Secret Garden ~시크럿가든~

Time for Kapucchu’s TV Guide again!

SECRET GARDEN ~시크럿가든~

Thanks to Ahjumma’s recommendation, I didn’t even know Hyun Bin (see below) starred in another typical-cliche-kdrama-plot-which-I-totally-love (–> sucker -points to self-).

Typical means:

• Main actor is (ultra) rich and (ultra) handsome
• Main actress is (super) poor but very pretty
• Wherein ‘rich’ means owning a departmental store or hotel – seriously, surely a guy who owns a NASA rocket would be hundreds of times richer than one who owns a mere hotel?!
• Rich guy falls for poor girl, first
• Then poor girl ends up liking rich guy but feels very sad because they know there is a big status difference between them
• Rich guy’s mother is an evil witch who stops the guy from marrying poor girl
• Poor girl usually has another poor (as in pitiful) guy liking her but is always one-sided

Familiar?

Heh. BUT I LIKE!!!

Because these typical shows feed the mad hunger pangs in girls like us for a pauper-to-princess fantasy. Guys like these don’t ever exist ok. In these shows they will protect the girl with all their lives, give up their fortune for them…. oh so touching.. but I seriously think the last of these guys got extinct together with the Wolly Mammoth.

Apart from the cliche-ness, it’s actually not too bad a show you know.

Synopsis:

Kim Joo-Won (Hyun-Bin) is from a wealthy family, smart and good looking. He runs the luxurious Roel Department store, which his family owns. Oska (Yoon Sang-Hyun) is a popular singer around Asia, but he doesn’t have musical talent. He is also a womanizer. Joo-Wan and Oska are also cousins and highly competitive towards each other.

On a request by Oska, Joo-Won goes to pick up actress Park Chae-Rin from a shooting set. Joo-Wan mistakes stunt woman Kil Ra-Lim (Ha Ji-Won) for Park Chae-Rim and takes stunt woman Ra-Lim to a hotel. Oska made the request in an attempt to prevent Park Chae-Rin from revealing their relationship to the press. At the hotel, Joo-Wan discovers that the woman he picked is not actress Park Chae-Rim but a stunt woman. During this time, Joo-Wan starts to experiece strong feelings for the fiesty stunt woman, even though she isn’t his type. Joo-Wan seeks out beautiful woman who comes from wealthy backgrounds so eventually she can support him. Nevertheless, Joo-Wan can’t stop thinking about Ra-Lim.

Later, Joo-Wan sneaks into an action school to watch Ra-Lim. Meanwhile, Ra-Lim tries her best to ignore Joo-Wan, because she knows Joo-Wan is on another social level from her. Nevertheless, Ra-Lim can’t help to feelings for Joo-Wan.

Yeun-Sul (Kim Sa-Rang) and Oska are ex-lovers, but they can’t forget each other. Then one day, Yeun-Sul meets Joo-Wan on a blind date. Even though Jo-Wan is clear that he doesn’t have interest in her, Yeun-Sul pursues Joo-Wan. Yeun-Sul knows Joo-Wan is Oska’s cousins and wants to use Joo-Wan to get under Oska’s skin. Yeun-Sul then manages to become the director for Oska’s next music video. The video shoot takes place on Jeju Island.

Meanwhile, stunt woman Ra-Lim is a fan of Oska’s music and wins a contest to go to Jeju Island with Oska himself. Ra-Lim also wants to take part in Oska’s music video. Joo-Won learns that Ra-Lim won the contest to spend time a romantic trip with Oska and decides to follow them to Jeju Island.

On Jeju Island, the main participants all gather. While riding bicycles in the mountains, Ra-Lim somehow gets separated from Joo-Wan and Oska. Joo-Wan frantic over Ra-Lim’s disappearance goes back to look for her. Joo-Wan is able to eventually find Ra-Lim and they then come across a mysterious restaurant in the woods named “Secret Garden”. Even more strange, the owner of “Secret Garden” seems to know Joo-Wan and Ra-Lim. The owner gives bottles of alcohol to Joo-Wan and Ra-Lim. That night, Joo-Wan and Ra-Lim drink the bottles of alcohol separately. The next morning, Joo-Wan and Ra-Lim discover that their souls have been exchanged!

Source: http://asianmediawiki.com/Secret_Garden_(SBS-2010-Korean_Drama)

Ok, body switch, so we see Freaky Friday once again. BUT there’s a slight churros twist to the body-changing part so keep watching.

Since the main actress’ character is a stunt woman, you get to see some tomb-raider actions in the show as well if you’re a fan of that genre. And she’s really pretty! Not the typical went-under-the-knife Korean doll with ultra fair skin and a weak constitution:

WAIT – The number #1 reason why I watch Secret Garden is because of Hyun Bin (玄彬)!!

He’s really damn handsome can?!?! This is what I mean by ‘GREEK GOD’!

I wonder how can anyone even stand talking to him with their eyes opened.

Hyun Bin – my favourite K-drama actor ever since I watched ‘My Name is Kim Sam Soon’ /fangirl~~

He looks kinda different from when he was acting in ‘My Name is Kim Sam Soon’ (above) huh? Not just skinnier but the face shape just doesn’t seem the same. He was already skinny when he acted in KSS, so how much skinnier can he get? Did he get plastic surgery? Hmm….

Yes… I predict I’m going to re-watch Secret Garden for at least 3 times just like how I did with ‘My Name is Kim Sam Soon’. It’s is that awesome. PLUS, Hyun Bin lent his golden voice for one of the tracks of Secret Garden:

I never knew he could sing so well!!!! This song is just so, so sad.

The show is ending soon, with the last two episodes for this weekend. Gonna be mopping in one corner of my room dealing with the last-episode syndrome again (T^T)..

 

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