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Review-Secret Garden

Rich man and poor woman is one of the most sought after themes in Asian dramas. Secret Garden is 2010's Korean drama which blends this theme with hint of fantasy element. 


Let me make a small checklist

Rich Chaelbol....................✅
Poor female lead...............✅
Past trauma......................✅
Fantasy element................✅
Throwing water on face..........✅

Okay you now got the drift.

So these are almost all the founding pillars of typical Kdrama.

After watching 'Crash landing on you'  made me think of hit 2010 drama also starring Hyun Bin.The name secret garden is quite misleading and does not really give any hint of what is there for store. I agree that there might be some secret but where is the garden? I was damn confused at that time.

Kim Joo won (Hyun Bin) is CEO of departmental store. He is definition of how lazy, chauvinist a person can be!   KJW comes to work only once in a week and rest of the time he spends in really beautiful house. He has cousin brother named Oska-a hallyu star with declining popularity who has been involved in lots of scandals. One day Oska asks KJW for help where he bumps into Gil Ra im (Ha Ji won) who is working as stunt double. KJW mistakenly assumes GRI as main actress and things get pretty interesting further. At first she doesn't know that he is rich chaelbol and assumes he is country bumpkin because of his tacky suit. His suit is running gag in entire drama.



First few episodes focus on how there is huge social and economical difference in their classes. You will start to wonder where is this going and BAM! There is some freak accident and KJW and GRI swap their bodies. There are hilarious encounters they had to face. As they swap bodies they come to know the hardships and class differences more vividly. Eventually they fall for each other and try to overcome all the obstacles that also includes accident in past that connects them.



KJW is like a curious kid. He tries to understand why he is attracted to the poor stunt woman. On the other hand Gil Ra im is more practical and does not respond to his approaches positively. But finally she understands what her heart wants.


It is quite slow drama to be honest. They have their own sweet time to move the story line further. Some scenes are very funny. I like the one where KJW is imprisoned and the other person is also wearing same suit as his! After watching this drama only I came to know 'That man' OST was sung by Hyun Bin himself. After these many years also I can recall few lines from that.He really looks so good in this one. Ha Ji won as stunt woman is different than typical Kdrama girl. She is tough. But she has soft side which no one really notices.

Watch it for some comedy, handsome HB, nice OSTs.

Country: South Korea
Cast: Hyun Bin, Ha Ji won, Yoon Sang hyun, Kim sa rang
Year: 2010
Genre: Romance, fantasy


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