Tai He is a successful designer and the owner of several chain stores selling his own design brand. A perfectionist, he feels that appearances are everything and anyone unable to take care of their own appearance cannot be trusted to take care of anything important.
Quarrels and misunderstandings are the norm between the two polar opposites, and Tai He made life a living hell for Mei Tin who could only shoulder them to keep the job she needs to pay for her living expenses in Hong Kong.
A strange turn of events brings the two together in the Philippines. An accident leaves Tai He with memory loss and Mei Tin, who has since returned to her father, turns out to be the one to shelter him. Still sore about her treatment at his hands in Hong Kong, she plays a prank on Tai He by convincing him that he is her boyfriend.
The memory-less Tai He however, stripped of the defensive shell he placed to protect himself, begins to show another side of him that is not all too different from Mei Tin. What started as a simple prank turns into real romance and Mei Tin begins to worry about how things will turn out when Tai He eventually regains his memory...
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There's one thing that bothers Mika though... Her father Masao is very conscious of his ethnic heritage and will allow Mika to marry only a Korean. When her relationship falls apart because of her father's interference, she just happens to post the above message on a mobile phone dating service.
Ryosuke, a blue-collar warehouse worker at Shinagawa Pier, replies to Mika's message.
Daiba and Shinagawa Pier are separated by Tokyo Bay. Mika is a career woman working at a major firm. Ryosuke lives a meager life doing manual labor at a warehouse. There seems to be nothing in common between the two. Still, destiny brings them together.
One day Mika happens to find her late mother Yuri's diary. Written within is the tale of Yuri's concealed relationship with a Japanese man before she married Masao. Mika finds out her mother's hidden past and her passion for the man she loved. Without knowing it, she is about to follow the same path as her mother.
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Akutsu-sensei accomplished this feat by introducing a test-based rank and privilege system on the first day. The highest scorers on the Monday morning test get their choice of seats and other perks while the two lowest scorers are burdened with all the chores for the week from blackboard and toilet cleaning to serving lunch. The system also disallows toilet breaks during class because this reflects an inability to manage one's own schedule.
Kazumi gets the first week's work assignment along with the class clown, a warmhearted boy who is not nearly as silly as he acts. The child actors in the series are all likeable pros who give realistic portrayals of the wide spectrum of an average classroom from the isolated serious students to the sophisticated girls who think they already know what life is all about. Akutsu-sensei lets them know immediately that they do not have a clue.
When the students protest her system and call it unfair, she tells them to open their eyes. In Japanese society, she lectures, those who work hard or have influence get all the privileges, and the lazy or less affluent end up with the leftovers. She says only six in 100 people can expect to be happy and the elite already have most of the advantages and access to the best medical care. She tells them that, as products of the public school system, they will have to scramble to get anything at all, and most of them will end up as "bonjin" (ordinary people), to whom those on the top will be happy to leave the soldiering and service-sector jobs.
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From his humble beginnings, the street wise Yang Guo gets passed around from one prestigious master to another but none of them will teach him any kung fu. While escaping from a tortured experience under Quan Zhen Sect's Zhao Zhi Jing, he meets Xiao Long Nu, the girl who will become his kung fu master and eventually the love of his life.
Unfortunately, even living inside Xiao Long Nu's cave can't prevent the outside world from interfering with their training and blossoming love. Li Mou Chou, Xiao Long Nu's martial sister, returns seeking their sect's greatest skill, The Jade Heart Manual. Li Mou Chou forces the couple out of the cave and into the outside world where Yang Guo learns that the person responsible for his father's death is the leader of the Beggar Clan, his aunt Huang Rong. Huang Rong, besides being a capable martial artist herself, is also pregnant with the child of the preeminent Martial Artist of this time, his uncle Guo Jing. Avenging one's father's murder is the moral imperative of the time but Guo Jing and Huang Rong were also the ones who took in Yang Guo when he was orphaned.
In addition to this complication, Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu must endure countless trials, near death experiences, the social taboo that prevents a master and her disciple from marrying, and the impending Mongol invasion of China if they are to live happily ever after.
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Many people regard accumulation of riches as the ultimate value of life. However, we have now reached a point where we need to look back and reconsider our life goals. This drama series revolves around a twenty-something woman who is suddenly thrown into the cold world together with her immature brothers, after losing her father to a sudden accident. Within a very short period, she experiences the two extreme facets of life. Coming face-to-face with poverty, something that is more scary and unfamiliar than sadness, she also has to withstand psychological downfall, which is more difficult than her loss of wealth. Fortunately, there is a man standing next to her, quietly supporting her. She overcomes her crisis thanks to this simple, warm-hearted man and his family, finally recovering her original place through her own strength and means. Through this young woman and stories about people around her, this drama series intends to ponder about the true and worthy values that we need to pursue to make our lives more meaningful.
Soo-Jin is a beautiful daughter of a rich enterprise owner, President Jang. She has been studying abroad until she returns upon on the notice of her father's sudden illness; which has been a made-up story to get her a husband while she is back home. Yet, Soo-Jin can't stand the parties that her father has organised in order to present her all the rich and famous husband candidates. Finally Soo-Jin's Mr. Duke appears before her very sight but he is far from the prototype husband that her father has in mind. This drama is a roll of intersecting love and success and what's more, love can be the most meaningful motive when it comes to young couples....
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Natsumi, who works in a cafe, loves lunchtime. In fact, nothing excites her more than walking down the street thinking where she'll eat lunch at.
One day, a man by the name of Kennichiro suddenly interrupts Natsumi as she is savoring her favorite rice omelet. He pulls the furious Natsumi out of the restaurant and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick, and since leaving home two years ago after a big fight, the only way he can return home is if he has a fiancee with him.
Kennichiro's father Kenzo and 3 younger brothers - Yuujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run a restaurant called "Kitchen Macaroni." Also working at the restaurant are Mamoru, a chef; and Minoru, a live-in apprentice cook.
As Kennichiro and Natsumi approach the restaurant, Kennichiro asks Natsumi to go in alone and check out what is happening inside. Natsumi reluctantly enters alone. As she takes a look around, she sees Koshiro talking to Tomato Shiomi, who works at the nearby grocery store called "Shiomi." Kennichiro's other brothers are working in the kitchen. Next she spots Kenzo, who according to Kennichiro is supposed to be ill. Naturally, Natsumi can't believe how irresponsible Kennichiro is for telling such lies. While she is thinking this, the omelet that she ordered arrives. She takes one bite out of it, and as she smiles, the next thing out of her mouth is, "delicious!" A short time after, Kennichiro walks into the restaurant, and his brother Yujiro grabs him and starts lecturing him for showing his face. Natsumi breaks them apart, but senses Kennichiro isn't appreciated there.
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The young son of a famous Japanese tea family returns to Japan after several years abroad only to deny inheritance of the family business to work at a famous clothing company called "Dior." After falling in love with a much older woman who works at the clothing company, he finds himself after trying out other lines of work.
18 years later, Qian Qian grew to be a mischievious young lady, stirring up trouble whenever she could. As fate would have it, she would fight with and gain the attention of the crown prince Zheng De in one of her misadventures.
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She becomes the teacher of a delinquent 3D class which make her previous students look like angels. In order to protect her job, she must again hide her true identity — the fact that she is the 4th generation of the Oedo Family, a prominent yakuza group.
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The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party.
Hyodo Yuichiro has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately though, he can't stand Yuichiro's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Yuichiro criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Yuichiro see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games.
Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him.
Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Sakaguchi can't stand seeing Halu like this...
Senna likes Ryoko who is a sophomore in college. He likes her a lot but just doesn't have the courage to ask her out. Koishikawa is Minami's best friend and is also a model. She provides much of the comedic relief in this show. Shinji is Minami's younger brother who just happens to be better than Senna at piano. He opens a bar/nite club. Rumiko plays Shinji's girlfriend. Sasaki is Senna's professor at college and is always encouraging Senna to perform at the next piano competition. Long vacation is about Senna Hidetoshi, a pianist who can't express his feelings, and Minami, a model who isn't really popular.
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At a one of Shin Hee's birthday party, Shin Hee's crush, Jung Hyun Woo notices Ja Young and he begins to court her. Time pases and Hyun Woo and Ja Young begin to date. Shin Hee is extremely jealous of Ja Young and begins to hate her. On an outing one night, the three people get into a terrible car accident while Shin Hee was driving. The suspect: Ja Young.
Sad Sonata (2005)
Korean Drama
Director: Yoo Chul Yong
Cast:
Kwon Sang Woo - Suh Joon Young
Kim Hee Sun - Park Hae In
Yeon Jung Hoon - Lee Gun Woo
Kim Yeon Joo - Cha Hwa Jung
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Playlist Currently uploading PRIVATELY as of Nov. 15, 2006
Summary: Sad Sonata is a love story about two men and one woman. The young Joon-young, who was raised by his mother who sold liquor to American soldiers, met the blind Hae-in and they became childhood sweethearts. Then, Hae-in immigrated to the U.S. following her aunt and her uncle[American soldier that married her aunt]. There she met Gun-woo, who was Joon-young's friend and son of a very rich man. The story picks up again when composer Joon-young, singer Hae-In, and music producer Gun-woo all meet again.
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In the meantime, Moo-yeol’s father, who was in the sanitation facility business, goes bankrupt. When the beachside house that holds many cherished memories of his family is in danger of being seized by creditors, Moo-yeol vows to make money. However, Seo Wu-gyung plans to buy the beach house to build a research center for Young-hun and attempts to stop Moo-yeol from paying off the creditors. Thus, Eun-jae and Moo-yeol decide to join forces. They invest every cent in their possession to begin an “online flower delivery” service. But who said making money was easy? Their prospects become increasingly gloomy but on top of that, Seo Wu-gyung begins to interfere when he finds out that Moo-yeol and Eun-jae are in it together. To make matters worse, Eun-jae and Moo-yeol’s different backgrounds and values about money cause internal conflicts between them, not to mention people around them that seem to be allies at times but enemies at others… Will Eun-jae and Moo-yeol’s quest to make a million dollars ever succeed?
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Bori is a feisty person, who, despite lacking the credentials, proves to be an excellent teacher. Although she initially wanted to be a teacher with her high school crush, she grows fond of her students and reaches out into their personal lives. Her students also come to trust her, preferring to call her in times of emergencies over their own parents. This drama has everything from dynamic, well-choreographed action sequences to interesting love triangles. Its comic relief is also grandly executed by the two leading roles, known for their exaggerated, comedic expressions.
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