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Go Bok Su has had a difficult childhood and served time in prison for stealing. Jeon Kyung, a moody tomboy and a daughter of a rich family, plays the keyboard as a member of an unknown indie rock band. The vocalist of Kyung's band is diagnosed with a brain injury from an accident, and while the band members are trying to earn money for the surgery, Bok Su steals Kyung's wallet. Bok Su decides that their meeting was fate, leaves his long-time girlfriend Mi Rae, and follows Kyung around trying to win her heart. One day Bok Su finds out he has a terminal illness and doesn’t have much time left, and his life begins to change. Edit Translation

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  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 20
  • Aired: Jul 3, 2002 - Sep 5, 2002
  • Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday
  • Original Network: MBC
  • Duration: 1 hr. 5 min.
  • Score: 7.6 (scored by 179 users)
  • Ranked: #50124
  • Popularity: #8786
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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23 people found this review helpful
Apr 29, 2022
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Anti-heroes. Down to earth. Authentic. Harsh. Compassionate. No Cinderella story, yet a love story.

I stumbled across this comparatively 'old' KDrama (2002) because of actress Gong Hyo-Jin. But actually here particularly Lee Na-young and Yang Dong-geun impressed me with their strong and down-to-earth performance. Once again I discovered a little gem of early KDrama art.

Rather tranquil. True to life. Authentic. No fairy tale. No Cinderella story. No power games of the mighty, but simple everyday life of anti-heroes. Yes, down to earth. Very. I was delighted. This KDrama - like "My Mister" or "When the Camellia Blooms" - is centred around a quite authentic, ordinary world. Not spectacular. Neither in action, nor in scenery. The story is also not about the rich, beautiful, successful people that are always welcome, but about those who are less noticed (in the media): about ordinary people who didn´t have an excellent education, yet earn their money somehow. It is about a world comparably most people unfortunately live in - about their worries, hardships and, if it can´t be avoided, illnesses, too.

In its centre: a young, inconsiderate, unwieldy pickpocket who is confronted with the diagnosis of brain tumor. It is about the people in his immediate environment: family, friends, girlfriends, police. About a love traingle. About choices in life. Reconsideration, too. That's not really 'exciting'. But touching. Unspectacularly impressive. A mirror of compassion and humanity.

"Ruler of your own World" dates back to the early days of KWave. At the time, this KDrama was not as successful (also internationally) as i.e. the productions of the "Endless Love Series". However, it was highly valued and appreciated in its own country for the authentic story (with comparably hardly in KDrama otherwise frequently elaborated makjang). "Ruler of your own World" is considered the ´best´ serial production of 2002 (vs. "Winter Sonata" as the most ´successful´ of the same year.)

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Montse
4 people found this review helpful
Sep 7, 2013
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
It is a great story about a man( Bok Su )that changed his bad habits and learned to give love to the people arround him without any bitterness even if he sufferd being abandoned by his mother since he was a child when she left her family until he found her when he was adult also abandoned by his father in an orphanage for three years and diagnosed with cancer without having any resentmet.. The story is also about a rich girl ( kyung ) that plays in a music band , but she has many family problems , and feels rejected by her father . Bok Su and Kyung fall in love . The ending feels like incomplete , you feel like if something is missing
The acting is great between the main leads they have great chemestry even if they don't kiss each other at all . I would like the main actress to be more femenine and would dress better, but many KDramas love to show main actressses as tomboys.
The music is good

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  • Drama: Ruler of Your Own World
  • Country: South Korea
  • Episodes: 20
  • Aired: Jul 3, 2002 - Sep 5, 2002
  • Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday
  • Original Network: MBC
  • Duration: 1 hr. 5 min.
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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  • Score: 7.6 (scored by 179 users)
  • Ranked: #50124
  • Popularity: #8786
  • Watchers: 866

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