Shining Inheritance

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Go Eun Sung's life is similar to Cinderella's. After her father died, her step-mother, Baek Sung Hee, took away all of her assets and her younger brother, Eun Woo, suddenly disappears without a trace. Despite this, Eun Sung preservers and works really hard to fulfill her dreams. When the CEO of a food company, Jang Sook Ja, suffers amnesia and can't remember who she is Eun Sung takes her in. However, Eun Sung does not know that she is the grandmother of Sun Woo Hwan, the man who she switched bags with at the airport. How will their constant bickering lead them to realize that they care more about each other than they let on?

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Lee Seung Ki (Seon Woo Hwan)
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Han Hyo Joo (Ko Eun Sung)
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Bae Su Bin (Park Jun Se)
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Moon Chae Won (Yoo Seung Mi)
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Min Young Won (Lee Hye Ri (Eun Sung's friend))
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Yun Joon Suk (Go Eun Woo)
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11 days ago 28 of 28 episodes seen

amrita828
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- Overall 7
- Story 8
- Acting/Cast 8
- Music 7
- Rewatch Value 5
Recently I finally learned the meaning of the word "makjang". For those of you who are in the dark as I was, a makjang drama is one where the twists and turns are so over the top, with the hero/ine having to face so much misfortunes and betrayal, the next step is either sanctification or Dante's Inferno. I dare give the word my very personal definition: a drama is makjang, when you wish you could enter the screen and murder half of the characters with your bare hands, then ease on your couch with a sigh of intense satisfaction (drink some soju and you'll have become a makjang character yourself).

Shining Inheritance fits both definitions. There's envy, greed, a dead man walking, 10 trillions lies, missed encounters by a microsecond, corporate plotting, memory loss, love polyhedrons and such a dose of odious behaviours your becoming a virtual assassin would be justified.
But before you decide you hate the genre and turn the page, let me say this drama is strangely and acutely addictive. It took me 4 weeks to pant through the first 7 episodes and less than 1 to watch the remaining 21 (granted, with a little fast forwarding here and there).
The plot is very consistent. Every narrative line comes to a conclusion and justice triumphs. Delicate subjects are touched here, and I appreciated this the most.
I maintain the whole story could have been easily condensed in half the time and the dialogues thinned, if only the characters had stopped repeating the same sentences like an echo and the word money had been uttered one thousand times instead of one billion. There will be moments in which you'll question your choice of dramas, but at that point you'll be so implicated in the crime… ehm, plot, drop it will be harder than exit a gang.

The acting mark is the result of an arithmetic mean. The beginning is not encouraging at all, with exaggerations and wooden deliveries all over the place, but it improves a lot in going. It's as though the actors had been attending Theatre Class while filming. With a notable exception: Yun Joon Suk, who plays the autistic brother, is impressive all through, and makes the drama shine in depth and emotion every time he's on screen.
I'm usually only mildly interested in the cast's attire, unless it's so distracting it prevents me from fully enjoying it or it is integral part of the narrative intent. But grandmother's grey wig - I truly hope it was one - looked so disjointed from her skull I watched all her scenes brandishing a comb. Not that Lee Seung Gi's hairdo was much better: now and then it truly looked like it was about to migrate towards warmer shores. I prayed he would be caught in a sudden downpour to flatten it but, alas!, the sun shone brightly on him. There's improvement in this department too, though, and if you fall for the very pretty main couple, the deed is done.

Two words about the music. I had a hard time coming to terms with the blend of Bach's adagio and K-pop, the first being too solemn and fit to a mass in Latin and the second too… pop. Once again, it's the little brother who saves the score with his very sweet piano piece dedicated to his Noona.

So here's my little piece of advice: watch it. Resist the urge to drop it after the first episode, contain your puzzlement in the second and third, wipe your sweat to the 7th and you'll be hooked. Completing it will give you a sense of power and the feeling you have truly watched The Drama of All Dramas.
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Mar 7, 2012 28 of 28 episodes seen

Starae
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- Overall 8
- Story 9
- Acting/Cast 10
- Music 9
- Rewatch Value 7
I really enjoyed this story as well as the main actor and actress that did such a wonderful job.

However, I found that the first maybe 7 episodes dragged on for far to long and I almost stopped watching because of it. However, the drama did pick itself back up! It was a great story and a great ending, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good tear jerking romance. You do have to have quite the tolerance to get through the beginning episodes though but I promise it will get better.

You will find yourself hating the main villain, probably more then you've hated any bad guy in a show or movie before, and it will make you want to yell at your screen over and over. The actress does an excellent job at it though, as I've seen her play a complete opposite role and she does a phenomenal job at it.

So overall, very good drama, but a very slow start. This drama is what made me fall in love with Lee Seung Ki. x3 read more
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Obviously, both dramas are about inheritances. However, what binds these two dramas together are the women who shape and mold these rich boys into men who can truly grasp the importance of the inheritance they have been given.
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Comments (15)

roosh13 Apr 19, 2012
I'm at episode 13 and I'm in love with this drama!! :') <3

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Evony Apr 1, 2012
Wow. What an intense drama... I started watching this thinking that it seems quite ok and then I wake up and see I finished all 28 episodes and want more! Really addicting!

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beloved Mar 27, 2012
another amazing drama

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20thcenturytennis Mar 18, 2012
I watched 30 minutes of a random episode and was immediately captivated!

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HopelessDreamer Mar 9, 2012
this was the first drama i saw with moon chae won, she did really good crying scenes in this drama :O it shows how important family is (;w;)

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dramaddict Mar 2, 2012
amazing drama and cast

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chloebob825 Jan 10, 2012
I'm watching this drama at the moment - and so far I've only seen 12/28 eps, but so far I'm hooked! The acting is great! Not to mention the storyline. I've found myself practically yelling at the screen because of those frustrating moments, and almost moved to tears with the main heroine's sadness. It sounds lame, but if you watch it you'll see what I mean x3

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Chocobana Dec 30, 2011
The only reason I'm planning to watch this is because two of my fav actors are acting here. Lee Seung Ki and Moon Chae Won. <3 <3 <3

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Nocturna Aug 22, 2011
Totally addicting! I started watching it thinking "2 episodes and I'll go sleeping" but here I am (current time in my country: 3:00am) starting the 4th episode!
I really like it! <3

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smilexbabex33 Jul 27, 2011
Absolutely one of THE BEST DRAMAS I ever watched!

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Crazy4You Jul 11, 2011
I'm only on episode 9 but I can not stand that wicked stepmom! Good drama so far though, I'm really liking it (:

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Dreamweaver Jun 28, 2011
It has it's faults but overall it's an amazing drama filled with emotion!

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Irresistible Jun 27, 2011
to many episodes. I get bored at 20th ;/ but I realty, really liked it ^^

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Moondancer Jun 17, 2011
Perhaps it was just me, but I couldn't get through this drama. It became unbearably repetitive. I felt as if almost every episode ended right where it began.
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medotcom Jun 6, 2011
I absolutely loved it. I strongly recommend it.

The storyline was great, the cast wonderful even the supporting cast (so cute). I would definitely watch it again, and that says a lot.

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