원더풀 라디오 (2012)

I took some time off on Friday, basically doing nothing after my economics class and gym class.
So I decided to watch two movies, despite the really nice weather, anyway it was well needed.
I started off with the movie called "Wonderful Radio", starring newly wed Lee Min Jeong.

This to me, was a kind of "feel good movie". It had it's ups and downs but in the end I felt it was a nice movie you could really enjoy when not wanting to think a lot ^^
A cute movie!! I can totally understand why this became a hit in S.Korea!! :)

The ONLY thing I do not get is why the English title of the movie is "Love On-Air", I mean WONDERFUL RADIO, despite the heavy Korean accent to it, is in fact ENGLISH. ^^

☆☆☆☆

Story
Shin Jin-ah, a onetime lead singer of popular girl group Purple, works as the DJ of the radio show "Wonderful Radio" on SBS station Power FM while also trying to restart her career as a solo singer-composer under her goofy manager Cha Dae-geun. However, the ratings have been dropping, so when the show's producer leaves to have a baby, station manager Im assigns the ambitious Lee Jae-hyeok to her job with a brief to bring in some fresh ideas. Jae-hyeok is appalled by Jin-ah's casual, diva-ish work attitude and the two don't hit it off. When he challenges her to come up with a new segment for the show, she finally gets an idea from her restaurateur mother in which members of the public come into the studio and sing a song to their loved ones. She calls the segment "The Song I Sing to You". The initial broadcast, involving a serving soldier, goes disastrously, but subsequent attempts, involving a brattish schoolgirl and a taxi driver, are a big success. Jin-ah and Jae-hyeok start to bond. However, In-seok, the manager of TV drama actress Yoon Mi-ra and a major supplier of talent to the radio station, is plotting to bring Jin-ah down and replace her with Mi-ra, who still hates Jin-ah for leaving Purple at the height of its fame and causing the group's break-up.


Cast
Lee Min-jung - Shin Jin-ah
Lee Jung-jin - Lee Jae-hyeok
Lee Kwang-soo - Cha Dae-geun, Jin-ah's manager
Kim Hae-sook - Mrs. Lee, Jin-ah's mother
Kim Jung-tae - In-seok, head of Mi-ra's agency
Kim Byung-ok - Director Im, Power FM station manager
Han Yeo-woon - Ji In-yeong
Seo Young - Yoon Mi-ra
Jeong Yu-mi - Nan-seol, show scriptwriter
Jung Man-shik - Ji-hyeong, taxi driver
Jo Jung-eun - Yoon Da-hee, schoolgirl
Kim Tae-won - Music bar owner (cameo)
Lee Seung-hwan - Dream Factory owner (cameo)
Dal Shabet - Cobi Girls (cameo)
Cul Two - guys in the elevator (cameo)
Jung Yup - (cameo)
Kim Jong-kook - taxi passenger (cameo)
Gary - taxi passenger (cameo)