Posted on 04/24/2023 12:00:56 PM PDT by mairdie
Some of my favorite actors from Chinese and Korean dramas. Part II, R thru Z. My reference source to try to help me remember names.
She is beautiful!
The Penthouse
https://www.viki.com/tv/37381c-the-penthouse
Secret Mother
https://www.viki.com/tv/35869c-secret-mother
Falling for Innocence
https://www.viki.com/tv/26491c-falling-for-innocence
Two Weeks
https://www.viki.com/tv/20014c-two-weeks
Hard to tell because of censorship. But the majority of the dramas, both Chinese and Korean, have high moral standards as the goal of the hero, and violating it seen as corruption. So much corruption in the Korean dramas that you imagine it’s a major issue, but then there’s not too much censorship in Korean dramas. You see gritty neighborhoods. Chinese are almost always clean and pretty. Only thing they can’t do anything about is the smog out the high rise windows.
Park Shin Hye - another really beautiful woman!
Doctors
https://www.viki.com/tv/31066c-doctors
The Beauty Inside
https://www.viki.com/movies/36130c-the-beauty-inside
Pinocchio
https://www.viki.com/tv/23066c-pinocchio
Heirs
https://www.viki.com/tv/12699c-heirs
You’re Beautiful (one of my favorites)
https://www.viki.com/tv/442c-youre-beautiful
This is a poor quality because I shot it with a gopro in front of my TV. But the end where she confesses to him, the pure heart displayed in her acting is second to nothing in anything i’ve ever seen... American or otherwise. I hope you can see the welled up eyes!!
I’ve seen it many times and this scene still get this old romantic a little misty lol...
In the “old days” most of the British films passed around by fans were done with a camera. I slept under someone’s dining room table for 3 days to copy one show like that. Could barely see it.
The Pig Rabbit stuffed animal that the band leader made for her was EPIC!! I laughed huge at the scene!! "...I'm going to have to use my Refined Sewing skills..."
I can see the welled up eyes. The acting is great. Handsome people as well. What’s the name of the drama?
Forgot that scene!
I’m now watching
Killer and Healer - Republican era; great buddy show and mystery
https://youtu.be/5zFzuEMgqG4?list=PL6xVgUZ4UP2Pdua7K6kdtCoyzxpAQk06B
The Trust - body exchange
https://www.viki.com/tv/38150c-the-trust
Love of Replica - twin substitution
https://www.viki.com/tv/39753c-love-of-replica
Miss the Dragon - cute fantasy about girl who saves animals, including a white dragon
https://www.viki.com/tv/37840c-miss-the-dragon
I’ts a bit older, but the plot and the action is top end!!
It's about a secret organization that rides piggy back on korea’s CIA... NSS. The power dont want Reunification between north and south and do everything they can to sabotage diplomacy. ...and so the Love triangle is Him, a girl in south's NSS and the girl in the scene who is a Nork Operative. excellent movie!!
Sounds like something my husband would adore. He’s addicted to The K2 and to Graceful Family. He’s watched them twice and bought them, as well.
He passed away in 2018 at the age of 85. His face looks familiar, even though I don’t recognize his name. Considering his list of performances, I’m certain I’ve seen him on many TV shows.
There’s a lot of talented actors in your videos. I also like a lot of the older character actors that one sees a lot, both in the Hollywood movies and in the Asian dramas. They have the experience the younger actors don’t and make a good support for the main leads. And some are just so fun to watch as they provide the backdrop and sometimes steal the scene, lol
Agreed. I was aiming at the pretty boy/bad boy images but couldn’t resist adding Kim Chang Wan from “My Love from the Star” and Kang Ki Young from “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim.”
For one of my favorite slightly older actors, Bao Jian Feng. His emperor in “Love Like the Galaxy” is the best emperor EVER!
https://mydramalist.com/people/5382-bao-jian-feng
No Bai Jing Ting? :) He’s got mumbling humorous lines down to an art, lol
And the water in their glasses. I was startled to see a glass of water the color of tea in more than one drama.
Maybe that’s why you see so much bottled water.
Bai Jing Ting. I haven’t watched anything he’s in yet.
New Life Begins
https://www.viki.com/tv/38819c-new-life-begins
Reset
https://www.viki.com/tv/38357c-reset
Octogenarians and the 90s
https://www.viki.com/tv/37643c-octogenarians-and-the-90s
You Are My Hero
https://www.viki.com/tv/37036c-you-are-my-hero
The best series of Japanese movies I have seen were the Tales of Zatoichi. The 1960’s actor Shintarô Katsu was fantastic as the Blind Swordsman.
Very good stories.
I have met some Koreans over the years and there is something wrong with their culture that the men are very aggressive and the women are extremely submissive to the men. Is anybody familiar enough with their culture that can explain this.
I mostly go to light. My favorite Japanese series were:
Noble Boys
https://www.viki.com/tv/37348c-noble-boys
Princess Jellyfish
https://www.viki.com/tv/37512c-princess-jellyfish
Choosing Spouse by Lottery
https://www.viki.com/tv/37465c-choosing-spouse-by-lottery
There certainly are a lot of dramas where that is the case, but women’s lib shows a strong tendency for women to become more assertive in Korean shows, as well.
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
https://www.viki.com/tv/32311c-strong-woman-do-bong-soon
Descendants of the Sun
https://www.viki.com/tv/23205c-descendants-of-the-sun
The King 2 Hearts
https://www.viki.com/tv/3870c-the-king-2-hearts
Maiden Holmes
https://www.viki.com/tv/37313c-maiden-holmes
The Imperial Coroner
https://www.viki.com/tv/37852c-the-imperial-coroner
The Imperial Doctress
https://www.viki.com/tv/23841c-the-imperial-doctress
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