Shining Inheritance is a Korean drama filmed in 2009. It is also known as 찬란한 유산 or Brilliant Legacy.

It stars Han Hyo Joo as Ko Eun-seong, the rich girl turned pauper overnight; Lee Seung Ki as Seon Woo-hwan, the arrogant heir to the Beef Soup empire he loathes; Moon Chae-won as Yoo Seung-mi, Eun-seong’s step sister who wants to marry Hwan; and Bae Soo-bin as Park Joon-se, Hwan’s cousin who secretly loves Eun-seong.

This drama rated highly in Korea, even besting Boys Over Flowers, which interested me enough to watch it. Currently, I am still downloading the first few episodes, so I will be posting short summaries over the next few days. So far, though, I’m quite surprised it rated so highly. It’s quite the drama – death, family, money, pride and honor – all kinds of hardships – it is actually very like a Filipino telenovela, in my opinion. So I am not loving it all that much as I prefer to be entertained by laughing not by being burdened by other people’s problems, even if fictitious.

Still, I’ve started, so I will finish this drama. I hope Shining Inheritance will lighten up in the next few eps.

If you are in the United States or Canada, you can watch online streaming Shining Inheritance episodes via DramaFever (link). Otherwise, you can view the episodes via MySoju (link).