- Han Ga In as Ma Yoo Hee
- Jae Hee as Chae Moo Ryong
- Jun Hye Bin as Nam Seung Mi
- Kim Jeong Hoon as Yoo Joon Ha
- Dennis Oh as Johnny Kruger
Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is the executive of an advertising company. She would never be caught dead wearing make-up and only dresses in black. Her hairstyle and glasses are very business like looks, her only enjoyment in life appears to be the times when she's criticising everything and anyone. All of her employees and co-workers fear her and she is constantly talked about when she's not around. Her stern and harsh nature has earned her the nickname 'witch' When it comes to romance she is hopeless. No matter how many blind dates she has, not one has ever led to a
second. The reason for this is her negativity and her inability to loosen up and express herself. She is, however, completely oblivious of her faults and cannot comprehend why she is so bad when it comes to love.
Chae Mu-Ryong (Jae Hee) is an aspiring chef with a passion for French cuisine. He has an innate ability when it comes to taste and perfection. Every piece of food and every plate he prepares must be perfect. However this tends to get him into a lot of trouble because when working in a kitchen every moment counts and there is not possibly enough time to take so much care in preparation and decoration of meals. His criticism of a head chef's cooking causes him to lose his job. His parents have never really approved of his aspirations and dreams to be a famous chef and insist he return to medical school. He decides to enroll back into medical school but changes his mind at the last minute and decides not to.
Mu-Ryong discusses everything with his best friend and ends up going on a blind date to pretend to be someone else who backed out at the last minute. He declines at first since he already has a girlfriend, but his friend offers him money, and warns him however that the woman he will be meeting is rather different.
The woman he meets is Yoo Hee, and while under normal circumstances she would be rude, brash and boring, she tries to be nice and happy in an attempt to succeed on the date. However, her pretending is not very convincing and Mu-Ryong figures that it would be a matter of time before she loses it. The date ends when Mu-Ryong falls asleep for a moment, resulting in Yoo Hee throwing a glass of water at his face and calling him rude. He retorts back to her also, telling her to take care of her appearance the next time she goes on a blind date. The two then leave on bad terms.
While delivering food from his father's Chinese restaurant, Mu-Ryong becomes involved in a car accident, coincidentally with Yoo Hee. They exchange insurance information and Yoo Hee learns that he lied to her on their date, realizing that he is 1 year younger than her, and that he met her only as a favor to a friend.
Yoo Hee demands the money for the damage to her car to be paid within a week. However, Mu-Ryong doesn't have any money, and yet Yoo Hee is unwilling to compromise with him. He decides to use his school tuition, which was given to him by his parents, to pay for her car. However, he loses the money after being mugged on the way to pay her.
Mu-Ryong tells Yoo Hee he doesn't have the money but is willing to work it off, no matter how long it takes or what he must do for her to pay her back. Yoo Hee decides that Mu-Ryong could repay her by working as her house keeper, since she continuously looses her previous keepers.
Meanwhile, Mu-Ryongs girlfriend Seung Mi, who works at her father's restaurant, is expecting a new head chef: Johnny Kruger, a world renowned chef, who also happens to be Mu-Ryong's idol and an acquaintance of Yoo Hee as well.
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I really wanted to watch this drama because I miss Jae Hee. Its been 2 years since I last saw him on TV. Since this drama is director by the same director of My Girl and Sassy Girl Chunhyang, I have high expectations. Yes, it got me hooked on the first episodes, but as the story gets serious, I don't think I really want to know how they would end up with each other.
As usual, Jae Hee is one hell of an actor. He's not a Korean star, he's a Korean actor. We know how hard it is to make people laugh, and he made me laugh so much, enough to keep watching this series. His character, Chae Moo Ryong is way different from Lee Mong Ryong. I can't help comparing Witch Yoo Hee with Sassy Girl Chunhyang and My Girl.
Chae Moo Ryong is an unfortunate lad who always gets fired. He doesn't have the striking good looks, all he has is a loving character and the maturity in falling in love. At first, he sees that Yoo Hee is a pretty girl, desired to be loved, but hiding in a witch or should I say, bitch character. But what he didn't expect is that he would fall in love with this witch.
He's a good guy, but I couldn't say that he's a good boyfriend to Seung-Mi. Knowing that he has a girlfriend, he should always put his girlfriend first, above anything else. But he kept on making excuses to go to Yoo Hee, and that is bad. Infidelity. But I guess, the story just shows that if you found true love, you should go get it, even though you are taken. I was just irritated on how he would leave his girlfriend alone.
Jae Hee is enough to handle this series on his own. He brought justice to Chae Moo Ryong's character, and his eyes are just so expressive. Impressive too! I just don't like the idea that he's like Yoo Hee's stylist, which makes him look GAY. Not gay --happy, but gay--homosexual. Bad. Bad. Bad. And I hate his hair too! Curly??? How come in Sassy Girl Chunhyang, he has straight hair???
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This is my first time to watch Han Ga In ever. Even though her character Yoo Hee is a witch, I could see that she is really pretty. But she is a pretty bitch. I guess it just implies that no matter how beautiful you are, if your personality sucks, then it is put into waste. I feel bad for her that she just want to experience love, but the guys that she dated were assholes and blind enough to see her weakness.
I love her clothes when she transformed into a better Yoo Hee.
But when Han Ga In cries, I don't feel anything. Yes I could see tears falling from her big eyes, but that's it. She looks like she is crying, because that is her job.
She had her moments in this drama, and I think this drama is breakout role. That is my own opinion okay? I really haven't heard any drama that did well, with Han Ga In in it. And this drama is really her own. She will always be known as Witch Yoo Hee.
Yoo Hee is only the rich female lead I have ever seen so far.
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Yoo Joon Ha is one hell of a bastard. What's so ironic is that he is played by angel-faced Kim Jeong Hoon. Its actually good because of his face you don't expect him to be a money-grabbing guy looking for a super rich girl to marry him. I really hated his guts every time he would take advantage of Yoo Hee's affections for him.
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I actually felt bad for him when he got into the car accident and broke his arm. But then, after knowing that he's just using that to force Yoo Hee to marry him, now that is evil! And I can't believe Yoo Hee's dad actually approves of it. No dad would want to fool his daughter.
But he regained his composure when he dropped Yoo Hee at the airport, to catch Moo Ryong.
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Now, there's Seung Mi, the faithful girlfriend. I admired how she believes Moo Ryong even though she is looking stupid already. She could see with her own eyes that there is something going on with Yoo Hee and Moo Ryong, yet she decided to remain blind.
But when it was time for Seung Mi to let go of Moo Ryong, she was desperate to force Moo Ryong to marry her. I also like the fact that she didn't resort to Joon Ha's level of separating Moo Ryong and Yoo Hee. Even though she wants Moo Ryong to be with her, she wouldn't do unacceptable things just to get him.
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OH JOHNNY! I love Johnny Kruger. Period. Even though girls are flocking to him, he still knows how to like quality girls like Yoo Hee. He has the good looks to make any woman fall for him but he doesn't have the confidence to go after Yoo Hee. He became Moo Ryong's good friend, but at the start of the series, he's a conceited jerk. Kind of.
Dennis Oh is oh so hot!
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Jae Hee and Han Ga In's chemistry is not that hot for me. They look more like siblings. Or maybe I am just biased. But I think that's true. Just watch it. :)
If you want a good laugh, this drama is for you. Chae Moo Ryong would keep you entertained and Yoo Joon Ha would want you to turn off the tv. Overall, this drama is okay but I really hated the ending. Come on. I watched 16 episodes and all I get is a kiss at the airport. They could do something better than that!!
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