Korean TV Dramas   Korean TV dramas used to not travel much beyond Koreas borders, but beginning in the late 1. Asia, as well as in Hawaii, where they are screened with English subtitles. Korean Drama Series List All Time. Anything ComedyDrama 26 July, 2003 18 vs 29 ComedyDrama 16 March, 2005. List of Korean Drama Korean Drama Synopsis, Details, Cast and other info of all Korean Drama TV Series. Profile. Drama Personal Taste International English title Personal Preference literal title Revised romanization Gaeinui Chwihyang Hangul. Drama Ratings. Note These are only series weve seen in their entirety. Also, Ive separated ratings into how much I like something and how good I think it is. Korean dramas oh these are the best Korean dramas I have ever watched and in future Im looking forward to add lots of best dramas here. A great number of TV and film stars also owe their current popularity to the success of TV dramas. This page is devoted to providing some subjective reviews of the better known dramas. Also be sure to visit the essay Why is Winter Sonata a Big Hit in Asia by Diana Lee. For more comprehensive English language websites on TV dramas, visit Soompi. Korean dramas.      Reviewed below   Coffee Prince Number 12. Thank You2. 00. 7     Palace2. My Lovely Sam Soon2. My Love Toram2. 00. Romance in Paris2. Stairway to Heaven2. Punch2. 00. 3     Summer Scent2. Attic Cat2. 00. 3     Snowman2. Shoot for the Stars2. Rustic Period2. 00. A%2F%2Fassets.huluim.com%2Fshows%2Fkey_art_coffee_house.jpg&hash=67f98155f77a7c7bf2ef3235f4817a30' alt='Coffee House Korean Drama' title='Coffee House Korean Drama' />My Love Patji2. Loving You2. 00. Ruler of Your Own World2. Romance2. 00. 2     Success Story of a Bright Girl 2. Winter Sonata 2. Autumn Fairy Tale 2. Sandglass 1. 99. Coffee Prince Number 1 2. MBC miniseriesCoffee Prince Number 1 is probably the most enjoyable Korean TV drama Ive watched so far. I loved Ruler of Your Own World, but it was darker, more serious, more dramatic. Coffee Prince is pure fun, and its popularity shows that many Koreans agree with me. The premise is that Go Eun Chan Yoon Eun hye, Palace, by default the head of her family after her father died when she was 1. She wears her hair fairly short, dresses ambiguously, knows Tae Kwon Do, does delivery work, and eats like a horse. Choi Han Gyeol Gong Yoo, One Fine Day, handsome scion of a wealthy family, is being pressured to marry by his imperious grandmother Kim Young ok. Download Greek Dictionary For Word 2003. He hires Eun Chan, whom he takes for male, to pretend to be his gay lover. Behaving outrageously in various hotel lobbies, the two scare off all the women his grandmother sends him. Grandmother then raises the stakes. If Han Gyeol wont marry or go to work for the family company, hell have to support himself she takes away his care and gives him notice of eviction for his expensive rooftop apartment before he agrees to manage Coffee Prince, a rundown coffee shop in a student district, and increase its profits. Eun Chan wheedles him into hiring him, and before long they find themselves powerfully drawn to each other. His interest in a cute boy understandably disturbs Han Gyeol, who reacts as if he were a closeted gay man he alternately tries to keep Eun Chan close, and to drive him away. Why is Han Gyeol so reluctant to marrySeveral online articles Ive seen describe him as a playboy, but hes never shown dating women. Hes in love with Han Yoo Joo Chae Jeong an, Emperor From the Sea, a beautiful and brilliant artist who has an on again, off again love with Han Gyeols cousin Han Seong Lee Seon gyoon, White Tower, a musician and producer. As the series begins, Yoo Joo has just returned from a long stay in New York, where she was involved professionally and romantically with a man called DK. Now shes back and wants to start over with Han Seong, who reasonably enough doesnt quite trust her. But shes not in love with Han Gyeol either. By chance, Go Eun Chan delivers milk to Han Seongs house. She and Han Seong bond over Han Seongs sheepdog Ssulja, and become good friends. As usual in a series, Coffee Prince includes a constellation of secondary characters, ranging from Eun Chans feckless mother Park Won sook, Tomato and the wacky butcher, Mr. Goo Lee Han wee, Love and Hate, who wants to marry her and Eun Chans more glamorous younger sister Eun Sae Han Ye in, who wants to be a star. Then theres the Coffee Prince team, assembled like disciples by Han Gyeol and Eun Chan Han Gyeols old friend Chin Ha Rim Kim Dong wook, who fancies himself a ladies man but also seems interested in Eun Chan the hunky but slow Hwang Min Yeop Lee Eon, who tragically died in a motorcycle accident in 2. Eun Chans sister and pursues her doggedly despite her best efforts to drive him away the mysterious Master of Waffles No Jeon Ki Kim Jae wook, who keeps muttering in Japanese and Manager Hong, the slovenly manager of the shop, whom Grandmother keeps on as co manager to keep Han Gyeol on his toes. Writers Lee Jeong ah and Jang Hyeon joo keep things steaming along entertainingly, and for the most part they keep the comedy in character, without much of the pointless slapstick or asides that disrupt some comedy dramas. Im also forever grateful that they never resort to a car or other accident to engender a crisis and permit tearful reconciliations and confessions, as in so many dramas. Some early plot points, like Eun Chans supersensitive nose for smells, are introduced early on and then forgotten on first meeting Eun Chan, Ha Rim calls him My Chan and exclaims over his cuteness, but after a few episodes hes chasing after young women and trying to give Eun Chan advice on handling the babes. The story doesnt really come together until Han Gyeol and Eun Chan begin to fall in love. Most writers would, I think, have let Han Gyeol know that Eun Chan was a girl after no more than one episode of homosexual panic, but Lee and Jang stretch it over several episodes, and make Han Gyeols anxiety wholly convincing. He sees a clueless old doctor, who gives him medicine to cure him of his tendencies. Youre gay, right he asks Eun Chan. But Im not. So stop seducing me. Who called me over in the middle of the night she points out. Lets be sworn brothers, he tells her. She refuses his evasion at first, then gives in. In voice over, each then tells us that even if it only means being a brother, he wont have to leave the others side. But still Han Gyeol runs hot and cold, firing Eun Chan and then running to get him back. One beautiful bit Han Gyeol tells Eun Chan a major family secret. Sitting behind him, where he cant see her, she stretches out her hands and mimes embracing him, comforting him, because she doesnt dare to touch him. Yoon puts immense longing into that gesture. As more and more of the other characters are let in on the secret of Eun Chans real sex, the tension builds. Its helped a lot by the wonderful chemistry between the leads, who are wholly convincing as new lovers delighted with each other. Gong Yoo resembles a younger Ju Jin mo Musa, Happy Ending, and he actually seems to grow up during the series, from a pretty but shallow young man to a strong but gentle adult. Theres one lovely scene where Han Gyeol visits his grandmother, whos seriously ill and looks it. They bicker pleasurably, and I realized that Eun Chan is a younger version of Granny. Then Han Gyeol climbs into her bed and pillows her head on his arm, saying that no man had done that since Grandfather. Yoon Eun hye has a hard job. Typically in cross dressing roles, the deception is not allowed to be too convincing the audience is not allowed to succumb to the illusion that the actor or actress could pass for the other sex. Nor will be a performer be hired who looks the part too well. Yoon Eun hye says she studied mens movements and body language, but maybe the director toned her down. She never quite persuaded me that women would chase her out of a womens sauna when she tried to make a good delivery, but she does have an androgynous charm and earnestness that makes her lovable. And after her femme makeover in episode 5, Go Eun Chan looks like a drag queen.