Title:엔젤아이즈 | Angel Eyes
Genre: Melodrama, Romance, Family, Medical
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: SBS
Broadcast Period: 2014-April-05 to 2014-June-15
Synopsis:
Park Dong Joo (Lee Sang Yoon) and Yoon Soo Wan (Koo Hye Sun) fell in love with each other twelve years ago . Yoon Soo Wan was blind and deeply lonely as her father nurses the death of his wife for far too long that she grew up almost on her own. She bloomed as she met Park Dong Joo and his family. They finally gave her the love she’s looking for and meaning to her life. However, they got separated by painful and difficult circumstances. Park Dong Joo after 12 years returns back to Korea as Doctor Dylan Park, a respected and well-known surgeon in the US. He was hoping to see and reunite with Soo Wan, who now can see and works as an emergency rescue worker. However, Soo Wan is engaged to a Neurosurgeon Kang Ji Woon (Kim Ji Suk). Park Dong Joo and Soo Wan experienced rediscovery of each other’s love but the past will haunt their love. It will face challenges and hardships that will test their bond together.
Characters:
Se Yong Hospital:
- Lee Sang Yoon as Park Dong Joo / Dylan Park
- Kang Ha Neul as Park Dong Joo (During the Younger Years)
- Kim Ji Suk as Kang Ji Woon
- Jung Jin Young as Yoon Jae Bum
- Jung Ae Ri as Oh Young Ji
- Kim Ho Chang as Moon Je Ha
- Suh Dong Won as Kim Ho Jin
- Park Jin Joo as Kim Yoon Jung
- Lee Seung Hyung as Sung Hyun Ho
- Im Seung Dae as Choi Jin Sang
Se Yong Fire Station:
- Koo Hye Sun as Yoon Soo Wan
- Nam Ji Hyun as Yoon Soo Wan (During the Younger Years)
- Gong Hyung Jin as Ki Woon Chan
- Seung Ri as Teddy Seo
- Kim Seung Wook as Joo Tae Sub
- Sung Chang Hoon as Park Chang Hyun
- Lee Ha Yool as Kim Jin Soo
Se Yong Police Station:
- Hyun Jyu Ni as Cha Min Soo
- Shin Hye Sun as Cha Min Soo (During the Younger Years)
- Kwon Hae Hyo as Kim Woo Chul
Other Characters:
- Kim Yeo Jin as Yoo Jung Hwa
- Suh Tae Hwa as Park Hyung Shik
- Yoon Ye Joo as Park Hye Joo
- Choi Ji Won as Park Hye Joo (During the Younger Years)
- Shin Young Jin as Han Woo Jung
- Jung Ji Hoon (정지훈) as Ki Jin Mo
- Jung Dong Kyu
Cameo Roles:
- Jung Eun Pyo as Se Young High School teacher
- Jo Hoo as the guy who did prank calls to 119 unit
- Yoon Joo Hee as popular actress Han Yoo Ri
- Kim Kyung Ran as grandma who’s looking for phone
- Kim Hwan Hee as Bo Ram
- Min Sung Wook as patient who threatens Soo Wan
- Noh Jung Ui
- Kang Dong Yup
- Kim Ik Tae
- Lee Joon Hyuk as suicidal man
- Yoo Jae Myung
My Review:
I should admit that I watched this K-Drama because I’m left with nothing good to watch anymore and got convinced to try and watch it by one of the blog reviews I trust. I must say the review was accurate to a T. If you are indeed in the mood for a great love story, then, this is one of the best I’ve seen.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) I can’t resist but swoon on both the male actors that played Park Dong Joo during his younger and adult years.
(2) All the actors and actresses even the ones with the smallest parts have delivered such an excellent acting chops especially Kim Yeo Jin as Yoo Jung Hwa, playing the mother of Park Dong Joo and Kang Ha Neul as Park Dong Joo during his younger self.
(3) The relationship of the Yoo Jung Hwa and Park Dong Joo as mother and son. I am so use to K-Dramas with parents that are some times so frustratingly unreasonable or they are the ones that creates the problems of the main characters for the story that it is really refreshing to see my definition of love of a mother towards their children that is not warp and dysfunctional.
(4) This is one of the K-Drama wherein all the characters are played so well and each was given a proper ending.
(5) In every episode there’s something that will touch you.
(6) One of the best soundtrack I’ve ever heard in a K-Drama. Normally, I only like just one or even don’t notice it as I don’t understand the lyrics but this one I love to play it over and over again especially Love Too Much rendered by Yoon Gun (listen to it below).
(7) It has the right touch of kissing scenes. I know K-Drama are notorious for being chaste and conservative when it comes to physical contact. They prefer that you feel the love rather than see it. But, sometimes, it gets frustrating because the scene truly demands it to give a touch of reality. And, this K-Drama provided at least moments that shows you can feel as well as see.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
Even if I don’t want it to end as it is truly a beautiful story that my synopsis doesn’t give justice to the story…I have to say though that the story was too much drawn out that it kinda damage what could have been a flawless romantic K-Drama. Because of this I somehow started to dislike the stupidity of Yoon Soo Wan’s character at the latter part just so there’s still a story. I actually prefer Nam Ji Hyun rather than Koo Hye Sun as Yoon Soo Wan. I also prefer the younger version of the love story and if not for Lee Sang Yoon’s potrayal of Park Dong Joo it would probably be mediocre in the end. I think Park Dong Joo’s love is the Angel Eyes.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Bottom line, this is one of the best K-Drama romantic melodrama I’ve watched.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars
OST:
01. Love Too Much (사랑해도 너무나) – Yoon Gun
Play Me:
02. Sa ‘Yo – Silent Sanctuary Band (This was the OST in the Filipino Version when it is aired at ABS-CBN)
Play Me:
03. Run To You – Lasse Lindh
Play Me:
04. Tears Fall (눈물이 펑펑) – Kim Tae Hyun of DICKPUNKS
Play Me:
05. Beautiful Sad – Han Soo Ji
Play Me:
06. The Three Things Left For Me – Baek Ah-Yeon
Play Me:
07. Blue Bird – Jo Jeong Hee
08. A Song Of Sorrow – Kim Bum Soo
Download Area for the OST (Please take note that this is an outside URL and it’s not mine. Posted it for if I love the music and I want a copy I always have a difficult time to find sites that will provide you the music without the hassle. So, kudos to this site!!!): http://mp3lio.com/