SECRET GARDEN Korean drama by YA
Company...............................................YA
Year........................................................2010
Spoken language.................................Korean
English subtitles only...........................Excellent
Bonus..................................................English song lyrics
Picture quality......................................Excellent
Episodes................................................20
Discs.......................................................7
Length...................................................60 minutes
Special features...................................Yes, 61 minutes long
Interviews, Bloopers,and more. English subtitles
Edits.......................................................minor. Doesn't change the storyline.
Region 1................................................United States and Canada only
Actors....................................................Hyun Bin & Ha Ji-Won
Type.......................................................body swapping romance with a stunt woman
For who.................................................Anyone. But does have violence in it
Why did I buy it.....................................My daughter in law recommended it.
Favorite part.........................................New ending of The Little Mermaid
I want a working copy of this drama by YA. They are the best company for this drama.
OST......................................................I TUNES
Other copy I own
Company.............................................TMC
This brand is no longer sold due to quality issues
Subtitles..............................................Excellent but are PERMANATELY on screen
Picture quality................................... Excellent
Type of discs.......................................Burned discs. If scratched they can't be fixed.
Opinion on this set............................Best unedited set
Will I keep this set..............................Yes
STORYLINE
This is the story of Kim Joo Won who is wealthy and very exclusive life , he lives a life only knowing about his type of world. And Gil Ra Im, who is a poor stunt woman that lives day by day risking her life for the job she loves so much. One day Kim Joo Won mistakenly kidnapps her by mistake. He meant to get the star of the movie, not her stunt double. He is shocked to find out that he has the wrong person. They go back to the set and he meets the star and convinces her not to cause a scandal with the press for his cousin Oska. But he is drawn to Gil Ra Im and doesn't know why. He even takes her to the hospital when he realizes that she is injured. She likes to fight with him and kick him and tell him to get lost. But that is the attractive part to him, she's beautiful when angry. She on the other hand wants him to go away. There is no way a person of his social class can ever date a person like her. These two constantly run into each other but not by accident. He will make up any reason to see her again. Even to collect the fee for the hospital bill in two different visits. We all know that the. Second time really isn't because he needs the two dollars. He has claustrophobia and he doesn't sleep at night. Because of this he has panic attacks in elevators and enclosed spaces. He is even more mystified that he keeps imagining her there with him. Even dressed up as the types of women he likes. What, now he's imagining her talking now ? He joins the stunt school that she's at to see her more. What's his special skill to be there? Spending money , of course. Her boss who is secretly in love with her , enters her in a contest to have a romantic getaway with Oska. Oska is a popular singer and is making a music video at the same location as the trip. Her boss told her she wasn't allowed to go to the shoot and has to stay in Seoul. The contest solves her problem. And of course she loves Oska. She is a big fan of his. But this makes him crazy jealous. These two men make a bet and if Oska wins, then she will be his in a bike race. Unaware of what their bet is about her, she makes her own bet to be in the music video. But the sign leads her to the wrong area and he looses the race to look for her. They find each other and go to a crazy shack that sells chicken meals. They leave and she has two bottles of tonic. They both drink these and wake up in the others body. They try everything to switch back, even kissing. The story only gets funnier the longer you watch it. I loved the scene where he gets an envelope of money to leave himself while in her body. What would you do? Well, he looks at it and asks if it is a monthly offering, much to his mothers shock. Takes it and spends it in a day. These two mysteriously, switch back and forth for different periods of time. He begs her to live with him but she refuses. They even come up with signals for what to do at his work. Can these two swap back? Can they really have a relationship ? Will his mom accept this relationship? What happens hen he gets amnesia? But strangely, he still finds that they have an amazing connection and doesn't know why. With his amnesia, he is now about 21 years old. See what type of person he was then. Yes, he really does try to test the limits with her to see how far they went. Was it holding hands? Kissing? Or more? It leads to even more funny scenes. His mother still doesn't approve of her. As we all know, she's poor. There is a secret connection between these two that will suprise you at the end. Even they didn't know it. I'm sure you will love this drama.
For those that wonder about the meaning of the final scenes at the end, it is when she is 13 and he is 17 and he tries to relay her fathers message to her.
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