I don't think Yada Akiko is all that attractive...she has her moments of cuteness, but she sounds like her nasal passages are stuffed, and especially in YN, she wears way too much makeup.
I'll admit, Nanako-san was pretty irritating during the series, but that's only because she played her part so perfectly. I wouldn't have felt right if Osuke had hooked up with Wakabe...the whole theme of the series was that love conquers money (and only Nanako's change of heart brings this theme out).
And besides, Nanako is unlike any other Japanese actress I've seen. She doesn't dote on her cuteness or her petite frame. She's a very refined, alluring woman with a long body...she's definitely not the norm in the pool of Japanese actresses.
Kim Hee Sun is extremely attractive. I just think she has a very atypical look...Nanako San has a much more refreshing appearance. No one competes with Nanako in terms of womanliness.
And Koreans have a longer history with dramas, so I wouldn't automatically rule out this new series.
Whom does the Yamato Nadeshiko-title refer to? I know it refers Nanako but she isn't the traditional type of woman who would be a good housewife and do house chores.
I meant it'd refer to Nanako as Jinno Sakurako. As her character Nanako played. Aargh! Why do I have to type unclearly? Gotta recheck before before submittin the post.
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:42 pm Post subject:
Pemu, I think the title is just refering to just in general, "traditional JPN woman". I mean, even tho that sakurako is to say the least, fairly materialistic, she DOES have some trait in her to show to me that she could be pretty traditional. Not in a sense to cooking, cleaning or whatever, but to really love the person she ends up with.
Ghil04, I know I'm a minority in what I'm going to say, but I think nanako is just a plain looking girl. Yeah, i know that everyone has a different opinion, but it's not that i just didn't like her character in Y.Nadeshico, I thought she was pretty funny there actually. Even in maho no joken, GTO, and even whiteout, I thought she looked fairly vanilla. I can say this tho, she does have skills as a leading actress.
Joined: 17 Jun 2003 Posts: 25 Location: Texas, USA Country:
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:24 am Post subject: Bright Girl's Success
[jem] recently started fansubbing this Korean TV drama, Bright Girl's Success. If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly recommend that you do. Starting at episode 4 and on, it starts KILLING YOU (in terms of suspense and rising action). Well, it has for me, at least.
P.S. If someone could seed Beautiful Days episode 05, I would be most grateful! I'm stuck at 98%.
Yes! I LOVE Bright Girl's Success so far~! I'm watching episode 8 right now. I always check jem's website to see if another episode has been released. ^^;;
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject:
I only watched the 1st 2 episodes during the school holidays. I'll definitely be borrowing VCDs to watch during the next school holidays! It's a great show... Everyone told me so!
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 48 Location: Singapore Country:
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:18 pm Post subject: Korean Dramas
I'm a big fan of Korean dramas and here are a few korean dreamas which I strongly recommend! These are popular ones, by the way...
AUTUMN IN MY HEART
Summary:
Joon-suh and Eun-suh are raised as brother and sister for 14 years until it is discovered that Eun-suh was switched with Joon-suh's real sister (Shin-ae) at birth. Upon learning of the mixup, Joon-suh's family leaves for the States, leaving Eun-suh in Korea. After 9 years, Joon-suh's family returns to Korea. Joon-suh and Eun-suh are eventually reunited, but only after Joon-suh becomes engaged to Yumi and Tae-suhk falls for Eun-suh. Trouble starts when Joon-suh and Eun-suh cannot avoid their true love for each other.
Cast:
Yun Joon-suh: Song Seung Hun
Yun/Choi Eun-suh: Song Hae Gyo
Han Tae-suhk: Won Bin
Shin Yumi: Han Na Na
Choi/Yun Shin-ae: Han Chae Young
Joon-suh (teenager): Choi Woo Hyuk
Eun-suh (teenager): Moon Kun Young
Shin-ae (teenager): Lee Ae Jung
Yun Kyo-su (Joon-suh's father): Jung Dong Hwan
Lee Kyung-ha (Joon-suh's mother): Sun Woo Eun Sook
Kim Soon-im (Eun-suh's birth mother): Kim Hae Sook
LOVING YOU
Summary:
This drama is a story about Lee Hyuk (Park Yong Ha) who injures himself while trying to save his friend at sea. Hyuk was saved by Jin Da-rae (Yu Jin), but is traumatized by the accident and thinks that his dead mother came back to save him. Da-rae's father, Manager Jin, was killed on the same day in a different accident.
About a year later, Da-rae meets Hyuk again on an orange farm but they have a dislike for each other. Love blossoms later, however, when Hyuk goes back to an island to save Da-rae, when she has to look for her missing purse (that was thrown away by jealous Cho Su-kyong (Lee Yu Ri)) and misses the boat back from the island. Su-kyong has her heart set on Hyuk when she discovers that he is the eldest son of Chairman Lee.
Because of Da-rae, Hyuk decides to change his ways and starts to work for his father. He buys a pearl ring for Da-rae. Before he can give it to her, he learns that her father's death was not an accident but was actually a murder. He keeps his real identity from Da-rae when she reveals to him that Chairman Lee might be the one who had her father killed and is trying to get the diary containing the proof.
The plot of the drama revolves around the murder, family disapprovals, Su-kyong's schemes to break up Hyuk and Da-rae's relationship and a "framebar" that Hyuk cherishes.
Chairman Lee dies, the company business fails and Hyuk has to go to Hawaii to rebuild the business. Because of the framebar, Hyuk discovers before he leaves that it was Da-rae who saved his life. Not once but twice. Once in the sea accident and again when he was wasting his life away on his orange farm due to the guilt of his friend's death.
He goes running in search of Da-rae who is leaving...
Cast:
Lee Hyuk (25): Park Yong Ha (Winter Ballad)
Jin Da-rae (20): Yu Jin (SES)
Cho Su-kyong (Da-rae's high school classmate, 20): Lee Yu Ri (This Is Love)
Lee Min (half-brother of Hyuk, 20): Lee Dong Wook (This Is Love/Pure Heart)
Ahn Mimi (22): Kim Se Ah
Choi Sung-wook (20): Kim Ji Hoon
Chairman Lee (Hyuk & Min's dad): Park Geun Hyung (Her House/Stock Flower/Secret)
Park Jung Sook (Hyuk's dead mom): __
Manager Jin (Da-rae's dad): Jung Dong Hwan (Winter Ballad/Autumn Story)
Da-rae's mom: Sun Woo Eun Sook (Stock Flower/Autumn Story)
Supervisor Kang: Kim Gyu Chul (Since We Met/Days in the Sun/Delicious Proposal)
Manager Kim: ____ (Piano)
__ Jong-soo (Hyuk's dead friend): ___
Doe Hyong-geun (Su-kyong's secret boyfriend): Jung Eun Pyo (Tender Hearts)
BEAUTIFUL DAYS
Summary:
Sun-jae's father and Sung-chun are like brothers. Sun-jae's father was murdered by Sung-chun in 1975 before Sun-jae was born. Sung-chun's involvement in the murder was covered up.
In 1985 immediately after Sung-chun's wife dies, Sung-chun has Sun-jae and his mother moved in with him and his children (Min-chul and Minji). Sung-chun tells everyone Sun-jae is his real son, but in actuality he is not. Min-chul and Minji hate their father, Sun-jae and Sun-jae's mother. Sun-jae meets Yonsoo and Sena while visiting Grace Home (an orphanage). Yonsoo is touched by Sun-jae's kindness. Yonsoo accidentally burns Sena with hot water and is guilt-ridden.
In 1995, Yonsoo leaves Sena at the orphanage to look for a job and earn money so that Sena can join her later. She promises to meet Sena at the Seoul Tower on Christmas Day.
Fate eventually brings Yonsoo, Sena, Sun-jae and Min-chul together.
Cast:
Lee Min-chul (29): Lee Byung Hun
Lee Sun-jae (26): Ryu Shi Won
Kim Yonsoo (27): Choi Ji Woo
Kim Sena (22): Lee Jung Hyun
Lee Minji (22): Shin Min Ah
Zero: ?
Jung Myung-ja (Sun-jae's mother, 48): Lee Kyung Jin (Ku-ja in Fox & Cotton Candy)
Lee Sung-chun (Min-chul's father, 55): Lee Jung Gil (father who dies in Pure Hearts & Four Sisters)
Lee Young-jun (Sun-jae's real father): __ (owner of Fantastic in Cool)
Kang Narae (Yonsoo's roommate/co-worker): Lee Yu Jin
Hwang Kum-suk (Minji's friend): ___
Oh Jung-hun (composer/Sun-jae's high school upperclassman, 30): Lee Sang Woo
Ha Ki-chul (scheduler): Song Il Kook
Min Kyu-suk (bodyguard/chauffeur): __
Yang Mimi/Kyung-hee (singer, 47): Lee Hwi Hyang (mother/designer in Secret)
Shin Jae-eun (sick girl): Lee Ae Jung (teenage Shin-ae in Autumn Story)
Lee Sun-jae as a child: __ (child Jae-hoon in Golden Era)
Kim Yonsoo as a child: __
Kim Sena as a child: __
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:38 am Post subject:
'Loving You' is my most fave K-Drama! I really like the 'Soo-Kyong' character although she's evil but a fab actress! And of course...'Lee Hyuk' by my most fave Korean actor, Park Yong Ha!
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I always check jem's website to see if another episode has been released. ^^;; 
