What Dramas Am I Looking Forward To?

Instead of giving my usual list of dramas that are coming up, I'll give a list of the ones I am looking forward to the most.

SBS The Heirs/The Inheritors

Written by: Kim Eun Sook(A Gentleman's Dignity/Secret Garden)

Episodes: 20

Air dates: October 9-December 12, 2013

Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 KST

Synopsis

This drama follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families’ business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it’s a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home, Kim Won (Choi Jin Hyuk) schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), who’s arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she’s the daughter of his family’s housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won) arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel’s half-brother Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin) develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy? (Source via koreandrama.org)

Cast

Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan 

Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang

Kim Woo Bin as Choi Yong Do

Krystal as Lee Bo Na

Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young

Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won

Kim Ji Won as Rachel Ryu

Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin

Park Hyung Shik as Jo Myung Soo

Jun Soo Jin as Kang Ye Sol

Im Joo Eun as Jeon Hyun Joo

Kim Mi Kyung as Park Hee Nam

MBC Medical Top Team

Written by: Yoon Kyung Ah

Episodes: 20

Air dates: October 2-December December 5, 2013

Air time: Wednesday and Thursday 21:55

Genre: Medical, Romance

Synopsis

This drama is about the process of treating patients by a team of doctors, considered the best in their fields, as a power struggle ensues in the hospital.(via koreandrama.org)

Cast

Kwon Sang Woo as Park Tae Shin

Jung Ryu Won as Seo Joo Young

Joo Ji Hoon as Han Seung Jae

Min Ho(SHINee) as Kim Sung Woo

Oh Yeon Seo as Choi Ah Jin

Alex as Bae Sang Kyu

Kim Young Ae as Shin Hye Soo

Ahn Nae Sang as Jang Yong Seob

Lee Hee Jin as Yoo Hye Ran

Kim Sung Kyum

Jo Woo Ri as Yeo Min Ji

Park Won Sang as Jo Joon Hyuk

Kim Ki Bang

SBS Suspicious Housekeeper

Written by: Baek Woon Chul

Episodes: 20

Air Dates: September 23-November 26, 2013

Air Times: Monday and Tuesday 21:55

Genre: Family, Mystery

Synopsis

Remake of Japanese drama series “家政婦のミタ”(Kaseif no Mita) which was aired in NTV from 12-October-2011 to 21-December-2011.

Eun Sang Chul (Lee Sung Jae) and his four children encounter difficulties after the sudden death of his wife. Then, a suspicious housekeeper, Park Bok Nyeo (Choi Ji Woo) who her mother suicide because of her father’s affair appears. Because of the housekeeper, Eun Sang Chul and his children faces various cases and family members who hate each other begin to experience love and reconciliation.(via koreandrama.org)

Cast

Main Cast

Choi Ji Woo as Park Bok Nyeo

Lee Sung Jae as Eun Sang Chul

Wang Ji Hye as Yoon Song Hwa

Eun Sang Chul’s family

Kim So Hyun as Eun Han Kyul (1st Child)

Chae Sang Woo as Eun Doo Kyul (2nd Child)

Nam Da Reum as Eun Se Kyul (3rd Child)

Kang Ji Woo as Eun Hye Kyul (4th Child)

Kim Hee Jung as Woo Sun Young (Eun Sang Chul’s late wife)

Eun Sang Chul’s late wife’s family

Park Geun Hyung as Woo Geum Chi

Shim Yi Young as Woo Na Young

People around Eun Sang Chul

Yoon Hee Suk as Manager Choi

Jang Seo Won as Lee Dong Shik

People around Park Bok Nyeo

Kim Hae Sook as Director Hong

Jung Suk Yong as Shin Jung Man

Other People

Bang Eun Hee as Uh Jin’s mother

Lee Seung Hyung as Uh Jin’s father

Hwang Jae Won as Oh Uh Jin (Hye Gyul’s kindergarten friend)

Seo Kang Joon as Choi Soo Hyuk

Park Ji Bin as as Shin Woo Jae

Kim Kwang Gyu as Han Kyul’s teacher

Baek Seung Hyun

Jung Moon Sung

SBS Passionate Love

Written by: Park Ye Kyung

Episodes: 50(TBA)

Air Dates: September 28

Air Times: Saturday and Sunday 20:45

Genre: Melodrama, Family, Romance

Synopsis

This drama is described a humanistic melodrama that follows the tragic love and success story of a man and woman who get tangled up in tragic destinies due to conflicts in their parents’ generation. The drama depicts how one generation’s problems can negatively affect the next generation.

Kang Moo Yeol (Sung Hoon) is a third-generation chaebol who has the both the looks and wealth, seems to have it all on the outside, but grows up with family issues and pain from the loss of his past love Han Yoo Rim (Seohyun). Meanwhile, Han Yoo Jung (Choi Yoon Young) is a diligent and bright, and very independent woman who has a tomboyish and unruly personality which helped her overcome the sudden loss of her family. She is Han Yoo Rim’s younger sister and will get involve with Kang Moo Yeol 10 years later. Both Kang Moo Yeol and his half brother Hong Soo Hyuk (Shim Ji Ho) will fall in love with Han Yoo Jung. But, Moo Yeol and Yoo Jung are star-crossed lovers. Their tragic love story begins because of a tragedy due to their parents. How will they escape their dreary surroundings to succeed?(via koreandrama.org)

Cast

Jun Kwang Ryul as Kang Moon Do

Hwang Shin Hye as Hong Nan Cho

Jun Mi Sun as Yang Eun Sook

Sung Hoon as Kang Moo Yeol

- Lee Won Geun as Kang Moo Yeol (young)

Choi Yoon Young as Han Yoo Jung

- Lee Hye In as Han Yoo Jung (young)

Shim Ji Ho as Hong Soo Hyuk

- Yeo Eui Joo as Hong Soo Hyuk (young)

People around Moo Yeol

Joo Hyun as Yang Tae Shin

Jin Seo Yun as Kang Moon Hee

Yoon Mi Ra as Jang Bok Hee

Woo Hee Jin as Yang Hye Sook

Oh Dae Gyu as Yoo Min Soo

People around Yoo Jung

Seohyun as Han Yoo Rim(Episodes 1-4, Moo Yeol's first love)

Kang Shin Il as Han Sung Bok

Song Chae Hwan as Song Kyung Hee

Lee Han Wie as Ban Soo Bong

Jun Soo Kyung as Joo Nam Ok

Kim Yoon Seo as Ban Dal

Kim Hye Ji as Cha Mi Rae

These are the dramas that I am looking forward in the next couple of weeks, what are dramas are you waiting for?