Friday, October 9, 2015

K-drama Review: Yong Pal 용팔이 (2015)

Hello everyone! I just finished Korean Drama titled Yong Pal yesterday =)
At first I heard this drama from my friend weeks ago and I ended up watched it anyway, because there are Joo Won and Kim Tae Hee! I saw Joo Won for the first time from his Cantabile Tomorrow drama, and he's so charming!! 


It's been a really while since I watched Kim Tae Hee on drama ^^ she's always been so beautiful and stunning! No wonder Rain loves her XD

About Yong Pal:
Yong-pal (Hangul: 용팔이) is a 2015 South Korean drama series starring Joo Won, Kim Tae-hee, Chae Jung-an and Jo Hyun-jae. It aired on SBS from August 5 to October 1, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Originally slated for 16 episodes, due to the popularity of the drama, it was extended by two episodes. The drama then ended with a total of eighteen episodes.

Story:
Kim Tae-hyun (Joo Won) s a talented surgeon. Desperate for money to pay for his sister's medical bills, he adopts the code name Yong-pal and offers his medical skills to those in need of medical attention but who cannot do so publicly, dealing with criminals and corrupt plutocrats. Joining a team of corrupt physicians Kim rescues "sleeping beauty" Han Yeo-jin (Kim Tae Hee), a chaebol heiress, from a medically induced coma, leading to unintended consequences.


CAST:
  • Joo Won as Kim Tae-hyun
  • Kim Tae-hee as Han Yeo-jin
  • Jo Hyun-jae as Han Do Joon
  • Chae Jung An as Lee Chae-young
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS:
  • Jung Woong-in as Chief Lee
  • Stephanie Lee as Cynthia
  • Song Kyung-chul as Doo-chul
  • Ahn Se-ha as Man-sik
  • Bae Hye-sun as Nurse Hwang
  • Jo Bok-rae as Park Tae-yong
  • Cha Soon-bae as Chief Shin
  • Kim Mi-kyung as Charge nurse, surgery
  • Oh Na-ra as Charge nurse, intensive care
  • Park Pal-young as Hospital director
  • Park Hye-soo as Kim So-hyun
  • Do Yong-gu as Tae-hyun's father
  • Kim Na-woon as Tae-hyun's mother
  • Nam Myung-ryul as Chae-young's father
  • Jang Gwang as Chairman Go
  • Yoo Seung-mok as Detective Lee
  • Jo Hwi as Detective Kim
  • Kim Dong-seok
  • Lee Jooyeon
  • Choi Min as Sung Hoon (cameo ep 1&2)


Miss Yong Ae with her nurse, Nurse Hwang

Yeo Jin was dying and about to get surgery

My First Impression:
I'm not a person who can see blood in huge amount, but I still can tolerate blood appearance @_@
I was got shock few times every time I see blood spurting in entire drama. But the concept of this drama is quite unique; a surgeon that has side job as house-call doctor for gangsters! He looks awesome and skilled in taking care of patients ^.^ Of course Kim Tae Hee's beauty is also fascinating! 

Doo Jon, Yeo Jin, Tae Hyun, Chae Yeong

Yeo Jin and Tae Hyun on Windy Hill
My Overall Thoughts:

I usually don't like serious drama, I prefer comedy romance drama but I made exception for this one; because of Joo Woon :p But still, as this drama has serious atmosphere, I'm not sure if you won't doze off if you watch this drama marathon-ly! There are plenty of scenes that showed me how hard the real business is. Too much intrigues and cruel behaviors that showed here, we surely have to be picky about morale lessons that we want to keep on mind. I think the chemistry between two main roles are nice too ^.^


Pros (+)
+ Unique story
+ Happy ending
+ unpredictable plot
+ Smart problem-solving
+ Good chemistry between main roles

Cons (-)
- A bit too much intrigues

Rating: 8/10


This drama is might not for you if you:
- Afraid of blood
- Looking for more comedy scenes




So, have you watched Yong Pal?
what do you think about this drama? ^^



Source: Wikipedia

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