Band of Nuts

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Title: Koi no Chikara
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Period: 2002-Jan-10 to 2002-Mar-21
Broadcast Network: Fuji TV
Genre: Romance

Synopsis
Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle for comfort. She knows that this isn’t the best thing, but can’t find the strength right now to do anything except choose the easy way to do things. This causes her to start getting down on herself. Luckily though, she doesn’t give up hope completely, and tries to take things as they come. Which proves to help to some degree.

Suddenly one day, a guy by the name of Kotaro (Tsutsumi Shinichi) comes along. Like Toko, Kotaro hasn’t had much luck at work either. Even so, this is still the same guy that Toko liked when she was younger. Naturally, Toko is thrilled to see Kotaro after such a long time, but eventually finds out that he is about as insensitive as you can get, and is self-centered to boot. This really gets to Toko. What’s worse is that Toko ends up starting a small company with him, even though she had to leave her position at a large company because of trouble they were involved in together.

Credits: Fuji TV

Main Cast

• Fukatsu Eri as Motomiya Toko
• Tsutsumi Shinichi as Nukui Kotaro
• Yada Akiko as Kuramochi Haruna
• Sakaguchi Kenji as Kimura Sogo
  
• Kuga Yoko as Teraishi Kaori

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Title: Several Questions That Make Us Happy
Episodes: 2
Broadcast Date: May 30-31, 2007
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Genre: Romance, Short drama

Synopsis
This is a special short drama with only two episodes. The short drama tells different stories revolving different characters but somehow they’re related.
Each omnibus has its own director and staff of writers so in two episodes you will witness multiple directing and writing styles, but the drama maintains fluidity as it goes from one story to another and links one character to another.

Credits: jahye @ Soompi

Main Cast

• Lee Han
• Yoon So Yi
• Park Shin Hye

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Title: When It’s At Night. Every Night, Night After Night
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Date: Starting on June 23, 2008
Genre: Romantic comedy

Synopsis
Actress Kim Sun Ah returns to the small screen in 3 years. Kim Sun Ah has been cast along with Lee Dong Gun in MBC’s drama “When It’s at Night” which will air starting this June 16th. This is the first project since her casting in 2005’s MBC drama, “My Name is Kim Sam Soon.” “When It’s at Night” is drawn from a romantic comic book about a playboy arts scholar, Kim Bum Sang who is crazy about virgins and property assets supervisor and ardent spinster who is looking for a national treasure which causes a turmoil. Kim Sun Ah’s character, Huh Cho Hwi is a 29 year old woman who is constantly mistaken as crafty simply because of her natural-born sexiness. Lee Dong Gun will play a playboy arts scholar, Kim Bum Sang who’s in charge of the safekeeping of the cultural assets. The story will be about how these two will cross paths and how this chance meeting will cause turmoil for both.

Character Discription

• Huh Cho-Hee/ Kim Sun-Ah
  Cultural Properties Administration Cultural Assets Crime Enforcement”Cho-Hee” was named by her father. Huh Nan Suhl Hyun was Josun’s greatest poetess who kived a life of misfortune. Her pen name was Cho-Hee. The evil men of her lifetime called Huh Nan Suhl Hyun’s beautiful love poems lewd but the next generations knew that she was truly a great poet. Cho-Hee’s father loved Huh Nan Suhl Hyun’s poems and hoped that Cho-Hee would live with elegance and pride like her but unfortantely, their similarities lie somewhere else. They both live misunderstood by others.
  She was born sexy. She may just throw on a five dollar shirt but her sexiness is unable to be hidden and because of this sexiness, she has lived misunderstood for thirty years. Women feel nervous and threatened that Cho-Hee will seduce their lovers and husbands and men whisper that such a sexy woman must be undoubtedly reckless as well. If she was sweet and gentle, she would be less misunderstood but… she’s icy cold, uses fists before words, cuts short comments she doesn’t want to hear, and there isn’t a speck of cuteness to be found. And she works so hard too… she seems like a crazy woman desperate to catch a tomb robber. Or so it seems to others. Antique appraiser and restoration specialist.
• Kim Bum-Sang/ Lee Dong-Gun
  **(Bum-Sang means common or ordinary in Korean)His name isn’t very ordinary and he himself is an outstanding member in the antiques appraisal and restoration community. No matter how elaborate the fake, he can tell the difference immediately no matter how shattered the pot, he can fully restore it and no matter how snobby the girl, he looks good enough make her fall for him in one look. Superior skills with stunning good looks, there would be a balance if he had an attitude but this man Kim Bum-Sang is humble too! He has an outlook that isn’t greedy or narrow, he’s kind and well-mannered, he works to always put others before himself, and he has the expression of a man who would only love one woman in his entire life, where in the world would there be another man like this? Kim Bum-Sang, a man who receives love and respect from ladies and gentlemen,young and old, no matter what their stature. But… his true self is…
• Kang Shi-Wan Lee Joo-Hyun
  Criminal Investigation Intelligence Team 3 Chief of Cultural Assets Responsibility SectionThree years ago, the Cultural Assets Responbility Section was created at Criminial Investigation Intelligence and he became the chief. He even receives recognition from the other officers of Criminal Investigation Intelligence who thought disagreeably about his chief position as a young ex-police officer. He’s even one step ahead of the critical people on the enforcement team.He’s honest and loyal and his character is a prime example of that of an honorable man. But in the case with women, all he knows is work. He’s simple and boring man who’s anything but romantic. And the most critical reason for his disqualification, he has a child. Five years ago, he lost his wife to an accident. He was left with his daughter, Ji-Yoon, and he buried his wife away in his heart as he focused on his work.
  He never even imagined that there would come a time when he would love someone again.
• Wang Joo-Hyun/ Kim Jung-Hwa
  Cultural Properties Administration Cultural Assets Crime EnforcementShe joined the Cultural Properties Adminstration in order to meet a high ranking government official and make him her husband. She had thought that dream would come true while she was a secretary. But life became totally messed uponce she got moved to Enforcement. Who cares how everyone else in the nation is working, she’s forced to live her life chasing tomb robbers from sunrise to sunset, from Seoul to Busan to Daejun to Daeju… what’s so great about that? She can deal with difficult work. With her major in cuteness, her minor in crinkly smiles, she can easily overcome that much. But the one thing she can’t deal with… sharing an office with the Cultural Properties Administration’s sexiest woman, Huh Cho-Hee. No matter how much she trys, she can’t beat Huh Cho-Hee original sexiness.
  In addition, Huh Cho-Hee is spitefully indifferent to her sexual attractiveness.
  That’s even more spiteful. Wang Joo-Hyun is suffering. There can only be one queen bee in the hive. In order to beat the sexy Huh Cho-Hee and thus receive the love and attention of men, a “differentiation” stragety is necessary. The conclusion after a great effort… appeal to the the perpetual romance of all men, the kind and elegant motherwife. After all, isn’t the number one marriage candidate for all korean men the kind and elegant motherwife? And if she’s pure and innocent to boot, no matter how sexy Huh Cho-Hee is, it’s game over.
• No Jung-Pil/ Kim Joo-Bong
  Chief of Cultural Properties Administration Cultural Assets Crime EnforcementHe devoted his youth to catching tomb robbers. Due to catching robbers, he never once was able to go to his children’s entrance ceremonies or graduations. He’s never celebrated his wife’s birthday. As a result, his children surround only around their mother and he is never treated like a husband or father. Still, when captured robbers are released, he never forgets to buy them a meal and pay for a cab as he pats their shoulder and tell thems to live a better life. That’s why he still isn’t able to buy a house and is still renting. But he doesn’t regret the thiry years he spent catching tomb robbers.
  Now it’s almost time for him to retire. He feels no different now from when he first started but already thirty years have passed by. There once was a time when the tomb robbers in all of Korea would only heard the name “No Jung-Pil” and they peed in their pants while digging. He knew the entire grave robber community so he could take one look at a crime scene and immediately tell who from where had done it. But its different nowadays. The robbers’ techniques have become more elaborative and surprising. There isn’t much time left before he must step back ang give the young people his spot but… with his retirement right in front of him, many complicated thoughts refuse to leave his mind.
• Na Dae-Gil/ Park Chul-Min
  Enforcement Team MemberHis dream is to become the next chief after Chief No retires. Of course what he wants even more is to quickly leave the enforcement team and be promoted in an easy place like public relations. But he’s been in enforcement for years and no other department wants him. His current goal: promotion! His biggest obstacle is the young but experienced Huh Cho-Hee. He believes that Cho-Hee works hard because she wants to be the next chief and he keeps his guard up around her. He is mortal enemies with Officer Jo from Criminal Investigation Intelligence. He is always worried that Criminal Investigation Intelligence will steal the credit from the Enforcement team.
• Lee Sang-Ho/ Kim Joon-Ho
  Enforcement Team MemberBesides cultural assets, he likes stocks, funds, real estate…
  he’s very interested in anything that can be related to financial technology.
  He tries to seem relatively smart but he is always screwed over by his rather meager knowledge. He’s interested in Wang Joo-Hyun but he’s irritated by the way Criminal Investigation Intelligence’s idiot, Officer Park, hangs around her. So he often gives incorrect investment information. Take that he says, and he acts like Brainy Smurf most of the time but he’s a lazy employee with a relatively kind disposition.

Main Cast

Credits to soonjap and Soompi WIAN thread, glo @ BON FunSubs.

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Title: Gourmet / Trencherman / Sik Gaek
Episodes: 24
Broadcast Date: Since June 17, 08
Genre: Comedy

Synopsis

Character Discription

• Sung-Chan[27 - 29 years old; Kim Rae Won]

Descendant of a captain/colonel who was in the king’s grace in the late Chosun period. However, at the time the captain/colonel met an unjust death and as that truth became unrevealed, the upturned family continues its line in a mountainside living a normal and poor life. In the year when Sung Chan turns ten years old, Oh-SookSoo (”fancy chef” or “caterer”) comes to him, claiming that he is Sung Chan’s grandfather’s friend’s son and Sung Chan goes to Seoul to be raised together with Oh’s son, Bong Joo.

• Jin Soo[24 – 26 years old; Nam Sang Mi]

She is outgoing, emotional, and a tomboy so she may seem annoying, but she also has a childlike and lovable nature. After she graduated from college in the country, she went to Seoul to take a qualifying exam to get into a Seoul newspaper agency. When she first arrived at the Seoul station, the first place she went to while dragging her large suitcase was “Un Ahm Jung ” (sorry I can’t seem to put this into a translator either). As a gourmand, she possesses an extraordinary interest and eye for food, and so her dream is to become a food columnist.

• Bong Joo[29 – 32 years old; Kwon Oh Joong]

Mr. Oh’s son. As a child, he couldn’t understand why his father treated the mischievous Sung Chan with so much hospitality, but he acted the older brother part well. As Sung Chan turned to cooking and became more serious, his father’s worry lessened, but inversely, the Don Quixote of the kitchen Sung Chan became Bong Joo’s worry. As he watches Sung Chan who has zero level of skill or emotion to deserve to be “Dae Ryung Sook Soo” (”grand royal chef” or “master chef”) descendant, he starts to feel rivalry and jealousy.

• Min Woo[27 – 29 years old; Won Ki Joon]

He is a top cook along with Sung Chan and Bong Joo in “Un Ahm Jung”. He managed to go through that difficult and picky barrier into “Un Ahm Jung” (ah, I guess it’s the name of their restaurant place?) and as he heads for the best, he has become a sturdy pillar of support of Un Ahm Jung today. However he ends up meeting Sung Chan who he had problems with in high school at Un Ahm Jung and as he is forced to be in closer range with Sung Chan, he doesn’t know what to do.

• Joo Hee[28 – 30 years old; Kim So Yeon]

Mr. Oh’s personal assistant. She is Mr. Oh’s right arm as he plays a central role in planning Un Ahm Jung’s future. She is a woman who understands and knows Mr. Oh’s intentions the best. She is the daughter of Mr. Oh’s friend who runs Un Ahm Jung’s branch in LA, and when Bong Joo was studying abroad in America, the two spent time like siblings. From a long time ago, Bong Joo liked Joo Hee but when he reveals that she is already in love with Sung Chan.

• Mr. Oh[Late 60s; Choi Bul Ahm]

He is Bong Joo’s father and the current head of Un Ahm Jung. He is the only person who knows the buried secrets regarding Bong Joo and Sung Chan. In order to wash his past sins, he takes in Sung Chan and treats him better than his real son, but all Sung Chan gives him is one disappointment after another. However, when Sung Chan picks up cooking and shows skills, he reconfirms that in fact the blood of “Dae Ryung Sook Soo” runs in him.

• Kim Rae Won as Sung Chan
• Nam Sang Mi as Jin Soo
• Kwon Oh Joong as Bong Joo
• Won Ki Joon as Min Woo
• Kim So Yeon as Joo Hee

Credits to Soompi Sik Gaek thread, aikomidori, glo, and purpletiger86 @ BON

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Title: New Heart
Episodes: 23
Broadcast Date: Dec 12, 2007
Broadcast Network: MBC
Genre: Medical, Drama

Synopsis
“New Heart” is a medical drama featuring the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the prestige Kwang-Hee University Hospital. Ji Sung plays Lee Eun Sung who graduates from a newly established medical school in the provinces and applies for the hospital with high hopes of becoming a great doctor. With natural talent and effort, he is acknowledged by the head of the department Choi Kang Gook played by Jo Jae Hyun.

Kim Min Jung plays Nam Hae Suk, an elite who graduates as top at her medical school. She is an absolute fundamentalist who starts to show her humane side as she gets to know Lee Eun Sung.

Jo Jae Hyun plays the newly appointed departmental head Choi Kang Gook who has is the best in his field while possessing all the qualities of a humane doctor. This is his first drama in two years.

To make the drama as realistic as possible, scriptwriter Hwang Eun Kyung actually studied a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. She says she used Professor Lee Young Tak of Samsung Seoul Medical Center as a model for Choi Kang Gook.

Credits: Broasia c/o Rubie @ Soompi

Main Cast

• Ji Sung (Save the Last Dance, All In)
  
• Kim Min-Jung (Fashion 70’s)
• Jo Jae-Hyun (Piano, Snowman)
• Lee Ji-Hoon (Hello Miss!, Wonderful Life)

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Title: The Perfect Neighbor
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Date: July 25, 2007
Broadcast Network: SBS
Genre: Romance, Drama

Synopsis
‘How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor’ is set in a corporate housing facility and draws the story of the people. The main characters are a former host, a successor of a major conglomerate, a lawyer, and a secretary that always causes trouble. It questions what a perfect neighbor is while reflecting upon those who vow to live together forever as a married couples.

Kim Seung Woo will be playing the host Baek Soo Chan. He has nothing in his hands but lives a life under the belief that he will become the man any woman who sits next to him wants. However, his belief is questioned when he starts to realize true love. Bae Doo Na takes on the role of Jung Yoon Hee, a comic secretary for a conglomerate chairman.

Credits: angel2nyt @ Soompi

Main Cast

• Kim Seung Woo as Baek Soo-Chan
• Bae Doo Na as Jung Yoon-Hee
• Park Shi Hoo as Yoo Joon-Suk
• Min Ji Hye as Go Hye-Mi

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Title: Express Boy
Episodes: 32
Broadcast Date: 2005
Broadcast Network: TVBS-G
Genre: Human, Drama

Synopsis
Express Boy service can deliver any package to anywhere!

After Hu Tie-Nan got out of prison he decided to shed his gangster past and start a package delivery service called “Express Boy.” His employees are bunch of misfits like him who are trying to start over. Tie-Nan has been in love with his friend, Rong Rong, since childhood, but has been too afraid to confess, leading her to fall in love with a policeman who is both his friend and enemy. Just as his determination and courage begins to touch her, their deepening relationship is threatened by family disasters. Will this crisis break them apart?

Credits: Drama Wiki @ d-addicts.com

Main Cast

• Mike He as Hu Tie Nan
• Xu Wei Lun as Su Rong Rong
• Ke Su Yuan as Lee Jin Biao
• Zhang Rui Jia as Long Yan

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Title: Spring Story
Episodes: 2
Broadcast Date: 2003
Broadcast Network: N/A
Genre: Romance, Drama

Synopsis
This story is about two high school students who fall for each other in high school, but cannot articulate their feelings for each other. Instead, they often say the wrong thing and annoy each other. The story continues through their early 20s, as they happen to run into each other, and despite still having feelings for one another, they cannot find a way to be together.

Credits: seirin, hadmish @ BON FunSubs

Main Cast

• Oguri Shun & Nishihara Aki

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Title: Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm / Wish Upon a Cow: Love & Farm
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Period: 2007-Jul-03 to ??
Broadcast Network: KTV
Genre: Agriculture, Education, Humor

Synopsis
Six agriculture students travel north to Hokkaido for first-hand training and experience in a farm setting. The story focuses not only on their daily life and their growth as young men and women, but also on the economic situation in the region, which received national attention earlier this year when the national government cut off aid to the struggling city of Yubari. — Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/features/Summer-07-Drama)

Credits: Drama Wiki @ d-addicts.com

Main Cast

• Tamayama Tetsuji as Takashimizu Takashi
• Koide Keisuke as Mano Tohei
• Nakata Atsuhiko as Wakamatsu Ryuta
• Aibu Saki as Fujii Ayaka

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Title: Iryu Team Medical Dragon 2
Episodes: 11
Broadcast Period: 2007-Oct-11 to 2007-Dec
Broadcast Network: Fuji TV
Genre: Medical

Synopsis
In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan’s medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren’t independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable.

Credits: jade_frost @ BON FunSubs

Main Cast

• Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
• Uchida Yuki as Kataoka Kazumi
• Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
• Otsuka Nene as Kodaka Nanami

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