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Name That Drama: Mean sisters and secret wills

 
Can you name these dramas? As always, feel free to email us your questions and requests for future Name That Drama installments.
 

  1. Faex’s question is pretty familiar-sounding… (It might even be recapped on this site!)

    I’ve been thinking of this one drama recently, and it bugs me because I can only remember the premise. And i really want to watch it again.

    At the beginning of the story, a really young girl is left alone with her unni in a supermarket(?). The father and mother are elsewhere, and unni was instructed to take care of the girl. But the unni hates/is jealous of the younger sister for some reason, and wants the girl to disappear.

    So the mean cow of a sister buys the girl a carton of milk, and leads her out the store — and sticks her into this truck with zippers. She leaves the girl in the TRUCK and just stares at her until it drives away… with the little girl crying her poor lungs out.

    That scene is so poignant I want to know what happens to the girl, but I just can’t remember what drama it was from! I think the older sister steals stuff from the store and blames it on the younger sister. And I think the girl grows older and meets the sister later on, but I forget what happens…

     

  2. Cassie’s question is from another recapped scene! Who knows which one?

    Help me please! All I remember is that the drama I’m looking for is a sageuk drama. There was this scene where the female lead is in rags and the male lead is measuring her for clothes even though there’s another woman in the same room, he just tells the woman her measurements instead of having her take them directly.

    But when he’s about to measure her chest, the heroine snatches the tape away and measures herself and whispers it into the woman’s ear, and the woman announces it to the hero anyway. (Heroine is really annoyed).

    I liked this twist on the usual k-drama get-a-new-wardrobe scene so any help finding the drama is highly appreciated.

     

  3. Sarah’s description is pretty broad, but I have an inkling it’s another recapped show…

    So I have been looking for this drama a couple of years now and I just can’t seem to find it and no one seems to recognize it. I think I watched it around 2012 and it’s probably from mid-2000s and Korean. I don’t remember any names but there was a main girl who had a father (or grandfather) who died and they were poor. But the grandfather left a will that somehow made the person who found it rich or something, and the second lead guy who is evil (in the beginning — later he regrets deceiving the girl to find the will) knows about it and tries to find it. There is also the other Mr. Nice Guy who ends up with the girl but I can’t remember anything about him. One of the guys also owns an art gallery/shop or something similar and has the usual mean assistant girl who tries to get in the way.

     

  4. I feel like I’ve seen this but I don’t have a picture in mind. Anybody know what Bee’s thinking of?

    I’m hoping everyone can help me identify an early-2000s kdrama (I think it was around early 2000s, or an oldish drama at least).

    From what I can remember, the main girl has a terminal illness, so that’s why she hesitated to accept the main guy at first. I think he was a photographer. I remember before she passed away he took a photo of her smiling, and at the end that photo was used in public everywhere (train stations, etc.), though I don’t remember if it’s for an advertisement or something similar. I think the main girl had a little brother. I don’t know if I’m remembering wrong but the theme of “smile” played a huge role in this. Thank you!

     

  5. June asks:

    There was this one drama I watched with my mom when I was younger. I was really young, so I don’t remember all the details, but I remember that there was this one girl who had a really scratchy voice and that there was a whole episode based on how her voice got that way. Also, a person was living behind a wall in a house, pretty much in a secret room. To hide from his/her grandpa, I think. Sorry, I don’t remember much other than that. Please help me find it!

     

  6. Jay has enough details that perhaps it’ll ring a bell for anyone who’s seen this:

    I turned on the TV one day and there was a Korean movie playing; I didn’t get to see the title or the cast or anything, I just started watching in the middle. It was about a girl named Seo Do-yun, whose mother ran away from her when Do-yun was a child. The mother comes back from Africa and is revealed to have a terminal illness. Meanwhile, Do-yun is getting bullied at school by a girl named Na-ra and her gang. They call her “shuttle.” Do-yun’s best friend, Ju-kyung, seems really close to Na-ra. (The actress that plays Ju-kyung seems frustratingly familiar.)

    I’d be really grateful if someone helped me find this movie!

 
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1 is Rooftop Prince I think.

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2 is Arang and the Magistrate, second episode at the end.

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i agree with you about 2. it is arang and the magistrate.

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It is definitely 'Rooftop Prince.'

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Yess rooftop prince for sure

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The first one is rooftop prince

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1. Rooftop Prince. The most memorable scene of that drama for me.

3. Who Are You (the good one with Yoon Kye-sang).

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1- Rooftop Prince? I'm pretty sure that's how Se-Na abandoned Park Ha

2- SOunds like Arang and the Magistrate to me! Since Arang (Shin Min Ah) was a ghost, only Eun-Oh (Lee Jun Ki) could see her. The other person in the room could only hear her, I think?

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I'm probably way off, but number three keeps reminding me of Who Are You.

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Not at all way off. #3 is definitely Who Are You with Go Ara and Yoon Kye Sang :)

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1. Rooftop Prince

2. Arang and the Magistrate

6. Was easy to find by googling. It was a part of the Drama Festival, called 'Surviving in Africa'.

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#2 is 'Arang and the Magistrate'

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#2 is Arang and the Magistrate

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First one is definitely Rooftop Prince as others said, second one Arang and the Magistrate.
Third one sounds like Who are you to me? I'm not sure. Reminds me of it. The first Who Are You I mean.

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I concur 100%:
1. Rooftop Prince
2. Arang & the Magistrate
3. Who Are You? (2008)

In WAY'08 an artist is murdered for his paintings as soon as they start selling for real money. He had hidden most of them to leave to his daughter, leaving only an ambiguous "will" as a clue but then a gallery owner tries to romance the will and the paintings away from her. Also, the artist returns as a ghost who can possess another man's body for 3 hours each day, but that's really neither here nor there...

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1. Mickey's Revenge

2. Arang and the LJK.

and that's all i know... wow... these are hard!

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Arang and the LJK. Hehe Love the LJK part..

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OMO mickey's rvenge. I had to scratch my head for a few seconds for it. but after I got it it was LOL

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HAHA Mickey's Revenge LOOOOL

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No. 1 is Rooftop Prince!! One of the most memorable drama for me as it was the first kdrama that I watched :D

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1. Rooftop Prince
2. Arang and the Magistrate
3. not sure...Who Are You,
the rest....not a faintest idea.

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1. Rooftop Prince
2. Arang and The Magistrate

Haha finally I can make some guesses. No.6 I think I have watched that, but not sure.

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Ohh recognized the first two and I'm pretty sure of It.

1 is Rooftop Prince and
2 is Arang and the Magistrate (Lee Jun Ki!!)

not familiar with the rest though...

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#4 for Sarah: Sounds a lot like the song seung hun drama popcorn released in 2000

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First one was indeed Rooftop Prince...ugh

Second was Arang and the Magistrate...he got her new clothes

The other two I have no idea

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1. Rooftop Prince
2. Arang

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Yay, I know
1. Rooftop Prince... Kim So Hyun was the mean older sister.
2. Arang and the Magistrate. Love this scene.
3. Who Are You with Go Ara and Yoon Kye Sang

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5. (submitted by June) maybe the 2005 drama 귀엽거나 미치거나? I don't know the English title; the literal translation is "Cute or crazy?" It has Park Kyung Lim, who is made fun of for her scratchy voice. Here's a clip if it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tKQVLbbhZA

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It could be that or unstoppable high kick. The sitcom with Jung Ill woo. It came out in 2006 or 2007. I don't know for sure about the voice, but I think there was an episode like that. And their was a character that hid in another room ( or something like that) from his father (lee soon jae). Here is a link to the show, I'm thinking of: http://asianwiki.com/High_Kick!

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Number 1 is rooftop prince.

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1 is Rooftop Prince.
I dont recognize the rest

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Whoever asked those questions, please inform us whether we got the answers right or not. I am curious too ..you know.. ;-)

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I think most of the questions get submitted a while ago so the original askers might not know the answers are up yet.

But hey, it means we get to have fun when the drama they ask about is our fave :)

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#4 made me think of Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru, but it's a Japanese film and it was the the girl's photo exhibit at the end. :)

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I also believe that is number 4. it was a little sad ending. That's when I started to like the actor Hiroshi Tamaki!

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I thought so too but I don't think it's this one cuz some things are different.
It was an amazing movie tho

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#4 rang a bell but couldn't recall the title, only that the main lead was Song Seung-hun with bad haircut (Autumn Tale, Summer Scent, Dr Jin, When a man falls in love etc)

Googled it & recognized the poster - name of the series was POPCORN (2000)

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Song Seung Hyun with a bad hair cut!! I thought the guy looks/will look good even with the weirdest hair cut. He is hot!

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#4 Sounds to me like the Japanese movie Heavenly Forest. Saw it on youtube a while back..Might still be there

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I'm happy I got one! I'm pretty sure #2 is Arang and the Magistrate!

One of my fave dramas, but I'm surprised I faintly remembered that random scene.... xD

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Everyone has already said "Rooftop Prince" for number 1 and "Arang and the Magistrate" (one of my favorites) for number 2 but I'm just glad I finally got one!

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#1. Definitely, Rooftop Prince
#2. Arang and the Magistrate

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Number 4 is Popcorn with Song Seung Hun . :)

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Definitely that!! Adored that drama lots though not a fan of Song haa

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1. is roof top prince
2. Arang and the Magistrate
3. who are you
4. autumns love story (endless love)

and the rest is a blur lol!

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No. 2 is ARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
*I just HAVE to scream :p

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#2 is definitely Arang.

At first #3's description reminded me of My Princess, but reading over it again, yeah, it sounds more like Who Are You.

But how can she not even remember Yoon Kye Sang? He's what made it SO AWESOME! Go Ara was good, but Yoon Kye Sang just stole the show!.

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To add on to what everyone has so far, #6 is an MBC drama special called Surviving in Africa, I think. :)

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That's a first, I recognise two dramas!
The first one is Rooftop Prince and number 3 is Who Are You(2008). I think the second lead guy in WAY was Lee Ji Han, he is the lead in My Secret Hotel.

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#4 is Heavenly Forest. Its a japanese movie.

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#1 is deffinitely Rooftop Prince
That was the first episode and the unni did it because she was jealous of her step sister
and #2 sounds like arang and the magistrate...the guy was taking her measurements cause she's a ghost and the girl is a shaman who can only hear but not see her
i agree it was an awesome twist on the makeover trope and a great drama to watch

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The only one I got was number 2, which everyone else also got. Hahaha! ARANG and her SA-TO! :D

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I don't know what #4 is, but it reminded me of the korean movie called ...ing starring kim rae won and im soo jung.

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Yay, I know some of these!

#1 Rooftop Trolls, ups I mean Prince
#2 Arang and the Magistrate, with wonderful Shin Mina and Lee Junki
#3 Who are You? (2008) Go Ara and funny Yoon Kye Sang
not to be mixed with that one last year with Taecyon

#4 not sure, but I'm pretty sure it's NOT Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru/Heavenly Forest like some suggested, or ...Ing
though they have one or two similarities. Don't know about Popcorn, never seen that one.

Unfortunately couldn't recognize the others :(

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yeah, I'm pretty sure #4 is not Tada Kimi wo Aishiteru, the couple's relationship wasn't one where she was 'reluctant to accept him', it was that he was dating another girl.

The photographs were also different, it was her exhibition and she'd vanished earlier after taking a photograph, but it wasn't a smile (won't give away what her photograph was of, since no spoilers)

Lovely movie though, definitely worth a watch.

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#2 - ARANG!!!!!!!!

(flawless otp, sageuk Jun-ki at his best and sageuk Mina not shabby at all despite the rags :D)

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1. Rooftop Prince
2. Arang And The Magistrate

I'm glad I helped. :D

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#4 : Popcorn (Song Seung Hun)
but, I'm not sure :(

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thanks guys! #4 is popcorn :D

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No. 1 rooftop prince
No. 2 arang & magistrate
No. 4 Popcorn

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3# Is not Who Are You (2008) but thanks for guessing guys!

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