Tuesday, January 8, 2013

K-drama: The Greatest Love

Right after Cityhall, I started on "The Greatest Love" series, primarily due to Cha Seung Won.

Personally, watching Cityhall and The Greatest Love back to back, I still prefer Cityhall though The greatest Love is more lighthearted but somehow the lead actress Gong Hyo Jin isnt very appealing to me, so it somewhat muted the likeability of the show for me.

Storyline



In The Greatest Love, Cha Seung Won starred as Dokko Jin, a top korean movie star at the peak of his career but has a egoistic personality. His life started to change upon a chanced encounter with Ae Jung (starring Hyo Jin), a non-likable artist who used to be from the most popular girl band The National Treasure Girls 10 years ago. However, after the band disbanded, Ae Jung bore most of the blame and was disliked for the last 10 years despite her caring and sincere personality.
Although Dokko jin was eager to rid any encounter with Ae Jung initially, yet through a series of accidents and incidents, Dokko's heart started to react strongly to Ae Jung esp through one of her hit songs.

As he got to know her, Dokko jin slowly started to fall for her and got jealous of Pil Joo, a Traditional oriental medicine who happened to be on a "Couple Making" program with Ae Jung.

Truth is, Pil Joo had liked Ae Jung from the start and he too fell for her good nature in real life and wanted to protect her from all the sadness and (internet fan) viciousness that accompanies the entertainment industry.

Ae Jung had a secret to keep for the reason of the disband but was unwilling to spill the beans. So for the past decade she suffered alot of hate but she continued to look forward to fight for airtime to survive in this industry. After her encounter with Dokko, her luck seemed to get better but with occasional sabotage from her ex bandmate and ex manager, Ae Jung couldnt seem to shed the series of bad luck and misunderstanding that plague most of her career.


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