Similarities in Song Ji-na shows

mostly "Faith" and "Healer"

I took these notes for myself, but figured they might be of interest to others.


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DON'T READ BELOW if you haven't watched both shows, because there will be spoilers.

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ALEX's ADDITIONS:

Faith and Healer- Both male leads found the reason/will to live (or really live) because of their growing affection to the female lead.

Both female lead needed to be protected but also were fearless and brave.

Both female leads are very happy go lucky girls and a little aloof and silly but you get to know them and see there is more to them.

Similarities in Healer, to things in Faith (images, themes, incidents):
Someone explains that the bad guy uses people. In Healer, the farmers and the elder see the people of Korea as their crops, to produce for them. [get the quote someday] In Faith, Court Lady Choi tells the king (6:41:30) :
If it's Excellency Deok Seong that you were worried about: The only thing he cares about is himself. "How can I get a higher position and get richer? How should I use the people to make more of my people?" For him, the people are his tools and properties.
Female lead is thrust into an awkward, public situation in which she must be tougher than she would otherwise be, and her mentor/teacher compliments her afterwards (in private):

"You did well. You did a little better than I thought."
"You did well. You over-achieved."

Faith (Episode 5) "She gets in Ki Chul's face like a wannabe gangsta, spelling out F-U-C-K and telling him in English to "Go to hell"."
Jang Bin says outside the room afterwards (in one translation): "You did well. You over-achieved."

In Healer, episode 10, after the red dress at the press conference, Moon Ho (back at the office) said "You did well. You did a little better than I thought."


Healer, Faith and Sandglass

A man cares about a woman's hair
A man reaches out to touch a woman's hair; she doesn't know; he changes his mind
Man saves life of woman who doesn't know it
Woman trusts man enough to be asleep

Healer and Sandglass
"I just wanted to see whether I was powerful enough to put you away..." Faith has several comments on whether someone is sufficiently powerful. [Does Healer? I don't think so.]
Faith and the Legend
both have a place where someone suggests a person should just say yes instead of arguing or asking questions all the time. Choi Young, episode 2 or 3, tells the still-freaked-out doctor that she never just says "yes" to him.

This one has "Can't you just once say "yes" in a sweet voice?"

If I say more, it says too much, but it's a nice bit in context, and reminded me of "Faith."


Have since watched two more:
The Story of a Man / The Slingshot
What's Up?
There were also similar relationships, incidents and comments. Not as much, but I LOVE her stories. What's Up is like Fame (and references Fame, and Grease, and JC Superstar, with some of those songs in Korean).

I think the only actor who is in all of those is Kim Mi-Kyung (Choi-Auntie / Jo Min-Ja). In "What's Up?" she has a major part as a teacher at the theatre school. Her appearances in the others are cool surprises, so I'm not sayin'.

kdrama page with the list of things I've seen, and other links and notes