7번방의 선물

I started watching this on the flight last summer, but I wasn't able to see the end because of various reasons. However yesterday I finally did it, as I purchased the dvd in Korea last week.

After have watched the whole thing I understand why it was so popular back in 2013, and I'm happy I got this movie. It's a typical Korean movie I'd say, and if you read more about the story below, you will also get a picture of what you'll see.

★★★★

Title: 7번방의 선물 / Miracle in Cell No. 7
Release date: January 23, 2013
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Story
Lee Yong-go is a mentally impaired father with the intellect of a six-year-old, who lives in a run-down house along with his daughter of the same age, Ye-sung. One day, he gets into a physical altercation with the police commissioner, who has just purchased the last Sailor Moon backpack for his daughter, a gift Yong-go was saving up to buy for Ye-sung. Soon after, the police commissioner's daughter dies in a freak accident, in which she slips on ice and suffers a fatal blow to the back of her head while she is taking Yong-go to another store that sells the same backpack. When he tries to resuscitate her, a woman witnesses him and mistakes him to be molesting her. Yong-go is falsely accused of the abduction, murder, and rape of a minor. The police quickly take advantage of his disability and force him to admit to committing the crimes, while ignoring exonerating evidence. Yong-go, who is sentenced to death, is imprisoned and assigned to Cell No. 7, the harshest cell in a maximum security prison.
At first, the other men in the cell, lead by gang leader Jang Min-hwan, do not take kindly to Yong-go after reading in his file that he murdered and molested a child, but when Yong-go saves Min-hwan from being fatally stabbed by a rival gang leader, Min-hwan repays the favor by smuggling Ye-sung into Cell No. 7. Over time, they come to believe in his innocence, and make it their goal to help reverse the verdict at Yong-go's retrial.


Cast
Ryu Seung-ryong as Lee Yong-gu
Kal So-won as Ye-sung (Child)
Park Shin-hye as Ye-sung (Adult)
Jung Jin-young as Jang Min-hwan
Oh Dal-su as So Yang-ho
Park Won-sang as Choi Chun-ho
Kim Jung-tae as Kang Man-beom
Jung Man-sik as Shin Bong-shik
Kim Ki-cheon as Old man Seo

I'm saying

I'm currently following the Korean drama, The Heirs, starring Park Shin-Hye and Lee Min-Ho.

It's a little bit like BOF, still different. And well.. PSH is a much better actress ^^

Anyway, I really like this OST song, so I thought I'd share it :)

And I found with Eng sub, so I didn't have to translate it myself ^^

Enjoy!

왕관을 쓰려는 자, 그 무게를 견뎌라 – 상속자들

It kinda sounds like a new version of BOF or HYD... whatever u want to call it ^^
Anyway, I like both MinHo and ShinHye so why not?! It's a few weeks left, but I have heard so much about it the past couple of days, I guess I have to watch it!!!

Title: 왕관을 쓰려는 자, 그 무게를 견뎌라 – 상속자들
English Title: He Who Wishes To Wear the Crown, Endure Its Weight – The Heirs
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: October 9, 2013 -
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55

Plot
A worthy successor to the international hit "Boys Over Flowers", Heirs follows a group of privileged, elite high school students as they are groomed to take over their families' business empires. These wealthy students seem to have everything under control–except their love lives. Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) is heir to the Empire Group sent to study abroad in the U.S. In reality it's a form of exile, as his elder half-brother back home (Choi Jin-hyeok) schemes to takes over the family business. While in the States, Kim Tan bumps into Cha Eun-sung (Park Sin-hye), who's arrived from Korea in search of her older sister. He feels himself falling for her, never realizing that she's the daughter of his family's housekeeper. When his fiancée Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji-won) arrives to bring him back to Korea, his heart is torn between love and duty. Meanwhile, Rachel's half-brother Choi Young-do (Kim Woo-bin) develops his own crush on Eun Sung. Who said being a rich, beautiful high school student was easy?

Cast
Lee Min-ho as Kim Tan
The heir of the Empire Group. He is arrogant and self-centered however he is overshadowed by his older half-brother, Kim Won. He falls in love with Cha Eun-sang despite her poor background.

Park Shin-hye as Cha Eun-sang
Daughter of the Empire Group's housekeeper. She grew up with Yoon Chan-young and gets caught in a love triangle with two privileged men, Kim Tan and Choi Young-do.

Kim Woo-bin as Choi Young-do
The heir to a luxury resort. He has an IQ of 150, but uses his wit to put down and harass his friends rather than to excel in his studies.

Kang Min-hyuk as Yoon Chan-young
Son of the Empire Group's secretary. Cha Eun-sang's best friend who falls in love with Kim Tan's ex-girlfriend, Lee Bo-na.

Krystal Jung as Lee Bo-na
She lives a fabulous lifestyle as the daughter of an entertainment executive. Her first love and ex-boyfriend, Kim Tan never loved her. Yoon Chan-young heals her heartbreak.

Kim Ji-won as Rachel Ryu
Kim Tan's fiancée. A haughty and chic heiress of a major hotel group, she is a girl who wants for nothing in the world.