Soulmate
Just finished watching this drama and I am so glad I saw this one to the end. I had been putting it off for a while because I was sick of romance dramas with no substance or wit and obnoxiously stupid love triangles. But this drama was funny and sweet and Shin Dong Wook is really hot. Haha.
From the bottom girl, clockwise: Soo Kyung, Dong Wook, Phillip, Min Ae, Ryohei, Yu Jin. (The pic got cut off!)
The drama is about two people who are meant to be together, Dong Wook and Soo Kyung. Bn the beginning, Dong Wook is a player starting a relationship with Soo Kyung’s coworker Yu Jin and Soo Kyung is engaged to her boyfriend of five years, Phillip (he’s Korean). Phillip begins to feel an attraction to Yu Jin’s cousin and/or roommate the man killer, Min Ae who is also sort of seeing Dong Wook’s Japanese model friend Ryohei. Soo Kyung and Yu Jin’s boss, Mi Jin is obsessed with Dong Wook’s best friend Jeong Hwan. Amazingly, amongst all of these connections the soul-mates Dong Wook and Soo Kyung have never met. And most of these people are unaware of the connections between them.
This funny and refreshing drama does more than just regurgitate old romance drama cliches but it suggests new ideas about love, relationships and whether or not fate and soul-mates exist. I liked it a lot and all of the performances were great. Except for Ryohei’s horrible performance, it was pretty bad, he was a model turned actor that became really popular in Korea so I assume that is why they used him for this minor role. But overall it was a great drama and I suggest watching it! Most of the cast kept their own names, similar to sitcom style. In fact, MBC advertised Soulmate as a sitcom that would show two half-hour episodes in a row everyweek.
Shin Dong Wook as Dong-wook
Lee Soo Kyung as Soo-kyung
Choi Phillip as Phillip
Sa-gang as Yu-jin
Otani Ryohei as Ryo Hei
Jang-mi In-ae as Min-ae
Jeong-hwan as Jung Hwan
Kim Mi-jin as Mi-jin
