30 Day Kdrama Challenge: Day 28 A Kdrama Not Loved By Many That You Seem to Like

Day 28: A Kdrama not loved by many That you seem to like

Yoon Eun Hye and Oh Man Seok in The Vineyard Man

The Vineyard Man is one of my favorite Yoon Eun Hye dramas (along with Coffee Prince), but I feel like it is underrated. I'm not sure if it's because it's old (from 2006) or because it's set in the country and focuses on farming so it's not set in Seoul like most Korean dramas. Either way, it's a beautiful, sad, funny, and romantic drama. I know there are others out there like me who enjoyed it, but I think there are many more drama fans who should give it a chance. The chemistry between the two leads is hot, and the country backdrop is gorgeous. Watch The Vineyard Man free and subtitled on DramaFever

Yoon Eun Hye is a Goddess

Yoon Eun Hye
source: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/korean-actors-and-actresses/images/32733918/title/yoon-eun-hye-cute-pout-photo

Name: 윤은혜 / Yoon Eun Hye (Yun Eun Hye)

Birthdate: 1984-Oct-03

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

TV Shows

I Miss You (MBC, 2012)

Lie to Me (SBS, 2011)

Personal Preference (MBC, 2010) cameo

Take Care of the Young Lady (KBS2, 2009)

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (MBC, 2007)

The Vineyard Man (KBS2, 2006)

Goong (MBC, 2006)

Rainbow Romance (MBC, 2005)

Movies

My Black Mini Dress (2011)

The Legend of Seven Cutter / Escaping from Charisma (2006)

After finishing I Miss You last week, I have seen all of the dramas that Yoon Eun Hye has been in except her small role in Rainbow Romance. Even if I didn't think the drama was the best, I still loved YEH in it. She always looks radiant, makes me laugh, and she performs every role with such an earnest conviction that I can't help but root for her. She has a unique beauty and she has a warm glow that people can't resist. She has certainly matured and grown from a cute girl into a breathtaking woman throughout her acting career. It is exciting to watch a transformation like that for an actress, or a person in general.

Yoon Eun Hye and Oh Man Suk in The Vineyard Man

Of the above listed shows, The Vineyard Man is my favorite Yoon Eun Hye drama. I am a sucker for dramas set in the country, and this one offers a great mix of comedy and romance. As for YEH's other dramas, I would expect that most people list Coffee Prince as their favorite YEH drama, if not their favorite Kdrama. Coffee Prince is a classic, and it features one of the most romantic kissing scenes that I've ever seen (when Gong Yoo's character Choi Han Gyul confesses his love to YEH as Go Eun Chan despite believing that she is a man). Goong  and Lie to Me are worth watching as well. Her appearance in Personal Preference is very brief as Lee Min Ho's old love Eun Soo for only one episode, but that is a great drama that I recommend. Take Care of the Young Lady and I Miss You, on the other hand, I would only recommend to true YEH fans or people who are fans of the other actors in those dramas since neither of them offer satisfying plots.But, I look forward to more from YEH because I will watch any drama that she is, no matter how boring or mindless it is.

Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo in Coffee Prince

Let me break it down

In order to understand where I am coming from with my reviews and lists, I think it is best to explain what attracts me to a drama.

Secret Garden

1. I LOVE (like really) Romantic Comedies. The combination of hilarious antics and Kleenex (or toilet paper if I'm being honest as to what I use to dry my stream of tears) -soaking love stories is my favorite. If I watch a drama that lacks silliness (like The Moon That Embraces the Sun) I may love it, but I will usually begin to feel depressed and irritable. So, I usually have to a romcom at the same time to balance my emotions.

Rooftop Prince

2. I enjoy the added tension when a drama includes supernatural elements such as: time travel (Rooftop Prince and Faith), humans falling in love with non-humans (My Girlfriend is a Gumiho and Arang and the Magistrate), body swapping (Secret Garden and Big), and strange memory loss (Haeundae Lovers and The Moon That Embraces the Sun). I know memory loss isn't supernatural per se, but the way it happens in Kdramas is so unrealistic that I consider to be magical.

Dream High

3. Kick-ass music is also necessary. I'm not just referring to the OSTs, (though that is important too) but what I really love are music-centered dramas in which the lead actor is a musician outside of that drama also. Dramas about the music industry intrigue me as well (Dream High and Kpop Ultimate Audition).

The Vineyard Man

4. Believing in the love of the man characters is the difference, for me, between an entertaining drama and one that makes me sob like weirdo alone in my room. My best example of steamy chemistry is Yoon Eun Hye (as Lee Ji Hyun) and Oh Man Suk (as Jang Taek Gi) in The Vineyard Man. Even if they weren't together in a romantic way throughout most of the story, the tension is so strong that I could hardly control my emotions while watching. At one point I had to stand up because I was crying so hard that I couldn't breath. Maybe I'm just weird, like I mentioned before, but feeling so strongly about the main characters indicates a successful drama to me.