ザラ Notes: 풀하우스 Full House

21 March 2008

풀하우스 Full House

Title: 풀하우스 Poolhawooseu
English Title: Full House
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Year: 2004
Episode: 16
Cast:

정지훈 Jeong Ji Hoon (비 Bi) (Rain)
송혜교 Song Hye Gyo
한은정 Han Eun Jeong
김성수 Kim Sung Soo
도한 Do Han
이영은 Lee Young Eun

SYNOPSIS

와이 WHY - 운명 Oonmyung (Destiny)
별 Byul - I Think I

Han Ji Eun writes novels that are published on the internet. She lost her parents when she was young and she lives alone on the house her father built. Ji Eun's father named the house Full House because it is a house full of love.

Ji Eun was tricked by her best friends and while she was in Shanghai on vacation, her best friends Hee Jin and Dong Wook sold her house and emptied her savings account.

When Ji Eun returns to Korea, she finds out that her house is now owned by Lee Young Jae, a famous actor involved in many scandals. In an attempt to get her house back, Ji Eun enters into a contract marriage with Young Jae.

REVIEW

풀하우스 Full House (Soundtrack) - 풀하우스 Full House (Instrumental)

I'm rather fond of Full House because it is the very first Korean drama I've watched. Although the story is quite simple, the drama was very entertaining and there is great chemistry between its two lead actors.

I'm really glad Song Hye Gyo agreed to do Full House. I like her but she used to only do melodramas before this one and I don't really watch that kind of dramas.

This drama is kind of weak in terms of the storyline. There were some conflicts raised in the drama that the characters could have avoided if they had only managed to talk to each other.

I think what made this drama quite successful in South Korea and throughout Asia (possibly the whole world?!) is the sizzling chemistry between the two lead actors: Jeong Ji Hoon and Song Hye Gyo. They are very charismatic individuals and their chemistry is amazing when they are on screen together.