Title: 호구의 사랑 | Hogooeui Sarang | Fool’s Love | Fool for You | Ho Gu’s Love | Ho Goo’s Love
Genre: Romance | Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: tvN
Broadcast Period: Febuary 9 to March 31, 2015
Synopsis:
It depicts the story of Kang Ho Goo who is an assistant of a failing web comic business of his friend. He is inexperienced with women, naive, under achiever young man who is continuously teased by his twin sister on how fool he is when it comes to women. His first love in high school is Do Hee, who is a national swimmer on her way to compete in the Olympics. They met again on a high school reunion and for one night Kang Ho Goo experienced what he envisioned to be with Do Hee. But, Do Hee has a complicated situation and this begins the messy situation of Ho Goo’s loving Do Hee.
Characters:
- Uee as Do Do Hee
- Choi Woo Shik as Kang Ho Goo
- Im Seul Ong as Byun Kang Chul
- Lee Soo Kyung (이수경) as Kang Ho Kyung (Ho Goo’s twin sister)
- Choi Duk Moon as So Shi Min
- Jung Won Joong as Kang Yong Moo
- Park Soon Chun as Kim Ok Ryung
- Choi Jae Hwan as Kim Tae Hee
- Lee Shi Un as Shin Chung Jae
- Oh Young Shil as Mok Kyung Jin
- Park Ji Il as Byun Kang Se
- Song Ji In (송지인) as In Gong Mi
- Lee Do Yun
- Han Geun Sub (한근섭)
- Ha Ji Young (하지영)
- Lee Sung Min as Manager Oh on Episode 1
- Jang Young Nam as Lady with the Baby on Episode 2
- Min Do Hee as Student on Episode 2
- Kang Jun (강준 of C-CLOWN) as Student on Episode 2
- Kim Hyun Joon as No Kyung Woo
My Review:
I watched Hogu’s Love at that time because after watching real hardcore melodramas before it I wanted something light and funny. On the first two episodes I completely watched it because I was touched with Hogu’s trip with Do Hee. And, unbeknownst to him Do Hee was going through something really critical that will change her life forever. I also like Do Hee’s strength as she tried to make a decision on her own no matter what will be the consequences for her in the future. However, after that episodes there are a lot of nuisances of the drama that kinda bored me. I know a lot of people enjoyed this drama. There are actually good reviews on it but I ended up fast forwarding the episodes and just checked to find out what happened in the end. For some reason I lost to totally connect with this drama. I agree on some reviews and the questions it raises about some themes on Korean dramas wherein most of the time it depicts first love as the be all and the end all and how social issues later on are tackled in an evasive manner rather than head-on. Maybe they are more conservative than other cultures but I believe there’s something unrealistic of loving someone whom you haven’t met since your childhood years and be willing to sacrifice your future and definitely there are some social issues that needs to be shown in K-Dramas the way the real world truly is unless it is taboo to be shown on TV.
Would I recommend this K-Drama?
Not really, unless you can relate to Ho Go and his plight. Ho Goo is actually a very apt name as hogu in Korea means fool in English. In my humble opinion, if you want to be fooled and spend time watching it, then, do so. Others say they actually enjoyed it.
My Rating to this Drama: 2/5 Stars
OST:
01. If You Call My Name – Kim Hyung Joong (김형중)
02. Destiny – Im Seul Ong of 2AM and eSNa (에스나)
03. Until I Reach Your Star – Jo Kyu Hyun of Super Junior
04. Kangaroo – Linu’s Blanket
05. Ho Goo, Let’s Date – Various Artists
06. I’m Ho Goo – Various Artists
07. Lullaby – Various Artists
08. Soliloquy (Original Ver.) – Various Artists
09. Flutter – Various Artists
10. Swing Swing – Various Artists
11. Ho Kyung is Off the Wall – Various Artists
12. Ho Goo’s Act (Ukulele Ver.) – Various Artists
13. I’m Do Hee – Various Artists
14. What Even? – Various Artists
15. Picnic – Various Artists
16. Soliloquy (Orchestra Ver.) – Various Artists
17. I’m Kang Chul – Various Artists
18. Ho Goo’s Act (Piano Ver.) – Various Artists