Kdrama 2011
The Greatest Love (Kdrama Review & Summary)
The Greatest Love
- Genre: Romance, Music, Entertainment Business, Love Triangle, Idol, KPOP, Rich Man/Poor Woman
- Release Date: 2011
- Origin: South Korea
- Kdrama: 16 Episodes
Cast:
- Cha Seung-won as Dokko Jin
- Gong Hyo-jin as Gu Ae-jung
- Yoon Kye-sang as Yoon Pil-joo
- Yoo In-na as Kang Se-ri
- Yang Han-yeol as Gu Hyung-kyu (Ae-jung’s nephew)
- Jung Joon-ha as Gu Ae-hwan (Ae-jung’s brother/manager)
- Lee Hee-jin as Jenny
- Im Ji-kyu as Kim Jae-seok (Jin’s manager)
- Choi Hwa-jung as Representative Moon (president of Jin’s agency)
- Bae Seul-ki as Han Mi-na
- Jung Man-sik as Manager Jang
- Choi Sung-min as Kim Eun-ho (Couple Making PD)
- Kim Mi-jin as Han Myung-jung (Couple Making writer)
- Park Won-sook as Pil-joo’s mother
- Han Jin-hee as Gu Ja-chul (Ae-jung’s father)
- Jeong Gyu-soo as Cardiac surgeon
- Hyoyoung as Harumi
- In Gyo-jin as Mi-na’s husband
(cast info: wikipedia)
If you are new to Korean Dramas (KDramas), there is no better one to start with than this classic romance drama.
It is a comedy of manners in the celeb-world. It also shows that celebrities are as important and popular as their fans wanted them to be. The fans can put you up and they can also bring you down in a heartbeat.
It stars two of Korea’s most charming and most accomplished actors, Cha Seung-won and Gong Hyo-Jin.
Cha Seung-won plays Dokko Jin, a much loved action film superstar. His character is a caricature of the perceived indulged life of celebrities. He is egotistical, arrogant and self-centred. Cha’s height and frame is perfect for his role.
Gong Hyo-Jin plays Go Ae-Jung, who was once the most popular member of a girl group National Treasure Girls until she was involved in a scandal. Suddenly she lost all her fame and fanbase. She was still in showbiz but as a C-List, taking every minor role going to make a living for her family.
Dokko Jin has an artificial heart transplant and he wears a heartbeat monitor to maintain a normal 60-90 heartbeat per minute.
He then meets Go Ae-Jung and before he knows it his heartbeat is soaring above the hundred. He was attracted to Go Ae-Jung and really bothered by the signature song of National Treasure Girls’ Thump Thump.
Despite his self-importance, he did confess to Go Ae-Jung of his feelings in a very clumsy way. He told Go Ae-Jung that he likes her even though she is not worthy and beneath his level.
Go Ae-Jung agreed with him and just laughed off his confession because she did not feel anything for him.
This turn of events only made Dokko Jin more attracted to Go Ae-Jung and started questioning his persona, physical and mental health but ultimately came to the conclusion that he is just too darn perfect! LOL
Cha Seung-won was just too adorable with his Dokko character. His shower scenes were a gorgeous body of work. Hahaha
The chemistry between the leads was just amazing.
This drama is one of my top 5 Korean dramas and I have watched several hundred or even a thousand of them.
A drama that will be watched again and again – a true classic.