Summary:
This drama attempts to answer the question of whether two people — a famous actor and an ordinary woman — can learn to love each other in a marriage agreed only on paper. It also explores the meaning of the family by presenting that no matter how hard the present may seem, the world is still a good place because of those who bring hopes into our lives through their presence alone.
This drama features diverse characters: considerate, caring, frank, patient, and sticking to life’s basic values. But no matter how different the personalities, everyone finds happiness in the end.
This drama is based upon a manhwa of the same title, Full House by the Korean cartoonist Won Sooyeon.
Han Ji-Eun (
Song Hye Kyo) lives in a house called
Full House, built by her father. She is an aspiring novelist. One day, two of her friends, for money reasons, trick her and sell her house - when she returns from a vacation, she discovers it has been sold to Lee Young-Jae (
Bi (Rain)), an actor who has just shot to stardom. Though they don't get along with each other, as she is messy and he has a bad temper and an affection for cleaning, they agree to live with each other and Ji-Eun works as his maid in order to buy her house back. Out of a misunderstanding and Young-Jae's ill-fated try to make the love of his life, Kang Hye-Won (
Han Eun Jung) jealous, he marries Ji-Eun. They set up a contract for the marriage to last six month. During that time, complications ensue and Ji-Eun and Young-Jae become attracted to each other. Also, Ji-Eun starts to hold a strong bond with Young-Jae's family. However, Young-Jae's bad temper along with the romantic attentions of Yoo Min-Hyuk (
Kim Sung Soo), Ji-Eun's handsome and friendly publisher, starts to create a rift between the couple. Young-Jae and Ji-Eun get a divorce and he moves away. When he returns, he realizes that Ji-Eun hasn't married yet and knows that he has fallen in love with her - and she with him. He proposes to her, this time for the right reasons, and finally, they get married the second time and live happily ever after.
- every time if there was a FULL HOUSE after ward you see the GOONG a.k.a PRINCESS HOURS.. what's inside of its.? like a full house.? or typical love story of a princess.?!! just know it..!!
AKA: "Princess Hours" or "Palace"
Goong is story about the love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with a startling diagnosis that the King is terminally ill. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae-gyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae-gyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather.
Based on a popular comic book, the Korean drama
Princess Hours (Kung) takes place in a fictionalized modern Korea where the royal family still exists as titular heads of a constitutional monarchy. Considering the complex and often tragic history of the royal family during the Japanese occupation, this conceit is rich in possibility. Unfortunately it’s an opportunity mostly squandered by the series, which treats this imaginative secret history as an excuse for luxurious set dressing to back up some of the most tired cliques in Korean drama.
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The real Korean royal family, after decades of coercion, intrigue, and forced integration with the Japanese royal family during the colonial years became mostly defunct after the Japanese defeat in World War II, and the last recognized member died last year. There is more than enough drama already inherent in the history that a “what-if” continuation of the royal line to a modern Korea should result in something much more interesting than the first episode sets up. In fact, the opening narration outright admits that the whole series is completely fictional. Of course the audience is aware that it’s fiction, but this egregious addition does nothing but distract from the idea of a secret history. Instead of letting us be swept up into an alternate world of new possibilities, it treats the viewers like fools. It then compounds the misstep by failing to thoroughly imagine the world it proposes. Everything is just dressing for the usual dross. Apparently being the heir apparent is pretty much like being a spoiled pop star.
In Princess Hours, the still-existent Korean royal family is having a bit of a problem. Its members simply are not reproducing fast enough for the tastes of the Queen Mother, who has understandably gotten a bit nervous after the loss of both her husband and the early death of her eldest son. More than anything, she’d really like to see her grandson, the crown prince, settle down with a nice young Korean noblewoman. He’s already got his mind set on the girl, a classmate in his ritzy arts high school, but she turns him down to pursue her dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Being a crown princess would be too onerous, she says, while still trying to pass biology and history classes. Plus, the prince has screaming, swooning fangirls following him everywhere, which kind of kills the mood. Meanwhile, palace minions are seeking out candidate number two: the granddaughter of the former King’s best friend, promised before birth to wed the crown prince as a sign of friendship and affection. Too bad she comes from a family sinking in debt, minimal social graces, and excess energy. Apparently a side affect of having a monarch is a decrease in the number of high schools in Seoul, because she is also conveniently a classmate of the crown prince. This gutsy young woman agrees to the marriage to save her parents’ marriage and mortgage, and the bratty young prince agrees because . . . he’s bored?
-->FULL HOUSE?? or PRINCESS HOURS.??!!
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