Life Is Beautiful (SBS)

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Kim Soo Hyun, the same screenwriter who brought us Who's My Love? and Angry Mom/Mom Has Grown Horns, is back with a new series that has everything in it that Joanie and I love about K-Dramas! It's about a family who runs a resort on Jeju Island, which also means that the scenery is magnificent, but what makes this drama so special is that the writing, direction and acting are as good as it ever gets in Korean dramas. There's a lot of humor, but there are a lot of interesting subplots woven throughout.

One of the things I especially like about Life is Beautiful are some of my favorite actors from historical dramas being cast in roles that are completely different from what we've normally seen:

Kim Young Chul, who was fantastic as Goongyae in Emperor Wang Guhn is one of the dads and he's a very likeable and kind character
and Kim Sang Joong, who was King Kwang Jong (So) in Dawn of the Empire is a middle-aged fastidious bachelor in LIB!



Other actors from Who's My Love and Angry Mom are here as well.

I can say enough good things about this drama - because of the strength of the ensemble cast and the variety of the character types and the complexity of their interactions, Life Is Beautiful would work well as an ongoing series. We very highly recommend this one!