Korean Drama - Queen of the Game

Queen of the Game

Rating: 9.6/10

The Cast:

Kang household:

Lee Bo Young as Kang Eun Seol
Han Jin Hee as Kang Jae Ho (father)
Yoon Mi Ra as Jang Su Ja (housekeeper for 20 years, 50)
Kim Hee Jung as Park Young Sun (Su Ja’s daughter, 30)

Lee household:

Joo Jin Mo as Lee Shin Jun / Chase
Nah Young Hee as Han Mi Sook (mother)
Lee Suk as Lee Suk Gyu (father)
Kim Hong Pyo as Beo Geu Kang (Shin Jun’s friend, 30)

About the Drama:

Joo Jin Mo and Lee Bo Young will lead the weekend drama “Queen of the Game”. Lee Bo Young plays the daughter of the owner of a hotel. Joo Jin Mo plays an M&A (Merger & Acquisition) expert. The filming is scheduled to start in cities of New Zealand including Auckland and Queenstown. Staff from the movie “Lord of the Rings” will participate in the project. Viewers will be presented by the beautiful scenery of New Zealand captured from helicopter.

This is a story about revenge and how love will lead to forgiveness.. and that love will overcome everything- the story about the man who seeked revenge.. and the woman was the target since she’s his enemy’s daughter… she was naive, clueless and lovable.. ( the usual heroine that we expected in k-drama) and it’s a known fact that he WILL actually fall in love with his enemy’s daughter in this whole process…but there’s a twist..the woman will find out.. heartbroken by his betrayal.. and she starts plotting HER OWN revenge..

Comments:

The drama caught my attention when I looked that the box cover of the show...The actor looked totally like my idol Andy Lau!! I was wondering how come he's acting in a korean drama....LOL...Joo Jin Mo is totally handsome here, as always...

This is a drama about revenage, love and heartache. Usually, stories involving revenge have lots of conflicts, twists and turns that make them good stories. The revenge process is also intriguing enough to get past the first five episodes or so, as Lee Shin Jun tries to capture the heart of Kang Eun Seol while falling in love with her at the same time.

As expected, this is quite a heavy feeling drama. It focuses more on the emotions of the characters rather than the details of their actions. For example, why was Eun Seol in Koodu's Farm in the first episode? We know Shin Jun shows up to purposely bump into her, but how did he know she will be there? It's way too big a coincidence. The whole business Shin Jun gets involved in at the hotel is also vague...

I just don't understand why can't the two love birds just forget about the rivalry between the families and live happily ever after?

Nah Young Hee (Lee Shin Jun / Chase's mother) could have forgiven Kang Jae Ho (Kang Eun Seol's father), don't you just want your children to be happy?

The entire cast has done excellent jobs at their roles, especially Joo Jin Mo and Lee Bo Young as the two main leads. Not only do they have good looks, but they share great chemistry and fit their characters very well. Jin Mo's Shin Jun is portrayed as a man stuck between a strong will to revenge and the unmovable love toward his target. Bo Young plays the change in Eun Seol seamlessly, from an innocent and slightly spoiled rich man's daughter to a post-tragedy working mother. She evolved in that role very well.

The conclusion of the series, as said by Eun Seol at the end, is "forgiveness is the best revenge" - Not only is the sentence well done, the story supports it from start to finish.

Queen of the Game [Eng Subs] (Complete)