#Lee Da-hae

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Seven-year-old Lee Da-hae's Wine Bar in '4.6 Billion Newlyweds': Inside Lee Min-ho and Kwon Sang-woo's Neighborhood

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

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Okay babes, episode 8 is nothing short of exciting!

📍Hae-in choosing to divorce Hyun-woo so he'd finally be free from all the bullshit her family put him up with, and Hyun-woo deciding to stay at Queens so he could prove his innocence and protect Hae-in. I feel sad that they actually divorced but again, it was necessary for them to "part ways" so they'd find their way back into each other, and I think the next episode will be about them slowly rekindling their romance and hopefully healing from the past. I am anticipating a more beautiful wedding than their first one.

📍Don't get me wrong, I still hate Eun-seong but now I'm becoming more and more interested in his backstory, so this bitch still has some ✨humanity✨ in him, judging from the way he reacted when he found out about Hae-in's illness. Him saving Hae-in from the dog attack when they were kids answered the question why he hates dogs. He's still trash, however I do have a feeling that he will have some character redemption somewhere and will basically help Hae-in find a cure, but we'll never know for sure.

📍Hong Man-dae is the biggest fucking idiot among the Hong family, I'm not saying he deserves what happened to him, I'm saying that he needs to learn the hard way and be slapped with the truth so hard that I want him to come down to his knees and beg his children for forgiveness. As much as I feel sorry for him, he was a terrible father to all of them when they got older...and trusting a fucking shaman? Really?

📍Speaking of which, I am actually glad that the Hong family is now broke af. They need to be humbled big time, especially Hae-in's mom, that bitch is such a poor judge of character. I want her to feel embarrassed and terrible about herself for constantly looking down at Hyun-woo and his family, these are the same people who'd willingly save and help their asses even if it meant getting dragged into this shit hole they dug themselves. Also, I saw a clip of the nosy old ladies who were making fun of her at the salon, I say...DESERVE! I hope she starts to change because honestly, I'm so fed up with her and her bullshit.

📍Soo-cheol maybe immature, but I have to admit that he's a good father. He just wanted his son to experience everything he never did, idk what Da-hye was up to. Maybe it was part of their plans? Perhaps she foresaw how messy it's going to be that's why she chose to run away, we'll never know for sure. I still have faith that she'll choose to do what's right for the sake of her son, after all, Soo-cheol treated her and their baby well.

📍Shout out to Song Joong-ki for his cameo. Hiring Vincenzo as a divorce lawyer is such a Hae-in move 😂

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Wow I really like that one musical with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Loconte, Mikelangelo (Mozart L'opera Rock), Rei, Makoto (Mozart L'opera Rock 2019 Takarazuka), Park, Han Keun + Kou, Yo-Jin + Kim, Ho-young (Mozart L'opera Rock 2012 Kr)

Nakagawa, Akinori (Mozart L'opera Rock 2013 Jp), Sato, Ryuji (Nigero! Mozart no Daihon Sakusha 2023), Stanke, Patrick (Mozart! 2008 Tecklenburg)

Romdal, Yngve Gasoy (Mozart! 1999 Wien), Yamazaki, Ikusaburo + Furukawa, Yuta (Mozart! 2021 Jp), Lee Hae-jun (Mozart! 2023 Kr)

Slanina, Aleš (Mozart! Czech 2009), Kuipers, Odeo (Mozart! 2015-16 Wien), Dolhai, Attila (Mozart! Budepest 2003)

Doi, Yuuko (Madamoiselle Mozart 1991?), Niizuma, Seiko (21 C: Mademoiselle Mozart 2005), Rio, Asumi (Mademoiselle Mozart 2023), Hirama,

Park, Yoo-duk (Salieri 2014), Hur Gyu? (Salieri 2016) Soichi (Da Ponte: Mozart no Kage ni Kakureta mou Hitori no Tensei 2023)

Bonus Cast Info: While I'm still not super knowledgeable of Mademoiselle Mozart, I do know more about the Kr and Jp Mozart! and Mor Mozart casting.

Mozart l'Opera Rock Jp

Nakagawa Akinori and Yamamoto Koji

Mozart! Jp

2002+05+07: Nakagawa Akinori, Inoue Yoshio

2010-11+2014-15: Inoue Yoshio, Yamazaki Ikusaburo

2018+21: Yamazaki Ikusaburo, Furukawa Yuta

2024: Furukawa Yuta, Kyomoto Taiga

Mozart! Kr

2010: Im Taekyung, Park Gun-Hyung, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2011: Im Taekyung, Jeon Dong-seok, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2012: Im Taekyung, Jang Hyun-seung, Park Eun-Tae

2014: Im Taekyung, Park Hyo-shin, Park Eun-Tae

2016: Lee Jee Hoon, Jeon Dong-seok, Kyuhyun

2020: Park Kang Hyun, Park Eun-Tae, Kim Junsu

2023: Lee Hae-jun, Suho, Yoo Hwe-seung, Kim Hee Jae

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Ep10 Queen of tears short review

At this point I was ready to drop the drama if hae in decide to marry Eun sung..but she did not and even protect hyun woo plus telling the whole world on her sickness.

Also at this point I realize the writernim has given a choice either u stay for sad love ending as she given lots of hint of hae in might really die at the end.

The epilogue when he said he love hae in😭😭😭😭😭

Why making me cry every episode ???

Also crying on hyun woo mother crying.

The begining when she was treating hyun woo..woah hae in ah..

She even open up his shirt😅

Also on Soo cheol..thank goodness his brain works this time plus when he just send the vaccination timetable when da hye online also make me feel sad for him.

Roller coaster emotion right ..well that's queen of tears for u..in happiness there will be sadness.

I have to prepare myself for hae in funeral if I decide to stay coz it will be a definite by the ending as I mentioned writernim already put up many hint ..or she could opted for open ending..

6 more ep to go..I'm so anxious ...with the true of illness is out..what is left???

Except for pain ..

I should make my decision on whether to stay and pain myself with hae in dying at the end or free myself without reaching the ending.

I mean I'm already in pain with writernim putting their lovely moment for a bit and completely destroy the happiness with pain.

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DRAMA REVIEW | Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

There’s an argument to be made about how Perfect Marriage Revenge had a perfect execution because it was a 12 episodes long drama and didn’t waste time for unnecessary conflicts. Everything took its right time and was resolved in a cohesive way with the characters development.

Both leads were compelling and had amazing chemistry, but the secondary characters were equally interesting to watch. All the performances outstanding and you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves in their respective roles.

On a story about a woman looking for revenge against her own family, this kdrama had a perfect balance between makjang and romcom. Making it an easy and fun watch. I highly recommend it!

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Drama Gossip: Queen of Tears

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The queen of department stores and her small-town husband weather a marital crisis —until love miraculously begins to bloom again.

Source: Netflix (2024)

This Did Not Go As Plan

What I meant by that, every time I thought the show was going to go a certain way, it does not. This may sound like a complain but it cannot be further than that. Queen of Tears kept surprising me by proving me wrong and that made me like this drama even more than I initially thought I would. I haven't enjoyed a romantic k-drama in so long yet because of how different the romance aspect was in Queen of Tears, it is definitely one of the better romantic k-dramas I've watched in recent years.

I originally watched this drama because of that drunk scene. I wondered what kind of romance this show has to film a scene like that. Imagine my surprise when Queen of Tears began with a severely unhappy marriage. Although the first few episodes were nothing fantastic apart from those comedic scenes, courtesy of Baek Hyun Woo, it was different enough to keep me watching. The romance constantly broke my heart, the drama might have been unoriginal but the way it played out kept me on the edge of my seat all the time. Last but not least, needless to say, the acting was perfection. Honestly, the acting was probably one of the reasons I was captivated by this drama.

All that being said, I simply cannot end my thoughts without a brief discussion on Yoon Eun Sung. I may be in the minority here but I never hated this man. He was annoying most of the time, frustrating some of the time, but he never made me hate him. If I wasn't annoyed or frustrated, I was pitying him. This man is really collateral damage from his mother's schemes. If for once, his mother placed her wants and needs after his, Eunsung could have been in a better place mentally, even if it was for a short while. Unfortunately, he never had the chance with the way he was brought up. Comparing him to his mother, this poor man was not evil, he just...misconstrued his own intentions and act on them in some of the worst ways. I wasn't glad he was killed because he's the villain, I was glad because he finally gets to rest.

To end this off, during the earlier days of Queen of Tears's broadcast, I do believe the show deserves all that hype. Unfortunately, the storyline did fall off near the end. It became a rushed event that we've seen happened in multiple other Korean dramas. The only redeeming factor was the emotions portrayed by the cast. I've never cried so much throughout a 16-episode drama before.

Rating: ★★★★☆

P.S.: Lets be real, Grace was the actual MVP in Queen of Tears.

More production from South Korea here: The Good Bad Mother

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"Hotel King" Rewatch: Episode 3

The spell of sibling (??) bonding is, of course, immediately broken by Mo Ne assuming Jae Wan is the only one who could have known about her bird phobia and left the poor dead pigeon on her bed

It hurts me to watch him just stand there while she lashes out at him. He’s too used to it…

Woo Hyun talking about how Jae Wan and Chairman Ah were a perfectly-matched team and worked so well together makes Jae Wan that much more intimidating (he can put on such a perfect facade while simmering with vengeance and resentment underneath it all), but also more tragic (there must have been a significant part of him that spent the year they worked together aching to impress and please the father that supposedly discarded him)

I wonder if, instead of seeing himself as the Vice Chairman’s attack dog (bred for a purpose and given liberty to run off leash and hunt birds), Jae Wan sees himself more in that stray cat he leaves food out for (discarded, unwanted, and starving for affection)?

Now, if I were a big business man, I would not have important, private conversations about sabotaging coworkers in a room with literal paper for walls. But that’s just me

Man, the venom in Jae Wan’s eyes after that visiting chairman set his employee up to fail… unable to do anything or they could all lose their jobs…

I audibly gasped when Mo Ne barged into the meeting, dumped wine on Jae Wan, and ruined the entire business deal

I love how fiery their confrontation are every time

And then someone wearing a very similar suit to Jae Wan’s tries to drown her from behind. The dramaaaaa

I love the unconvincing CPR compressions lol. Obviously we can’t be breaking anyone’s ribs just for realism

Hey, Doctor man, you’re gonna monitor her for secondary drowning, right? Right??

Woo Hyun really has no fear for his job, does he?

Jae Wan: “I think it’s perfectly likely that Mo Ne accidentally drowned in one foot of water five seconds after I left her at the scene of her dad’s death.”

The gardeeen I’m crying!

Manager Baek starting to make her moves…

I absolutely love how, after the deal fails, Jae Wan immediately resorts to blackmail

Unfortunately, the man he learned blackmail from is also in fine form

And Woo Hyun, who is just as reckless and idealistic as Mo Ne, decides to air the dirty laundry in front of the entire hotel

What I admire about this drama is that it wastes no time. It doesn’t need buildup, it launches right into murder and mayhem from the start

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It is now to make time for a pusher post for my favorite Korean period drama of all time - Chuno/The Slave Hunters.

The story revolves around three main characters (though supporting characters are many, complex, and incredible) - Dae Gil, a fallen noble who has long become a feared slave hunter of escaped slaves, Hye Won, a former slave girl who has long lived under a false identity of a noble lady, and Tae Ha, a formerly very high aristocrat and right hand of now-dead Crown Prince So Hyeon who has been punished and made a military slave.

The story proper starts when Tae Ha seemingly suddenly goes on the run and the government for reasons that won’t be explained until later issues a mad bounty on him dead or alive and Dae Gil joins the chase, without knowing that Tae Ha and his long-lost love Hye Won, who he has been searching for a decade for, have crossed paths and are traveling together.

So, why Chuno? It has amazing visuals, great fights, incredible performances and an intriguing plot, not to mention the sole love triangle I’ve ever loved in a kdrama (watching it live was agony!)

But it’s not any of that. It’s the fact that it’s the sole sageuk that really focuses on class and plight of the dispossessed - not even The Rebel does it as well and with such a focus. The Rebel is wish fulfillment but this is not. One of the other plots running almost parallel is a doomed slave rebellion - no Hong Gil Dong shows up to save anyone. The most you can manage is to try to carve out some obscurity of peace and even that is almost impossible. There is a reason that Tae Ha's grand mission, the best outcome is not something like restoring So Hyeon's last remaining living son to his position or the throne or anything, it is merely saving the child's life to live in obscurity and even that is barely achieved.

Almost every character, and certainly every major one is on the margins of society - slaves, peasants, and other lower classes. And the drama tackles not only what it does to live on the bottom of the social pyramid but also with innate prejudices which even the dispossessed possess. It really does tackle class structure in a way I don't see in other sageuks, even the small number that do not focus on royals and court. What I think really makes it possible is the fact that all three mains exist in the in-between space, neither permanently this nor that and it shows the artificiality of distinctions. Dae Gil is a former noble who is now barely better than the slaves he hunts. He's free, yes, but he exists on the margins and upper class is as closed to him as the moon. Hye Won used to be Un Nyun, a slave woman who almost died for the sin of going "above her station" in love but now she is upper class lady Hye Won with a fictitious background. Tae Ha was incredibly high up (back in the past, Dae Gil's family would have probably preened at the unimaginable honor of being invited to his house or similar) but now he is a branded military slave. If people can pass between classes like this - due to luck (good or bad), loss or gain of money, politics etc, the class distinction is shown as absurd. There is nothing visible that distinguishes present day Dae Gil from a man who was born in the gutter or Hye Won from a lady noble by birth. And yet, and yet - I love how the class prejudice is shown to be embedded in its very victims. One of my favorite story beats is Tae Ha's instinctive initial recoil on discovering Hye Won is originally a slave. He's a man who was made a slave on the most unjust grounds, he has to know how meaningless this distinction is, how cruel and pointless. But yet his first reaction is horror because even as a victim of the system he has bought into it - his status is a terrible injustice, he gets that. But to get that the system itself is awful is another step. I love that this does not come easy to him.

Anyway, this is a great drama with complex characters and complex narratives. It was a mad hit back when it came out but like a lot of "older" dramas is less talked about/watched today and I am trying to remedy it :)

PS If you shipped Dae Gil x Hye Won instead of Tae Ha x Hye Won like me (and I totally get why, they were also epic), you can always then watch Robber, which is a modern drama in which Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae starred as the OTP of a desperate conman preying on lonely women and a grieving widow. You can always, like me, view it as their happy ending AU.

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"If I spill tears, it seems like that person is spilling blood."

- Ah Mo Ne, Hotel King

Jfc this line got me, because yeah, he kinda is...

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“I couldn’t lie.”

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"Same Bed, Different Dreams 2: You Are My Dest" - Kim Yuna - Ko Woo-rim

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I know I need to calm the fuck down first but one word to describe episode 6: STRESS!!

📍I love seeing Hyun-woo and Hae-in having a...sort of second honeymoon in Germany but I couldn't really enjoy every scene because I'm stressing out at how fucking OBLIVIOUS the Hong family is like bitch y'all are surrounded by snakes and they're so complacent 😭😭😭 I mean it's not really their fault that there are opportunists who'd earn their trust first then slither their way to bite them in the ass, but I just find it ironic at how protective they are at their family business and wealth but they can't see through the REAL people who has every intention to bring them down.

📍Speaking of which, I have read a fan theory somewhere that Mo Seul-hee is the mom of Eun-seong and Da-hye. Could be, OR Grace could be Da-hye's mom considering how Grace acted towards her. But why are they so keen at bringing the Hong family down?

📍Maybe it's just me but I don't think Da-hye is that bad, I have a feeling that she'll eventually come to her senses and take Hyun-woo's side and expose Eun-seong and co.

📍My overthinker/delulu self thinks that Soo-cheol and Da-hye's baby is actually Hyun-woo and Hae-in's kid. I mean, it wasn't shown how they lost their baby...yet. So Hae-in either miscarried, or she gave birth to a still born child? But what if the child is actually alive and one of those evil bitches cooked up some shit to make it seem like Hyun-woo and Hae-in's baby died, and then that baby was registered as Soo-cheol and Da-hye's kid? I know it sounds insane, but we're only on episode 6 so more crazy shit could happen in the future episodes, you'll never know. But my normal self says I've watched too many Filipino dramas growing up (and yes, that shit happens a lot in Filo-dramas).

📍Speaking of that kid, another theory is...what if that kid is actually Eun-seong and Da-hye's? Soo-cheol is a dumbass, and again, those bitches could have manipulated that baby's DNA test result or something. Again, that's just me being an overthinker, also I hate my Filo-drama mindset.

📍Aunt Beom-ja being so concerned about Hae-in and her dad but I also appreciate the fact that she respected her niece's request to not tell anyone about her illness. I also hope that she'll be able to help Hyun-woo clear his name and uncover Seul-hee and gang's dirty little secret.

📍BUT Y'ALL KNOW WHO STRESSED THE SHIT OUT OF ME THIS EPISODE? BAEK FUCKING HYUN-WOO!!! I am so freaking annoyed that he didn't tell Hae-in about the divorce when he had the chance. He was probably worried at how Hae-in would react plus the latter was going through medical treatments so he probably didn't want to put too much stress on her, but Hae-in was bound to find out either way so...yeah I do get why he chose to keep the divorce to himself but he could have just told the truth and suck it up, and perhaps they could communicate better when it comes to issues like this.

📍One thing I noticed about Hyun-woo is that he's brave in so many ways but also a coward on one thing. I mean he talks with Hae-in about nice things and all, and he is his wife's confidante, but I don't think I've ever heard him talk the way Hae-in does, meaning he never had the balls to talk to his wife about the..."unpleasant" side of their marriage. Hae-in was able to talk to him about her illness, the last will and testament that her mom pressured her to write, and Hyun-woo didn't even think about bringing up the divorce papers.

Prior to episode 5, I really thought that Hae-in was the one who shut him out but it was actually the other way around. Wifey may seem cold and nonchalant but if there's one person she'd listen to, it's him. Perhaps he doesn't want to say something that would upset Hae-in but the point is...she's his wife, she's supposed to know what he thinks, how he feels about certain things, even the not-so-pleasant side of their relationship. I really hope that in the next episode or the episode after that he'll be able to communicate better.

📍Hae-in's mom is terrible af. Imagine blaming your own daughter for the death of your son. I mean she didn't deserve to lose a child, but it's unfair to put all the blame on Hae-in (like why?). It's not like she endangered herself on purpose, and she had the audacity to be upset when Hae-in did something nice to her in-laws? Like what is wrong with this woman? Why can't see realize her own mistakes?

📍I kind of teared up when Hae-in was telling Hyun-woo about the things the latter should do when she dies. She could die, and this show might give us a bittersweet ending but when that time comes I'd be really, really hurt. Also, Hae-in confessing that the only reason she wrote her will about Hyun-woo not getting anything should they divorce was so that she'll be allowed to marry him 😭 (just shows she fought hard for him and she'll do absolutely anything to be with him). God I hate her mom! And yes the epilogue was so cute, now we know that they have always been in-love with each other. But I guess...they need a time-out 🤷.

📍Hae-in called Hyun-woo "yeobo" 🥹🥹🥹

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Ep9 Queen of tears short review

Again writenim never failed to remind us that hae in is still dying and her sickness is not getting better

The aunt really keep her mouth tied up👍 she keep having the tick tock moment after meeting the kid..I wonder if that the trigger.

Omg ..new man found out about the sickness plus hae in whereabout..I love that he does not share the same goal as his mother.👍 And willing to have hae in her position even mad about chasing the family away👍 like how do they make plan together???

on sung cheol part..man was stupid that he forget the girl..I offended as well

I can feel the girl pain rather than him🤣🤣

But he still love her nonetheless as he said she forgot to bring him as well😅

Gosh when they texting together I was feeling the awkwardness as well ..why they talk more after divorce😫😫

And hae in said to make sure that hyun woo will not feel worried after the matter settled and they could be like a real divorcee..Hurt me as well .

Even hyun woo acknowledge he's divorce.

New man love for hae in stronger than I thought but sadly hae in dying and he does not stand a chance .I wonder how he make himself as hae in legal guardian ..hmm.

Tomorrow ep preview look messed up..

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Perfect Marriage Revenge

This series is based on the webtoon with the same name. I read the webtoon before watching the series and I must say that I liked the adaptation. It didn't drag the situations, the changes they made worked and I liked the story line.

I liked this series.

Poster from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Marriage_Revenge