A Witch's Romance | The Seoul In Me

Title: 마녀의 연애 | Manyeoeui Yeonae | A Witch’s Romance
Genre: Romane | Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: TVn
Broadcast Period: April 14, 2014 – June 10, 2014

Synopsis:

Ban Ji-Yeon is a 39 year old beautiful, smart and successful reporter of Trouble Maker Magazine. While Yoon Dong-Ha is a 25 year old handsome who left medical school and do a lot of part time jobs to earn a living. Both had suffered deep heartbreaks, Ban Ji-Yeon was left in the altar while Yoon Dong-Ha’s girlfriend died. They accidentally met while Ban Ji-Yeon took Yoon Dong-Ha’s bicycle while she’s trying to reach a deadline for her biggest scoop. Fate has it that they continually meet and against all odds felt something for each other but they have to deal with so many issues including their past and their 14 years age gap. Its their journey on how they can surpass the hurdles that will come their way, so, they can be really together.

Characters:

Uhm Jung-Hwa as Ban Ji-Yeon
Park Seo-Joon as Yoon Dong-Ha
Yang Hee-Kyung as Choi Jung-Sook
Ra Mi-Ran as Baek Na-Rae
Lee Se-Chang as Kang Min-Gu
Yoon Hyun-Min as Yong Soo-Cheol
Sa Hee as Hong Chae-Hee
Bang Eun-Hee as Oh Mi-Yeon
Joo Jin-Mo as Kwon Hyun-Seob
Kang Sung-Jin as Byun Seok-Ki
Yoon Joon-Sung as Song Young-Shik
Shin Soo-Hang as Nam Chang-Min
Lee Seul-Bi as Oh Rin-Ji
Heo Do-Young as Jae-Woong
Jeon No-Min as Kim Jeong-Do on Episode 1 & 2
Lee Eung-Kyung as Baek Soo-Jeong on Episode 1 & 2
Sung Ji-Ru as Security Guard on Episode 1 & 2
Narsha as Mudang on Episode 1 & 2
Ryu Dam as MC on Episode 1 & 2
Choi Jung-Hwa as Curator
Lee Jae-Yoon as Ji-Yeon’s Blind Date on Episode 4
Noh Soo-Ram as Hyun-Ji
Kim Yul-Ho as Dong-Ha’s Senior Colleague
Yeo Ui-Joo as Jin-Woo
Jin Ye-Sol as Jung Young-Chae
Lee Gook-Joo as Misunderstood Woman
Kim Yeo-Woon as Woman’s Boyfriend
Jo Sun-Mook as Yoon Se-Joon
Lee Jin-Ho
Kwon Young-Min
Han Yeon-Soo
Park Young-Soo
Yoon In-Jo
Lee Moo-Saeng

My Review:

It is my first time to watch a noona K-Drama and I must say I was delighted by this K-Drama story. It tackled a lot of issues that one can really encounter when there’s age and social economics difference between a couple especially if the woman is the one much older and successful. Although, there’s still a touch of unreal about it and took liberty on cinematic license to make the story fun and hopeful.

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

(1) I’ve always love Uhm Jung-Hwa as an actress. She’s very good at what she does and not afraid to do intimate scenes which do well in adult theme dramas and movies. And, this K-Drama is not an exception to what she does well.

(2) Uhm Jung-Hwa is the female version of Eric Moon. She does kissing scenes in the K-Drama world that is real and not a freeze-frame kiss on the lips. Her physical scene with Park Seo-Joon was as hot as one can get in a K-Drama shown in television.

(3) The way the story tackled the issues was sensitively done in a light and enjoyable manner especially with a woman falling in love with a younger man. The on-screen chemistry between Uhm Jung-Hwa and Park Seo-Joonwas was so great that it doesn’t gross you out looking at an older woman kissing a much younger man.

(4) There’s no episodes that will bore you out of your skull or lull in scenes because all the actors are quite pleasurable to watch including their stories. Even the love life of Ban Ji-Yeon’s mother is delightful and a way to make all of us children to realize that our parents are human too. That our mother is a woman first before she’s our mother and same goes with our father, a man first before being anybody else. They too deserve to be happy especially if their better half already passed away.

(5) The OST is nice and light.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?There’s not a lot I do not like. It is not totally perfect but I rarely notice them because I’m so engaged in being entertained to make an issue of it.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? A definite yes.

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

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