Korean Drama - D-Day

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D-Day is a South Korean disaster medical drama, written by Hwang Eun-kyung and directed by Jang Yong-woo.

The series ran for 20 episodes, airing every Friday and Saturday on JTBC, from the 18th of September and concluding on the 21st of November 2015.

Main Cast:

Kim Young Kwan as Lee Hae Seong

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Jung So Min as Jung Ddol Mi

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Ha Seok Jin as Han Woo Jin

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Supporting Cast:

Kim Ki Moo as Cha Ki Woong

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Kim Jung Hwa as Eun So Yool

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Kim Sang Ho as Choi Il Sub

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Kim Hye Eun as Kang Joo Ran

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Song Ji Ho as Lee Woo Sung

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Yoon Joo Hee as Park Ji Na

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Lee Geung Young as Park Gun

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Cha In Pyo as Koo Ja Hyuk

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Lee Sungyeol as Ahn Dae Gil

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Ko Kyu Pil as Yoo Myung Hyun

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It will come as no surprise that there are songs that I really like in this drama and I'll share them with you below.

Wendy - 아나요 (Let You Know)

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Jung Dong Ha - 그 날까지 (The Day)

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Kangin - 추억인 듯 상처인 듯 (Memories)

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Lee Hae seong is a surgeon who is transferred from one of the best hospitals in Seoul to a rundown hospital with no ER. After disobeying his previous hospital director, Park Geun, he then meets Jung Ddol Mi, an orthopaedic resident from Busan, who came to Seoul to transfer a patient. Ddol Mi tries to meet Professor Han Woo Jin, a cold robotics surgeon who works in Hae Seong's old hospital who saved her life when she was younger before going back to Busan. However, she is stuck in Seoul after trying to save a patient. Meanwhile, a sinkhole appears in Seoul followed by a big eathquake that blocks all access to the city, causing phones, electricity, and water not to function. Hae Seong teams up with Ddol Mi to treat people, but soon medicine starts to run out.

This was my first time watching a drama that is disaster based, it's my second medical drama as my first was JTBC's Life starring Lee Dong-wook and Cho Seung-woo, but both 2 very different drams. I loved this drama, and while there was a little romance, it mainly focused on the disaster and medical side of the drama. The main reason I decided to watch this drama was because of Jung So Min, I thought it would be nice to check out a drama of hers that didn't mainly focus on romance, I won't deny though that I was rooting for the 2 main leads to end up together, and I loved that even to the very end the romance was kept minimal and it stayed true to being a medical drama.

I loved the plot and the growth of each character, there were moments when I was sat on the edge of my seat and holding my breath, there were moments where I couldn't help laughing and smiling and moments where my sobs were uncontrollable.

D-day was my introduction to Kim Young Kwan and I thought he was perfect as Lee Hae Seong, his hospital sees him as being rebellious but in his heart his main priority as a Dr and a surgeon is to save lives, which is why he often clashes not only with his hospital director but also other Dr's and surgeon's who think the hospital's duties is to those who pay for their care. I love that throughout the drama his morals never change, even when it comes to trying to save the life of the main person who is against him. I adore his relationship with Ddol Mi, I love that he helps encourage her and gives her the confidence she never thought she had when placed under pressure.

I loved Jung So Min as Jung Ddol Mi, she comes across as being extremely confident but when placed under pressure her armour cracks. I love that her main fighting force at the start of the drama is that she wants to prove to Hae Seong that she is capable and can do her job with ease. I love how they both come to admire one another, and you see feelings begin to grew, by the end of the drama they share the same mindset in how they care for their patients.

D-day was also my introduction to Ha Seok Jin, and I thought he did an amazing job as Han Woo Jin, for me his character was your typical male character that lets power go to his head, believing he's better than others and looks down on others that don't share his opinions and thoughts. We come to find that he's hiding 2 big secrets that can end his successful career, and will stop at nothing to make sure his secrets are kept, no matter who he hurts or destroys in the process. For me coming face to face with Ddol Mi again, and often being asked why and what made him change from the person who saved her life, makes him question who he has become and how he got there. I started this drama really despising his character, but ended it rooting for him.

Yoon Joo Hee portrays Park Ji Na and many believe that she's been round Lee Hae Seong too much as sometimes even though she is trying to do her best for a patient, she goes past her limits as a nurse and does procedures she's not really qualified to do, making others look at her as reckless. I also got the feeling that at the start of the drama she had feelings towards Hae Seong, which for me at times when she watched Hae Seong and Ddol Mi together she seemed a little jealous, but the more I got into the drama the more I thought She got closer to Hae Seong and stayed by his side was because the man she loved walked away from him.

This was my 2nd drama with Lee Sungyeol and his portrayal of Ahn Dae Gil, was amazing, his character is very born with a silver spoon, he's very arrogant but also very smart, his downfall is putting what he's learnt into action. I love that he begins to lose his arrogance when Eun So Yool comes on the scene not wanting to be seen in a bad light. She helps him see the error of his judgements in some of those around him and also seems to make him admit to his guilt and comes to the need of an old friend he screwed over for himself to succeed.

I've now seen a few dramas with Kim Sang Ho, and for me Choi Il Sub is very different from what I've seen him portray before. He has a strong passion for his job and makes it number one in his life, something his wife doesn't like to see as his job can cost him his life. I love this his colleagues are his family and when a job comes their way that is dangerous, he makes sure he's the one that is risking his life, even if the outcome does mean heartache for them and one of the main characters.

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Lee Geung Young as Park Gun is your typical money hungry villain, he will stop at nothing to make sure he remains in power at his hospital even if that means making sure his brother-in-law never wakes up. One thing I will give to this drama is that even though he's the typical villain, you are never made to feel sorry for him, his ending isn't a villain's typical ending, at the most he gets back what he once lost, but he still very much wants to take down his number one enemy.

For me the whole cast of this drama, made it a drama worth watching, watching how they all grew as individuals, how you can always turn to those that will always care for you and hold out a hand for you if you need help or guidance. It's a drama full of action and suspense, while some moments are obvious and expected, I never lost the anticipation and excitement to keep watching. I'd love it if we got a short but sweet 2nd season to see how things really changed and maybe have the 2nd season focus more on the romance aspect.

If you love dramas that are suspense based then I really recommend D-day.

Have you watched D-day?

Were you a fan?

What did you think to the casting, script and plot?

Would you recommend it to others to watch?

Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

안녕

(Annyeong)

さようなら

(Sayonara)

再见

(ZaiJian)

Bye

Korean Drama - Missing 9

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Annyeong

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I'm slowly starting to get into Korean Drama's and share with you my first official K-Drama.

Missing 9 is a South Korean TV series that was created by Han Jung-Hoon, written by Son Hwang-Won and directed by Choi Byung-Gil.
The show aired from January the 18th this year (2017) till the 9th of March, with the episodes airing every Wednesday and Thursday for a total of 16 episodes.
The series stars:

Baek Jin-Hee as the lead female Ra Bong-Hee.

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Jung Kyung-Ho as the lead male Seo Joon-Oh.

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With the next 7 actors as the supporting cast.

Choi Tae-Joon as Choi Tae-Ho

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Park Chanyeol as Lee Yeol

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Lee Sun-Bin as Ha Ji-Ah

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Ryu Won as Yoon So-Hee.

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Oh Jung-Se as Jung Ki-Joon.

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Kim Sang-Ho as Hwang Jae-Guk.

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Finally Tae Hang-Ho as Tae Ho-Hang.

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Early working titles for the series were Gaia and Picnic before they settled on Missing 9 which I think is a more suitable and better fitting for the show. Kim Ban-Di wrote the first script which was then revised by Han Jung-Hoon, several actors and actresses were offered the lead roles before they were given to Jung Kyung-Ho and Baek Jin-Hee including Kang Ha-Neul who was offered the male lead and Kwon Yuri, Lee Hye-Ri and Jung Jung Yu-Mi which were all offered the female lead, all declined due to schedule conflicts.

Filming took place in September 2016 when the show had not yet confirmed with the first table script reading taking place on October 14th.

Missing 9 Trailer

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A plane that carried 47 passengers unexpectedly crashes and causes wide spread panic in South Korea due to the plane also carrying 9 influential figures in the entertainment industry. They are personnel of the company, Legend Entertainment, celebrities Seo Joon-oh, Choi Tae-ho, lee Yeol, Ha Ji-ah, Yoon So-hee, President Hwang Jae-guk, Secretary Tae ho-hang, Manager Jung Ki-joon and Stylist Ra Bong-hee. After 4 months, Bong-hee found herself unconscious by the sea in China, where she was successfully rescued and is the first survivor of the plane crash found. She was subsequently transported back to South Korea, where she had to provide limited aid to the Investigation Commission of the plane crash incident due to her short-term memory loss. During the period of time when Bong-hee tries to regain her memory, almost all of the 9 people return back to South Korea successfully, turning out to have survived the plane crash as well. However Bong-hee and the rest have to now fight against one of the survivors who is responsible for the murders that occurred back on the island the survivors were living on and also the head of the Investigation Commission, Jo Hee-kyung, who is only concerned about public sentiment instead of the truth.

The series had 3 ending songs used throughout it's 16 episodes, 2 of which came from SM Entertainment artists.

The first ending song is titled When My Loneliness Calls You and is performed by Punch, the song was also used for the shows final episode as well as released as part of SM Station.

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The second ending song is title 안녕 못해 (I'm Not Okay) (Can't Say Goodbye (I'm Not Okay)) and is performed by Chanyeol's fellow EXO member Chen.

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The third and final ending song is titled Kiss or Kill and is performed by Brown Eyed Girls member Gain.

By Haneulea

I've made it no secret that Chanyeol is my bias in EXO and when I saw that he was in this drama, I gave the trailer a once over to see how it looked. From the trailer it's my kind of show, I really like thriller and who done it types of shows. Originally I forgot that it had started airing until I saw an article about EXO members characters and how the same thing seem to happen to their characters, I'm not going to state what this was in case you want to check out the show and I don't want to drop any spoilers. 12 episodes had already aired by the time I started watching and I can honestly I was hooked from the first episode and it only took around 7 minutes into the first episode to have me in tears. I can honestly say that one thing I was not expecting from this series was comedy that is randomly placed throughout the episodes, I saw many comments saying they didn't understand why there was comedy in this style of show but personally for me I liked how the comedy balanced out the sad and dark parts, pretty much keeping you on your toes. A lot of viewers also complained and were confused by the shows ending but again I really liked how they ended it, to me it shows no matter how brutal the crime is a person with the right help and punishment can have rehabilitation. The show was predictable at times and I pretty much guessed straight away who the villain of the show was going to be. I can't fault any of the characters and how the actors portrayed them especially Choi Tae-joon and his character Choi Tae-ho, for people that have seen the series will wonder why I place him as my favourite but he played the role so well that I'm eager to see him in other drama's he's been in. I saw many complaints on the fact that one of the characters that die, is never found, with people complaining there is no closure, with many thinking because they weren't found dead that they were alive, most comments I saw where is ***********. I think viewers forget that no matter the accident whether it be a plane crash or a ferry, not all victims can be found and accounted for, for example the missing Malaysia Airlines tragedy as well as the Sewol Ferry tragedy, while there are fans complaining they were done over by not being told what happened to that character, there are families from both of these tragedies that cannot tell loved ones that they love them or in fact know what happened to them, to me how they left it with that character represents victims from those tragedies especially the Sewol Ferry tragedy. Like many viewers I was hoping that Ra Bong-hee and Seo Joon-ah would end up together and even though it never fully confirms that they are a couple by showing them kiss to me it hints that they ended up together. I loved the soundtrack and my favourite song has to be Gain's Kiss or Kill, overall even though at times the show is far fetched and unbelievable I think it's a great series to be an introduction to K-Drama, I've never felt so many emotions in one episode and never once thought that from the trailer I would be in tears one minute and laughing the next. Missing 9 is a series that I will go back and watch again even though I know what happens, which to me shows that it's a really good show, I do feel bad for the actors involved though as commercially it basically flopped, there are other drama's I am wanting to watch including Goblin: The LONELY and GREAT GOD, Who Are You, Hwarang, Descendants of the Sun and Scarlet Heart: Ryeo but at the moment on the site I am subscribed to (Drama Fever) they are not yet available for me to watch in the UK.

Did you watch Missing 9?

Were you a fan?

Who was your favourite character?

Can you recommend any Korean Dramas?

Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

Annyeong

Sayonara

Zai Jian

Bye