You Who Came From the Stars

What made this drama such a winner was Song-yi’s irrepressible spirit and Min-joon’s unflagging devotion, and the fun alien-superpower stuff was mostly for a good laugh

It is once in a blue moon k-dramaland gets a story so well-written — hilarious, heart-tugging, romantic — with characters we feel for.

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Sungkyukwan Scandal (Korea Drama) - 2010

"Sungkyunkwan Scandal had charm. From its beautiful cinematography to its unexpectedly intense narrative to its absolutely lovable characters, it was just plain charming"

"This drama had it all – fantastic characters with headstrong, well spoken protagonists and second leads, and raises political issues and social issues which provides some food for thought"

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Dong Yi (Korea Drama) - 2010

"When is the last time you have actually seem such goofiness in terms of a romance between a king and common woman? The chemistry between the leads' so pleasant and charming"

Queen Seondeok (Korea Drama) - 2009

Title: Queen Seondeok (Hangul: 선덕여왕; Hanja: 善德女王)
Genre: Historical/Sageuk
Episodes: 62
Broadcast period: 25/12/2009


Recap
The story of a beautiful queen, who has to give up her love to save the people.  A biopic of Queen Seondeok, who was born a princess and later became the ruler of Silla, leaving behind many brilliant achievements. During the Three Kingdoms period of Korea... Deokman (Queen Seondeok's childhood name) was born a twin but was abandoned as a baby.

Painter of the Wind (Korea Drama) - 2008

 Title: 바람의 화원 / The Painter of the Wind
Also known as: Wind's Flower Garden / Garden of the Wind
Genre: Historical/Sageuk, Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast: 2008-Sep-24 to 2008-Dec-04


Recap

After her parents' mysterious murders, an orphan girl was adopted by an ambitious court painter Shin Han-pyeong who recognized her gift for drawing. He renames her Shin Yun-bok and raises her disguised as a boy, alongside his own son Shin Young-bok.

Hong Gil Dong (Korea Drama) - 2008

"Hong Gil Dong's a well written fusion sageuk. No problems there. The gags were funny, the plot very much full of the intrigue and politics common in sageuks, but the two elements balanced each other out nicely"

"Great script. Funny, dripping with charisma and chemistry, but almost never ever moving, poignant, or making us think"

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