Korean Drama - Moorim School: Saga of the Brave

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It's been a month since I last did a Korean drama post and this time we're heading to Moorim School: Saga of the Brave. The series was written by Kim Hyun-hee and Yang Jin-ah, while being directed by Lee So-yon.

The South Korean series aired from the 11th of January 2016 concluding on the 8th of March of the same year, 2 episodes a week were aired every Monday and Tuesday in the 21:55 kst time slot. The series contains 16 episodes, with each episode having a 65 minute runtime.

Main Cast:

Lee Hyun-woo as Yoon Shi-woo

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Lee Hongbin as Wang Chi-ang

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Seo Ye-ji as Shim Soon-duk

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Jung Yoo-jin as Hwang Sun-ah

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Supporting Cast:

Alexander Lee Eusebio as Yeob Jung

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Han Geun-sub as Choi Ho

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Park Shin-woo as Ko Sang-min

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Z. Hera as Jenny Oh

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Shannon Williams as Shannon

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Han Do-woo as Dong Goo

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Shin Hyun-joon as Hwang Moo-song

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Jang Gwang as Bub Gong

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Jung Hee-tae as Kim Dae-ho

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Kan Mi-youn as Yoo-di

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Daniel Lindemann as Daniel

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Sam Okyere as Sam

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Shin Sung-woo as Chae Yoon

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Lee Moon-sik as Shim Bong-san

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Hong Ji-min as Ko Bang-duk

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Hwang In-young as Kang Baek-ji

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Lee Beom-soo as Wang Hao

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Set around the mysterious Moorim Institute which teaches it's students virtues including honesty, faith, sacrifice and communication. The teachers and students at the school come from different countries and each have their own stories.

 

 Moorim School: Saga of the Brave trailer

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Like many drama's I've watched there are songs part of the OST that I love and takes me back to moments in the drama, Moorim School is no different.

VIXX - Alive

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HaSeong - Run

Gemma Kwon

B.I.G - Hey Girl

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Hani - Fire

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VIXX - The King

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Lee Hyun-woo - One Thing

TsuKitaro

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It took me such a long time to finally finish this drama, Moorim School would have been my first Korean drama if it hadn't disappeared after the 1st episode. I may be wrong but I think I watched the first episode on Viki, but when I went to watch the 2nd episode, if I remember correctly it was stating that it was no longer available in my country. It's literally taken me 2 years to get this drama completed. I eventually came across it on Netflix so decided to get my teeth stuck into it again, I did take another little break from it when watching it just because I was getting slightly annoyed with some of the characters, but when I did restart again where I left off, I fell straight back in love with the series.

If you've followed my blog, you'll know that I'm a big fan of VIXX, so I was excited to watch a drama with member Hongbin, what I wasn't expecting was to actually really dislike and want to slap his character, which just proves that he did an amazing job as Wang Chi-ang.

It was my first time seeing Lee Hyun-woo, so I was plesantly surprised that I'm now a fan, although getting used to his dark and different hairstyle halfway through the series took me a while.

I've watched both Seo Ye-ji and Jung Yoon-jin once before in other dramas and really enjoyed watching them, it was nice seeing them play different characters to what I'd seen before, with Seo Ye-ji being more serious in her role in Hwarang and Jung Yoon-jin being more authortive in Thirty But Seventeen.

I think overall the casting was pretty good and I loved that actors with different background was used like Shannon showcasing England. A times I did feel myself getting a little bored and wondering when the series would progress but a majority of the time I was on the edge of my seat seeing how the series would play out.

If I had to be honest though for people that are wanting to watch the drama is that it's pretty predictable, I guessed the main plot for the 4 main characters and how the relationship between the 4 of them would change by the final episode, but maybe I'm just used to Korean romance drama's now that I can see how they will all end.

Even though I wasn't always happy with the plot and script, I'd happily recommend others to take the time to sit and watch it as overall I did love the cast and characters and it made me want to look into the cast a lot more on other projects they have done.

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A little update on the drama's I've watched and currently watching, I'm not wanting to just focus on Korean dramas, so I've been adding Japanese and Chinese drama to my list. I've still not completed A Korean Odyssey, all will be revealed why when I finally complete it a make a post on it. I've only just recently started to get back into my drama watching so I have completed Chinese dram Well-Intended love with is on Netlfix as well as now being in the process of watching He Is Psychometric.

Have you watched Moorim School?

Were you a fan?

Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

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Korean Drama - What's With Money?

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I'm back with another Korean drama, and this time it's What's With Money and my first time watching a drama with 2 of my VIXX boys: N and Hongbin.

What's With Money? is a South Korean web drama series written and directed by Park SeonJae, the series aired through Naver TV Cast, airing Wednesday and Thursday's. The series aired from the 11th of November 2016 until the 1st of December 2016, running for 6 episodes.

Cast:

Jung Da Bin as Na Bo Ram

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Cha Hak Yeon as Choi Geum Son

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Lee Hongbin as Jin Shi Hwan 

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Kim Chanmi as Geum Hye Ra

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Choi Su Han as Eun Kyung Tae

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The students at Chun Ha Financial High School are there to learn all about money management and how finances work in the real world. Na Bo Ram is a good student who attracts the interest of two boys: Choi Geum Son who comes from a poor background but tries to gain financial knowledge to attain success in life, and Jin Shi Hwan, the son of a wealthy family who has always had everything handed to him in life. Bo Ram also becomes the jealous target of Geum Hye Ra, the student council president who spends money like it's going out of style to fill a void in her heart. When these students discover that their school is going through a financial crisis, can they use their financial knowledge to save the school?

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Personally for me this series is pretty forgettable, I was left more confused by the end of the drama then I was when I started the first episode. I've watched dramas with only 6 episodes and they have concluded really well, but with What's With Money, it was like they were setting up for the next episode, when in fact it was the end, I didn't see any conclusion to whether they could save the school. I really enjoyed watching N and Hongbin but for me even they couldn't save this series, it's definitely not put me off checking out their other dramas but even without seeing any others I can say that this was not their best acting roles. It's not a drama I would sit and watch again, I thought the script was pretty boring and I would think the moral of the story would be that money shouldn't be taken for granted just because you have it but, there really wasn't any time for any of the characters to grow in that aspect. I wouldn't go against anyone that wanted to give this drama a try, but be aware that you may be left feeling that you have wasted 6 episodes on a drama that lacks in most things that I love about Korean dramas.

Have you watched What's With Money?

Were you left feeling let down or pumped up?

Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!

안녕

(Annyeong)

さようなら

(Sayonara)

再见

(ZaiJian)

Bye