Love Struck In The City

Synopsis:

Park Jae-Won is a prominent and successful architect who went for a vacation to surf when he met Lee Eun-O, a carefree and beautiful woman who works in the island of Yangyang. He instantly fell an attraction towards her and before he knew it, got married. He had found his happily ever after or so he thought until he had to go back to Seoul to attend on an urgent business. He lost her and got totally devastated. He ended up sharing parts of his love story along with the other characters of this kdrama, Choi Kyeong-Jun, Suh Rin-I, Oh Seon-Yeong and Kang Geon as well as Lee Eun-O, who live in the city of Seoul for some sort of documentary on how men and women date.

Characters:

Ji Chang Wook as Park Jae Won
Kim Ji Won as Lee Eun Oh | Yoon Sun Ah
Kim Min Suk as Choi Kyung Joon
So Joo Yun as Seo Rin Yi
Ryu Kyung Soo as Kang Geon
Han Ji Eun as Oh Sun Young
Lee Sang Woo as Bin
Park Jin Joo as Rara
Lee Sang Yoon as Go Kyeong Gu
Son Jong Hak as Jae Won’s Father
Choi Min Ho as Oh Dong Shik
Jang Se Hyun as Kim Sung Oh

My Review:

I watched this Kdrama because of Ji Chang-Wook and Kim Ji-Won. And, although, some may probably be able to fully like it, I, on the other hand, just find it passable. In the end, I was able to enjoy it purely because of the 2 actors otherwise this is completely forgettable for me.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) Ji Chang-Wook has been one of my favorite Korean actors for a long time. He is not only super good looking but truly a talented one. Since he came back from his military service, he has done a few kdramas, and, this Kdrama was much better than the past 2, “Melting Me Softly” and “Backstreet Rookie”, he did since his return. At least on this Kdrama, there are parts you get to really enjoy his yumminess especially during his time in the island with the character Yoon Sun Ah.

(2) I like Kim Ji-Won when I first saw her in Descendants of the Sun. She really made her presence felt on that kdrama. However, on this kdrama, though, she did well her role especially as Yoon Sun Ah and has chemistry with Ji Chang-Wook on the screen, I still prefer her on DOTS. Suffice it to say, I still like her as an actress and was able to tolerate this Kdrama because of her and Ji Chang-Wook.

(3) I like the difference of each love stories of the characters. It was well defined and provided nuggets of lessons of how relationship can work and the reasons it can fail.

(4) I enjoyed the scenes of Ji Chang-Wook and Kim Ji-Won in the island.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

This Kdrama has great cinematography and has a westernized feel in the delivery of the story. However, I still prefer the Korean style of film making approach rather than the westernized modern style. The reason being is that the Korean style is more digging into the emotions of the viewers rather the visuals when they manifest the story of their dramas and films. Thus, the latter incorporation of the style on this Kdrama somehow diminished my pleasure as it removed on certain parts why I love watching Kdramas instead of western ones in the first place.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? It’s Okay.

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 3/5

OST:
01. One In A Million – Suran
02. For Some Reason – John Park
03. Love And Pain – Lee Soo Hyun of AKMU
04. Let Me Love You – Yurisangja
05. You – K.Will
06. Reason – Seungkwan (
07. Days to Remember – Janet Suhh
08. Where Do I Go? – Janet Suhh feat. Kim Kyung Hee
09. So I Sing – Janet Suhh
10. Days to Remember (Instrumental) – Janet Suhh
11. Where Do I Go? (Instrumental) – Janet Suhh
12. So I Sing (Instrumental) – Janet Suhh
13. Kiss me Kiss me – Hong Isaac
14. Thorn – Choa
15. Hello My Beach – Rolling Star
16. All Day – Kim Kyung Hee (김경희) of April 2nd
17. Lover – Marychou
18. Distance – Motte
19. Did You Have To – CHIMMI

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