The Kisses of 2013

So as you progress in your kdrama addiction you will find that you will start dissecting everything about a drama.  What clothes they wear, what phones they use, the style/cut/color of their hair.  And most importantly - how good was the skinship in the drama.  Was it something that I am going to rewind 50 times.  Am I going to put the clip in my youtube playlist for kdrama kisses and romantic moments (not that I am in any way admitting i have such a folder because that would just be crazy)?  So in this post we are going to not only going to delve into my favorite and least favorite kisses, but are going to add a few kissing categories along the way.  Because if you are reading this blog you are probably overjoyed to be watching clips of kdrama kiss scenes..........admit it .........  if only by adding them to your own super secret youtube kissing clip playlist.

Most Memorable Kisses

BEST KISS/SKINSHIP/BEDROOM SCENES OF THE YEAR AWARD.
#1 My all time favorite kiss of the year was actually on a drama that was more of a gritty noir action drama known more for its dark plot and characters then its romance.  But this kiss/bedroom scene that followed was EPIC and wins hands down:
Heartless City/Cruel City (Jung Kyung Ho and Nam Gyu Ri)

#2 This next kiss was in a drama that was mostly overlooked this last year.  Although it had its faults here and there, no one can deny that the skinship in this drama was truly well done.  It had that tiny hint of this is so wrong I am married and dont know you yet it feels so right like you are my dead first love crazy obsession feel that makes for a good kiss.
Shark (Kim Nam Gil & Son Ye Jin) - the kiss scene starts at 30 sec.  could not find a better clip.

#3 Our third kiss of the year goes out to a younger actor who obviously knows his way around a kiss.  In Potato Star the Earth (with South Korea at the epicenter) is about to be hit by a huge meteor from Space.  And what do you do in that moment you are about to die... Well if you are Yeo Jin Goo you start making out with your hot next door neighbor.
Potato Star 2013QR3- Ha Yeaon Soo & Yeo Jin Goo

 

#4 This kiss was at the very end of one of my favorite dramas of the Year.  Secret (Secret Love) was nothing if not intense and every moment the OTP were together on screen we were enthralled to see what they would do next.  But it was the last scene of the drama that has our best kiss #4.
Secret Love (Hwang Jung Eum & Ji Sung)

#5 This Noona romance stole us away into a world where a younger man can totally romance and get the girl.  Thinking he was going to be leaving her forever he decides to let her know about his love in the most direct way possible. From the waist grab, to the kiss, and the tear at the end this kiss was the best goodbye kiss of the year.
I Hear Your Voice ( Lee Jong Suk and Lee Bo Young)

The Kisses that left us going EH?????????EWWWWWWWWWWW???????? Or in some cases WHAT THE HECK YOU STUPID ACTRESS....... WRITERS............ DIRECTORS


So I will admit that usually if a show has a bad kiss I just gloss over it.  As long as the writing is good I am not going to can a drama or actor on a kiss.  However there has arisen one actress that has proven herself to the "THE WORST KISSER IN KOREAN HISTORY"!!!!!!!!!!  Park Shin Hye has been paired up with some of the hottest actors (not to mention they are all proven kissers) and yet she always looks as if she is about to throw up and or rotting fish flavor is wafting from the guys lips.  It is getting to the point where I dread her being the leading actress because I know that somehow she will ruin the make out scenes.  And this year has been nothing different.  Paired up in two different dramas she has succeeded in kissing her way out of the viewers hearts.

Flower Boy Next Door (Yoon Shi Yoon & Park Shin Hye) - notice the absolute lack of movement on her part.

And the scenes that have sealed her fate is her lack of kissing skills with Lee Min Ho.  I am pretty sure a dead person would come back to life for the chance to kiss him and yet PSH does not look like she is enjoying much of it. 

Heirs (Lee Min Ho-who is one of the hottest men in the world & Park Shin Hye - I cant kiss a man because I am pretty sure he is going to give me cuties and then I will die) - I included the almost kiss into the clips as well just to illustrate my point.

Would Kiss you but you are About to Pass Out Kiss

 First Kiss

 Lee Min Ho still trying to coax her with kisses. - PSH "why, is that rotted squid I smell upon your breath my love?"

 The director finally giving up on shooting PSH's reaction at all and is letting Lee Min Ho attempt to salvage the skinship of this drama.  But she still manages to look super scared and uncomfortable.

 To be honest for the most part the kissing this year has been okay.  With the exception of Heirs and Flower Boy Next Door there were never any other dramas that I really wanted eviscerate someone for messing it up.  So instead of trying to drum up bad kisses I decided to talk about the ones that although really good at getting the emotional reaction the show wanted were not necessarily romantic in nature.  I will be splitting them up into two categories.  The first being kisses that because of the nature of the OTP's relationship (at the time of the kisses) we were uncomfortable.  And Second those funny kisses that just make you want to laugh.

Kisses that make you feel all uncomfy inside (and not in a positive way).

Secret Love (Hwang Jung Eum & Ji Sung)

#1Not only are they on the best kiss scene list but they have made it onto this list as well.  Their first kiss was all that dreams (of the nightmare variety) are made of.  Ji Sung's character has been obsessed (and I am not talking the happy you are pretty let me stalk you way) with Hwang Jun Eum's character for years and has finally come to the realization that instead of hating her for killing his girlfriend and unborn child, he really loves her desperately.  This is the kiss that is the result of that messed up connection.  Kudos for the actors and directors for making us feel completely uncomfortable and unsure whether to say YAY or not.

 This next drama had us feeling a horrible mix of guilt and enjoyment for the skinship between the OTP.  In Winter the Wind Blow the lead man pretends to be the long lost brother of a rich Heiress who happens to be blind and very very very very sheltered.  Slowly they begin to be more and more physical with each other until you are ready to slap the main girl.  Seriously how close do you have to get with "your brother" before your incest alarms start ringing.  But since the viewers are in the know about the lack of familial relationship we are left with a lot of enjoyment marred by that little voice inside that says "dude you are making out with your sister" vibe for 80% of the drama.  The following is a compolation of the OTP

Winter the Wind Blows (Jo In Sung and Song Hye Kyo) - again keep in mind that almost all of these incidences happened while she believed they were siblings -INCLUDING THE KISS

The Funny Kiss: Kissing is oh so romantic, Unless it is meant to be Funny and or garlic is involved.

#1 King of Dramas(Siwon & Oh Ji Eun) 

Our funniest kiss comes from The King of Dramas and involves two secondary characters.  This show is totally meta and all about the trials and pitfalls of making a drama complete with a leading couple who DETEST each other.  In order to make the leading lady suffer Siwon spends a few minutes before they are filming to stuff his face full of garlic cloves.  He then goes out and forces the leading actress to do the uber super duper romantic make out scene garlic and all.

-----I do believe that we may now have a reason why every actor has such bad chemistry with Park Shin Hye.  They all hate her and are chewing garlic before their romantic scenes.....  I declare that to be the only explanation for her kissing abilities.  LOL -----

 

#2 Our other funny kissing moment comes from one of my favorite dramas of 2013 Incarnation of Money.  This kiss happened when a up and coming prosecutor decides to use his wooing skills  in order to get a girl to testify at his first hearing.  Unfortunately for him, he has to put out much more then he bargained for.  I had a hard time finding the clip for this drama so you can see it in this link to Viki :Incarnation episode 4 at time stamp 50:06 or in this fan made MV.  This kiss is towards the end at 3:10.  Enjoy.

Incarnation of Money ( Kang Ji Hwan & Hwang Jung Eum)

Incarnation of Money Episode 4 - Watch Full Episodes Free - Korea - TV Shows - Viki

 THE BACK HUG

So we have thoroughly covered the kisses of 2013.  However there is one form of skinship that the Korean's have perfected that has to also be appreciated and commented upon (and those of you that are true kdrama fans totally know what I am talking about).  The super amazingly romantic "Back Hug".  Now the back hug is not just any hug.  It is an angsty expression of affection given from one member of the OTP to another when things are going really really wrong and they dont want to let each other go.  So these are our 2013 top 3 backhugs!!!!!!!

#1 So even Park Shin Hye can not mess up the power of Lee Min Ho's back hug.  He is one of the top back huggers in the business.

Heirs (Lee Min Ho & Park Shin Hye)

  #2 Cheers for Secret for appearing in every catagory of our kissing/skinship list.  They have an amazing backhug where she is supposedly giving him up (for his own good of course) and instead of letting her get on that bus and out of his life he grabs her and pulls her down the steps into an awesome backhug.  I had problems finding a clip so here is a fan made MV that includes most of it at time stamp 1:42

Secret Love (Hwang Jung Eum & Ji Sung)

#3 Our third greatest back hug was also by one of our best kissing couples.  Nothing is better then when you know what your love is thinking and you can emote accordingly.  In episode 13 we see our young hero come up behind his noona and give her some serious hugging.  I love when you get that wow moment whether it is a kiss, confession, or a hug.  This show had all of those in spades. 

I Hear Your Voice ( Lee Jong Suk and Lee Bo Young)

 So thanks for joining me through this countdown of kissing clips.  Whether you loved them or hated them I am sure that they got you to feel a lot of emotion either way and I hope that 2014 has just as many great kisses awaiting us. 

Sincerly,

Kmuse

Happy Birthday Jung Il Woo

Imagine my surprise when I got home from church, finished dinner w/ my family, & discovered while I was away, one of our favorite kissers Actors {{who looks like the most phenomenal kisser on the planet -judging from FBRS}} turned 25 today?!?!  I was like what?!?! O.O

No way!!!  I almost missed Jung Il Woo's 25th birthday?!?!  Unacceptable!!  You know if church is going to be getting in the way of my "Oppa Worshiping", then I may just have to give up church altogether!!  I mean an Unnie has to have her priorities straight, right???  {{I kid!!  I wouldn't give up church!  *looking for lightning from the sky*}}

So here I am now, at the end of the day & only just now getting a belated but very happy Birthday wish out to Jung Il Woo....

Jung Il Woo (정일우) was born September 9, 1987.   Which means today...we covered this before today as in yesterday in Seoul but today in the US...he turns 25 years old.  A whole quarter of a century.  We are so happy to send you our Birthday shout out Jung Il Woo-ssi!!

Jung Il Woo-ssi, Saengil Chukahamnida 

정일우씨, 생일축합니다!!

Happy Birthday, Jung Il Woo!!!

Who didn't love him as Cha Chi Soo in Flower Boy Ramyun Shop?  Omo!!  Episode 10 had the most awesome kissing scene!  He made it look like an art form.  And gave Noona's all over the world the opportunity to wish we could all have a love affair with a student like Cha Chi Soo.  This dynamic man has talent & then some.  After FBRS, he went on to steal hearts even more in The Moon That Embraces the Sun.   I cannot wait to see what his next drama will be.  More than that though, I hope he is enjoying a break between jobs & that he was surrounded by his family & friends & feeling loved & cherished today.

Sending all our love & Birthday wishes to you Jung Il Woo.

Saranghamnida,
Unnie & Dongsaeng
{{Your FAVORITE Noonas}}

Now of course we have to include the pictorial, right?!?!  Wouldn't be a TCA Birthday post without yummy pics of the Birthday Boy, now would it?!?!  ;)P

Remember these are NOT our pictures.  And we are not responsible for exploding ovaries, surprise pregnancy, breathlessness, heart palpitations.  Enjoy AddiKts!

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Warning: If you haven't watched Flower Boy Ramyun Shop there is a  ***Spoiler*** contained in the following video clip.  

A special video treat for those of you who just love the FBRS end of episode 10 & the beginning of episode 11 outside the movie theater kissing scene.... 

{{sorry no english subs but who needs subs?!?!}}

Hope you enjoyed this sexy pictorial & OMO kissing scene for Jung Il Woo.  Make sure & send your birthday wishes to an amazingly talented kisser actor too.  

Love, Unnie

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: SWAK!

I just finished watching Hello Miss.  Have any of you seen this one?  With both Rooftop Prince & King 2 Hearts being such drama heavy shows, I figured that I should add a little romantic comedy into my drama diet.  Just to lighten things up a little.  Hello Miss was the perfect blend of romance & comedy.  It is a few years old, though that doesn't bother me, who is still pretty new to the world of K-Dramas. 

It was truly delightful but I do have one problem with it, I must admit.  The kiss scene.  There is one kiss scene in episode 8 or was it 9?  I guess it doesn't really matter anyway, it wasn't a "real" kiss scene, it was an imaginary one.  You'll have to watch it for yourself to see what that is all about.  The next actual kiss isn't until the end of the 15th episode.  I believe I heaved a huge sigh & muttered/grumbled, "Well, it's about time!" 

And even then it wasn't the greatest kiss I'd ever seen.  Of course, I had waited so long for that one measly kiss I was still grateful for it, but come on!!  Disney Princesses get better kisses than some of the kisses you see in K-Dramas.  Which made me think of my favorite kiss scenes & the ones that I think could use a 'do-over'. 

Now, I can't put all of them in this one post...if you've taken the time to go to the 'Unnie Page' up above, then you know that I have quite the extensive list of dramas, that I have had the privilege & joy of watching, over the last year.  So trying to put all of my favorites into one post would be ridiculous.  I'm actually going to just show you my top 5 Favorite K-Drama Kiss Scenes & let you know that if you haven't watched these dramas, you might want to check them out.  After all, nothing is more frustrating than spending days or weeks sitting through K- Drama misunderstandings, fights, mistakes & tragedy, only to find there is no big 'happily ever after kiss' at the end...You heard me You're Beautiful!  I sat through that drama for weeks, only to be seriously disappointed in the ending.  It had such potential!

 

So here are Unnie's Top 5 Favorite SWAK moments:

Secret Garden:
Hyun Bin & Ha Ji Won's "Wedding Night" Kiss:

Playful Kiss:
Kim Hyun Joong & Jung So Min's "He Loves Her" (in the rain) Kiss:

There were other more ...um... involved kisses in this drama, but this is the one where Baek Sung Jo finally accepts that he is absolutely in LOVE w/ Oh Ha Ni & that he will NOT let her go to another guy.  For me this romantic, grabbing her & kissing her in the rain kiss just stole my heart.  It isn't all about heat & sex people.  Sometimes it's what the kiss REALLY symbolizes for the characters. 

Lie To Me: (actually there are 2 from this drama)
Kang Ji Hwan & Yoon Eun Hye's "Ice Cream" Kiss:

Lie To Me was not the best written drama, it was kind of predictable & boring, but it also had a lot of light heartedness to it & seriously Kang Ji Hwan looks like an amazing kisser!  It was the absolutely mind blowing kissing scenes, you know for a K-Drama, that kept me coming back.  Okay it also had to do with an incredibly good looking leading male & his character's habit of doing romance in a BIG way!  Like when he's screaming in the middle of the crowd that he loves Yoon Eun Hye's character?!?!  Seriously, so romantic.  KJH pretty much owned me at that point.
 
And also from Lie To Me:
"Coca Cola" Kiss:

AND

Flower Boy Ramen Shop:
Jung Il Woo & Lee Chung Ah's "I'm Not Finished Yet" Kiss:

I fell completely in love with Jung Il Woo while watching this incredibly funny & romantic drama.  Another guy that makes kissing look like it's an art form.  Gotta love good looking guys who make their kisses look like they are the best kisses on the planet.  And when he tasted the Kimchi off her cheek...homina homina homina....so HOTT!  I LOVED her reaction, classic!

Wowzers was this ever hard.  Narrowing down my favorite kisses.  I really wanted to include the Goong Kiss & a couple of the 1st Shop of the Coffee Prince kisses as well.  But I gave myself a 5 limit & I am sticking to it. 

I realize of course that PDA in Korea is really taboo.  I also understand that there are a few dramas where the actors are portraying younger kids, (18, 19 & 20 year olds), so they can't show us really drawn out make out sessions.  Nor would I want them to.  But I really do wish they would stop doing those certain kisses that all of us K-Drama AddiKts love to make fun of.  You know the ones!! 

Where the heroine's eyes are still wide open (usually in shock -OMO!!! What is he doing?!?!) and all he's doing pushing his lips up to her lips & nothing more.  I call it the "Squish Kiss".  Because that's all it is, chincha!  A squishing together of 2 sets of lips...  the same kind of kiss a baby or toddler gives grandma, when she comes for a visit.  My family & I even make a sound effect for it & call it the MUAH!!! kiss. 

Kind of like this...

What's weird is after I saw this kiss, (which is the first kiss in Playful Kiss - don't worry My Hyun-y totally makes up for it later on, hubba hubba), I had the exact same look on my face & was thinking probably the same thing Oh Ha Ni is thinking in this scene.

"What the heck kind of pathetic cold fish kiss is this crap?!?!  My goldfish kisses better than this dude!  Step up the game!"  And yeah he totally stepped up the game. 

There are lots of K-Dramas that deliver the goods but there are a lot of K-Dramas that you sit through all the drama, crying, hardships & misunderstandings; waiting for that light at the end of the tunnel, only to find a sign posting, instead, that reads:

"We're sorry.  But due to the economy being so bad, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."   

And you feel cheated.  You feel even more frustrated.  You feel like you were robbed of the last 16 - 20 hours of your life!  And by gum you want those hours back & now!  Whew!  Deep breath Unnie.  It's ok.  You have to let it go.  You have to forgive & forget the writers/directors/producers of "You're Beautiful". 

OOOOHHHHMMMMMM.... 

Okay I have refocused & centered myself.  I am all about moving on now.  Don't mind the twitching eye, it will calm down again as soon as King 2 Hearts comes back tomorrow night, supposed to be a good kiss...so excited!  I HEART Lee Seung Gi, in case I haven't mentioned that...in the last 5 minutes. 

But I want to know.  What drama(s) did you invest your time, energy & heart into only to have that moment at the end where you were trying to decide if; killing a writer, who wrote such a lousy ending, would really be punishable in your country?  Surely the judge would understand, right?  And/or what drama(s) have your favorite humdinger kisses.  So leave us the list in the comments or on FB or on Twitter & let us know where you stand on the SWAK ending. 

Looking forward to this week's episodes of K2H & RTP???  So are we!!  Look for our take/reviews in our Dramatic Friday Review this Friday morning.  Until then, don't forget to leave your Fav Kiss or Least Fav Kiss moments on this here post...  Down there ...  You know....  In the comments box....

Sarang,

P.S.
**For those that don't know SWAK stands for "Sealed with a Kiss"**