#shin dong mi

[boyoungssi]

welcome to samdalri ↳ shin dong mi as cho jin dal

[kateknowsdramas]

They're legends in this neighborhood. The Three Terrible Sisters.

[kdramaladies]

They say you were crazy about swimming since day one. WELCOME TO SAMDALRI (2023 - 2024) dir. Cha Young Hoon

[dramalifechoseme]

[somanykdramas]

WELCOME TO SAMDAL-RI

GENRES: Drama, Romance

SUMMARY: When life gets too tough, its important to have a place you can go where people believe in you for who you always were.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Convenience store hideouts, corporate abuse, haenyeos, amusement park failures, dog mascots, weather forecasting, old flames, flashy sports cars, loss and forgiveness, crooners, drunken kisses, and dolphins.

HOT TAKE: I'm always hesitant to watch these small town slice-of-life dramas since I know they're going to be slow and drawn out, but you know what? I've never regretted sitting through one yet. There's something just very soulfully soothing about casual strolls, nosy-yet-supportive neighbors, and honest dialogue and communication, and this show is no exception.

Nevermind best kdrama kissers: I want a list of best kdrama huggers, starting with the King, Ji Chang Wook.

[liveasbutterflies]

live like you always have, So Won.

[world-smitten]

Welcome to Samdal-ri final thoughts

Photography is a niche creative industry, and like creative industries everywhere, there's going to be abuse of power. And no one does anything about it, because the abuser is good at generating income. In Welcome to Samdal-ri, Cho Sam-dal is hounded by the media based on "false" accusations of workplace bullying by her assistant - a nasty, reactionary premise. And the idea that Sam-dal, a popular, established photographer, wouldn't have the resources or the will to crush that assistant - whether she was lying or not, especially if she was lying - is delusional. But the show wants you to *feel sorry* for Sam-dal, this sweet soul set adrift in the harsh tides of vapid metropolitan Seoul, and it does so in the most tone-deaf, infantilizing way possible. Episode 1 was dumb as shit, but I stuck in until Episode 3 because Shin Hye-sun & Ji Chang-wook have lethal star power. When I picked the show up again, it was because I saw that one clip of Sam-dal and Yong-pil hugging & kissing in bed, and thought, oh! Chemistry! Maybe it gets better!

It doesn't. My opinion has pretty much stayed the same. Welcome to Samdal-ri wants to be funny, charming and heartwarming, but only manages to be embarassingly insincere. The direction can't figure out how to choreograph the big comedic setpieces it wants us to laugh at, and the script is so incoherent that it borders on amateurish. Then Shin Hye-sun and Ji Chang-wook step in, and they're funny and charming and warm. These are two well-matched performers with incredible charisma. The script writes Yong-pil and Sam-dal less like her love interest and more like her life coach, but SHS and JCW play the pair as 2 halves of the same organism. I rooted for their friendship even before their romance. Shin Hye-sun makes some stunning work of this material, and JCW was born to stare lovingly and tenderly. At some point, the story is simply too lost for them to carry it, but still, the effort was kind of amazing to watch.

I also really loved Shin Dong-mi and Yang Kyung-won as Jin-dal and Dae-yeong. If SHS and JCW are selling mediocre material, the material here is actually good and SDM & YKW play it so well. Like this show is genuinely funny whenever Dae-yeong opens his goofy mouth to opine after his ex-wife - the scene where he hallucinates her scaring off his brothers is a hilarious and perfect summary of his psyche. I expected them to remain on that level, until the story flips very effectively into Jin-dal's perspective and drops an interesting insight into their relationship. Dae-yeong loves his wife very much, but he's still a bumbling, thoughtless man from a wealthy family. A throwaway comment he makes about his in-laws' "disgusting" stew becomes a point of humiliation for Jin-dal, who takes emotional cruelty from his mother for daring to bring something polluting into her son's palette. He might be the black sheep, but he's still a child of this family. This is the bravest and most interesting thing Samdal-ri does, to implicate the lovable Dae-yeong as a very real part of Jin-dal's unhappiness as his wife. Naturally, the show, having walked right up to that point, retreats straight away, back into drunk conversations and increasingly unfunny hijinks. The very obvious conclusion to me was that Dae-yeong would give up his money and learn to live as a full, present adult, for the woman he loves. But instead, he returns back to his wealthy family (though he's lost enough of their money to be legally disowned), becomes the boss of the airline branch (though the entire show has been about how he should NOT be handling business), and his wife works for that airline (owned by the abusive family she hates). And there's a Saudi Prince thrown in there, somehow. Nothing's changed, not for Dae-yeong, not for Jin-dal. It's as if to say, yeah a man like Dae-yeong is only good for his money, and that's the only way he and a woman like Jin-dal can coexist. It's...realistic, I guess, but I don't think Samdal-ri realises how awful that ending is. Prime case of wanting to have your cake and eat it.

But also this: life is either ritzy like Seoul, like being a famous photographer or the wife of an airline CEO; or it's small and pithy like a near-empty village on an island. There's no middle ground, which is why Dae-yeong can't simply quit being a CEO and get a normal job. To depict the fall and rise of its characters, it fixes Samdal-ri and Seoul at ends of a binary, but even to that, it doesn't commit. Seoul is just this shiny place overrun by journalists. Samdal-ri is a town of working-class haenyos, but no one ever brings up money because they're too busy talking about how much Yong-pil likes Sam-dal. Sam-dal realises how much tourism has changed Jeju, but that doesn't complicate how she perceives the island or the home she's been away from for more than a decade. Yong-pil in Jeju, Sam-dal in Seoul, but neither place has any real presence, are little more than vague metaphors of an ill-defined rural/urban divide. How can their love take root without earth? Lol, yeah, maybe I am asking too much of another frothy Netflix crowd-pleaser, but it also want me to take it seriously so 🤷‍♀️ Here we are.

Anyways, to wrap this up, if you want a show about grown people going back to their parents with their tails between their legs, then just watch Once Again. It wears its heart on its sleeve, and manages to be funny and spontaneous without feeling like it's trying to squeeze sentiment out of you. And I started Summer Strike, mostly for comparison, and it's a show that at least knows what it wants to be.

[binging-asian-dramas]

Bossam: Steal the Fate. 7-8

Story: 8-9

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Haechi (kdrama); Queen: Love and War (kdrama); 100 Days My Prince (kdrama)

What could of been an outstanding drama became only a mediocre historical drama for me. It fell into the draggy trap, with the repetitive back and forth that many dramas unfortunately fall into. There was many storylines that I felt was wasted and it just fell into a sour lump by the middle let half. It was sooo good too in the first half, especially with the chemistry between both Yuri an Jung ll Woo. I felt totally cheated too by that rushed ending. 🤬 In some ways I felt if they shortened the drama by editing it down some but working on a less rushed ending, this would’ve been a hit throughout. Nonetheless I still enjoyed it, just not as much as I thought I originally had in the first half.

[passionforfiction]

Welcome to Samdal-ri

It has been a while since I felt like making a wallpaper for a drama. I just wanted to make sure that all the characters that I loved had their spotlight. This is such a sweet romantic story! I loved the main plot and all the subplots, I loved the family dynamics as well as the friendship ones. The Power Rangers were so cute to watch as kids and adults and the sisters are a power house all on their own. . . And Ha Yul stole my heart too.

It was endearing to watch. This is definitely a drama I see myself going back to later on.

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023)

She also likes lee rang | Tale of the nine tailed 1938 | #kdrama #leedongwook #kimbum #fyp #shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aLfdML9JkjY

[inafieldofdaisies]

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 | Tale of the Nine Tailed Season 2, Episode 4 | Favorite scenes

[korelist]

ANGEL’S LAST MISSION : LOVE //  KDRAMA DİZİ YORUMU

UYARI : Yazılar genel olarak spoiler içerebilir. İçermeyedebilir.

İmdb puanı: 7,7 Benim puanım: 7

Drama: Angel's Last Mission: Love (English title) / Dan, Only Love (literal title)

Hangul: 단, 하나의 사랑

Director: Lee Jung-Sub

Writer: Choi Yoon-Kyo

Date: 2019

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Cast: Shin Hye-Sun, Kim Myung-Soo, Lee Dong-Gun, Kim Bo-Mi

2019 KBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2019

Best Actress (Shin Hye-Sun)

Best New Actor (Kim Myung-Soo)

Best Couple Award (Kim Myung-Soo & Shin Hye-Sun)

K-Drama Hanryu Star Award (Kim Myung-Soo)

   Baş rollerini Mr. Queen’nin başarılı oyuncusu Shin Hye-Sun ile INFINITE müzik grubunun üyesi Kim Myung-Soo‘nun paylaştığı fantastik bir diziydi. Kötü değildi ama ortalamanın üstüne çıkamamış bir dizi olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Konusu ilginç, oyuncuları oldukça başarılıydı. Buna rağmen bir noktada tıkandığını düşünüyorum.

Biraz bahsedelim; Lee Yeon-Seo (Shin Hye-Sun), üç yıl önce geçirdiği trafik kazasında anne- babasını ve görme yetisini kaybetmiş bir baş balerindir. Ailesinin kurucusu olduğu Fantasia bale-tiyatro şirketinin varisidir. Geçirdiği kaza sonrasında şirket ile ilgili bütün her şeyi halası ve eniştesi yönetmektedir. Yeon-Seo ise bütün zamanını hizmetçilere ve yardımcılarına eziyet ederek geçirir. Hayata karşı sert ve isyankar davranışlar sergiler, kibirli ve taş kalplidir.

Kim Dan (Kim Myung-Soo) ise görevi ölen hayvanları cennete göndermek olan bir melektir. Artık yer yüzündeki görevi sona ermek üzeredir ve son bir görev verilir. Görevini tamamladığında cennete yükselecektir. Birtakım talihsizlikler sonucunda son görevi bir insanın aşkı bulmasına yardım etmek olarak belirlenir. Ve bu insan Yeon-Seo’dur. Bu görev için Dan’a bir insan bedeni verilir ve görevi başarabilmesi için 100 günü vardır. Görevini başarırsa cennete gidecek, başaramaz ise yok olacaktır.

Fantastik yönü açısından kabul edilebilir bir dizi olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Klişeler yine yok değildi burada da birçoğuna yer vermişlerdi. ��zünde çok rahatsız etmediler ama dizi bir süre sonra çok sıkıcı bir hal almaya başladı. Finale doğru izleyiciyi boğmaya başladı.

Shin Hye-Sun, Mr. Queen dizisinin yıldızı, oyunculuk anlamında şapka çıkarttığım kadın oyunculardan biri. Minyon görüntüsünün arkasında rolü gereği o buz gibi rolü hakkıyla oynamıştı. Sert, komik, üzgün, eğlenceli bütün duyguları yansıtabilen bir oyuncu kendisi. Diziye başlama nedenimde aslında Hye-Sun oldu ve beni şaşırtmadı. Ayrıca oynadığı güçlü, net kadın rolünü de ayrıca beğendim. Erkek oyuncuyu daha önce “One More Time” dizisinde izlemiştim. Şarkıcı olarak tanışmak nasip olmadı. Dizisi o kadar sinir bozucuydu ki, aklımda hiç kalmamıştı. Burada onu da oldukça beğendim.

Genel olarak çekim mekanlarını çok beğendim. OST’lerini ayrıca başarılı buldum. Görsel olarak izleyiciyi doyuran bir yönü vardı. Sonu biraz sakız gibi uzadı, garip bulduğum anlam veremediğim noktalar da vardı. Özellikle tanrı ile meleklerin mektuplaşma mantığı, rapor yazıları tuhaf olmuştu. Hele özellikle finalde tanrının cevap yazması konuya son noktayı koydu.

Sonuç olarak, çok da kafa yormayan, çerezlik bir dizi. İzlenir mi, izlenebilir.

 OST:

Jess Penner - Sweeter

Klang - Pray

Chai - Oh My Angel

Raven Melus

BAŞKA NELER VAR ?

FOTOĞRAFLAR

[kdramaladies]

SHIN DONG MI as Lady Hong and BONA as Princess Lee Yeon Joo JOSEON ATTORNEY: A MORALITY (2023)

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama October 2023 💖

6/10: the perfect deal with Yoo Seung Ho, Kim Dong Hwi. 8 episodes; thriller, crime. Trailer

7/10: strong girl nam soon with Lee Yu Mi, Ong Seung Wu, Byun Woo Seok. 16 episodes; supernatural, action, rom-com. Trailer

11/10: a good day to be a dog with Cha Eun Woo, Park Gyu Young, Lee Hyun Woo. 14 episodes; fantasy, rom-com. Trailer

13/10: my dearest part 2 with Nam Goong Min, Ahn Eun Jin, Lee Hak Joo. 10 episodes; historical, romance.

14/10: evilive with Shin Ha Kyun, Kim Young Kwang, Shin Jae Ha. 10 episodes; thriller, mystery. Trailer

20/10: doona! with Bae Suzy, Yang Se Jong, Park Se Wan, Lee Jin Wook. 9 episodes; rom-com. Trailer

23/10: high cookie with Nam Ji Hyun, Jung Da Bin, Choi Hyun Wook. 20 episodes; fantasy, mystery, thriller. Trailer

28/10: castaway diva with Park Eun Bin, Chae Jong Hyeop, Cha Hak Yeon, Kim Joo Heon. 12 episodes; music, rom-com. Trailer

30/10: the matchmakers with Ro Woon, Jo Yi Hyun. 16 episodes; historical, rom-com. Trailer

If only I had the time to watch all these shows... 😮‍💨

[softplots]

MASTERLIST — female korean names !!

hi sweeties !! there are #50 (FIFTY) female korean names under the cut, they were all taken from kdramas. hope you guys like it !! please like/reblog if you found this useful !!

Park Se-Hee

In Byuel

Go Yu-Na

Kim San-Ha

Na Joo-Hee

Han Song-Yi

Lee Mi-Yeon

Jung Jung-Won

Shin Ki-Won

Kwon Na-Ra

Ah Mi

Yoon Hee

Young-geun

Yoo-joo

Heo Soon-sim

Choi Sun-ah

Shin Ki-yoon

Mi-so

Baek Na-hee

Ma Ho-Young

Lee So-Yeon

So-Jin

Lee Hyun-ji

Ah-reum

Yoon So-rim

Eun Tae-hee

Seong Mi-do

Ahn Ja-yeong

Hong Chae-ri

Eun-seo

Oh Ha-rin

Baek Je-na

Kim Ga-yeon

Seon-hwa

Son Ae

Eun Ok

Eun-mi

Kang Hye-young

Lee Yoo-ri

Choi Dong-joo

Jung-soo

Kim Yeong-chae

Jo Hae-In

Bae Doo-rae

Jo Ki-bum

Joo Wol

Yoo Young-joo

Joo Wol

Lee Yoo-jeong

Mo Jae-in

[kdramaspace]

🔁 please consider reblogging to increase our sample size

as always, if you’d like to submit a potential POTW question, you may send in your submissions here.