Hyunhaetan Marriage War

Hyunhaetan Marriage War Synopsis (from MBC Global)
Dae-cheon and Takako are lovers who decide to get married. However, Dae-cheon's father, who is a fishing boat captain, dislikes the Japanese while Takako's father has an unfavorable opinion of Korea. So Dae-cheon teaches Takako how to talk in a heavy, folksy Korean accent and tells her to limit what she says to his father to only four words. He then introduces Takako to his father under the name "Choi Do-ja", which is a girl's name in Korea.

Thinking that Takako is Korean, his father approves of their marriage. But later on, Dae-cheon's father learns that Takako is Japanese and becomes infuriated...

Cast:
Im Joo Hwan as Kim Dae Chun
Akiba Rie as Shibata Takako
Baek Il Sub as Kim Dal Man
Hakuryu as Shibata Masao


My comments:
Hyunhaetan Marriage War is just 2 episodes so it’s harmless. It was okay, not the best nor the worst. Luckily this drama was short because I don’t think I can continue if it was much longer. It’s like they put all the usual elements of any other K-drama of usual 16 episodes and crammed into 2 episodes. And they still managed to make the second episode boring, long and repetitive. It didn’t really leave much an impression beside that it had some funny moments here and there (some from the rivalry of the fathers). Im Joo Hwan was adorable dorky here and his Japanese co-star, Akiba Rie, was cute but that’s it. No sparks in this couple but understandable since it’s really a short drama with a common plot.