Also Known As: 넌 내게 반했어 / Neon Naege Banhaesseo /페스티벌 / Festival / You’ve Fallen for Me
Cast:
Jung Yong Hwa as Lee Shin
Park Shin Hye as Lee Kyu Won
Song Chang Ui as Kim Suk Hyun
So Yi Hyun as Jung Yoon Soo
Woo Ri as Han Hee Joo
Kang Min Hyuk as Yeo Joon Hee
Lee Hyun Jin as Hyun Ki Young
Im Se Mi as Cha Bo Woon

Episodes: 16
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Special

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Heartstrings is a Korean drama. The male lead is played by Jung Yong Hwa, the musician. The female lead is played by Park Shin-hye. They play college mates who share a love for music, though their instruments and genres are different. Yong Hwa is into rock and band, while Shin-hye is more partial to the traditional Korean instrument Gayageum.

The drama started airing on June 29 2011.

Wow, we are going to be watching two dramas starring Park Shin-hye these next few weeks! Here is her newest drama, opposite Jung Yong Hwa, who if you remember played second lead in the popular drama You’re Beautiful (which starred Shin-hye and Jang Geun-seok).

I guess the fans were all clamoring for Yong Hwa to get the girl, thus this pairing. But it seems Yong Hwa is not playing Mr Kind, Gentle, Perfect Guy – most of the Korean lead men always seem to be abrasive, aggressive and angry-hot. LOL. Remains to be seen if I like this side of Yong Hwa. Well, since I didn’t much like him in You’re Beautiful, maybe I will like him now.

The first episode seems fun. Fingers crossed!!

Here is the full cast for Heartstrings:
Jung Yong Hwa as Lee Shin
Park Shin-hye as Lee Kyu Won
Song Chang Ui as Kim Suk Hyun
So Yi Hyun as Jung Yoon Soo
Woo Ri as Han Hee Joo
Kang Min Hyuk as Yeo Joon
Lee Hyun Jin as Hyun Ki Young
Im Se Mi as Cha Bo Woon

You can watch the premiere episode below, with English subs! (Turn on the CC button if the subs don’t appear.)

Park Shin-hye stars in a Taiwanese drama called Hayate the Combat Butler (also known as Xuan Feng Guan Jia / 旋風管家). It’s based on a manga, and is about Hayate who runs away from his family because his parents are going to sell his organs to the Yakuza to settle their huge gambling debts. In the process, he ends up saving a girl from kidnapping, who turns out to be the sole heir to a wealthy conglomerate. She hires him to be a butler, and she helps him pay off his debts.

Sounds good, huh? Let’s watch, then!

Playful Kiss is the Korean remake of the Taiwanese drama It Started With a Kiss (sequel They Kiss Again), which in turn, is based on the Japanese manga Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss) by mangaka Kaoru Tada.

The story is about a not-so-bright high school girl who falls in love with Mr Perfect, the smart, sporty, talented and super-brainy senior who rejects her overtures. However, disaster strikes and she has to move in with Mr Perfect. This is the story of how they sort out their feelings for each other and soon enough fall in love.

The male lead is played by Kim Hyun-Joong, of Boys Over Flowers fame. The female lead is not yet cast, but contenders are Park Shin-hye, Han Seung-yeon, and Sulli. Playful Kiss is directed by Hwang In-roi.

This Korean drama is still in the casting stage, so there are no episodes to show. But for sure, once there are, I’ll be putting up the links.

Playful Kiss is the Korean remake of the Taiwanese drama It Started With a Kiss (sequel They Kiss Again), which in turn, is based on the Japanese manga Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss) by mangaka Kaoru Tada.

The story is about a high school girl who likes a senior who is handsome, talented and aloof. She confesses to him through a love letter, but he rejects her. Fatefully, an earthquake destroys the home she shares with her father. Her father’s college friend offers them a hand, and they move in to live with him. Coincidentally, the son is the senior she is in love with. And the rest is – well, the drama.

So, the latest news is that they’ve cast the male lead in Playul Kiss, and it’s gonna be… Kim Hyun-joong! Oh, you all know him. He last played the suffering soulful Yoon Ji Hoo in the Korean megahit Boys Over Flowers. He is also the lead vocalist of popular Korean boyband SS501.

If you’ve forgotten about him, let me show you a few pictures to refresh your memory.

Yum! And here is more. No need to thank me, girls. It’s my pleasure.

Yeahhhh!

Ji-hoo was my favorite character in BOF, just because he was sooo hot in his perfect white suits and violins. Hehehe. Acting-wise, I just hope he won’t be too emo. Ahhh, but it’s a kdrama, what do you expect?!

Okay, just a few more photos.

You’re welcome, you’re welcome! Hahaha.

Kim Hyun-joong will be playing the character of Baek Seung-jo, the perfect boy who has got the smarts, the talent, the looks, everything. The female character is Moon Ha-ni, who’s clumsy and dumb, but against all odds, will fall into a romantic relationship with Baek Seung-jo. Although Moon Ha-ni has yet to be cast, it seems it will either be Park Shin-hye, Han Seung-yeon, or Sulli.

Playful Kiss will be directed by Hwang In-roi, who previously directed Goong and Return of Iljimae.

So you want the original copy of the Korean drama You’re Beautiful?

If you’re in the Philippines, it will set you back USD12 or about PHP600. Not bad, especially since it comes with a free poster (add USD10 if you want it in a tube and not folded up) and a membership to the ANJell Fan Club.

You can order the DVD from this site, and the instructions in English are here.

Tubes are only available until Feb 18.

P.S. Watch some behind the scenes clips of You’re Beautiful below.

P.P.S. Watch Park Shin Hye’s commercial for Etude House, with Lee Min Ho of Boys Over Flowers. Cute! LOL. But cuter if it had been Jang Geun Suk.