Title: 못된 사랑 | Motdoen Sarang | Bad Love
Genre: Romance | Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: KBS
Broadcast Period: December 3, 2007 – February 5, 2008
Synopsis:
Na In-Jung is a beautiful cellist who’s future is bright until she met and fell for Lee Soo-Hwan, a handsome, ambitious and son-in-law of Daehan Construction Company. Unbeknownst to her the Lee Soo-Hwan is married, she fell in love with him and so did he with her. But, it is not meant to be. They have to separate ways and Na In-Jung suffered from one tragedy after another. She ends living in a small town selling fried chickens. While re-building her life, she met Kang Yong-Ki, an artist, also mending a broken heart when his girlfriend committed suicide. By twist of fate, they found a second chance at love with each other, however, they discovered that both their pasts can destroy what they have now and this will test their love for each other.
Characters:
- Kwon Sang-Woo as Kang Yong-Ki
- Lee Yo-Won as Na In-Jung
- Kim Sung-Soo as Lee Soo-Hwan
- Cha Ye-Ryun as Park Shin-Young | Jo Ann
- Kim Ga-Yeon as Kang Joo-Ran
- Park Geun-Hyung as Chairman Kang Woo-Taek
- Song Ok-Sook as Lee Jin-Sook
- Kim Chang-Wan as Hwang In-Soo
- Bang Eun-Hee as Park Chan-Sook
- Kim Min-Jung as Soo-Hwan’s Mother
- Choi Yong-Min as In-Jung’s Father
- Yu Ji-In as In-Jung’s Mother
- Choi Sung-Min as Yoon Sil-Gang
- Jung Woo as Han Jung-Woo
- Kim Hyang-Gi as Lee Mi-So
- Yoon Hee-Seok as Yong-Ki’s Friend
- Lee Ha
- Lee Joo-Seok
My Review:
I must be honest, Kwon Sang Woo is the main reason I became a K-addict. I love him before as an actor and I still love him now even if some of his fans abandoned him when he got married. I watched this K-Drama immediately after it was shown in Korea 10 years ago. I simply can’t miss his K-Drama. I re-watched it again for this review. And, even if I can’t totally remember the story, thus, the need for me to watch it again, I did remember one of its OST which resonates the tone of the entire drama. This K-Drama is not done perfectly, in fact, it has a lot of flaws especially in its execution. I will be the first one to tell you that I rate the K-dramas I reviewed not in its technical perfection but in its power to emotionally move me and entertain the pants out of me. So, even if it more or less achieved the latter with a modicum of success, for the former, it had glaring flaws. Generally, this K-Drama is flawed but still worth my time to waste on and still made me swoon for Kwon Sang Woo with additional bonus in the presence of another hunk who can act and enjoy, Kim Sung-Soo.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) Well, what can I say? I like this K-Drama because I get to see Kwon Sang Woo during the days when he was still choosing the quality of the story rather than just having a job. It is nice to see him in all of his glory both with shirt on and off.
(2) Kim Sung-Soo is one of those underrated actors whom I wished will have his own K-Drama. He is always the second fiddle. Enjoyed him as well in Full House. I believe he deserves to have that opportunity because not only he is soothing to the eyes and a worthy contender for the leading man but he can certainly act.
(3) I love the OST of this K-Drama. They are sad songs but it definitely makes me feel especially the song, “Yearning and Love is the Same” or “Parting Is Like Love” in English translation.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
As I’ve mentioned, the one big flaw of this K-Drama is its technical aspects. It’s so glaring that it kinda hard to ignore even if Kwon Sang Woo can distract me to its flaws.
(1) Remembering the flow of a scene is flawed like on Episode 1, she dropped the necklace yet later she’s wearing it again and even got the chance to throw it in the river.
(2) In the ambulance in Episode 10, the medical team didn’t even tried to do a treatment while the patient is dying.
(3) Sometimes it’s quite tiring to watch the characters drowning their sorrows in the videoke bars.
(4) There’s no consistency of location and time line on scenes, such as seen on Episode 12 wherein one moment they are in the restaurant then the next, they are standing outside of a certain unknown place. And, it is so obvious that the shooting was done during winter time because the weather seems to not change in 5 years or even 1 year later.
(5) Don’t understand the reason why they can’t still be together after Episode 12, the father already died, her ex-lover already divorced with his half sister and the stepmom is not even close to him. Kang Yong-Ki isn’t even close to his stepmom and and half-sister to begin with. The reason/s why they can’t be together don’t really exist anymore except obviously just to prolong the story. More so, as the episodes progress. I just find it already illogic, and, the funny thing, they ended up being together anyways a year later with still the same circumstances except their jobs. Go figure!
Would I recommend this K-Drama?
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars
OST:
01. Yearning and Love is the Same | Parting Is Like Love – Seo Young Eun
Play Me:
02. Erased In My Heart – Kwon Sang Woo
03. Heart is Sad – TEI
04. Crying without Words – T (Yoon MiRa)
05. Prologue – Bad Love
06. You are the Wind – Shin Hye Sung
07. The End Inside your Heart – Chi Min
08. Poison – Just
09. Ethereal Waltz – Red Rain
10. The End Inside your Heart (Acoustic) – Two Some
11. Oh, my love – MAC
12. Incomplete Love (못된 사랑 Prologue) – Praha
13. Wound Of Mind (마음의 상처) – Mihail Shumskiy
14. 가슴에서 지워요 (Accordion Solo Ver.) – Evgeniy Baskakov
15. Love Of Loneliness (고독한 사랑) – Tigran Alumyan
16. A Tear Waltz (눈물의 왈츠) – Praha
17. 가슴이 슬퍼 (Orchestra Ver.)
18. Found Memory (즐거운 기억) – Praha
19. 가슴에서 지워요 (Flute Orchestra Ver.) – Zolotuhin
20. Severe Love (지독한 사랑) – Mihail Shumskiy
21. Incomplete Karma (나쁜 인연) – Stanislav Malishev
22. 그리움도 사랑 같아서 (A.Guitar Ver.) – 이성렬
23. Afraid Love (두려운 사랑) – Praha
24. A Tear Of Heart (가슴속에 눈물) – Praha
25. Non Same Love (불같은 사랑) – Praha & Tigran Alumyan
For Lyrics in English, Romanization and Hangul, CLICK HERE