Full House

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Han Ji Eun is a naive writer who got swindled out of everything she owned including her house by her best friends. Stranded in China, She managed to borrow money from an actor Lee Young Jae to return to Korea. On her return, she found out that her house was bought by Lee Young Jae. In an attempt to get her possessions back, she entered in a contract marriage with Young Jae for one year. In spite of losing all, Ji Eun manages to be cheerful and takes things in strike and the business relationship between the two becomes personal as they start to rely and care for each other. Based on a popular manhwa of the same title.

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Bi Rain (Lee Young Jae)
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Song Hye Kyo (Han Ji Eun)
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Im Ye Jin (Dae Pyo)
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Lee Young Eun (Hee Jin)
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Sun Woo Eun Sook (Ms. Kim (Young-jae's Mother))
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Jang Yong (Mr. Lee)
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2 days ago 16 of 16 episodes seen

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If you like watching two attractive people constantly bickering, and teasing each other, while being in total denial about the fact that they are falling in love, this is for you! If you are looking for a complicated plot that's unpredictable, realistic, and original, you've ended up in the wrong place. This is 100% pure cheesy rom com, and I ate it up!

Rain is incredibly cute, and often shirtless, as the stubbornly childish Lee Young Jae. Song Hye Kyo is endearing as the unbelievably naive, and ditzy Han Ji Eun. The first two episodes are filled with totally unrealistic, but pretty amusing, situations that end in a false marriage, and the two leads having to learn to live together. Full House paves the way for many future K-drama clichés, since they work so well in this one (like "Personal Taste", which Is my first K-drama love).

Everything is basically straight from the K-drama RomCom handbook (unrealistic chance encounters, unbelievable coincidence, nursing people back to health, rich vs broke, OCD vs slob, frustrating misunderstandings, running through airports, Hallyu star scandals, love squares... ) and most of it works. The cast is what makes it work so well, and kept the sometimes repetitive moments entertaining. I also think the leads, & their romantic rivals, do show some depth. I loved to hate Han Eun Jung as needy Kang Hye Won. Kim Sung Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk was a little one-note throughout, but still made for an appealing 2nd lead (but those eyebrows???!!!). I really disliked Han Ji Eun's two "best friends" who's audacity was hard to believe, and watch, but I think that is the fault of the writers, not the actors. One of my favorite supporting characters was the grandmother, and I thought the family scenes were really cute.

This drama could have easily been cut a little shorter. They made sure to drag out the banter & bickering to the last possible moments, because they know it's what people like to see from the leads. It's clear, during the last two episodes, that they ran out of story, and that they had to rely heavily on flashbacks to fill the time. The leads do a good job of keeping the chemistry going, so the final moments still have some entertainment value, and I did really like the final moments with the 4 main characters.

If you're in the mood for a love story without any frills, give this one a try. I have already rewatched it, and it doesn't lose it's charm with the 2nd viewing, nor does it feel too dated (just the phones). The soundtrack is also incredibly catchy. For better or worse, I found myself humming the songs to myself.

The key to liking this drama is knowing what to expect. It's a lighthearted innocent romance that's fun to watch if you're in a romcom mood. It's still converting people into drama-addicts for a reason.

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11 days ago 16 of 16 episodes seen

PIMOUS94
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I dont know if it's because full house is one of my first dramas but it's one of my favorite!
The story is great with as usual the love triangle, good actors, love and over all humor...So funny and so relaxing,just stop thinking and watch it! i believe i rewatch it three times!
Every drama addict must have watch it!So you have to!
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Personal Taste

The premises are more or less the same: two people with little or nothing in common live under the same roof and inevitably fall in love. If you liked the first, it's easy you'll like the second. If you didn't, the same parallel applies
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- Both are romances where opposites attract after living under the same roof under false pretenses. The personalities of the leads are similar, and even a few of the scenes. I admit that I prefer Personal Taste/Preference, but there's great chemistry in both.
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Sweet 18

both stories are about a married couple that don't get along... at first... :)
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- Both dramas are about marriages that didn't started out of love. They are both full of very fun moments that will make you at least smile. I enjoyed watching the developing of love in both these dramas.
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Comments (18)

Fashionqueen 4 days ago
I love this drama so much, rewatching this for the 4th time!

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TsuyuSama 12 days ago
I love rain and watched it only because of him...but i didn't like it for some reason...but i think i'll give a try to the remake (for min woo). Hope it's gonna be better than the original ^^
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Rourou Apr 5, 2012
i've been keeping this drama on hold 4 like ever i don't know what stops me from watching it
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beloved Mar 27, 2012
speechless for love~!

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Dream33 Mar 19, 2012
this was my first kdrama so i have some filling for this kekeke

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Aya97 Feb 19, 2012
This is one of my favorite dramas ever:D<3

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HAVA-RAVA Jan 18, 2012
Just finished this. Last episode was super cute ^^ It made the drama a lot better.

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HAVA-RAVA Jan 16, 2012
Finally got in the mood to continue this one.

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HAVA-RAVA Oct 13, 2011
Hmm this one I should also finish some day.. many dramas to finish :D

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LadyEclair Sep 20, 2011
not bad, a little too dragged so it could fit the whole 16 eps but overall enjoyable and most of all fun & Rain is really cute when embarrassed(just like a little kid). when you`re bored give it a try ^__^
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kdramafan89 Aug 20, 2011
i watched this a couple years ago. i wasnt/am not a fan of Rain. But i liked SHK though, pretty and great actress. I was rooting for the other guy the whole time!

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stanciumirela Aug 12, 2011
I liked it,but it was somehow strange, she leaves,she comes back,leaves again..and they are so clueless regarding their feelings till the very end so it's more like a comedy not a romance.But overall,it was good.
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Moondancer Jun 17, 2011
Definitely a classic drama! While it's not spectacular, it paved the way for dramas like it and is generally enjoyable (if not a bit repetitive at the end).

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HAVA-RAVA Jun 4, 2011
I started to watch Full House just because of Rain but I fell in love with the drama itself :3 Though it starts a bit boringly. Atm watching ep 7

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sampaguita May 22, 2011
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Full House is an interesting drama try to watch it and am pretty sure U will watch it again n again. a lesson here is you have to select your friends its good 2 have friends but don't trust them 2 much coz sometimes they maybe your enemies.
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