Movie and Drama Review

Queen of Housewives

• Alternative Title: ë‚´ì¡°ì�˜ 여왕 / Queen of Housewives
• Genre: Romance 
• Total Episodes: 20
• Korea Casts:
  Kim Nam Joo, Lee Hye Young, Oh Ji Ho, Yoon Sang Hyun
• Description:
  

  Chun Ji Ae and Yang Bong Soon are high school classmates who did not have the best relationship with each other. Ji Ae was the most popular girl in school whereas Bong Soon was the girl that was always made fun of. Years later, their roles are reversed as Bong Soon's husband, Kang Joon Hyuk, is very successful whereas Ji Ae's husband, Ohn Dal Soo, is just an average company worker. Things get complicated when Dal Soo starts an extra-marital affair with his boss's wife, Eun So Hyuk. How will Ji Ae react to this?

   

My Rating :

My Review : It pretty funny that a lead actor in one show plays second fiddle in this one. The lead actress took over the main lead. This movie is about woman supporting role at home an in her husband work arena where the wives tried to please her husband superior wives in order to get a promotion.

http://www.mysoju.com/queen-of-housewives/

Jodhaa Akbar

• Alternative Title: Jodha Akbar 
• Genre: Romance 
• Total Episodes: 1
• Description:
  

•  A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar,(Hrithik Roshan) and a Rajput princess, Jodha (Aishwarya Rai).Politically, success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar, after having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godhavari River.
  
  Through a shrewed blend of tolerence, generosity and force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs, the most belligerent Hindus. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa, a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love.
  
  The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa - a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa Akbar is their untold love story..

My Rating :

My Review : This was a movie recommended by a forumer here. It's about the religious tolerance of the conquorer on his conquored land. The sceneries are beautiful and the music and songs by AR Rahman is equally nice. Someday, I hope to visit those places in the movies.

 

• Alternative Title: Water Boys
• Genre: Comedy, Romance , Sports
• Japan Casts:
  Akifumi Miura, Hiroshi Tamaki, Koen Kondo, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Takatoshi Kaneko
• Description:
  

  This movie is about synchronized swimming, but men instead of women.

  Based on a true story, a group of young high school boys get together to put on a show in their local high school festival. Now, can the boys outshine the ladies in this sport? This comedy will definitely have you laughing throughout, and will prove to be one of the best Japanese movies of 2001.

• My Rating :

  My Review : Watch this movie years ago on television. This was a highly comical movie. To use the word movie is an insult to the waterboys as this movie is based on a true story. You get to laugh throughout the whole movie.

• http://www.mysoju.com/waterboys/

Hanoi Bride

• Alternative Title: 하노ì�´ 신부/ Ha-no-i Sin-bu / Bride from Hanoi 
• Total Episodes: 2
• Korea Casts:
  Kim Ok Bin, Lee Dong Wook
• Description:
  

  Park Eun Wook (Lee Dong Wook) worked as a doctor in a clinic in Hanoi where he fell in love with a Vietnamese girl Ly Thi Vu( Kim Ok Bin). Due to the sudden death of his father, he had to return to Korea in a hurry but the message wasn't related to LTV. His elder brother Park Sok Woo(Lee Won Jong) who worked as a farmer in the field was hard pressed by his mother to go to Vietnam to find a wife and he ended up bringing LTV to Korea with the intention to marry her. Song Il Lan (Yoo Hye Jung) was PSW's childhood friend and she realized that she was in love with him and PSW had similar feeling for her too. When the misunderstanding between PEW and LTV got clarified and all truth were out in the open, his mother who thought LTV was going to be her first son's wife and liked her didn't think she was good enough for her second son as he was a doctor. LTV was hurt and returned to Hanoi. Later the mother came to realize her folly and relented. PEW didn't want to give up LTV and so he went back to work in Hanoi and search for LTV.

• My Rating :

  My Review : Having friends talking about mail order brides and reading news about how sometime they are being abandoned or marrying someone twice their ages and their social problems in an unfirmilar enivronment. This drama provides a very superficial scan of the problems.This drama could have provided an excellent platform for such development but being only 2 episode, it couldn't develop further.

• It is interesting to see that the mother was willing to accept fully the Hanoi bride as daughter-in-law to her 40 years old  eldest son who is a farmer but was  unwilling to accept her to her 2nd son who is a doctor. Finally, if they have chosen a vietnamese actress as the lead, it would have been perfect.

• http://www.mysoju.com/hanoi-bride/

• Alternative Title: クピドã�®æ‚ªæˆ¯
• Film Date: October, 2006
• Total Episodes: 11
• Japan Casts:
  Akiyama Rina, Kitagawa Hiromi, Ogawa Nana, Takahashi Ryousuke
• Description:
  

  A man who's still a virgin, has a very very rare disease which allows him to only have sex seven times in his life. After he has used up all the seven chances, he will never ever be able to have sex again for the rest of his life... and so far, he has wasted two times on 'self gratification'. Now he only has five times left, and he wants to choose carefully and save himself for that someone special...but at the same time he desperately wants to lose his virginity...

• My Rating :

  My Review : Nice comical romance drama.

http://www.mysoju.com/cupid-no-itazura/

• Alternative Title: Dream Pillow
• Total Episodes: 20
• Hong Kong suspense drama
• Description:
  

  A man managed to solve complicated murder cases by sleeping on an ancient pillow which will give him indirect clues to solve the mysteries.

• My Rating :

• My Review : Another KongKong canto Suspense drama.

• http://bk.pps.tv/ct202566165/

• Alternative Title: Marrying a Mafia/ Married to the Mafia
• Genre : Comedy/Romance
• Korea Casts:
  Jin Hee Kyung, Jung Joon Ho, Kim Hae Sook, Kim Jung Eun, Park Geun Hyung, Seong Ji-Roo
• Description:
  

  A man wakes up one morning to find a beautiful young woman sleeping nude beside him. Neither of them can remember the previous night’s events. After trying to walk away from the incident and get back to his normal life as a lawyer, he quickly learns several important facts:

  1. The girl is the daughter of a big crime boss.
  2. She was allegedly a virgin before he had his way with her.
  3. He can either choose to marry her, or be murdered.

  The circumstances are very suspicious, and it seems possible that he’s somehow been framed into this position. But even a lawyer would have trouble talking his way out of this one–especially when the judge and jury are not at all impartial, are not his peers, all carry weapons, and want to kill him if he says the wrong thing.

• My Rating :

  My Review : A light hearted comedy. There are several movies with such title but this is one of the better one. In order to get her daughter to marry someone outside the underworld, the boss ordered his sons to look for a suitable person and this unlucky lawyer was chosen.

• http://www.mysoju.com/marrying-the-mafia-1/

• Alternative Title: 人ã�®ã‚»ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã‚’笑ã�†ã�ª/ Don't Laugh at my Romance 
• Genre : Romance
• Japan Casts:
  Aoi Yu, Ken'ichi Matsuyama , Nagasaku Hiromi
• Description:
  

  Mirume (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri (Hiromi Nagasaku), an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Murume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man ....

• My Rating :

  My Review : Can't really tell what is the meaning behind this movie. Yuri couldn't get what she want from her husband? And Murume didn't see what was infront of him? Is it that you have to seize your opportunity for what you want? I'm still  thinking. Perhap a 2nd viewing might help.

• http://www.mysoju.com/dont-laugh-at-my-romance/

Korizora

• Genre: Drama, Romance 
• Japan Casts:
  Aragaki Yui, Miura Haruma
• Description:
  

  Last fall, over 3 million people were brought to tears by the movie Koizora. The original story of Koizora, by the author Mika, was popularized on the cell phone novel site, Mahou no Land, and since then has been turned into a novel, a movie, and now a drama. The highly popular movie will be turned into a drama, which follows the life of a normal higschool girl who experiences many unbelievably sad events, but through it all proving that love conquers all, and this true love story remains unchanged from the movie. Not only does it simply portray the first love of the highschoolers, it shows the warmth from the family, the importance of life, the bonds with friends, and the common happenings of teens, and through it all Mika and Hiro's love story gets unwound.

• My Rating :

  My Review : This novel was said to brought tears to many. But the movie didn't touch me. Maybe it was the choice of the actors and actress. The acting didn't touch my soft spot.

• http://www.mysoju.com/koizora/

• Alternative Title: 敗犬女王 / Bai Quan Nu Wang
• Genre: Romantic Comedy 
• Total Episodes: 21
• Taiwan Casts:
  Cheryl Yang, Ethan Ruan, James Sheng-Hao Wen, Yang Ya Zhu
• Description:
  

  What will happen when Shan Wu Shuang, a 33 year old beautiful, hardworking yet single woman, meets Lucas, a 25 year old romantic and handsome regular worker? There is an 8 year age difference – what kind of story would then be created? A story that will let us laugh and let us cry. I’m not defeated! I’m the Queen!

• My Rating :

  My Review : Ok, for the first time I have finished watching a Taiwanese drama. I have always shun taiwanese drama but put up a brave front ton finish this. Not too bad. For the first 18 episodes, it was just comedy, just laughter. From Mdm white-bone demon to turtle girl were just her nick name.

• Only after epidsode 19 did they addressed the problems of å§�弟æ�‹. From family disapproval to friends disbelieved. from company of age gap friends to money. from fashions to studies. This drama did address these but unfortunately only for last 3 episodes. These 3 stars are for the laughters.

• http://www.mysoju.com/my-queen/

• Alternative Title: Baby and Me /아기와 나
• Genre: Comedy 
• Korea Casts:
  Jang Keun-Suk, Manson Mun
• Description:
  

  Joon-soo is a tough 18 year old high school kid that loves to cause trouble. He often gets in fights, once with 17 other guys, but always comes out as the victor. Then one day Joon-soo's parents decides to go out of town. Joon-soo decides then and there to throw a party at his parent's home. He then goes shopping for groceries and comes upon an unexpected surprise. A little toddler sits in a shopping basket wearing the name tag "Han Wooram" and points to Joon-soo as his father!

  He then takes the baby home and tries to find the baby's real parents. When he can't find the parents, Joon-soo even tries to abandon the baby but always fails. He then takes the kid to school which causes further scandal and a suspension. But during this time an unexpected event occurs between Joon-soo and Woo-ram…

• My Rating :

  My Review : A light hearted comedy. It's pretty funny when they use an  adult voice as the baby thought.

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• Alternative Title: Sonyeon / The Boy who went to Heaven
• Genre: Drama, Romance 
• Korea Casts:
  Hae-Il Park, Jung-Ah Yum, Kwang-Rok Oh, Seo-Won Cha
• Description:
  A little boy Nemo grew up alone with his single mother in a watch repair shop in a small town. He was told that his father did bad things and was in jail. Therefore little Nemo wish was to be "the man for the single mum". One day her mother went to the city to visit his husband. When she came back, she was crying. Not too long after that, she passed away leaving little Nemo with the house and a tidy sum of money.
• Not long after that, a single mother with her little son moved into the watch repair shop and converted it into a comic bookshop. Little Nemo vowed to take care of the mother and son. One day the mother brought her son to a movie and Nemo followed them. Someone set fire to the cinema and there was chaos. During this chaos, Nemo arrived and proposed to the single mother with a ring and promised he will marry her when he grew up. But during the chaos, the single mother was seperated with his son. Nemo rushed into the fire to save her son but was burnt to death (unknown to them)
• Nemo was brought to heaven and when met by 2 angels. There was an arugment between the angels as their book had different date for Nemo death. One of them showed that Nemo is suppose to live till 93 years old but the other was now. In order not to make a mistake, the angels decided let Nemo live for another 80 days (equivalent to 80 years) until Christmas. During this 80days, he will grow old and die.
• Can Nemo keep his promises?
•  

• My Rating :

  My Review : A very romantic drama. I always admire such stories. how could they think of such story  lines.

• http://www.mysoju.com/a-boy-who-went-to-heaven/

• Alternative Title: Hatsuyuki no Koi / Virgin Snow
• Genre: Drama, Romance 
• Korea Casts:
  Aoi Miyazaki, Lee Joon Ki
• Description:
  

  Min moves to Japan following his professor father. One day at a local shrine, he meets a beautiful Japanese girl with innocent eyes. Her name is Nanae, and she is an aspiring painter. Min falls for her at first sight, and soon learns that Nanae attends the same school to which Min has just transferred. They become friends, and despite the culture and language barriers it is an intense friendship. When his grandmother suddenly falls ill, Min hastily returns to Korea but can’t get in touch with Nanae beforehand. After his grandmother regains her health, he hurries back to Japan to reunite with Nanae, but she is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?

• My Rating :

  My Review : A cross country, cross culture romance. A very ordinary storyline, just the usual kind of misunderstanding seperation and reunion.

• http://www.mysoju.com/virgin-snow/

• Alternative Title: 날아오르다 / Fly High / Sky High
• Genre: Romance 
• Korea Casts:
  Im Jung Eun, Ji Hyun Woo
• Description:
  

  It’s school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men’s room because the women’s room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears a passage for her in the morning after the snow falls. For all his efforts, he doesn’t get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes, ‘sorry’ is the only word she leaves behind.

• My Rating :

  My Review : A student romance, anyway, I find that actress more or an Ajuma than a high school student.  An unlikely place to meet your first love. Ever hear the song "my grandfather's clock" sung in korean?

• http://www.mysoju.com/fly-high/

Genre: Comedy

Casts: Unknowns

Description: Chap tries to get a best man for his wedding, realizes that growing up he's never had any male buddies, tries hard to find one in time for his wedding, hilarity ensues as he tries on an assortment of gays and weirdos ... until the other chap turns up ...

Rating:

surprisingly enjoyable ... gf and I decided to catch this movie at the last minute cos they told us that we can't redeem our credit card points for 3D movies at the counter, ice age 3 was out, so we just any how hamtam'ed on this one ....

we laughed a lot throughout the movie, as did the whole theatre ... worth the credit card points. And no, it's not a brokeback movie.

 

• Alternative Title: Death Investigation Extension / å�¤é�ˆç²¾æŽ¢
• Genre: Comedy, Mystery , Police 
• Total Episodes: 25
• Taiwan Casts:
  Derek Kwok, Kenneth Ma , Margie Tsang, Roger Kwok
• Description:
  

  The "Death Investigation Extension (D.I.E.)" in the police force was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. YUE CHI-LONG (Roger Kwok), who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. believing that he will get promoted soon. Later LONG finds out that his supervisor still has a long way to go before he reaches retirement age. Hoping to leave the Extension as soon as possible, he gets to solve a lot of intriguing cases. New appointee YING CHING-CHING (Sonija Kwok) is a good-looking girl but she means to act tough and sassy in front of others. She takes an uncompromising stand over every case she deals with, which leads her into constant quarrels with LONG. The relationship between the pair is deteriorating day after day.

  LONG's elder sister, YUE CHI-CHING (Margie Tsang), has been living with him. While investigating an old case, LONG gets to find his long-lost father YUE TAI-HOI (Leung Ka Yan). Through close collaboration with LONG, CHING-CHING has gradually developed affection for him. As she is still torn between LONG and her two-timing boyfriend SHING KA-TSUN (Kenneth Ma), LONG has started to try to avoid her without rhyme or reason. Feeling so confused about what is happening, CHING-CHING decides to do some probing and is shocked to discover that LONG has been dogged by a female ghost called SIU SIN (Kitty Yuen).

• Rating:

  A bunch of outcasts was pushed to a new department call DIE who are in-charged of all unsolved old cases just to get rid of them. This outcasts solved many of these unsolved cases making their ex-dept wander if they have just lost some good man. I always like suspense drama.

• http://www.mysoju.com/die/

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• Alternative Title: 敗犬女王 / Bai Quan Nu Wang
• Genre: Romantic Comedy 
• Total Episodes: 21
• Taiwan Casts:
  Cheryl Yang, Ethan Ruan, James Sheng-Hao Wen, Yang Ya Zhu
• Description:
  

  What will happen when Shan Wu Shuang, a 33 year old beautiful, hardworking yet single woman, meets Lucas, a 25 year old romantic and handsome regular worker? There is an 8 year age difference – what kind of story would then be created? A story that will let us laugh and let us cry. I’m not defeated! I’m the Queen!

• My Rating :

  My Review : Ok, for the first time I have finished watching a Taiwanese drama. I have always shun taiwanese drama but put up a brave front ton finish this. Not too bad. For the first 18 episodes, it was just comedy, just laughter. From Mdm white-bone demon to turtle girl were just her nick name.

• Only after epidsode 19 did they addressed the problems of å§�弟æ�‹. From family disapproval to friends disbelieved. from company of age gap friends to money. from fashions to studies. This drama did address these but unfortunately only for last 3 episodes. These 3 stars are for the laughters.

• http://www.mysoju.com/my-queen/

i like its laughters.... and abt only addressing issues of the �弟� at such late stage... well it's normal ppl to only think of the problems when they have to face it.... initally they haven't 'get together' yet mah... :P