Name That Drama: And tragic stuff happens

by HeadsNo2

 
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1. Name That Old(?) Movie
   

   Hi! I’m a fan of your site. Your drama recaps are absolutely essential for my drama obsession!

   Anyway, I hope you can help me find this movie. The only clue I have is that it is an old movie, possibly adapted from a manga, because a few years ago I kind of read a manga that resembled that movie. But, silly me, I also forgot about the manga itself! It’s a warrior style movie with sword dueling, flying ninjas, and everything. It’s period, but not Joseon I think, because the hairstyles were different.

   What I vaguely remember is that there’s a scene with a very beautiful sword dance performed by the heroine. In the ending, the hero hugs the heroine, who died saving him. He tearfully asks his friend(?) to cover his son’s eyes (I remember the son was pretty like a girl), then he proceeded to commit suicide with the sword that killed the heroine.

   That’s all I can remember. Hope you can help me! Thanks!

    

2. This one might be a bit tough
   

   There’s this drama I saw several years ago, where the girl lost her memories and she couldn’t remember her own name. The king is in love with her, but he thinks she is dead. I can’t for the life of me remember what it’s called, or I feel like I’m confusing it with another drama!

    

3. I remember this one, and instantly reached for a tissue
   

   I’m looking for a drama where I saw a snippet of one scene where it takes place in a jail cell. I think they snuck a little girl in to see her dad cause he was in jail and they were crying. Sorry. That’s all I remember. Really want to watch it if only I knew the name. Thanks!

    

4. Resisting every urge to name this one
   

   I started watching a movie that I thought was The Man From Nowhere, only it wasn’t… at least I don’t think it is, because the first scene was different. So there was a man on the street waiting for his pregnant wife who was either driving her car or waiting in the car when a truck of doom comes slamming into her. She dies as does the baby, right before his eyes… but that’s all I remember. I think the movie was supposed to be about him getting revenge. Please help! Also pretty sure the truck of doom was a garbage truck… I think…

    

5. Darn those meddlesome exes
   

   I remember watching this many years ago when I was young. I think this was one of those contract marriages and there was one scene that stuck out to me. I think this was shortly after the leads finally developed feelings for one another and were going to go on a real date.

   They were supposed to go to a movie or musical, but the lead guy was called away, so he sent the lead girl to meet him at the place. I recall both of them wearing white. It was pretty late (I think he actually went to meet his ex), and by the time he got to their meeting place he was afraid that she already left. He turned to leave but at the last minute, he rounded a corner and saw her leaning against a tree sleeping… and that’s all I got.

   I would really appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!

    

6. This sounds horrifically sad
   

   I don’t even remember if I’ve already sent this in or not, but here goes. (By the way, thanks for the genius idea! Name That Drama/Movie is so great!!)

   This movie is not recent. At least before 2009. There was this girl as the main character (at least I think so), and she was pretty young when the movie starts. Somebody in her family dies tragically, some stuff happens in between, and then the family moves to America. While she is there, she goes to high school (or maybe not, hehe) and an American she becomes close to or something recommends a road trip while being a bus driver or something.

   Also, this might have been Tennessee, but unsure about that too. Anyways, the happy girl and her father (there may have been other people in her family too) take the advice and go on a bus trip. At this one stop the girl and the others (if there were any) go out to eat lunch while the dad stays in the bus to protect the money and all. A foreign lady dressed in black holding this white bundle like a baby hurriedly knocks at the bus door while the dad is eating, looking back as if somebody is chasing her. So the dad opens the bus door, and it turns out that instead of a baby, the woman was hiding a gun and threatens the dad.

   He offers up the money box, cowering, but the woman kills the dad anyways, and he’s lying outside on the pavement shot dead. A crowd gathers around him, and the girl has a bad feeling about the crowd in front of their bus, and she force her way and finds her dad. She has flashbacks about how the first family member had died because it had been similar, and she drops to her knees next to the dad, sobbing. I remember the crowd just stays like that, not even giving her any comfort, and I stopped watching because I don’t like gruesome deaths or sad scenes. Now I want to know what happens or if there even is a happy ending.

   That was really long, but I hope somebody has watched this somewhere and knows!! Thanks in advance!

    

Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!

 
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