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Name That Drama: Hungry ghosts and a lack of safety equipment

 
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  1. I feel like I should know this one…

    Please help me figure out what drama/movie this is. I’ve been looking for days…

    I saw it here a few years ago, but all I remember is a lady in a restaurant receiving a gift card, and it was a red string… she followed this red string all the way outside (it was nighttime, either raining or snowing, most likely snow), and she followed the red string until she ended up in front of the guy.

     

  2. Has there ever been a rich lead with a nice mom?

    This is pretty fuzzy, and the beginning may sound like a lot of Korean dramas, but I will explain. So a rich guy falls in love with a poor girl. The rich guy has a mean mother of course, and the son is supposed to be the head of the company. I believe his dad is deceased, but I can’t remember.

    Anyway, so the mom doesn’t want the son to date the poor girl, but he does anyway. This leads the mother to kick the son out of his house, cancel all his credit cards, and fire him from his job at the family company. He then goes and lives with the poor girlfriend, or she supports him somehow. He spends his last dollars from his wallet on a gift for her, and I believe lunch. (It was like $10 so maybe she ended up paying.) She then teaches him how to be responsible. And then the last thing I remember is her saying that he needs to get his position back. So he goes back to the company. I cant remember who the actors are or anything else about this drama and it’s driving me CRAZZYY! Do you know what drama I am talking about?

     

  3. Name that drama that hasn’t aired

    My question is for a drama that hasn’t aired yet. I remember reading somewhere on this site about an upcoming drama set at an international high school. I’ve scoured the archives and tried different searches, but can no longer find it.

    I have some teenage white friends in Korea who were cast as extras in this drama. They were filmed this week for the pilot. They think it is a weekend drama currently titled Get Up (subject to change or have a different translated name) and it’s supposed to air next month.

    Please help! I don’t want to miss them in their kdrama debut!

     

  4. I’m hungry just thinking about it

    Hi beanies!

    Since I have been recently watching Bring It On, Ghost, I remembered watching a drama before that has ghosts in it. I can’t seem to remember the entire plot. I’m sure it is a sageuk. In that drama, the ghosts which do not have memorials given to them are always hungry, and that’s why they always fight over the leftover food from the memorials of others. I remember the lead(?) is always struggling to get food because all other ghosts are meanies. Thanks for the help.

     

  5. Name That Parody

    I recently watched a parody of some drama and I remember that I watched the drama they parodied (I think). It’s just that I don’t remember what the name of the drama was. Or who was in it. I just remember this one scene (this was what was parodied). A guy and a girl are driving off on a motorcycle. The guy only has one helmet. He gives it to the girl. Then they crash into another vehicle. It’s been driving me nuts, trying to figure it out.

     

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Number 4 is Arang and the magistrate.

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Oh, and number 1 sounds like a gentleman's dignity, I think, I haven't seen it in ages so I can't remember the specifics.

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Not gentleman dignity? I thought her skirt string got hooked to his bag or something then he pulled till half her skirt is gone or something.

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Yeah, it sounds like one of the scenes very early in Arang - sageuk and ghosts fighting over memorial food.

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+1

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Number 1 sounds like a Gentlemans's Dignity but it was a book and no rain.

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There was red string. It was from her sweater dress that got caught on his bag and unravelled. I don't remember her following it but he dis cut it up and used the pieces to create a dream house picture for her and him. I remember that because I thought it was really sweet.

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I now remember their first meeting when her dress gets caught on his bag and in at the end of a the drama he uses the red yarn to build a picture of their dream home but now I don't think #1 refers to a Gentleman's Dignity lol

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I think no. 4 is Arang and the Magistrate starring the ever beautiful Shin Min Ah and the one and only Lee Jun Ki

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nr. 1 is "the bride of the century" I think.

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just checked it and no, it's not. my mistake, sorry.

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Yes, on the Arang and the Magistrate - very enjoyable watch.

I think I know #2 (bootleg DVD videos) and #5 (saw it on YT) but I cannot remember. =(

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4 should be I hear your voice

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There's no ghost in I Hear Your Voice.

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#1 might be My Tutor Friend 2. It's not a gift card (I think it's attached to chopsticks instead), but all the rest fits. Girl, restaurant, string, night, snow, boy...

But based on all the other comments, maybe not. I had no idea the red sting thing was so common.

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yeah.. i thought #1 might be My Tutor Friend 2. When the girl already back to japan and it was a snowy night..

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I agree. Everything else except the gift card bit fits into the description.

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I think #1 sounds like Bride of the Century
#3 Moorim School
#4 Arang and the Magistrate

I don't always recognize any so Whoo hoo!

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I also thought Moorim, but it's an upcoming drama, not an already aired one?

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#2 I think it's Pure in Heart/ Pure 19.
The story is so common that I might be wrong. It stars Go Hye Sun (first drama)

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#3 sounds like Moorim School, but it has aired.

2 sounds awesome but I have no idea what it is.

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Number 5 is a skit Block B did for SNL Korea. It was a parody of kpop idol fanfics.

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#1 Gentleman's dignity, #4 Arang and the Magistrate

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Didn't the red thread in Gentleman's Dignity involve her dress? And it definitely wasn't snowing. Can't be it. Alsobaddrama wouldnotrecommend

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I think #1 is Chunja's Happy Events
and I'm pretty sure #5 is the drama Soulmate.

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YES. Thank you. #5 should be Soulmate. There was a girl who wanted to pick up Shin Dong Wook. She told him the tragic story of how her first love died, and he went with her to scatter his ashes on the lake. Except she told that same story to men all the time, and they only thing they scattered on the lake was flour. Awesome.

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Sorry I meant #2 is Chunja's happy events

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#1 Sounds similar to History of Salaryman (but I'm sure it's not. I just want to have an excuse to remember that scene hahaha)

#2 Also sounds similar to Lovers in Paris(?) I just remember she asked him to date on his level and they only used $10. I'm also 80% sure that's not the right answer.

#3 Sounds like Moorim School but that's already finished..? Is it possible that they meant that weightlifting drama? It's set in a school for Olympians so I figure they'd need extras of different nationalities for the competition.

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Lol!

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Haha, the history of a salary man scene was the first thing that popped into my head too! And then I read the rest of the description and was sad it was not.

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I wonder if #3 is Blow Breeze? In the first trailer there's a school scene in a gym with white kids in the background.

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It is Blow Breeze! I just looked up the trailer and was able to spot my friend in the gym scene. Thank you so much!!

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Good for your friends!

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LOL you're awesome

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No 1 might be Alone in Love starring Son Ye Jin?

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Yeah, I think the opening video had them tied together by a red string. It could be it!

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4th I think is Arang and The Magistrate as everyone else has already mentioned. I have no idea about the others

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Yes I also think no 1 is Alone in Love. One of my favourite dramas starring Son Ye Jin

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#1 sounds like A Gentleman's Dignity but it was daytime and it wasnt snowing...
#4 is Arang and the Magistrate.. I havent watched but the sageuk thing gave it away lol
#3 is tricky because lately the only high school drama Ive read of is Moorim School and it already aired... Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju may have foreigners but its a campus drama

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No. 4 is Arang, the lead actress is Shin Mina

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I think no.2 is #STAIRWAY TO HEAVIN

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Sounds like stairway to heaven to me too!!

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Aaaah, I think so too. That's why it sounds familiar. In Stairway to heaven, the male lead then rent a room, then both leads rent many comics and they spent a day together without worrying their problem. But the female lead felt guilty about this so she made him back to his family..

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number 1 is gentleman's dignity right?

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I think #2 is Stairway to Heaven or Beautiful Days, both stars Choi Ji Woo

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Number 1 is from the movie My Tutor Friend 2

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Hmm, for some reason when I read number 1, Oh My Venus popped into my head? Didn't something sorta similar happen in that drama?

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Yeah I thought it was Oh My Venus, but I thought I might be wrong since nobody else mentioned it! I barely paid attention while watching that show but could remember the whole string/yarn thing which led her to So Ji Sub (in the snow I think) (but I'm not sure about the restaurant?)

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I thought it was the neck scarf that he knitted for her that he unraveled to reveal his proposal ring and wasn't it pink not red? Or was there another scene?
I did think it was one of the cutest and sweetest ways to propose though.

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I think you're right. As much as I love the two actors, that drama was very forgettable. The proposal was very cute, but since it is a common trope, I couldn't remember how it happened in Oh My Venus..
Hopefully the right one has been posted!
Thanks for clarifying it for me!

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Anytime, Double O Seven. ?

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I think number 1 is my tutor friend 2! And number 4 is arang and the magistrate. :)

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#1 There was also a red string in Endless Love; the Taiwan drama with Wilbur Pan and Sandrine Pinna. But being Taiwan... no snow (that I can remember).

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#4 Arang and the magistrate im sure with that.
~for the rest, try looking it to asianwiki.com all kdramas was listed on that site. ✌

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#5 is Soulmate I'm pretty sure.

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The girl story about how her boyfriend was like, making her do all these things on a motorcycle (making her say I love you) in order for him to slow down because she was scared of how fast he's going. Eventually he makes her take his helmet because he knew that his brakes didn't work and he wanted her to live. It turns out the girl made up the story to get sympathy from a different guy.

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I think i saw tbis plot in a music vid tho...not sure if it was from shinhwa or seo in guk. Lol

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