Title: 신데렐라와 네 명의 기사 | Sinderella-Wa Ne Myeong-Ui Gisa | Cinderella and Four Knights
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: tvN, Studio Dragon
Broadcast Period: August 12 – October 1, 2016
Synopsis:
Eun Ha-Won is an industrious, principled with a positive outlook in life young lady of 20. She grew up fending for herself since her mother died when she was 10. Her father is always on the road to work and she was left with her stepmother and half-sister who made her life even more difficult but she tries her best to survive and live well as she wants her late mother to be proud of her and be able to finish college and become a teacher. Accidentally, she met Kang Hyun-Min, one of the grandsons of the billionaire, CEO Kang. Due to her dire needs she agreed to be her fake fiancee for 3 hours during CEO Kang’s wedding. Something happened that made CEO Kang took noticed of Eun Ha-Won and ends up hiring her to change the attitudes and lifestyle of his grandsons, Kang Hyun-Min, Kang Ji-Woon and Kang Seo-Woo. She needs to live with them at the Sky House and do missions for him. If she’s successful, she will rewarded with being able to finish college and other things she wants to have in her life. For three months, she will have no financial worries and have a fabulous place to stay. She has freedom to do things to accomplish her missions for CEO Kang except date any of the Kang cousins. Doing so means her immediate dismissal and eviction from the Sky House. As time passes by, Eun Ha-Won got to know each of the Kang cousins. Through the help of Lee Yoon-Sung, the right hand of CEO Kang, she’s able understand the ways of living at the Sky House. She ends up getting close to all of them and fell in love with Kang Ji-Woon in the process, the grandson borne out of wedlock and grew up not knowing his father until CEO Kang recognises him and took him into his fold to be part of his family and empire. Kang Ji-Woon has a lot resentments against his father and grandfather and only live at the Sky House to discover the real story of what happened between his father and mother. During his search for the truth, he too fell in love with Eun Ha-Won. Thus, Eun Ha-Won did exactly what she’s forbidden to do and, now, has to make a choice between her love or her bright future.
Characters:
- Jung Il-Woo as Kang Ji-Woon
- Ahn Jae-Hyun as Kang Hyun-Min
- Lee Jung-Shin as Kang Seo-Woo
- Choi Min as Lee Yoon-Sung
- Park So-Dam as Eun Ha-Won
- Son Na-Eun as Park Hye-Ji
- Kim Yong-Gun as CEO Kang
- Kim Hye-Ri as Ji Hwa-Ja
- Seo Hyun-Chul as Eun Gi-Sang
- Choi Eun-Kyung as Park Soo-Kyung
- Ko Bo-Gyeol as Choi Yoo-Na
- Jo Hye-Jung as Hong Ja-Young
- Shin Dong-Mi as Han Jung-Sun
- Kang Eui-Sik as Hyun-Min’s friend
- Kim Seon-Woong as Hyun-Min’s friend
- Jin Hye-Won as Hye-Ji’s Friend
- Jung Young-Joo as Housemaid
- Jo Kyung-Hoon as Ji-Woon’s Boss
- Kim Kang-Hyun as Seo-Woo’s manager
- Lee Ah-Hyun as Seo-Woo’s Mother
- Park Kyu-Jeom as Director Kim
- Park Hyo-jun as Customer in Car Repair Shop
- Jo Eun-Suk as Hyun-Min’s mother
- Gong Jung-Hwan as Kang Young-Jin
- Jin Ju-Hyun as Jun-Su
- Na Jong-Chan as Hyun-Min’s friend
- Kim Ji-Sung as Ji-Woon’s Mother
- Kim Young-Jae as Ji-Woon’s Father
- Kim In-Ho as Doctor
- Park Young-Soo as Butler Kim
- Choi Dae-Sung as Man in the Clothing Store
- Park Eun-Ji as TV Reporter
- Seo Bo-Ik as Reporter
- Chun Yi-Seul as Kang Hyun-min’s Blind Date
- Park Gwi-Sun as Monk
- Kim Dong-Gyun as Plastic Surgeon
- Hyun Suk-Hee as Orphanage’s Headmaster
- Jo Mi-Ryung
- Kim Jin-Tae
- Son Seon-Geun
- Kim Kwang-Seop
- Gong Da-Im
- Jun Hye-Young
- Kim So-Hye
- Song Ha-Rim
- Kang Seok-Ho
- Song Woo-Suk
- Kim Su-In
- Seo Han-Gyul
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My Review:
I always try to check the dramas shown at tvN because their K-Dramas are more often than not hits rather than misses to my taste of entertainment. Initially, I didn’t want to watch this show because I find younger K-Drama themes shallow nowadays. Guess, our preferences of what to watch and what we like do change with our age. However, I am surprised that I was entertained even if the storyline is nothing new and the conflicts have been tackled and shown in a lot of the K-Dramas before in varying degrees.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) I found all the Kang cousins adorable and not bad in acting talents either. Including as well the fourth knight, Choi Min as Lee Yoon-Sung. Park So-Dam as Eun Ha-Won, the leading lady, is not bad either. I found them all personable, thus, they achieved to entertain me and make me care what happens to their characters.
(2) Although, some may find CEO Kang, unpalatable because of how social standing matters to him but, in a way, I can understand his principles. Unlike, other K-Dramas with characters of similar take on being snobbish to the poor and values social standing in marriage, his dialogues delivers certain truths in real life especially on a certain scene at the last episode when Eun Ha-Won was rolling his wheelchair and she is professing her love for Kang Ji-Woon to him. Love certainly is much easier to profess than proving it when life do gets hard and reality sets in.
(3) I love the architecture of the Sky House and the cinematography of the certain places where they shoot some of the scenes. It certainly adds to the romance of the story.
(4) I like the timing of the kissing scenes, grateful it is done when the event really justifies it. I’ve been sometimes frustrated with K-Dramas that ends up only with a hug when certainly a kiss is called for. I can understand the Korean’s conservatism especially for shows shown on regular channels but it sometimes looks ludicrous when the flow of the story truly justifies a kiss even a passionate one but ends up with a hug or a totally fake kiss. Although, this is shown on cable, the director was still able to make a fake passionate kiss to look real at least.
(5) I like that the flow and pacing of the story. It never really got boring and the production was able to sustain and make it still interesting up to the very end.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
There’s not much I do not like about the way this K-Drama delivered the story but there are some scenes that I find a bit stupid or illogic.
(1) Eun Ha-Won clothes in the first few episodes or for that matter, the lack of change of it. She rarely change her clothes in the beginning. She sleeps and wore it outside almost every single day. She probably smells already and yet the jogging suit remains crisp and clean. I wonder if she changes her undergarments.
(2) CEO Kang’s character was inconsistently written. For example, he marries women who are beneath him in social standing and yet he expects his children and grandsons to do it differently. I can understand if his principles or cynicism came from his experiences from his previous wives yet he married again someone of the same social standing as it was revealed on the last episode.
(3) I find it stupid that men tend to purchase clothes for women that can’t simply be used in everyday living especially on a storyline that calls for it. On this case, Eun Ha-Won needs a change of regular clothes rather than attires for special events which she doesn’t really need except probably for rare occasions. It is the same thing done in one of the scenes at the Legend of the Blue Sea. I mean, really now!?! It is such a blatant cliche or a way to advertise something.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes, even with its certain flaws, it is entertaining.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 4/5 Stars
OST:
01. For You – BTOB
02. My Romeo – Jessi
03. Confession – SinB
04. If One Day We Meet Again – Green Cacao
05. Without You – Yoon Bomi
06. I Believe – Younha
07. Star Fall On You – DickPunks
08. Only One – Zia
09. The Way To Find Love – CNU
10. Confession-Lee Jung – Shin
11. The Chorus Of Knights – Oh Joon-Sung
12. Smile Of Blessing – Oh Joon-Sung
13. Protect You – Oh Joon-Sung
14. Sad Walking – Oh Joon-Sung
15. Pit-A-Pat – Oh Joon-Sung
16. Leave Me Alone – Oh Joon-Sung
17. Only For Her – Oh Joon-Sung
18. Stop The Rain – Oh Joon-Sung
19. Cinderella Story – Oh Joon-Sung
20. Don’t Cry – Oh Joon-Sung
21. Pinocchio Dance – Oh Joon-Sung
22. Urban Guy – Oh Joon-Sung
23. Lonely Melody – Oh Joon-Sung
24. Wondergirl – Oh Joon-Sung
25. Sky House – Oh Joon-Sung