Heartwarming Dramas

How far would you go to save your dying sister? Shim Bo Nui (Hwang Jung Eum) is very superstitious and does everything she can to ward off bad luck, from lighting candles to sprinkling salt. She has been visiting a fortuneteller for two years to find ways that she can keep her younger sister, who has been in a coma after a car accident, alive against all odds. After another code-blue incident with her sister, Bo Nui begs her fortuneteller to keep her sister alive. The fortuneteller tells Bo Nui that she has to sleep with a man born in 1986 (the Year of the Tiger), or her sister will die. Bo Nui sets off on an earnest “man hunt” to find a man who was born in the Year of the Tiger. When she realizes that Je Soo Ho (Ryu Jun Yeol), the CEO of a game development company, is just the man, she tries to pursue him. Meanwhile, Gary Choi (Lee Soo Hyuk) is a tennis star who moves in next door to Bo Nui because he used to have a crush on her as a boy and pretends to be 30 to get close to her. Han Seol Hee (Lee Chun Ah), Gary’s manager, can’t understand his sudden interest in living in a small apartment and taking time off from tennis. Can Bo Nui find the right man and romance him for one night in time to save her sister? “Lucky Romance” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Kyung Hee. It is based on a webcomic written by Kim Dal Nim.

Lucky Romance

The Lucky Team

Ji Hong is a doctor who decided to become a high school teacher. He meets Hye Jung, a reckless student who happens to be his favorite neighbor’s granddaughter, and later turns out to be his student. Their deep relationship leads them to face accusations of being in a romantic student-teacher relationship. Thirteen years later, they suddenly bump into each other in the neurosurgery department of the same hospital. Hye Jung is determined to avenge her grandmother’s death, believing it was due to medical malpractice, while Ji Hong is out to protect his high school sweetheart. They face numerous challenges in the operating room and within their relationship, while political disputes involving the hospital and its investors also provide obstacles.

Doctors

Nerves Gone Wild Team

Times may have been a little simpler, less technological, but still just as challenging to get through a typical day of life in the late 1980s. Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok Sun (Hyeri) struggles for attention as the middle child in her poor family while also carrying the burden of her 989th ranking in school. Kim Jung Hwan (Ryu Jun Yeol) only has a one-track mind for soccer, even after his family becomes rich overnight. Sung Sun Woo (Ko Gyung Pyo) is the perfect student, student council president and a caring and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong (Lee Dong Hwi) is a geek who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his friends, but his poor academic score prevents him from being able to go to college. Choi Taek (Park Bo Gum) is a genius baduk player who dropped out of school to go professional. As the group of friends get into and out of mischief around the neighborhood, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives? “Reply 1988” is a 2015-2016 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho. The series is inspired by the drama “Three Families Under One Roof,” which originally aired from 1986 to 1994. It is the third series of the nostalgia-themed “Reply” dramas that include “Reply 1997” (2012) and “Reply 1994” (2013), but the characters and stories are not related to the previous series.

Reply 1988

The Lucky Eights Team

JTBC

Can a young royal physician change the fate of a cursed princess? 

When Queen Sim (Jang Hee Jin) is unable to conceive, she visits the shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung Ah). Hong Joo’s powerful black magic helps the Queen give birth to a twin boy and girl, Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe Hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron). 

But the dark sorcery comes with a price when Seo Ri is cursed, causing her to be abandoned and left for dead by the Queen. Seo Ri is rescued by the father of Poong Yeon (Kwak Si Yang), who becomes her only friend as she grows up in hiding. 

With Poong Yeon and her helper, Choi Hyun Seo (Lee Sung Jae), by her side, Seo Ri grows up as a witch, all the while trying to figure out how to lift the evil curse on her life. When Seo Ri meets the royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi Yoon), will he help her change her fate and reclaim her rightful place? 

“Mirror of the Witch” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Hyun Tak. The series is inspired by the Mirror of Eastern Medicine (Dongui Bogam), a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine.

Mirror of the Witch

Team Bewitched

South Korean special forces officer Yoo Si Jin (Song Joong Ki) falls for surgeon Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) but their ideological differences force them to split up. Now, war has broken out in a faraway nation, and Si Jin’s unit is deployed on the battleground. Coincidentally, an unpleasant workplace incident has forced Mo Yeon to join a group of medical volunteers in the same country. The former lovers reunite, but can they find love again – against the backdrop of a bloody war? This 2016 South Korean drama series was directed by Lee Eung Bok and Baek Sang Hoon.

Descendants of the Sun

The Sunshine Team

KBS02

A page turner is the person who turns the pages of the music score for the performer. The page turner must be neither faster than nor slower than the performer and must turn the pages silently. As if not even present onstage, they must wear clothes that do not stand out, enter one step behind and leave one step ahead of the performer, like a ghost of the stage.This "ghost of the stage" must keep rhythm as a partner of the piano player, the audience member closest to the performer, and potentially an evil presence that can ruin the performance. Our lives contain this kind of page turner. Among the young characters in this drama is the main character, who performs on the stage, and the page turner, who helps them. How will the stage of these young people look? On this stage, who is the star and who will end up turning the page? They shine through unpredictable performances, but we can take a peek at the moment these pained youths turn the page.

Page Turner

The Page Turners

Fuji TV

Can indecision and fear keep you from getting everything you want out of life? Aoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was a popular student and star of his high school swim team who dreamed of becoming an architect someday. But years later, his shy and indecisive personality stunted his maturity, and he finds himself working only as an assistant in a small architect office in Tokyo. When Aoi meets up again with Akari Serizawa (Tsubasa Honda), a friend from high school that he had secretly liked, he finds that there is another Aoi by her side. Shouta Aoi (Shuhei Nomura) was a nerdy, unpopular student in high school but he now faces a bright future as a doctor. When the story ends with a wedding day, which Aoi will be the lucky guy to marry Akari? “Koinaka” is a 2015 Japanese drama series directed by Hiro Kanai and Shogo Miyaki.

Koinaka

Gap Soon is the third daughter of three siblings. She has been in a long-term relationship with a guy preparing for a state exam. As they have known each other since elementary school, their hearts don't exactly flutter at the sight of each other. Neither of them has enough money without having achieved anything substantial, so they cannot even think of getting married. One day, Gap Soon suddenly gets pregnant, so they decide to move in together. However, their life together doesn't go smoothly.

Our Gap Soon

The Solim Team

Louis, a young and handsome heir of vast business empire, who lived a luxurious life happens to become a homeless by a car accident that caused him to loose his memories. He meets an angelic country girl who agrees to take care of him until he finds out his real identity. She tries to teach homeless Louis on right amount of spending, but she is astounded by his spending habits, never knowing his real identity before he lost the memory.

Shopaholic Louis

The Shopaholics Team

Young Jae is a famous actor and gets stuck with Ji Eun. Ji Eun realizes her friends sold out the house her parents inherited. Since he cannot leave the place, she decides to work as a housekeeper to stay there. In the meantime, Young Jae is involved in an incident that makes him kiss Ji Eun, and this behavior results in signing a contractual marriage. However, as they live together, they feel for each other, and their love starts to blossom, but several daunting challenges await them. Will they be able to overcome all the barriers and eventually get married?

Full House

The Special Full House Guests

Ra On will do anything for money. Disguised as a man, she earns money by consulting and giving pieces of advice on love and dating. One day, one of her customers comes up to her with a pale face. It turns out that a lady who Ra On has been ghostwriting for the customer wants to meet a sender of love letters. She feels reluctant at first, but she'd do anything for money, so she decides to pretend to be her customer. However, instead of a pretty lady, Yeong, the handsome-looking man, comes to meet her. Yeong is the last hope of falling Joseon and the crown prince. The unpredictable romance between Ra On and Yeong unfolds at the royal palace.

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