Title: 하백의 신부 2017 | Habaekui Sinbu 2017 | Bride of the Water God 2017 | Bride of Habaek 2017 | Bride of the Water God
Genre: Fantasy | Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: tvN
Broadcast Period: July 3, 2017 to August 22,2017
Synopsis:
Ha Baek, the God of Water, grew up knowing he will rule all the realm of the Gods since birth. He is confident and used to getting his own way regardless of what others may feel. As a part of the ritual to become the ruler of his world, he needs to go to earth and retrieve the special stones hidden there as task. He can achieve this with the help of his aid, Nam Soo-Ri and the supposed human servant inherited by default when he gets to earth. Due to Ha Baek’s arrogance, it became a challenge especially since he lost majority of his powers when he got to earth and not knowing initially who this human servant is, that so happens to be Yoon So-A, a financially struggling psychiatrist who also didn’t know that she is descendant who will be forever servants of the Gods. Because of Ha Baek’s needs on what he needs to do on this earth forced him to learn to be human, discover the existence of other Gods who live as humans and learn to love that no amount of his power and will can stop it.
Characters:
- Shin Se Kyung as Yoon So Ah
- Nam Joo Hyuk as Ha Baek
- Choi Ji Won as Younger So Ah
- Im Ju Hwan as Shin Hoo Ye
- Kim Tae Yool as Younger Hoo Ye
- Krystal Jung as Moo Ra
- Gong Myung as Bi Ryum
- Lee Kyung Young as Dae Sa Je
- Park Kyu Sun as Nam Soo Ri
- Lee Dal Hyung as Joo Gul Lin
- Kim Tae Hwan as Jin Gun
- Shin Jae Hoon as Yoo Sang Yoo
- Kim Kwang Hyun as young Sang Yoo
- Choi Woo Ri as Jo Yum Mi
- Jung Dong Hwan as Chairman Shin Dong Man
- Bae Noo Ri as Shin Ja Ya
- Song Won Geun as Secretary Min
- Kim Bo Min as Min Yi
- Kim Ki Moo as Manager Bang
- Han Sung Yong as Moo Ra’s Manager
- Lee Ji Ha as So Ah’s Mother
- Yang Dong Geun as Monk on Episode 1
- Jo Jung Chi as Painter on Episode 1
- Yoon Jong Hoon as Ma Bong Yul on Episode 1 & 2
- Ga Deuk Hee as Bank Clerk on Episode 2
- Nam Chang Hee as Skateboard Tournament Host on Episode 2
- Jun So Min as Patient on Episode 4
- Im Ji Hyun as Na Bin
- Kang Ha Neul
- Jung In Ki as Yoon Sung Joon on Episode 16
- Park Hee Bon as Hyung Shik
My Review:
I watched this k-drama because my housekeeper who’s been following this as it is shown in a dubbed version at a Filipino channel got addicted to it and keeps on hounding me to watch it. I was hesitant to watch it because the reviews I’ve read about it wasn’t that good and I really didn’t want to waste time of nonsensical k-dramas. But, as I’ve mentioned numerous times in most of my reviews that I also just don’t purely base my choice of watching k-dramas on ratings and reviews, so, after much thought, I delve into it.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) The premise of the story is quite interesting and there some scenes and scenarios that brought much entertainment to me while watching it.
(2) Nam Joo Hyuk as Ha Baek is good to look at and made watching him badly act on this k-drama a bit tolerable.
(3) I like Park Kyu Sun as Nam Soo Ri. He is so funny and gave a comic relief on this k-drama.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
Honestly, most of the reviews were correct, it is really quite horribly done but not totally a disaster because there are some interesting parts especially the first few episodes. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there and it didn’t help that the leads didn’t really bring a good performance to their roles.
I have watched Shin Se Kyung in “Black Knight” and like this k-drama, she’s one of those actresses that you can feel just really acting. She can act but it is just that “acting” and not totally immersed on her role that you will forget Shin Se Kyung, the actress, and see her character instead. Do you get what I mean? However, if you are a fan of Nam Joo Hyuk, you might still enjoy watching this k-drama even in the midst of its shallowness.
(1) The supporting characters and side stories are quite bland and didn’t help much to make it interesting.
(2) Some of the special effects are quite good but ironically when it comes to the water scenes like when they are swimming together underneath the water, which I believe is quite crucial since Ha Baek is the God of Water was quite obviously computer generated.
(3) There’s not much depth on the story that one can hang on and care as to what happens to some of the characters. So, after understanding quite a bit of the story and its conflicts, I just went straight to ending and skip most of the episodes. And, if there’s any questions in my head that I like to know why or what actually happened, then I just scan through some of the episodes to look for that particular scene/s that may give the answer to my question which is not that hard to find anyway.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Not Really.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 2/5 Stars
OST:
01. The Reason Why – Yang Da Il
02. Glass Bridge – Savina & Drones
03. The Day I Dream – KASSY
04. Pop Pop – Kim E-Z
05. Reminds Me of – Jung Gi Go
06. Without You – Lucia
07. Bride of the Water God Title – Various Artists
08. The Story – Various Artists
09. I Am Habaek – Various Artists
10. Curious With Everything – Various Artists
11. Alley In Front Of House – Various Artists