Secret Garden!!! (kdrama)

So I'm so sorry to all those that follow my blog (which is not many), but I've been quite busy preparing for grad school and the holiday season is in full play! But I'm back! and boy am I back with some fantasitic news! So to any kdrama addict I have to absolutely spread this fantastic news! I just started a drama two days back and it has totally captured my heart and it is none other than Secret Garden! For those of you who have not immersed yourself in Asian dramas and find this interesting keep going for those of you who don't SORRY THERE WILL BE MORE varying posts.

Anyways, back to Secret Garden... the drama revolves around two protaganists: Gil Ra Im ( Ha Ji-Won) and Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin aka Kim Sam Soon fame). The story unfolds into many other complicated characters such as Joo Won's cousin Oska and  Yoon Seul and Director Ajjushi, but its better to talk of only the main characters to those who haven't seen the drama. The story is of two characters of two opposite socioeconomic status that meet through a series of misunderstandings.

While Joo Won is  portrayed as a cold, rude and ruthless rich business man (chaebol), Gil Ra Im is a caring, cool, spirited, and poor stunt woman who takes her career seriously. While Joo Won suffers mental ailments such as claustrophobia and insomnia and only goes to work twice a week, Gil Ra Im is hard working and faces the trials of poverty, lack of self- respect and loneliness. As they both meet they both become fascinated with the others feelings and thoughts and begin to form an undefined relationship. Love? Hate?Friendship? Only time will tell in this drama. Throughout the drama though, one finds Joo Won intiating an interest in Ra Im and in return finds a violent and ill-mannered Ra Im. One later finds out that Ra Im is acting on caution and mid- way through the drama both Gil Ra Im and Joo Won end up switching bodies for a bit through magic. Once the bodies of these two protagonists switch, hilarity ensues! Both learn about the others life and both begin to reallly understand the others persepectives. What I absolutely fell in love with in this drama was the beautiful portrayal of both characters by the director and the slow unraveling of the background stories of the characters. You also get to rewind back to major events in the drama and look at the small details that led up to the major events of the  latter episodes.

The director lays out a wonderful script, equally wonderful actors and a awesome OST to go along with it. My favorite part of this drama is the Hyun Bin and Ji Won's portrayal of the opposite character once switching bodies.They both do a wonderful job of picking up the slightest mannerisms and characteristics of the opposite gender and individual! I haven't found a single episode I haven't laughed in and I love each character to death.! Though, in the beginning Joo Won is annoying  character who wears crazy track suits; he begins to grows on you slowly . Joo Won's portrayal of a not so typical male is a unique addition to the story and Gil Ra Im's lack of femininity does the same. Everything combined from the cinematography, direction, action, actors and screenplay gives an absolutely fabulous drama to end 2010 with and start 2011 with for any drama addict!

Todays Song of the day : Baek Ji Young That Woman Secret Garden OST