Name That Drama: Cryptic clues and burned clothes

65 January 18, 2015January 18, 2015

by javabeans

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

AJ asks:

Two families live in the same village and are close friends. They become forever bound when the older generation decides that the youngest boy and girl from each family be switched. The girl lives with a poor family and delivers tofu, while the boy goes on to live with a furniture-making family that later becomes rich. I remember watching it in the 2000s but I’m not sure when it was actually released.

Please help! Thanks! 🙂

rabby watched this Korean movie on a plane six years ago, and these are the identifying details:

The story line is about a cop (I think) and a journalist, and I think they work together to solve a crime. The journalist inserts cryptic messages in her articles (as clues I think?) and in the end she confesses her love for the guy using cryptic messages in her article too. Please help. Thanks!
Kay has a question about a K-drama from the mid-2000s:

A teenage girl gets pregnant and then dumped by her boyfriend. She moves back home to raise her son with her mom. A guy next door teaches her how to play the guitar and eventually they fall in love. I remember the girl being really tall and having a quirky personality and shortish hair. Sorry not much more detail than that.
JAL’s drama doesn’t have a lot of details, but the costume should be a recognizable detail for anybody who’s seen it…

In this K-drama, I recall the main character living with his brother and uncle and they loved to eat ramyun. He also had a friend who was a girl that ended up working at a “night club” having to wear a Sailor Moon costume.
Aline only has a scene, and isn’t sure if it’s a drama or movie. See if you can tell!

The female lead is a ghost or spirit and is always around the male lead. I remember that she wanted new clothes and asked to the guy to buy a dress for her and then burn it because like that she would be able to wear it. Sorry but I don’t remember anything else. I hope someone can help me. Thank you very much.

Thanks for playing, everyone — till next time!

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1 samsooki

January 18, 2015 at 12:05 PM

Wow. I know none of these....

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Amberscube

January 18, 2015 at 1:50 PM

Hi Samsooki

Me too. I have no idea. I would be happy if I guess one, but not this time.

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Madame Kim

January 18, 2015 at 3:10 PM

I think #2 is Strongest Romance, the rom com movie Lee Dongwook had with Hyun Young.

#5 could also have been Ghost House, the movie with Cha Seungwon and Jang Seohee.

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Vemasi

January 19, 2015 at 7:12 PM

I don't think it's Strongest Romance--wasn't she a broadcast journalist?

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2 Mila

January 18, 2015 at 12:06 PM

Wow usually I get two but this time, no idea.

Last one, maybe, Arang and the Magistrate? I don't actually remember if they burnt the clothes but the ghost, the clothes, somehow it seems to fits. But I might be totally wrong.

Hope everyone finds what they're looking for~

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JoyBells

January 19, 2015 at 5:39 AM

I was thinking it was Arang too,but did'nt she request him to offer the cloths and not burn it(?!) so i'm not sure.

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Yes, someone further down said it was Kasuka na Kanojo and I think they're right ! I actually remember Kasuka na Kanojo now, completely forgot I watched it! But I definitely recommend watching Arang too :p

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IBELIS

January 20, 2015 at 1:03 PM

I originally thought Arang and like most the burning of the clothes just didn't ring a bell, but after seeing the comments about Kasuka na Kanojo I went off and watched it, and it is definitely this. The lead gives the ghost woman new clothes and he has to burn them so that she can receive them.

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3 Jig

January 18, 2015 at 12:09 PM

#5 is definitely Arang and the Magistrate! The guy had to measure her for the clothes because he was the only one who could see her. It was so awkward, hot, and funny all rolled into one. Great drama! And she does ruin the clothes soon after because the other ghosts mess with her.

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shf

January 18, 2015 at 12:16 PM

I agree with you on Arang and the Magistrate. This was definitely in that drama.

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Pearl~ai88

January 18, 2015 at 2:38 PM

Yeah, but he didn't need to burn the clothes so she could wear them, he just gave them to her.

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Chandler

January 18, 2015 at 3:43 PM

Yeah, I'm not sure about this one...

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Jig

January 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM

Oh that's right. I was reading it that it got ruined afterwards...hrm, I still think it could be Arang though. I'll have to find where that scene is and post it for whoever it was who was asking can check it out.

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Jig

January 19, 2015 at 4:23 PM

I went back and read the recaps for Ep. 2 (where he measures her) and Ep. 3 (where he gives them to her and she ruins them) and, yeah, there's no burning involved. Oh well, I still think this person should watch it just because it's such a good drama. lol

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4 bean

January 18, 2015 at 12:25 PM

googled #4.it might be 애정의 조건 (terms of endearment) with Han Ga-in, Jo Yeo-jung, and Ji Sung

#5 made me think of Arang, too, though I'm not sure if I remember the clothes getting burned.

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Chandler

January 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM

5 could definitely be Arang, but for some reason I don't think the clothes were burned...

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ok

January 18, 2015 at 10:09 PM

yes they were cause ghosts and spirits can only receive things as an offering which means they were burnt.

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gabby

January 19, 2015 at 2:14 AM

I really don't think it was, I'm 99% sure they never burnt the clothes in the drama

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parny

January 19, 2015 at 2:41 AM

Its definitely Arang & the Magistrate. They just didn't do a scene where they burnt the clothes.

Yumi

January 18, 2015 at 11:06 PM

#4 does sound like Terms of Endearment. It was the first k-drama I ever watched. I couldn't keep up with the names so whenever I tried to tell anyone the story I called the Ji Sung character "Sir Cry-A-Lot". Sir Cry-A-Lot disappeared mid story and I only watched to the end because I couldn't believe/accept that he was not coming back. He never did return.

This is the very first time I recognized a drama that needed naming.

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5 redfox

January 18, 2015 at 12:27 PM

yeah the last is Arang and the magistrate but the others are really mysterious.

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6 Aly

January 18, 2015 at 1:25 PM

#3 - My Love by My Side? Though I'm not sure...

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7 Bella

January 18, 2015 at 1:49 PM

I agree with bean #4 sounds like Tears of Endearment.

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redfox

January 18, 2015 at 2:53 PM

do you mean TERMS of endearment?

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Aylam

January 18, 2015 at 10:00 PM

Wow, al first I would swear that #4 was a K-movie, "Boys of Tomorrow" (2007, with a very young Yoo Ah In, absolutely awesome performance, I tell you), but I didn't know that existed a drama with those same facts.

(Never go to bed without knowing something new!)

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8 Pollywood

January 18, 2015 at 1:50 PM

#4 reminds me of the beginning of Brillian Legacy.
I may be wrong though.

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parny

January 19, 2015 at 2:49 AM

Brilliant Legacy star Han Hyo Joo who lives with her father, brother, stepmother and step sister played by Moon Chae won. The guy was lee seung gi & was rich and lived with his grandmother. Sorry to correct u.

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9 Lindsy

January 18, 2015 at 1:50 PM

#2 reminds me of Perfect Couple

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p_d

January 18, 2015 at 5:28 PM

Yes, it is Perfect Couple! I was so excited that I finally recognized one when I read that description. The opening sequence was so funny when she stabbed him with the skewer. And her voice was pretty annoyingly funny too.

I remember being really confused by a scene where the cops grab poles from their trunks and attack a suspect's car. Does a Korean person, or someone familiar with Korean law enforcement, know if that's something just done in movies/dramas? If not, what is that all about?

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10 kanz

January 18, 2015 at 2:22 PM

#5 Arang and The Magistrate? But there's no burnt clothes, just that her new clothes got ripped when they fight against ghosts.

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11 whoisjess

January 18, 2015 at 2:56 PM

#5 is a jdrama called Kasuka na Kanojo, I believe

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rminjia

January 18, 2015 at 4:42 PM

I also think it's j-drama Kasuka Na Kanojo..

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Yuna

January 18, 2015 at 8:03 PM

Yes it's definitely Kasuka na Kanojo

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haruka

January 19, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Seconded that. It was at least 3 episods she begged him to buy her new clothes if I remembered it correctly.

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12 fab

January 18, 2015 at 3:10 PM

I also want to know what drama #1. That's quite the description.

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meimei

January 20, 2015 at 1:26 AM

I'm pretty sure its Meeting. I saw it years ago, but i couldnt find it when i googled it. it comes up in Park Sang Min's filmography but theres nothing else about it. I think it would be a struggle to find it online to watch.

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AJ

February 23, 2015 at 8:44 PM

You're the best! Thank you. Mystery solved.

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13 Aigoooo

January 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM

I actually did a fist pump one time coz I got 1 of them right. lol I am fairly new to Kdrama watching so even though I have seen over 100 dramas by now, they're usually the newer ones and/or popular classics. I have much to learn about the old and obscure dramas.

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14 Cookie

January 18, 2015 at 3:51 PM

#4 is for sure Terms of Endearment, that was one of my fave dramas when I first got into kdramas.

#5 I want to say is Arang and the Magistrate but I can't remember any burning of clothes....

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15 astromantic

January 18, 2015 at 5:05 PM

Wow, I actually know one! #2 is Perfect Couple (Hyun Young & Lee Dong Wook). LDW's character was also deathly afraid of needles and other pointed objects, haha.

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16 green

January 18, 2015 at 5:10 PM

#3. Country Princess.
I can vaguely remember the plot but the description of the hair reminds me of this drama. It's stars Bae Do Na and Shin sung wook.
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Country_Princess

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meh

January 19, 2015 at 1:22 AM

It's not Country Princess. She got pregnant and move into the city where she works in a noodle factory that is near bankrupt.

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green

January 19, 2015 at 9:25 AM

is it? I can barely remember the plot. The hair, guitar , and quirky personality reminded me of country princess. Spoke too soon.

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meh

January 20, 2015 at 1:29 AM

There's no guitar. And she met the main guy after she gave birth and move to the city (where she then work for his dying noodle company and moving in with him since she has no place for her child, her baby brothers, and herself). The second leading guy (play by Kang Dong Won), she had met him before she got pregnant. Their love never blossom because the evil sister never told Do Na about his confession; thus, she never realize he had feelings for her.

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green

January 20, 2015 at 1:27 PM

no guitar? whoa my memory must be mashed up. For some reason I remember him playing guitar and singing ...must be another drama. Your memory sounds intact. huuu when times allow maybe i should dig out the drama to watch.

17 Catali7

January 18, 2015 at 9:54 PM

#5= arrange and the magistrate!

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Catali7

January 18, 2015 at 9:54 PM

***Arang***

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18 Chhavi

January 18, 2015 at 10:06 PM

Oops...I know none of them but #5 could be Arang and the Magistrate.......
Even though Ii don't remember any burning of clothes...

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19 ihur

January 18, 2015 at 10:25 PM

I feel #5 is 49 days....i remember nam gyuri's (ghost)character wearing the same dress for days altogether.... So maybe?!

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fab

January 19, 2015 at 7:11 AM

Hmm she did go shopping with the Scheduler. But I don't remember them burning any clothes so she could wear them....

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Rach ^^

January 20, 2015 at 4:19 AM

Nope... her dress was changed with a flick of Scheduler's finger, no clothes burning of any kind in 49 days.

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20 aintcomingback

January 18, 2015 at 10:58 PM

Interested to know what #1 is...

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21 Tortlie

January 19, 2015 at 12:33 AM

#3, is it My love by my side? It has Lee So Yeon and Lee Jae Yoon in it.

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22 cloud9

January 19, 2015 at 4:52 AM

Curious about #1 too.

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23 Roriee

January 19, 2015 at 6:05 AM

I think #3 is Little Mom Scandal. Though the girl with the short hair isn't pregnant, her friend is, and they eventually form a 3 girl band with another friend, but I believe they all played drums.

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Roriee

January 19, 2015 at 6:06 AM

Actually, now that I think about, the friend does have short hair.

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24 marya

January 19, 2015 at 8:40 AM

I don't think it's Arang, never saw any scene about burning the clothes.

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25 zoer25

January 19, 2015 at 11:02 AM

I know that everyone thinks that #5 is Arang but i'm sure that they didn't burn the clothes!!! :D

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AnneK

January 19, 2015 at 7:36 PM

In Arang and the Magistrate, the office seamstress does burn Lee Seo Rim's (Arang's) clothes after her corpse is discovered and I think Kim Eun Oh watches her when she does it. But Aline sounds like she is remembering Kasuka na Kajono where the ghost receives the gift of new clothes when an outfit she has picked out and the lead guy has purchased for her are burned. I think she receives two outfits this way.

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26 zoey78

January 19, 2015 at 12:01 PM

I know #1 because I was so angry with how they ended the story...well the whole drama was crazy and made me mad. It was around 2000 or 2001 I think. I'm having a problem finding the title though. I know it had Park Sang Min and Lee Min Young. If I find the title I'll add it underneath this comment.

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zoey78

January 19, 2015 at 12:56 PM

http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%8C%EB%82%A8_(KBS_%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)

http://www.kbs.co.kr/jnal/9911/9911p3.htm

Park Sang Min: 박상민
Lee Min Young: 이민영

Here you go...The title is 만남 (translated to meeting?) and it was a kbs drama from 1999. I couldn't find any other links since it's so old. It still riles me up to this day so that's why I knew from your question right away. I added the names in Korean in case you needed it.

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AJ

February 23, 2015 at 8:46 PM

THANK YOU. I don't remember how it ended but I'm sure I felt the same way. I wish it were online somewhere. And with English subtitles no less. Sigh.

Thanks again! :)

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27 WM

January 19, 2015 at 3:20 PM

On Park Sang-min's wiki page, it shows Meeting, a 2000 KBS drama, but that's all I could find. Amazon doesn't even have it.

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28 Kgroup

January 29, 2015 at 12:37 AM

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29 elcin

December 19, 2016 at 5:55 AM

nr 5 is Let's Fight Ghost aka Bring it on Ghost

starring Kim So Hyun and Ok Taecyeon

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