Korean Drama - Sketch

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Sketch is a South Korean crime television series, written by Kang Hyun Sung and directed by Lim Tae Woo. The series aired on JTBC, airing from the 25th of May and concluding on the 14th of July 2018. The series has 16 episodes with each episode running for 60 minutes each.

Main Cast:
Jung Ji Hoon as Kang Dong Soo

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Lee Dong Gun as Kim Do Jin

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Lee Sun Bin as Yoo Shi Hyun

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Jung Jin Young as Jang Tae Joon

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Kang Shin Il as Moon Jae Hyun

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Lim Hwa Young as Oh Young Shim

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Lee Seung Joo as Yoo Si Joon

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Supporting Cast:
Yoo Da In as Min Ji Soo

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Kim Hyung Mook as Nam Sun Woo

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Park Sung Geun as Doctor Oh

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Kim Yong Hee as Jung Il Woo

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Lee Kyu Sung as An Kyung Tae

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 Park Doo Sik as Jumg Il Soo

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Joo Min Kyung as Lee Soo Young

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Son Jong Hak as Park Mi Moon

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Lee Hae Young as Baek Woo Jin

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 Originally Hwang Jung Eum was offered the lead role, but she declined. Sketch reunites Jung Ji Hoon and Lee Dong Gun who worked together 15 years ago on the drama Sang Doo! Let's Go to School.
The first script reading was held at the JTBC building in Sangam in Seoul in March 2018.

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What I mainly loved about the soundtrack for Sketch is that it followed the dramas theme and had darker sounding songs.

SunBee - 옅은 (Faded)

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Damon - Sailing

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When Detective Kang Dong Soo's fiance is killed mysteriously, he works with a female detective who can see 3 days into the future to find out who killed his fiance. She sketches what she sees, and with her sketch, the investigative team begins to set out to capture the murderer. Meanwhile, Kim Do Jin is a former Special Forces member plotting to avenge the death of his pregnant wife.

I'm not sure what I thought this drama would be like, but I can honestly say that I wouldn't have guessed anything that happened. 
This is my first Korean drama with Jung Ji Hoon but 2nd drama with him overall and I have to say that I preferred his acting in Sketch than I did in Diamond Lover, I also felt a lot more comfortable actually hearing his voice and acting style. At times I did get a little annoyed with his character as he did put his own vendetta before the safety and request of others but, Ji Hoon played his role really well.
This is my 2nd drama with Lee Sun Bin, my first actually being my first ever drama Missing 9, I remember liking Sun Bin's character in Missing 9 because she's really pretty but with Sketch I think her acting got to shine through more as her character was more bad ass compared her character in Missing 9. Her character is really headstrong and independent, while also still harbouring fear and hatred for her past, which means at times she headed in alone even when knowing how much danger she was in. I'd happily watch Sun Bin in more bad ass leading lady roles than a more selfish and beauty based role.
I think Lee Dong Gun did amazing as his character, you spend most of the drama wanting his downfall for the crimes he's committing, while trying to avenge the death of his pregnant wife, but because of how cold he is towards others especially Kang Dong Soo, you forget about his vulnerability from losing the main reason he wanted to live his life.
You definitely see the two sides of dealing with grief when it comes to being helped with positivity and negativity, Kang Dong Soo has Yoo Shi Hyun, Moon Jae Hyun and Oh Young Shim, that helps him see that there is always someone to turn to if you need a friend and ease the weight on his shoulders and heart, while Kim Do Jin's hate and need for revenge is manipulated by Jang Tae Joon and X to get to the top to the Elder and stop his/her reign of terror to keep hidden.
I think all the cast bounced off one another really well, they had good chemistry and really made you believe in what they were saying. I think the plot was amazing, it definitely took turns that I wasn't expecting, I don't think I've ever watched a drama that has had scenes that literally made my jaw drop like Sketch did. I definitely would love a second season to see how the characters grow after the events of season 1, I think Sketch would survive a second season, I think some dramas don't have a potential to keep the story going past the first season but I do think Sketch is one of those dramas that could have a few seasons, as it seems that there is plenty of stories that could come from the concept of the show. I just hope that if a new season was brought out that Lee Sun Bin and Jung Ji Hoon would reprise their roles as the leads.

I would definitely love to watch more crime dramas like Sketch and I do have a couple on both Netflix and Viki in my list to watch, so I can't wait to get stuck into them and see how they compare.

Have you watched Sketch?
Were you a fan of the casting and plot line?
Were you a fan of Sketch?
Let me know in the comments below.

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Korean Drama - Missing 9

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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.

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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

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