Name That Drama: Lies, monks, and Uptown Girl

by javabeans

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

1. Lucy has a pretty good, detailed description of a drama I bet you’ll know:
   

   One thing I really remember was its catchy theme song. I would hum it if I could, but no.

   The main character was really spunky and adorable, with black curly hair. I think she was a professional con artist. I found the male characters rather forgettable, and wasn’t quite sure which one was the lead and which one was the secondary male. I just remember that one of them was really feminine looking, with super long locks that covered half his face, and the other was quite good looking, but was plagued with expressions of stoic blandness.

   I don’t remember much about the story line, but some of the themes included farting and lying. I’m not sure why the farting scenes seem so vivid to me, but there was a lot of farting in this drama. I think it was supposed to link lying to farting: you can’t keep it in for too long.

   There was a bed scene in the drama, where it seems that the main girl took advantage of the male lead. It showed her sitting on the bed smirking, while he was wailing under the covers about his lost innocence.

   And that’s all I remember! Sorry if the details are inaccurate. This drama was Korean, but dubbed in Chinese, and my mother had to translate most scenes into English for me, so many of my interpretations may be wrong.

   Thank you so much!

    

2. mommai asks:
   

   I’m having trouble remembering which drama has these parent characters in it, so maybe everyone can help. I’m sure I’ll facepalm about it. The heroine visits her dad who is in a monastery as a Buddhist monk, so he formally had to cut family ties, but her mom hangs out there and cooks for the dad sometimes. The only thing I can remember at the moment is the parents, and it’s driving me nuts! It’s likely a lighter K-drama (because that’s what I tend to watch). Help is appreciated!

    

3. Know which billionaire TiaRae’s talking about?
   

   When I first got involved watching K-dramas, I watched one with a billionaires family with two sisters, one being a designer if I remember correctly. They are dating brothers but don’t know it in the beginning. The younger sister ends up getting married and so the older sister has to break up with the other brother. I remember the sisters lived in a house that was on a hill and the older sister was always outside talking to the boyfriend as he parked outside. I thought this drama had the name “billionaire” in it but all the ones I have found don’t seem to be the right one. Hope you can help as I want to watch it again… Thanks!

    

4. April28’s show sounds like a cute one:
   

   A Korean sitcom from I think early 2000s! From what I remember there were three or four girl roommates living together and another group of guys living amongst themselves but of course, comical antics and romance ensued. I specifically recall this one girl always wearing a green tracksuit despite putting on an air of elegance and femininity to her boyfriend which her roommates constantly taunted for her. And in one scene her drunk boyfriend was waiting for her outside her place and while kissing her ended up throwing up on her mouth/over her!

    

5. macadamia asks:
   

   I was hoping you guys could help me identify a K-drama that aired a few years ago. It’s pretty dated, and all I remember is one scene from it where a male character (played by Kim Sung-min of Fantasy Couple I think) is driving in his convertible while “Uptown Girl” (the Billy Joel song) plays on the radio, and he sings along. I think his character might’ve also been a cheater. I’ve scanned through Kim Sung-min’s repertoire and dug around a bit but just can’t seem to find what I’m looking for.

   Sorry there’s not much to go on and thanks for the help!

    

6. Aw, the line Cassie quotes is a heart-tugger:
   

   Okay, so I remember watching this drama, but since I watch gazillion dramas, I can not remember from which one I heard this quote. It’s been bugging me forever and I hope someone can help me.

   The female lead used to be sick but had gotten a lot better. She was fine now, but when she broke up with her boyfriend, she said:

   “The doctors would ask me how much it hurt from 1 to 10, and I would always say 9. They would say I was brave for saying 9, but truthfully it was because I was saving my 10 for a moment like this.”

   Pretty sure it’s a k-drama, since I only watch k-dramas.

 
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