitter poor girl
I have been going crazy looking for this drama. I watched it when I first started watching dramas at 10 and didn’t pay attention to the language because to my 10-year-old self it all sounded the same. Kkk…
Anyways I remember there were two girls and they were switched at birth and one came from a rich family and the other one was poor. They find out later that they were switched at birth and the girl that grew up poor was bitter and hated the other girl for “stealing” her life. Then it gets crazy from here. The lead girl who grew up rich but was in fact from the poor family and her former “brother” are in love but the bitter girl thinks she doesn’t deserve the love or something. She plots with the brother’s current girlfriend to keep them apart and she somehow convinces her to attempt suicide, and the dumb girl actually does it. That’s all I remember. It’s been driving me crazy I want to know what happens next, please help!! Ah and also I think the brother’s girlfriend was pretending to be paralyzed because she was in a wheelchair.
- Singing on a snowy (or not) night
Hey DB and Beanies! This is a lot of maybes so please bear with my hole-y memory. There was a drama (or movie?) maybe about 8 or more years ago. I believe the (main?) actor is known as a singer in real life and has done a few acting roles… so in the one scene I remember he was singing a song for a girl who was sitting on a bench at night. Probably in a park/street. He sang to cheer her up. He might’ve danced a little and it may or may not have been snowing.
It was a really sweet scene and I remember the guy had an amazing voice and was pretty handsome and charming. And I believe DB may or may not have made a post about this actor referring to this scene.
I know this is really vague but I’d love to watch this again if anyone can point me in the right direction. Thank you!
- Birthday tears
I remembered watching this drama more than 5 years ago. I didn’t recognize the actor/actress because it’s one of my first Korean dramas.
I saw this scene between an older sister and her younger brother. They live together and the sister worked hard to earn money because their parents have passed away (or are missing? I don’t know). One day, noona and her dongsaeng blew out candles on a cake and then the two cried. It was someone’s birthday and they reminisced that their father always made cake on a day like that. I’m not sure whether their father was a chef but he dressed up like one, wore a chef hat and held a cake.
I appreciate those of you who want to help me finding the name of the drama, because I’d like to watch again. Thank you Dramabeans.
- Gift mix-up
I don’t know if it’s possible but there’s this drama I’ve been looking for and I was wondering if you lovely Dramabeans people could help me find it. It’s an older drama. I think it was a joint production? Korean and some other country I can’t recall produced it. I remember that the rich male and modest female lead first met when he accuses her of stealing because they both bought necklaces (?) from the same shop. The female lead bought a present for her mom and I think the male lead was shopping for his girlfriend. The shopkeeper mixes up the purchases so the male lead runs after the female lead and that’s their starting point. I remember later they fall in love and try to marry but the families oppose. I think the rich guy’s dad dated the poor girl’s mom way back when so they don’t want the two to get married because they may be siblings. They aren’t though. That’s all I can recall though.
- Cookies for all!
I honestly don’t know if it’s a drama or a drama special or even a movie. All I remember is reading news about it here on DB! It was horror/thriller genre, about young people (some of them were students) and all of them were stuck in some bad situations. For example I remember seeing these pictures where 2 students were locked up in a classroom, more people were stuck on a cliff and so on. I’m sorry I don’t remember much, I’m not even sure if I watched the trailer or not. Please help and thanks in advance. *here have some cookies*
- Name that variety show
I watch this episode of a variety show maybe 2 years ago but the actual show may be older. Here’s what I remember about it:
- It’s a continuous show (as in, broadcasted regularly and not a one-off thing).
- On this particular episode I think there was the regular panel as well as some guests.
- The specific segment I remember was a game where everybody had to make a phone call to someone, and the way the other person answered had to be different for all of them. For example, they would lose the game if more than one of the people they called answered with the same “Hello?” I think they won in the end since nobody had repeated greetings.
- This one I’m not so sure but I think it miiiiight have had Yoo Jae-suk in it?
Thanks Beanies!
Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!
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1 kimchikay
December 13, 2015 at 8:05 PM
I'm not sure about the rest but I think #1 is Que Sera Sera?
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F
December 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM
same sentiments!
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isnin
December 13, 2015 at 9:22 PM
#1 is definitely Que Sera Sera
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isnin
December 13, 2015 at 9:30 PM
#2 - I think it's Bright Girl's Success with Jang Nara and Jang Hyuck
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annie
December 13, 2015 at 11:56 PM
Agreed, sounds like Que Sera Sera. Damn that was a good show.
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plasticblue
December 14, 2015 at 2:02 AM
Yes Que Sera Sera! I loved that show, it was intense... Hope you do finish it!!!
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2 Miky
December 13, 2015 at 8:08 PM
7 is Horror Stories II from 2013,the cliff one is with Sung Joon and Lee Soo Hyuk
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3 SilentSquee
December 13, 2015 at 8:09 PM
#3 sounds like Autumn Tale/Autumn in My Heart
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jillifish
December 14, 2015 at 4:23 AM
I thought it was Autumn Tale too until the whole suicide thing..
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Jc
December 14, 2015 at 9:13 AM
his girlfriend did try to kill herself for him to stay with her. i dont think it worked for very long.
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4 Duchess Rhea
December 13, 2015 at 8:11 PM
I think #3 might be Autumn in My Heart from 2000. The first of the four season dramas.
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5 Midnight
December 13, 2015 at 8:12 PM
#1 Que Sera Sera
#2 The Last Scandal of my Life
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6 St
December 13, 2015 at 8:12 PM
Number three kind of sounds like autumn in my heart?
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7 heyitschristina
December 13, 2015 at 8:15 PM
#3 is Autumn in My Heart
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lizzy
December 13, 2015 at 8:52 PM
I dont't think Song Hye Kyo was bitter in that.
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Sour Grapes
December 13, 2015 at 9:34 PM
Han Chae-young's character as the bitter one.
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8 Alyssia
December 13, 2015 at 8:16 PM
#2
Pretty sure that was famous drama "Phoenix" aka Firebird. It came out in 2004. Main lead girl was rich from the beginning but became poor after they broke up and became his house maid.
It was also Lee Eun Ju( main girl) last drama because she committed suicide some time after. :(
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lattematte
December 13, 2015 at 8:52 PM
Yes agreed! Esp if his new girlfriend is crippled and in wheelchair :)
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yumii
December 14, 2015 at 12:03 AM
I don't recognize Phoenix from that description. But another scene from Phoenix sticks in my mind.
Phoenix, Terms of Endearment and Kim Sam Soon were my k-drama starter set.
Kim Sam Soon caused the addiction.
Ji-Sung made me stick around for the entirety of Terms of Endearment, even though he ran out mid way through the story. I couldn't believe the wasn't coming back to finish it up so I stuck with that rather mediocre drama. I couldn't quite manage all the characters name at that time so I just called Ji-Sung's character "Sir Cry A Lot" (because he did) whenever I tried to explain the plot to friends.
But PHOENIX was weird. I watched for the weird.That's what kept drawing me back. I hadn't been introduced to crazy second female lead syndrome at that time. There was a scene were the second female lead shattered Lee Seo-Jin's character's aquarium and started to walk on the shattered glass, and continued doing so as her feet bleed, claiming that was how he was hurting her. It was over the top, horrifying, and to me incomprehensivible as human behavior and hysterically funny.
PHOENIX female lead was flat, passive and boring.
PHOENIX also introduce me to the k-drama shot of the invisible person.
You know that shot where they walk towards each other and manage to act as if the person they were once deeply involved with has no physical form.
When I had to leave LA, my friend tried to make the transition to the midwest easier by sending me weekly tapes of PHOENIX and MLKSS, which he wasn't interested in, nor did he watch, labeled "Yumi's" Crack.
Hahaha.
I suppose this is actually my story of how I became addicted to k-drama.
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Omona
December 14, 2015 at 12:41 AM
MNIKSS was superb. One of the best kdrama all the time. I think Hyun Bin has the best looks in this series and not to mention the burning chemistry of him with Sun Ah. I didn't pay attention to Daniel Henney though.
I agree about the female lead in Phoenix. The only thing that makes me finish the series just because of the dimples of Lee Seo Jin and Eric Mun's beard lol. I swear, Eric's lines is the winner of the most cheesy lines in kdrama all the time :D
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9 xxtgs
December 13, 2015 at 8:18 PM
no.7 sounds like horror stories 2.
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stringofpurls
December 14, 2015 at 2:56 AM
That's what I think too.
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10 xxtgs
December 13, 2015 at 8:21 PM
no. 6 sounds so familiar but i can't recall it either xD
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Ora
December 14, 2015 at 7:43 AM
Yeah, strangely enough it does sound pretty familiar.
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Ora
December 14, 2015 at 7:44 AM
Wait, any chance it might be Sorry I Love You?
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Ora
December 14, 2015 at 7:41 PM
Or what about Star's Echo? That has the necklace part and the foreign language part.
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CrazyRedHairMireu
December 14, 2015 at 9:04 AM
I finally found it! I looked through everyone's comments but none of the suggested dramas had a familiar sounding synopsis. I suddenly remembered that the title had the word butterfly in it so I googled it.
Turns out it was a Chinese/Korean production from 2004 named Just Like a Beautiful Butterfly Flying. It starred Kim So Yeon! That surprised me more than anything because I love her as an actress.
Anyways thank you all for sparking my memory. I've been trying to find this drama for years. I didn't remember much about it besides the details I sent in and the fact that it was really cliched but I remember being addiced to its trope filled plot. Thanks again DB community! I got myself a drama to rewatch this holiday!
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11 raye
December 13, 2015 at 8:22 PM
#8 - 1 Night 2 Days (season 2)
Here's the recap of the episode on DB~~~
http://www.dramabeans.com/2012/09/1-night-2-days-episode-403/
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shin rae mi
December 13, 2015 at 8:54 PM
I agree. I've seen this episode of 1N2D...that was really funny. The responses of their friends are all different, not just merely "Hello". LOL!
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dramalover95
December 14, 2015 at 12:31 AM
But it is said that YJS was in it.
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shin rae mi
December 14, 2015 at 3:05 AM
The sender said "it might"...he/she's not sure though.
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dkaoru
December 14, 2015 at 2:36 AM
yes, #8 is 1n2d..
Cha Tae Hyun called Kim Jong Kook...
Yoo Jae Suk is not in it though, unless this person is confusing someone else as Yoo JaeSuk.
This is pretty common game played in variety show..
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12 czakhareina
December 13, 2015 at 8:26 PM
3. makes me think of Autumn in my heart, escept there was no suicide just terminal illness that kills the female lead.
7. white christmas
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Amilia
December 13, 2015 at 9:42 PM
There was definitely suicide. The current girlfriend slits her wrists and walks into the ocean when the brother tries to break up with her. And then has the gall to complain that it feels like she only has his empty shell next to her. What did you expect, honey, when you had to threaten suicide to keep him with you?!?!?
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Bess
December 14, 2015 at 1:01 AM
A throw myself in the ocean suicide scene that I know of is, "Stairway to Heaven".
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Ora
December 14, 2015 at 7:45 AM
I honestly don't recall suicide either. I recall death from cancer, but not suicide...
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az
December 15, 2015 at 6:15 AM
The death from cancer is the female lead which was Song Hye Kyo character. The one who is suicidal is Song Seung Heon's character girlfriend.
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13 momosan
December 13, 2015 at 8:29 PM
#2 is Last Scandal of my Life
#8 is Two Days One Night. If my google fu works, I may even be able to pop up the right episode. It was while Uhm Tae Woong was a cast member, as I recall. So that would make it between 2011 and 2013. And I think Kim Seung Woo was one on that one, so that makes it between 2012 and 2013. And I'm pretty sure DB recapped it, so that makes it googleable...BINGO - episode 403 - the recap is here - http://www.dramabeans.com/2012/09/1-night-2-days-episode-403/
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momosan
December 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM
pfft 1 Night 2 Days....it's late here.
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14 Luna
December 13, 2015 at 8:33 PM
I think 1 is Que Sera Sera, as already suggested and it definitely worth a second look. No. 2 may be Phoenix.
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15 youcallitwinter
December 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM
#1 is definitely Que Sera Sera, that drama made me such a fan of Jung Yumi that I've loved her since in everything she's ever done. In fact when she turned out to be the (two second screen-time) love interest of Chilbongie in R94, I totally forgot about the drama and my heartbreak, and started hardcore shipping them lmao.
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16 tee
December 13, 2015 at 8:36 PM
#4 reminds me of "Who Are You?" (The awesome 2008 MBC version with Yoon Kye Sang and Go Ara.) There was a scene where Jin Yi-han (the 2nd male lead) serenades her somewhere outside! lol now I want to rewatch.
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tee
December 13, 2015 at 8:41 PM
WAIT I FOUND IT. Haha DB totally went and posted a video of the singing cut in the recap too.
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/03/who-are-you-episodes-3-4/
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redfox
December 13, 2015 at 10:44 PM
I think it could also be King 2 Hearts?
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tee
December 14, 2015 at 12:01 AM
Wow I guess I didn't realize there were so many shows with singing and dancing outside lol.
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kdramaobsession
December 22, 2015 at 7:43 AM
Agree! I thought of Full House where Rain was singing and dancing the three bears song but i don't think the setting fits the description since Full House happened inside the house
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17 Omona
December 13, 2015 at 8:57 PM
#1 Que Sera Sera (Gosh, I became fan of Shinhwa Eric Mun after watching his hotness in this series. He played an asshole like no one business).
#3 Autumn in My Heart. The only cliche drama that I approved since the leads were so beautiful. Can't we have again Won Bin, Song Hye Kyo and Song Seung Hoon in one frame.
#4 Phoenix (Firebird). It was the scenes where Shinhwa Eric as the second male lead tried to cheer up his girl using very nice jazzy song called 'Fly Me to The Moon' by Julie London. They danced awkwardly a little but it was very cute dance. I smiled along them watching it lol.
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redfox
December 13, 2015 at 10:45 PM
oh my god I am so fed up with that song. the next time I hear it in yet another drama I´ll throw up
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Omona
December 14, 2015 at 12:34 AM
LoL. I like that song very much even though Dorris version is better. Fly Me to The Moon is very unique song. Depends on the genre, it gives different feelings. Frank Sinatra, Dorris, Julie London and lately I saw on youtube little barefoot-cute girl sang this song with her version beautifully.
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redfox
December 14, 2015 at 2:30 AM
but it is literally the ONLY song they know in kdramas
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Donna
December 14, 2015 at 6:43 AM
Not true. They also really like Somewhere Over the Rainbow, for some ungodly reason. I'll take Fly Me to the Moon any day over that!
18 mary
December 13, 2015 at 9:31 PM
The dramas this week are so hard to guess @____@
I thought #7 was White Christmas but looks like it's not from the answer above. :')))
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19 Itenoria
December 13, 2015 at 10:27 PM
I still think the 7 is white Christmas as well. They were stuck in a school. Two of them in a classroom and two of them at a cliff. And it is horror so it meets all the requirements
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20 DBChen
December 13, 2015 at 10:35 PM
Yes, #1 is Que Sera, Sera
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21 sophie
December 13, 2015 at 10:39 PM
#6
the classic??!!
except there's no family's oppose.
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22 mido
December 13, 2015 at 10:42 PM
No 6, looks like passionate love not sure, No 3 is Glass mask.
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23 June
December 14, 2015 at 12:45 AM
I think no 8 is running man. Got phone call game before
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24 Gladys
December 14, 2015 at 12:51 AM
This is crazy, i was watching bubblegum n the sibling love storyline reminded me of the Mother of kdrama wave in asia, yes - autumn tale and so i spent my weekend rewatching n darn i stil cried every freaking episode aft ep3 when the switch happened.. and there i see at #3 lol.
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25 whitewire
December 14, 2015 at 1:25 AM
Number 2 could be Cunning Single Lady but Nae Ae-ra aint maid lol
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26 Chandler
December 14, 2015 at 3:01 AM
Yay! Got one. I'm sure someone already answered it, but I'm scrolling down and pretending they didn't.
1 is Que Sera Sera. And I love that scene.
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27 ihur
December 14, 2015 at 3:10 AM
#1 reminds me of Pasta, chef Lee sun kyun and his apprentice Gong hyo jin were neighbors and I remember there was a kiss in the elevator too.
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28 teukie
December 14, 2015 at 3:59 AM
#6 sounds like love rain.
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29 Apple
December 14, 2015 at 4:09 AM
#6 is Heavens wedding gown
Its a taiwanese drama i saw recently....
gifts exchange looks same like that scene
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30 Apple Pie
December 14, 2015 at 4:38 AM
6: Love of the Aegean Sea.....possibly not really?! Haha
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31 soulgirl012
December 14, 2015 at 4:38 AM
I think...
1 = Que Sera Sera (that one hot first kiss! No wonder you still remember it! Please finish the drama! It's one of the top melodramas I love! And if you like the mains' chemistry, check out their reunion in Discovery of Romance!)
7 = White Christmas. That is one genius script! If you like mystery/thriller, I also recommend God's Gift - 14 Day. It has the same dark/suspense feel!
Cheers~
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Sandra
December 14, 2015 at 6:26 AM
Que Sera Sera was much better than Discovery of Romance. The story was totally about redemption of a man from an asshole to human. But Discovery of Romance didn't give any messages except messy relationship till the end, just like the writer's series (I Need Romance). The only good thing about that drama was Eric and his excellent non-dialoque actings during their broke up.
Agree about White Christmas and God Gift-14 Day. I also like the very recent Punch.
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32 lemonade candy
December 14, 2015 at 5:14 AM
you went on a vacation and you watched tv?
anyway, i'm thinking the last scandal of my life...
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33 Corrine
December 14, 2015 at 6:00 AM
It's not 1n2d.. If memory serves me correctly, it should be Family Outing.. The phone calling game was once played in this variety show... And Yoo Jae Suk was a cast in the show...
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34 Corrine
December 14, 2015 at 6:01 AM
Above comment is referring to #8
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35 dong
December 14, 2015 at 8:27 AM
I was eating Snicker bar while reading this and it reminded me of the scene at the cliff. Yup, #7 sounds more like scary stories 2 than white christmas to me.
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36 Jackeline
December 14, 2015 at 9:15 AM
Aha! Thanks to everyone who answered #8. :) I asked that question and indeed it was that episode of 1N2D. I think it was because I remembered someone called KJK, and related that to RM, and related that to YJS in my fuddled memory...
Sorry and thanks for helping me figure it out @raye @momosan @Corrine
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37 dramabird
December 14, 2015 at 9:18 AM
I'm not sure... but 6 sounds a little bit like Bride of the Century.
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38 Lin
December 14, 2015 at 11:49 AM
As soon as I read the title elevator kiss I thought, "bet it's that epic kiss from Que Sera Sera".
#1 Que Sera, Sera (the best heart breaking drama ever) starring Jung Yumi and Eric.
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39 Nik
December 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM
#3 Stairway to Heaven
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40 Sora
December 14, 2015 at 8:27 PM
Reunited exes
Phoenix
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41 Dev
December 15, 2015 at 7:26 AM
Number 3 sounds exactly like Autumn in my Heart... just finished watching it!
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42 Lunatic4KD
December 15, 2015 at 8:40 AM
Well, after reading all these comments, I guess I've found a new drama to watch: Que Sera, Sera. I love finding dramas through recommendations like this. Thank you!!
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43 Hikari Ahmad
December 16, 2015 at 4:23 AM
Number 6
Maybe it is You Are My Destiny. It did have something with being accused of necklace theft if I recall correctly but it has been ages since I watched it so I may be wrong. Though it wasn't a joint production so it probably isn't the case.
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44 spygoddess
December 16, 2015 at 5:12 PM
#2 maybe Paradise Ranch? .....
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