KOREAN and ASIAN DRAMAS, ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
See below Daniel Henney's movie trailer and the music video for The Fugitive: Plan B and also Daniel's latest film interview here in Asia Wave's Drama News. 

If you're planning to travel to Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China or other destinations in Asia, you might want to watch and enjoy an Asian Drama.  Soon you find the dramas not only tell wonderful stories, but show Asian locations, customs and cultures.  Korean Dramas are available for purchase on line for good quality viewing. Dramas are subtitled in multiple languages. You will find yourself automatically learning the language as you follow along watching the programs. 

Two favorite actors, Rain (Bi) and Daniel Henney star in Runaway (Fugitive):  Plan B.  Rain is a singer/dancer and Korean actor.  Daniel Henney is a Korean/American model and actor well embraced in Korea.  Here's the trailer:
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This music video for The Fugitive is also quite nice to listen to with excellent clips from the drama series.

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Here are some recommendations of popular programs that are highly entertaining and enjoyable. 

KOREAN DRAMAS

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  Full House-  stars Bi  (Rain ) as Lee Young Jae and Song Hye Kyo as Han Ji Eun
• Romantic Comedy- Han Ji-Eun inherited her parents home, built by her father called Full House. Her dream is to be a script writer and she is currently writing for the internet. Her two best friends, in desperate need of money, trick her into believing she has won a free vacation, and while she is gone they sell her house. On the airplane, she meets famous actor, Lee Young-Jae. On arrival she finds the hotel of the dream trip is not paid, but Lee Young-Jae, although reluctant, loans her the money to stay at the hotel and through a series of comic events, returning from her vacation, she finds out her house has been sold to him.
  
  
• Boys Before Flowers - stars
• Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo
• Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo
• Kim Bum as So Yi Jung

• Boys Before Flowers is the Korean adaptation of the Japanese Manga Hana Yori Dango.  Originally a manga, the Taiwanese version of Meteor Garden was the first drama adapation. So successful, the Japanese produced their version and then the Koreans, each with their own take on the story.  Both Hana Yori Dango and Meteor Garden are listed below with Japanese and Taiwanese drama recommendations.
  Romantic Comedy- Jan Di is an average girl who saves the life a student being bullied at a famous school for rich students.  Standing up to the four richest and spoiled boys known as the F4, takes her on a twist in life she could never have expected. Jan Di tries to avoid  confrontation with the F4 fearing being a target, because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, circumstances continually bump her into odds with the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.
  
  
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  Save the Last Dance for Me - stars Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene) as Ji Eun-Soo and Ji Sung as Kang Hyun-Woo
  
  Drama Romance- Eun-Soon and her father find Hyun-Woo on a roadside. His car was stolen and Eun-soo takes him to the hospital. He had amnesia after suffering a knife wound and knock to his head. Eun-Soon and her father nurse him back to health. During of his recovery, Eun-Soo and the stranger, who has been named "Chang Ho," fall in love. The day of their engagement, Eun-Soo's father passes away. Following another attempt on his life and another accident, Hyun-Woo regains his original memory, but doesn't remember his time spent with Eun-Soo. He leaves Eun-Soon and to seek out his past life. Eun-Soon leaves her family resort, Dreaming Forest, and travels to Seoul to find her love.
  
  
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  My Lovely Samsoon- stars
• Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam-soon
  

Romantic  Comedy-
Possibly the funniest, well-written and acted romantic comedy in Korea.  Kim sun Ah and Hyun Bin make an excellent team in this surprising and lovely story of a 30 year old female pasty chef and young executive hotel heir/restaurant owner.


TAIWANESE DRAMAS

Down With Love - stars Jerry Yan as Xiang Yu Ping and Ella Chen as Yang Guo  

Romantic Comedy- Filmed in the upbeat style of many Taiwan Dramas, Down with Love will lift your spirits with the funny story line and enjoyable music used for the series. Shiang Yu Ping, a divorce and inheritance lawyer, loses his older brother in a car accident and takes in his orphaned niece and nephew, Fei and Ting. Nannies continually quit due to the children's antics or end up falling in love with Yu Ping. Fed up, Yu Ping asks his secretary, Yang Duo, to find a nanny. She ends up recommending her tomboyish younger sister Yang Guo, who desperately needs a job. Yu Ping mistakenly thinks she prefers women over men and decides to hire her thinking his troubles will be resolved.

 
Black and White

Action /Adventure stars Vic Zhou as Chen Zai Tian (Pi Zi)  and Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong 

Meteor Garden stars
Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai, Ken Chu, Vanness Wu

The Taiwan version of Hana Yori Dango Japanese Manga story that started the "F4," rage. "F4" stands for "Flower Four," the sons of the richest tycoons in Taiwan. A normal girl stands up to "F4," known for bullying students in their exclusive school, but in doing so falls in love with the leader of the group.

My Queen

stars Cheryl Yang as Shan Wu Shuang ??? (Veronica) and
Ethan Ruan as Lu Ka Si ??? (Lucas)

Chery Yang and Ethan Ruan know how to act and they definitely deliver in this wonderfully crafted love story of older woman and younger man. 

JAPANESE DRAMAS

Tsuki no Koibito
(Moon Lovers)

stars Kimura Takuya as Hazuki Rensuke

Hop on the Takuya train and catch Kimura Takuya do that acting thing. Known as Japan's top actor, you won't be dissappointed.  If you have never watched a Japanese drama, this is a good place to start.

Hana Yori Dango
(Boys Over Flowers)
stars
Matsumoto Jun
as Domyoji Tsukasa
and Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui

The Japanese decide to take back their manga from the Taiwanese and tell the story Japanese style.  Don't miss this wonderful version of the F4, sons of Japan's elite and rich as a common girl steels everyone's hearts. Matsumoto Jun insisted that Oguri Shun come into the project as Hanzawa Rui. Not only did Oguri step up to the plate, but the combination of actors took this drama off the t.v. charts in Asia.

Zettai Kareshi
(Absolute Boyfriend) stars Hayami Mokomichi as Tenjo Night

This drama may seem cutsy or sci-fi at first with a robot designed to please a woman, but it will steal your heart away.  This amazing perfect male appears on the scene and takes love to a level no one expected. Don't miss this touching and moving love story.
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