Korean Drama: The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

Rating: 9.0/10

The cast:

Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan
Gong Yoo as Choi Han Kyul
Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Sung
Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo

About the Drama:

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (커피프린스 1호점, or Coffee Prince) is a South Korean drama that began airing on July 2, 2007 in South Korea. This drama is based from a romantic comedy manga by writer Lee Sun Mi (이선미). Ever been mistaken as the opposite sex?

Eun-Chan (Yoon Eun-Hye) the main character, encounters this as part of her everyday life as she looks and acts the average male while working hard to support her family. After her father’s death it was up to her to drop out of school and work in order to earn a living.

From being a delivery “boy,” taekwondo instructor, and even peeling chestnuts, Eun-Chan’s done it all! Even though she lives the hard life, she couldn’t be more than happy supporting her family.

Over an unusual turn of events, Eun-Chan meets Choi Han-Kyul (Gong Yoo), who assumes Eun-Chan is a boy, and decides to team up with him and pretend to be his “boyfriend” in order to chase away the many women who want to be his future wife, and of course so Eun-Chan can earn money while doing it! While Eun-Chan doesn’t mind pretending to be a boy and letting Han-Kyul assume what he wants about her sexual orientation, she slowly begins to develop feelings for him.

At the same time, Han-Kyul can’t seem to get Eun-Chan out of his mind which is driving him crazy! Han-Kyul is the most testosterone filled man there ever was, and yet he’s beginning to realize he likes Eun-Chan… This drama will beautifully portray the human characteristics of love, confusion, happiness, and self-identity as Han-Kyul fights with his own beliefs as he slowly falls in love with Eun-Chan. I really like Han-Kyul's character as he throws all his passion into following his heart and loving Eun-Chan. He was also very devoted and caring to Eun-Chan.

Comments:

I always thought the name of the drama is only "Coffee Prince" turns out that it is actually "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince", no wonder the ending part they were talking about the 2nd shop, wonder if there will be a sequal to it.

Another commical korean drama by one of my favorite actress, Yoon Eun Hye. I borrowed from a friend but one of the disc was faulty, so went and bought my own instead.

The part whereby Han-Kyul can’t seem to get Eun-Chan out of his mind was totally hilarious. Since he keeps thinking that Eun-Chan is a guy and worst part of it falling in love with him. Gong Yoo is clearly a genius at his acting as he clearly showed his confusion and delima in the show. Well done!! The part when he discovers that Go Eun Chan is a woman is shown in a very smooth manner. Very interestingly scripted.

I would say that the character Han-Kyul is really dumb since he is the only one who does not know taht Eun-Chan is a girl actually.

The story doesn't concentrate on just these two people, but also on the other people who frequent Coffee Prince. These people are shown one by one in a natural way. The story isn't just about romance but about the natural conflicts of all the characters. Very nicely done.

Love the cast in the shop, they work together very nicely at the later part. Makes it feels that the shop is a very cozy place.

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