Asian Movie Fanatic: 2011

Sunny Happiness (2011) - 25 Episodes

Xiang Yun Jie (Mike He) is rich man who was once divorced, and unknowingly had an eight year old son. He is also a young owner of a hotel. Fang Yong Yong (Janine Chang) is an orphan. She works as a housekeeper in the hotle that Xiang Yun Jie owns. The two of them started their fairytale like love story from a 'fake marriage'. Xiang Yun Jie's brother, Xiang Yun Chao (Li Yi Feng), is always hiding in the shadow, he is also the one who completes the love triangle.

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Fated To Love You (2008) - 24 Episodes

A really unfashionable working class girl Chen Xin Yi has the desire to tie down her handsome boyfriend to be with her. Due to certain reasons, her boyfriend gets her to go on a love cruise and she started to ponder on how to lose her virginity and tie down her boyfriend. Xin Yi ended up taking cold medicine which made her drowsy and went into Ji Cun Xi's room. Cun Xi is the sole male heir to his family's company and has been in love with his girlfriend, Anna, for a long time. He planned to propose to Anna on the boat but she didn't turn up on the cruise. An island owner added drugs into Cun Xi's drink and Cun Xi became disorientated and returned to his own room. Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up having a one night stand. Xin Yi later finds out that she's pregnant and Cun Xi's grandmother forces them to get married. Will a couple forced to marry for the sake of their unborn child find love with each other?

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Yi San (2007) - 77 Episodes

Yi San dramatizes the life of Korea's King Jeongjo, the 22nd ruler of the Joseon Dynasty. Jeongjo is remembered in Korean history for his sympathy with the plight of the common man, in spite of his own pampered upbringing as royalty.

The drama begins with the King's early years, during which he befriends two children working in the Palace who are later expelled. King Yeongjo (Jeongjo's grandfather) seals Jeongjo's father, Crown Prince Sado, in a rice storage chest with no food or water because he fears that the crown prince is planning a coup. Jeongjo wants to save his father, and with the help of his friends Song Yeon and Dae Su, begs Yeongjo to forgive the Crown Prince. The drama then skips forward to Jeongjo's adult years when he and his friends re-establish contact with each other. Throughout, Jeongjo's position as Crown Prince is threatened by palace intrigues.

While still the Crown Prince, Jeongjo begins to fall in love with one of his childhood friends, Sung Song Yeon, whose father, a palace artist, died when she was very young. The story then follows Yi San's rise to power, his assumption of the kingship, and the labyrinthine palace intrigues that he must constantly guard against. While the show does deviate from the historical record in a number of ways, its representation of court life during the Joseon Dynasty appears to be based on contemporary sources.

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The King and The Clown (2005) - 1 Movie

Set in the early 16th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng (Gam Wu-seong) and Gonggil (Lee Jun Ki), are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gonggil to rich customers, and Jangsaeng sickens of this practice. After Gonggil kills the manager in defense of Jangsaeng, the pair flees to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.

Together the group comes up with a skit mocking some members of the Royal Court, including the king and his new concubine Jang Noksu. After they are arrested for treason, Jangsaeng makes a deal with Choseon, who turns out to be one of the King's servants, to either make the king laugh at their skit or to be executed. They perform their skit for the king, but the three minor performers are too terrified to perform well. Gonggil and Jangsaeng barely save themselves with one last joke at the king, who laughs and then makes them part of his Court. The King falls for the effeminate Gonggil, whom he calls to his private chambers often to perform finger puppet shows. Jangsaeng becomes jealous of this relationship (though it is never explicitly stated that there is anything more than friendship between him and Gonggil - this topic of friendship/love has been much debated by film reviewers). Meanwhile, the King becomes more and more unstable. He makes the clowns perform a skit depicting how his mother, the favorite concubine of the former king, was forced to take poison after being betrayed by other jealous concubines. The King then slaughters these concubines at the end of the play. Jangsaeng asks Gonggil to leave with him and the gang at once before the King kills them too during one of his homicidal fits. Gonggil, who initially sympathized with the King, begs the tyrant to give him his freedom but his pleas fall on deaf ears.

The king's main concubine, Jang Noksu, becomes enraged by the attention the king has been lavishing on Gonggil. The Council Members try to have him killed during a hunting trip, resulting in the death of one of the members of the street performing team. Days after the hunting trip, there is a kiss between the king and Gonggil (which has caused much buzz and excitement among film reviewers). Then, Jang Noksu tries to have him jailed by having flyers run in Gonggil's handwriting insulting the king severely. Jangsaeng takes the blame for the crime for which Gonggil has been falsely accused and is imprisoned.

Choseon secretly releases Jangsaeng, telling him that he should forget Gonggil and leave the palace. But Jangsaeng ignores the advice and returns to walk on his tightrope across palace rooftops, this time openly and loudly mocking the king. The King shoots arrows at him while Gonggil tries in vain to stop him. Jangsaeng falls and is caught, and has his eyes seared with burning iron as punishment before being thrown into prison again. Gonggil attempts suicide, but his life is saved by the palace doctors. The king has Jangsaeng walk his tightrope blind. As Jangsaeng tells the story of his and Gonggil's trials and tribulations while balancing on the rope, Gonggil runs out to join him. They have a conversation filled with much hidden meaning and significance. Gonggil asks Jangsaeng what he would like to return as in his next life and Jangsaeng replies that he would still choose to be a clown. Gonggil answers that he has found his King and he too would return as nothing else but a clown.

Throughout the film, the tyranny of the king and corruption of his Courts is revealed. At the very end there is a popular uprising resulting in an attack on the palace, and as people storm the court, Jangsaeng and Gonggil jump up from the rope together, and Jangsaeng tosses away his fan, signifying the death of both which is never actually shown in the film. The last scene is a happy one where Jangsaeng and Gonggil appear to be reunited with their clowning troupe, including the friend who died earlier during the hunting incident. The whole company jokes, sings and dances, as they all walk away cheerfully into the distance

Single Princesses and Blind Dates (2010) - 30 Episodes

Le Tong Tong had her grand wedding all planned out, and her relatives were all on standby for the big day. Then, she suddenly found herself single when her boyfriend dumped her. Not a woman who would be defeated by a minor problem as to not having a groom, she and her two friends embarked on a mission to find a husband through series of blind dates..

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Pandaman (2010) - 20 Episodes

Year 2030, in a dark corner of Bright City, lies a powerful evil force: Violent Group, headed by Wang Hu. Burning, killing, looting, they begin destroying the whole city, and also begin brewing a terrible secret plan: to control the human brain. At such a critical time, Bright City’s two super heroes ‘Panda Superman’ and ‘Panda Hero’ take up the responsibility of protecting the citizens and restoring justice.

Panda Superman’s father was previously a very kind-hearted philanthropist, and organised many charity events. One day, someone kidnapped Li Li A and her mother so Panda Superman’s father rushed to save her. Unfortunately, he lost his own life. After this incident, his son would wear a panda outfit, and restore justice in the community. Chi Nan Jie is a cleaner in the local zoo. He became Panda Hero so he can help as much people as he can before he dies from a brain tumour.

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Love Buffet (2010) - 13 Episodes

Original Cast:
Joanne Zeng aka Qiao Qiao as Hu Xiao Feng
Aaron Yan as Xing Yi Cheng
Calvin Chen as Xing Da Ye

Qiao Qiao is too big, "Love Buffet" switches roles

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GTV's "Love Buffet" stopped filming due to the 88 Typhoon, it was previously estimated to resume filming in March, but right before filming, there's rumor saying that the film crew plans to switch the female lead Qiao Qiao, all previously filmed scenes must be re-filmed, the cost will be big.

After GTV's "Down with Love", "Love Buffet" was suppose to follow right after, but now there's rumor of switching the female lead Qiao Qiao, making the drama schedule change.

"Love Buffet" cast Calvin Chen, Joanne Zeng, Aaron Yan experienced one crisis after another, since filming began, there was the 88 typhoon, due to the severe damage done to the original main filming scenes at Maolin International Park, the drama has to stop filming, switch scenes, and make great shifts to the cast's schedule, the producer Wang Xin Gui lost an estimate of 2,000,000 NTD.

After the big hassle of returning to film, there's rumor that GTV is having problems with the revised film script and the cast roles, there's also rumor that they find the female lead Qiao Qiao's age is not young enough with her appearance looking much more mature than the two male leads, making the film crew to consider switching roles. (they are so mean...cuz Qiao Qiao's actual age is 20...much younger than Aaron & Calvin in real life)

Also, Qiao Qiao and Calvin are also rumored to have chemistry, could this be the reason to switch roles? GTV denies this saying.

Promotional representative Cai Fei Qiao states, the production team has already confirmed of switching the female lead, but the main reason is because Qiao Qiao's schedule cannot fit with the filming. GTV explains, so far there's no confirmed choice, and will try to find the right person once the script has been revised.

CAST CHANGE

New Cast:
Yu Hong Yuan as Hu Xiao Feng
Aaron Yan as Xing Yi Cheng
Calvin Chen as Xing Da Ye

Xiao Feng is a lively girl starting her first year of university. Her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her new neighbors: Yi Cheng and Da Ye who lives above her. The arrival of the both of them was also one of the hot topics in the university.

After Xiao Feng starts to get along with Da Ye, Xiao Feng realized that she fell in love with Da Ye. However, Da Ye doesn't have any feelings for Xiao Feng as he treats every single girl in the same way. Sometimes, Xiao Feng felt like she is treated more "special" than the other girls.

One day, she finally decided to confess to Da Ye, but she got rejected because Da Ye told her that he doesn't know the true meaning of "LOVE". After the confession, Xiao Feng got really depressed. She didn't know that the courage to go after her true love will end up in a big mess.

Ah Yi sees her going after her love bravely. He started to fall for her. But, there is always a "her" in his heart. Da Ye sees the both of them get closer and closer day by day and starts to feel uneasy.

What is the exact meaning of "LOVE"? A triangle-love relationship by three of them which includes friendship and the family. The buffet of love, how do they combine them to form the taste of happiness?

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Fugitive: Plan B (2010) - 20 Episodes

During the Korean War, a vast amount of money disappeared. Now, some 60 years later, the money has reappeared, leading to a frantic chase across the globe. Jin Yi (Lee Na Young) is a seemingly innocent woman who has hidden motives for approaching Ji Woo (Bi). Her plans are complicated by an unexpected romance developing between them, as well as the numerous pursuers hot on their trail. Kieko (Uehara Takako) is a famous Japanese singer who also gets tangled up in a relationship with this man. Little do they know that her father Hiroki (Takenaka Naoto), apart from being a business man, is a powerful yakuza. In this love triangle, who will finally win the love of Ji Woo?

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Badarn Jai (2008) - 13 Episodes

Badarn Jai is a lakorn about a man who mentally falls apart because the love of his life dies in an car crash while living aboard. Aum plays the demented man and Margie plays the young woman who helps him regain his sanity by showering him with love and support.

At the start of Badarn Jai, our pra’ek Sakkarn dons the asian mullet, isolates himself from the world, and scares his family with his erratic behaviors. Sakkarn is heartbroken and deeply depressed over the death of his fiancee, Aeuy. His mother is deeply worried and asked advice from a longtime friend who has a daughter.

Seeing that the only way to heal her son’s sorrowful state is to find him a new love, she arranges a marriage between Sakkarn and her friend’s daughter, Purimarn. In order to coerce her son into marriage, Sakkarn’s fake an illness.

The couple married. They move into Sakkarn’s house and sleep in different rooms. Purimarn works really hard to please Sakkarn. She tries to brighten up his life by adding flowers into his home and being really lively. He likes her company but pretends to hate her.

Shortly after Sakkarn and Purimarn’s wedding, Aeuy’s sister comes back to Thailand. Ransitha looks exactly like her sister Aeuy. For years, Ransitha secretly pined over Sakkarn but kept her feelings dormant because Sakkarn was dating her sister.

After the death of her sister Aeuy, she saw an opportunity to be with Sakkarn. Ransitha starts mingling into Sakkarn and Purimarn’s life in order to break them up.

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Always Smile (2009) - 30 Episodes

After running away from home, Liang Yufang, the second generation inheritor of a five-star hotel, began work at the bottom level of his family's hotel under a different name. Tian Wei's dream is to become a singer, but due to her alcoholic father and mentally-challenged brother, she had to find work. With the help of her friends, she became a pastry worker in Liang Yufang's family hotel.

There, the two meet and, after a series of misunderstandings, fell in love.

Yet when the truth about Liang Yufang's identity came out, Tian Wei began to doubt his truthfulness to her. Meanwhile, Yufang's family opposed the couple, especially because of Tian Wei's brother.

At this crucial moment, Zhao Xi, who has been working with Yufang, breaks between the two. After being rejected by Yufang in public, the Liang family feels indebted to her. She slowly rises in the hotel and becomes a part of family, eventually getting engaged to Yufang. But she also has a dark motive for all this - revenge.

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4 Huajai Haeng Khun Khao: Wayupak Montra (2010) - 8 Episodes

The Last story of 4 Huajai haeng khun khao (4 hearts of the mountain):

Wayupak Montra

Tichakorn is the Romance novel writer with the pen name "Humming Bird" and she's also the daughter of the sorcerer. She decides to go to research for her new novel in the vineyard. She has never thought that her fate will be changed when meets Wayupak, a playboy and the owner of Sailom vineyard though it's the terrible first meeting between them.

Tichakorn has sixth sense and she sees that Wayupak has a female spirit who keeps following him everywhere, so she tries to tell him, but he doesn't believe her.

In Wayupak's thought, Tichakorn is a nonsense and meddlesome girl.
But he doesn't know since when she has been in his heart and he can't let her go.

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4 Huajai Haeng Khun Khao: Pathapee Leh Rak (2010) - 7 Episodes

The third story of 4 Huajai haeng khun khao (4 hearts of the mountain):

Pathapee Leh Rak

Pathapee, the owner of Thararin Resort has to confront with the trouble maker, Cha-em, a cunning girl who plans to make trouble in his resort with some reason.

He is happy to keep an eye on this girl and see how she will trouble his resort.
She has the mission to achieve her plan though he always can catch up with her tricks.

He keep finding fault with her until he gets used to it and it has been develop to be love.

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4 Huajai Haeng Khun Khao: Duang Jai Akkanee (2010) - 10 Episodes

The second story of 4 Huajai haeng khun khao (4 hearts of the mountain):

Duangjai Akkanee (Akkanee’s heart)

Because of the conflict between 2 families from the father generation makes Akkanee and Ajjima be enemies with each other since they were kids. When they grows up and take care of their own dairy farm which there’s the white fence as a border, the quarrel and fight often happens between them. However, under their harshness against each other, they secretly care about each other.

Later, when many incidents leads them to open their hearts to each other, they have to face the big barrier. Ajjima’s father is still stubborn and doesn’t accept this son-in-law-to-be. What can Akkanee get through the barrier?

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4 Huajai Haeng Khun Khao: Thara Himalaya (2010) - 9 Episodes

The first story of 4 Huajai haeng khun khao (4 hearts of the mountain):

Thara Himalaya

The fate leads Doctor Thipthara, the youngest and only daughter in 4 twins from Adisuanrangsan Farm to meet and take care of Phuwanet, the patient who gets injured and lose his memory. She feels sorry for him, so she let him go to work in her brother’s farm.

Their love have been developed quietly, but her 3 brothers who are very possessive of their younger sister don’t know about it. However, the barrier of the difference between the classes that she thinks that he’s just a worker becomes a trivial matter when she knows later that in the fact, he is the Crown Prince of Parawat.

How can a foreign girl like Tharathip can get through the barrier of Parawat’s tradition to be with the man she loves?

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