"Another Day"

Its a monday morning on the 24 of November a cold morning its rain outside and the breeze of the air get colder…I wake up late it was 7am already and Ive got class to attend too.but it feels like is just the same old day.like past week happen go to school mingle with friends, go to the mall just to eat past time.ah…its just the same old day.so back to were we started so i woke up and desided to go to class and make it a great…i dont know why but this some thing missing on me and i just cant figure it out by my self…I guess im just alone its seems that ive lost track for were I was starting on my life. Cant barely breathe at all its if like Ive crushed my inner self to face the world… noiw Im in school talking to my friends chetchat with stuff the bugs someone,go to class lessen to what topic of the teacher is talk while my brain floating some were…I dont know I guess im just tired.Tired of being me alone… This is Life I have to Face It one at a Time I guess…

Yamato Nadashiko - "The Wallflower"

The Wallflower a girl who was called "ugly" by a boy, the first and only person to whom she confessed her love. This incident sparks a life change, and as a result Sunako shuns all forms of beauty, both in herself as well as in life. Concerned by her change for the worst, Sunako's aunt, the owner of a beautiful mansion where four very handsome students live, offers the guys free rent in her mansion if they can turn Sunako into a "perfect lady" (referred to in Japan as the titular Yamato Nadeshiko).
While the four of them manage to make Sunako physically beautiful enough to become a lady, the problem lies with her attitude and interests (which Sunako has no intention of changing). Up until the most recent release in the story, they've managed to convince Sunako's aunt that her niece is indeed a lady befitting the mansion in which they live (and prevent the rent from skyrocketing to triple the required amount). However, in reality, Sunako has not changed considerably.

Character:

Sunako Nakahara

The female lead, Sunako is often referred to as Ghost girl or Scary girl due to her dark presence. A lover of solitude, gore movies, anatomical dolls and objects that reflect the ugly side of life as she puts it, Sunako has locked herself away in a world of solitude due to a traumatic experience with her first love. She has especially mixed feelings about Kyouhei, and as the storyline progresses, their relationship becomes more solid and intimate. She even shared a kiss with him.

Kyohei Takano

He is the most popular of the foursome. He is very loud and bossy when it comes to his needs. He is a lover of food and can devour anything in seconds. One of his favorite foods is Sunako's fried shrimp. He was forced to leave home because all of the mobbing and harassment by his fans were taking a toll on his family. He loves to fight and even becomes a gang leader in the manga. He can't hold a job either, because he seems to be prone to being sexually harassed. He has unsorted feelings for Sunako which he demonstrates by constantly provoking her rage. Recently, he stopped Sunako from getting married to a prince. He made it look like that he wanted to simply eat her Japanese style food. Also, Sunako is the only girl that he treats with special care. He always protects her when someone says bad things to her.

Takenaga Oda

He comes from a very wealthy family and is quite serious in nature. He is the brain and logic of the group often trying out logical strategies to make Sunako become a lady. He is a book worm who loves to study. This is evidenced by him having the highest grade point average out of all of the boarders. He has a love interest in Naie "Noi" Kasahara, but his shyness gets in the way when he wants to express his feelings. As the manga progresses, he becomes more social and open about himself. He prefers Japanese-style formal wear.

Yukinojo "Yuki" Toyama

A shy character, he is sweet and has a very loving nature. He comes from an humble family and has two younger twin siblings who make an appearance in the manga. Yuki is the most innocent of all the characters, often crying and becoming scared when he enters Sunako's room. Due to his extremely girlish face Yuki is often forced to dress up as a girl, creating self esteem issues for him. He has a girlfriend who is only spoken of. In the story Yuki tries to make himself strong and have more confidence so as to not be scared as easily. But he is easily defeated by Sunako's extreme taste in decorations.

Ranmaru Morii

The playboy of the group. Ranmaru comes from a wealthy family and is an only son. He is very extroverted and a lover of older women. He has a very sexy nature and extremely high self esteem. He is often going out on dates with married women, provoking trouble. However, he does have a very good heart and loves his friends. Later on in the storyline, he is set up in an arranged marriage date by his parents. Because he's unwilling to get married to anyone, he asks the guys to help him. Upon encountering the girl though, mixed feelings arise inside him making him unsure of his playboy ways.

Naie "Noi" Kasahara

She has an unbreakable love for Takenaga and is often questioning their relationship. She is very beautiful and kind. She is the first female friend that Sunako makes, even if unwillingly. She is always standing up for Sunako at school when people make fun of her. She has a very quick temper around Kyouhei and the two are often found fighting. Like the boys, Noi is not that good when it comes to housework

"Tobi"

Madara Uchiha (うちはマダラ, Uchiha Madara) also known as Tobi (トビ) in the Akatsuki, was formerly Zetsu's subordinate. Madara became a full Akatsuki member after Sasori's death and afterwards wore the same ring as Sasori having recovered it after his death and taking his place as Deidara's partner. After Deidara's death, he revealed his real name and that he had been the one giving Pain orders, making him the true leader of the Akatsuki. Only Pain, Konan, Zetsu, and Itachi Uchiha and recently Kisame (who recognized him as the Mizukage) knew his true identity. He is one of five people who can use the Mangekyo Sharingan, the other four being his younger brother Izuna Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake.
Tobi (飛) can be translated as "jump", while Madara (斑) can be translated as "spots".

To keep in Akatsuki's shadow, Madara eventually took on the disguise of Tobi and was placed within Akatsuki as Zetsu's subordinate. As Tobi, Madara wears an orange mask, with swirls focused around the right eye, that covers his entire face outside of his right eye. Before wearing the swirl mask, Madara wore a similar mask, with markings across it which resembled the hidden mist villages ANBU mask, covering his entire face but the right eye. However, the mask does not bear the symbol of the Hidden mist village.
Furthermore, Tobi has several bolts or pins present on the arms of his uniform, obscured by his Akatsuki cloak. While acting as Tobi, unlike others within Akatsuki, Tobi is carefree and goofy, but Madara uses a very formal and correct manner of speech.
While Tobi greatly respects his other members, referring to Deidara as Deidara-senpai in the Japanese version, most of the other members tend to get easily annoyed by Tobi. Deidara, who believes all within Akatsuki should be serious and calm, is not pleased with Tobi's childish personality, and frequently attacks Tobi in a comedic fashion when annoyed. Kisame, on the other hand, somewhat appreciates Tobi's ability to brighten up a gloomy organization such as theirs.
As Tobi, Madara has not been seen wearing a forehead protector, probably to seal his identity, though he already has a mask covering his forehead, so this could also be why it is not visible. Although, it stands to reason that since Madara hates Konoha, he probably refuses to wear the headband anyway, like Orochimaru and Sasuke.

"Akatsuki"

Akatsuki means dawn, daybreak, or red in Japanese. It is also, in the Naruto universe, an evil crime organization that is capturing all of the tailed beasts/sealed demons for global domination. Tsuki means moon. The organization wears black cloak with red clouds with purple/blue nail polish, and straw hats that somewhat resembles a jelly fish. Each has their own ring for the purpose of extracting the tailed beast from their host. The tailed beasts (all 9 together) will become a great jutsu lead to world domination, AKA peace in Pein's case.

Its leader is Pein, though executive command is given to select others as well, as some, like tobi (a new member) is even able to tell Pein what to do. Therefore, Pein has executive authority, as does Tobi, Zetsu at times, and maybe even Konan.

The Members:

Pein shares the name shared with six people, all of whom Jiraiya had fought before. Pein has multiple body piercings and rin'nesan, the eyes that possessed by sage of the six paths (founder of ninja world, birth giver of ninjutsu). When they are all together, they can control all jutsus. One of the Peins (the one who can summon) was killed by Jiraiya. Pein appears to be the leader of Akatsuki but is actually following Uchiha Madara's orders. He is Jiraiya's student with is most likely Nagato, Konan's brother.

Konan is the female (the only female in the Akatsuki) with blue hair, which she wears a flower in. She is skilled in the art of origami, which led to her unique style of jutsu. She can turn into paper and fold into whatever shape she wishes. She is Pein's partner and Jiraiya's student.

Zetsu has a black side (evil) and a white side (good). He somewhat resembles a Venus fly trap and spies for the Akatsuki. He eats the corpses of victims and gets in arguments with himself.

Tobi is a hyperactive goofball, and the masked ninja of the Akatsuki. Some think he is Uchiha Madara, founder of the Uchiha clan and Sharingan leader of the Akatsuki. He killed his brother for ever lasting Sharingan and fought the first hokage.

Kisame is one of the seven swordsmen of the mist, and has a shark-like appearance. He carries a large sword called Samehada Whihc, that absorbs chakra and shaves instead of cuts. He is the partner of Uchiha Itachi and he has the most amount of chakra

Itachi Uchiha wiped out his entire clan except for his little brother Sasuke. He obtained the Managekyou Sharingan, which contained the abilities Tsukiyomi and Ameratsu. He fights with Sasuke to take over his eye.

Hidan is a foul-mouthed immortal. He worships a blood thirsty god called Jashin. Because of this he cannot be killed. He was decapitated and buried alive by Nara Shikamaru after he killed Sarutobi Asuma.

Kakuzu had an excessive love of money. He fought in the first hokage and lived a very long time. He was capable of detaching his body parts and enjoyed stitching things up. He had five hearts, but was eventually killed by Hatake Kakashi and Uzumaki Naruto.

Sasori is a puppet master. He was from Suna, but due to a childhood without parents he joined the Akatsuki. He turned himself into a puppet with only his heart still human to contain chakra. He can kill a human to use their body as a puppet. He is also skilled in poison. He was killed by Chiyo and Sakura, being stabbed into the heart by two swords in hands of his mother and father puppet.

Deidara makes explosive clay by chewing it in his mouth.. His clay will expand and explode by his command "katsu". He died trying to kill Sasuke by blowing everything up within 10 miles. Sasuke survived, but Deidara died.

Orochimaru is a missing-nin from Konohagakure. After he defects from Konoha he joins Akatsuki and is paired with Sasori. Once Itachi Uchiha does the same, Orochimaru attempts to use one of his abilities to forcefully take control of Itachi's body. Itachi repels his effort and severs his hand as punishment, forcing Orochimaru to flee the organization in defeat. Upon leaving he takes his severed hand and the ring he wore on it with him. Because of this, as well as the fact that he had intimate knowledge of Akatsuki's secrets and plans, the members of Akatsuki began making every effort possible to find and eliminate him.

"Please Teach me English"

Year: 2003

Director: Kim Sung-Soo

Cast: Lee Na-Young, Jang Hyuck, Angela Kelly, Kim In-Moon, Na Moon-Hee, Kim Yong-Geon, Kim Young-Ae, Choi Joo-Bong The Skinny: Light, fluffy, and decidedly uneven, Please Teach Me English also manages to be engaging, enjoyable, and a damn fun time at the movies. This isn't earth-shattering stuff, but those who can't find some enjoyment here are probably dead inside.

Review:

It's more Korean romantic comedy! Like most of its ilk, Please Teach Me English is uneven stuff, with multitudes of wacky jokes, annoying mugging, and over-the-top characters who could only exist in the movies. However, it's also creative stuff, with charismatic stars who give funny, and not egregiously over-the-top performances, and a likable streak that makes the film's predictable transformation from fun comedy to saccharine romance a tolerable one.

Lee Na-Young (Who Are You?) is Young-Ju, an incredibly wacky public official who's elected by her office (via spin the bottle) to take English lessons. As a public office, they sometimes get English-speaking patrons, but apparently everyone who works there is without Western language ability. So naturally, she has to go to school. Her first and only choice for English lessons is a local institute, where her teacher is the gorgeous, blond Cathy (Australian actress Angela Kelly).

Moon-Su takes up the English name of Candy, and decides to stick with the class, mainly because the dreamy, if not too girl crazy Moon-Su (Jang Hyuck of Volcano High) is in her class. Young-Joo is given the English name Elvis (thanks to his King-like sideburns), and spends his classtime making embarrassing overtures towards his Caucasian teacher, and generally knocking Candy's supposedly plain looks.

This is, of course, a total fallacy. Lee Na-Young is not plain looking, though the filmmakers go the extra mile by giving her unattractive glasses and perpetually frumpy clothes and hairstyles. Elvis has his own reasons for learning English: his long-lost sister is visiting from the US soon, and he wants to be able to speak to her. Candy just wants to learn so she can impress Elvis, and also to discover new ways to act wacky using English around the office. It's a simple world in these Korean romantic comedies.

Not that simplicity is bad. It actually isn't, and Please Teach Me English proves that by taking a simple concept (girl likes boy, boy likes other girl, girl tries to win boy over by doing something required by the screenplay), and giving it enough bells and whistles to turn it into something worthwhile, if not especially deep. The characters are over-the-top, but in likable, identifiable ways. Elvis is a good kid who wants to score big with the ladies, but would easily settle for someone not-so-hot with good character. Candy is a needlessly tough girl who will admit her mistakes, even if it means eating crow and befriending her romantic rival.

Even the stock character of Cathy is given charming life by Angela Kelly, and her struggles with teaching the oddball class (everyone in it is a "type") make for engaging comedy. Nobody in the world of Please Teach Me English is perfect; they're all off-kilter and more than a little odd, but they're all good people too. No bad guys exist, or conflicts which seemingly come out of nowhere. The enemy here is inside each person, and triumph means being able to speak another language—even if it's only a little better than they did two hours ago.

Eventually, Please Teach Me English does sink into predictable "chase after the guy/girl" romantic comedy clichés, but by then the characters have grown on the viewer enough to make it all okay. The romantic steps taken by Candy and Elvis are not overdone or annoying, and are developed in a sound screenplay that manages to sidestep usual romantic comedy script errors. These characters grow together because it makes sense, and not because of manufactured situations or unearned epiphanies.

At first glance, this may not seem true, since the film is loaded with routine filler that would normally make one dismiss other similar films. But it works here. Yes, there are tons of bizarre sight gags, Korean wordplay, slapstick, and even weird animated sequences, but none of it is intrusive or attempts anything besides the obvious: making us laugh, or showing that the characters are falliable, imperfect, lovable people.

Lee Na-Young and Jang Hyuck make a charming screwball couple, even if they do mug a heck of a lot. However, in contrast to the insanely awful hijinks of 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant, the mugging is confined to the characters, and not the world at large. The characters of Please Teach Me English sometimes resemble cartoon characters, but the world they live in does not. If anything, the world seems remarkably real. Full of silly people, but real.

Not that this is award-winning stuff, because it probably isn't. It's just lightweight, pleasing stuff that should provide all the requisite enjoyment for your average audience, and possibly even your more demanding ones. Director Kim Sung-Soo, who directed Musa: The Warrior (!), doesn't overdo much, and when he finally does, it's likely that you'll be entertained enough to not care. Yes, this isn't fantastic stuff, but it's enjoyable and fun. And dammit, sometimes that's enough. (Kozo 2004)

"how do i breathe"

MarioHow Do I Breathe lyrics

How do I breathe, yeah?

How do I breathe, yeah?

[Verse:]

It feels so different being here,

I was so used to being next to you,

Life for me is not the same,

There's no one to turn to.I don't know why I let it go too far,

Starting over - it's so hard.

Seems like everywhere I try to go,

I keep thinking of you.

[Hook:]

I just had a wake up call,

Wishing that I never let you fall,

Baby you are not to blame at all.

Remember when I pushed you away.

Baby if you knew I cared,

You'd have never went nowhere (nowhere),

Girl I should've been right there.

[Chorus:]

How do I breatheWithout you here by my side?

How will I seeWhen your love brought me to the light?

Where do I goWhen your heart's where I lay my head?

When you're not with me,

How do I breathe?

How do I breathe?

[Verse:]

Girl I'm losin' my mind.

Yes I made a mistake.

I thought that you would be mine.

Guess the joke was on me.

I miss you so bad, I can't sleep.

I wish I knew where you could be.

Another dude is replacing me,

But this can't be happening.

[Hook:]

I just had a wake up call (call),

Wishing that I never let you fall (fall),

Baby you are not to blame at all.

When I was the one that pushed you away

Baby if you knew I cared (cared),

You'd have never went nowhere (nowhere),

Girl I should've been right there.

[Chorus:]

(And I wonder...)How do I breatheWithout you here by my side?

How will I seeWhen your love brought me to the light?

Where do I goWhen your heart's where I lay my head?

When you're not with me (I'm saying),

How do I breathe?How do I breathe?

[Verse:]

I can't get over you no (ooh)

Baby I don't wanna let go.

Girl you need to come home,

Back to me'

Cause girl you made it hard to breathe

When you're not with me.

[Chorus:]

(Tell me)How do I breathe

Without you here by my side?

How will I see

When your love brought me to the light?

Where do I go (where, oh, where)

When your heart's where I lay my head?

When you're not with me,

How do I breathe?

How do I breathe?

[Some speaking starts]

Without you here by my side?

How will I see (how will I see)

When your love brought me to the light (baby, baby)?

Where do I go (where do)

When your heart's where I lay my head?

When you're not with me (you're not with me),

How do I breathe (how do I breathe)?

How do I breathe?

my Little BridE

My Little Bride-Boeun is an innocent 15 year old high school girl and Sangmin is a playboy who comes back to Seoul during his last year of University to complete an internship. The unlikely pair get forced into an arranged marriage because of a promise that Boeun’s grandfather made to Sangmin’s grandfather when they were in the military together. The problem is, the two of them have known each other since childhood and they really only think of each other like brother and sister. On top of that, neither one of them is mature enough to be married.Boeun’s grandfather pretends he’s dying in order to manipulate the reluctant pair to get married. They finally do it to please the family but, they want to keep it a secret from everyone else. They move into an apartment together, but until Boeun gets into University, the parents don't want them to sleep in the same room.The mom tells them no kids till graduation, but what she means is don't do the wild thing. Excluding the sex part, Boeun is still expected to play the role of a wife by cooking and doing her husband's bidding. (It's somehow unsettling to see a little girl trying to play this role.) Things get even more complicated when Boeun falls for the local high school hunk and her husband, Sangmin, gets his internship assignment at Boeun’s high school! Even though the meddling families had only good and pure intentions for their kids, to my western eyes, this movie seems to be built on a somewhat kinky premise. First of all, arranged marriages don’t really exist in the west, let alone marriages between little girls and adult males. At 15, teens in Americas and Europe may look and act older, but Moon Geun-Yong has the looks and the mental age of someone much younger. I realize that the families in the movie wanted to cement their close family ties via the marriage of their children, but it makes me uncomfortable to see such a little girl with a grown man. (Even though they don't consummate the wedding in the movie.) The plot of this movie made me reflect on certain aspects of Korean culture. (Disclaimer: These are just my musings and purely opinion.) First of all, Koreans must be quite innocent and naive, otherwise how could a film built on this premise be accepted as a romantic comedy? If a movie like this came out in the west, people might think: Jailbait, shotgun wedding, statutory rape. They also might view the parents as manipulative conniving bad guys. Perhaps Koreans never gave this strange premise a second thought because they just have more innocent thoughts? Another thing this movie shows the generally childish humor of the Koreans. Sarcasm or subtle dark humor seems rarely understood in Korea. Koreans prefer to laugh at overtly silly situations. For example, in one scene, Sangmin taunts Boeun by walking around in his boxers shorts. (Like OhmiGod! that's so totally Gross!) The way she squeals at the sight of him in his boxers might be the same way a kid would squeal at another kid eating his boogers. Is this supposed to be funny? I just thought it was kind of perverted.Then there's this subtle underlying theme which is practically incestuous. I know Korean families are close, but why are there so many Korean movies where brothers and sisters almost get together? I've seen Korean Movies where a half-brother falls for his half-sister, a brother actually sleeps with his sister, a brother is in love with his brother's wife, and cousins want to sleep together. In this movie, although the main characters are not blood related, they might as well be brother and sister. YUCK. Don't any Koreans find this recurring theme strange? Or again, am I just missing the innocence gene?I personally thought the premise of this movie was odd, but it did very well at the Korean box office. My Little Bride also helped launch Moon Geun-Yeong into superstardom. Of all the aspiring actresses out there, I wondered how this girl in particular broke into the movie biz. One friend explained to me that she won the hearts of the audience because she was just like everyone's little sister. Yes, but would you want to see your little sister shacked up with some older ajosshi?

A story that well sure be inlove with....

Love me Not

LOVE ME NOT

Year:
2006

Director:
Lee Cheol-Ha
Cast:
Kim Joo-Hyuk, Moon Geun-Young

The Skinny:
Cynical and filled with unlikeable characters, Love Me Not is an interesting deconstruction of the melodrama, but also gets knee-deep in its clichés. It looks beautiful, but it's also hollow and laden with plot holes.

Review:
Korea gets its front-runner for the most cynical melodrama of the year with Love Me Not, a beautifully made but emotionally hollow film about a con artist who kind of grows a heart. After a star performance as one of the two sisters in A Tale of Two Sisters, talented young actress Moon Geun-Young takes on her most mature role yet as Min, a blind girl who is forced to be the head of her rich family after the death of her father. Cue Julian (drama star Kim Joo-Hyuk, who was also in the romantic comedy Singles), a recently-released con artist who makes his fortune by swindling rich women. He gets out of prison to find that one of his underlings has just died in a car accident. Not only that, Julian also owes about two-and-a-half million dollars (3 billion won, to be exact) to a mean character with an enormous mustache and the power to show up just about anywhere.

Lucky for Julian, his deceased underling just happens to be Min's long-lost brother, and when the time comes to collect the inheritance, Julian decides to pretend to be Min's brother. He first uses his lady charm to try and soften Min's hard exterior (and it's quite hard, judging by Min's existential voice-over from the beginning), and when all else fails, he saves her life from an approaching train. But Julian also has something more sinister in mind: he plans to kill Min to get sole inheritance, which isn't quite a solid plan, considering that Min's the only one who believes Julian might be who he's pretending to be. More convincing is Mr. Mustache, who wouldn't mind killing Julian in place of his debt if he doesn't pay up in a month.

For a melodrama to work and its emotions resonate, likeable characters must be crafted. But Love Me Not is a very cynical film - its characters are mean and rarely likeable, and the hopes for some kind of happy ending are crushed by the film's third-act twist. Even at the 30-minute mark, the audience still struggles to find a character to connect with, as Julian is an obvious choice for the one to hate, and Min is really just an old miser in the body of a cute 19-year-old Korean girl. This also means that unlike most con artist films, there's no fun at all in the con. Julian deserves to be hated, and he's not really all that clever despite being admired by all of Seoul's shadiest. Perhaps the filmmakers should be given credit for not glorifying the ugly world of con artists, but it still attempts to make its protagonists sympathetic characters. Even when the protagonists finally decide to play nice and be friendly to each other, it's hard to forget what happened before: that Min is a bit of an idiot for falling for the con, Julian still intended to kill a blind girl, and everyone else are still villains to different degrees.

However, writer/director Lee Cheol-Ha probably knows this, and he thankfully tones down the usual melodrama for a subdued climax. Expecting a big climax where Julian's scam is revealed, and Min breaks down to the tune of a dramatic score fueled by lots of violins? Not happening. While the first act drags slightly, Lee keeps the twists coming, and keeps the film going at a decent pace without stopping for those big emotional moments. Much of the emotions are muted all the way to the end, though it only leads to an ending that's too abstract for its own good. Don't expect Lee to be making an anti-melodrama here, though; Love Me Not is still packed with those clichés that everyone loves. It's just not as painful this time around.

Enormous praise, meanwhile, needs to go to the cinematography by Gang Chang Bae. The film is consistently gray (a most appropriate palate, I'd say, given the mood throughout), but Lee and Gang frame the shots wonderfully to show their stars at their most beautiful. The use of focus is also reminiscent of Asian television ads with the slick visuals and amazing clarity. It's a far-fetched call, but Love Me Not may be the most beautifully shot Korean film I've seen from 2006.

Sadly, the pretty visuals also emphasize the hollowness and the lack of humanity in most of the film. Love Me Not may be really pretty to look at, but there's not much beneath its surface.
What about the amazing maturity that Moon Geun-Young is supposed to show? Moon does seem to have come a long way from the "not crazy" sister role from A Tale of Two Sisters, but showing maturity doesn't mean acting like a spoiled brat. Perhaps it'ss again the fault of the script, but when even a blind orphaned girl can't garner much sympathy by the second act, toning down the mean streak would be a good option. Meanwhile, the 34-year-old Kim Joo-Hyuk fares slightly better in his performance as pseudo-villain Julian, but he's visibly a few years too old to be Moon Geun Young's older brother. Or perhaps I just found another plot hole.

As far as melodrama goes, Love Me Not should be applauded for not following a strict formula of clichés, even though it doesn't stray too far from it. On the other hand, Love Me Not is not much of a con movie because it lacks the fun and cleverness in the central con. As an unintentional comedy, Love Me Not has quite a few of those strange moments where characters pop up as if they inherited some kind of Star Trek beaming technology. Thankfully, both the stars and the visuals are pretty to look at, the cynics will love that the emotions are subdued, and I was just glad that the whole thing didn't collapse at the third act point. (Kevin Ma 2007)

Full House

This drama attempts to answer the question of whether two people — a famous actor and an ordinary woman — can learn to love each other in a marriage agreed only on paper. It also explores the meaning of the family by presenting that no matter how hard the present may seem, the world is still a good place because of those who bring hopes into our lives through their presence alone.
This drama features diverse characters: considerate, caring, frank, patient, and sticking to life’s basic values. But no matter how different the personalities, everyone finds happiness in the end.
This drama is based upon a manhwa of the same title, Full House by the Korean cartoonist Won Sooyeon.

Han Ji-Eun (Song Hye Kyo) lives in a house called Full House, built by her father. She is an aspiring novelist. One day, two of her friends, for money reasons, trick her and sell her house - when she returns from a vacation, she discovers it has been sold to Lee Young-Jae (비/Bi (Rain)), an actor who has just shot to stardom. Though they don't get along with each other, as she is messy and he has a bad temper and an affection for cleaning, they agree to live with each other and Ji-Eun works as his maid in order to buy her house back. Out of a misunderstanding and Young-Jae's ill-fated try to make the love of his life, Kang Hye-Won (Han Eun Jung) jealous, Young-Jae marries Ji-Eun. They set up a contract for the marriage to last seven months. During that time, complications ensue and Ji-Eun and Young-Jae become attracted to each other. Also, Ji-Eun starts to hold a strong bond with Young-Jae's family. However, Young-Jae's bad temper along with the romantic attentions of Yoo Min-Hyuk (Kim Sung Soo), Ji-Eun's handsome and friendly publisher, starts to create a rift between the couple. He wasn't the only one who was causing trouble it was also Kang Hye-Won who kept getting jeolous everytime Lee Young-Jae & Han Ji-Eun were getting close. Kang Hye-Won wants Young-Jae by her side 24/7 even though she loves Yoo Min-Hyuk. It made Han Ji-Eun feel bad everytime she saw Young-Jae run to Kang Hye-Won. Young-Jae and Ji-Eun get a divorce and he moves away. When he returns, he realizes that Ji-Eun hasn't married yet and knows that he has fallen in love with her - and she with him. He proposes to her, this time for the right reasons, and finally, they get married the second time and live happily ever after. Rumors claim that there might be a possible continuation of the series.

Character :
Han Ji-Eun ~ Song Hye Kyo
Ji-Eun is cheerful, optimistic and loyal to her friends. She is naive and not very smart, but she makes up for it with her spunk and good heart. Her journey with Young Jae shows how much she loves and what she is willing to do to protect the people she loves. She is an orphaned online novelist who lives in a beautiful house (called FULL HOUSE) which she inherited from her parents. Her troubles started when her closest friends tricked her by sending her on a trip to Shanghai so they could sell her house behind her back.

Lee Young-Jae ~ Bi (Rain)
Young-Jae is a top Korean actor. He does his utmost not to hurt other people and not to be hurt himself. Every movie he starred in became a blockbuster. He is stubborn when it comes to selecting which movies to star in, but he has received much acclaim for his talent. Although Young-Jae always behaves and speaks as he wants, he does that only to protect himself from being hurt and not to hurt others. People think of him as a very candid person, but that is also Young-Jae’s strategy to hide himself – or rather his failure to express himself to the fullest. As one who is unaccustomed to being frank and open, Young-jae is bad at making friends and very proud of his ideals and principles. He deeply loves his childhood friend, Hye-Won, even though she shows him no affection. One day, he stumbles upon Ji-Eun and slowly falls in love with her.

Kang Hye-Won ~ Han Eun Jung
Hye-Won is the daughter of Doctor Lee's friend. She is a fashion designer, who designs Young-Jae’s clothes. She has known Young-Jae’s family since her childhood. Hye-won has lived her entire life in abundance and has had many choices. She comes from a rich family, and is accustomed to being loved. She has never been rejected by anybody, until Min-Hyuk, and only feels content when everybody around her loves her.

Yoo Min-Hyuk ~ Kim Sung Soo
Min-Hyuk is a director of a large media company. He dreams of establishing Asia’s Walt Disney or Fox. He is tenacious and smart, and respected and recognized for his skills. He is determined to remain one for the rest of his life. He possesses sophisticated manners and is very eloquent – a Prince Charming that any girl could dream of. Min-Hyuk believes that life is too short to live it without fun. Unlike his seemingly unrestricted personality, he is very composed and prudent.This move is one of the great things that I ever see and it makes me want to watch it again and again...Fall over and over with this Love story...