2020-02-04 > LM, yes, I would say this has a happy ending. By the end, Your House Helper comes out of a 5-year funk, there are tidier houses, lessons learned, and romantic pairings.
•2020-01-30 > Just re-watched this gem. It was even better than I remembered. With the understanding that the story is what happens, beginning-middle-end, and the plot is the sequence in which that story is told, what I noticed this time was the seamless plot, back and forth in -time, -place, -action. I had no confusion or problem knowing where we were. Repeat: a Gem. The writer and the PD, and certainly others, give us good story-telling!
2020-01-16 > Notes to myself. Seoul 2001. Winter, Spring. We see real neighborhoods (-dong). Hyo-dong (Jung Joon) never walks if he can run. Fine dust particle haze throughout many locations. The cinematography is well done. And, lots of saturated colors: yellow, pumpkin, orange--reminds me of my gateway to Hallyu, https://mydramalist.com/1310-duelist. Background music Excellent in choices for the scenes. Music choices sometimes surprised me, to my delight--wait for the organ!. Streets of 2001 Hong Kong, bustling with shoppers, vendors, sightseers, scenic views.
Delicious Proposal seems yet another retelling of Romeo and Juliet: fussing & feuding families, fighting with food, not swords. But with a happier ending in the final episode.
It's a small world. Delicious Proposal aired in early 2001. In episode 13, at 12:36, on the wall of Hee-ae's (Son Ye Jin) bedroom is an oblong picture with sailboats and lighthouses. Last year in 2019 we bought the absolute identical picture and frame in a thrift shop in Tallahassee, Florida, US. It hangs in our living room today. I've done a google image search on it. No matches found.
••https://www.kissasian.sh/drama/men-on-the-dragon @544 (=2.35:1)
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7767874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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•https://carlosdev.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/man-on-the-dragon/
•https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/07/film-review-men-on-the-dragon-2018-by-sunny-chan/
•https://controllercompanies.com/blog/2018/09/26/men-on-the-dragon-film-review-%e9%80%86%e6%b5%81%e5%a4%a7%e5%8f%94-2018-hk-reality-drama/
•https://www.meniscuszine.com/articles/2018071245590/men-on-the-dragon-2018-new-york-asian-film-festival-review/
•https://sffilm.org/event/men-on-the-dragon/
•https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/men-on-the-dragon-invigorates-hong-kongs-indie-scene-1202943016/
•https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_on_the_dragon
•http://www.moviexclusive.com/movie/men-on-the-dragon-36870279692282321460-2018
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•http://asianwiki.com/Memories_of_Matsuko_(2006-Japan)
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768120/
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_Matsuko
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•https://anupturnedsoul.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/memories/
•http://www.asianmovieweb.com/en/soundtracks/memories_of_matsuko.htm
•http://www.asianmovieweb.com/en/reviews/memories_of_matsuko.htm
•http://berlinfilmjournal.com/2014/12/memories-of-matsuko-a-look-back/
•http://www.cinemattraction.com/?p=995
•https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/memories-of-matsuko-kamikaze-girls
•https://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16296&reviewer=371
•https://www.essaytyping.com/memories-of-matsuko/
•https://www.facebook.com/pages/Memories-of-Matsuko/108005145886664?_fb_noscript=1
•https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film894882.html
•https://www.filmdoo.com/blog/2014/10/24/film-review-memories-of-matsuko-2006-japan/
•https://hilo.hawaii.edu/faculty/seri/ENG-370/Memories-of-Matsuko-FilReview.php
•https://hamsapsukebe.blogspot.com/2015/03/memories-of-matsuko.html
•http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/memories-of-matsuko/
•https://mubi.com/films/memories-of-matsuko
•https://www.onderhond.com/blog/memories-matsuko-review-tetsuya-nakashima
•https://pattopia.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/memories-of-matsuko/
•https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/memories_of_matsuko/
•https://screenanarchy.com/2011/03/blu-ray-review-memories-of-matsuko.html
•https://hilo.hawaii.edu/faculty/seri/ENG-370/Memories-of-Matsuko-Tearina.php
•https://www.timeout.com/london/film/memories-of-matsuko-2006
•https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MemoriesOfMatsuko
•https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/memories-of-matsuko-1200512629/#!
•https://www.wikizero.com/en/Memories_of_Matsuko
•https://www.yam-mag.com/reviews/film-reviews/memories-of-matsuko/
•https://www.ifc.com/2007/06/nyaff-memories-of-matsuko
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gL658C6tw (0:17)
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You might also try:
•https://mydramalist.com/7811-yorozu-uranaidokoro-onmyoya-e-yokoso
••https://www12.kissasian.ai/info/goodbye-solo-2006 @480
•http://asianwiki.com/Goodbye,_Solo
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843194/
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Solo_(TV_series)
•https://mydramalist.com/people/15904-noh-hee-kyung -Screenwriter
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•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple -a LOT of Purple clothes in this kdrama!
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2909116/
•https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wolf-totem
•https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wolf_totem/
•https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/movies/review-annauds-wolf-totem-set-in-inner-mongolia-in-the-1960s.html
•http://www.supersummary.com/wolf-totem/summary/ -book
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Totem -book
May I suggest you closely read the reviews and the comments here before any decision about watching this. Also, read reviews, comments, and opinions in the websites linked in my comment above.
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Here are some of my favorites with Happy Endings, romantic and otherwise. Your mileage may vary. Happy Viewing.
•https://mydramalist.com/2346-alone-in-love
•https://mydramalist.com/1814-always
•https://mydramalist.com/1310-duelist
•https://mydramalist.com/15956-familys-form
•https://mydramalist.com/16220-five-enough (54 episodes, take a chance)
•https://mydramalist.com/14726-her-love-boils-bathwater
•https://mydramalist.com/5987-how-to-use-guys-with-secret-tips
•https://mydramalist.com/12466-mondai-no-aru-restaurant
•https://mydramalist.com/924-gangster-lover
•https://mydramalist.com/3985-queen-in-hyuns-man
•https://mydramalist.com/2659-scent-of-a-woman
•https://mydramalist.com/52509-the-ramen-girl
•https://mydramalist.com/5661-the-winter-of-the-year-was-warm
•https://mydramalist.com/7398-you-who-came-from-the-stars
With the understanding that the story is what happens, beginning-middle-end, and the plot is the sequence in which that story is told, what I noticed this time was the seamless plot, back and forth in -time, -place, -action. I had no confusion or problem knowing where we were. Repeat: a Gem. The writer and the PD, and certainly others, give us good story-telling!
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/Your-House-Helper @720
•http://asianwiki.com/Your_House_Helper
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8487888/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_House_Helper
•http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/12/tidying-inside-and-out-in-kbss-your-house-helper/
•https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Your_House_Helper
•https://hellokpop.com/review/k-drama-your-house-helper/
•http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/program/program_view.php?pg_seq=1229
•https://www.kocowa.com/series/your-house-helper/989068
•http://www.koreandrama.org/your-house-helper/
•https://mybestsynopsis.blogspot.com/2018/06/profile-cast-your-house-helper-korean.html
•https://www.viki.com/tv/36107c-your-house-helper
•https://www.soompi.com/article/1194133wpp/house-helper-cast-talks-dramas-different-webtoon-makes-ratings-promise
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/Delicious-Proposal @720
•http://asianwiki.com/Delicious_Proposal -93
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6289582/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 -6.5
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_Proposal
•https://asiandramaqueen.blogspot.com/2009/06/delicious-sweet-proposal.html
•http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/a_delicious_proposal.htm
•https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Delicious_Proposal
•http://www.donga.com/en/List/article/all/20010307/205896/1/TV-drama-Tasty-Courtship-cooks-up-high-ratings
Delicious Proposal seems yet another retelling of Romeo and Juliet: fussing & feuding families, fighting with food, not swords. But with a happier ending in the final episode.
It's a small world. Delicious Proposal aired in early 2001. In episode 13, at 12:36, on the wall of Hee-ae's (Son Ye Jin) bedroom is an oblong picture with sailboats and lighthouses. Last year in 2019 we bought the absolute identical picture and frame in a thrift shop in Tallahassee, Florida, US. It hangs in our living room today. I've done a google image search on it. No matches found.
2020-01-21 > Found it.
The artist is https://www.globalgallery.com/knowledgecenter/artist_biography/david+carter+brown;
the picture's title is https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=4EerNQLA&id=CA0FF43C69803ECE3B0D826F595292BE1B693920&thid=OIP.4EerNQLAggxmK4VW9frakAHaCc&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fulcrumgallery.com%2fproduct-images%2fP319354-10%2fsailing-ships-ii.jpg&exph=158&expw=480&q=david+carter+brown+sailing+ships+ii&simid=608024565158970812&selectedIndex=0&qpvt=david+carter+brown+sailing+ships+ii
And that's the way I see it.
••https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRmmfUNcy4 @688 -Video Unavailable Now
•http://asianwiki.com/Air_Doll
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371630/
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Doll
•http://www.asianmovieweb.com/en/reviews/air_doll.htm
•https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/11/dvd-review-air-doll-2009/
•https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/air-doll-film-review-93153
•https://www.metacritic.com/movie/air-doll
•http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/air-doll/
•https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127350715?storyId=127350715
•https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/air_doll
•https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Air-Doll-Sex-doll-comes-to-life-3260923.php
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXa8H8PdDY (4:41)
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4GnkGHm9vc (6:13)
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/A-Boy-Who-Wished-to-be-Okuda-Tamio-and-a-Girl-Who-Drove-All-Men-Crazy @720 -English Subtitles
•http://asianwiki.com/A_Boy_Who_Wished_to_be_Okuda_Tamio_And_A_Girl_Who_Drove_All_Men_Crazy
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5739586/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
•http://www.fmoviemag.com/tornado-girl-2017-review/
•http://marcusgohmarcusgoh.com/movies/movie-review-girl-tornado-girl-disgustingly-irritating
•https://www.tiffanyyong.com/2017/10/23/tornado-girl-movie-review/
•https://sg.style.yahoo.com/review-tornado-girl-funny-youre-fine-abusive-relationships-080824539.html?guccounter=1
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/Heartstrings @720 -Includes Special
•http://asianwiki.com/Heartstrings_-_Korean_Drama
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2623064/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartstrings_(South_Korean_TV_series)
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/Welcome-to-Fortune-Telling-Onmyo-Shop @720
•http://asianwiki.com/The_Fortune_Telling_Shop,_Onmyoya
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3108188/
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/Wu-Xia/Movie?id=18937 @816
•http://asianwiki.com/Wu_Xia
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1718199/
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xia_(film)
•http://www.asianmovieweb.com/en/reviews/wu_xia.htm
•http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=14406&display_set=eng
•http://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/wu_xia.html
•https://mandarinexperiment.org/review-wu-xia-dragon/
•https://martialartsactionmovies.com/dragon-aka-wu-xia-or-swordsmen-with-donnie-yen/
•https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/reviews/552640-cannes-movie-review-wu-xia-dragon-2011
•https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wu-xia-dragon-cannes-review-188449
•https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wu_xia/
•https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dragon/critic-reviews
>Remake of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399146/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/68-Year-Old-New-Employee @720
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11267366/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
••https://kissasian.sh/Drama/2046 @482
•http://asianwiki.com/2046 -90
•https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212712/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 -7.4
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2046_(film)
•https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v307674
•http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/2046.htm
•http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/08/05/movies/05wong.html
•https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/2046-2005
>> If you take the time to read closely ALL these reviews your understanding and enjoyment of this film can only benefit.