Name That Drama: Cheating husbands and spoiled chaebols
by HeadsNo2
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- Movie edition, part one
Hi, about five or six years ago, I was on a family vacation to Seoul. While movie surfing on the plane, curiosity got the better of me and I watched this movie, but forgot the title.
This is what I remember: A girl and a boy grow up together who are not siblings. I didn’t see any parents. When they are in their late teens, the boy discovers that he has a terminal illness. He hides the fact from the girl and still tries to continue taking care of her, like a good oppa. He has to take his medicine secretly in his room or else he’ll collapse from the pain.
Anyway, it seems like he was actually going to confess his feelings to her, until he got the news that his life would end soon due to the cancer. There’s a memorable scene where they both prepare and eat dinner at a small table, but instead of talking to each other, they message each other over the dinner table instead. The whole movie is quite subdued and bathed in dull colors, the girl and the boy are quiet but intense. I think the girl or someone later finds the pills and realizes the truth. Any idea what the ending was? Or for that matter, the title?
- Movie edition, part two
Two married couples get caught up in a tangled web when one spouse from each marriage (one husband, one wife) get into a car accident. I think the man in the car died while the woman survived. Anyway, their respective spouses keep visiting the hospital day after day, walking up and down the thousands of stairs in the hospital, which reminded me of the moving staircases in Hogwarts. The wife of the deceased driver visits the husband of the woman involved in the car accident, but they just stare at each other. In one scene, he puts her in the bathroom because he has a visitor—but when he checks on her later, she is still standing in the same spot. There’s not much talking but plenty of worried looks and lots of wandering around the hospital day after day. I think the actor was Bae Yong-joon with glasses on.
- You didn’t go up there to fish
Hey guys! There’s a drama I’ve been trying to pick back up, but I don’t remember the title. It was broadcasted a few years ago. I remember that I was shocked (in a good way), because it was the first kdrama I’d seen depicting homosexuality. The story was about a celebrity couple, where the husband was a famous anchor trying to become a politician. The wife was a radio DJ/successful author. They married out of convenience, not love, in order to benefit each other’s careers.
If I remember correctly, the wife discovers that her husband is cheating on her with a male college student who used to tutor their rebellious son. At the same time, she starts to lust after their married neighbor, who is a high ranking soldier. I stopped watching because of a huge drama that came out around the same time. Thank you to anyone who can help me.
- Someone gets shot, or not
This is a drama I’d really like to remember. I watched it around 2006-2008, and my sister and I were obsessed with it. There was this girl, who ended up being a bodyguard to a spoiled rich kid. There was another bodyguard who worked with her, and though they would always bicker a lot, they eventually fell in love. The spoiled rich kid also fell in love with her, I think. And I also think someone got shot in the finale? Anyway, I’d really like to know the name of this drama. Thanks!
- Concubines and trees: recipe for disaster
I don’t remember much about this drama besides the fact that it was a super pretty historical drama. The main character was a girl who might’ve been a concubine to the king or his third wife—I think it’s the latter because I remember seeing a first and second wife, but I might be confusing it with something else I watched.
I saw this about eight years ago and the one scene I remember is from the last episode (I think), where the girl commits suicide by hanging herself from a tree. There’s a voiceover of her suicide letter to the king as this scene is happening. The screen changes to something really pretty afterward with cherry blossoms or some other flower petals, and there are characters written on the screen. Thanks for the help!
- There can be only one chaebol
This may not be a very clear description, but I’m trying to remember the name of a drama where the guy and girl are working together somewhere. Maybe in a restaurant or food court? The guy is from a wealthy family and is used to getting lots of attention because of it, but he doesn’t realize that the girl is also wealthy. She’s unimpressed by his money and he’s drawn to her, maybe because of how unimpressed she is?
- Joint custody of my heart
I want to say I saw this drama between 1998 and 2008, which isn’t much help for narrowing it down. But this is what I remember:
A young and single perky mother meets a nice man, but the father of her child (and possibly her ex-husband) comes from a rich family. His family wants him to take the child from her so that they can raise him instead. The father is torn, because I think he still had feelings for her. Or, he just didn’t want to hurt her. Thanks!
Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!
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1 lovestodream
February 5, 2016 at 2:06 PM
Hi. Number 6 sounds like "High Society" from earlier this year. http://asianwiki.com/High_Society
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Laurencia Pandelaki
February 6, 2016 at 1:20 PM
I don't think it's High society, the main actor of the primary love story is not a chaebol and in the secondary love story, the girl is not a chaebol.
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2 Bebot
February 5, 2016 at 2:12 PM
num 4 "someon got shot, or not"
is definitely Lee Jin Wook and Chae Rim's drama POWERFUL OPPONENTS i knew cause I like that drama,
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Alya
February 9, 2016 at 8:46 PM
My fav drama too! Still playing its OST until now... just so lovely
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3 Alex
February 5, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Number 4 sounds like "Powerful Opponents (also known as "Fromidable Rivals", with Chae Rim and Lee Jong-Hyeok as the rival bodyguards.
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Alex
February 5, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Hah, I was too late. :-)
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Bili Bala Pabo Bara
February 5, 2016 at 5:51 PM
Never too late. Extra confirmation is always good^^
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Wut
February 6, 2016 at 2:45 AM
I thought it was kinda like City Hunter......
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kdramaluvshassey
February 7, 2016 at 9:06 AM
It's actually powerful opponents. In city hunter, she was not a bodyguard to a spoiled rich kid.
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jellybine
March 24, 2016 at 6:14 AM
I was confident that it was City Hunter. Hahaha. Oh, well. I should widen my drama storage :)
I think 5 is Moon Embracing the Sun
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4 S
February 5, 2016 at 2:16 PM
The only ones I can think of are :
1. More Than Blue?
3. She is Wow
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Elle
February 5, 2016 at 2:24 PM
I thought Number 3 is She is Wow too, but I don't remember the wife being a DJ. I can't remember what the wife did but everything else matches up.
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Alessar
February 6, 2016 at 8:09 PM
She is wow for number three for sure. I think the lead female was a top actress, and after a dry spell she was doing different work to raise her profile and I think she was doing radio talk show work for a little bit.
The cast for that show is really solid and it's interesting to see who is playing what. For instance the gay husband's actor is currently playing the flashy lawyer in Remember and the gay lover is currently the second lead in One More Happy Ending. Meanwhile the hunky army guy next door had previously played the head reaper in Arang and the magistrate. He went on to play the secretary in Blade Man. And of course the lead actress went on to be in Legendary Witches.
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SoyJade
February 5, 2016 at 8:40 PM
I'm pretty sure you got them right. Those were the same answers I came up with.
I loved More than Blue or Sadder than Sad.
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sharkie
February 6, 2016 at 2:32 AM
thought the same thing for the first one! Lee Bo Young and Kwon Sang Woo in More than Blue.
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5 mylo
February 5, 2016 at 2:21 PM
i think no 1 is more than blue (lee bo young, kwon sang wu ....),no 2 is april snow,no 3 is she is wow,
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yumii
February 5, 2016 at 7:31 PM
no 2 is april snow
Yup
and it did snow and snow
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Waiting
February 5, 2016 at 8:18 PM
Agree! Here is a link...
http://asianwiki.com/April_Snow
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6 Elle
February 5, 2016 at 2:21 PM
Number 2 is April Snow--I think. If it's not, then April Snow is very similar to the movie you're looking for. I watched it on DF a while back--not sure it's still there though. I found it a bit slow paced but perhaps that's what it was going for.
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BlaBlaBla
December 4, 2016 at 6:02 AM
It is April Snow. Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jin played the main characters.
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7 nozomi
February 5, 2016 at 2:24 PM
First time to post on Name that....
1. More than Blue (2009) starring, Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Bo-young and Lee Beom-soo
2. April Snow (2005) starring, Bae Yong-joon and Son Ye-jin
Not sure of the dramas but I am 100% sure of the movies
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8 mooses
February 5, 2016 at 2:26 PM
2. April Snow, starring Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jin
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9 anniemo
February 5, 2016 at 2:51 PM
#7 sounds like My Love By My Side, but admittedly it's 2011 and there are probably plenty of other family dramas that fit the bill.
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10 Nan-cee
February 5, 2016 at 2:52 PM
2 is definitely April Snow
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11 ren
February 5, 2016 at 2:53 PM
I think no.1 is more than blue. It starred lee bo young and kwon sangwoo.
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12 animeluv04
February 5, 2016 at 2:57 PM
No. 3 is definitely She is Wow.
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13 mezza
February 5, 2016 at 2:59 PM
Pretty sure that Number 4 is Formidable Rivals (2008 - KBS)?
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14 jazza
February 5, 2016 at 3:04 PM
3. She is WOW
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15 Abbie
February 5, 2016 at 3:19 PM
Number 3 sounds like She Is Wow! It was/is on Netflix. Number 2 was/is also on Netflix but I can't remember the title. Sorry. But I hope this helps y'all.
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16 Nance
February 5, 2016 at 3:23 PM
1. More than blue
2. April snow
3-4. ?
5. Moon embracing sun
6-7 ?
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17 BekBekZor
February 5, 2016 at 3:25 PM
No.6. maybe could be ''Shining Inheritance", the main lead wasn't a chaebol or anything, but she used to have money before and then afterwards she was given a lot by the grandmother of the main guy.
They were also both working in a restaurant and I remember that she was very unimpressed with the main lead in general :D
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skelly
February 5, 2016 at 3:37 PM
I thought that sounded like Shining Inheritance, too
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anniemo
February 5, 2016 at 3:38 PM
I also kinda wondered if it was Shining Inheritance/Brilliant Legacy even if the details don't quite fit 100%.
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carpetfibers
February 6, 2016 at 9:05 AM
'Shining Inheritance' all the way. That's what I thought as well when I read the description.
It also makes me want to re-watch that drama. Puppy's hair was ridiculous.
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Pearl~ai88
February 6, 2016 at 6:41 PM
I also vote for shining inheritance for #6. The main girl was poor, but the second lead was a rich girl. Every thing else fits.
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18 Eldalis
February 5, 2016 at 3:42 PM
No.7 sounds like Greatest Marriage (with No Min woo as the father), but it's from 2014.
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19 meah
February 5, 2016 at 4:00 PM
2. April Snow
3. She is wow - husband is an anchor and wife is an actress.
5. Moon that embraces the sun. In the ending the queen commits suicide.
6. High Society
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20 Jennifer Calabrese
February 5, 2016 at 4:45 PM
#4 - ?? Maybe
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyguard_(TV_series)#
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21 Rachel Wong
February 5, 2016 at 5:08 PM
#6 sounds a bit like High Society if you're talking about Hyungsik and UEE's characters.
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22 Laura
February 5, 2016 at 5:16 PM
I think 4 is city hunter??
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23 czak
February 5, 2016 at 6:26 PM
Others have been mentioned so I am gonna write only 3:
3. The only drama with homosexuality i remember is Life is beautiful with Leee Sangwll and Song ChangEui
5. The hanging of the royalty seems like Moon That Embracea the sun
7. Try good job good job. It sounds like that drama.
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24 Annandale
February 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Number 4 is defiantly Wild Romance with Lee Dong Wook. It's a sweet drama.
Number 6 sounds like Shinning Inheritance.
While I am sure about the 4 not too sure about 6.
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25 mido
February 5, 2016 at 7:35 PM
I was missing this part so long in dramabeans. beacuse i have my own dramas to figure out with help of other beanies.can anybody help below incidents, i want to know that dramas. might be not all korean.
1. there was girl who dumped by a man, she even got pregnant, but she got to know he is a married man. later she fell in love with another man, but that guy was her ex lovers brother or cousin, i don't remember. i can't recall the end. please help me.
2. i watched this recently, with out subtitles, i want to watch it again, i need the english name to watch it with subs, i can say it was not korean, a rich guy possessed with a ghost, that ghost guy was killed by him in their previous birth. when the rich guy was possessed he goes after a girl whom he loved in previous birth.
3. this is long drama i think the women is a widow, and she fell in love with a rich guy who is younger than her.but that guy met with an accident and she was going to breakup with him because she thinks she is unlucky, i think she is a teacher.
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maisydaisy
February 5, 2016 at 8:28 PM
Number 1 is Bad Love, starring Lee Yo Wan and Kwon Sang Woo!
That was a crazy drama because the married dude's wife was a psycho.
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hannasj
February 5, 2016 at 8:31 PM
I think no.1 is korean drama "scandal: that shocking incident" or something with kim jae won
No.2 i was sure it was a thai drama titled "two lovers spirit @ song hua jai nee pue ter"
No.3 no idea
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mido
February 5, 2016 at 8:41 PM
thank you i was dying to know the second one.
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wanni
February 5, 2016 at 9:01 PM
1. bad love
2.thai drama-two spirit's of love
3.family's honor- not sure but there was a scene when PSH met with an serious accident, and went in to a coma.the girl was praying to god that she is going to breakup with him for him to stay alive.
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26 ck1Oz
February 5, 2016 at 10:01 PM
May I know the ending of the 1st movie? Thank you.
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Who's Scruffy Looking
February 5, 2016 at 11:25 PM
Check out this link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_than_Blue
It tells you all about it.
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ck1Oz
February 6, 2016 at 6:09 AM
OMG the ending ?????? why do I torture myself even though I knew it was going to be like this.
Thank you. Another reminder why I watch rom com dramas and never touch K movies.
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27 Angela Mutongerwa
February 6, 2016 at 1:39 AM
I think looking at the time frame number 7 must be THANK YOU with hong hyojin and jang hyuk
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RockPaperScissors
February 6, 2016 at 5:28 AM
I was thinking likewise. "Thank You" is a must-watch drama, at any rate.
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Pearl~ai88
February 6, 2016 at 6:45 PM
You might be right. I didn't recognized it because that was not the main focus of the drama, it was mostly about the little girl with AIDS. It is indeed one of the highest quality and most moving dramas I have seen.
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Anna
February 7, 2016 at 1:45 AM
It does sound a bit like Thank You. Wonderful drama, one of my all time favourites.
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28 1withjoy
February 6, 2016 at 6:06 AM
#3 She is wow
#4 idk.. City Hunter
#5 Moon Embracing the Sun
#6 High Society
#7 idk..Can We Love again, Heard it From the Grapevine
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29 makoto
February 6, 2016 at 6:07 AM
no 3. She is Wow. it's not exactly about homosexuality eventhough at first few episodes we (viewers) are led to believe / think it is. actually the lead guy doesn't love the other guy as a man. he just feels guilty because he killed his parent in an accident. btw it's a crazy drama. hahaha... the only normal people there is the 'so called' rebellious son, i think.
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30 Sancheezy
February 6, 2016 at 6:15 AM
2# April Snow (thanks for bae yong joon in glasses)
4# sounds like City Hunter , but I feel like there's another drama that sounds like that
5# the moon that embracing the sun
6# High Society
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31 Carmen
February 6, 2016 at 4:23 PM
3: She is Wow
5: The moon that embraces the sun?
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32 endy
February 6, 2016 at 11:55 PM
hi this is my first time posting
I think no1 is I need romance 2 there was
something about the lead having an illness
and using it as an excuse to break up with the female lead over 6-7 times
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33 placebo
February 7, 2016 at 1:27 AM
First one is More Than Blue!!
My favorite movie of all time :) :)
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34 channel
February 7, 2016 at 9:57 AM
I think no 5 is the moon that embraces the sun. Its the first wife who committed suicide.
The first wife and the 2nd wife that you saw were the mothers of Jung Il Woo and Kim Soo hyun's characters.
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