Directed by the producer-director behind classic drama The Legend, this cult hit showcases a cast of rising young stars. Seo Woo, who recently solidified her star status with Cinderella’s Sister and can also be seen in The Housemaid, won two acting awards for this, her first leading role. Im Joo Hwan, coming off a minor but attention-grabbing role in Boys Over Flowers, also turns in an impressive performance. French model and actor Pierre Deporte co-stars in an unusual but successful bit of casting as an English castaway. Part historical comedy, part romance, Tamra the Island features both offbeat humor and stunning, fairy-tale like romance shot against the backdrop of beautiful Jeju Island. Quirky, endearing, and lovely, it won itself an impassioned fanbase.

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Category: Korean Drama Uncategorized | Tags: Hendrik Hamel, Kdrama, Korean, Korean Drama, manwha, Pierre Deporte, Seo Woo, Tamra the Island

A famed daily sitcom that drew in huge ratings over its 167 episodes, Unstoppable High Kick is a funny, offbeat comedy following the lives of the sprawling Lee family. It jump-started the careers of many now-famous actors, most notably Jung Il-Woo (Return of Iljimae) and Kim Bum (Boys Over Flowers and The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry), and was popular enough to spawn a spin-off series, High Kick Through the Roof. Part situational comedy, part family drama, it follows the loves and lives of the quirky Lee family through three generations.

Lee Yoon Ho (played by Jung Il Woo) is the resident “bad boy” of his high school – famed for his love of motorcycles and the unstoppable “high kick” with which he defeats opponents in his frequent fights. His younger brother and best friend Lee Min Ho (Kim Hye Sung from Kingdom of the Wind), on the other hand, is a straight-A student who would rather spend his time building models and running web blogs. The two brothers are opposite in every way, but stand by each other through everything, as Min Ho deals with bullying and Yoon Ho fields an intense crush on his female teacher.

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Category: Korean Drama | Tags: Choi Min Yong, Jung Il-woo, Kdrama, Kim Bum, Korean, Park Hae Mi, Unstoppable High Kick

A spin-off of sensationally popular family drama Wife’s Temptation, Angel’s Temptation was written by the same writer (Kim Soon Ok) and boasts the same revenge theme as the hit 2008 drama. With an entirely different plot however, it’s the “male version” of the drama, and stars Han Sang Jin and Bae Soo Bin as pre-and-post revenge-driven versions of the same man. Lee So Yeon (Spring Waltz, Dong Yi) is the woman who drives them to madness and vengeance in this successful drama.

After her parents are killed and her family ruined by the wealthy Shin family, Joo Ah Ran (Lee So Yeon) vows revenge. She successfully seduces the son of the Shin family, Shin Hyun Woo (Han Sang Jin), and the two are married in an elaborate ceremony. Hyun Woo, a kind man, sincerely loves her, and proves to a devoted husband. Ah Ran, however, soon begins an affair. When Hyun Woo unexpectedly winds up in a terrible car accident, he’s left scarred and in a coma. Waking up, he learns of his wife’s plot and her adultery, and transforms into the revenge-driven Ahn Jae Sung (Bae Soo Bin). He undergoes massive plastic surgery and comes out with a new face. Re-entering Ah Ran’s life as Jae Sung, he plots to destroy her as she destroyed him…

Han Sang Jin, who had just come off a similar role in Sons of Sol Pharmacy, plays the kind-hearted “Jekyll” (or Angel) version with warmth. The other two lead actors are given a chance to flex their acting wings, however, as Bae Soo Bin had just ricocheted to popularity as good-guy Joon Sae in Shining Inheritance, and Lee So Yeon was best known for playing innocent, good characters. The two turn in powerhouse performances as the “Hyde” (the devil version of the title’s “Angel”) and the femme fatale (the “Temptation” of the title) who pushes him over the edge.

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Category: Korean Drama | Tags: Angel's Temptation, Han Sang Jin, Kdrama, Kim Soon Ok, Lee So Yeon, Temptation of an Angel, Wife's Temptation

Cinderella Man

Everyone loves a fairytale. Life lessons get passed on from generation to generation with stories of youngsters defying odds, forgiving wrongs, and working hard. Between The Prince and The Pauper and Cinderella, no other fairytale has been retold as much as these two. Girls the world over relate in one way or another to Cinderella and her unfortunate life….and they all wish to meet their prince charming. And everyone can learn a lesson or two from The Prince and the Pauper. Well, these K-dramas have just what you need to escape to a world were you’ll always get the guy(or girl),and your mean step mother/sister/father/brother will get what’s coming to ‘em! Read on for  Cinderella/Prince and Pauper fairytale -esque dramas DramaFever has to offer!

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Category: Korean Drama | Tags: Cinderalla Man, Cinderella's Sister, Goong, Goong S, My Girl, My Love Patzzi, Shining Inheritance, Stairway to Heaven

The cast of My Sister

Almost any television show known to man includes some aspect or another of home life. Be it an overbearing mother ala Everybody Loves Raymond, or a quirky brother as found in Friends, one of the great things about prime-time television is that shows let us laugh at otherwise highly annoying personalities found in the people we love the most. Korean dramas are no exception to this, yet as Korea is a more family oriented society, the quirks and kinks of family life get the treatment much more often, in much more detail, and quite possibly, in a much more entertaining way!  From bad seed sibling rivalries to way too perfect parents, K-dramas give viewers a runs the whole gamut when it comes to what kind of dysfunctional family drama you want, or don’t want, to watch! Keep reading, and you’ll see what I mean.

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Category: Korean Drama | Tags: Assorted Gems, Cain and Abel, Cinderella's Sister, East of Eden, I Love You, Ireland, My Sister, New Wise Mother Good Wife