Ji Chang Wook is one of the best actors in Korea. The first time I saw him was in drama “Healer”. After watching that I went through his filmography and watched the most of his dramas. The list is long.
“Smile Again” as Carl Laker / Donghae
- It’s a family drama. Ji Chang Wook is very young and cute here. It has total 159 episodes for about 30 minutes each. It is packed with characters you want to punch in the face most of the time and it can easily get you frustrated, especially the main villain 🤣 The main subjects are running a hotel and cooking (You gonna be expert in kimchi after watching it 😂)
Even though it was frustrating it was a good drama to watch.
“Warior Baek Dong Soo” as Baek Dong Soo
- It’s a historical drama. The first few episodes are happening in the past when main characters are still children so we see Ji Chang Wook in his role in about 4th or 5th episode.
The most important part of this drama is friendship of 2 main characters. It was the most enjoyable part. Also soundtrack is really good.
What I disliked was romance. It was lacking. I wish they skipped it.
“Bachelor’s Vegetable Store” as Han Tae Yang
- At first I thought it is going to be more like comedy or very light drama but after watching the first episode I knew it is going to be one of those heavy stories.
The first few episodes are in the childhood years. What happens then is very important to the whole storyline when main characters are adults.
This drama has many sad and heartbreaking moments but also happy ones about not giving up because of the obstacles.
I wasn’t fan of romance in this one
“Five Fingers” as Yoo Inha
- You could say that Ji Chang Wook is second lead here but also a villain. His role is different of the most dramas he is in, wher he is nice and righteous human being. It’s the opposite here. His character is more complex than just being villain. It’s more like he is very angry and also very emotional.
First few episodes are childhood years. The kid that acted as young Inha was amazing then Ji Chang Wook nailed the adult version. You had no doubt it’s the same character.
The main female lead was played by Jin Se Yun and I’m not very fond of her acting. Also I don’t think her character brought any depth to the series.
Apart from that drama is very good. It has 30 episodes and has many plot twist. Definitely worth watching.
“Empress Ki” as Emperor Ta Hwan
You can find the long review of this drama in one of my previous posts 😉
“Healer” as Park Bong Soo
- It is more of an action drama with cool main lead. I loved all the running on the rooftops etc 😂
It has many good characters and also some mystery to be solved.
I love the love the love story in this one. One of the cutest in Kdrama
- It’s a Chinese drama so Ji Chang Wook voice was dubbed. Fortunately dubbing was good and we could still enjoy his acting skills there as he can act even with his eyes only 😂
This drama is a sequel. I think it disliked by many fans as the actress from the first season was replaced with different for the second one. Also they didn’t solve a storyline of male lead from the first season as he was absent in the second one and there is no news on the third.
I personally liked the girl who was with Ji Chang Wook in second season. They looked good together. His character wasn’t in the first season and because of the absence of the guy from the first one, he was the main lead.
Story is not that spectacular but it was enjoyable and Wookie was hot in this drama. Martial Arts coach 😉
One of the biggest minuses was too many flashbacks. To the point that 2 last episodes were basically one huge flashback of the whole series.
- Proper action drama. Shooting, breaking windows, fist fights etc
Ji Chang Wook is very fit here and shows as some nice skills.
I liked the storyline of the main villain in this drama. She had a great chemistry with Wookie.
Background music was good to.
I didn’t like the romance. I think Yoona’s character was boring and really annoying. However there is many people who loved it.
- I love the drama and the whole cast. Characters and storyline is really good.
It is legal drama and we have some mystery to be solved.
I don’t watch it anymore as toxic Nam Ji Hyun and Ju Chang Wook shippers put me off so atm I can’t enjoy it as I used to.
I mean it’s ok to like the couple in the drama but forcing actors to be together in real life is a whole different story. If they were together that’s great but fans spreading unconfirmed rumours just because they blindly believe in their ship is not right. Like pushing into people’s face the rumours about their marriage just because they saw video on YouTube
“Melting me softly” as Ma Dongchan
- I’ve read many people call this drama disaster. I personally loved it.
I’ve been born in mid 80s and my childhood and some of teen years were through 90s.
The way they showed how characters jumped 20 years from 1999 to 2019 was just great. I remember well how life was back then and all those little thing we witnessed in this drama were so accurate
I like the chemistry of our main couple
